Some considerations touching the vsefulnesse of experimental naturall philosophy propos'd in familiar discourses to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it.
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             Some considerations touching the vsefulnesse of experimental naturall philosophy propos'd in familiar discourses to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it.
             Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
             Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684.
          
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               SOME
               CONSIDERATIONS
               touching
               the
               VSEFVLNESSE
               Of
               EXPERIMENTAL
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
            
             
               Propos'd
               in
               Familiar
               Discourses
               to
               a
               Friend
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Invitation
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               OXFORD
               Printed
               by
               HEN
               :
               HALL
               Printer
               to
               the
               University
               ,
               for
               RIC
               :
               DAVIS
               .
               Anno
               Domini
               1663.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               OF
               THE
               VSEFVLNESSE
               OF
               Experimental
               Philosophy
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               PVBLISHER
               to
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               ,
               Courteous
               Reader
               ,
               part
               of
               the
               Satyr
               of
               Petronius
               against
               the
               Vice
               of
               his
               own
               Time.
               
                 Priscis
                 temporibus
                 ,
                 cum
                 adhuc
                 nuda
                 Virtus
                 placeret
                 ,
                 vigebant
                 Artes
                 ingenuae
                 ,
                 summumque
                 certamen
                 inter
                 homines
                 erat
                 ,
                 ne
                 quid
                 profuturum
                 saeculis
                 diu
                 lateret
                 .
                 Democritus
                 omnium
                 Herbarum
                 succos
                 expressit
                 ,
                 &
                 ne
                 lapidum
                 virgultorumque
                 vis
                 lateret
                 ,
                 aetatem
                 inter
                 Experimenta
                 consumpsit
                 .
              
               Other
               Examples
               of
               the
               like
               Industry
               he
               brings
               ,
               and
               then
               concludes
               against
               the
               Laziness
               and
               Luxury
               of
               his
               own
               Age.
               
                 At
                 Nos
              
               ,
               saith
               He
               ,
               
                 ne
                 paratas
                 quidem
                 Artes
                 audemus
                 cognoscere
                 ,
                 sed
                 accusatores
                 Antiquitatis
                 vitia
                 tantum
                 docemus
                 &
                 discimus
                 .
              
               It
               was
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Democritus
               or
               two
               that
               he
               casts
               this
               hard
               Censure
               upon
               his
               own
               Time.
               For
               ,
               notwithstanding
               
               all
               his
               Harangue
               in
               Commend●tion
               of
               some
               Ages
               which
               were
               antient
               to
               his
               Own
               ,
               It
               is
               evident
               out
               of
               History
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               never
               at
               once
               any
               great
               Number
               ,
               who
               seriously
               and
               in
               earnest
               for
               the
               Benefit
               of
               Mankind
               applyed
               themselves
               to
               these
               severe
               Scrutinyes
               of
               Natural
               Bodyes
               .
               It
               is
               true
               that
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               in
               all
               Centuries
               from
               the
               Beginning
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               there
               have
               appear'd
               some
               Persons
               of
               a
               Nature
               more
               refin'd
               ,
               as
               if
               indeed
               (
               according
               to
               that
               Phancy
               of
               the
               Old
               Poets
               )
               some
               Prometheus
               had
               made
               them
               either
               of
               another
               Metall
               ,
               or
               of
               another
               Temper
               ,
               from
               the
               Vulgar
               ,
               utterly
               above
               all
               Mixture
               with
               ,
               or
               Embasement
               by
               the
               common
               Fashions
               of
               this
               World
               ;
               who
               did
               make
               it
               the
               End
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               by
               Severing
               and
               Mixing
               ,
               Making
               and
               Marring
               ,
               and
               multiplying
               Variety
               of
               Experiments
               on
               all
               Bodies
               ,
               to
               discover
               their
               hidden
               Vertues
               ,
               &
               so
               to
               enlarge
               the
               Power
               &
               Empire
               of
               Man.
               But
               these
               were
               ever
               very
               few
               and
               singular
               .
               Even
               in
               that
               so
               much
               celebrated
               Time
               of
               Democritus
               these
               Studies
               were
               so
               rare
               ,
               that
               his
               usual
               Exercise
               of
               the
               Anatomy
               of
               Beasts
               was
               look'd
               upon
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               made
               the
               Soundness
               of
               his
               Mind
               questionable
               ,
               even
               as
               a
               Spice
               of
               Madness
               in
               him
               :
               and
               probably
               much
               more
               might
               the
               Vulgar
               of
               his
               Age
               have
               been
               amused
               ,
               had
               
               they
               seen
               him
               torturing
               Minerals
               and
               Metals
               in
               the
               more
               toilsome
               Anatomy
               of
               Fire
               .
            
             
               Now
               if
               it
               be
               a
               dishonourable
               Crimination
               to
               an
               Age
               ,
               that
               it
               hath
               brought
               out
               no
               Persons
               who
               make
               it
               their
               great
               Endeavour
               
                 Ne
                 quid
                 profuturum
                 saeculis
                 lateat
              
               :
               and
               if
               the
               Discovery
               of
               one
               or
               two
               persons
               of
               this
               Kind
               be
               enough
               to
               expiate
               for
               ,
               and
               take
               off
               the
               Dishonour
               of
               the
               Proletarian
               Lazinesse
               and
               Luxury
               of
               the
               Rest
               ,
               I
               think
               I
               may
               justly
               esteem
               that
               the
               exhibiting
               to
               the
               World
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Studyes
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Author
               of
               this
               Piece
               may
               serve
               to
               be
               the
               Apology
               and
               Defence
               of
               our
               Age
               against
               such
               Censures
               as
               that
               wherewith
               the
               newly
               cited
               Satyrist
               stained
               his
               own
               Time.
               
            
             
               And
               this
               was
               one
               great
               Reason
               that
               hath
               made
               me
               very
               forward
               to
               promote
               the
               Publication
               of
               This
               ,
               and
               diverse
               other
               Writings
               of
               the
               same
               Noble
               Author
               .
               For
               were
               there
               only
               Tokens
               of
               Endeavour
               in
               Them
               ,
               the
               proof
               of
               This
               Endeavour
               (
               even
               without
               Attainment
               )
               ought
               to
               wipe
               off
               all
               Imputations
               of
               this
               nature
               .
               But
               this
               Motive
               (
               though
               I
               do
               account
               that
               by
               exhibiting
               this
               Expiation
               I
               do
               somewhat
               oblige
               the
               Age
               ,
               whose
               Honour
               is
               thereby
               defended
               ,
               yet
               )
               was
               far
               from
               being
               the
               most
               great
               and
               forcible
               .
               For
               the
               Excellence
               of
               the
               Works
               themselves
               ,
               
               even
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               fell
               from
               the
               pen
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               did
               long
               since
               in
               all
               Equity
               set
               an
               Imprimatur
               on
               them
               .
               
                 
                   Nec
                   sumunt
                   aut
                   ponunt
                   secures
                
                 
                   Arbitrio
                   popularis
                   Aurae
                   .
                
              
               Epicurus
               ▪
               when
               he
               was
               casting
               up
               the
               account
               of
               his
               life
               ,
               upon
               the
               very
               Day
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               mentions
               a
               very
               great
               pleasure
               that
               he
               even
               then
               took
               in
               two
               Parts
               of
               his
               former
               Studyes
               :
               And
               these
               were
               his
               Rationes
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Inventa
                 ;
                 Points
                 well
                 argued
              
               ,
               and
               
                 things
                 happily
                 sound
                 out
              
               .
               The
               two
               very
               same
               particulars
               are
               principally
               conspicuous
               in
               this
               ensuing
               Piece
               .
               There
               are
               good
               Conclusions
               against
               the
               Enemies
               of
               the
               Being
               and
               Providence
               of
               God
               in
               the
               First
               Part
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Second
               there
               be
               Notices
               of
               divers
               Inventa
               profitable
               to
               the
               Use
               of
               Man.
               By
               the
               one
               sound
               Notions
               are
               proposed
               to
               the
               Readers
               apprehension
               from
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               God's
               Creation
               and
               Government
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               thereby
               good
               Matter
               is
               suggested
               to
               his
               Affection
               for
               the
               Advancement
               of
               his
               Devotion
               ;
               by
               the
               Other
               ,
               the●e
               are
               divers
               things
               deliver'd
               ,
               which
               may
               tend
               to
               enlarge
               Man's
               power
               of
               doing
               Good
               :
               By
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               whole
               ,
               both
               our
               Honour
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               Charity
               to
               our
               Neighbors
               
               may
               be
               assisted
               :
               in
               which
               two
               the
               Substantial
               part
               of
               all
               the
               most
               Noble
               ,
               not
               only
               Human
               but
               Christian
               Vertues
               ,
               both
               Speculative
               and
               Practical
               ,
               are
               certainly
               contained
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               not
               omit
               ,
               that
               an
               Argument
               of
               this
               Nature
               ,
               at
               this
               Time
               ,
               may
               justly
               be
               commended
               for
               its
               Seasonableness
               ,
               when
               divers
               Persons
               ,
               who
               know
               not
               the
               way
               of
               
                 Experimental
                 Philosophy
              
               ,
               and
               are
               loath
               now
               to
               give
               themselves
               the
               trouble
               of
               learning
               it
               ,
               have
               been
               making
               some
               attempts
               ,
               very
               unthankfully
               ,
               to
               traduce
               both
               It
               ,
               and
               its
               Promoters
               .
            
             
               These
               Considerations
               passed
               with
               me
               for
               Reasons
               ,
               and
               had
               upon
               me
               this
               force
               and
               Prevalence
               ,
               that
               as
               soon
               as
               I
               had
               the
               Authors
               leave
               ,
               I
               durst
               not
               forbear
               the
               committing
               of
               them
               to
               the
               Press
               ,
               notwithstanding
               his
               Many
               arguments
               ,
               which
               were
               plausible
               enough
               to
               the
               Contrary
               :
               as
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               much
               of
               the
               
                 First
                 Part
              
               was
               written
               when
               he
               was
               of
               so
               immature
               Years
               ,
               that
               should
               I
               be
               particular
               concerning
               his
               Age
               then
               ,
               to
               any
               person
               who
               hath
               read
               the
               Piece
               ,
               the
               Paucity
               of
               such
               Instances
               might
               justly
               make
               me
               dispair
               of
               begetting
               Credit
               to
               my
               Relation
               .
               Another
               Objection
               was
               ,
               That
               ,
               though
               his
               Method
               did
               of
               necessity
               lead
               him
               to
               it
               ,
               yet
               it
               might
               be
               look'd
               upon
               as
               unbecomming
               for
               Him
               to
               
               meddle
               with
               the
               Physitians
               Art
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               never
               did
               (
               nor
               could
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               Native
               Honour
               )
               make
               any
               Profession
               .
               But
               these
               Oppositions
               being
               raised
               upon
               points
               of
               Curiosity
               in
               Ceremony
               and
               outward
               Decorum
               ,
               were
               of
               lit●le
               weight
               ,
               when
               the
               forementioned
               Noble
               Offices
               of
               Charity
               and
               doing
               good
               were
               in
               the
               other
               Scale
               .
            
             
               The
               greater
               Question
               was
               .
               Suppose
               them
               to
               be
               publisht
               ,
               But
               why
               now
               ?
               Why
               so
               soon
               ?
               Should
               not
               rather
               the
               Edition
               have
               been
               delay'd
               ,
               untill
               it
               might
               have
               come
               out
               together
               with
               
                 The
                 second
                 Section
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Part
                 ?
              
               (
               which
               discovers
               the
               Use
               that
               may
               be
               made
               of
               Experimental
               Learning
               ,
               to
               advance
               the
               Empire
               of
               Man
               over
               other
               Creatures
               )
               or
               untill
               the
               Common
               Preface
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               little
               Tracts
               ,
               all
               written
               long
               since
               ,
               and
               intended
               to
               accompany
               this
               ,
               might
               be
               revised
               by
               the
               Author
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               untill
               the
               Author
               might
               have
               had
               leisure
               to
               have
               made
               some
               more
               new
               &
               full
               Animadversions
               to
               the
               Receipts
               &
               Processes
               contain'd
               in
               the
               Appendix
               ?
               The
               Consideration
               which
               answer'd
               this
               Objection
               was
               ,
               That
               this
               Piece
               ,
               as
               now
               printed
               alone
               ,
               would
               make
               (
               as
               you
               see
               it
               doth
               )
               a
               very
               competent
               Book
               ,
               which
               would
               have
               by
               it Self
               the
               perfection
               ,
               if
               not
               of
               the
               Whole
               yet
               of
               a
               more
               principal
               part
               ;
               and
               of
               that
               part
               ,
               which
               to
               
               Professors
               or
               Candidates
               of
               Learning
               is
               most
               desireable
               .
               And
               then
               the
               Author's
               Avocations
               and
               other
               Studies
               being
               so
               many
               ,
               that
               we
               could
               prefix
               no
               certain
               time
               for
               the
               complement
               of
               the
               mention'd
               remaining
               parts
               ,
               I
               was
               loath
               to
               hazard
               the
               Preservation
               of
               These
               by
               deferring
               the
               Impression
               ;
               since
               I
               know
               there
               is
               no
               Security
               of
               the
               continuance
               of
               those
               Writings
               which
               are
               reposed
               only
               in
               single
               ,
               or
               at
               most
               in
               few
               written
               Copies
               .
               I
               remember
               ,
               the
               Author
               had
               once
               lost
               for
               a
               good
               while
               one
               of
               these
               very
               Essays
               which
               are
               now
               here
               Printed
               ,
               and
               put
               beyond
               that
               Danger
               for
               the
               future
               .
               Besides
               other
               Casual
               accidents
               ,
               the
               very
               Contingency
               of
               Humane
               life
               ,
               and
               the
               chance
               of
               a
               Man's
               papers
               after
               Death
               ,
               (
               For
               to
               them
               the
               Question
               of
               King
               Solomon
               is
               most
               proper
               and
               pertinent
               ,
               
                 VVho
                 knows
                 whether
                 then
                 they
                 may
                 happen
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 a
                 Wise
                 man
                 or
                 a
                 Fool
                 ?
              
               )
               were
               of
               force
               enough
               to
               perswade
               me
               to
               secure
               these
               ,
               when
               it
               was
               in
               my
               power
               ,
               unto
               the
               Common
               Use.
               Would
               not
               Printing
               in
               all
               probability
               have
               preserv'd
               unto
               Us
               that
               Universal
               History
               of
               Vegetables
               from
               the
               Cedar
               of
               ●ibanus
               unto
               the
               Moss
               that
               groweth
               upon
               the
               Wall
               ,
               written
               by
               that
               Wise
               and
               Learned
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               loss
               of
               which
               we
               now
               in
               vain
               lament
               ?
               Would
               not
               Printing
               have
               sav'd
               that
               Excellent
               Book
               
               of
               Democritus
               ,
               which
               he
               inscribed
               his
               XEIPOKMHTA
               or
               EXPERIMENTS
               
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 personal
                 Tryal
              
               ,
               so
               utterly
               lost
               ,
               that
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               piece
               is
               not
               mention'd
               among
               the
               Catalogue
               of
               his
               Writings
               in
               Laertius
               ?
               And
               may
               not
               the
               Printing
               of
               this
               Piece
               be
               a
               meanes
               of
               the
               preservation
               (
               besides
               the
               Notional
               part
               )
               of
               divers
               very
               useful
               XEIPOKMHTA
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Author
               ,
               who
               hath
               been
               ever
               unwearied
               in
               the
               Tryal
               of
               all
               probable
               Experiments
               ,
               that
               may
               increase
               the
               Light
               or
               advance
               the
               Profit
               of
               Mankind
               ?
            
             
               But
               before
               I
               leave
               the
               Reader
               ,
               I
               must
               give
               him
               this
               single
               Advertisement
               ,
               that
               the
               Passages
               included
               within
               the
               Paratheses
               or
               Crotchetts
               ,
               as
               the
               Press
               stiles
               them
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               between
               any
               two
               such
               Marks
               as
               these
               [
               ]
               were
               inserted
               long
               since
               the
               writing
               of
               these
               Essays
               ,
               upon
               the
               Relection
               of
               some
               parts
               of
               the
               Book
               before
               He
               sent
               it
               to
               me
               :
               Which
               I
               therefore
               did
               so
               distinguish
               ,
               and
               do
               intimate
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               appear
               no
               inconsistency
               in
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               the
               Reader
               may
               not
               marvel
               to
               find
               somethings
               very
               Recent
               in
               a
               Book
               written
               several
               Years
               agoe
               .
               Farewell
               .
            
             
               
                 RO
                 :
                 SHARROCK
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Author's
               ADVERTISEMENT
               about
               the
               following
               ESSAYS
               .
            
             
               THat
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               following
               Treatise
               might
               not
               raise
               in
               the
               Reader
               an
               Expectation
               of
               more
               then
               he
               will
               find
               in
               the
               Book
               ,
               I
               think
               my self
               oblig'd
               to
               inform
               him
               ,
               That
               ,
               though
               it
               come
               not
               forth
               before
               ,
               divers
               parts
               were
               sent
               to
               the
               Press
               in
               1660
               ,
               or
               1661
               ,
               and
               this
               present
               Y●ar
               1663
               ,
               yet
               the
               very
               Last
               Essay
               of
               it
               was
               written
               divers
               Years
               before
               .
               Since
               when
               those
               Papers
               were
               left
               ,
               sometimes
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               Friends
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               in
               distant
               places
               where
               I
               could
               not
               come
               at
               them
               :
               which
               I
               mention
               ,
               that
               the
               Reader
               may
               neither
               wonder
               nor
               blame
               Me
               ,
               if
               he
               now
               meet
               with
               some
               things
               in
               them
               that
               have
               already
               been
               published
               by
               others
               ,
               or
               are
               more
               vulgarly
               known
               then
               my
               way
               of
               mentioning
               them
               implyes
               .
               For
               it
               may
               ,
               this
               notwithstanding
               ,
               very
               well
               be
               ,
               that
               when
               I
               writ
               them
               ,
               no
               body
               had
               yet
               lighted
               on
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               others
               of
               them
               did
               then
               but
               begin
               to
               be
               
               taken
               notice
               of
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Five
               first
               Essays
               ,
               which
               treat
               of
               
                 The
                 Usefulness
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 to
                 the
                 Mind
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
              
               though
               by
               my
               addressing
               them
               all
               the
               way
               to
               the
               Gentleman
               I
               call
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               they
               may
               seem
               to
               have
               been
               Originally
               written
               to
               the
               same
               Person
               ,
               and
               about
               the
               same
               time
               with
               the
               Essays
               ,
               that
               make
               up
               the
               
                 Second
                 Part
              
               ;
               yet
               indeed
               a
               great
               Portion
               of
               the
               
                 First
                 part
              
               was
               written
               ,
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               10
               or
               12
               years
               ago
               ,
               (
               when
               I
               was
               scarce
               above
               21
               or
               22
               years
               old
               )
               to
               another
               Friend
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               Considerations
               that
               serv'd
               to
               confirm
               Piety
               ,
               and
               excite
               Devotion
               ,
               were
               far
               more
               acceptable
               then
               those
               that
               were
               more
               purely
               Physiologicall
               :
               so
               that
               having
               ,
               whether
               through
               lazinesse
               ,
               or
               w●nt
               of
               leisure
               contented
               my self
               to
               substitute
               the
               name
               of
               Pyrophilus
               for
               that
               of
               my
               other
               Friend
               (
               who
               was
               not
               unwilling
               I
               should
               do
               so
               )
               in
               a
               Discourse
               written
               when
               I
               was
               so
               Young
               ;
               I
               would
               not
               have
               the
               Reader
               think
               ,
               that
               I
               do
               now
               so
               app●ove
               of
               all
               those
               Youthful
               Discourses
               (
               which
               I
               therefore
               suffer
               to
               pass
               abroad
               without
               a
               Name
               )
               as
               to
               think
               all
               the
               Tenets
               they
               propos'd
               to
               be
               irrefragable
               T●uths
               ,
               or
               all
               the
               Reasonings
               they
               contein
               ,
               to
               be
               Demonstrative
               ;
               &
               that
               I
               would
               at
               present
               have
               my
               Judgment
               estimated
               according
               to
               their
               Cogency
               .
               But
               yet
               I
               do
               without
               much
               Reluctancy
               comply
               with
               those
               Friends
               ,
               who
               would
               by
               no
               means
               consent
               ,
               that
               the
               Five
               first
               Essays
               of
               this
               Treatise
               should
               not
               come
               forth
               with
               the
               Rest
               ;
               partly
               because
               not
               
               writing
               all
               things
               for
               all
               Readers
               ,
               I
               hold
               it
               not
               unfit
               to
               publish
               something
               to
               gratify
               those
               ,
               who
               desire
               with
               me
               to
               be
               both
               excited
               and
               assisted
               to
               admire
               and
               praise
               the
               Great
               and
               VVise
               Author
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               partly
               because
               the
               Treatise
               would
               seem
               main'd
               and
               incompleat
               ,
               if
               the
               latter
               Essays
               should
               come
               abroad
               without
               the
               Rest
               ;
               and
               partly
               too
               because
               Learned
               Men
               have
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               assure
               me
               ,
               that
               those
               Essays
               are
               not
               destitute
               of
               Notions
               and
               Ratiocinations
               ,
               that
               are
               not
               altogether
               vulgar
               or
               contemptible
               .
               However
               those
               Readers
               ,
               that
               either
               cannot
               rellish
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               desire
               not
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               meerly
               Physiologicall
               ,
               may
               ,
               thus
               advertis'd
               ,
               passe
               by
               the
               former
               part
               of
               this
               Treatise
               ,
               and
               content
               themselves
               to
               read
               over
               the
               Latter
               ,
               though
               they
               who
               shall
               take
               the
               Pains
               to
               read
               Both
               ,
               will
               not
               perhaps
               think
               their
               Labour
               lost
               :
               Since
               I
               have
               taken
               Care
               to
               leave
               even
               the
               former
               Part
               as
               little
               disfurnisht
               with
               Experiments
               and
               useful
               Notions
               ,
               as
               ,
               the
               Argument
               consider'd
               ,
               I
               conveniently
               coul●
               .
               And
               since
               also
               for
               the
               Paucity
               of
               such
               things
               in
               the
               First
               Part
               ,
               I
               have
               endeavoured
               to
               make
               amends
               in
               the
               Second
               ,
               which
               is
               almost
               wholly
               Physiological
               ;
               concerning
               which
               nevertheless
               I
               shall
               admonish
               the
               Reader
               .
               And
               indeed
               the
               whole
               Tenets
               that
               make
               up
               the
               following
               Book
               ,
               are
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               look'd
               upon
               as
               Published
               for
               an
               acurate
               Treatise
               of
               the
               Usefulnes
               of
               true
               Physiology
               ,
               but
               as
               Familiar
               Writings
               ,
               that
               want
               only
               the
               formality
               of
               
               Salve
               and
               Vale
               to
               passe
               for
               Physiological
               and
               Medical
               Epistles
               ;
               consisting
               of
               such
               loose
               Observations
               ,
               as
               I
               thought
               might
               be
               this
               way
               preserv'd
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               so
               properly
               belong
               to
               my
               other
               Writings
               as
               they
               seem'd
               fitted
               for
               the
               use
               ,
               and
               whereto
               I
               have
               applyed
               them
               ;
               namely
               ,
               that
               being
               drawn
               up
               together
               into
               one
               Treatise
               ,
               their
               Union
               might
               enable
               them
               to
               make
               the
               greater
               Impression
               ,
               and
               might
               (
               somewhat
               at
               least
               )
               recommend
               that
               sort
               of
               Learning
               to
               a
               Beginner
               .
               And
               one
               thing
               that
               must
               be
               especially
               comprehended
               in
               this
               Admonition
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Particulars
               I
               have
               mentioned
               ,
               to
               shew
               of
               what
               use
               Chymical
               Experiments
               may
               be
               to
               a
               Physitian
               ,
               are
               not
               ,
               possibly
               ,
               the
               chiefest
               that
               even
               I
               could
               set
               down
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               not
               restrained
               by
               some
               justifiable
               Considerations
               ;
               especially
               'till
               I
               see
               what
               Entertainment
               ,
               the
               things
               I
               now
               venture
               abroad
               ,
               will
               meet
               with
               there
               :
               Some
               of
               those
               I
               reserve
               ,
               appearing
               such
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               confesse
               I
               do
               not
               slight
               them
               enough
               to
               be
               fond
               of
               obtruding
               them
               upon
               the
               Publick
               ,
               if
               I
               thought
               they
               would
               not
               be
               welcome
               to
               it
               .
               And
               I
               do
               so
               little
               desire
               to
               have
               ,
               what
               I
               have
               written
               ,
               look●d
               upon
               as
               the
               most
               that
               can
               be
               said
               ,
               to
               shew
               the
               Usefulness
               of
               
                 Experimental
                 Philosophy
              
               ,
               that
               I
               scruple
               not
               to
               acknowledg
               there
               are
               things
               which
               incline
               me
               to
               suspect
               ,
               that
               some
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               though
               not
               particularly
               known
               to
               me
               ,
               may
               have
               Arcana
               ,
               to
               which
               most
               of
               the
               Processes
               I
               reserve
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               all
               that
               is
               commonly
               known
               in
               Chymistry
               ,
               may
               prove
               little
               more
               then
               Trifles
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             Of
             the
             USEFULNESSE
             of
             EXPERIMENTALL
             PHILOSOPHY
             ,
             Principally
             as
             it
             Relates
             to
             the
             MIND
             of
             MAN.
             
          
           
             
               THE
               NATURAL
               PHILOSOPHY
               wont
               to
               be
               taught
               in
               most
               Schools
               ,
               being
               little
               other
               then
               a
               Systeme
               of
               the
               Opinions
               of
               Aristotle
               ,
               and
               some
               few
               other
               Writers
               ,
               is
               not
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               very
               difficult
               to
               be
               Learned
               ;
               as
               being
               attainable
               by
               the
               perusall
               of
               a
               few
               of
               the
               more
               Current
               Authors
               .
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               EXPERIMENTAL
               PHILOSOPHY
               ,
               which
               you
               will
               find
               Treated
               of
               in
               the
               following
               Essayes
               ,
               is
               a
               Study
               ,
               if
               duely
               prosecuted
               ,
               so
               difficult
               ,
               so
               chargable
               ,
               and
               so
               toilsome
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               it
               requisite
               ,
               before
               I
               propose
               any
               particular
               Subjects
               to
               your
               Enquiries
               ,
               to
               possesse
               you
               with
               a
               just
               value
               of
               true
               and
               solid
               Physiologie
               ;
               and
               to
               convince
               you
               ,
               That
               by
               endevouring
               to
               addict
               you
               to
               it
               ,
               I
               invite
               you
               not
               to
               mispend
               your
               time
               or
               trouble
               on
               a
               Science
               unable
               to
               merit
               and
               requite
               it
               .
               In
               order
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               the
               giving
               you
               this
               satisfaction
               ,
               Give
               me
               leave
               to
               mind
               you
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               a
               saying
               of
               Pythagoras
               ,
               
               worthy
               so
               celebrated
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               That
               there
               are
               two
               things
               which
               most
               ennoble
               Man
               ,
               and
               make
               him
               resemble
               the
               Gods
               ;
               
                 To
                 know
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 To
                 do
                 Good.
              
               For
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               Diviner
               part
               of
               Man
               ,
               the
               Soule
               ,
               which
               alone
               is
               capable
               of
               wearing
               the
               Glorious
               Image
               of
               its
               Author
               ,
               being
               endowed
               with
               two
               chief
               Faculties
               ,
               the
               Understanding
               and
               the
               Will
               ;
               the
               former
               is
               blest
               and
               perfectionated
               by
               Knowledg
               ,
               and
               the
               latter's
               Loveliest
               and
               most
               improving
               property
               is
               Goodnesse
               .
               A
               due
               Reflection
               upon
               this
               excellent
               Sentence
               of
               him
               to
               whom
               Philosophers
               owe
               that
               modest
               name
               ,
               should
               ,
               me
               thinks
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               very
               much
               endear
               to
               us
               the
               Study
               of
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               .
               For
               there
               is
               no
               Humane
               Science
               th●t
               does
               more
               gratifie
               and
               enrich
               the
               Understanding
               with
               variety
               of
               choice
               and
               acceptable
               Truths
               ;
               nor
               scarce
               any
               that
               does
               more
               enable
               a
               willing
               mind
               to
               exercise
               a
               Goodnesse
               beneficiall
               to
               others
               .
            
             
               To
               manifest
               these
               truths
               more
               distinctly
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               and
               yet
               without
               exceeding
               that
               Brevity
               my
               Avocations
               and
               the
               bounds
               of
               an
               Essay
               exact
               of
               me
               ,
               I
               shall
               ,
               among
               the
               numerous
               advantages
               accruing
               to
               Men
               from
               the
               Study
               of
               the
               Book
               of
               Nature
               ,
               content
               my selfe
               to
               instance
               only
               in
               a
               Couple
               ,
               that
               relate
               more
               properly
               to
               the
               
                 Improving
                 of
                 Mens
                 Understandings
              
               ,
               and
               to
               mention
               a
               few
               of
               those
               many
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               
                 encreases
                 their
                 Power
              
               .
            
             
               The
               two
               chiefe
               advantages
               which
               a
               reall
               acquaintance
               with
               Nature
               brings
               to
               our
               Minds
               ,
               are
               ,
               First
               ,
               by
               instructing
               our
               Understandings
               and
               gratifying
               our
               Curiosities
               ;
               and
               next
               ,
               by
               exciting
               and
               cherishing
               our
               Devotion
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               first
               of
               these
               ,
               since
               ,
               as
               Aristotle
               teacheth
               ,
               and
               was
               taught
               himself
               by
               Common
               Experience
               ,
               
                 all
                 Men
                 are
                 Naturally
                 desirous
                 to
                 Know
                 :
              
               that
               Propensity
               cannot
               but
               be
               powerfully
               engaged
               to
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               being
               incessantly
               present
               to
               our
               senses
               ,
               do
               continually
               sollicite
               our
               Curiosities
               :
               Of
               whose
               potent
               inclining
               us
               to
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               Natures
               Wonders
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               perhaps
               the
               inconsiderablest
               Instance
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               hitherto
               taught
               in
               most
               
               Schools
               ,
               hath
               been
               so
               Litigious
               in
               its
               Theorie
               ,
               and
               so
               barren
               as
               to
               its
               Productions
               ;
               yet
               it
               hath
               found
               numbers
               of
               Zealous
               and
               Learned
               Cultivators
               ,
               whom
               sure
               nothing
               but
               Mens
               inbred
               fondnesse
               for
               the
               Object
               it
               converses
               with
               ,
               and
               the
               end
               it
               pretends
               to
               ,
               could
               so
               passionately
               devote
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               since
               that
               (
               as
               the
               same
               Aristotle
               taught
               by
               his
               Master
               Plato
               well
               observes
               )
               Admiration
               is
               the
               Parent
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               by
               engaging
               us
               to
               enquire
               into
               the
               Causes
               of
               the
               things
               at
               which
               we
               marvail
               ;
               we
               cannot
               but
               be
               powerfully
               invited
               to
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               by
               living
               and
               conversing
               among
               Wonders
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               are
               obvious
               and
               conspicuous
               enough
               to
               amaze
               even
               ordinary
               Beholders
               ;
               and
               others
               admirable
               and
               abstruse
               enough
               to
               as●onish
               the
               most
               inquisitive
               Spectators
               .
            
             
               The
               bare
               prospect
               of
               this
               magnificent
               Fabrick
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               furnished
               and
               adorned
               with
               such
               strange
               variety
               of
               curious
               and
               usefull
               Creatures
               ,
               would
               ,
               suffice
               to
               transport
               us
               both
               with
               Wonder
               and
               Joy
               ,
               if
               their
               Commonnesse
               did
               not
               hinder
               their
               Operations
               .
               Of
               which
               Truth
               Mr
               Stepkins
               ,
               the
               famous
               Oculist
               ,
               did
               not
               long
               since
               supply
               us
               with
               a
               memorable
               Instance
               :
               For
               (
               as
               both
               himselfe
               and
               an
               Illustrious
               Person
               that
               was
               present
               at
               the
               Cure
               informed
               me
               )
               a
               Maid
               of
               about
               Eighteen
               yeares
               of
               Age
               ,
               having
               by
               a
               couple
               of
               Cataracts
               ,
               that
               she
               brought
               with
               her
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               lived
               absolutely
               blind
               from
               the
               moment
               of
               her
               Birth
               ;
               being
               brought
               to
               the
               free
               Use
               of
               her
               Eyes
               ,
               was
               so
               ravisht
               at
               the
               surprizing
               spect●cle
               of
               so
               many
               and
               various
               Objects
               ,
               as
               presented
               themselves
               to
               her
               unacquainted
               Sight
               ,
               that
               almost
               every
               thing
               she
               saw
               transported
               her
               with
               such
               admiration
               and
               delight
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               in
               danger
               to
               loose
               the
               eyes
               of
               her
               Mind
               by
               those
               of
               her
               Body
               ,
               and
               expound
               that
               Mysticall
               Arabian
               Proverb
               ,
               which
               advises
               ,
               
                 To
                 shut
                 the
                 Windowes
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 House
                 may
                 be
                 Light.
                 
              
            
             
               But
               if
               the
               bare
               beholding
               of
               this
               admirable
               Structure
               is
               capable
               of
               pleasing
               men
               so
               highly
               ,
               how
               much
               satisfaction
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               
               may
               it
               be
               supposed
               to
               afford
               to
               an
               Intelligent
               Spectator
               ,
               who
               is
               able
               both
               to
               understand
               and
               to
               relish
               the
               admirable
               Architecture
               and
               skilfull
               contrivance
               of
               it
               :
               For
               the
               Book
               of
               Nature
               is
               to
               an
               ordinary
               Gazer
               ,
               and
               a
               Naturalist
               ,
               like
               a
               rare
               Book
               of
               Hieroglyphicks
               to
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               a
               Philosopher
               :
               the
               one
               is
               sufficiently
               pleas'd
               with
               the
               Odnesse
               and
               Variety
               of
               the
               Curious
               Pictures
               that
               adorne
               it
               ;
               whereas
               the
               other
               is
               not
               only
               delighted
               with
               those
               outward
               objects
               that
               gratifie
               his
               sense
               ,
               but
               receives
               a
               much
               higher
               satisfaction
               in
               admiring
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               in
               finding
               out
               and
               inriching
               himselfe
               with
               those
               abstruse
               and
               vailed
               Truths
               dexterously
               hinted
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               as
               the
               Understanding
               is
               the
               highest
               faculty
               in
               Man
               ,
               so
               its
               Pleasures
               are
               the
               highest
               he
               can
               naturally
               receive
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               cannot
               much
               wonder
               that
               the
               famous
               Archimedes
               lighting
               in
               a
               Bath
               upon
               an
               Expedient
               to
               resolve
               a
               perplexing
               difficultie
               in
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
               should
               leap
               out
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               and
               run
               unclothed
               like
               a
               mad-man
               ,
               crying
               nothing
               but
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 it
                 .
              
               Nor
               do
               I
               so
               much
               admire
               as
               deplore
               the
               ●atally
               venturous
               Curiosit●
               of
               the
               Elder
               Pliny
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               the
               Younger
               relates
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               deterr'd
               by
               the
               fo●mi●ablenesse
               of
               the
               destructive
               flames
               vomite●
               by
               V●suvius
               ,
               from
               indevoring
               by
               their
               Light
               to
               read
               the
               Natu●e
               of
               such
               Vulcanian
               Hils
               ;
               but
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               the
               disswasi●ns
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               an●
               the
               ●ff●●ghting
               eruptions
               of
               that
               hideous
               Place
               ,
               he
               resolved
               that
               Flaming
               Won●er
               should
               rather
               kill
               him
               ,
               then
               escape
               him
               ;
               and
               thereupon
               approch'd
               so
               neer
               that
               he
               lost
               his
               Life
               to
               satisfie
               his
               Cu●iosity
               ,
               and
               fell
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               a
               Martyr
               to
               Physiologie
               .
               For
               we
               daily
               see
               Alchymists
               hazard
               their
               L●ves
               on
               Minerall
               Experiments
               in
               Furnaces
               ,
               where
               though
               the
               fires
               are
               not
               so
               vast
               and
               fierce
               ,
               as
               those
               that
               Pliny
               went
               to
               consider
               ;
               yet
               the
               (
               dangerous
               when
               not
               pernicious
               )
               Fumes
               do
               sometimes
               prove
               as
               fatall
               .
            
             
             
               One
               would
               think
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               the
               conversing
               with
               dead
               and
               stinking
               Carkases
               (
               that
               are
               not
               onely
               hideous
               objects
               in
               themselves
               ,
               but
               made
               more
               ghastly
               by
               the
               puting
               us
               in
               mind
               that
               our selves
               must
               be
               such
               )
               should
               be
               not
               onely
               a
               very
               melancholy
               ,
               but
               a
               very
               hated
               imployment
               .
               And
               yet
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               there
               are
               Anatomists
               who
               dote
               upon
               it
               ;
               and
               I
               confess
               its
               Instructiveness
               has
               not
               onely
               so
               reconciled
               me
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               so
               enamor'd
               me
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               often
               spent
               hours
               much
               less
               delightfully
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               Courts
               ,
               but
               even
               in
               Libraries
               ,
               then
               in
               tracing
               in
               those
               forsaken
               M●nsions
               ,
               the
               inimitable
               Workmanship
               of
               the
               Omniscient
               Architect
               .
            
             
               The
               curious
               Works
               of
               famous
               Artificers
               ,
               are
               wont
               to
               invite
               the
               V●sits
               ,
               and
               excite
               the
               wonder
               of
               the
               generality
               of
               inquisit●ve
               Persons
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               in
               my
               Travels
               ,
               I
               have
               often
               taken
               no
               small
               pains
               to
               obtain
               the
               pleasure
               of
               gaz●ng
               upon
               some
               Masterpiece
               of
               Art
               :
               But
               now
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               could
               with
               more
               del●ght
               look
               upon
               a
               skilful
               Dissection
               ,
               then
               the
               famous
               Clock
               at
               Strasburg
               .
               And
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               Aristotle
               discou●ses
               very
               Philosophically
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               where
               p●ssing
               from
               the
               consi●●●ation
               of
               the
               sublimist
               productions
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               just●fie
               his
               diligence
               in
               recording
               the
               more
               homely
               Circu●st●nces
               of
               the
               History
               of
               Animals
               ,
               he
               thu●
               dis●o●●●es
               :
               R●stat
               (
               sa●th
               he●
               
                 ut
                 d●
                 animanti
                 natura
                 d●sseramus
              
               ,
               
               
                 nihil
                 p●o
                 viribus
                 omitten●es
                 v●l
                 viliu●
                 vel
                 nobilius
                 .
                 Nam
                 &
                 in
                 iis
                 quae
                 hoc
                 in
                 g●nere
                 minùs
                 grata
                 nostro
                 occurrunt
                 sensui
                 ,
                 Natura
                 parens
                 &
                 author
                 omniū
                 miras
                 excitat
                 voluptates
                 hominibus
                 ,
                 qui
                 intelligunt
                 causas
                 &
                 ingenuè
                 Philosophan●ur
                 .
                 Absurdum
                 enim
                 nulla
                 ration●
                 p●obandum
                 est
                 ,
                 si
                 imagines
                 quid●m
                 rerum
                 naturalium
                 non
                 sine
                 delectatione
                 p●optereà
                 inspectamus
                 ,
                 quòd
                 ingen●um
                 contempla●ur
                 quod
                 illas
                 condiderit
                 ,
                 id
                 est
                 ,
                 artem
                 pingendi
                 aut
                 fingendi
                 ;
                 rerum
                 autem
                 ipsarum
                 naturae
                 ingenio
                 miráque
                 solertia
                 constitutam
                 contemplationem
                 non
                 magis
                 prosequamur
                 atque
                 exosculemur
                 ,
                 modo
                 causas
                 perspicere
                 valeamus
                 :
                 It
                 remains
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 we
                 discourse
                 of
                 the
                 natures
                 of
                 Animals
                 ,
                 being
                 circumspect
                 
                 to
                 omit
                 none
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 the
                 nobler
                 or
                 inferior
                 sort
                 :
                 For
                 even
                 from
                 those
                 Creatures
                 which
                 less
                 please
                 our
                 sense
                 ,
                 does
                 the
                 universal
                 Parent
                 ,
                 Nature
                 ,
                 afford
                 incredible
                 contentments
                 to
                 such
                 Persons
                 ,
                 as
                 understand
                 their
                 causes
                 ,
                 and
                 Philophize
                 ingenuously
                 .
                 Since
                 it
                 were
                 absurd
                 and
                 inconsistent
                 to
                 reason
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 should
                 behold
                 the
                 Portraitures
                 of
                 Natural
                 things
                 with
                 delectation
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 observe
                 the
                 accuratness
                 wherewith
                 they
                 are
                 designed
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 the
                 skil
                 of
                 Painture
                 or
                 Sculpture
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 much
                 more
                 aff●ct
                 and
                 pursue
                 the
                 contemplation
                 of
                 things
                 themselves
                 ,
                 contrived
                 by
                 the
                 exquisite
                 Artifice
                 and
                 Sagacity
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 provided
                 we
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 und●rstand
                 their
                 causes
                 .
              
               And
               the
               better
               to
               make
               out
               to
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               the
               delightfulness
               of
               the
               study
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               let
               me
               observe
               to
               you
               ,
               That
               those
               pleasing
               Truths
               it
               teacheth
               us
               ,
               do
               highly
               gratifie
               our
               intellectual
               Faculties
               ,
               without
               displeasing
               any
               of
               them
               :
               for
               they
               are
               none
               of
               those
               Criminal
               Pleasures
               ,
               which
               injur'd
               and
               incensed
               Conscience
               does
               very
               much
               allay
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               Fruition
               ,
               and
               turns
               into
               Torments
               after
               it
               .
               Nor
               are
               the
               Enquiries
               I
               am
               recommending
               of
               that
               trifling
               and
               unserviceable
               sort
               of
               Imployments
               ,
               which
               though
               Conscience
               condemns
               not
               as
               unlawful
               for
               a
               Christian
               ,
               Reason
               disapproves
               as
               not
               worthy
               of
               a
               Philosopher
               ;
               and
               wherewith
               to
               be
               much
               delighted
               ,
               argues
               a
               weakness
               ;
               as
               to
               be
               pleased
               with
               Babies
               and
               Whistles
               ,
               supposes
               unripe
               and
               weak
               Intellectuals
               :
               But
               the
               contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               is
               an
               Imployment
               ,
               which
               both
               the
               Possessors
               of
               the
               sublimest
               Reason
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               seve●est
               Virtue
               ,
               have
               not
               onely
               allowed
               ,
               but
               cultivated
               .
               The
               Learne●
               Author
               of
               the
               Book
               
                 De
                 Mundo
              
               ,
               ascrib'd
               to
               Aristotle
               ,
               begins
               it
               w●th
               this
               Elogium
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               :
               
                 Mihi
                 quid●m
                 saepe
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 divina
                 quaedem
                 res
                 ,
                 Alexander
                 ,
                 admirationeque
                 digna
                 visa
                 est
                 Philosophia
                 ;
                 praecipuè
                 vero
                 in
                 ea
                 parte
                 in
                 qua
                 sola
                 ipsa
                 sublime
                 sese
                 t●llens
                 ad
                 contemplandas
                 rerum
                 naturas
                 ,
                 magno
                 illic
                 studio
                 contendit
                 existentem
                 in
                 ●is
                 veritatem
                 pernoscere
                 .
                 Philosophy
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               O
               Alexander
               ,
               
                 hath
                 oftentim●s
                 seem'd
                 to
                 me
                 a
                 Divine
                 and
                 Admirable
                 Thing
                 ;
                 but
                 
                 chiefly
                 ,
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 aspires
                 to
                 contemplate
                 the
                 Natures
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 imploying
                 its
                 utmost
                 power
                 in
                 searching
                 out
                 the
                 truth
                 contained
                 in
                 them
                 .
              
               The
               reasonableness
               of
               which
               Commendation
               ,
               he
               handsomly
               enough
               prosecutes
               in
               the
               subsequent
               Discou●se
               :
               To
               which
               I
               shall
               refer
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               proceed
               to
               minde
               you
               ,
               that
               
                 Pythagoras
                 ,
                 Democritus
                 ,
                 Plato
              
               ,
               and
               divers
               others
               of
               those
               whose
               Wisdom
               made
               after-ages
               reverence
               Antiquity
               ,
               did
               not
               onely
               esteem
               the
               Truths
               of
               Nature
               worth
               studying
               for
               ,
               but
               thought
               them
               too
               worth
               Travelling
               for
               as
               far
               as
               those
               Eastern
               Regions
               ,
               whose
               Wise-men
               were
               then
               cry'd
               up
               for
               the
               best
               Expositors
               of
               the
               obscure
               Book
               of
               Nature
               .
               And
               that
               severe
               Teacher
               ,
               and
               perswasive
               Recommender
               of
               the
               strictest
               Virtue
               ,
               Seneca
               (
               whose
               eminent
               Wisdom
               made
               him
               invited
               to
               govern
               Him
               that
               was
               to
               govern
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               who
               so
               often
               and
               so
               excellently
               presses
               the
               husbanding
               of
               our
               time
               )
               does
               not
               onely
               in
               several
               Passages
               of
               his
               Writings
               praise
               a
               contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               but
               Writes
               himself
               seven
               Books
               of
               Natural
               Questions
               ,
               and
               addresses
               them
               to
               that
               very
               Lucilius
               ,
               whom
               in
               his
               Epistles
               he
               takes
               such
               pains
               to
               make
               compleatly
               Virtuous
               ;
               and
               in
               his
               Preface
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               said
               according
               to
               his
               manner
               ,
               loftily
               ,
               
                 Equidem
                 tunc
                 Naturae
                 rerum
                 gratias
                 ago
                 ,
                 cum
                 illam
                 non
                 ab
                 hac
                 parte
                 video
                 ,
                 quae
                 publi●a
                 est
                 ,
              
               
               
                 sed
                 cum
                 secretiora
                 ejus
                 intravi
                 ,
                 cum
                 disco
                 quae
                 Universi
                 Materia
                 sit
                 ,
                 quis
                 Author
                 ,
                 aut
                 Custos
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               
                 Then
                 do
                 I
                 pay
                 my
                 acknowledgements
                 to
                 Nature
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 behold
                 her
                 not
                 on
                 the
                 out-side
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 obvious
                 to
                 publick
                 view
                 ,
                 but
                 am
                 enter'd
                 into
                 her
                 more
                 secret
                 Recesses
                 ;
                 when
                 I
                 understand
                 what
                 the
                 Matter
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 is
                 ,
                 who
                 its
                 Author
                 ,
                 and
                 Preserver
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               He
               concludes
               in
               the
               same
               strain
               ,
               
                 Nisi
                 ad
                 haec
                 admitterer
                 ,
                 non
                 fuerat
                 operae
                 pretium
                 nasci
                 :
                 Had
                 I
                 been
                 debarr'd
                 from
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 been
                 worth
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 World.
              
               And
               to
               adde
               what
               he
               excellently
               says
               in
               another
               Treatise
               ,
               
                 Ad
                 haec
                 quaerenda
                 natus
              
               (
               says
               he
               ,
               having
               spoken
               of
               Enquiries
               concerning
               the
               Universe
               )
               
                 aestima
                 quàm
                 non
                 multùm
                 acceperit
                 temporis
                 ,
                 etiam
                 si
                 illud
                 totum
                 sibi
                 vindicet
                 ,
                 cui
                 
                 licet
                 nihil
                 facilitate
                 eripi
                 ,
                 nihil
                 negligentia
                 patiatur
                 excidere
                 ;
                 licet
                 horas
                 suas
                 avarissime
                 servet
                 ,
                 &
                 usque
                 in
                 ultimae
                 aetatis
                 humanae
                 terminos
                 procedat
                 ,
                 nec
                 quicquid
                 illi
                 ex
                 eo
                 quod
                 Natura
                 constituit
                 fortuna
                 concutiat
                 ;
                 tamen
                 homo
                 ad
                 immortalium
                 cognitionem
                 nimis
                 mortalis
                 est
                 .
                 Ergo
                 secundum
                 Naturam
                 vivo
                 ,
                 si
                 totum
                 me
                 illi
                 dedi
                 ,
                 si
                 illius
                 Admirator
                 Cultorque
                 sum
                 .
                 Natura
                 autem
                 utrumque
                 facere
                 me
                 voluit
                 &
                 agere
                 ,
                 &
                 contemplationi
                 vacare
                 .
                 Being
                 born
                 designedly
                 for
                 searching
                 out
                 these
                 things
                 ,
              
               
               
                 consider
                 that
                 the
                 portion
                 of
                 time
                 allotted
                 to
                 Man
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 great
                 ,
                 if
                 this
                 study
                 should
                 ingross
                 it
                 all
                 ;
                 since
                 though
                 he
                 should
                 pr●serve
                 his
                 hours
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 frugality
                 all
                 his
                 life-time
                 ,
                 not
                 suffering
                 any
                 to
                 be
                 stolen
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 slide
                 away
                 negligently
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 be
                 disturb●d
                 by
                 Accidents
                 of
                 Fortune
                 in
                 th●
                 Imployment
                 Nature
                 has
                 appointed
                 him
                 ,
                 yet
                 is
                 he
                 too
                 Mortal
                 to
                 attain
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Immortal
                 Things
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 ,
                 I
                 live
                 agreeably
                 to
                 Nature
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 give
                 up
                 my self
                 wholly
                 to
                 Her
                 ,
                 and
                 am
                 Her
                 Admirer
                 and
                 Adorer
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 Nature
                 hath
                 d●signed
                 me
                 to
                 act
                 ,
                 and
                 imploy
                 my self
                 in
                 Contemplation
                 .
              
               How
               far
               Religion
               is
               from
               dis-approving
               the
               Study
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               I
               shall
               have
               occasion
               to
               manifest
               ere
               long
               ,
               when
               we
               shall
               come
               to
               shew
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               an
               act
               of
               Piety
               to
               offer
               up
               for
               the
               Creatures
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               Praise
               to
               the
               Creator
               ;
               For
               ,
               as
               anciently
               among
               the
               Jews
               ,
               by
               virtue
               of
               an
               Aaronical
               Extraction
               ,
               Men
               were
               born
               with
               a
               Right
               to
               Priesthood
               ;
               so
               Reason
               is
               a
               Natural
               Dignity
               ,
               and
               Knowledge
               a
               Prerogative
               ,
               that
               can
               confer
               a
               Priesthood
               without
               Unction
               or
               Imposition
               of
               Hands
               .
               And
               as
               for
               Reason
               ,
               that
               is
               so
               far
               from
               making
               us
               judge
               that
               Imployment
               unworthy
               of
               Rational
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               those
               Philosophers
               (
               as
               
                 Aristotle
                 ,
                 Epicurus
                 ,
                 Democritus
              
               ,
               &c.
               )
               that
               have
               improv'd
               Reason
               to
               the
               gr●atest
               height
               ,
               have
               the
               most
               seriously
               and
               industriously
               imploy'd
               it
               to
               investigate
               the
               Truths
               ,
               and
               promote
               the
               study
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               .
            
             
               And
               indeed
               ,
               that
               noble
               Faculty
               call'd
               Reason
               ,
               being
               conscious
               of
               the
               great
               progress
               it
               may
               enable
               us
               to
               make
               in
               the
               
               knowledge
               of
               Natures
               Mysteries
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               industriously
               imploy'd
               in
               the
               study
               of
               them
               ,
               cannot
               ,
               but
               like
               a
               great
               Commander
               ,
               think
               it self
               disobliged
               by
               not
               being
               considerably
               employ'd
               .
               And
               certainly
               we
               are
               wanting
               to
               our selves
               ,
               and
               are
               guilty
               of
               little
               less
               then
               our
               own
               Degradation
               ,
               that
               being
               by
               Gods
               peculiar
               vouchsafement
               ,
               endowed
               with
               those
               noble
               Faculties
               of
               Understanding
               ,
               and
               Discoursing
               ,
               and
               plac'd
               amidst
               a
               numberless
               variety
               of
               Objects
               ,
               that
               incessantly
               invite
               our
               Contemplations
               ,
               can
               content
               our selves
               to
               behold
               so
               many
               Instructive
               Creatures
               which
               make
               up
               this
               vast
               Universe
               ,
               whose
               noblest
               Part
               we
               are
               design'd
               to
               be
               ,
               with
               no
               more
               ,
               or
               but
               little
               more
               discerning
               Eyes
               then
               those
               less
               favored
               Animals
               ,
               to
               whom
               Nature
               hath
               denyed
               the
               Prerogative
               of
               Reason
               ,
               as
               we
               deny
               our selves
               the
               use
               of
               it
               .
               Aristotle
               well
               observes
               ,
               that
               among
               Animals
               ,
               Man
               alone
               is
               of
               an
               erected
               Stature
               ;
               and
               adds
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               because
               his
               Nature
               hath
               something
               in
               it
               of
               Divine
               :
               
                 Officium
                 autem
                 Divini
              
               (
               infers
               he
               )
               
                 est
                 intelligere
                 atque
                 Sapere
              
               :
               
               
                 The
                 Qualifications
                 of
                 a
                 Divine
                 Being
                 ,
                 are
                 Understanding
                 and
                 Wisdom
                 .
              
               And
               it
               cannot
               but
               mis-become
               the
               dignity
               of
               such
               a
               Creature
               to
               live
               Ignorant
               or
               Unstudious
               of
               the
               Laws
               and
               Constitutions
               of
               that
               great
               Commonwealth
               (
               as
               divers
               of
               the
               Antients
               have
               not
               improperly
               stiled
               the
               World
               )
               whereof
               he
               is
               the
               eminentest
               part
               :
               And
               were
               we
               not
               lulled
               asleep
               by
               Custom
               or
               Sensuality
               ,
               it
               could
               not
               but
               Trouble
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               it
               Injures
               a
               reasonable
               Soul
               to
               Ignore
               the
               Structure
               and
               Contrivance
               of
               that
               admirably
               Organiz'd
               Body
               in
               which
               she
               lives
               ,
               and
               to
               whose
               intervention
               she
               owes
               the
               Knowledge
               she
               hath
               of
               other
               Creatures
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               true
               indeed
               ,
               that
               even
               the
               generality
               of
               Men
               ,
               without
               making
               it
               their
               design
               ,
               know
               somewhat
               more
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               then
               Creatures
               destitute
               of
               Reason
               can
               ,
               by
               the
               advantage
               of
               that
               Superior
               Faculty
               ,
               which
               cannot
               but
               even
               unurg'd
               ,
               and
               of
               its
               own
               accord
               make
               some
               ,
               though
               but
               slight
               ,
               reflections
               on
               the
               Information
               of
               the
               Senses
               :
               But
               if
               those
               Impressions
               be
               onely
               receiv'd
               and
               not
               improv'd
               ,
               but
               rather
               neglected
               ;
               
               and
               if
               we
               (
               contenting
               our selves
               with
               the
               superficial
               account
               given
               us
               of
               things
               by
               their
               obvious
               Appearances
               and
               Qualities
               )
               are
               beholding
               for
               that
               we
               know
               ,
               to
               our
               Nature
               ,
               not
               our
               Industry
               ,
               we
               faultily
               loose
               both
               one
               of
               the
               noblest
               Imployments
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               highest
               Satisfactions
               of
               our
               rational
               Faculty
               :
               And
               he
               that
               is
               this
               way
               wanting
               to
               himself
               ,
               seems
               to
               live
               in
               this
               magnificent
               Structure
               ,
               call'd
               the
               Universe
               ,
               not
               unlike
               a
               Spider
               in
               a
               Palace
               ;
               who
               taking
               notice
               onely
               of
               those
               Objects
               that
               obtrude
               themselves
               upon
               her
               Senses
               ,
               lives
               ignorant
               of
               all
               the
               other
               Rooms
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               save
               that
               wherein
               she
               lurks
               ,
               and
               discerning
               nothing
               either
               of
               the
               Architecture
               of
               the
               stately
               Building
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Proportion
               of
               the
               Parts
               of
               it
               in
               relation
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               intire
               Structure
               ,
               makes
               it
               her
               whole
               business
               ,
               by
               intrapping
               of
               Flies
               to
               continue
               an
               useless
               Life
               ;
               or
               exercise
               her self
               to
               spin
               Cob-webs
               ,
               which
               though
               consisting
               of
               very
               subtle
               Threds
               ,
               are
               unserviceable
               for
               any
               other
               then
               her
               own
               trifling
               uses
               .
               And
               that
               the
               contemplation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               especially
               the
               higher
               Region
               of
               it
               ,
               was
               design'd
               for
               Mans
               Imployment
               by
               Natures
               Self
               ,
               even
               the
               Heathen
               Poet
               (
               perhaps
               instructed
               by
               Aristotle
               )
               could
               observe
               ,
               who
               Sings
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Pronaque
                     cum
                     spectent
                     Animalia
                     caetera
                     terram
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Os
                     homini
                     sublime
                     dedit
                     ,
                     coelumque
                     tueri
                  
                   
                     Jussit
                     ,
                     &
                     erectos
                     ad
                     sidera
                     tollere
                     vultus
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Wise
                     Nature
                     ,
                     framing
                     Brutes
                     with
                     downward
                     looks
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Man
                     with
                     a
                     lofty
                     Aspect
                     did
                     indue
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     bad
                     him
                     Heaven
                     with
                     its
                     bright
                     Glories
                     view
                     .
                  
                
              
               I
               might
               annex
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               the
               Story
               Josephus
               tells
               us
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               
                 Jewish
                 Antiquities
              
               ,
               that
               't
               was
               the
               holy
               Seth
               and
               his
               Posterity
               (
               who
               are
               in
               Genesis
               stil'd
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               )
               that
               were
               the
               Inventers
               of
               Astronomy
               ,
               whose
               more
               Fundamental
               Observations
               (
               to
               perpetuate
               them
               to
               Man-kinde
               ,
               and
               
               sever
               them
               from
               the
               foretold
               destructions
               by
               Fire
               and
               Water
               )
               they
               engraved
               upon
               two
               Pillars
               ,
               the
               one
               of
               Brick
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               Stone
               ;
               the
               latter
               of
               which
               our
               Historian
               reports
               to
               have
               been
               extant
               in
               Syria
               in
               his
               time
               .
               And
               it
               is
               an
               almost
               uncontroll'd
               tradition
               ,
               that
               the
               Patriarch
               ,
               whom
               God
               vouchsafes
               to
               stile
               
                 his
                 Friend
              
               ,
               
               was
               the
               first
               Teacher
               of
               Astronomy
               and
               Philosophy
               to
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               from
               whom
               ,
               long
               afterwards
               ,
               the
               Grecians
               learn'd
               them
               .
               Berosus
               himself
               records
               him
               to
               have
               been
               skill'd
               in
               the
               Science
               of
               the
               Stars
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               cited
               by
               
                 Josephus
                 ,
                 (
                 Ant.
                 lib.
              
               1.
               c.
               8.
               )
               who
               a
               little
               after
               speaking
               of
               Abraham
               and
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               expresly
               affirms
               ,
               that
               
                 Numerorum
                 scientiam
                 &
                 sid●rum
                 benignè
                 illis
                 communicavit
                 :
                 Nam
                 ante
                 Abrahami
                 ad
                 se
                 adventum
                 ,
                 Aegyptii
                 rudes
                 erant
                 hujusmodi
                 disciplinarum
                 ;
                 quae
                 à
                 Chaldeis
                 ad
                 Aegyptios
                 profectae
                 ,
                 hinc
                 ad
                 Graecos
                 tandem
                 pervenerunt
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               put
               it
               out
               of
               question
               that
               the
               sublimest
               reason
               needs
               not
               make
               the
               Possessor
               of
               it
               think
               the
               studie
               of
               Physiologie
               an
               Imployment
               below
               him
               ,
               that
               Unequall'd
               Solomon
               ,
               who
               was
               pronounced
               the
               Wisest
               of
               men
               by
               their
               omniscient
               Author
               ,
               did
               not
               onely
               Justifie
               the
               Study
               of
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               by
               addicting
               himselfe
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               ennobled
               it
               by
               teaching
               it
               ,
               and
               purposely
               composing
               of
               it
               those
               matchlesse
               Records
               of
               Nature
               ,
               from
               which
               I
               remember
               some
               Jewish
               Authors
               relate
               Aristotle
               to
               have
               borrowed
               diverse
               ;
               which
               (
               if
               it
               be
               true
               )
               may
               well
               be
               supposed
               to
               be
               the
               choicest
               pieces
               that
               adorn'd
               his
               Philosophie
               ,
               and
               which
               Providence
               perhaps
               depriv'd
               the
               World
               of
               ,
               upon
               such
               a
               score
               as
               it
               did
               the
               Jewes
               of
               the
               Body
               of
               Moses
               ,
               lest
               men
               should
               Idolize
               it
               ;
               or
               as
               some
               Rabbies
               are
               pleased
               to
               informe
               us
               ,
               lest
               vicious
               men
               should
               venture
               upon
               all
               kinds
               of
               Intemperance
               ,
               out
               of
               Confidence
               of
               finding
               out
               by
               the
               help
               of
               those
               excellent
               Writings
               the
               Cure
               of
               all
               the
               Distempers
               their
               dissolutenesse
               should
               produce
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               yet
               a
               little
               further
               to
               discover
               to
               you
               ,
               the
               Delightfulnesse
               of
               the
               Contemplations
               of
               Natures
               works
               ,
               Give
               me
               leave
               to
               mind
               you
               of
               their
               almost
               unimaginable
               Variety
               ,
               
               as
               of
               a
               Propertie
               ,
               that
               should
               methinks
               not
               faintly
               recommend
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
               to
               curious
               and
               active
               Intellectuals
               .
            
             
               For
               most
               other
               Sciences
               ,
               at
               least
               as
               they
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               taught
               ,
               are
               so
               narrow
               and
               so
               circumscrib'd
               ,
               that
               he
               who
               has
               read
               one
               of
               the
               best
               and
               recentest
               Systems
               of
               them
               ,
               shall
               find
               little
               in
               the
               other
               Books
               publisht
               on
               those
               subjects
               ,
               but
               disguis'd
               repetitions
               ;
               and
               a
               diligent
               Scholar
               may
               in
               no
               long
               time
               learn
               as
               much
               as
               the
               Professors
               themselves
               can
               teach
               him
               .
               But
               the
               objects
               of
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
               being
               as
               many
               as
               the
               Laws
               and
               Works
               of
               Nature
               are
               ,
               so
               various
               and
               so
               numberlesse
               ,
               that
               if
               a
               Man
               had
               the
               Age
               of
               Methuselah
               to
               spend
               ,
               he
               might
               sooner
               want
               time
               then
               matter
               ,
               for
               his
               Contemplations
               :
               And
               so
               pregnant
               is
               each
               of
               that
               vast
               multitude
               of
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               make
               up
               the
               Naturalists
               Theme
               ,
               with
               usefull
               matter
               to
               employ
               Mens
               studie
               ,
               that
               I
               dare
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               life
               of
               a
               Philosopher
               spent
               in
               that
               alone
               ,
               would
               be
               too
               short
               to
               give
               a
               full
               and
               perfect
               account
               of
               the
               Natural
               Properties
               and
               Uses
               of
               any
               one
               of
               several
               Minerals
               ,
               Plants
               ,
               or
               Animals
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               name
               .
               'T
               is
               an
               almost
               incredible
               variety
               of
               Vegetables
               ,
               that
               the
               teeming
               Earth
               ,
               impregnated
               by
               Gods
               
                 Producat
                 Terra
              
               ,
               does
               in
               several
               Regions
               produce
               .
               Botanists
               have
               a
               pretty
               while
               since
               ,
               reckon'd
               up
               near
               6000
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Vegetable
               Kingdom
               ;
               since
               when
               ,
               divers
               other
               not-described
               Plants
               have
               been
               observed
               by
               Herbarists
               ;
               the
               chief
               of
               which
               will
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               be
               shortly
               communicated
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               by
               that
               Curious
               and
               Diligent
               Botanist
               my
               Industrious
               Acquaintance
               ,
               Dr.
               How
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               not
               long
               since
               presented
               a
               peculiar
               and
               excellent
               kinde
               of
               Pepper
               ,
               whose
               Shell
               tastes
               not
               unlike
               Cinnamon
               ,
               and
               smells
               so
               like
               Cloves
               ,
               that
               with
               the
               Odor
               I
               have
               deceived
               many
               ,
               which
               he
               confest
               to
               be
               new
               even
               to
               him
               ;
               it
               having
               been
               lately
               g●thered
               in
               Jamaica
               (
               where
               it
               abounds
               )
               and
               presented
               me
               by
               the
               inquisitive
               Commander
               of
               the
               English
               Forces
               there
               .
               And
               yet
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               this
               great
               variety
               of
               Simples
               could
               not
               deter
               either
               Ancient
               or
               Modern
               Inquirers
               from
               
               Writing
               entire
               Treatises
               of
               some
               particular
               Ones
               .
               So
               Pliny
               tells
               us
               ,
               a
               That
               Themison
               the
               Physitian
               publisht
               a
               Volume
               (
               for
               so
               he
               call'd
               it
               )
               of
               that
               vulgar
               and
               despised
               Herb
               called
               Plantain
               :
               So
               the
               same
               b
               Author
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               Amphilochus
               ▪
               writ
               a
               Volume
               
                 De
                 Medica
                 Herba
                 ,
                 &
                 Cytisa
              
               ;
               and
               King
               c
               Juba
               another
               ,
               of
               a
               sort
               of
               Nymphaea
               by
               him
               found
               on
               Mount
               Atlas
               .
               And
               in
               our
               Times
               ,
               not
               to
               mention
               those
               many
               Books
               that
               have
               been
               written
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               Of
               the
               Structure
               of
               Mans
               Body
               ,
               and
               
                 De
                 Usu
                 Partium
                 :
                 Carolus
                 Rosenbergius
              
               writ
               some
               Years
               since
               an
               entire
               Book
               of
               Roses
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               his
               
                 Rhodologia
                 :
                 Martinus
                 Blochwitius
              
               since
               published
               another
               Book
               of
               Elder
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Anatomia
                 Sambuci
              
               .
               Among
               the
               Chymists
               ,
               
                 Angelus
                 Sala
              
               publisht
               in
               distinct
               Treatises
               ,
               his
               
                 Vitriologia
                 ,
                 Tartarologia
                 ,
                 Saccharologia
                 :
                 Untzerus
              
               also
               writ
               peculiar
               Tracts
               ,
               
                 De
                 Mercurio
                 ,
                 De
                 Sulphure
                 ,
                 De
                 Sale.
              
               And
               Paracelsus
               himself
               vouchsafed
               distinct
               Treatises
               to
               
                 Hypericon
                 ,
                 Persicaria
                 ,
                 Helleborus
              
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               particular
               Plants
               .
               
                 Basilius
                 Valentinus
              
               (
               one
               of
               the
               most
               Knowing
               and
               Candid
               Chymical
               Writers
               )
               publisht
               long
               since
               an
               excellent
               Treatise
               of
               Antimony
               ,
               inscrib'd
               
                 Currus
                 Triumphalis
                 Antimonii
              
               ;
               but
               though
               in
               his
               other
               he
               hath
               also
               taught
               us
               divers
               other
               things
               concerning
               it
               ,
               yet
               he
               left
               so
               much
               undiscovered
               in
               Antimony
               ,
               that
               
                 Angelus
                 Sala
              
               was
               thereby
               emboldned
               to
               publish
               his
               
                 Anatomia
                 Antimonii
              
               .
               And
               
                 Hamerus
                 Poppius
              
               (
               if
               that
               be
               his
               true
               name
               )
               
                 Johannis
                 Tholdius
              
               ,
               and
               the
               experienced
               
                 Alexander
                 van
                 Suchten
              
               ,
               thought
               fit
               to
               write
               entire
               Treatises
               of
               that
               same
               Mineral
               ;
               by
               which
               if
               they
               seem
               to
               Eclipse
               the
               diligence
               of
               Basilius
               ,
               at
               least
               they
               bore
               witness
               to
               his
               Judgement
               :
               for
               modestly
               inviting
               his
               Readers
               to
               make
               further
               enquiries
               into
               the
               Nature
               and
               Preparations
               of
               that
               abstruse
               Mineral
               ,
               He
               gives
               this
               account
               of
               his
               leaving
               many
               things
               unmention'd
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 shortness
                 of
                 Life
                 makes
                 it
                 impossible
                 for
                 one
                 man
                 throughly
                 to
                 learn
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 every
                 day
                 something
                 of
                 new
                 is
                 discovered
                 .
              
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               having
               lately
               given
               a
               Chymist
               ,
               upon
               his
               request
               ,
               some
               Directions
               for
               drawing
               ,
               not
               an
               imaginary
               Mercury
               
               of
               Antimony
               ,
               as
               those
               which
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               taught
               by
               Chymists
               ,
               but
               a
               real
               fluid
               Quick-silver
               ;
               he
               some
               days
               since
               brought
               me
               about
               an
               Ounce
               of
               it
               (
               which
               you
               may
               command
               when
               you
               please
               )
               as
               the
               first
               Fruits
               of
               Directions
               ,
               differing
               enough
               from
               those
               which
               I
               have
               hitherto
               met
               with
               in
               Authors
               A
               peculiar
               way
               likewise
               of
               separating
               from
               Antimony
               ,
               not
               such
               a
               Substance
               as
               those
               which
               are
               as
               improperly
               as
               vulgarly
               call'd
               Antimonial
               Sulphurs
               ,
               but
               a
               really
               combustible
               Body
               ,
               which
               looks
               and
               burns
               so
               like
               common
               Brimstone
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               easily
               distinguishable
               from
               it
               ,
               we
               shall
               elsewhere
               ,
               God
               willing
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               teach
               you
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               whereas
               according
               to
               the
               way
               mentioned
               by
               Basilius
               in
               his
               
                 Currus
                 Triumphalis
              
               ,
               and
               both
               generally
               transcrib'd
               by
               Authors
               ,
               and
               formerly
               practis'd
               by
               our selves
               ,
               the
               Tincture
               of
               the
               Gl●ss
               of
               Antimony
               is
               very
               tedious
               to
               make
               ,
               being
               to
               be
               drawn
               with
               Spirit
               of
               Vinegar
               ,
               I
               once
               made
               a
               Menstruum
               to
               draw
               it
               more
               expeditiously
               ,
               which
               having
               not
               hither
               to
               met
               with
               in
               any
               of
               the
               Authors
               I
               have
               read
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               conceal
               from
               you
               :
               Taking
               then
               an
               arbitrary
               quantity
               of
               the
               best
               French
               Verdegreece
               ,
               and
               distilling
               it
               orderly
               in
               a
               strong
               naked
               Fire
               ,
               I
               found
               the
               extorted
               Liquor
               to
               extract
               (
               even
               in
               an
               ordinary
               digesting
               heat
               )
               from
               powdred
               Antimonial
               Glass
               ,
               a
               Blood-red
               Tincture
               in
               three
               or
               four
               hours
               ;
               and
               my
               curiosity
               leading
               me
               to
               abstract
               the
               Menstruum
               from
               the
               tinging
               Powder
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               again
               upon
               ●ulveris'd
               Glass
               ,
               I
               found
               it
               again
               h●ghly
               Tincted
               in
               a
               very
               few
               hours
               .
               And
               prosecuting
               the
               Experiment
               ,
               I
               found
               that
               by
               drawing
               off
               the
               Menstruum
               ,
               and
               ●igesting
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               upon
               the
               remaining
               Calx
               ,
               I
               could
               soon
               obtain
               a
               red
               Tincture
               ,
               or
               Solution
               ,
               From
               which
               some
               Chymists
               ,
               if
               I
               should
               tell
               them
               what
               I
               have
               now
               told
               you
               ,
               would
               perhaps
               expect
               no
               ordinary
               Medicine
               .
               But
               this
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               you
               will
               think
               less
               strange
               ,
               then
               that
               with
               a
               Liquor
               easily
               separated
               ,
               by
               a
               way
               which
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               teach
               you
               ,
               from
               an
               obvious
               Vegetable
               ,
               of
               which
               you
               may
               safely
               eat
               a
               whole
               Pound
               at
               a
               time
               ,
               I
               have
               drawn
               a
               deep
               red
               Tincture
               ,
               even
               from
               crude
               Antimony
               ,
               and
               th●t
               in
               not
               many
               hours
               ,
               and
               without
               heat
               .
            
             
             
               And
               to
               these
               Experiments
               of
               Antimony
               ,
               I
               might
               (
               partly
               from
               the
               communication
               of
               my
               Friends
               ,
               and
               partly
               from
               some
               tryals
               of
               my
               own
               )
               adde
               divers
               other
               undivulg'd
               Experiments
               relating
               to
               that
               Mineral
               ;
               if
               it
               were
               not
               now
               more
               seasonable
               ,
               reserving
               them
               for
               other
               Papers
               ,
               to
               minde
               you
               ,
               That
               the
               Learned
               Kircherus
               hath
               inrich'd
               us
               with
               a
               great
               Volume
               
                 in
                 Folio
              
               ,
               of
               Light
               and
               Shadows
               ;
               and
               another
               
                 in
                 Quarto
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Load
               stone
               :
               and
               yet
               none
               of
               these
               have
               so
               exhausted
               the
               Subjects
               they
               have
               treated
               of
               ,
               but
               that
               an
               after-Enquirer
               may
               be
               able
               to
               recruit
               their
               Observations
               with
               many
               new
               ones
               ,
               perhaps
               more
               numerous
               or
               more
               considerable
               then
               the
               former
               :
               As
               after
               our
               Learned
               Country-man
               Gilbertus
               had
               written
               a
               Volume
               of
               the
               Load-stone
               ,
               the
               Jesuit
               Cabeus
               was
               not
               by
               that
               deterr'd
               from
               writing
               another
               of
               the
               same
               Subject
               :
               And
               though
               since
               Cabeus
               ,
               the
               Ingenious
               Kircherus
               have
               so
               largely
               prosecuted
               it
               in
               his
               Voluminous
               
                 Ars
                 Magnetica
              
               ,
               yet
               he
               has
               not
               reap'd
               his
               Field
               so
               clean
               ,
               but
               that
               a
               careful
               Gleaner
               may
               still
               finde
               Ears
               enough
               to
               make
               some
               Sheaves
               .
               And
               what
               I
               have
               lately
               try'd
               or
               seen
               ,
               makes
               me
               think
               it
               very
               possible
               to
               recruit
               those
               many
               of
               Kircherus
               ,
               with
               some
               further
               Magnetical
               Experiments
               unmention'd
               in
               his
               Book
               .
               And
               I
               have
               ,
               the
               very
               day
               I
               writ
               this
               ,
               made
               in
               that
               admirable
               Stone
               a
               not-inconsiderable
               Experiment
               ,
               not
               extant
               (
               that
               I
               remember
               )
               there
               :
               For
               taking
               an
               oblong
               Load-stone
               ,
               and
               heating
               it
               red-hot
               ,
               I
               found
               the
               attractive
               Facultie
               in
               not
               many
               minutes
               ,
               either
               altogether
               abolish'd
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               so
               impaired
               and
               weakned
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               scarce
               ,
               if
               at
               all
               ,
               able
               to
               discern
               it
               .
               But
               this
               hath
               been
               observed
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               faithfully
               related
               ,
               by
               more
               then
               one
               ;
               wherefore
               I
               shall
               adde
               ,
               That
               by
               refrigerating
               this
               red-hot
               Load-stone
               either
               North
               or
               South
               ,
               I
               found
               that
               I
               could
               give
               its
               Extreams
               a
               Polarity
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               which
               they
               would
               readily
               display
               upon
               an
               excited
               Needle
               freely
               plac'd
               in
               Aequilibrium
               :
               And
               not
               onely
               so
               ,
               but
               I
               could
               by
               refrigerating
               the
               same
               ●nd
               sometime
               North
               &
               sometime
               South
               ,
               in
               a
               very
               short
               time
               change
               the
               Poles
               of
               the
               Load-stone
               at
               pleasure
               ,
               making
               that
               which
               was
               a
               quarter
               of
               
               an
               hour
               before
               the
               North-pole
               ,
               become
               the
               South
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               the
               formerly
               Southern
               Pole
               become
               the
               Northern
               :
               And
               this
               change
               was
               wrought
               on
               the
               Load-stone
               ,
               not
               onely
               by
               cooling
               it
               directly
               North
               and
               South
               ,
               but
               by
               cooling
               it
               perpendicularly
               ;
               that
               end
               of
               it
               which
               was
               contiguous
               to
               the
               Ground
               ,
               growing
               the
               Northern
               Pole
               ,
               and
               so
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               Magnetical
               )
               drawing
               to
               it
               the
               South
               en●
               of
               the
               Needle
               ;
               and
               that
               which
               was
               remotest
               from
               it
               ,
               the
               contrary
               one
               :
               As
               if
               indeed
               the
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               ,
               were
               ,
               as
               some
               Magnetick
               Philosophers
               have
               suppos'd
               it
               ,
               but
               a
               Great
               Magnes
               ,
               since
               its
               Effluviums
               are
               able
               ,
               in
               some
               Cases
               ,
               to
               impart
               a
               Magnetick
               Faculty
               to
               the
               Load-stone
               it self
               .
               Some
               other
               Experiments
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               not
               extant
               in
               Kircherus
               ,
               we
               may
               have
               elsewhere
               fit
               opportunity
               to
               mention
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               that
               Enigmatical
               Mineral
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               call
               it
               )
               the
               Load-stone
               ,
               is
               a
               subject
               so
               fertile
               in
               Rarities
               ,
               that
               I
               hear
               ,
               he
               himself
               is
               Reprinting
               that
               accurate
               Treatise
               ,
               with
               new
               and
               large
               Additions
               .
            
             
               Nor
               are
               the
               smallest
               and
               most
               despicable
               productions
               of
               Nature
               so
               barren
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               are
               capable
               both
               to
               invite
               our
               Speculations
               ,
               and
               to
               recompense
               them
               .
               Pliny
               in
               the
               eleventh
               Book
               of
               his
               Natural
               History
               ,
               where
               he
               treats
               of
               Insects
               ,
               is
               a
               little
               after
               the
               entr●nce
               ,
               transported
               with
               an
               unwonted
               admiration
               of
               the
               Workmanship
               of
               Nature
               in
               them
               :
               
                 Nusquam
                 alibi
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 spectatiore
                 Naturae
                 rerum
                 artificio
                 :
                 In
                 nothing
                 elswhere
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 is
                 the
                 workmanship
                 of
                 Nature
                 more
                 remarkable
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 contexture
                 of
                 these
                 little
                 Creatures
                 .
              
               And
               after
               a
               Wonder
               ,
               not
               unworthy
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               he
               concludes
               ,
               
                 Rerum
                 Natura
                 nusquam
                 magis
                 quam
                 in
                 minimis
                 tota
                 est
                 :
                 Nature
                 in
                 her
                 whole
                 Power
                 is
                 never
                 more
                 wholly
                 seen
                 then
                 in
                 her
                 smallest
                 Works
                 .
              
               To
               which
               Epiphonema
               he
               adds
               this
               Sober
               and
               Philosophical
               Admonition
               ,
               
                 Quapropter
                 ,
                 quaeso
                 ne
                 haec
                 legentes
                 ,
                 quoniam
                 ex
                 his
                 spernunt
                 multa
                 ,
                 etiam
                 relata
                 fastidio
                 damnent
                 ,
                 cum
                 in
                 contemplatione
                 Naturae
                 nihil
                 possit
                 videri
                 supervacaneum
                 :
                 Wherefore
                 I
                 would
                 request
                 the
                 Perusers
                 of
                 these
                 Discourses
                 ,
                 that
                 although
                 
                 the
                 subjects
                 we
                 treat
                 of
                 are
                 contemptible
                 in
                 their
                 eyes
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 therefore
                 disdain
                 the
                 relations
                 we
                 shall
                 make
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 since
                 nothing
                 ought
                 to
                 seem
                 superfluous
                 in
                 the
                 contemplation
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
              
               I
               remember
               that
               it
               is
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               so
               despicable
               a
               part
               as
               the
               skin
               of
               the
               Sole
               of
               the
               Foot
               ,
               that
               Galen
               takes
               occasion
               to
               magnifie
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               in
               those
               excellent
               terms
               that
               we
               shall
               have
               occasion
               to
               mention
               hereafter
               .
               And
               ,
               as
               he
               says
               rarely
               well
               ,
               though
               some
               Creatures
               seem
               made
               of
               much
               courser
               Stuff
               then
               others
               ,
               yet
               even
               in
               the
               vilest
               the
               Makers
               Art
               Shines
               through
               the
               despicableness
               of
               the
               Matter
               .
               For
               Idiots
               admire
               in
               things
               the
               Beauty
               of
               their
               Materials
               ,
               but
               Artists
               that
               of
               the
               Workmanship
               :
               To
               which
               ,
               after
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Philosophical
               Discourse
               ,
               he
               adds
               ,
               
                 N●que
                 oculo
                 nec
                 cerebro
                 deterius
                 est
                 pes
                 constructus
                 ,
                 si
                 utraque
                 pa●s
                 ad
                 actiones
                 ,
                 cujus
                 gratia
                 fuit
                 facta
                 ,
                 se
                 habeat
                 optimè
                 ;
                 neque
                 cerebrum
                 sine
                 pede
                 se
                 probe
                 haberet
                 ,
                 neque
                 pes
                 sine
                 cerebro
                 :
                 Eget
                 enim
                 ,
                 opinor
                 ,
                 illud
                 vehiculo
                 ,
                 hic
                 autem
                 sensu
                 :
                 Nor
                 is
                 the
                 Foot
                 worse
                 contriv'd
                 then
                 the
                 Brain
                 or
                 Eye
                 ,
                 provided
                 each
                 part
                 be
                 duly
                 dispos'd
                 for
                 performance
                 of
                 the
                 actions
                 to
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 design'd
                 :
                 Since
                 the
                 Brain
                 could
                 not
                 conveniently
                 want
                 the
                 Foot
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Foot
                 the
                 Brain
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 I
                 conceive
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 stands
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 a
                 support
                 for
                 local
                 motion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 a
                 source
                 from
                 whence
                 to
                 derive
                 the
                 faculties
                 of
                 Feeling
                 .
              
               To
               which
               we
               may
               annex
               that
               Judicious
               reasoning
               of
               Aristotle
               ,
               who
               descending
               from
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               sublimer
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               treat
               of
               the
               Parts
               of
               Animals
               ,
               thus
               endeavors
               to
               keep
               his
               Readers
               from
               thinking
               that
               the
               Object
               of
               it
               must
               render
               that
               Enquiry
               despicable
               :
               Restat
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 ut
                 de
                 animante
                 Natura
                 disseramus
              
               :
               And
               having
               set
               down
               those
               Words
               which
               you
               have
               not
               long
               since
               read
               in
               connection
               to
               these
               ,
               he
               thus
               prosecutes
               his
               Discourse
               :
               
                 Quamobrem
                 ,
                 viliorum
                 animalium
                 disputationem
                 perpensionemque
                 fastidio
                 quod
                 am
                 puerili
                 sprevisse
                 ,
                 molesteque
                 tulisse
                 dignum
                 nequaquam
                 est
                 :
                 Cum
                 nullares
                 sit
                 Naturae
                 ,
                 inqua
                 non
                 mirandum
                 aliquod
                 habeatur
                 .
                 Et
                 quod
                 Heraclitum
                 ferunt
                 dixisse
                 ad
                 eos
                 ,
                 quicum
                 alloqui
                 eum
                 vellent
                 ,
                 quòd
                 fortè
                 in
                 Casa
                 furnaria
                 quadam
                 
                 caloris
                 gratia
                 sedentem
                 vidissent
                 ,
                 accedere
                 temperarunt
                 ,
                 ingredi
                 enim
                 eos
                 fidenter
                 jussit
                 ,
                 Quoniam
                 ,
                 inquit
                 ,
                 ne
                 huic
                 quidem
                 loco
                 Dit
                 desunt
                 immortales
                 ;
                 Hoc
                 idem
                 in
                 indaganda
                 quoque
                 natura
                 animantium
                 faciendum
                 est
                 .
                 Aggredi
                 enim
                 quaeque
                 sine
                 ullo
                 pudore
                 debemus
                 ;
                 cum
                 in
                 omnibus
                 Naturae
                 numen
                 ,
                 &
                 honestum
                 pulchrúmque
                 insit
                 Ingenium
                 ;
                 Wherefore
                 it
                 is
                 altogether
                 unseemly
                 to
                 reject
                 with
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Childish
                 nicetie
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 offended
                 at
                 the
                 Discourse
                 and
                 Speculation
                 of
                 inferior
                 Animals
                 ;
                 Since
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 in
                 all
                 Nature
                 ,
                 but
                 containes
                 in
                 it
                 somewhat
                 worthy
                 of
                 Admiration
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 recorded
                 of
                 Heraclitus
                 ,
                 that
                 seeing
                 some
                 persons
                 desirous
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 refuse
                 to
                 approach
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 beheld
                 him
                 warming
                 himselfe
                 in
                 a
                 miserable
                 Cottage
                 ,
                 he
                 bad
                 them
                 come
                 in
                 without
                 scruple
                 ,
                 since
                 here
                 also
              
               (
               said
               he
               )
               
                 are
                 the
                 Immortall
                 Gods
                 present
                 :
                 So
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 ought
                 we
                 to
                 be
                 highly
                 perswaded
                 of
                 the
                 Dignity
                 of
                 Animals
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 make
                 Enquirtes
                 into
                 their
                 Natures
                 .
                 Which
                 we
                 ought
                 in
                 no
                 wise
                 to
                 be
                 asham'd
                 of
                 ;
                 since
                 the
                 mighty
                 Power
                 and
                 laudable
                 Wisdome
                 of
                 Nature
                 is
                 conspicuous
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
               Nay
               Paracelsus
               himselfe
               ,
               as
               haughty
               as
               he
               was
               ,
               was
               Philosopher
               enough
               not
               to
               disdain
               to
               write
               a
               Book
               
                 De
                 Mysteriis
                 Vermium
              
               ;
               wherein
               ,
               though
               according
               to
               His
               manner
               he
               have
               set
               down
               many
               extravagances
               ,
               he
               is
               more
               Candid
               in
               the
               Delivery
               of
               severall
               Remedies
               (
               which
               Experience
               hath
               recently
               taught
               us
               to
               be
               more
               effectuall
               then
               probable
               )
               then
               in
               most
               other
               of
               his
               Writings
               :
               And
               in
               that
               Treatise
               he
               justly
               reprehends
               the
               Lazinesse
               and
               Pride
               of
               those
               Physitians
               ,
               who
               not
               only
               neglect
               and
               scorn
               Enquiries
               of
               Nature
               themselves
               :
               but
               when
               the
               fruits
               of
               such
               Enquiries
               are
               presented
               them
               by
               others
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               gratefull
               acceptance
               ,
               receive
               them
               with
               contempt
               and
               derision
               .
               To
               which
               a
               while
               after
               he
               adds
               ,
               what
               is
               most
               true
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 hath
                 Creat●d
                 nothing
                 so
                 Vile
                 ,
                 Despicable
                 ,
                 Abject
                 ,
                 or
                 Filthy
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 not
                 make
                 for
                 the
                 Health
                 and
                 Use
                 of
                 Man.
              
               And
               certainly
               what
               ever
               God
               himselfe
               has
               been
               pleased
               to
               think
               worthy
               his
               Making
               ,
               its
               Fellow-creature
               ,
               Man
               ,
               should
               not
               think
               unworthy
               of
               his
               Knowing
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               a
               
               disparagement
               to
               a
               Humane
               Notion
               ,
               to
               represent
               a
               Creature
               ,
               which
               has
               the
               Honour
               to
               have
               been
               framed
               according
               to
               a
               Divine
               Idea
               :
               and
               therefore
               the
               Wisest
               of
               Men
               in
               His
               Naturall
               History
               ,
               scruples
               not
               to
               write
               as
               well
               of
               abject
               Reptil's
               ,
               as
               of
               
                 Lions
                 ,
                 Eagles
                 ,
                 Elephants
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Noble
               Animals
               :
               and
               did
               not
               only
               Treate
               of
               the
               tall
               Cedars
               of
               Lebanon
               ,
               but
               that
               despicable
               Plant
               (
               whatever
               it
               be
               that
               is
               designed
               by
               the
               Hebrew
               Ezob
               )
               which
               growes
               out
               of
               the
               Wall.
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               If
               I
               durst
               think
               my
               Actions
               fit
               to
               be
               Examples
               ,
               I
               should
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               been
               so
               farre
               from
               that
               effeminat●
               squeamishnesse
               ,
               that
               one
               of
               the
               
                 Philosophicall
                 Treatises
              
               ,
               for
               which
               I
               have
               been
               gathering
               Experiments
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               Nature
               and
               Use
               of
               Dungs
               .
               And
               though
               my
               condition
               does
               (
               God
               be
               praised
               )
               ennable
               me
               to
               make
               Experiments
               by
               others
               Hands
               ;
               Yet
               have
               I
               not
               been
               so
               nice
               as
               to
               decline
               dissecting
               
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 Wolves
                 ,
                 Fishes
              
               ,
               and
               even
               Rats
               and
               Mice
               ,
               with
               my
               own
               Hands
               .
               Nor
               when
               I
               am
               in
               my
               Laboratory
               do
               I
               scruple
               with
               them
               naked
               to
               handle
               Lute
               and
               Charcoale
               .
            
             
               I
               should
               here
               ,
               Py●ophilus
               ,
               cease
               to
               entertain
               you
               with
               Discourses
               of
               the
               pleasantness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               remember
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               told
               you
               ,
               that
               the
               Study
               of
               Physiologie
               is
               not
               only
               Delightful
               ,
               as
               it
               teaches
               us
               to
               Know
               Nature
               ,
               but
               also
               as
               it
               teaches
               us
               in
               many
               Cases
               to
               Master
               and
               Command
               her
               .
               For
               the
               true
               Naturalist
               (
               as
               we
               shall
               see
               hereafter
               )
               does
               not
               only
               Know
               many
               things
               ,
               which
               other
               men
               Ignore
               ,
               but
               can
               Performe
               many
               things
               that
               other
               men
               cannot
               Doe
               ;
               being
               ennabled
               by
               his
               skill
               not
               barely
               to
               understand
               several
               Wonders
               of
               Nature
               ,
               but
               also
               partly
               to
               imitate
               ,
               and
               partly
               to
               multiply
               and
               improve
               them
               .
               And
               how
               Naturally
               we
               affect
               the
               Exercise
               of
               this
               Power
               over
               the
               Creatures
               may
               appear
               in
               the
               Delight
               Children
               take
               to
               do
               many
               things
               (
               which
               we
               may
               have
               occasion
               to
               mention
               elsewhere
               )
               that
               seem
               to
               proceed
               from
               an
               Innate
               Propensity
               to
               please
               themselves
               in
               imitating
               or
               changing
               the
               Productions
               of
               Nature
               .
            
             
               And
               sure
               't
               is
               a
               great
               Honour
               that
               the
               Indulgent
               Creator
               
               vouchsafes
               to
               Naturalists
               ,
               that
               though
               he
               gives
               them
               not
               the
               power
               to
               produce
               one
               Atome
               of
               Matter
               ,
               yet
               he
               allowes
               them
               the
               power
               to
               introduce
               so
               many
               Formes
               (
               which
               Philosophers
               teach
               to
               be
               nobler
               then
               Matter
               )
               and
               work
               such
               changes
               among
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               if
               Adam
               were
               now
               alive
               ,
               and
               should
               Survey
               that
               great
               Variety
               of
               Man's
               Productions
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               shops
               of
               Artificers
               ,
               the
               Laboratories
               of
               Chymists
               ,
               and
               other
               well-furnished
               Magazine●
               of
               Art
               ,
               he
               would
               admire
               to
               see
               what
               a
               new
               world
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               or
               set
               of
               Things
               has
               been
               added
               to
               the
               Primitive
               Creatures
               by
               the
               Industry
               of
               His
               Posterity
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               it
               be
               very
               true
               ,
               that
               Man
               is
               but
               the
               Minister
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               can
               but
               duely
               apply
               Agents
               to
               Patients
               (
               The
               rest
               of
               the
               Work
               being
               done
               by
               the
               applied
               Bodies
               themselves
               )
               yet
               by
               His
               skill
               in
               making
               those
               Applications
               ,
               he
               is
               able
               to
               performe
               such
               things
               as
               do
               not
               only
               give
               him
               a
               Power
               to
               Master
               Creatures
               otherwise
               much
               stronger
               then
               himselfe
               ;
               but
               may
               ennable
               one
               man
               to
               do
               such
               wonders
               ,
               as
               another
               man
               shall
               think
               he
               cannot
               sufficiently
               admire
               .
               As
               the
               poor
               Indians
               lookt
               upon
               the
               Spaniards
               as
               more
               then
               Men
               ,
               because
               the
               knowledg
               they
               had
               of
               the
               Properties
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               Sulphur
               and
               Charcoale
               duely
               mixt
               ,
               ennabled
               them
               to
               Thunder
               and
               Lighten
               so
               fatally
               ,
               when
               they
               pleased
               .
               And
               this
               Empire
               of
               Man
               ,
               as
               a
               Naturalist
               ,
               over
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               may
               perchance
               be
               to
               a
               Philosophical
               Soul
               preserved
               by
               reason
               untainted
               with
               Vulgar
               Opinions
               ,
               of
               a
               much
               more
               satisfactory
               kind
               of
               Power
               or
               Soveraignty
               then
               that
               for
               which
               ambitious
               Mortals
               are
               wont
               so
               bloodily
               to
               contend
               .
               For
               oftentimes
               this
               Latter
               ,
               being
               commonly
               but
               the
               Gift
               of
               Nature
               or
               Present
               of
               Fortune
               ,
               and
               but
               too
               often
               the
               Acquist
               of
               Crimes
               ,
               does
               no
               more
               argue
               any
               true
               worth
               or
               noble
               superiority
               in
               the
               possessor
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               it
               argues
               one
               Brasse
               Counter
               to
               be
               of
               a
               better
               Mettal
               then
               its
               Fellowes
               ,
               in
               that
               it
               is
               chosen
               out
               to
               stand
               in
               the
               Account
               for
               many
               Thousand
               Pounds
               more
               then
               any
               of
               them
               .
               Whereas
               the
               Dominion
               that
               Physiologie
               gives
               
               the
               Prosperous
               Studier
               of
               it
               (
               besides
               that
               it
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               innocently
               acquired
               ,
               by
               being
               the
               Effect
               of
               his
               Knowledg
               )
               is
               a
               Power
               that
               becomes
               Man
               as
               Man.
               And
               to
               an
               ingenious
               spirit
               ,
               the
               Wonders
               he
               performes
               bring
               perchance
               a
               higher
               satisfaction
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               Proofes
               of
               his
               Knowledg
               ,
               then
               as
               they
               are
               Productions
               of
               his
               Power
               ,
               or
               even
               bring
               Accessions
               to
               his
               Store
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               II.
               OF
               THE
               SAME
               .
            
             
               THe
               next
               Advantage
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               we
               mention'd
               the
               Knowledg
               of
               Nature
               to
               bring
               to
               the
               Minds
               of
               Men
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               it
               therein
               excites
               and
               cherishes
               Devotion
               ;
               Which
               when
               I
               say
               ,
               Pyroph
               .
               I
               forget
               not
               that
               there
               are
               severall
               Divines
               (
               and
               some
               of
               them
               Eminent
               ones
               )
               that
               out
               of
               a
               Holy
               Jealousie
               (
               as
               they
               think
               )
               for
               Religion
               ,
               labour
               to
               deterre
               men
               from
               addicting
               themselves
               to
               serious
               and
               thorough
               Enquiries
               into
               Nature
               ,
               as
               from
               a
               Study
               unsafe
               for
               a
               Christian
               ,
               and
               likely
               to
               end
               in
               Atheisme
               ,
               by
               making
               it
               possible
               for
               Men
               (
               that
               I
               may
               propose
               to
               you
               their
               Objection
               as
               much
               to
               its
               Advantage
               as
               I
               can
               )
               to
               give
               themselves
               such
               an
               Account
               of
               all
               the
               Wonders
               of
               Nature
               ,
               by
               the
               single
               Knowledg
               of
               Second
               Causes
               ,
               as
               may
               bring
               them
               to
               disbelieve
               the
               Necessitie
               of
               a
               First
               .
               And
               certainly
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               if
               this
               Apprehension
               were
               well
               grounded
               ,
               I
               should
               think
               the
               threatned
               Evill
               so
               considerable
               ,
               that
               instead
               of
               inviting
               you
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
               I
               should
               very
               earnestly
               Labour
               to
               Disswade
               you
               from
               it
               .
               For
               I
               ,
               that
               had
               much
               rather
               have
               Men
               not
               Philosophers
               then
               not
               Christans
               ,
               should
               be
               better
               content
               to
               see
               you
               ignore
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               Nature
               then
               deny
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               .
               But
               though
               the
               Zeale
               of
               their
               Intentions
               keep
               Me
               from
               harbouring
               any
               unfavourable
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Persons
               of
               these
               Men
               ,
               yet
               the
               Prejudice
               that
               might
               redound
               from
               their
               Doctrine
               (
               if
               generally
               received
               )
               both
               to
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               from
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Empire
               of
               Man
               over
               them
               ,
               forbids
               Me
               to
               leave
               their
               Opinion
               unanswer'd
               ;
               
               though
               I
               am
               Sorry
               that
               the
               Necessity
               of
               Vindicating
               the
               Study
               I
               recommend
               to
               You
               from
               so
               Heinous
               a
               Crime
               as
               they
               have
               accus'd
               it
               of
               ,
               will
               compel
               me
               to
               Theologize
               in
               a
               Philosophical
               Discours
               :
               Which
               that
               I
               may
               do
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               Brevity
               as
               the
               Weight
               and
               Exigency
               of
               my
               Subject
               will
               permit
               ,
               I
               shall
               Content
               my selfe
               onely
               in
               the
               Explication
               of
               my
               own
               Thoughts
               ,
               to
               hint
               to
               you
               the
               grounds
               of
               Answering
               what
               is
               alledg'd
               against
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               First
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               must
               premise
               ,
               That
               though
               it
               may
               be
               a
               Presumption
               in
               Man
               ,
               (
               who
               to
               use
               a
               Scripture
               Expression
               ,
               
                 Is
                 but
                 of
                 Yesterday
                 ,
                 and
                 knows
                 Nothing
                 ,
                 because
                 his
                 Dayes
                 upon
                 the
                 Earth
                 are
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 shadow
              
               )
               precisely
               and
               peremptorily
               to
               define
               all
               the
               Ends
               and
               Aimes
               of
               the
               Omniscient
               God
               in
               His
               Great
               Work
               of
               the
               Creation
               ;
               Yet
               ,
               
               perhaps
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               no
               great
               venture
               to
               suppose
               that
               at
               least
               in
               the
               Creating
               of
               the
               Sublunary
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               Conspicuous
               Stars
               ,
               two
               of
               God's
               Principal
               Ends
               were
               ,
               the
               Manifestation
               of
               His
               own
               Glory
               ,
               and
               the
               Good
               of
               Men.
               
               For
               the
               First
               of
               these
               ;
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 hath
                 made
                 all
                 things
                 for
                 himselfe
                 ,
              
               saies
               the
               Preacher
               ;
               
                 For
                 of
                 Him
                 ,
                 and
                 through
                 Him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Him
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 things
                 ,
              
               saies
               the
               Apostle
               .
               And
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 hast
                 Created
                 all
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 Thy
                 Pleasure
                 they
                 are
                 and
                 were
                 Created
                 ,
              
               
               say
               the
               Twenty
               foure
               Prostrate
               Elders
               (
               Representatives
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               of
               the
               whole
               Church
               of
               both
               Testaments
               ,
               propagated
               by
               the
               Twelve
               Patriarchs
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               number
               of
               Apostles
               )
               to
               their
               Creatour
               ,
               which
               Truth
               ,
               were
               it
               requisite
               ,
               might
               be
               further
               confirmed
               by
               several
               other
               Texts
               ,
               which
               to
               decline
               needlesse
               prolixity
               ,
               I
               here
               forbear
               to
               insist
               on
               .
               Consonantly
               to
               this
               we
               hear
               the
               Psalmist
               Proclaiming
               that
               
                 The
                 Heavens
                 Declare
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Firmament
                 sheweth
                 his
                 Handy-Works
                 .
              
               To
               which
               purpose
               we
               may
               also
               observe
               ,
               
               that
               though
               Man
               were
               not
               Created
               till
               the
               close
               of
               the
               Sixt
               Day
               (
               the
               Resident's
               Arrival
               being
               Obligingly
               Suspended
               till
               the
               Palace
               was
               made
               ready
               to
               entertain
               Him
               )
               yet
               that
               none
               of
               God's
               works
               might
               want
               Intelligent
               Spectators
               and
               Admirers
               ,
               
               the
               Angels
               were
               Created
               the
               First
               Day
               ,
               as
               Divines
               generally
               infer
               from
               the
               Words
               of
               God
               in
               
                 Job
                 ;
                 Where
                 wast
                 thou
                 when
                 I
                 laid
                 the
                 Foundations
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ?
              
               and
               a
               little
               after
               ;
               
                 When
                 the
                 Morning
                 Stars
                 sang
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 God
                 shouted
                 for
                 Joy.
              
               
               Where
               by
               the
               
                 Morning
                 Stars
              
               and
               
                 Sons
                 of
                 God
              
               are
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               meant
               the
               newly
               Created
               Angels
               ;
               one
               of
               whose
               earliest
               exercises
               was
               ,
               it
               seems
               ,
               to
               applaud
               the
               Creation
               ,
               and
               take
               thence
               occasion
               to
               sing
               Hymnes
               to
               the
               Almighty
               Author
               of
               it
               .
               I
               should
               not
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               adde
               any
               thing
               further
               on
               this
               subject
               ,
               but
               that
               having
               since
               the
               writing
               of
               these
               thoughts
               met
               with
               a
               Discourse
               of
               Seneca's
               ,
               very
               consonant
               to
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               I
               suppose
               it
               may
               tend
               to
               your
               delight
               as
               well
               as
               to
               their
               advantage
               ,
               if
               I
               present
               you
               some
               of
               the
               Truths
               you
               have
               seen
               in
               my
               courser
               Languag
               ,
               drest
               up
               in
               his
               finer
               and
               happier
               Expressions
               .
               
                 Curiosum
                 nobis
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 natura
                 ingenium
                 dedit
                 ,
                 &
                 artis
                 sibi
                 pulchritudinísque
                 conscia
                 ,
                 spectatores
                 nos
                 tantis
                 rerum
                 spectaculis
                 genuit
                 ,
              
               
               
                 perditura
                 fructum
                 sui
                 ,
                 si
                 tam
                 magna
                 ,
                 tam
                 clara
                 tam
                 subtiliter
                 ducta
                 ,
                 tam
                 nitida
                 &
                 non
                 uno
                 genere
                 formosa
                 solitudini
                 ostenderet
                 ;
                 Ut
                 scias
                 illam
                 spectari
                 voluisse
                 ,
                 non
                 tantum
                 aspici
                 ,
                 vide
                 quem
                 locum
                 nobis
                 dedit
                 ;
                 nec
                 erexit
                 tantummodo
                 hominem
                 ,
                 sed
                 etiam
                 ad
                 contemplationem
                 Viae
                 facturum
                 ;
                 ut
                 ab
                 ortu
                 sidera
                 in
                 occasum
                 labentia
                 prosequi
                 posset
                 &
                 vultum
                 suum
                 circumferre
                 cum
                 toto
                 ,
                 Sublime
                 illi
                 fecit
                 caput
                 ,
                 &
                 collo
                 flexibili
                 imposuit
                 .
                 Deinde
                 sena
                 per
                 diem
                 ,
                 sena
                 per
                 noctem
                 signa
                 produxit
                 ;
                 nullam
                 non
                 partem
                 sui
                 explicuit
                 ,
                 ut
                 per
                 haec
                 quae
                 obtulerat
                 ejus
                 oculis
                 cupiditatem
                 faceret
                 etiam
                 caeterorum
                 :
                 nec
                 enim
                 omnia
                 nec
                 tanta
                 visimus
                 quanta
                 sunt
                 ,
                 sed
                 acies
                 nostra
                 aperit
                 sibi
                 investigando
                 viam
                 ,
                 &
                 fundamenta
                 veri
                 jacit
                 ,
                 ut
                 inquisitio
                 transeat
                 ex
                 apertis
                 in
                 obscura
                 ,
                 &
                 aliquid
                 ipso
                 Mundo
                 inveniat
                 Antiquius
                 .
              
               And
               least
               you
               might
               be
               offended
               at
               his
               mentioning
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               silence
               of
               God
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               informe
               you
               ,
               that
               about
               the
               close
               of
               the
               Chapter
               immediately
               preceding
               that
               ,
               whence
               the
               Passage
               you
               come
               from
               Reading
               is
               transcrib'd
               ,
               having
               spoken
               of
               the
               Enquiries
               of
               Philosophers
               into
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               he
               adds
               ,
               
                 Haec
                 qui
                 
                 contemplatur
                 ,
                 quid
                 Deo
                 praestat
                 ?
                 ne
                 tanta
                 ejus
                 Opera
                 sine
                 teste
                 sint
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               to
               proceed
               to
               that
               which
               we
               have
               formerly
               assign'd
               for
               the
               Second
               End
               of
               the
               Creation
               ;
               That
               much
               of
               this
               Visible
               World
               was
               made
               for
               the
               use
               of
               M●n
               ,
               may
               appear
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Creation
               (
               already
               taken
               notice
               of
               )
               and
               by
               the
               Commission
               given
               to
               the
               first
               Progenitors
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               to
               
                 replenish
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 subdue
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 Dominion
                 over
                 the
                 Fish
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 the
                 Fouls
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 every
                 living
                 thing
                 that
                 creepeth
                 or
                 moveth
                 on
                 the
                 Earth
              
               :
               
               But
               also
               by
               God's
               making
               those
               noble
               and
               vast
               Luminaries
               ,
               and
               other
               Bodies
               that
               adorn'd
               the
               Skie
               to
               give
               light
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               though
               inferiour
               to
               them
               in
               Dimensions
               ,
               and
               
                 to
                 divide
                 between
                 the
                 Day
                 and
                 between
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 for
                 Signes
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Seasons
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Daies
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Years
                 .
              
               
               To
               this
               agrees
               that
               Passage
               in
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 that
                 Created
                 the
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 God
                 himselfe
                 that
                 form'd
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 it
                 ,
                 He
                 hath
                 estab●ished
                 it
                 ,
                 He
                 Created
                 it
                 not
                 in
                 Vaine
                 ,
                 He
                 formed
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 Inhabited
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               the
               Inspired
               Poet
               speaks
               of
               Man's
               Dignity
               in
               very
               comprehensive
               Termes
               ,
               
               
                 For
                 thou
              
               (
               saies
               he
               to
               his
               Maker
               )
               
                 hast
                 made
                 him
                 little
                 lower
                 then
                 the
                 Angels
                 ,
                 and
                 hast
                 Crowned
                 him
                 with
                 Glory
                 and
                 Honour
              
               ;
               
               
                 Thou
                 madest
                 him
                 to
                 have
                 Dominion
                 over
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 thy
                 Hands
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 put
                 all
                 things
                 under
                 his
                 Feet
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               same
               truth
               may
               be
               confirm'd
               by
               divers
               other
               Texts
               ,
               which
               it
               might
               here
               prove
               tedious
               to
               insist
               on
               .
               
               And
               therefore
               I
               shall
               rather
               observe
               ,
               that
               consonantly
               thereunto
               ,
               God
               was
               pleased
               to
               consider
               man
               so
               much
               more
               then
               the
               Creatures
               made
               for
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               made
               the
               Sun
               it selfe
               at
               one
               time
               to
               stand
               still
               ,
               and
               at
               another
               time
               to
               goe
               back
               ,
               and
               divers
               times
               made
               the
               parts
               of
               the
               Universe
               forget
               their
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Act
               contrary
               to
               it
               ;
               And
               ha's
               (
               in
               summe
               )
               vouchsafed
               to
               alter
               by
               Miracles
               the
               Course
               of
               Nature
               ,
               for
               the
               instruction
               or
               reliefe
               of
               Man
               (
               As
               when
               the
               Fire
               suspended
               its
               destructive
               Operation
               ,
               
               whilst
               the
               three
               resolute
               Jewes
               with
               their
               Protectour
               walk'd
               unharm'd
               in
               the
               mid'st
               of
               those
               flames
               that
               destroy'd
               the
               Kindlers
               ;
               
               and
               as
               the
               heavy
               Iron
               emerg'd
               up
               to
               the
               swimming
               piece
               of
               wood
               ,
               miraculously
               by
               Elisha
               made
               Magneticall
               .
               )
               And
               you
               may
               also
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               when
               Adam
               had
               transgressed
               ,
               immediatly
               the
               ground
               was
               cursed
               for
               his
               sake
               .
               And
               as
               it
               is
               not
               unusual
               in
               Humane
               Justice
               to
               raze
               the
               very
               houses
               of
               Regicides
               and
               resembling
               Traitours
               ;
               So
               when
               the
               provocations
               of
               Sodom
               swell'd
               high
               enough
               to
               reach
               Heaven
               ,
               God
               did
               not
               only
               Destroy
               the
               Inhabitants
               from
               the
               Face
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               Inhabitants
               Sins
               destroy'd
               the
               very
               Face
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
               So
               when
               in
               Noah's
               time
               a
               Deluge
               of
               Impiety
               call'd
               for
               a
               Deluge
               of
               Waters
               ,
               God
               looking
               upon
               the
               living
               Creatures
               as
               made
               for
               the
               Use
               of
               Man
               ,
               stuck
               not
               to
               Destroy
               them
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               for
               him
               ;
               but
               involv'd
               in
               his
               Ruine
               all
               those
               Animals
               that
               were
               not
               necessary
               to
               the
               perpetuation
               of
               the
               Species
               ,
               and
               the
               Sacrifice
               due
               for
               Noah's
               preservation
               .
               And
               so
               when
               (
               in
               the
               Last
               daies
               )
               the
               Earth
               shall
               be
               replenish'd
               with
               those
               Scoffers
               mention'd
               by
               St
               
                 Peter
                 ,
                 who
                 will
                 walk
                 after
                 their
                 own
                 Lusts
                 ,
              
               
               and
               deride
               the
               Expectation
               of
               God's
               foretold
               coming
               to
               Judg
               and
               Punish
               the
               Ungodly
               ,
               their
               Impiety
               shall
               be
               as
               well
               punisht
               as
               silenc't
               by
               the
               unexpected
               Flames
               (
               perhaps
               hastned
               by
               that
               very
               impiety
               )
               that
               shall
               either
               Destroy
               or
               Transfigure
               the
               World.
               For
               as
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               ,
               
               the
               Leprous
               Garment
               which
               could
               not
               be
               recover'd
               by
               being
               washt
               in
               Water
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               burnt
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               so
               the
               World
               which
               the
               Deluge
               could
               not
               Cleanse
               ,
               a
               generall
               Conflagration
               must
               Destroy
               .
            
             
               Nor
               is
               reason
               it selfe
               backward
               to
               countenance
               what
               we
               teach
               .
               For
               it
               is
               no
               great
               presumption
               to
               conceive
               ,
               that
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Creatures
               were
               made
               for
               Man
               ,
               since
               He
               alone
               of
               the
               Visible
               World
               is
               able
               to
               enjoy
               ,
               use
               ,
               and
               relish
               m●ny
               of
               the
               other
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               to
               discerne
               the
               Omniscience
               ,
               Almightinesse
               and
               Goodnesse
               of
               their
               Author
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               returne
               Him
               praises
               for
               them
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               for
               themselves
               that
               the
               
               Rubies
               fl●me
               ,
               other
               Jewels
               sparkle
               ,
               the
               Bezar-stone
               is
               Antidot●●l
               ;
               n●r
               is
               it
               for
               their
               own
               advantage
               that
               fruitfull
               trees
               spend
               ●nd
               exhaust
               themselves
               in
               Annual
               profusions
               .
               The
               Light
               which
               he
               diffuses
               through
               the
               World
               is
               uselesse
               to
               the
               Sun
               himselfe
               ,
               whose
               inanimate
               being
               makes
               him
               incapable
               of
               delighting
               in
               his
               own
               splendor
               ;
               which
               he
               receives
               but
               to
               convey
               it
               to
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               other
               by
               him
               illuminated
               Globes
               :
               whence
               probably
               the
               Hebrewes
               call'd
               him
               Shemesh
               ,
               which
               Grammarians
               derive
               from
               the
               Roote
               Shemash
               signifying
               in
               the
               Chaldean
               Tongue
               ,
               
                 to
                 serve
              
               ,
               or
               
                 minister
                 to
              
               ;
               the
               Sun
               being
               the
               great
               Minister
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Servant
               general
               of
               the
               Universe
               .
               And
               as
               Animals
               alone
               among
               the
               Creatures
               seem
               to
               have
               a
               proper
               sense
               of
               ,
               and
               complacency
               in
               ,
               their
               own
               Being
               ;
               So
               Man
               alone
               among
               Animals
               is
               endow'd
               with
               Reason
               ,
               at
               least
               such
               a
               pitch
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               by
               which
               he
               can
               discerne
               God's
               Creatures
               to
               be
               the
               Gifts
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               referre
               them
               to
               their
               Creator's
               Glory
               .
               This
               truth
               I
               find
               not
               only
               embrac'd
               by
               Christians
               ,
               but
               assented
               to
               even
               by
               Jewes
               and
               Heathens
               ;
               Among
               the
               Jewes
               my
               Learned
               Acquaintance
               ,
               
                 Manasseh
                 Ben
                 Israel
              
               ,
               
               professedly
               labours
               to
               prove
               it
               by
               Scripture
               and
               Tradition
               (
               though
               in
               some
               of
               his
               Arguments
               he
               might
               appear
               more
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               if
               he
               would
               have
               appear'd
               lesse
               a
               Rabbi
               )
               and
               among
               other
               passages
               I
               remember
               he
               alledges
               that
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Wise
               man
               saies
               (
               as
               our
               Translators
               English
               it
               )
               
                 That
                 the
                 Righteous
                 is
                 an
                 everlasting
                 Foundation
              
               ;
               which
               he
               renders
               ,
               
                 Justus
                 est
                 columna
                 Mundi
              
               ,
               
               
                 The
                 Just
                 Man
                 is
                 the
                 Pillar
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               And
               indeed
               if
               the
               Context
               did
               not
               somewhat
               disfavour
               the
               Interpretation
               ,
               the
               Hebrew
               words
               [
               
                 tzaddîk
                 yesôd
                 olâm
              
               ]
               would
               well
               enough
               bear
               the
               sense
               assigned
               them
               .
               Congruously
               whereunto
               ,
               I
               remember
               that
               when
               Noah
               (
               who
               is
               call'd
               in
               Scripture
               a
               Righteous
               man
               ,
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               Herald
               ,
               or
               Proclaimer
               
                 of
                 Righteousnesse
              
               )
               offer'd
               up
               that
               noble
               Sacrifice
               of
               all
               the
               sorts
               of
               clean
               Beasts
               and
               Fowles
               ,
               as
               a
               Thank-offering
               for
               the
               Reprieve
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               God
               is
               said
               to
               have
               
                 smelled
                 a
                 Savour
                 of
                 Rest
              
               ,
               
               and
               to
               have
               resolved
               in
               his
               
               Heart
               never
               to
               Curse
               the
               ground
               for
               Man's
               sake
               ,
               
               but
               to
               continue
               the
               vicissitudes
               of
               Summer
               ,
               and
               Winter
               ,
               Day
               ,
               and
               Night
               ,
               &c
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               the
               Earth
               shall
               remain
               .
               And
               among
               the
               Philosophers
               themselves
               ,
               the
               Truth
               we
               are
               now
               manifesting
               ,
               has
               not
               been
               altogether
               ignor'd
               .
               For
               though
               Seneca
               somewhere
               ,
               more
               wittily
               then
               truely
               ,
               saies
               ,
               
                 Non
                 causa
                 mundo
                 sumus
                 hyemem
                 aestatémque
                 referendi
              
               ;
               
               
                 suas
                 ista
                 leges
                 habent
                 ,
                 quibus
                 divina
                 exercentur
                 .
                 Nimis
                 nos
                 suspicimus
                 ,
                 si
                 digni
                 nobis
                 videmur
                 ,
                 propter
                 quos
                 tanta
                 moveantur
                 :
              
               Yet
               Lactantius
               (
               not
               to
               mention
               other
               Authors
               )
               tels
               us
               that
               
                 the
                 Stoicks
                 generally
                 believed
                 the
                 World
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 made
                 for
                 man.
              
               
               
                 Vera
                 est
              
               (
               saies
               he
               )
               
                 sententia
                 Stoicorum
                 ,
                 qui
                 ajunt
                 nostra
                 causa
                 Mundum
                 fuisse
                 constructum
                 .
                 Omnia
                 enim
                 quibus
                 constat
                 ,
                 quaeque
                 generat
                 ex
                 se
                 Mundus
                 ,
                 ad
                 utilitatem
                 hominis
                 accommodata
                 sunt
                 .
              
               And
               Seneca
               himselfe
               speaks
               elsewhere
               almost
               as
               if
               he
               had
               read
               and
               believed
               the
               beginning
               of
               
                 Genesis
                 ;
                 Dii
              
               (
               saies
               he
               )
               
                 non
                 per
                 negligentiam
                 nos
                 genuere
              
               ,
               
               
                 quibus
                 tam
                 multa
                 genuerant
                 :
                 Cogitavit
                 enim
                 nos
                 ante
                 Natura
                 quam
                 fecit
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               were
               the
               Stoicks
               the
               only
               Philosophers
               to
               whom
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Universe
               discover'd
               this
               End
               of
               it
               .
               For
               to
               instance
               now
               in
               Cicero
               only
               ;
               
               
                 Quorum
                 igitur
                 causâ
              
               (
               saies
               that
               great
               Orator
               )
               
                 effectum
                 esse
                 mundum
                 ?
                 Eorum
                 scilicet
                 Animantium
                 ,
                 quae
                 ratione
                 utuntur
                 :
                 Hi
                 sunt
                 Dii
                 et
                 Homines
                 ,
                 quibus
                 profecto
                 nihil
                 est
                 melius
                 .
              
            
             
               Having
               thus
               prem●sed
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               two
               of
               God's
               principal
               aimes
               in
               the
               Creation
               ,
               were
               the
               manifestation
               of
               his
               own
               Glorious
               Attributes
               ,
               and
               the
               Welfare
               of
               his
               noblest
               Visible
               Creature
               ,
               Man
               ;
               It
               will
               not
               be
               perhaps
               difficult
               for
               You
               to
               discerne
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               labour
               to
               deterre
               men
               from
               sedulous
               Enquiries
               into
               Nature
               ,
               do
               ,
               (
               though
               I
               grant
               ,
               designelessely
               )
               take
               a
               course
               which
               tends
               to
               defeat
               God
               of
               both
               those
               mention'd
               Ends.
               
            
             
               For
               to
               speak
               first
               to
               the
               Last
               of
               them
               ;
               that
               man
               's
               external
               fruition
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               the
               Delight
               and
               Accommodation
               which
               they
               may
               afford
               him
               ,
               must
               be
               highly
               prejudic'd
               
               and
               impair'd
               by
               his
               ignorance
               of
               that
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               wherein
               his
               Dominion
               over
               the
               Creatures
               chiefly
               consists
               ,
               what
               we
               sh●ll
               say
               hereafter
               concerning
               the
               usefulnesse
               of
               the
               Knowledg
               of
               Nature
               to
               humane
               Life
               ,
               will
               sufficiently
               evince
               .
               But
               such
               an
               Animal
               fruition
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               call
               it
               )
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               affords
               not
               Man
               all
               the
               good
               that
               God
               design'd
               him
               in
               them
               .
               For
               Religion
               being
               not
               only
               the
               great
               Duty
               of
               Man
               ,
               but
               the
               grand
               Instrument
               of
               his
               future
               Happinesse
               ,
               which
               consists
               in
               an
               Union
               with
               and
               Fruition
               of
               God
               ,
               during
               that
               endlesse
               Terme
               that
               shall
               succeed
               the
               expiration
               of
               his
               transitory
               Life
               on
               Earth
               ;
               what
               ever
               increases
               or
               cherishes
               his
               Religion
               deserves
               to
               be
               lookt
               on
               as
               a
               great
               contributer
               to
               his
               Happinesse
               .
               And
               we
               may
               therefore
               venture
               to
               affirme
               that
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               Creatures
               does
               lesse
               advantage
               Man
               ,
               as
               it
               ennables
               him
               to
               Master
               them
               ;
               then
               as
               it
               Assists
               him
               ,
               by
               admiring
               and
               serving
               him
               ,
               to
               become
               Acceptable
               to
               their
               Author
               .
               And
               what
               ever
               our
               distrustful
               Adversaries
               are
               pleas'd
               to
               surmise
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               certainly
               God
               intended
               that
               his
               Creatures
               should
               afford
               not
               only
               Necessaries
               ,
               and
               Accommodations
               to
               our
               Animal
               part
               ,
               but
               Instructions
               to
               our
               Intellectual
               .
               The
               World
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               stil'd
               not
               unfitly
               by
               Divines
               ,
               
                 The
                 Christians
                 Inne
              
               ;
               but
               perchance
               it
               may
               be
               altogether
               as
               properly
               call'd
               
                 his
                 Ship
              
               :
               for
               whereas
               both
               Appellations
               suppose
               him
               a
               Traveller
               ,
               the
               Inne
               ,
               though
               it
               refresh
               him
               in
               his
               Journey
               ,
               does
               not
               further
               him
               in
               it
               ,
               but
               rather
               retard
               his
               progresse
               by
               detaining
               him
               in
               one
               place
               ;
               whereas
               a
               Ship
               not
               only
               serves
               the
               Passenger
               for
               an
               Inne
               when
               he
               is
               weary
               ,
               but
               helps
               to
               convey
               him
               towards
               his
               Journey
               's
               End.
               And
               according
               to
               this
               Notion
               ,
               to
               suppose
               that
               God
               hath
               placed
               in
               the
               World
               innumerable
               things
               to
               feed
               Man
               ,
               and
               delight
               him
               ,
               and
               none
               to
               instruct
               him
               ,
               were
               a
               conceit
               little
               lesse
               injurious
               to
               God
               ,
               then
               it
               were
               to
               a
               wise
               Merchant
               ,
               that
               sends
               Persons
               ,
               he
               loves
               ,
               to
               a
               farre
               Country
               ,
               to
               think
               that
               he
               would
               furnish
               their
               Cabinets
               with
               plenty
               of
               Provisions
               ,
               soft
               Beds
               ,
               fine
               Pictures
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               accommodations
               for
               their
               Voyage
               ,
               but
               send
               them
               to
               
               Sea
               disprovided
               of
               Sea-Charts
               and
               Mariners
               Compasses
               ,
               and
               other
               requisite
               helps
               to
               steer
               their
               Course
               by
               ,
               to
               the
               desired
               Harbour
               .
            
             
               And
               indeed
               so
               farre
               is
               God
               from
               being
               unwilling
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               Prye
               into
               his
               Works
               ,
               that
               ,
               by
               divers
               Dispensations
               he
               imposes
               on
               us
               little
               lesse
               then
               a
               necessity
               of
               studying
               them
               .
               For
               first
               he
               begins
               the
               Book
               of
               Scripture
               with
               the
               Description
               of
               the
               Book
               of
               Nature
               ;
               of
               which
               he
               not
               only
               gives
               us
               a
               general
               account
               ,
               to
               informe
               us
               that
               he
               made
               the
               World
               ;
               since
               for
               that
               end
               the
               very
               first
               Verse
               in
               the
               Bible
               might
               have
               suffic'd
               :
               But
               he
               vouchsafes
               us
               by
               retaile
               the
               Narrative
               of
               each
               Day
               's
               Proceedings
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               two
               first
               Chapters
               of
               Gen●sis
               ,
               is
               pleas'd
               to
               give
               nobler
               hints
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               then
               men
               are
               yet
               perhaps
               aware
               of
               .
               Though
               that
               in
               most
               other
               places
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               where
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               are
               mentioned
               but
               incidently
               ,
               or
               in
               order
               to
               other
               purposes
               ,
               they
               are
               spoken
               of
               rather
               in
               a
               Popular
               then
               Accurate
               manner
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               peremptorily
               deny
               ,
               being
               unwilling
               to
               interesse
               the
               reputation
               of
               Holy
               Writ
               (
               design'd
               to
               teach
               us
               rather
               Divinity
               then
               Philosophy
               )
               in
               the
               doubtful
               contentions
               of
               Naturalists
               ,
               about
               such
               matters
               as
               may
               (
               though
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Creation
               cannot
               )
               be
               known
               by
               the
               meer
               Light
               of
               Natural
               Reason
               .
               We
               may
               next
               observe
               ,
               that
               God
               has
               made
               some
               knowledg
               of
               his
               Created
               Book
               ,
               both
               conducive
               to
               the
               beliefe
               ,
               and
               necessary
               to
               the
               Understanding
               ,
               of
               his
               Written
               one
               :
               Our
               Saviour
               making
               it
               one
               cause
               of
               the
               Sadduces
               great
               Error
               about
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               that
               they
               
                 knew
                 not
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               the
               Scripture
               being
               so
               full
               of
               Allusions
               to
               ,
               and
               comparisons
               borrowed
               from
               the
               properties
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               many
               Texts
               not
               clearly
               Intelligible
               without
               some
               knowledg
               of
               them
               ;
               as
               may
               appear
               even
               by
               the
               first
               Gospel
               (
               The
               Promise
               
                 that
                 the
                 Seed
                 of
                 the
                 Woman
                 should
                 Bruise
                 the
                 S●rpents
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 his
                 Heele
                 bruised
                 by
                 that
                 subtle
                 Creature
                 )
              
               preached
               to
               fallen
               Man
               in
               Paradise
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               representation
               of
               the
               Worlds
               Four
               great
               Monarchies
               ,
               and
               the
               Genius
               of
               each
               
               of
               them
               ,
               under
               the
               Notion
               of
               Four
               Beasts
               ,
               in
               Daniels
               prophetick
               Vision
               :
               and
               that
               often
               repeated
               Precept
               of
               our
               great
               Master
               to
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               is
               coucht
               in
               an
               expression
               alluding
               to
               the
               properties
               of
               Animals
               :
               For
               where
               he
               commands
               them
               to
               be
               Wise
               as
               Serpents
               ,
               and
               Harmlesse
               as
               Doves
               ,
               he
               does
               not
               only
               recommend
               to
               them
               a
               Serpentine
               warinesse
               in
               declining
               dangers
               ,
               but
               seems
               also
               to
               prescribe
               not
               alone
               an
               inoffensivenesse
               towards
               others
               (
               the
               conspicuousnesse
               of
               which
               quality
               in
               Pigeons
               have
               made
               them
               ,
               though
               erroneously
               ,
               be
               supposed
               to
               have
               no
               Gall
               )
               But
               also
               as
               harmlesse
               a
               way
               of
               escaping
               the
               dangers
               they
               are
               actually
               ingaged
               in
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               Doves
               ,
               who
               being
               pursued
               by
               Birds
               of
               Prey
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               save
               themselves
               not
               by
               fight
               but
               ,
               only
               by
               flight
               .
            
             
               And
               indeed
               so
               many
               of
               the
               Texts
               in
               Scripture
               are
               not
               to
               be
               competently
               illustrated
               ,
               without
               some
               knowledg
               of
               the
               properties
               of
               the
               Creatures
               related
               to
               in
               them
               ,
               that
               I
               wonder
               not
               ,
               that
               
                 Levinus
                 Lemnius
                 ,
                 Frantzius
                 ,
                 Rueus
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Learned
               Men
               have
               thought
               it
               requisite
               to
               publish
               entire
               Treatises
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               Animals
               ,
               others
               of
               the
               Stones
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               the
               other
               Works
               of
               Nature
               mentioned
               in
               Scripture
               :
               Only
               I
               could
               wish
               that
               they
               had
               been
               as
               wary
               in
               their
               Writings
               ,
               as
               commendable
               for
               their
               Intentions
               ,
               and
               had
               not
               sometimes
               admitted
               doubtful
               or
               fabulous
               accounts
               into
               Comments
               upon
               that
               Book
               ,
               whose
               Prerogative
               it
               is
               to
               teach
               nothing
               but
               Truth
               .
            
             
               Nor
               ought
               their
               Labors
               to
               deterre
               others
               from
               cultivating
               the
               same
               Theme
               ;
               For
               as
               (
               such
               is
               Gods
               condescention
               to
               Humane
               weaknesse
               )
               most
               of
               the
               Texts
               ,
               to
               whose
               Exposition
               Physiologie
               is
               necessary
               ,
               may
               be
               explicated
               by
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               external
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               more
               easily
               observed
               qualities
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ;
               So
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               divers
               not
               to
               be
               fully
               understood
               without
               the
               Assistance
               ,
               of
               more
               penetrating
               indagations
               of
               the
               Abstrusities
               of
               Nature
               and
               the
               more
               unobvious
               properties
               of
               things
               ,
               an
               Intelligent
               and
               Philosophical
               peruser
               will
               readily
               discerne
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               if
               you
               should
               put
               me
               upon
               telling
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               what
               those
               Attributes
               of
               God
               are
               ,
               which
               I
               so
               often
               mention
               to
               be
               visibly
               display'd
               in
               the
               Fabrick
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               I
               can
               readily
               answer
               you
               ,
               that
               though
               many
               of
               Gods
               Attributes
               are
               legible
               in
               his
               Creatures
               ,
               yet
               those
               that
               are
               most
               conspicuous
               there
               ,
               are
               his
               Power
               ,
               his
               Wisdome
               ,
               and
               his
               Goodnesse
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Bible
               ,
               though
               in
               a
               diff●ring
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               points
               a
               darker
               way
               ,
               is
               designed
               to
               instruct
               us
               ,
               which
               that
               you
               may
               not
               think
               to
               be
               affirm'd
               gratis
               ,
               we
               must
               insist
               a
               while
               on
               each
               of
               the
               Three
               .
            
             
               And
               fi●st
               ,
               How
               boundlesse
               a
               power
               ,
               or
               rather
               what
               an
               Almightinesse
               is
               eminently
               displayed
               in
               Gods
               making
               out
               of
               Nothing
               all
               Things
               ,
               and
               without
               Materials
               or
               Instruments
               constructing
               this
               Immense
               Frabrick
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               whose
               Vastnesse
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               even
               what
               may
               be
               prov'd
               of
               it
               ,
               can
               scarcely
               be
               conceived
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               Mathematical
               Demonstration
               ,
               its
               Greatnesse
               is
               distrusted
               ?
               Which
               yet
               is
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               a
               wonder
               lesse
               to
               be
               admir'd
               then
               the
               Power
               expressed
               by
               God
               in
               so
               immense
               a
               Work
               ,
               which
               neverthelesse
               some
               moderne
               Philosophers
               (
               whose
               opinions
               I
               find
               some
               Cabalists
               to
               countenance
               )
               suppose
               to
               be
               not
               the
               only
               Production
               of
               Gods
               Omnipotence
               .
               Not
               to
               mention
               Elephants
               ,
               or
               Whales
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               an
               Hyperbolist
               would
               not
               scruple
               to
               call
               moving
               Mountains
               and
               Floting
               Islands
               ;
               and
               to
               passe
               by
               those
               stupendous
               Hils
               ,
               and
               those
               Seas
               ,
               where
               the
               Light
               looses
               it selfe
               ,
               as
               Objects
               which
               their
               neernesse
               only
               represents
               so
               Bulky
               ;
               let
               us
               hasten
               to
               consider
               ,
               that
               whereas
               the
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               we
               Men
               inhabit
               ,
               containes
               ,
               besides
               all
               those
               vast
               Kingdomes
               the
               Unions
               of
               some
               of
               which
               constituted
               the
               Worlds
               foure
               celebrated
               Monarchies
               ,
               those
               spacious
               (
               since
               detected
               )
               American
               Regions
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               deservedly
               stiled
               
                 The
                 New
                 World
              
               :
               And
               that
               whereas
               the
               Common
               Account
               makes
               the
               circuit
               of
               this
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               to
               be
               no
               lesse
               then
               22600
               Italian
               miles
               ,
               consisting
               each
               of
               1000
               Geometrical
               Paces
               (
               which
               number
               the
               more
               recent
               account
               of
               the
               accurate
               Gassendus
               makes
               
               amount
               to
               26255
               Miles
               of
               the
               same
               measure
               )
               whereas
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               this
               Globe
               of
               Earth
               and
               Water
               seems
               to
               us
               so
               vast
               ,
               Astronomers
               teach
               us
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               but
               a
               Point
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               Immensity
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               which
               they
               not
               irrationally
               prove
               by
               the
               Parallaxis
               (
               or
               Circular
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               place
               of
               a
               Star
               ,
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               taken
               by
               two
               Observations
               ,
               the
               one
               made
               at
               the
               Centre
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               on
               the
               surface
               of
               the
               Earth
               )
               which
               Gassendus
               confesseth
               to
               be
               undiscernable
               in
               the
               fixt
               Stars
               :
               as
               if
               the
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               were
               so
               meer
               a
               Point
               ,
               that
               it
               were
               not
               material
               ,
               whether
               a
               fixt
               Star
               be
               look'd
               upon
               from
               the
               Centre
               ,
               or
               from
               the
               surface
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
               This
               may
               lessen
               our
               wonder
               at
               the
               Ptolomaeans
               ,
               making
               the
               Sun
               (
               which
               seems
               not
               half
               a
               Foot
               over
               )
               to
               be
               above
               a
               hundred
               sixty
               and
               six
               times
               bigger
               then
               the
               Earth
               ;
               and
               distant
               from
               it
               One
               thousand
               one
               hundred
               sixty
               and
               five
               Semi-Diameters
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               each
               of
               which
               contains
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               afore-mentioned
               computation
               of
               Gassendus
               ,
               4177
               Miles
               ;
               and
               at
               their
               supposing
               the
               fixt
               Stars
               (
               whose
               distance
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               as
               a
               Ptolomaean
               ,
               supput's
               to
               be
               19000
               Semi-Diameters
               of
               the
               Earth
               )
               so
               great
               ,
               
               that
               they
               conclude
               each
               of
               the
               fixt
               or
               smallest
               Magnitude
               to
               be
               no
               less
               then
               18
               times
               greater
               then
               the
               whole
               Earth
               ,
               &
               each
               Star
               of
               the
               First
               or
               Chief
               Magnitude
               to
               exceed
               the
               T●rrestrial
               Globe
               108
               times
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Coperricans
               (
               that
               growing
               Sext
               of
               Astronomers
               )
               they
               ,
               as
               their
               Hypothesis
               requires
               ,
               suppose
               the
               vastness
               of
               the
               Firmament
               to
               be
               exceedingly
               greater
               then
               the
               Ancients
               believed
               it
               .
               For
               
                 Philippus
                 Lansbergius
              
               ,
               who
               ventur'd
               to
               assign
               Distances
               and
               Dimensions
               to
               the
               Planets
               and
               Fixt
               Stars
               (
               which
               Copernicus
               forbore
               to
               do
               )
               supposes
               as
               well
               as
               his
               Master
               ,
               
               that
               the
               Great
               Orb
               it self
               (
               as
               the
               Copernicans
               call
               that
               in
               which
               they
               esteem
               the
               Earth
               to
               move
               about
               the
               Sun
               )
               though
               its
               Semi-Diameter
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               1500
               times
               as
               great
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               is
               but
               as
               a
               Point
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               Firmament
               or
               Sphere
               of
               the
               Fixt
               Stars
               ;
               which
               he
               supposes
               to
               be
               distant
               from
               the
               Earth
               no
               less
               then
               28000
               Semi-Diameters
               of
               the
               Great
               Orb
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               42000000
               of
               Semi-diameters
               
               of
               the
               Earth
               ;
               or
               according
               to
               the
               former
               Computation
               of
               common
               Miles
               175434000000
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Distance
               vastly
               exceeding
               that
               which
               the
               Ptolomaeans
               ven●ur'd
               to
               assign
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               even
               imagination
               it self
               can
               hardly
               reach
               to
               .
               I
               confess
               indeed
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               not
               so
               well
               satisfied
               with
               the
               exactness
               (
               nor
               perhaps
               with
               the
               Grounds
               )
               of
               these
               kinde
               of
               Computations
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Difficulty
               I
               have
               met
               with
               in
               making
               exact
               Celestial
               Observations
               with
               either
               Telescopes
               ,
               or
               other
               Instruments
               ,
               sufficiently
               witness'd
               ,
               by
               the
               great
               disparity
               remarkable
               betwixt
               the
               Computations
               of
               the
               best-Artists
               themselves
               .
               But
               on
               the
               other
               side
               I
               am
               not
               sure
               ,
               but
               that
               even
               the
               Copernicans
               ascribe
               not
               too
               great
               a
               distance
               to
               some
               of
               the
               Fixt
               Stars
               ;
               since
               (
               for
               ought
               we
               yet
               know
               )
               those
               of
               the
               sixth
               Magnitude
               ,
               and
               those
               which
               our
               Telescopes
               discover
               (
               though
               our
               bare
               Eyes
               cannot
               )
               are
               not
               really
               less
               then
               those
               of
               the
               first
               Magnitude
               ,
               but
               onely
               appear
               so
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               greater
               Distance
               from
               our
               Eyes
               ;
               as
               some
               Fixt
               Stars
               seem
               no
               bigger
               then
               Venus
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               which
               are
               much
               lesser
               then
               the
               Earth
               .
               And
               therefore
               upon
               such
               Considerations
               ,
               and
               because
               the
               modestest
               Computation
               allows
               the
               Firmament
               to
               be
               great
               enough
               to
               make
               the
               Earth
               but
               a
               Point
               in
               comparison
               of
               it
               ;
               it
               will
               be
               safe
               enough
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               just
               ,
               to
               conclude
               with
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               
                 Great
                 is
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 greatly
                 to
                 be
                 praised
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 greatness
                 is
                 unsearchable
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               next
               Attribute
               of
               God
               that
               shines
               forth
               in
               his
               Creatures
               ,
               is
               his
               Wisdom
               ;
               which
               to
               an
               intelligent
               Considerer
               appears
               very
               manifestly
               express'd
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               whether
               you
               contemplate
               it
               as
               an
               Aggregate
               or
               System
               of
               all
               Natural
               Bodies
               ,
               or
               consider
               the
               Creatures
               it
               is
               made
               up
               of
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               particular
               and
               distinct
               Natures
               ,
               and
               in
               Relation
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               the
               Universe
               which
               they
               constitute
               .
               In
               some
               of
               these
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               is
               so
               conspicuous
               ,
               and
               written
               in
               such
               large
               Characters
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               legible
               even
               to
               a
               vulgar
               Reader
               :
               But
               in
               many
               others
               the
               Lineaments
               and
               Traces
               of
               it
               are
               so
               delicate
               and
               slender
               ,
               or
               so
               wrapt
               up
               and
               cover'd
               with
               Corporeity
               ,
               that
               
               it
               requires
               an
               attentive
               and
               intelligent
               Peruser
               .
               So
               numberless
               a
               multitude
               ,
               and
               so
               great
               a
               variety
               of
               Birds
               ,
               Beasts
               ,
               Fishes
               ,
               Reptiles
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               Shrubs
               ,
               Trees
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               Metals
               ,
               Minerals
               ,
               Stars
               ,
               &c.
               and
               every
               one
               of
               them
               plentifully
               furnish'd
               and
               endow'd
               with
               all
               the
               Qualifications
               requisite
               to
               the
               Attainment
               of
               the
               respective
               Ends
               of
               its
               Creation
               ,
               are
               productions
               of
               a
               Wisdom
               too
               limitless
               not
               to
               be
               peculiar
               to
               God
               :
               To
               insist
               on
               any
               one
               of
               them
               in
               particular
               (
               besides
               that
               it
               would
               too
               much
               swell
               this
               Discourse
               )
               might
               appear
               injurious
               to
               the
               rest
               ;
               which
               do
               all
               of
               them
               deserve
               that
               extensive
               Exclamation
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               
                 How
                 manifold
                 are
                 thy
                 works
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ;
                 in
                 Wisdom
                 hast
                 thou
                 made
                 them
                 all
                 .
              
               
               And
               therefore
               I
               shall
               content
               my self
               to
               observe
               in
               general
               ,
               That
               as
               highly
               as
               some
               Naturalists
               are
               pleased
               to
               value
               their
               own
               knowledge
               ,
               it
               can
               at
               best
               attain
               but
               to
               understand
               and
               applaud
               ,
               not
               emulate
               the
               Productions
               of
               God.
               For
               as
               a
               Novice
               ,
               when
               the
               curiosest
               Watch
               the
               rarest
               Artist
               can
               make
               ,
               is
               taken
               in
               pieces
               and
               set
               before
               him
               ,
               may
               easily
               enough
               discern
               the
               Workmanship
               and
               Contrivance
               of
               it
               to
               be
               excellent
               ;
               but
               had
               he
               not
               been
               shown
               it
               ,
               could
               never
               have
               of
               himself
               devised
               so
               skilful
               and
               rare
               a
               piece
               of
               Work
               :
               So
               ,
               for
               instance
               ,
               an
               Anatomist
               ,
               though
               when
               by
               many
               and
               dexterous
               Dissections
               of
               humane
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               help
               of
               Mechanical
               Principles
               and
               Rules
               (
               without
               a
               competent
               skill
               wherein
               ,
               a
               Man
               can
               scarce
               be
               an
               Accomplish'd
               and
               Philosophical
               Anatomist
               )
               he
               has
               learn'd
               the
               Structure
               ,
               Use
               and
               Harmony
               of
               the
               parts
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               he
               is
               able
               to
               discern
               that
               matchless
               Engine
               to
               be
               admirably
               contriv'd
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               exercise
               of
               all
               the
               Motions
               and
               Functions
               whereto
               it
               was
               design'd
               :
               And
               yet
               this
               Artist
               ,
               had
               he
               never
               contemplated
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               could
               never
               have
               imagin'd
               or
               devis'd
               an
               Engine
               of
               no
               greater
               Bulk
               ,
               any
               thing
               near
               so
               fitted
               to
               perform
               all
               that
               variety
               of
               Actions
               we
               daily
               see
               perform'd
               either
               in
               or
               by
               a
               humane
               Body
               .
               Thus
               the
               Circular
               motion
               of
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               structure
               of
               the
               Valves
               of
               the
               Heart
               and
               Veins
               (
               The
               consideration
               whereof
               ,
               as
               himself
               told
               me
               ,
               first
               hinted
               the
               Circulation
               to
               our
               Famous
               Harvey
               )
               though
               
               now
               Modern
               Experiments
               have
               for
               the
               main
               (
               the
               Modus
               seeming
               not
               yet
               so
               fully
               explicated
               )
               convinc'd
               us
               of
               them
               ,
               we
               acknowledge
               them
               to
               be
               very
               expedient
               ,
               and
               can
               admire
               Gods
               Wisdom
               in
               contriving
               them
               :
               Yet
               those
               many
               Learned
               Anatomists
               ,
               that
               have
               for
               many
               succeeding
               Ages
               preceded
               both
               Dr
               Harvey
               ,
               and
               
                 Columbus
                 ,
                 Caesalpinus
                 ,
                 Padre
                 Paulo
                 ,
              
               and
               Mr
               Warner
               (
               for
               each
               of
               these
               four
               last
               are
               suppos'd
               by
               some
               to
               have
               had
               some
               notion
               of
               the
               Circulation
               )
               by
               all
               their
               diligent
               contemplation
               of
               humane
               Bodies
               ,
               never
               dream'd
               (
               for
               ought
               appears
               )
               of
               so
               advantagious
               an
               use
               of
               the
               Valves
               of
               the
               Heart
               ,
               nor
               that
               nimble
               Circular
               motion
               of
               the
               Blood
               ,
               of
               which
               our
               modern
               Circulators
               think
               they
               discern
               such
               excellent
               Use
               ,
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               Necessity
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               greater
               Works
               of
               God
               do
               as
               well
               declare
               his
               great
               Wisdom
               as
               his
               Power
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Inspired
               Philosopher
               ;
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 by
                 Wisdom
                 hath
                 founded
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 by
                 Understanding
                 hath
                 he
                 establish'd
                 the
                 Heavens
                 .
                 By
                 his
                 Knowledge
                 the
                 depths
                 are
                 broken
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Clouds
                 drop
                 down
                 the
                 Dew
              
               :
               Yet
               does
               not
               his
               Wisdom
               appear
               less
               in
               lesser
               Creatures
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               none
               of
               them
               so
               little
               ,
               but
               it
               would
               deserve
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               our
               Wonder
               ,
               did
               we
               attentively
               enough
               consider
               it
               .
               And
               as
               Apelles
               (
               in
               the
               Story
               )
               was
               discover'd
               by
               the
               skilful
               Protagoras
               ,
               by
               so
               neat
               and
               slender
               a
               Line
               ,
               that
               Protagoras
               ,
               by
               being
               scarce
               able
               to
               discern
               it
               ,
               discern'd
               it
               to
               have
               been
               drawn
               by
               Apelles
               :
               So
               God
               ,
               in
               these
               little
               Creatures
               ,
               oftentimes
               draws
               traces
               of
               Omniscience
               ,
               too
               delicate
               to
               be
               liable
               to
               be
               ascrib'd
               to
               any
               other
               Cause
               .
               I
               have
               seen
               Elephants
               ,
               and
               admir'd
               them
               less
               then
               the
               structure
               of
               a
               dissected
               Mole
               ,
               which
               hath
               better
               Eyes
               then
               those
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               see
               a
               designation
               in
               the
               dimness
               of
               its
               Eyes
               (
               made
               onely
               to
               see
               the
               Light
               ,
               not
               other
               Objects
               by
               the
               help
               of
               it
               )
               and
               the
               unwonted
               posture
               of
               its
               Feet
               ,
               given
               it
               not
               to
               run
               on
               the
               Ground
               ,
               but
               to
               dig
               it self
               a
               way
               under
               Ground
               .
               And
               ,
               as
               despicable
               as
               their
               Littleness
               makes
               the
               Vulgar
               apt
               to
               think
               some
               Creatures
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               my
               wonder
               dwell
               not
               so
               much
               on
               Natures
               
               Clocks
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               as
               on
               her
               Watches
               ,
               and
               is
               more
               exercis'd
               in
               the
               coyness
               of
               the
               sensitive
               Plant
               ,
               and
               the
               Magnetical
               Properties
               of
               a
               small
               and
               abject
               Load-stone
               ,
               then
               the
               bulk
               of
               the
               tallest
               Oakes
               ,
               or
               those
               vast
               Rocks
               ,
               made
               famous
               by
               Shipwracks
               .
               I
               have
               pass'd
               the
               Alpes
               ,
               and
               have
               seen
               as
               much
               to
               admire
               at
               in
               an
               Ant-hill
               ,
               and
               have
               so
               much
               wondred
               at
               the
               Industry
               of
               those
               little
               Creatures
               themselves
               that
               inhabited
               it
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               ceas'd
               to
               wonder
               at
               their
               having
               given
               a
               Theme
               to
               Solomon's
               Contemplation
               .
               Those
               vast
               Exotick
               Animals
               which
               the
               Multitude
               flocks
               to
               see
               ,
               and
               which
               Men
               give
               Money
               to
               be
               allow'd
               to
               gaze
               on
               ,
               have
               had
               many
               of
               them
               lesse
               of
               my
               Admiration
               ,
               then
               the
               little
               Catterpillar
               (
               as
               Learned
               Naturalists
               esteem
               it
               )
               to
               which
               we
               are
               beholden
               for
               Silk
               .
               For
               (
               not
               to
               mention
               all
               the
               Observables
               crouded
               by
               Nature
               in
               that
               little
               Worm
               )
               I
               thought
               it
               very
               well
               deserv'd
               my
               wonder
               (
               when
               not
               long
               since
               I
               kept
               some
               of
               them
               purposely
               to
               try
               Experiments
               )
               how
               this
               curious
               Spinster
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               buryed
               himself
               alive
               in
               the
               precious
               Tomb
               he
               had
               wrought
               for
               himself
               out
               of
               his
               own
               Bowels
               ,
               did
               cast
               off
               his
               former
               Skin
               and
               Legs
               ,
               and
               ,
               in
               shew
               ,
               his
               former
               Nature
               ,
               appearing
               for
               divers
               days
               but
               an
               almost
               movelesse
               Magot
               ;
               till
               at
               length
               ,
               divesting
               this
               second
               Tegument
               also
               (
               in
               which
               Nest
               ,
               Phenix-like
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               regenerated
               out
               of
               his
               own
               Remains
               )
               he
               came
               forth
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               out
               of
               this
               attiring
               Room
               under
               another
               form
               ,
               with
               Wings
               ,
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               Leggs
               ,
               &c.
               to
               act
               a
               new
               part
               upon
               the
               Stage
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               which
               (
               having
               spent
               some
               days
               without
               feeding
               (
               that
               I
               could
               observe
               )
               in
               providing
               for
               the
               propagation
               of
               his
               Species
               )
               he
               forsakes
               and
               dies
               .
               And
               I
               the
               rather
               mention
               the
               Silk-Worm
               ,
               because
               that
               there
               have
               been
               of
               late
               divers
               subtle
               Speculators
               ,
               who
               would
               fain
               perswade
               us
               ,
               That
               Animals
               do
               nothing
               out
               of
               Instinct
               ,
               or
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               innate
               or
               seminal
               Impressions
               ;
               but
               Spin
               ,
               build
               Nests
               ,
               and
               perform
               all
               the
               other
               Actions
               for
               which
               they
               are
               admir'd
               ,
               barely
               by
               Imitation
               of
               what
               they
               have
               seen
               done
               by
               others
               of
               the
               same
               Kinde
               .
               But
               in
               the
               Silk-Worm
               
               (
               at
               least
               here
               in
               England
               )
               this
               plausible
               Opinion
               will
               not
               hold
               :
               For
               the
               Silk-worms
               I
               kept
               ,
               were
               not
               hatch'd
               but
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               out
               of
               Eggs
               laid
               some
               Days
               in
               the
               Sun
               ;
               and
               the
               Worms
               that
               laid
               those
               Eggs
               ,
               being
               every
               one
               of
               them
               dead
               the
               Winter
               before
               ,
               it
               was
               impossible
               these
               new
               Silk-Worms
               ,
               when
               they
               first
               began
               to
               spin
               their
               scarce
               imaginable
               fine
               Web
               ,
               and
               inclose
               themselves
               in
               Oval
               Balls
               of
               a
               very
               Artificial
               Figure
               and
               Texture
               ,
               should
               have
               wrought
               thus
               by
               Imitation
               ;
               there
               not
               having
               been
               for
               many
               Moneths
               before
               ,
               in
               the
               place
               where
               they
               were
               hatch'd
               (
               nor
               perhaps
               in
               the
               whole
               Country
               )
               any
               Silk-Worms
               alive
               which
               they
               might
               imitate
               .
               But
               I
               must
               leave
               these
               curious
               Spinsters
               to
               their
               Work
               ,
               and
               proceed
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               Seas
               and
               Mountains
               ,
               with
               the
               other
               Hyperboles
               of
               Nature
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               term
               them
               )
               proclaim
               indeed
               Gods
               Power
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               perhaps
               more
               manifest
               his
               Wisdom
               ,
               then
               the
               contrivance
               of
               some
               living
               Engines
               ,
               and
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               call
               them
               )
               Breathing
               Atoms
               ,
               that
               are
               so
               small
               that
               they
               are
               almost
               all
               Workmanship
               ;
               so
               that
               ,
               as
               before
               ,
               in
               the
               Psalmists
               Expression
               we
               truly
               said
               of
               Gods
               Greatnesse
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 unsearchable
              
               ;
               we
               may
               now
               as
               truly
               say
               of
               his
               Wisdom
               in
               the
               Prophets
               Words
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               Text
               where
               he
               represents
               him
               as
               the
               Creator
               of
               the
               ends
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 searching
                 of
                 his
                 Understanding
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               if
               I
               durst
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               make
               this
               part
               of
               this
               Essay
               of
               a
               length
               too
               disproportionate
               to
               the
               rest
               ,
               I
               could
               easily
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               willingly
               ,
               represent
               to
               you
               divers
               things
               which
               might
               serve
               to
               Illustrate
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
               
                 manifold
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 God
              
               (
               as
               St.
               Paul
               speaks
               on
               another
               occasion
               )
               But
               though
               I
               dare
               not
               expatiate
               on
               this
               Subject
               ,
               yet
               neither
               dare
               I
               altogether
               conceal
               from
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               sometimes
               admired
               to
               see
               what
               scarce
               imaginable
               variety
               of
               living
               Engines
               his
               Plastick
               skill
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               has
               been
               able
               to
               produce
               ,
               (
               especially
               in
               the
               Waters
               )
               without
               scarce
               any
               other
               resemblance
               betwixt
               them
               ,
               then
               that
               they
               are
               each
               of
               them
               excellent
               in
               its
               own
               Kinde
               ,
               and
               compleatly
               furnish'd
               according
               to
               the
               exigency
               of
               
               its
               Nature
               .
               And
               that
               which
               much
               encreases
               this
               Wonder
               ,
               is
               the
               disproportion
               of
               those
               living
               Engines
               ,
               wherein
               the
               great
               [
               
                 Yotzêr
                 hakkôl
                 ]
                 Former
                 of
                 all
                 things
              
               (
               as
               the
               Scripture
               justly
               calls
               God
               )
               has
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               display
               an
               almost
               equally
               skilful
               Contrivance
               .
               
               Amongst
               Terrestrial
               Animals
               we
               have
               the
               Elephant
               ,
               of
               whose
               stupendious
               vastness
               such
               strange
               things
               are
               related
               ,
               even
               by
               eminent
               Writers
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               not
               well
               how
               either
               to
               dis-believe
               them
               ,
               or
               give
               credit
               to
               them
               :
               And
               therefore
               we
               shall
               content
               our selves
               to
               mention
               that
               which
               is
               left
               on
               Record
               by
               the
               accurate
               Gassendus
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Peireskius
               ;
               
               For
               this
               matchless
               Gentleman
               having
               caus'd
               an
               Elephant
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1631
               ,
               to
               be
               weigh'd
               in
               a
               Scale
               ,
               purposely
               provided
               ,
               he
               was
               found
               to
               weigh
               ,
               of
               the
               Roman
               Pounds
               (
               consisting
               of
               twelve
               Ounces
               apiece
               )
               very
               near
               Five
               thousand
               :
               And
               yet
               surely
               that
               this
               Elephant
               was
               very
               far
               from
               being
               one
               of
               the
               largest
               of
               that
               sort
               of
               Beasts
               ,
               he
               that
               shall
               consider
               the
               bigness
               and
               length
               of
               some
               of
               their
               Teeth
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               commonly
               call'd
               ,
               which
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               at
               divers
               places
               ,
               both
               in
               England
               and
               elsewhere
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               resolv'd
               not
               to
               believe
               the
               consonant
               Relations
               of
               Eastern
               Travellers
               (
               among
               whom
               Linschoten
               tells
               us
               there
               have
               been
               some
               Teeth
               found
               to
               weigh
               Two
               hundred
               pounds
               apiece
               ,
               each
               pound
               consisting
               of
               twenty
               four
               Ounces
               )
               may
               be
               easily
               perswaded
               .
               On
               the
               other
               side
               let
               us
               reflect
               upon
               the
               smalness
               of
               some
               Terrestrial
               Animals
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               mention
               that
               little
               white
               Creature
               bred
               in
               Wax
               ,
               which
               Aristotle
               call
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               and
               speaks
               of
               as
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               the
               least
               of
               all
               living
               Creatures
               whatsoever
               :
               Let
               us
               consider
               those
               little
               Mites
               that
               are
               bred
               in
               mouldy
               Cheese
               ;
               for
               divers
               of
               these
               scarce
               amount
               to
               the
               weight
               of
               a
               Grain
               ,
               and
               every
               Pound
               containing
               Five
               thousand
               seven
               hundred
               and
               sixty
               Grains
               ;
               supposing
               each
               Mite
               did
               weigh
               a
               whole
               Grain
               ,
               yet
               that
               formerly
               mention'd
               small
               Elephant
               would
               exceed
               him
               near
               28800000
               times
               .
               And
               yet
               though
               a
               Mite
               seem
               but
               a
               moving
               Atome
               ,
               and
               unless
               there
               be
               divers
               together
               ,
               is
               not
               easily
               discern'd
               by
               the
               unassisted
               Eye
               ;
               yet
               in
               an
               excellent
               Microscope
               I
               have
               ,
               you
               know
               ,
               
               several
               times
               both
               seen
               and
               shewn
               to
               others
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               gloomy
               Day
               ,
               and
               a
               disadvantageous
               Place
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               Limbs
               of
               this
               little
               Animal
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               Hair
               growing
               upon
               his
               Legs
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               but
               consider
               how
               strangely
               skilful
               and
               delicate
               a
               Workmanship
               must
               be
               employ'd
               to
               contrive
               into
               so
               narrow
               a
               compass
               ,
               the
               several
               Parts
               Internal
               and
               External
               ,
               requisite
               to
               make
               up
               this
               little
               Animal
               ;
               how
               many
               must
               goe
               to
               the
               texture
               of
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               other
               Organs
               of
               Sense
               ;
               how
               many
               to
               the
               Snout
               (
               which
               he
               has
               ,
               not
               unlike
               a
               Hog
               )
               and
               the
               several
               parts
               of
               it
               ;
               how
               many
               to
               the
               Stomach
               and
               Guts
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Inward
               Parts
               addicted
               to
               the
               digestion
               of
               Aliment
               ,
               and
               exclusion
               of
               Excrements
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               how
               inimaginably
               subtle
               must
               be
               the
               Animal
               Spirits
               running
               too
               and
               from
               Nerves
               suitable
               in
               such
               little
               Legs
               :
               And
               if
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               observ'd
               them
               to
               multiply
               by
               Eggs
               ,
               the
               little
               Creatures
               be
               hatch'd
               in
               those
               little
               Eggs
               ,
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               divers
               other
               Oviparous
               Animals
               ,
               how
               much
               smaller
               then
               a
               hatched
               Mite
               must
               be
               a
               Mite
               upon
               the
               Animation
               of
               its
               delineated
               Parts
               ?
               since
               in
               Hens
               Eggs
               we
               have
               sometimes
               seen
               the
               Chick
               manifestly
               alive
               ,
               and
               its
               Limbs
               clearly
               delineated
               ,
               whilst
               yet
               it
               took
               up
               so
               small
               a
               portion
               of
               the
               Egge
               ,
               that
               both
               the
               White
               and
               the
               Yolk
               (
               betwixt
               which
               it
               is
               generated
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               the
               Chalaza
               or
               Tredle
               ,
               as
               Aquapendente
               and
               other
               Moderns
               teach
               )
               seem'd
               to
               be
               sometimes
               yet
               intire
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               involv'd
               in
               their
               peculiar
               Membranes
               .
               But
               it
               is
               not
               so
               conspicuous
               in
               gradient
               Animals
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               as
               in
               swimming
               ones
               ;
               How
               vastly
               disproportionate
               Masses
               of
               Matter
               the
               wise
               
                 Former
                 of
                 all
                 things
              
               can
               fashion
               into
               living
               Engines
               .
               For
               Whales
               are
               much
               more
               stupendious
               Creatures
               then
               Elephants
               :
               And
               not
               to
               mention
               what
               
                 Hartenius
                 (
                 apud
                 Johnstonum
              
               )
               tells
               us
               of
               twenty
               sorts
               of
               Whales
               ,
               whereof
               the
               eighteenth
               Species
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               Nordhwal
               ,
               is
               by
               him
               related
               to
               be
               Ninety
               Ells
               long
               ;
               but
               what
               Ells
               he
               means
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               Nor
               to
               mention
               those
               less
               incredible
               Accounts
               which
               are
               given
               of
               the
               vastness
               of
               Whales
               by
               our
               English
               Navigators
               ,
               who
               are
               wont
               to
               Fish
               for
               them
               ;
               I
               shall
               onely
               set
               
               down
               what
               is
               related
               by
               one
               of
               the
               eminentest
               Modern
               Lyncean
               Philosophers
               ,
               because
               he
               speaks
               as
               an
               Eye-witness
               ,
               
               when
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               in
               the
               Year
               1624
               ,
               there
               was
               cast
               upon
               a
               place
               near
               
                 Santa
                 Severa
              
               ,
               about
               30
               Miles
               from
               Rome
               ,
               a
               dead
               Whale
               of
               91
               Psalms
               in
               length
               ,
               and
               50
               in
               thickness
               :
               He
               adds
               ,
               That
               its
               Mouth
               was
               16
               Palms
               long
               ,
               and
               10
               high
               ;
               in
               which
               ,
               being
               opened
               and
               kept
               gaping
               ;
               a
               Man
               on
               Horse-back
               might
               finde
               competent
               room
               ;
               this
               Mouth
               being
               used
               to
               harbor
               a
               Tongue
               of
               twenty
               Palms
               (
               which
               may
               make
               out
               fifteen
               Foot
               )
               in
               length
               .
               The
               same
               inquisitive
               Writer
               adds
               ,
               That
               four
               Years
               before
               ,
               near
               the
               Island
               of
               Corsica
               ,
               not
               far
               from
               the
               Coast
               of
               Italy
               ,
               another
               Whale
               was
               cast
               ,
               One
               hundred
               Foot
               long
               ;
               which
               being
               a
               Female
               ,
               was
               found
               to
               be
               big
               with
               a
               Cub
               of
               thirty
               Foot
               long
               ,
               1500
               pound
               weight
               .
               But
               that
               which
               will
               let
               you
               see
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               the
               disproportion
               betwixt
               there
               kinde
               of
               Fishes
               and
               common
               Elephants
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               which
               the
               same
               Author
               adds
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Lord
                 onely
                 ,
                 or
                 Fat
              
               (
               as
               he
               speaks
               
                 Carnea
                 pinguedo
                 )
                 of
                 this
                 corpulent
                 Creature
                 ,
                 weigh'd
                 One
                 hundred
                 and
                 thirty
                 five
                 thousand
                 pound
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               above
               Twenty
               seven
               times
               the
               weight
               of
               the
               whole
               Elephant
               ,
               which
               was
               caus'd
               to
               be
               weigh'd
               by
               Peireskius
               .
               And
               though
               the
               Omnipotent
               Creator
               be
               able
               to
               make
               swimming
               Creatures
               of
               such
               prodigious
               bigness
               ,
               that
               the
               Ocean
               it self
               may
               seem
               to
               be
               but
               a
               proportionate
               Pond
               for
               such
               Fishes
               ;
               yet
               is
               the
               same
               Omniscient
               Continuer
               ,
               as
               able
               to
               make
               a
               swimming
               Engine
               more
               slender
               then
               a
               Cheese
               mite
               ,
               and
               so
               little
               ,
               that
               a
               small
               part
               of
               a
               Grain
               may
               out-weigh
               divers
               of
               them
               .
               For
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               must
               here
               acquaint
               you
               with
               a
               strange
               Observation
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               been
               inform'd
               to
               have
               been
               some
               while
               since
               made
               in
               Italy
               by
               Panarola
               a
               Famous
               Physitian
               in
               Rome
               ,
               who
               is
               said
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               an
               excellent
               Microscope
               ,
               to
               have
               discern'd
               in
               Vinegar
               small
               Living
               Creatures
               ,
               which
               he
               takes
               to
               be
               Worms
               .
               The
               mention
               of
               so
               unlikely
               an
               Experiment
               ,
               made
               me
               engage
               some
               excellent
               Philosophers
               and
               Mathematicians
               to
               assist
               me
               in
               examining
               it
               :
               But
               though
               our
               Microscopes
               exceeded
               the
               best
               that
               were
               
               brought
               us
               over
               from
               Rome
               ,
               yet
               all
               our
               diligence
               and
               attention
               did
               but
               make
               them
               conclude
               that
               Panarola's
               Eyes
               had
               been
               deluded
               .
               Notwithstanding
               which
               ,
               causing
               a
               somewhat
               hollow
               bottom
               of
               pure
               Crystalline
               Glasse
               to
               be
               fitted
               to
               my
               Microscope
               ,
               I
               prosecuted
               the
               Enquiry
               my self
               ;
               and
               at
               length
               was
               so
               lucky
               ,
               as
               not
               onely
               to
               discover
               these
               little
               Creatures
               with
               a
               Microscope
               ,
               but
               by
               holding
               the
               Liquor
               in
               a
               Crystal
               Viol
               ,
               almost
               upon
               the
               strong
               Flame
               of
               a
               Candle
               ,
               to
               discover
               multitudes
               of
               them
               with
               my
               naked
               Eyes
               ,
               as
               weak
               as
               they
               are
               .
               But
               though
               I
               have
               already
               convinc'd
               those
               that
               formerly
               derided
               such
               Observations
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               be
               made
               with
               the
               best
               Microscope
               ,
               yet
               the
               great
               weakness
               of
               my
               Sight
               has
               not
               permitted
               me
               to
               perfect
               my
               Observations
               concerning
               these
               Creatures
               .
               And
               therefore
               reserving
               the
               more
               particular
               mention
               of
               this
               odde
               Observation
               till
               another
               time
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               onely
               tell
               you
               as
               much
               as
               is
               pertinent
               to
               our
               present
               purpose
               ;
               namely
               ,
               That
               having
               with
               a
               certain
               parcel
               of
               strong
               White-wine
               Vinegar
               (
               for
               't
               is
               not
               in
               every
               Vinegar
               that
               they
               are
               constantly
               to
               be
               found
               )
               fill'd
               up
               to
               the
               top
               thin
               Viols
               with
               long
               and
               slender
               Necks
               ;
               and
               having
               likewise
               with
               the
               same
               Liquor
               fill'd
               other
               small
               Crystalline
               Viols
               ,
               though
               short-neck'd
               ,
               and
               held
               them
               betwixt
               my
               Eye
               and
               the
               Sun
               ,
               or
               a
               Window
               open
               towards
               it
               ,
               or
               very
               near
               a
               great
               Candle
               ,
               I
               have
               often
               in
               these
               Glasses
               ,
               especially
               in
               their
               slender
               Necks
               ,
               after
               having
               a
               while
               fix'd
               my
               Eye
               on
               them
               (
               attention
               being
               in
               this
               case
               very
               necessary
               )
               admiringly
               observ'd
               great
               numbers
               (
               and
               sometimes
               as
               it
               were
               Shoals
               )
               of
               living
               Creatures
               ,
               which
               seem'd
               to
               be
               rather
               Fishes
               then
               Worms
               ;
               for
               they
               swim
               freely
               up
               and
               down
               the
               Liquor
               ,
               and
               often
               hover
               about
               the
               top
               of
               it
               ,
               with
               a
               wrigling
               motion
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               Eels
               ,
               to
               which
               likewise
               their
               long
               and
               slender
               shape
               resembles
               them
               .
               And
               though
               these
               swimming
               Creatures
               be
               not
               all
               exactly
               of
               a
               size
               ,
               yet
               some
               of
               them
               seem'd
               slenderer
               then
               any
               sort
               of
               living
               ones
               ,
               that
               hath
               hitherto
               been
               taken
               notice
               of
               by
               the
               unassisted
               Eye
               :
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               having
               look'd
               in
               a
               good
               Microscope
               upon
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               a
               Cheese-mite
               
               much
               about
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               the
               Fish
               appear'd
               so
               slender
               ,
               that
               we
               judg'd
               it
               not
               much
               thicker
               then
               one
               of
               the
               Legs
               of
               the
               Mite
               :
               So
               that
               considering
               what
               a
               vast
               deal
               of
               matter
               the
               great
               Creator
               can
               manage
               and
               fashion
               into
               a
               Whale
               ,
               and
               in
               how
               little
               room
               he
               can
               contrive
               all
               the
               parts
               requisite
               to
               constitute
               a
               Fish
               ,
               we
               may
               justly
               say
               to
               him
               in
               the
               Psalmists
               Language
               ,
               
               
                 There
                 is
                 none
                 like
                 unto
                 thee
                 (
                 O
                 Lord
                 )
                 neither
                 are
                 there
                 any
                 works
                 like
                 unto
                 thy
                 works
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               last
               of
               the
               three
               Properties
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               we
               mentioned
               him
               to
               have
               manifested
               in
               the
               Creation
               ,
               is
               his
               Goodnesse
               ;
               Of
               which
               all
               his
               Creatures
               do
               in
               their
               due
               measure
               partake
               ,
               partly
               by
               their
               having
               a
               Being
               vouchsafed
               them
               ,
               and
               partly
               by
               their
               being
               preserved
               in
               it
               as
               long
               as
               their
               subordination
               to
               higher
               purposes
               ,
               and
               to
               more
               powerful
               creatures
               do
               permit
               ,
               by
               that
               supporting
               Influence
               of
               God
               which
               keeps
               them
               from
               relapsing
               into
               their
               first
               Nothing
               ;
               according
               to
               that
               memorable
               Passage
               ,
               where
               Nehemiah
               having
               mentioned
               God
               as
               
                 the
                 Creatour
                 of
                 the
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 the
                 Seas
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Creatures
                 belonging
                 to
                 them
                 ,
              
               He
               calls
               Him
               the
               Preserver
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               the
               Original
               has
               it
               )
               
                 The
                 enlivener
                 of
                 them
                 all
              
               .
               And
               as
               for
               Animals
               ,
               who
               are
               more
               capable
               of
               enjoying
               ,
               though
               not
               most
               of
               them
               of
               discerning
               His
               bounty
               ,
               His
               Goodnesse
               to
               them
               is
               more
               conspicuous
               .
               For
               besides
               that
               in
               Scripture
               he
               is
               called
               
                 The
                 Preserver
                 both
                 of
                 Man
                 and
                 Beast
                 ,
              
               and
               accordingly
               is
               said
               to
               
                 give
                 food
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 that
                 cry
                 ,
              
               
               and
               to
               have
               after
               the
               Flood
               remembred
               not
               only
               Noah
               ,
               but
               
                 every
                 living
                 thing
                 that
                 was
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Ark
                 ,
              
               His
               Goodnesse
               to
               them
               is
               apparent
               by
               the
               plentiful
               and
               easily
               attainable
               provision
               he
               makes
               according
               to
               the
               exigence
               of
               their
               several
               Natures
               .
               For
               that
               innumerable
               swarm
               of
               various
               Birds
               ,
               Beasts
               ,
               Fishes
               ,
               Reptiles
               ,
               and
               other
               Animals
               that
               People
               the
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               ,
               and
               the
               contiguous
               parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               endowing
               each
               of
               them
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Qualifications
               requisite
               to
               the
               perpetuation
               of
               their
               Species
               ,
               and
               the
               preservation
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               as
               far
               forth
               as
               is
               consistent
               with
               his
               Ends
               
               in
               their
               Creation
               .
               But
               most
               resplendent
               does
               the
               Goodnesse
               of
               God
               appear
               towards
               his
               Favourite
               Creature
               ,
               Man
               ,
               whom
               having
               vouchsaf'd
               to
               ennoble
               with
               his
               own
               Image
               ,
               he
               makes
               most
               of
               the
               Creatures
               of
               the
               world
               visible
               to
               us
               ,
               pay
               homage
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               manner
               or
               degree
               do
               him
               service
               :
               God's
               liberality
               at
               once
               bestowing
               on
               him
               all
               those
               Creatures
               by
               endowing
               him
               with
               a
               Reason
               enabling
               him
               to
               make
               use
               of
               them
               ;
               so
               that
               even
               those
               Creatures
               which
               he
               is
               not
               able
               to
               subdue
               by
               his
               Power
               ,
               he
               is
               able
               to
               make
               serviceable
               to
               him
               by
               his
               Knowledg
               ;
               as
               those
               vast
               Globes
               of
               Light
               ,
               which
               are
               so
               farre
               above
               him
               ,
               that
               their
               Immensity
               and
               Brightnesse
               can
               scarce
               render
               them
               visible
               to
               him
               ,
               are
               by
               man's
               Mathematicks
               forced
               to
               give
               him
               an
               account
               of
               all
               their
               Motions
               ,
               and
               waiting
               upon
               his
               Dials
               keep
               time
               for
               him
               ;
               and
               even
               the
               defects
               of
               such
               works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               are
               by
               man's
               skill
               made
               serviceable
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               Eclipses
               of
               the
               Moon
               serve
               Geographers
               notably
               in
               that
               difficult
               and
               useful
               worke
               of
               finding
               Longitudes
               .
               The
               Stars
               serve
               for
               Candles
               to
               give
               man
               light
               ,
               and
               the
               Celestial
               Orbs
               are
               his
               Candlesticks
               .
               He
               breaths
               the
               Aire
               ,
               the
               Fire
               wa●mes
               him
               ,
               and
               serves
               him
               not
               only
               in
               his
               Kitchin
               ,
               but
               to
               master
               most
               other
               Bodies
               in
               his
               furnaces
               .
               The
               Clouds
               water
               his
               Land
               ,
               the
               Earth
               supports
               him
               and
               his
               Buildings
               ,
               the
               Sea
               and
               winds
               convey
               him
               and
               his
               Floating-houses
               to
               the
               remotest
               parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               enable
               him
               to
               possesse
               every
               where
               almost
               all
               that
               Nature
               or
               Art
               has
               provided
               for
               him
               any
               where
               .
               The
               Earth
               produces
               him
               an
               innumerable
               multitude
               of
               Beasts
               to
               feed
               ,
               cloath
               ,
               and
               carrie
               him
               ;
               of
               Flowers
               and
               Jewels
               to
               delight
               and
               adorne
               him
               ;
               of
               Fruits
               ,
               to
               sustaine
               and
               refresh
               him
               ;
               of
               Stones
               and
               Timber
               ,
               to
               lodg
               him
               ;
               of
               Simples
               ,
               to
               cure
               him
               ;
               and
               in
               summe
               ,
               the
               whole
               sublunary
               World
               is
               but
               his
               Magazine
               .
               And
               it
               seems
               the
               grand
               businesse
               of
               restlesse
               Nature
               so
               to
               constitute
               and
               manage
               his
               Productions
               ,
               as
               to
               furnish
               him
               with
               Necessaries
               ,
               Accommodations
               ,
               and
               Pleasures
               .
            
             
             
               Of
               such
               a
               Number
               of
               Plants
               ,
               Animals
               ,
               Metals
               ,
               Minerals
               ,
               &c.
               that
               people
               and
               enrich
               the
               Terrestriall
               Globe
               ,
               perhaps
               there
               is
               not
               any
               one
               ,
               of
               which
               Man
               might
               not
               make
               an
               excellent
               use
               ,
               had
               he
               but
               an
               insight
               into
               its
               Nature
               :
               nor
               are
               the
               most
               abject
               and
               despicable
               therefore
               the
               least
               useful
               .
               There
               is
               not
               any
               Stone
               ,
               no
               not
               the
               sparkling
               Diamond
               it self
               ,
               to
               whom
               Man
               is
               so
               much
               beholden
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               to
               the
               dark
               &
               unpromising
               Load-stone
               ,
               without
               which
               the
               New-World
               probably
               had
               never
               been
               detected
               ,
               and
               many
               Regions
               of
               the
               Old
               World
               would
               have
               little
               or
               no
               commerce
               with
               each
               other
               .
               Nor
               have
               the
               Lion
               ,
               the
               Eagle
               ,
               and
               the
               Whale
               ,
               joyned
               all
               together
               (
               though
               reputed
               the
               Chief
               of
               Birds
               ,
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               Fishes
               )
               been
               so
               serviceable
               to
               M●n
               ,
               as
               that
               despicable
               Insect
               ,
               
                 The
                 Silk-worm
              
               .
               And
               if
               we
               impartially
               consider
               the
               Lucriferousness
               (
               if
               I
               may
               speak
               in
               my
               Lord
               of
               St
               Albans
               Stile
               )
               of
               the
               properties
               of
               Things
               ,
               and
               their
               Medical
               Virtues
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               ,
               That
               we
               trample
               upon
               many
               things
               ,
               for
               which
               we
               should
               have
               cause
               to
               kneel
               ,
               and
               offer
               God
               Praises
               ,
               if
               we
               knew
               all
               their
               Qualities
               and
               Uses
               :
               But
               of
               this
               subject
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               purposely
               treat
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               I
               must
               onely
               adde
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               That
               you
               will
               injure
               Nature
               ,
               if
               you
               suppose
               ,
               either
               that
               all
               the
               Concretes
               ,
               endowed
               with
               excellent
               Properties
               ,
               have
               long
               since
               been
               notorious
               ,
               or
               that
               all
               the
               Medicinal
               Virtues
               of
               Simples
               ,
               commonly
               us'd
               ,
               are
               already
               known
               ;
               or
               that
               all
               those
               Concretes
               are
               destitute
               of
               considerable
               Properties
               ,
               to
               whom
               none
               have
               been
               yet
               ascrib'd
               by
               eminent
               Authors
               .
               For
               almost
               every
               day
               either
               discloses
               new
               Creatures
               ,
               or
               makes
               new
               Discoveries
               of
               the
               usefulnesse
               of
               things
               ;
               almost
               each
               of
               which
               hath
               yet
               a
               kinde
               of
               
                 Terra
                 incognita
              
               ,
               or
               undetected
               part
               in
               it
               :
               How
               many
               new
               Concretes
               ,
               rich
               in
               Medicinal
               vertues
               ,
               does
               the
               New
               World
               present
               the
               Inquisitive
               Physitians
               of
               the
               Old
               ?
               
                 Notatu
                 dignum
              
               (
               says
               the
               Ingenious
               Piso
               ,
               in
               his
               newly
               publish'd
               
                 Medicina
                 Brasileensis
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               1.
               )
               
                 quod
                 eximiae
                 tot
                 arbores
                 ,
                 frutices
                 ,
                 &
                 innumerae
                 herbae
                 ,
                 figura
                 ,
                 foliis
                 &
                 fructibus
                 a
                 veteris
                 orbis
                 Vegetabilibus
                 ,
                 paucis
                 
                 exceptis
                 ,
                 dissimillimae
                 appareant
                 .
                 Idem
                 de
                 avibus
                 ,
                 animantibus
                 &
                 piscibus
                 deprehenditur
                 ,
                 ut
                 &
                 insectis
                 alatis
                 ,
                 atque
                 alis
                 destitutis
                 ;
                 quae
                 ineffabili
                 colorum
                 pulchritudine
                 &
                 portentosa
                 multitudine
                 generantur
                 ,
                 partim
                 nota
                 nobis
                 ,
                 partim
                 incognita
                 .
              
               And
               of
               the
               known
               American
               Simples
               ,
               How
               many
               latent
               Virtues
               does
               experience
               from
               time
               to
               time
               discover
               ?
               And
               (
               to
               mention
               now
               no
               others
               )
               the
               Febrifugal
               property
               of
               that
               Peruvian
               Tree
               ,
               called
               by
               the
               Natives
               Gannanaperide
               ,
               whose
               Bark
               ,
               call'd
               commonly
               
                 China
                 Febris
              
               ,
               has
               been
               at
               Rome
               ,
               and
               freshly
               also
               at
               London
               ,
               found
               so
               wonderfully
               eff●ctual
               against
               those
               stubborn
               Diseases
               ,
               
                 Quartain
                 Agues
              
               ;
               and
               though
               a
               Lea●ned
               Author
               endeavors
               to
               depreciate
               it
               ,
               by
               alledging
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               wont
               rather
               to
               suspend
               the
               Fits
               ,
               then
               truly
               cure
               the
               Disease
               ,
               which
               after
               awhile
               will
               return
               again
               ;
               yet
               ,
               besides
               that
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               often
               very
               beneficial
               to
               a
               weakned
               Patient
               ,
               to
               have
               his
               Fits
               put
               off
               ,
               the
               Physitiā
               thereby
               also
               gaining
               Opportunities
               to
               imploy
               strengthning
               and
               preventing
               Remedies
               :
               Besides
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               credit
               that
               great
               Person
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               ,
               it
               is
               rather
               the
               Patients
               or
               Doctors
               fault
               ,
               then
               the
               Medicines
               ,
               if
               the
               Disease
               return
               .
               For
               having
               purposely
               consulted
               him
               about
               this
               Objection
               against
               the
               Use
               of
               the
               
                 Cortex
                 Febrifugus
              
               ,
               he
               solemnly
               assur'd
               me
               ,
               That
               of
               betwixt
               Twenty
               and
               Thirty
               Persons
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               himself
               cur'd
               of
               Quartanes
               by
               this
               Remedy
               ,
               not
               so
               many
               as
               Two
               fell
               into
               a
               Relapse
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               I
               am
               upon
               the
               more
               freshly
               discover'd
               Virtues
               of
               American
               Drugs
               ,
               I
               might
               acquaint
               you
               with
               the
               admirable
               Properties
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               Diseases
               ,
               but
               even
               in
               Wounds
               of
               a
               certain
               Mineral
               ,
               which
               (
               though
               careful
               examination
               of
               it
               has
               not
               yet
               taught
               me
               to
               what
               Species
               of
               Stones
               to
               reduce
               it
               )
               you
               cannot
               but
               have
               heard
               mention'd
               with
               wonder
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Sir
               Raleigh's
               Stone
               ,
               which
               my
               Father
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               enjoy'd
               ,
               and
               did
               strange
               things
               with
               for
               many
               years
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Will
               bequeathed
               (
               as
               the
               highest
               Legacy
               he
               could
               leave
               him
               )
               to
               his
               dearest
               Friend
               ,
               the
               most
               Learned
               and
               Famous
               B●
               
                 Usher
                 ,
                 Primate
                 of
                 Ireland
              
               :
               But
               of
               this
               Stone
               ,
               the
               merit
               of
               the
               subject
               
               makes
               me
               reserve
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               to
               a
               Discourse
               ,
               wherein
               I
               may
               be
               allowed
               to
               say
               more
               to
               it
               then
               now
               I
               dare
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               proceed
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               in
               the
               Simples
               of
               the
               New
               World
               onely
               ,
               that
               new
               Medicinal
               properties
               may
               be
               discover'd
               ;
               for
               even
               those
               which
               daily
               obtrude
               themselves
               upon
               our
               careless
               Eyes
               ,
               or
               are
               trampled
               under
               our
               regardlesse
               Feet
               ,
               may
               possesse
               Virtues
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               major
               part
               of
               Botanists
               are
               mere
               Strangers
               .
               To
               which
               purpose
               ,
               I
               remember
               that
               I
               have
               often
               gather'd
               a
               little
               short-liv'd
               and
               despicable
               Plant
               ,
               with
               which
               alone
               (
               slightly
               infus'd
               in
               Beer
               )
               I
               lately
               knew
               a
               yong
               Kinsman
               of
               Sir
               D●gby's
               ,
               in
               few
               Days
               ,
               and
               without
               pain
               ,
               as
               both
               Himself
               ,
               his
               Mother
               ,
               and
               his
               Physitian
               assur'd
               me
               ,
               cur'd
               of
               that
               stubborn
               and
               seldom
               vanquish'd
               Disease
               of
               the
               Kings
               Evil
               ,
               against
               which
               it
               doth
               Wonders
               ;
               and
               yet
               having
               consulted
               not
               onely
               some
               of
               the
               famousest
               and
               recentest
               Herbals
               ,
               both
               English
               and
               Latine
               ,
               about
               this
               ,
               but
               also
               enquired
               of
               two
               or
               three
               eminent
               Herbarists
               ,
               I
               could
               finde
               neither
               any
               such
               Virtue
               ,
               nor
               almost
               any
               at
               all
               ,
               ascrib'd
               by
               Authors
               to
               that
               excellent
               Plant.
               
            
             
               And
               whereas
               Gods
               bounty
               to
               Man
               in
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               seems
               a
               little
               clouded
               and
               streightned
               by
               his
               permitting
               some
               Poisonous
               Plants
               and
               Venomous
               Animals
               to
               have
               a
               Being
               in
               Nature
               ;
               to
               that
               it
               may
               be
               reply'd
               ,
               First
               ,
               That
               many
               Poisonous
               Bodies
               contain
               their
               own
               Antidotes
               ;
               insomuch
               that
               the
               diligent
               Piso
               ,
               who
               hath
               had
               great
               opportunities
               to
               examine
               the
               Effects
               of
               both
               ,
               ventures
               to
               say
               ,
               treating
               of
               the
               Poisons
               and
               Antidotes
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               
                 Brasil
                 ,
                 Equidem
                 vix
                 dixeris
                 ,
                 Venena
                 an
                 Alexiteria
                 plura
                 sint
                 pronata
                 :
              
               and
               a
               little
               lower
               ,
               
                 Sic
                 folia
                 ,
                 flores
                 ,
                 &
                 fructus
                 herbarum
                 Tangaraca
                 &
                 Juquerii
                 ,
                 venena
                 Brasiliae
                 facile
                 prima
                 ,
                 propriam
                 suam
                 unaquaeque
                 radicem
                 oppositum
                 habet
                 Antidotum
              
               :
               and
               a
               little
               after
               ,
               
                 Barbari
                 viperarum
                 pinguedinem
                 &
                 capita
                 ,
                 tum
                 &
                 integra
                 Insecta
                 quae
                 vulnera
                 intulerint
                 ,
                 ex
                 arte
                 parata
                 ,
                 audacter
                 &
                 felici
                 cum
                 successu
                 venenatis
                 ictibus
                 applicant
                 ;
                 adeoque
                 per
                 ipsos
                 effectus
                 comprobare
                 nituntur
                 in
                 omni
                 veneno
                 contineri
                 suum
                 Antidotum
              
               :
               And
               next
               ,
               that
               
               the
               noxiousnesse
               of
               many
               (
               and
               therefore
               not
               improbably
               of
               all
               of
               them
               )
               is
               not
               so
               incorrigible
               ,
               but
               that
               by
               Mans
               Art
               and
               Chymical
               Preparations
               ,
               they
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               not
               onely
               innocent
               and
               harmless
               ,
               but
               useful
               too
               .
               This
               Truth
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               Antimony
               and
               Quick-silver
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               noxious
               Bodies
               (
               which
               Men
               have
               learn'd
               to
               make
               Medicinal
               )
               have
               already
               taught
               our
               Modern
               Physitians
               ;
               who
               prescribe
               ,
               even
               in
               their
               Dispensatories
               ,
               divers
               Medicines
               made
               out
               of
               those
               churlish
               Minerals
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               in
               the
               ensuing
               Discourses
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               divers
               others
               (
               perhaps
               not
               inferior
               )
               added
               .
               That
               Opium
               is
               reckon'd
               by
               Physitians
               among
               Poisons
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               tell
               you
               ;
               and
               yet
               such
               powerful
               Remedies
               may
               be
               made
               with
               it
               for
               many
               desperate
               Cases
               ,
               especially
               in
               hot
               Countries
               ,
               that
               the
               good
               it
               may
               doe
               ,
               so
               much
               exceeds
               the
               harm
               ,
               that
               Physitians
               would
               be
               so●ry
               there
               were
               none
               of
               it
               in
               the
               World.
               The
               Oyl
               of
               Scorpions
               is
               not
               onely
               Antidotal
               against
               their
               Stings
               ,
               but
               is
               witnessed
               ,
               by
               experience
               ,
               to
               be
               very
               useful
               to
               bring
               away
               the
               descending
               Stone
               of
               the
               Kidneys
               ,
               and
               to
               remedy
               divers
               ot●er
               Mischiefs
               ,
               besides
               those
               that
               Scorpions
               can
               doe
               .
               And
               to
               these
               I
               shall
               need
               but
               to
               adde
               one
               instance
               more
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               noblenesse
               of
               that
               single
               one
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               Root
               Mandihoca
               ,
               so
               common
               all
               over
               the
               
                 West
                 Indies
              
               :
               for
               N●ture
               is
               so
               far
               from
               having
               been
               a
               Step-mother
               to
               Man
               in
               making
               th●t
               Plant
               abound
               so
               much
               in
               those
               Countries
               ,
               though
               in
               its
               c●ude
               simplicity
               (
               as
               the
               Helmontians
               speak
               it
               be
               confessedly
               a
               rank
               Poison
               ,
               that
               she
               hath
               scarce
               in
               any
               one
               Plant
               been
               so
               bountiful
               to
               the
               Americans
               .
               For
               by
               a
               slight
               and
               easie
               preparation
               ,
               which
               we
               shall
               hereafter
               mention
               ,
               it
               affords
               many
               popu●ous
               Nations
               almost
               all
               the
               Bread
               they
               eat
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               a
               good
               part
               of
               their
               Drink
               ;
               th●
               Root
               freed
               by
               a
               strong
               Press
               from
               the
               noxious
               Juice
               ,
               and
               d●y'd
               ,
               affording
               them
               that
               Cassavie
               Meal
               ,
               whereof
               they
               m●ke
               their
               Bread
               ;
               which
               by
               the
               taste
               and
               colour
               I
               could
               not
               discern
               to
               be
               other
               then
               good
               .
               Nor
               is
               this
               the
               onely
               use
               this
               Poisonous
               Plant
               affords
               them
               :
               For
               the
               above-commended
               Piso
               gives
               us
               this
               short
               ,
               but
               comprehensive
               
               Cha●acter
               of
               it
               ;
               concinnatur·
               (
               lib.
               3º
               )
               But
               ●oncerning
               the
               use
               that
               may
               be
               made
               of
               Poisonous
               Cre●tu●es
               ,
               we
               elsewhere
               professedly
               discourse
               :
               And
               shall
               therefore
               now
               proceed
               to
               observe
               to
               you
               here
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               ment●on'd
               to
               you
               the
               instance
               which
               most
               manifests
               the
               greatness
               of
               the
               Good
               which
               God
               intended
               Man
               in
               the
               Creatures
               :
               For
               ,
               not
               content
               to
               have
               provided
               him
               all
               that
               was
               requisite
               either
               to
               Support
               or
               Accommodate
               him
               here
               ,
               he
               hath
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               contrive
               the
               World
               so
               ,
               that
               (
               if
               Man
               be
               not
               wanting
               to
               himself
               )
               it
               may
               afford
               him
               not
               onely
               Necessaries
               and
               Delights
               ,
               but
               Instructions
               too
               ;
               For
               each
               Page
               in
               the
               great
               Volume
               of
               Nature
               is
               full
               of
               real
               Hieroglyphicks
               ,
               where
               (
               by
               an
               inverted
               way
               of
               Expression
               )
               Things
               stand
               for
               Words
               ,
               and
               their
               Qualities
               for
               Letters
               .
               The
               Psalmist
               observes
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Heavens
                 declare
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 God
              
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               they
               celebrate
               his
               Praises
               ,
               though
               with
               a
               soundless
               Voice
               ,
               yet
               with
               so
               loud
               a
               one
               (
               and
               which
               gives
               us
               the
               Moral
               of
               Plato's
               exploded
               notion
               of
               the
               Musick
               of
               the
               Spheres
               )
               to
               our
               intellectual
               Ears
               ,
               that
               he
               scruples
               not
               to
               affirm
               ,
               that
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 Speech
                 nor
                 Language
                 where
                 their
                 voice
                 is
                 not
                 heard
              
               (
               or
               as
               Junius
               and
               Tremellius
               render
               it
               ,
               without
               violence
               to
               the
               Hebrew
               Text
               ,
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 Speech
                 nor
                 Words
                 ;
                 yet
                 without
                 these
                 their
                 Voice
                 is
                 understood
                 )
                 and
                 that
                 their
                 Line
                 is
                 gone
                 throughout
                 all
                 the
                 earth
              
               ;
               that
               is
               (
               as
               the
               Learned
               Diodati
               expounds
               it
               )
               their
               Writing
               in
               gross
               and
               plain
               Draughts
               ,
               and
               their
               Words
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               :
               Their
               Language
               having
               so
               escap'd
               the
               confusion
               of
               Tongues
               ,
               that
               these
               Natural
               and
               Immortal
               Preachers
               give
               all
               Nations
               occasion
               to
               say
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               the
               Assembly
               at
               Pentecost
               did
               of
               the
               Inspir'd
               Apostles
               ,
               
               
                 We
                 do
                 hear
                 them
                 speak
                 in
                 our
                 Tongues
                 the
                 wonderful
                 Works
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               Nor
               can
               we
               without
               listning
               to
               these
               Sermons
               ,
               derive
               the
               entire
               (
               perhaps
               not
               the
               chiefest
               )
               Benefit
               design'd
               us
               in
               the
               Creatures
               :
               For
               sure
               ,
               that
               God
               ,
               who
               hath
               compos'd
               us
               both
               of
               Body
               and
               Soul
               ,
               hath
               not
               confin'd
               the
               uses
               of
               so
               many
               admirable
               
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               inimitable
               Workmanship
               to
               that
               ignoble
               part
               of
               Man
               which
               coupleth
               him
               to
               the
               Beasts
               ,
               with
               the
               neglect
               of
               that
               Diviner
               Portion
               ,
               which
               allies
               him
               to
               the
               Angels
               ;
               vouchsafing
               to
               the
               Lord
               of
               the
               Creature●
               in
               the
               fruition
               of
               this
               his
               Palace
               ,
               no
               higher
               Prerogative
               then
               he
               is
               pleas'd
               to
               allow
               to
               the
               Brutes
               ,
               that
               serve
               but
               to
               compleat
               the
               variety
               requisite
               for
               its
               embellishment
               .
               Of
               this
               Opinion
               I
               lately
               found
               that
               excellent
               Writer
               ,
               St
               Austine
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               before
               me
               :
               For
               ,
               
                 Non
                 debes
                 uti
                 oculis
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 ut
                 pecus
                 ,
                 tantum
                 ut
                 videas
                 ,
                 quae
                 addas
                 ventri
                 ,
                 non
                 menti
                 :
                 utere
                 ,
                 ut
                 homo
                 ,
                 intende
                 Coelum
                 ,
                 &
                 intende
                 Facta
                 ,
                 &
                 quaere
                 Factorem
                 ;
                 aspice
                 quae
                 vides
                 ,
                 &
                 quaere
                 quem
                 non
                 vides
                 ,
                 crede
                 in
                 eum
                 quem
                 non
                 vides
                 ,
                 propter
                 ista
                 quae
                 vides
                 .
                 Nolite
                 fieri
                 sicut
                 equus
                 &
                 mulus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Nor
               can
               the
               Creatures
               onely
               inform
               Man
               of
               Gods
               Being
               and
               Attributes
               (
               as
               we
               have
               already
               seen
               )
               but
               also
               instruct
               him
               in
               his
               own
               Duties
               :
               
               For
               we
               may
               say
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               St
               Austin
               did
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               
                 Verbum
                 visibile
              
               .
               And
               certainly
               ,
               God
               hath
               never
               so
               confin'd
               himself
               to
               instruct
               Men
               by
               Words
               or
               Types
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               reserve
               himself
               the
               liberty
               of
               doing
               it
               by
               things
               :
               Witness
               his
               appointing
               the
               Rainbow
               to
               Preach
               his
               Goodness
               to
               all
               Nations
               ,
               and
               fortifie
               the
               Faith
               of
               Mankinde
               against
               the
               fear
               of
               a
               second
               Deluge
               .
               'T
               is
               something
               to
               high
               a
               saying
               for
               an
               Heathen
               ,
               that
               of
               Plato
               ,
               where
               he
               teaches
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 World
                 is
                 Gods
                 Epistle
                 ,
                 written
                 to
                 Mankinde
                 .
              
               For
               by
               Solomon
               God
               sends
               the
               
                 Sluggard
                 to
                 school
                 to
                 the
                 Ant
                 ,
              
               to
               learn
               a
               provident
               Industry
               :
               Christ
               commands
               his
               Disciples
               to
               
                 learn
                 of
                 Serpents
                 and
                 Pigeons
              
               prudence
               and
               inoffensiveness
               :
               The
               same
               Divine
               Teacher
               enjoyns
               his
               Apostles
               
                 to
                 consider
                 the
                 Lilies
              
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               some
               would
               have
               it
               )
               
                 the
                 Tulips
                 of
                 the
                 Field
              
               ,
               and
               to
               learn
               thence
               that
               difficult
               Virtue
               of
               a
               distrustless
               relyance
               upon
               God
               :
               
               And
               St
               Paul
               seems
               almost
               angry
               with
               the
               Corinthians
               ,
               That
               their
               Faith
               ,
               in
               so
               abstruse
               Mysteries
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               was
               not
               inform'd
               and
               strengthned
               ,
               by
               considering
               the
               meliorating
               death
               of
               Corn
               committed
               to
               the
               Earth
               :
               And
               the
               Royal
               Poet
               learns
               Humility
               ,
               
               by
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               most
               elevated
               parts
               of
               Nature
               ;
               
                 When
                 I
                 consider
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 the
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 thy
                 Fingers
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 and
                 Stars
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 ordained
                 ,
                 
                 What
                 is
                 Man
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 visitest
                 him
                 ?
              
               Thus
               you
               may
               see
               that
               God
               intended
               the
               World
               should
               serve
               Man
               ,
               not
               onely
               for
               a
               Palace
               to
               live
               in
               ,
               and
               to
               gaze
               on
               ,
               but
               for
               a
               School
               of
               Virtue
               ;
               to
               which
               his
               Philanthropy
               reserves
               such
               inestimable
               Rewards
               ,
               that
               the
               Creatures
               can
               ,
               on
               no
               account
               ,
               be
               so
               beneficial
               to
               Man
               ,
               as
               by
               promoting
               his
               Piety
               ,
               by
               a
               competent
               degree
               of
               which
               ,
               Gods
               goodness
               hath
               made
               no
               less
               then
               Eternal
               Felicity
               attainable
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               ESSAY
               III.
               Containing
               a
               Continuation
               of
               the
               Former
               .
            
             
               HAving
               thus
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               endeavored
               to
               evince
               ,
               that
               the
               Opinion
               that
               would
               deter
               Men
               from
               the
               scrutiny
               of
               Nature
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               little
               prejudicial
               to
               Mans
               Interests
               ,
               and
               does
               very
               much
               lessen
               the
               Advantages
               he
               may
               derive
               from
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               both
               in
               relation
               to
               his
               accommodation
               in
               this
               Life
               ,
               and
               his
               Felicity
               in
               the
               next
               :
               Let
               us
               proceed
               to
               consider
               ,
               whether
               the
               Doctrine
               we
               oppose
               do
               not
               likewise
               tend
               ,
               in
               its
               own
               nature
               (
               though
               not
               in
               the
               Intentions
               of
               its
               Patrons
               )
               to
               defeat
               God
               of
               much
               of
               that
               Glory
               which
               Man
               both
               ought
               and
               might
               ascribe
               to
               him
               ,
               both
               for
               himself
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Creatures
               .
               How
               unlikely
               is
               it
               that
               we
               should
               be
               able
               to
               offer
               to
               God
               that
               Glory
               ,
               Praise
               ,
               and
               Admiration
               ,
               he
               both
               expects
               and
               merits
               from
               such
               a
               contemplation
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               as
               though
               it
               be
               requisite
               to
               the
               true
               knowledge
               of
               their
               Nature
               and
               Properties
               ,
               is
               yet
               suppos'd
               either
               pernicious
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               dangerous
               ,
               You
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               impartial
               Person
               may
               easily
               determine
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               Works
               of
               God
               are
               not
               like
               the
               Tricks
               of
               Juglers
               ,
               or
               the
               Pageants
               that
               entertain
               Princes
               ,
               where
               concealment
               is
               requisite
               to
               wonder
               ;
               but
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               God
               proportions
               our
               admiration
               of
               them
               ,
               they
               participating
               and
               disclosing
               so
               much
               of
               the
               inexhausted
               Perfections
               of
               their
               Author
               ,
               that
               the
               further
               we
               contemplate
               them
               ,
               the
               more
               Foot-steps
               and
               Impressions
               we
               discover
               of
               the
               Perfections
               of
               their
               Creator
               ;
               and
               our
               utmost
               Science
               can
               but
               give
               us
               a
               juster
               
               veneration
               of
               his
               Omniscience
               .
               And
               as
               when
               some
               Country
               Fellow
               looks
               upon
               a
               curious
               Watch
               ,
               though
               he
               may
               be
               hugely
               taken
               with
               the
               rich
               Enamel
               of
               the
               Case
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               with
               some
               pretty
               Landskip
               that
               adorns
               the
               Dial-plate
               ;
               yet
               will
               not
               his
               Ignorance
               permit
               him
               so
               advantageous
               a
               Notion
               of
               the
               exquisite
               Makers
               skill
               ,
               as
               that
               little
               Engine
               will
               form
               in
               some
               curious
               Artist
               ,
               who
               besides
               that
               obvious
               Workmanship
               that
               first
               entertains
               the
               Eye
               ,
               considers
               the
               exactness
               ,
               and
               knows
               the
               use
               of
               every
               Wheel
               ,
               takes
               notice
               of
               their
               proportion
               ,
               contrivance
               ,
               and
               adaptation
               altogether
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               hidden
               Springs
               that
               move
               them
               all
               :
               So
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               though
               every
               Peruser
               may
               read
               the
               existence
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               and
               be
               in
               his
               degree
               affected
               with
               what
               he
               sees
               ,
               yet
               is
               he
               utterly
               unable
               to
               descry
               there
               those
               subtler
               Characters
               and
               Flourishes
               of
               Omniscience
               ,
               which
               true
               Philosophers
               are
               sharp-sighted
               enough
               to
               discern
               .
               The
               existence
               of
               God
               is
               indeed
               so
               legibly
               written
               on
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               the
               Scripture
               speaks
               in
               another
               sense
               )
               
                 He
                 may
                 run
                 that
                 reads
                 it
              
               ;
               
               that
               is
               ,
               even
               a
               perfunctory
               Beholder
               ,
               that
               makes
               it
               not
               his
               business
               ,
               may
               perceive
               it
               .
               But
               that
               this
               God
               has
               manifested
               in
               these
               Creatures
               a
               Power
               ,
               a
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               a
               Goodness
               worthy
               of
               himself
               ,
               needs
               an
               attentive
               and
               diligent
               Surveyor
               to
               discover
               .
               How
               different
               notions
               of
               Gods
               Wisdom
               do
               the
               Eggs
               of
               Hens
               produce
               in
               the
               ordinary
               Eaters
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               curious
               Naturalists
               ,
               who
               carefully
               watch
               and
               diligently
               observe
               from
               time
               to
               time
               the
               admirable
               progress
               of
               Nature
               in
               the
               Formation
               of
               a
               Chick
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               change
               appearing
               in
               the
               Cicatricula
               (
               or
               little
               whitish
               speck
               discernable
               in
               the
               Coat
               of
               the
               Eggs
               Yolk
               )
               to
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               Egg-shell
               by
               the
               perfectly
               hatched
               Bird
               ,
               and
               on
               Natures
               exquisite
               method
               in
               the
               order
               and
               fashioning
               of
               the
               parts
               ,
               make
               such
               Philosophical
               reflections
               as
               you
               may
               meet
               with
               (
               not
               to
               mention
               what
               Aristotle
               and
               
                 Fabricius
                 ab
                 Aquapendente
              
               ,
               have
               observed
               on
               that
               subject
               )
               in
               the
               Ingenious
               Treatise
               of
               Generation
               ,
               which
               our
               accurate
               and
               justly
               Famous
               Anatomist
               ,
               Dr
               Highmore
               ,
               has
               been
               pleased
               to
               Dedicate
               to
               me
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               excellent
               Exercitations
               ,
               
               
                 De
                 Ovo
              
               ,
               of
               that
               great
               Promoter
               of
               Anatomical
               Knowledge
               ,
               Dr
               Harvey
               .
               And
               whereas
               it
               may
               be
               alledg'd
               ,
               That
               the
               Attributes
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               taught
               us
               ,
               but
               after
               much
               speculation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               are
               things
               of
               which
               no
               Man
               but
               an
               Atheist
               doubts
               ;
               to
               this
               it
               may
               be
               reply'd
               ,
               That
               besides
               that
               ,
               it
               ill
               becomes
               the
               sense
               we
               ought
               to
               have
               of
               our
               weakness
               to
               despise
               any
               helps
               vouchsaf'd
               us
               of
               God
               to
               assist
               us
               to
               know
               or
               serve
               him
               ;
               besides
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               God
               loving
               ,
               as
               he
               deserves
               ,
               to
               be
               honor'd
               in
               all
               our
               Faculties
               ,
               and
               consequently
               to
               be
               glorifi'd
               and
               acknowledg'd
               by
               the
               acts
               of
               Reason
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               those
               of
               Faith
               ,
               there
               must
               be
               sure
               found
               a
               great
               disparity
               betwixt
               that
               general
               ,
               confus'd
               ,
               and
               lazy
               Idea
               we
               commonly
               have
               of
               his
               Power
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               the
               distinct
               ,
               rational
               ,
               and
               affecting
               notions
               of
               those
               Attributes
               which
               are
               form'd
               by
               an
               attentive
               inspection
               of
               those
               Creatures
               in
               which
               they
               are
               most
               legible
               ,
               and
               which
               were
               made
               chiefly
               for
               that
               very
               end
               .
               The
               Queen
               of
               Sheba
               had
               heard
               in
               her
               own
               Country
               a
               very
               advantageous
               Fame
               of
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               Solomon
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               curiosity
               of
               a
               personal
               Visit
               made
               her
               an
               Eye-witness
               of
               those
               particular
               both
               exquisite
               Structures
               ,
               and
               almost
               Divinely
               prudent
               Conducts
               and
               Contrivances
               wherein
               that
               Wisdom
               did
               inimitably
               display
               it self
               ,
               she
               then
               brake
               forth
               into
               Pathetick
               and
               Venerating
               Exclamations
               ,
               that
               acknowledg'd
               how
               much
               juster
               and
               improved
               a
               Character
               (
               of
               his
               Wisdom
               )
               her
               Eyes
               had
               now
               given
               her
               ,
               then
               formerly
               her
               Ears
               had
               done
               .
            
             
               Very
               like
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               does
               the
               Great
               
                 Mercurius
                 Trismegistus
              
               (
               if
               we
               grant
               him
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Books
               ascribed
               to
               him
               )
               speak
               ,
               when
               he
               tells
               his
               Son
               ,
               
                 There
                 can
                 be
                 no
                 Religion
                 more
                 true
                 or
                 just
                 ,
              
               
               
                 then
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 thanks
                 for
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 made
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 thing
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 cease
                 to
                 do
              
               :
               (
               he
               continues
               )
               
                 Be
                 Pious
                 and
                 Religious
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Son
                 !
                 for
                 he
                 that
                 does
                 so
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 and
                 highest
                 Philosopher
                 ;
                 and
                 without
                 Philosophy
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 ever
                 to
                 attain
                 to
                 the
                 height
                 and
                 exactness
                 of
                 Piety
                 and
                 Religion
                 .
              
               And
               't
               was
               perhaps
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               ingage
               us
               to
               an
               industrious
               
               industrious
               indagation
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               God
               made
               Man
               so
               indigent
               ,
               and
               furnish'd
               him
               with
               such
               a
               multiplicity
               of
               Desires
               ;
               so
               that
               whereas
               other
               Creatures
               are
               content
               with
               those
               few
               obvious
               and
               easily
               attainable
               necessaries
               ,
               that
               Nature
               has
               almost
               every
               where
               provided
               for
               them
               ;
               In
               Man
               alone
               ,
               every
               sense
               has
               store
               of
               greedy
               Appetites
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               Superfluities
               and
               Dainties
               ,
               that
               to
               relieve
               his
               numerous
               Wants
               ,
               or
               satisfie
               his
               more
               numerous
               Desires
               ,
               He
               might
               be
               oblig'd
               with
               an
               inquisitive
               Industry
               to
               Range
               ,
               Anatomize
               ,
               and
               Ransack
               Nature
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               concern'd
               survey
               come
               to
               a
               more
               exquisite
               Admiration
               of
               the
               Omniscient
               Author
               .
               To
               illustrate
               this
               subject
               yet
               a
               little
               further
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               observe
               to
               you
               ,
               That
               Philosophers
               of
               almost
               all
               Religions
               have
               been
               ,
               by
               the
               contemplation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               mov'd
               to
               consider
               it
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               a
               Temple
               :
               
                 Ne
                 adoremus
              
               (
               says
               
                 Plutarch
                 )
                 Elementa
                 ,
                 Coelum
                 ,
                 Solem
                 ,
                 Lunam
                 ,
                 &c.
                 specula
                 sunt
                 haec
                 ,
                 in
                 quibus
                 artem
                 illius
                 singularem
                 intueamur
                 ,
                 qui
                 mundum
                 condidit
                 ,
                 &
                 adornavit
                 ;
                 nec
                 est
                 aliud
                 Mundus
                 quam
                 Templum
                 ejus
                 :
                 Let
                 us
                 not
                 venerate
                 the
                 Elements
                 ,
                 the
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 these
                 are
                 but
              
               Miroirs
               ,
               
                 wherein
                 we
                 may
                 behold
                 his
                 excellent
                 Art
                 ,
                 who
                 fram'd
                 and
                 adorn'd
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 nor
                 is
                 the
                 World
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 but
                 his
                 Temple
                 :
                 Homines
              
               (
               says
               
                 Cicero
                 )
                 tuentur
                 illum
                 Globum
                 ,
                 quem
                 in
                 Templo
                 hoc
                 medium
                 vides
                 ,
                 qui
                 terra
                 dicitur
                 :
                 Men
                 abide
                 upon
                 that
                 Globe
                 which
                 you
                 see
                 in
                 the
                 m●ddle
                 of
                 this
                 Temple
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Earth
              
               ;
               which
               Macrobius
               handsomely
               thus
               expounds
               :
               
                 Quicquid
                 humano
                 aspectui
                 subjicitur
                 ,
                 Templum
                 ejus
                 vocavit
                 qui
                 solâ
                 mente
                 concipitur
                 ,
                 ut
                 qui
                 haec
                 veneratur
                 ut
                 templa
                 ,
                 cultum
                 tamen
                 maximum
                 debeat
                 Conditori
                 ,
                 sciatque
                 quisquis
                 in
                 usum
                 Templi
                 hujus
                 inducitur
                 ,
                 ritu
                 sibi
                 vivendum
                 sacerdotis
                 :
                 All
                 that
                 humane
                 view
                 reaches
                 ,
                 he
                 terms
                 his
                 Temple
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 apprehended
                 by
                 the
                 minde
                 alone
                 ;
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 who
                 so
                 reverences
                 these
                 things
                 as
                 Temples
                 ,
                 might
                 render
                 the
                 greatest
                 worship
                 to
                 the
                 Maker
                 ;
                 and
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 brought
                 to
                 converse
                 in
                 this
                 Temple
                 ,
                 might
                 know
                 himself
                 oblig'd
                 to
                 live
                 like
                 a
                 Priest.
                 
              
            
             
             
               And
               the
               Lofty
               Seneca
               (
               to
               mention
               now
               no
               other
               Heathens
               )
               in
               divers
               passages
               of
               his
               excellent
               Writings
               ,
               stiles
               the
               World
               a
               Temple
               ;
               and
               I
               remember
               in
               his
               Treatise
               ,
               
                 De
                 Beneficiis
              
               ,
               he
               avers
               in
               terms
               not
               unworthy
               his
               Mind
               or
               his
               Subject
               ,
               
                 Totum
                 mundum
                 Deorum
                 esse
                 immortalium
                 Templum
                 ,
              
               
               
                 solum
                 quidem
                 amplitudine
                 illorum
                 ac
                 magnificentiâ
                 dignum
                 .
                 That
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 is
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 the
                 immortal
                 Gods
                 ,
                 being
                 alone
                 worthy
                 of
                 their
                 Grandeur
                 and
                 Magnificence
                 .
              
               The
               assent
               of
               the
               Jewish
               Philosophers
               ,
               to
               this
               Notion
               ,
               you
               may
               be
               pleased
               to
               receive
               from
               their
               Eloquent
               Philo
               ,
               
               who
               not
               only
               gives
               the
               World
               the
               Name
               of
               Temple
               ,
               but
               gives
               us
               this
               account
               of
               that
               appellation
               ;
               
                 Templum
                 Dei
                 supremum
                 &
                 verè
                 tale
                 existimare
                 totum
                 hunc
                 mundum
                 ,
                 qui
                 sacrartum
                 quidem
                 habet
                 ,
                 purissimam
                 rerum
                 naturae
                 partem
                 ,
                 Coelum
                 ;
                 ornamenta
                 ,
                 stellas
                 ;
                 sacerdotes
                 ,
                 administros
                 potentiae
                 ejus
                 ,
                 Angelos
                 ,
                 &
                 incorporeas
                 animas
                 .
                 The
                 whole
                 VVorld
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 accounted
                 the
                 chiefest
                 Template
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 the
              
               Sanctū
               Sanctorū
               
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 purest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 ,
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 the
                 ornam●nts
                 ,
                 the
                 Stars
                 ;
                 the
                 Priests
                 ,
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 His
                 Power
                 ,
                 Angels
                 ,
                 and
                 immaterial
                 Souls
                 .
              
               And
               as
               for
               Christian
               Philosophers
               ,
               I
               suppose
               it
               would
               be
               needlesse
               to
               enumerate
               the
               passages
               wherein
               they
               adapt
               the
               Notion
               of
               the
               World
               already
               mention'd
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               content
               my selfe
               to
               adde
               ,
               
               that
               the
               Scripture
               it selfe
               seems
               to
               Authorise
               it
               by
               representing
               to
               us
               in
               the
               8th
               and
               9th
               Chapters
               of
               the
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Hebrews
               ,
               the
               Mosaical
               Tabernacle
               ,
               as
               an
               adumbration
               of
               that
               Great
               Temple
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               particularly
               there
               is
               a
               signal
               Text
               in
               the
               latter
               of
               those
               Chapters
               ,
               
               where
               it
               is
               said
               that
               Christ
               is
               not
               enter'd
               into
               Holy
               places
               made
               with
               Hands
               [
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ]
               which
               are
               copies
               of
               the
               true
               [
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ]
               but
               into
               Heaven
               it selfe
               ,
               now
               to
               appeare
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God
               for
               us
               .
            
             
               Upon
               what
               account
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               esteem
               the
               World
               a
               Temple
               ,
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               occasion
               to
               Declare
               ;
               but
               this
               for
               the
               present
               :
               It
               will
               not
               be
               rash
               to
               infer
               that
               if
               the
               World
               be
               a
               Temple
               ,
               Man
               sure
               must
               be
               the
               Priest
               ,
               ordain'd
               (
               by
               being
               
               qualifi'd
               )
               to
               celebrate
               Divine
               Service
               not
               only
               in
               it
               ,
               but
               for
               it
               .
               For
               as
               in
               Schools
               ,
               when
               the
               Prince
               or
               some
               munificent
               Benefactor
               confers
               some
               large
               possession
               or
               rich
               annuity
               upon
               the
               Foundation
               ,
               though
               all
               the
               Boyes
               be
               concern'd
               in
               the
               benefit
               ,
               yet
               because
               most
               of
               them
               are
               too
               young
               to
               be
               sensible
               of
               it
               ,
               or
               too
               unlearned
               to
               be
               able
               to
               make
               the
               retribution
               of
               a
               handsome
               acknowledgment
               ,
               either
               the
               Master
               or
               that
               other
               person
               of
               the
               Society
               ,
               who
               is
               most
               capable
               and
               the
               best
               spoakesman
               ,
               is
               by
               a
               kind
               of
               natural
               right
               engag'd
               to
               the
               duty
               of
               returning
               praise
               and
               thanks
               ,
               not
               for
               himself
               alone
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               name
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               :
               So
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               where
               there
               are
               so
               many
               inanimate
               and
               irrational
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               neither
               understand
               how
               much
               they
               owe
               to
               their
               Creator
               ,
               by
               owing
               him
               even
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               are
               born
               to
               a
               condition
               inabling
               them
               to
               acknowledg
               it
               ;
               Man
               ,
               as
               born
               the
               Priest
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               most
               oblig'd
               and
               most
               capable
               member
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               bound
               to
               returne
               Thanks
               and
               Praises
               to
               his
               Maker
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               himselfe
               but
               for
               the
               whole
               Creation
               .
               In
               which
               sense
               we
               may
               reconcile
               those
               two
               current
               Assertions
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 made
                 all
                 things
                 for
                 His
                 own
                 Glory
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 God
                 made
                 all
                 things
                 for
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 Man
                 for
                 himselfe
                 .
              
               Since
               whether
               or
               no
               Man
               be
               a
               Microcosme
               or
               Little
               World
               in
               Paracelsus's
               sense
               ,
               if
               not
               as
               a
               resembler
               ,
               yet
               as
               a
               representer
               of
               the
               Macrocosme
               or
               Great
               World
               ,
               he
               presents
               with
               his
               own
               adorations
               the
               Homages
               of
               all
               the
               Creatures
               to
               their
               Creator
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               ignorant
               of
               what
               is
               done
               ,
               as
               Infants
               under
               the
               Law
               were
               of
               the
               sacrifices
               offered
               on
               their
               account
               .
               And
               in
               this
               Relation
               may
               the
               Creatures
               answer
               the
               Solemn
               invitation
               made
               them
               in
               the
               whole
               148
               Psalm
               ,
               and
               numerous
               other
               Scriptures
               :
               which
               they
               may
               do
               (
               to
               borrow
               a
               barbarous
               but
               significant
               School-terme
               )
               objectively
               ,
               though
               not
               formally
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               by
               proving
               occasions
               ,
               though
               not
               singers
               of
               his
               praises
               ,
               and
               being
               such
               objects
               as
               prompt
               and
               invite
               Man
               to
               pay
               God
               that
               praise
               upon
               their
               score
               ,
               which
               they
               cannot
               actually
               pay
               him
               themselves
               ;
               even
               God's
               mutest
               works
               being
               capable
               of
               being
               said
               
               to
               praise
               him
               in
               the
               same
               sense
               (
               though
               in
               an
               incomparably
               transcendenter
               degree
               )
               that
               Solomon
               saies
               of
               his
               virtuous
               Woman
               (
               in
               the
               last
               Verse
               of
               the
               Proverbs
               )
               
                 Let
                 her
                 own
                 VVorks
                 praise
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 Gates
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               
               give
               the
               considerers
               of
               them
               occasion
               to
               extol
               her
               :
               and
               thus
               by
               man's
               referring
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               Creature
               to
               the
               Creator's
               Glory
               ,
               it
               becomes
               in
               some
               sense
               ,
               and
               congruously
               to
               its
               own
               Nature
               ,
               the
               praiser
               of
               its
               Maker
               ,
               as
               may
               seem
               intimated
               in
               this
               OEconomy
               of
               the
               Last
               part
               of
               one
               of
               the
               
                 Psalmes
                 ,
                 Blesse
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 all
                 ye
                 His
                 Hosts
                 ,
              
               
               
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 His
                 that
                 do
                 His
                 pleasure
                 .
                 Blesse
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 all
                 His
                 VVorks
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 places
                 of
                 His
                 Dominion
                 :
                 Blesse
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Soule
                 .
              
               Where
               by
               shutting
               up
               the
               rest
               of
               God's
               Creatures
               betwixt
               Angels
               and
               Man's
               Soule
               ,
               he
               seems
               to
               insinuate
               that
               the
               irrational
               Creatures
               blesse
               the
               Lord
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               those
               that
               are
               Intelligent
               .
            
             
               And
               truly
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               fear
               it
               may
               relish
               a
               little
               of
               selfishnesse
               ,
               to
               make
               such
               a
               disparity
               betwixt
               Perfections
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               equal
               ,
               because
               all
               of
               them
               infinite
               ,
               as
               to
               let
               God's
               mercy
               ,
               because
               it
               most
               advantages
               us
               ,
               so
               to
               ingrosse
               our
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               wonder
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               us
               neglect
               the
               contemplation
               of
               those
               other
               Glorious
               Attributes
               ,
               his
               Power
               and
               his
               VVisdome
               ,
               which
               were
               those
               that
               exacted
               both
               Man
               and
               Angels
               adoration
               ,
               before
               sin
               gave
               occasion
               to
               the
               exercise
               of
               the
               first
               .
               And
               I
               shall
               not
               scruple
               to
               confesse
               unto
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               dare
               not
               confine
               the
               Acts
               of
               Devotion
               to
               those
               which
               most
               men
               suppose
               to
               comprise
               the
               whole
               exercise
               of
               it
               ;
               not
               that
               I
               at
               all
               undervalue
               ,
               or
               would
               depreciate
               any
               ,
               even
               the
               meanest
               practises
               of
               Devotion
               ,
               which
               either
               Scripture
               or
               reason
               consonant
               to
               it
               recommends
               ;
               but
               that
               I
               esteem
               that
               God
               may
               be
               also
               acceptably
               (
               and
               perhaps
               more
               nobly
               )
               serv'd
               and
               glorifi'd
               by
               our
               entertaining
               of
               high
               ,
               rational
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               as
               our
               nature
               is
               capable
               of
               worthy
               notions
               ,
               attended
               with
               a
               profound
               and
               proportionable
               admiration
               of
               those
               divine
               Attributes
               and
               Prerogatives
               for
               whose
               manifesting
               he
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               construct
               this
               vast
               Fabrick
               .
            
             
             
               To
               which
               purpose
               I
               consider
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Life
               to
               come
               ,
               when
               we
               shall
               questionless
               glorifie
               God
               exactliest
               ,
               we
               shall
               have
               little
               either
               need
               or
               use
               of
               Faith
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Liberality
               ,
               Patience
               ,
               and
               resembling
               Graces
               ;
               but
               our
               Worship
               will
               chiefly
               consist
               in
               elevated
               Notions
               ,
               and
               a
               prostrate
               Veneration
               of
               Gods
               Omnipotence
               ,
               Wisdom
               ,
               Goodness
               ,
               and
               other
               Perfections
               ;
               and
               such
               a
               one
               as
               this
               is
               represented
               in
               the
               Apocalyps
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               present
               employment
               of
               the
               Blest
               Spirits
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               where
               the
               Elders
               that
               assist
               about
               the
               Throne
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               describ'd
               ,
               casting
               their
               Crowns
               before
               it
               ,
               and
               saying
               to
               him
               that
               sits
               on
               it
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 art
                 worthy
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 to
                 receive
                 Glory
                 ,
                 and
                 Honor
                 ,
                 and
                 Power
                 :
                 for
                 thou
                 hast
                 created
                 all
                 things
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 for
                 thy
                 pleasure
                 they
                 are
                 and
                 were
                 created
                 .
              
            
             
               By
               this
               time
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               begin
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               that
               tends
               to
               deter
               Men
               from
               enquiring
               into
               Nature
               ,
               is
               as
               well
               derogatory
               from
               Gods
               Glory
               ,
               as
               prejudicial
               to
               Mans
               Interests
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               I
               purpos'd
               to
               content
               my self
               with
               the
               having
               disperst
               throughout
               the
               past
               Discourse
               ,
               the
               grounds
               of
               answering
               their
               Objection
               against
               the
               study
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               who
               pretend
               it
               is
               apt
               to
               make
               Men
               Atheists
               :
               But
               because
               I
               am
               much
               concern'd
               to
               have
               you
               satisfied
               of
               so
               important
               a
               Truth
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               we
               have
               hitherto
               been
               laboring
               to
               evince
               ,
               I
               must
               beg
               your
               leave
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               adde
               ,
               
                 ex
                 abundanti
              
               (
               as
               they
               speak
               )
               to
               what
               has
               been
               already
               alledg'd
               ,
               some
               things
               that
               may
               more
               directly
               answer
               the
               Objection
               of
               our
               Adversaries
               ,
               and
               manifest
               how
               little
               their
               severity
               is
               befriended
               ,
               either
               by
               Scripture
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               or
               Experience
               .
            
             
               And
               first
               ,
               it
               seems
               not
               at
               all
               probable
               ,
               That
               if
               the
               Omniscient
               Author
               of
               Nature
               knew
               that
               the
               study
               of
               his
               Works
               did
               really
               tend
               to
               make
               Men
               dis-believe
               his
               Being
               or
               Attributes
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               given
               Men
               so
               many
               Invitations
               ,
               and
               almost
               Necessities
               ,
               to
               study
               and
               contemplate
               the
               Nature
               of
               his
               Creatures
               :
               Of
               these
               Invitations
               divers
               have
               been
               mention'd
               already
               ,
               and
               more
               might
               be
               added
               to
               them
               ,
               if
               we
               thought
               it
               requisite
               .
               But
               what
               has
               been
               above
               alledg'd
               ,
               will
               make
               us
               
               forbear
               the
               annexing
               of
               any
               ,
               save
               that
               of
               the
               ancient
               Institution
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               which
               many
               eminent
               Divines
               do
               not
               groundlesly
               hold
               to
               have
               been
               ordain'd
               to
               commemorate
               the
               Creation
               ,
               and
               give
               Men
               the
               opportunity
               every
               Seventh
               Day
               to
               contemplate
               God
               in
               his
               Works
               ,
               as
               he
               himself
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               rest
               on
               the
               first
               Seventh
               Day
               ,
               and
               contemplate
               Himself
               in
               the
               works
               of
               the
               first
               six
               .
               And
               though
               our
               Western
               Churches
               ,
               for
               certain
               Reasons
               (
               not
               here
               to
               be
               inquir'd
               into
               )
               have
               long
               since
               disus'd
               the
               Solemnizing
               of
               the
               Saturday
               ,
               and
               appointed
               the
               Sunday
               for
               the
               Celebration
               of
               both
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               Creation
               of
               the
               World
               together
               ;
               yet
               't
               is
               evident
               enough
               that
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               did
               for
               the
               most
               part
               keep
               the
               Saturday
               as
               Holy-day
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Sunday
               :
               For
               that
               ancient
               Book
               (
               whoever
               be
               resolv'd
               to
               have
               written
               it
               )
               which
               goes
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Clement's
               Constitutions
               ,
               affords
               us
               ,
               among
               others
               ,
               these
               two
               memorable
               Passages
               to
               our
               purpose
               :
               And
               first
               ,
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
                 Keep
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 and
                 the
                 Lords
                 Day
                 as
                 Holy-days
                 ;
                 that
                 being
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 remembrance
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Redemption
              
               :
               To
               which
               we
               shall
               adde
               this
               second
               Passage
               of
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Let
                 Servants
                 work
                 for
                 five
                 days
                 ;
                 but
                 on
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lords-day
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 attend
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Godliness
                 .
              
               To
               which
               purpose
               ,
               I
               remember
               the
               most
               Learned
               Grotius
               observes
               ,
               
               That
               the
               converted
               Emperor
               Constantine
               ,
               forbad
               the
               compelling
               Christians
               to
               appear
               before
               Tribunals
               on
               either
               of
               those
               Days
               ,
               as
               being
               their
               Festivals
               :
               Nay
               ,
               and
               if
               Modern
               Travellers
               do
               not
               mis-inform
               me
               ,
               I
               finde
               that
               divers
               of
               the
               Eastern
               Churches
               ,
               particularly
               the
               Abyssine
               Christians
               ,
               to
               this
               day
               do
               as
               well
               sanctifie
               the
               Sabbath-day
               in
               commemoration
               of
               Gods
               having
               created
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               the
               Lords-day
               to
               commemorate
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ.
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Jews
               sense
               of
               the
               Fourth
               Commandment
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               Learnedst
               of
               their
               Criticks
               are
               pleas'd
               to
               distinguish
               betwixt
               the
               Words
               Zachôr
               and
               
               
                 Smôr
                 ,
                 Remember
              
               and
               Keep
               ,
               imploy'd
               in
               the
               Command
               of
               solemnizing
               the
               Sabbath
               :
               For
               ,
               the
               remembring
               of
               it
               they
               hold
               to
               be
               an
               act
               of
               Religion
               ,
               performable
               by
               all
               Man-kinde
               that
               are
               capable
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               acquainted
               with
               its
               having
               been
               commanded
               ;
               though
               the
               keeping
               of
               it
               Holy
               they
               suppose
               onely
               enjoyn'd
               to
               the
               Israelites
               :
               On
               ,
               which
               occasion
               ,
               I
               remember
               I
               was
               one
               Sabbath-day
               entertain'd
               at
               his
               own
               Lodgings
               ,
               by
               a
               Learned
               Jew
               (
               who
               taught
               me
               the
               Holy
               Language
               )
               with
               Meat
               then
               newly
               dress'd
               :
               to
               remove
               my
               wonder
               at
               which
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 dress'd
                 by
                 Christians
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 being
                 Gentiles
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 oblig'd
                 to
                 the
                 strict
                 and
                 legal
                 observation
                 of
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 .
              
               But
               whatever
               be
               to
               be
               thought
               of
               this
               Jewish
               Notion
               ,
               yet
               questionless
               if
               the
               Fourth
               Commandment
               do
               not
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               divers
               other
               Passages
               of
               Scripture
               do
               much
               discountenance
               their
               severity
               ,
               who
               would
               fright
               Men
               from
               the
               indagation
               of
               Nature
               .
               And
               he
               that
               shall
               duly
               consider
               divers
               Texts
               obvious
               enough
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               Job
               ,
               and
               the
               Psalms
               (
               besides
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Bible
               )
               will
               not
               readily
               conclude
               ,
               that
               Natural
               Philosophy
               and
               Divinity
               are
               at
               such
               variance
               ,
               as
               the
               Divines
               we
               deal
               with
               would
               perswade
               us
               .
               
               St
               Paul
               seems
               to
               inform
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               invisible
               things
               of
               God
               from
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               are
               clearly
               seen
               ,
               being
               understood
               by
               the
               things
               that
               are
               made
               ,
               even
               
                 his
                 eternal
                 Power
                 and
                 God-head
              
               :
               So
               that
               they
               that
               were
               mention'd
               before
               are
               without
               excuse
               .
               And
               though
               I
               ignore
               not
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               several
               of
               the
               Socinians
               following
               their
               Master
               Socinus
               ,
               but
               some
               few
               Orthodox
               Writers
               ,
               are
               pleas'd
               to
               give
               a
               very
               differing
               Interpretation
               of
               that
               Text
               ,
               and
               make
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               to
               signifie
               those
               things
               of
               God
               that
               have
               been
               Invisible
               ever
               since
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               referring
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 to
                 things
                 not
                 made
              
               ,
               as
               we
               Translate
               it
               ,
               
                 but
                 done
              
               (
               as
               the
               Miracles
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               )
               yet
               I
               see
               no
               necessity
               why
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               should
               be
               taken
               in
               a
               sense
               exclusive
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               least
               admitted
               to
               take
               in
               all
               the
               Ways
               and
               Methods
               imployed
               by
               God
               to
               manifest
               the
               
                 invisible
                 things
              
               there
               intimated
               unto
               Man
               :
               
               And
               certainly
               ,
               however
               St
               Paul
               may
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               appear
               but
               darkly
               ,
               yet
               Job
               was
               clearly
               of
               a
               differing
               Opinion
               from
               theirs
               ,
               who
               teach
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 study
                 of
                 Nature
                 leads
                 to
                 Atheism
                 :
                 For
                 ask
                 now
                 the
                 Beasts
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 teach
                 thee
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 the
                 Fowls
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 tell
                 thee
                 :
                 or
                 speak
                 to
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 teach
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Fishes
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 shall
                 declare
                 unto
                 thee
                 .
                 Who
                 knoweth
                 not
                 in
                 all
                 these
                 that
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 wrought
                 this
                 ?
              
               And
               consonantly
               hereunto
               (
               which
               'twere
               not
               amiss
               for
               our
               Adversaries
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               )
               we
               may
               observe
               ,
               That
               almost
               all
               the
               Writers
               of
               Natural
               Theology
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               also
               of
               those
               that
               have
               labored
               to
               demonstrate
               the
               Truth
               of
               Christian
               Religion
               (
               divers
               of
               whom
               have
               been
               as
               well
               Profound
               Divines
               ,
               as
               otherwise
               Eminent
               Scholars
               )
               have
               undertaken
               to
               evince
               ,
               by
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               both
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               :
               Which
               I
               the
               rather
               mention
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               not
               be
               mistaken
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               disputed
               against
               Divines
               in
               general
               ,
               or
               were
               guilty
               of
               the
               least
               Irreverence
               towards
               a
               Faculty
               ,
               in
               whose
               Study
               I
               have
               thought
               my self
               oblig'd
               ,
               as
               a
               Christian
               ,
               to
               spend
               much
               of
               my
               time
               ;
               and
               especially
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               appear
               dis-respectful
               to
               Divines
               in
               England
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               already
               been
               but
               too
               much
               vilified
               ,
               though
               questionless
               for
               their
               Sins
               against
               God
               ,
               yet
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               not
               without
               the
               Sin
               of
               their
               Oppressors
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               next
               place
               I
               consider
               ,
               That
               since
               Physiology
               is
               said
               to
               tempt
               to
               Atheism
               ,
               but
               by
               enabling
               Men
               to
               give
               an
               account
               of
               all
               the
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               ,
               by
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Second
               Causes
               ,
               without
               taking
               in
               the
               First
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               so
               easie
               a
               matter
               as
               many
               presume
               ,
               for
               the
               contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               turn
               a
               considering
               Man
               Atheist
               .
               For
               we
               are
               yet
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               can
               finde
               ,
               far
               enough
               from
               being
               able
               to
               explicate
               all
               the
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               by
               any
               Principles
               whatsoever
               .
               And
               even
               of
               the
               Atomical
               Philosophers
               ,
               whose
               Sect
               seems
               to
               have
               the
               most
               ingeniously
               attempted
               it
               ,
               some
               of
               
               the
               eminentest
               have
               themselves
               freely
               acknowledged
               to
               me
               ,
               their
               being
               unable
               to
               do
               it
               convincingly
               to
               others
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               satisfactorily
               to
               themselves
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               Generation
               of
               Animals
               is
               a
               Mystery
               ,
               which
               all
               that
               Naturalists
               have
               said
               to
               explain
               it
               ,
               hath
               been
               far
               enough
               from
               depriving
               of
               that
               Name
               ;
               but
               we
               see
               that
               to
               explicate
               all
               the
               various
               Phaenomena
               that
               belong
               to
               that
               single
               in●nimate
               ,
               and
               seemingly
               homogeneous
               Body
               ,
               Mercury
               ,
               so
               as
               not
               to
               make
               any
               Hypothesis
               assum'd
               to
               make
               out
               one
               of
               its
               Properties
               or
               Effects
               incongruous
               to
               any
               other
               Hypothesis
               requisite
               to
               the
               explanation
               of
               any
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               hath
               been
               hitherto
               found
               so
               difficult
               ,
               that
               if
               our
               Posterity
               be
               not
               much
               happier
               Unriddlers
               ,
               then
               our
               Fore-Fathers
               ,
               or
               we
               have
               been
               ,
               it
               is
               like
               to
               prove
               a
               Task
               capable
               of
               defeating
               the
               Industry
               and
               Attempts
               ,
               I
               say
               not
               of
               more
               then
               one
               Philosopher
               ,
               but
               of
               more
               then
               one
               Age
               ;
               even
               our
               Chymical
               Tortures
               hitherto
               ,
               having
               ,
               from
               that
               deluding
               Proteus
               ,
               forc'd
               no
               Confessions
               that
               bring
               us
               not
               more
               Wonder
               then
               Satisfaction
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               Beget
               almost
               as
               many
               Scruples
               as
               they
               Resolve
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               IV.
               Containing
               a
               requisite
               Digression
               concerning
               those
               that
               would
               exclude
               the
               Deity
               from
               intermedling
               with
               Matter
               .
            
             
               I
               Ignore
               not
               that
               not
               onely
               
                 Leucippus
                 ,
                 Epicurus
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Atomists
               of
               old
               ,
               but
               of
               late
               some
               Persons
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               Adorers
               of
               Aristotle's
               Writings
               ,
               have
               pretended
               to
               be
               able
               to
               explicate
               the
               first
               
                 Beginning
                 of
                 Things
              
               ,
               and
               the
               World
               's
               Phaenomena
               ,
               without
               taking
               in
               ,
               or
               acknowledging
               any
               Divine
               Author
               of
               it
               :
               And
               therefore
               ,
               though
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               ,
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               that
               Author
               ,
               have
               an
               opportunity
               to
               give
               You
               an
               Account
               of
               our
               unsatisfiedness
               with
               the
               Attempts
               made
               by
               some
               bold
               Wits
               in
               favor
               of
               such
               Pretensions
               ;
               Yet
               since
               the
               main
               Truth
               We
               plead
               for
               ,
               in
               this
               Discourse
               ,
               is
               so
               nearly
               concern'd
               in
               what
               hath
               been
               taught
               by
               those
               that
               would
               keep
               God
               from
               being
               thought
               to
               have
               any
               share
               in
               the
               Production
               of
               the
               Universe
               ;
               I
               can
               scarce
               forbear
               (
               as
               unwilling
               as
               I
               am
               to
               digress
               )
               to
               represent
               to
               You
               ,
               on
               the
               present
               occasion
               ,
               a
               few
               Considerations
               which
               may
               assist
               You
               ,
               if
               not
               to
               lessen
               the
               Arrogance
               of
               such
               Persons
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               keep
               Your self
               from
               thinking
               their
               Evidence
               as
               great
               as
               their
               Confidence
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               .
               Now
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               we
               speak
               of
               ,
               some
               being
               Atomists
               ,
               and
               others
               not
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               requisite
               to
               say
               something
               to
               each
               of
               the
               two
               sorts
               :
               And
               because
               we
               not
               long
               since
               ,
               in
               an
               Illustrious
               Company
               ,
               where
               You
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               are
               not
               unknown
               ,
               met
               with
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               who
               avowedly
               ,
               grounded
               his
               Opinions
               on
               the
               Aristotelean
               or
               vulgar
               Physiology
               ,
               We
               
               shall
               first
               recommend
               to
               You
               two
               or
               three
               Considerations
               concerning
               such
               arrogant
               Peripateticks
               (
               For
               I
               speak
               not
               of
               that
               Sect
               in
               general
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               know
               there
               are
               divers
               excellent
               Men.
               )
            
             
               First
               then
               ,
               You
               will
               in
               many
               Passages
               of
               the
               following
               Essays
               ,
               finde
               ,
               that
               dive●s
               things
               that
               have
               been
               very
               Magisterially
               taught
               ,
               and
               confidently
               believ'd
               among
               the
               Followers
               of
               Aristotle
               ,
               are
               Errors
               or
               Mistakes
               ;
               and
               that
               as
               several
               ,
               even
               of
               the
               obvious
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               ,
               do
               contradict
               the
               common
               Peripatetick
               Doctrine
               ,
               so
               divers
               ,
               at
               least
               of
               those
               that
               are
               more
               abstruse
               ,
               are
               not
               explicable
               by
               it
               ;
               and
               as
               confidently
               as
               these
               his
               Followers
               talk
               of
               the
               expounding
               the
               very
               Riddles
               of
               Nature
               ;
               yet
               I
               remember
               that
               he
               himself
               somewhere
               (
               for
               I
               cannot
               call
               to
               minde
               the
               place
               )
               did
               not
               scruple
               to
               confess
               ,
               that
               
                 As
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 Owls
                 are
                 to
                 the
                 splendor
                 of
                 the
                 Day
                 ,
                 so
                 are
                 those
                 of
                 our
                 Minds
                 even
                 to
                 things
                 obvious
                 and
                 manifest
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               shall
               next
               take
               notice
               ,
               That
               Philosophers
               ,
               who
               scorn
               to
               ascribe
               any
               thing
               to
               God
               ,
               do
               often
               deceive
               themselves
               ,
               in
               thinking
               they
               have
               sufficiently
               satisfied
               our
               Enquiries
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               given
               us
               the
               nearest
               and
               most
               immediate
               caus●s
               of
               some
               things
               ;
               whereas
               oftentimes
               the
               assignment
               of
               those
               Causes
               is
               but
               the
               manifesting
               that
               such
               and
               such
               Effects
               may
               be
               deduc'd
               from
               the
               more
               Catholick
               affections
               of
               things
               ,
               though
               these
               be
               not
               unfrequently
               as
               abstruse
               as
               the
               Phaenomena
               explicated
               by
               them
               ,
               as
               having
               onely
               their
               Effects
               more
               obvious
               ,
               not
               their
               Nature
               better
               understood
               :
               As
               when
               ,
               for
               instance
               ,
               an
               account
               is
               demanded
               of
               that
               strange
               supposed
               Sympathy
               betwixt
               Quick-silver
               and
               Gold
               ;
               in
               that
               we
               finde
               ,
               that
               whereas
               all
               other
               Bodies
               swim
               upon
               Quick-silver
               ,
               it
               will
               readily
               swallow
               up
               Gold
               ,
               and
               hide
               it
               in
               its
               Bosom
               .
               This
               pretended
               Sympathy
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               explicate
               ,
               by
               saying
               ,
               That
               Gold
               being
               the
               onely
               Body
               heavier
               then
               Quick-silver
               of
               the
               same
               bulk
               ,
               the
               known
               Laws
               of
               the
               Hydrostaticks
               make
               it
               necessary
               ,
               that
               Gold
               should
               sink
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               all
               lighter
               Bodies
               swim
               on
               it
               :
               But
               though
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               Effect
               be
               thus
               plausibly
               assign'd
               ,
               
               by
               deducing
               it
               from
               so
               known
               and
               obvious
               an
               affection
               of
               Bodies
               ,
               as
               Gravity
               ,
               which
               every
               man
               is
               apt
               to
               think
               he
               sufficiently
               understands
               ;
               yet
               will
               not
               this
               put
               a
               satisfactorie
               period
               to
               a
               severe
               Inquirers
               Curiositie
               ,
               who
               will
               ,
               perchance
               ,
               be
               apt
               to
               alledge
               ,
               
               That
               though
               the
               Effects
               of
               Gravity
               indeed
               be
               very
               obvious
               ,
               yet
               the
               Cause
               and
               Nature
               of
               it
               are
               as
               obscure
               as
               those
               of
               almost
               any
               Phaenomena
               it
               can
               be
               brought
               to
               explicate
               .
               And
               that
               therefore
               he
               that
               desires
               no
               further
               account
               ,
               desists
               too
               soon
               from
               his
               Enquiries
               ,
               and
               acquiesces
               long
               before
               he
               comes
               to
               his
               Journies
               end
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               the
               investigation
               of
               the
               true
               nature
               and
               adequate
               cause
               of
               gravity
               ,
               is
               a
               task
               of
               that
               difficulty
               ,
               that
               in
               spight
               of
               ought
               I
               have
               hitherto
               seen
               or
               read
               ,
               I
               must
               yet
               retain
               great
               doubts
               whether
               they
               have
               been
               clearly
               and
               solidly
               made
               out
               by
               any
               Man.
               And
               sure
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               there
               are
               divers
               Effects
               in
               Nature
               ,
               of
               which
               ,
               though
               the
               immediate
               Cause
               may
               be
               plausibly
               assign'd
               ,
               yet
               if
               we
               further
               enquire
               into
               the
               Causes
               of
               those
               Causes
               ,
               and
               desist
               not
               from
               ascending
               in
               the
               Scale
               of
               Causes
               till
               we
               are
               arriv'd
               at
               the
               top
               of
               it
               ,
               we
               shall
               perhaps
               finde
               the
               more
               Catholick
               and
               Primary
               causes
               of
               Things
               ,
               to
               be
               either
               certain
               ,
               primitive
               ,
               general
               and
               fix'd
               Laws
               of
               Nature
               (
               or
               rules
               of
               Action
               and
               Passion
               among
               the
               parcels
               of
               the
               Universal
               Matter
               )
               or
               else
               the
               Shape
               ,
               Size
               ,
               Motion
               ,
               and
               other
               primary
               Affections
               of
               the
               smallest
               parts
               of
               Matter
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               first
               Coalitions
               or
               Clusters
               :
               especially
               those
               endowed
               with
               seminal
               Faculties
               or
               Properties
               ,
               or
               (
               to
               dispatch
               )
               the
               admirable
               conspiring
               of
               the
               several
               parts
               of
               the
               Universe
               to
               the
               production
               of
               particular
               Effects
               ;
               of
               all
               which
               it
               will
               be
               difficult
               to
               give
               a
               satisfactory
               Account
               ,
               without
               acknowledging
               an
               intelligent
               Author
               or
               Disposer
               of
               Things
               .
            
             
               And
               the
               better
               to
               clear
               so
               weighty
               a
               Truth
               ,
               let
               us
               further
               consider
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               That
               not
               onely
               Aristotle
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               ,
               mis-led
               by
               his
               Authority
               ,
               maintain
               the
               Eternity
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               very
               many
               other
               Philosophers
               and
               Physitian●
               ,
               who
               ascribe
               so
               much
               to
               Nature
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               not
               be
               reduc'd
               to
               acknowledge
               an
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               are
               wont
               very
               much
               to
               delude
               
               both
               themselves
               and
               others
               in
               the
               account
               they
               presume
               to
               give
               us
               ,
               as
               satisfactory
               of
               the
               Causes
               or
               Reasons
               of
               very
               many
               Effects
               :
               I
               will
               not
               instance
               in
               the
               Magnetick
               Properties
               of
               Things
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               those
               numerous
               abstrusities
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               't
               is
               well
               known
               that
               the
               Aristoteleans
               are
               wont
               to
               refer
               to
               Sympathy
               ,
               Antipathy
               ,
               or
               Occult
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               strive
               to
               put
               Men
               off
               with
               empty
               Names
               ,
               whereby
               they
               do
               not
               so
               much
               lessen
               our
               Ignorance
               ,
               as
               betray
               their
               own
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               shall
               instance
               in
               those
               more
               obvious
               Phaenomena
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               suppose
               they
               have
               given
               us
               very
               satisfactory
               Accounts
               :
               If
               you
               ask
               one
               of
               those
               I
               speak
               of
               ,
               whence
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               that
               if
               a
               Man
               put
               one
               end
               of
               a
               long
               Reed
               into
               a
               Vessel
               full
               of
               Water
               ,
               and
               suck
               at
               the
               other
               end
               ,
               his
               Mouth
               will
               be
               immediatly
               fill'd
               with
               that
               Liquor
               ;
               he
               will
               readily
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               the
               Suction
               drawing
               the
               Air
               out
               of
               the
               cavity
               of
               the
               Reed
               ,
               the
               Water
               must
               necessarily
               succeed
               in
               the
               place
               deserted
               by
               the
               Air
               ,
               to
               prevent
               a
               Vacuity
               abhorr'd
               by
               Nature
               .
               If
               you
               likewise
               ask
               such
               a
               Man
               ,
               Why
               to
               Women
               about
               a
               certain
               Age
               ,
               their
               
                 Purgationes
                 Menstruae
              
               do
               commonly
               supervene
               ,
               he
               will
               think
               he
               has
               sufficiently
               answered
               you
               ,
               when
               he
               has
               told
               you
               ,
               that
               about
               that
               Age
               ,
               beginning
               to
               beripe
               for
               Procreation
               ,
               Nature
               has
               wisely
               provided
               that
               their
               superfluous
               Blood
               should
               be
               sent
               to
               the
               Uterine
               Vessels
               ,
               partly
               to
               dis-burthen
               the
               Mass
               of
               Blood
               of
               an
               useless
               load
               ,
               and
               partly
               to
               contribute
               Matter
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               afford
               Nourishment
               in
               case
               of
               Conception
               .
               But
               though
               these
               Solutions
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               acquiesc'd
               in
               by
               such
               as
               those
               that
               give
               them
               ,
               yet
               I
               see
               not
               how
               they
               can
               satisfie
               a
               rigid
               Reasoner
               .
               For
               not
               now
               to
               mention
               what
               may
               be
               objected
               against
               them
               out
               of
               some
               Modern
               Mechanical
               and
               Anatomical
               Observations
               ,
               let
               us
               a
               little
               consider
               ,
               that
               to
               say
               that
               the
               ascent
               of
               the
               Water
               in
               the
               first
               Problem
               ,
               proceeds
               from
               Natures
               Detestation
               of
               a
               Vacuity
               ,
               supposes
               that
               there
               is
               a
               kinde
               of
               
                 Anima
                 Mundi
              
               ,
               furnished
               with
               various
               Passions
               ,
               which
               watchfully
               provides
               for
               the
               safety
               of
               the
               Universe
               ;
               or
               that
               a
               Brute
               and
               Inanimate
               Creature
               ,
               as
               Water
               ,
               not
               onely
               has
               a
               power
               to
               move
               
               its
               heavy
               Body
               upwards
               ,
               contrary
               (
               to
               speak
               in
               their
               Language
               )
               to
               the
               tendency
               of
               its
               particular
               Nature
               ,
               but
               knows
               both
               that
               Air
               has
               been
               suck'd
               out
               of
               the
               Reed
               ,
               and
               that
               unless
               it
               succeed
               the
               attracted
               Air
               ,
               there
               will
               follow
               a
               Vacuum
               ;
               and
               that
               this
               Water
               is
               withal
               so
               generous
               ,
               as
               by
               ascending
               ,
               to
               act
               contrary
               to
               its
               particular
               inclination
               for
               the
               general
               good
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               like
               a
               Noble
               Patriot
               ,
               that
               sacrifices
               his
               particular
               Interests
               to
               the
               publick
               ones
               of
               his
               Countrey
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               shew
               Men
               by
               an
               easie
               Experiment
               how
               little
               Attraction
               is
               perform'd
               to
               avoid
               a
               Vacuum
               ,
               I
               have
               sometimes
               done
               thus
               ;
               I
               have
               taken
               a
               slender
               Pipe
               of
               Glass
               ,
               of
               about
               four
               Foot
               long
               ,
               and
               putting
               one
               of
               the
               open
               ends
               of
               it
               into
               a
               Vessel
               full
               of
               Quick-silver
               ,
               I
               have
               suck'd
               as
               stronly
               as
               I
               could
               at
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               caus'd
               one
               to
               watch
               the
               ascent
               of
               the
               Quick-silver
               ,
               and
               mark
               where
               it
               was
               at
               the
               highest
               ,
               and
               I
               found
               not
               that
               at
               one
               suck
               ,
               I
               could
               raise
               it
               up
               much
               above
               a
               Foot
               ;
               and
               having
               caus'd
               a
               couple
               of
               strong
               Men
               ,
               one
               after
               another
               ,
               to
               suck
               at
               the
               same
               end
               of
               the
               same
               Pipe
               ,
               I
               found
               not
               that
               either
               of
               them
               could
               draw
               it
               up
               much
               higher
               .
               Nor
               did
               it
               appear
               that
               by
               repeated
               Suctions
               ,
               though
               the
               upper
               end
               of
               the
               Pipe
               were
               each
               time
               stopp'd
               ,
               to
               hinder
               the
               relapse
               of
               the
               Quick-silver
               ,
               it
               could
               at
               all
               be
               rais'd
               above
               the
               seven
               and
               twenty
               Digits
               at
               which
               it
               us'd
               to
               subsist
               in
               the
               Torrecellian
               Experiment
               
                 De
                 Vacuo
              
               :
               Whereas
               the
               same
               end
               of
               that
               Tube
               being
               put
               into
               a
               small
               Vessel
               of
               Water
               ,
               I
               could
               at
               one
               suck
               make
               the
               Water
               swiftly
               ascend
               thorow
               the
               perpendicularly
               held
               Tube
               into
               my
               Mouth
               ,
               which
               argues
               ,
               that
               the
               ascension
               of
               Liquors
               upon
               Suction
               ,
               rather
               depends
               upon
               the
               pressure
               of
               the
               Air
               ,
               and
               their
               respective
               measures
               of
               Gravity
               and
               Lightness
               compar'd
               to
               that
               Pressure
               ,
               then
               it
               proceeds
               from
               such
               an
               abhorrency
               of
               a
               Vacuum
               as
               is
               presum'd
               .
            
             
               And
               so
               likewise
               in
               the
               other
               Question
               propos'd
               ,
               it
               is
               imply'd
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               in
               a
               Female
               Body
               something
               ,
               that
               knows
               the
               rule
               of
               Physitians
               ,
               that
               of
               a
               Plethora
               ,
               the
               Cure
               is
               the
               convenient
               Evacuation
               of
               Blood
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               intelligent
               Faculty
               is
               wise
               enough
               
               also
               to
               propose
               to
               it self
               the
               double
               end
               above-mentioned
               ,
               in
               this
               Evacuation
               ,
               and
               therefore
               will
               not
               provide
               a
               Quantity
               of
               Blood
               great
               enough
               to
               require
               an
               Excretion
               ,
               nor
               begin
               it
               till
               the
               Female
               be
               come
               to
               an
               Age
               wherein
               't
               is
               possible
               for
               both
               the
               Ends
               to
               be
               obtain'd
               ;
               &
               that
               also
               this
               presiding
               Nature
               is
               so
               charitable
               ,
               as
               that
               Man-kinde
               might
               not
               fail
               ,
               it
               will
               make
               the
               Female
               subject
               to
               such
               Monethly
               Superfluities
               of
               Blood
               ,
               from
               which
               Experience
               informs
               us
               ,
               that
               a
               whole
               Set
               of
               Diseases
               peculiar
               to
               that
               Sex
               ,
               does
               frequently
               proceed
               .
               And
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               multitude
               of
               Problems
               ,
               especially
               such
               as
               belong
               to
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Parts
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Causes
               and
               Cures
               of
               the
               Diseases
               incident
               thereunto
               ,
               in
               whose
               Explication
               those
               we
               write
               of
               ,
               content
               themselves
               to
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               Nature
               does
               such
               and
               such
               a
               thing
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               fit
               for
               her
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               but
               they
               endeavor
               not
               to
               make
               intelligible
               to
               us
               ,
               what
               they
               mean
               by
               this
               Nature
               ,
               and
               how
               meer
               ,
               and
               consequently
               bruit
               ,
               Bodies
               can
               act
               according
               to
               Laws
               ,
               and
               for
               determinate
               Ends
               ,
               without
               any
               knowledge
               either
               of
               the
               one
               or
               of
               the
               other
               .
               Let
               them
               therefore
               ,
               till
               they
               have
               made
               out
               their
               Hypothesis
               more
               intelligibly
               ,
               either
               cease
               to
               ascribe
               to
               irrational
               Creatures
               such
               Actions
               as
               in
               Men
               are
               apparently
               the
               Productions
               of
               Reason
               and
               Choice
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               even
               of
               Industry
               and
               Virtue
               ;
               or
               else
               let
               them
               with
               us
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               such
               Actions
               of
               Creatures
               in
               themselves
               Irrational
               ,
               are
               perform'd
               under
               the
               superintendence
               and
               guidance
               of
               a
               Wise
               and
               Intelligent
               Author
               of
               Things
               .
               But
               that
               you
               may
               not
               mistake
               me
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               requisite
               for
               me
               ,
               to
               acquaint
               you
               in
               two
               or
               three
               words
               with
               some
               of
               my
               present
               thoughts
               concerning
               this
               subject
               :
               That
               there
               are
               some
               Actions
               so
               peculiar
               to
               Man
               ,
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               his
               Intellect
               and
               Will
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               be
               satisfactorily
               explicated
               after
               the
               maner
               of
               the
               Actings
               of
               meer
               corporeal
               Agents
               ,
               I
               am
               very
               much
               inclin'd
               to
               believe
               :
               And
               whether
               or
               no
               there
               may
               be
               some
               Actions
               of
               some
               other
               Animals
               ,
               which
               cannot
               well
               be
               Mechanically
               explicated
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               here
               leisure
               or
               opportunity
               to
               examine
               .
               
               But
               for
               (
               most
               of
               )
               the
               other
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               ,
               methinks
               we
               may
               ,
               without
               absurdity
               ,
               conceive
               ,
               That
               God
               ,
               of
               whom
               in
               the
               Scripture
               't
               is
               affirm'd
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 his
                 Works
                 are
                 known
                 to
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 Beginning
              
               ;
               having
               resolved
               ,
               
               before
               the
               Creation
               ,
               to
               make
               such
               a
               World
               as
               this
               of
               Ours
               ,
               did
               divide
               (
               at
               least
               if
               he
               did
               not
               create
               it
               incoherent
               )
               that
               Matter
               which
               he
               had
               provided
               into
               an
               innumerable
               multitude
               of
               very
               variously
               figur'd
               Corpuscles
               ,
               and
               both
               connected
               those
               Particles
               into
               such
               Textures
               or
               particular
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               plac'd
               them
               in
               such
               Scituations
               ,
               and
               put
               them
               into
               such
               Motions
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               his
               ordinary
               preserving
               Concourse
               ,
               the
               Phaenomena
               ,
               which
               he
               intended
               should
               appear
               in
               the
               Universe
               ,
               must
               as
               orderly
               follow
               ,
               and
               be
               exhibited
               by
               the
               Bodies
               necessarily
               acting
               according
               to
               those
               Impressions
               or
               Laws
               ,
               though
               they
               understand
               them
               not
               at
               all
               ,
               as
               if
               each
               of
               those
               Creatures
               had
               a
               Design
               of
               Self-preservation
               ,
               and
               were
               furnish'd
               with
               Knowledge
               and
               Industry
               to
               prosecute
               it
               ;
               and
               as
               if
               there
               were
               diffus'd
               through
               the
               Universe
               an
               intelligent
               Being
               ,
               watchful
               over
               the
               publick
               Good
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               careful
               to
               Administer
               all
               things
               wisely
               for
               the
               good
               of
               the
               particular
               Parts
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               so
               far
               forth
               as
               is
               consistent
               with
               the
               Good
               of
               the
               whole
               ,
               and
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               Primitive
               and
               Catholick
               Laws
               established
               by
               the
               Supreme
               Cause
               .
               As
               in
               the
               formerly
               mention'd
               Clock
               of
               Strasburg
               ,
               the
               several
               Pieces
               making
               up
               that
               curious
               Engine
               ,
               are
               so
               fram'd
               and
               adapted
               ,
               and
               are
               put
               into
               such
               a
               motion
               ,
               that
               though
               the
               numerous
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               of
               it
               ,
               move
               several
               ways
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               any
               thing
               either
               of
               Knowledge
               or
               Design
               ;
               yet
               each
               performs
               its
               part
               in
               order
               to
               the
               various
               Ends
               for
               which
               it
               was
               contriv'd
               ,
               as
               regularly
               and
               uniformly
               as
               if
               it
               knew
               and
               were
               concern'd
               to
               do
               its
               Duty
               ;
               and
               the
               various
               Motions
               of
               the
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               concur
               to
               exhibit
               the
               Phaenomena
               design'd
               by
               the
               Artificer
               in
               the
               Engine
               ,
               as
               exactly
               as
               if
               they
               were
               animated
               by
               a
               common
               Principle
               ,
               which
               makes
               them
               knowingly
               conspire
               to
               do
               so
               ,
               and
               might
               ,
               to
               a
               rude
               Indian
               ,
               seem
               to
               be
               more
               intelligent
               then
               
               
                 Cunradus
                 Dasypodius
              
               himself
               ,
               that
               published
               a
               Description
               of
               it
               ,
               wherein
               he
               tells
               the
               World
               ,
               That
               he
               contrived
               it
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               tell
               the
               hours
               and
               measure
               time
               so
               accuratly
               as
               his
               Clock
               .
               And
               according
               to
               this
               Notion
               ,
               if
               you
               be
               pleas'd
               to
               bear
               it
               in
               your
               memory
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               you
               may
               easily
               apprehend
               in
               what
               sense
               I
               use
               many
               common
               Phrases
               ,
               which
               custom
               hath
               so
               authorized
               ,
               that
               we
               can
               scarce
               write
               of
               Physiological
               subjects
               without
               employing
               either
               them
               ,
               or
               frequent
               and
               tedious
               Circumlocutions
               in
               their
               stead
               :
               Thus
               when
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               a
               stone
               endeavors
               to
               descend
               towards
               the
               Centre
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               or
               that
               being
               put
               into
               a
               Vessel
               of
               Water
               ,
               it
               affects
               the
               lowest
               place
               :
               I
               mean
               that
               not
               such
               a
               Mathematical
               Point
               as
               the
               Centre
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               hath
               power
               to
               attract
               all
               heavy
               Bodies
               ,
               the
               least
               of
               which
               ,
               it
               being
               a
               point
               ,
               it
               cannot
               harbor
               ;
               or
               that
               a
               Stone
               does
               really
               aim
               at
               that
               unknown
               and
               unattainable
               Centre
               ;
               but
               that
               ,
               as
               we
               say
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               strives
               or
               endeavors
               to
               go
               to
               any
               place
               ,
               at
               which
               he
               would
               quickly
               arrive
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               not
               forcibly
               hindered
               by
               some
               Body
               that
               holds
               him
               fast
               where
               he
               is
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               let
               him
               go
               :
               So
               a
               Stone
               may
               be
               said
               to
               strive
               to
               descend
               ,
               when
               either
               by
               the
               Magnetical
               Steams
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               or
               the
               pressure
               of
               some
               subtle
               Matter
               incumbent
               on
               it
               ,
               or
               by
               what
               ever
               else
               may
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               Gravity
               ,
               the
               Stone
               is
               so
               determined
               to
               tend
               downwards
               ,
               that
               if
               all
               Impediments
               ,
               interpos'd
               by
               the
               Neighboring
               Bodies
               ,
               were
               removed
               ,
               it
               would
               certainly
               and
               directly
               fall
               to
               the
               ground
               ;
               or
               being
               put
               into
               a
               Vessel
               with
               Water
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Liquor
               much
               less
               heavy
               then
               it self
               (
               for
               on
               Quick-silver
               ,
               which
               is
               heavier
               ,
               Stones
               will
               swim
               )
               the
               same
               Gravity
               will
               make
               it
               subside
               to
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Vessel
               ,
               and
               consequently
               thrust
               away
               its
               bulk
               of
               Water
               ,
               which
               though
               heavy
               in
               it self
               ,
               yet
               because
               it
               is
               less
               ponderous
               then
               the
               Stone
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               light
               .
               And
               so
               in
               our
               late
               instance
               in
               the
               Clock
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               said
               that
               the
               Hand
               that
               points
               at
               the
               Hours
               affects
               a
               circular
               motion
               ,
               because
               it
               constantly
               moves
               round
               the
               Centre
               of
               the
               Dial-plate
               ,
               't
               is
               evident
               that
               the
               inanimate
               piece
               of
               Metal
               affects
               not
               that
               motion
               more
               then
               any
               other
               ,
               but
               onely
               that
               the
               
               impression
               it
               receives
               from
               the
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               the
               adaptation
               of
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Engine
               ,
               determine
               it
               to
               move
               after
               that
               manner
               .
               And
               although
               if
               a
               Man
               should
               with
               his
               Finger
               stop
               that
               Index
               from
               proceeding
               in
               its
               course
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               in
               some
               sense
               ,
               that
               it
               strives
               or
               endeavors
               to
               prosecute
               its
               former
               Circular
               Motion
               ;
               yet
               that
               will
               signifie
               no
               more
               ,
               then
               that
               by
               virtue
               of
               the
               Contrivance
               of
               the
               Engine
               ,
               the
               Index
               is
               so
               impell'd
               ,
               that
               ,
               if
               the
               Obstacle
               ,
               put
               by
               the
               Finger
               of
               him
               that
               stops
               it
               ,
               were
               taken
               away
               ,
               the
               Index
               would
               move
               onwards
               ,
               from
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Circle
               where
               it
               was
               stopt
               ,
               towards
               the
               mark
               of
               the
               next
               Hour
               .
               Nor
               do
               I
               by
               this
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               deny
               that
               it
               may
               in
               a
               right
               sense
               be
               said
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Schools
               ,
               that
               
                 Opus
                 Naturae
                 est
                 opus
                 Intelligentiae
              
               :
               Neither
               do
               I
               reject
               such
               common
               Expressions
               as
               
                 Nature
                 always
                 affects
                 and
                 intends
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 best
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Nature
                 doth
                 nothing
                 in
                 vain
              
               .
               For
               since
               I
               must
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               above-mention'd
               Notion
               ,
               refer
               many
               of
               the
               actions
               of
               irrational
               Creatures
               to
               a
               most
               wise
               Disposer
               of
               Things
               ,
               it
               can
               scarce
               seem
               strange
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               in
               those
               particulars
               in
               which
               the
               Author
               intended
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               requisite
               that
               irrational
               Creatures
               should
               operate
               so
               and
               so
               for
               their
               own
               Preservation
               ,
               or
               the
               Propagation
               of
               their
               Species
               ,
               or
               the
               publick
               good
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               their
               Actions
               being
               ordered
               by
               a
               Reason
               transcending
               Ours
               ,
               should
               not
               onely
               oftentimes
               resemble
               the
               Actings
               of
               Reason
               in
               Us
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               even
               surpass
               them
               .
               As
               in
               effect
               we
               see
               that
               Silk-worms
               and
               Spiders
               can
               ,
               without
               being
               taught
               ,
               spin
               much
               more
               curiously
               their
               Balls
               and
               Webs
               ,
               then
               our
               best
               Spinsters
               could
               ;
               and
               that
               several
               Birds
               can
               build
               and
               fasten
               their
               Nests
               more
               Artificially
               then
               many
               a
               Man
               ,
               or
               perhaps
               any
               Man
               could
               frame
               and
               fasten
               such
               little
               and
               elaborate
               Buildings
               .
               And
               the
               Industries
               of
               Foxes
               ,
               Bees
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               Beasts
               ,
               are
               such
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               much
               to
               be
               wondered
               at
               that
               those
               Creatures
               should
               have
               Reasons
               ascrib'd
               to
               them
               by
               divers
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               who
               yet
               perhaps
               would
               be
               less
               confident
               ,
               if
               they
               considered
               how
               much
               may
               be
               said
               for
               the
               Immortality
               of
               all
               rational
               Souls
               .
               And
               that
               the
               
               subtle
               Actings
               of
               these
               Beasts
               are
               determined
               to
               some
               few
               Particulars
               requisite
               for
               their
               own
               Preservation
               ,
               or
               that
               of
               their
               Species
               ;
               whereas
               on
               all
               other
               occasions
               ,
               they
               seem
               to
               betray
               their
               want
               of
               Reason
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               Voice
               and
               Gestures
               seem
               to
               express
               nothing
               ,
               but
               the
               Natural
               Passions
               ,
               and
               not
               any
               Rational
               or
               Logical
               Conceptions
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               as
               when
               (
               to
               resume
               our
               former
               comparison
               )
               I
               see
               in
               a
               curious
               Clock
               ,
               how
               orderly
               every
               Wheel
               and
               other
               part
               performs
               its
               own
               Motions
               ,
               and
               with
               what
               seeming
               Unanimity
               they
               conspire
               to
               shew
               the
               Hour
               ,
               and
               accomplish
               the
               other
               Designs
               of
               the
               Artificer
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               imagine
               that
               any
               of
               the
               Wheels
               ,
               &c.
               or
               the
               Engine
               it self
               is
               endowed
               with
               Reason
               ,
               but
               commend
               that
               of
               the
               Workman
               who
               fram'd
               it
               so
               Artificially
               .
               So
               when
               I
               contemplate
               the
               Actions
               of
               those
               several
               Creatures
               that
               make
               up
               the
               World
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               conclude
               ,
               the
               inanimate
               Pieces
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               made
               up
               of
               ,
               or
               the
               vast
               Engine
               it self
               ,
               to
               act
               with
               Reason
               or
               Design
               ,
               but
               admire
               and
               praise
               the
               most
               wise
               Author
               ,
               who
               by
               his
               admirable
               Contrivance
               can
               so
               regularly
               produce
               Effects
               ,
               to
               which
               so
               great
               a
               number
               of
               successive
               and
               conspiring
               Causes
               are
               requir'd
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               much
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               having
               been
               represented
               concerning
               those
               ,
               that
               rejecting
               from
               the
               Production
               and
               Preservation
               of
               Things
               ,
               all
               but
               Nature
               ,
               yet
               imbrace
               the
               Principles
               of
               the
               vulgar
               Philosphy
               ,
               you
               will
               perhaps
               think
               it
               more
               then
               enough
               :
               but
               Object
               ,
               That
               what
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               from
               the
               barren
               Principles
               of
               the
               Schools
               ,
               may
               yet
               be
               perform'd
               by
               those
               Atomical
               ones
               which
               we
               our selves
               have
               within
               not
               very
               many
               Pages
               seem'd
               to
               acknowledge
               Ingenious
               .
               And
               I
               know
               indeed
               ,
               that
               the
               modern
               Admirers
               of
               Epicurus
               confidently
               enough
               pretend
               ,
               that
               he
               and
               his
               Expositors
               have
               already
               ,
               without
               being
               beholding
               to
               a
               Deity
               ,
               clearly
               made
               out
               ,
               at
               least
               the
               Origine
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               principal
               Bodies
               't
               is
               made
               up
               of
               :
               But
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               am
               so
               far
               from
               being
               convinc'd
               of
               this
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               been
               confirm'd
               rather
               ,
               then
               unsetled
               in
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               of
               the
               difficulty
               of
               making
               out
               the
               Original
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               
               and
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               especially
               the
               living
               Ones
               that
               compose
               it
               ,
               by
               considering
               the
               accounts
               which
               are
               given
               us
               of
               the
               Nativity
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Animals
               ,
               by
               those
               great
               Denyers
               of
               Creation
               and
               Providence
               ,
               Epicurus
               ,
               and
               his
               Parapharst
               Lucretius
               :
               Whose
               having
               shown
               themselves
               (
               as
               I
               freely
               confess
               they
               have
               )
               very
               subtile
               Philosophers
               in
               explicating
               divers
               Mysteries
               of
               Nature
               ,
               ought
               not
               so
               much
               to
               recommend
               to
               us
               their
               impious
               Errors
               ,
               about
               the
               Original
               of
               Things
               ,
               as
               to
               let
               us
               see
               the
               necessity
               of
               ascribing
               it
               to
               an
               Intelligent
               Cause
               .
               This
               then
               is
               the
               account
               of
               this
               matter
               ,
               which
               is
               given
               us
               by
               Epicurus
               himself
               ,
               in
               that
               Epistle
               of
               his
               to
               Herodotus
               ,
               which
               we
               finde
               in
               
                 Diogenes
                 Laertius
                 :
                 Quod
                 ad
                 Meteora
                 attinet
                 existimari
                 non
                 oportet
                 ,
                 aut
                 motum
                 ,
                 aut
                 conversionem
                 ,
                 aut
                 Ecclipsin
                 ,
                 aut
                 or●um
                 occasumvè
                 ,
                 aut
                 al●a
                 hujuscemodi
                 ideo
                 fieri
                 quod
                 sit
                 Praefectus
                 aliquis
                 ,
                 qui
                 sic
                 disponat
                 ,
                 disposuerituè
                 ac
                 simul
                 beatitudinem
                 immortalitatemque
                 possideat
              
               :
               And
               having
               interposed
               some
               Lines
               ,
               to
               prove
               that
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               is
               not
               consistent
               with
               his
               Felicity
               ,
               he
               addes
               ,
               
                 Quare
                 opinandum
                 est
                 ,
                 tum
                 cum
                 Mundus
                 procreatus
                 est
                 ,
                 factos
                 fuisse
                 eos
                 circumplexus
                 convolventium
                 se
                 Atomorum
                 ,
                 ut
                 nata
                 fuerit
                 haec
                 necessitas
                 ,
                 quâ
                 circuitus
                 tales
                 obierint
              
               :
               And
               elsewhere
               in
               the
               same
               Epistle
               ,
               Infiniti
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 sunt
                 mundi
                 ,
                 alii
                 similes
                 isti
                 ,
                 alii
                 vero
                 dissimiles
                 .
                 Quippe
                 Atomi
                 cum
                 sint
                 infinitae
                 ,
                 ut
                 non
                 multo
                 ante
                 demonstratum
                 est
                 per
                 infinitatem
                 spatiorum
                 ,
                 &
                 alibi
                 aliae
                 ,
                 ac
                 procul
                 ab
                 hoc
                 ad
                 fabrefactionem
                 Mundorum
                 infinitorum
                 variè
                 concurrunt
                 .
              
               And
               least
               this
               Epicurean
               Explication
               of
               the
               Worlds
               Original
               should
               seem
               to
               owe
               all
               its
               unsatisfactoriness
               to
               its
               obscure
               brevity
               ,
               we
               shall
               not
               scruple
               to
               give
               you
               that
               elegant
               Paraphrase
               and
               Exposition
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               Lucretius
               has
               delivered
               in
               his
               5th
               Book
               ,
               
                 De
                 Rerum
                 Natura
              
               :
               
                 
                   Sed
                   quibus
                   ille
                   modis
                   ,
                   conjectus
                   ,
                   materiai
                
                 
                   Fundarit
                   Coelum
                   ,
                   ac
                   Terram
                   Pontique
                   profunda
                
                 
                   Solis
                   ,
                   Lunai
                   cursus
                   ex
                   ordine
                   ponam
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nam
                   certe
                   ,
                   neque
                   conciliis
                   primordia
                   rerum
                
                 
                 
                   Ordine
                   se
                   quaeque
                   atque
                   sagaci
                   mente
                   locarunt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nec
                   quos
                   quaeque
                   darent
                   motus
                   pepigere
                   profectò
                   :
                
                 
                   Sed
                   quia
                   multa
                   modis
                   multis
                   primordia
                   rerum
                
                 
                   Ex
                   infinito
                   jam
                   tempore
                   percita
                   plagis
                   ,
                
                 
                   Ponderibusque
                   suis
                   ,
                   consuerunt
                   concita
                   ferri
                   ,
                
                 
                   Omnimodisque
                   coire
                   ,
                   atque
                   omnia
                   pertentare
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quaecunque
                   inter
                   se
                   possent
                   congressa
                   creare
                   ;
                
                 
                   Propterea
                   fit
                   ,
                   ut
                   magnum
                   volgata
                   per
                   aeuum
                   ,
                
                 
                   Omnigenos
                   coetus
                   &
                   motus
                   experiundo
                   ,
                
                 
                   Tandem
                   conveniant
                   :
                   ea
                   quae
                   conjuncta
                   repentè
                
                 
                   Magnarum
                   rerum
                   fiant
                   exordia
                   soepè
                
                 
                   Terrai
                   maris
                   ,
                   &
                   coeli
                   generisque
                   animantum
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               Hypothesis
               express'd
               in
               these
               Verses
               (
               which
               please
               our
               Author
               so
               well
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               almost
               the
               same
               Lines
               in
               several
               other
               places
               of
               his
               Poem
               )
               he
               prosecutes
               and
               applies
               to
               some
               particular
               parts
               of
               the
               Universe
               in
               the
               same
               5th
               Book
               :
               But
               whilst
               he
               thus
               refuseth
               to
               allow
               God
               an
               Interest
               in
               the
               Worlds
               production
               ,
               his
               Hypothesis
               requires
               that
               we
               should
               allow
               him
               several
               things
               ,
               which
               he
               doth
               assume
               ,
               not
               prove
               :
               As
               First
               ,
               That
               Matter
               is
               Eternal
               .
               2.
               
               That
               from
               Eternity
               it
               was
               actually
               divided
               ,
               and
               that
               into
               such
               insensibly
               small
               parts
               ,
               as
               may
               deserve
               the
               name
               of
               Atoms
               ;
               whereas
               it
               may
               be
               suppos'd
               ,
               that
               Matter
               ,
               though
               Eternal
               ,
               was
               at
               first
               one
               coherent
               Mass
               ,
               it
               belonging
               to
               Matter
               to
               be
               divisible
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               of
               necessity
               ,
               to
               be
               actually
               divided
               .
               3.
               
               That
               the
               number
               of
               these
               Atoms
               is
               really
               infinite
               .
               4.
               
               That
               these
               Atoms
               have
               an
               
                 inane
                 Infinitum
              
               (
               as
               the
               Epicureans
               speak
               )
               to
               move
               in
               .
               5.
               
               That
               these
               Atoms
               are
               endowed
               with
               an
               almost
               infinite
               variety
               of
               determinate
               Figures
               ,
               some
               being
               round
               ,
               others
               cubical
               ,
               others
               hooked
               ,
               others
               conical
               ,
               &c.
               whereas
               not
               to
               mention
               before-hand
               what
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               object
               ,
               besides
               against
               this
               Assumption
               ,
               he
               shews
               not
               why
               ,
               nor
               how
               this
               Atome
               c●me
               to
               be
               Spherical
               rather
               then
               Conical
               ,
               and
               another
               Hooked
               rather
               then
               Pyramidal
               :
               But
               these
               Assumptions
               I
               insist
               not
               on
               ,
               because
               of
               
               two
               others
               much
               more
               considerable
               ,
               which
               our
               Author
               is
               fain
               to
               take
               for
               granted
               in
               his
               Hypothesis
               :
               For
               6ly
               ,
               He
               supposes
               his
               Eternal
               Atoms
               to
               have
               from
               Eternity
               been
               their
               own
               Movers
               ,
               whereas
               it
               is
               plain
               that
               Motion
               is
               no
               way
               necessary
               to
               the
               Essence
               of
               Matter
               ,
               which
               seems
               to
               consist
               in
               extension
               :
               For
               Matter
               is
               no
               less
               Matter
               ,
               when
               it
               rests
               ,
               then
               when
               it
               is
               in
               motion
               ;
               and
               we
               daily
               see
               many
               parcels
               of
               Matter
               pass
               from
               the
               state
               of
               motion
               to
               that
               of
               rest
               ,
               and
               from
               this
               to
               that
               ,
               communicating
               their
               motion
               to
               Matter
               that
               lay
               still
               before
               ,
               and
               thereby
               loosing
               it
               themselves
               .
               Nor
               has
               any
               Man
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               satisfactorily
               made
               out
               how
               Matter
               can
               move
               it self
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               in
               the
               Bodies
               which
               we
               here
               below
               converse
               withal
               ,
               we
               scarce
               finde
               that
               any
               thing
               is
               mov'd
               but
               by
               something
               else
               ;
               and
               even
               in
               these
               motions
               of
               Animals
               that
               seem
               spontaneous
               ,
               the
               Will
               or
               Appetite
               doth
               not
               produce
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               Animal
               ,
               but
               guide
               and
               determine
               that
               of
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Nerves
               move
               the
               Muscles
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               whole
               Body
               ,
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               the
               weariness
               and
               unweildiness
               of
               Animals
               ,
               when
               by
               much
               motion
               the
               Spirits
               are
               spent
               .
               And
               accordingly
               I
               finde
               that
               Anaxagoras
               ,
               though
               he
               believed
               ,
               as
               Aristotle
               did
               after
               him
               ,
               that
               Matter
               was
               Eternal
               ,
               yet
               he
               discern'd
               that
               the
               notion
               of
               Matter
               not
               necessarily
               including
               motion
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               necessity
               of
               taking
               in
               a
               Mens
               ,
               as
               he
               stiles
               God
               ,
               to
               set
               this
               sluggish
               Matter
               a
               moving
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               Aristotle
               himself
               ,
               in
               one
               place
               of
               his
               Metaphysicks
               ,
               
               disputing
               against
               some
               of
               the
               antienter
               Philosophers
               ,
               askes
               ,
               
                 Quonamque
                 modo
                 movebuntur
                 si
                 nulla
                 erit
                 actu
                 causa
                 ?
                 non
                 enim
                 ipsa
                 materia
                 seipsam
                 movebit
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 rerum
                 opifex
                 Virtus
              
               :
               But
               though
               elsewhere
               I
               have
               met
               with
               Passages
               of
               his
               near
               of
               kin
               to
               this
               ,
               yet
               he
               seems
               not
               to
               express
               his
               Opinion
               uniformly
               and
               clearly
               enough
               to
               engage
               me
               to
               define
               it
               or
               make
               a
               Weapon
               of
               it
               :
               And
               therefore
               I
               shall
               rather
               proceed
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               That
               according
               to
               the
               Epicurean
               Hypothesis
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               motion
               ,
               but
               the
               determination
               of
               that
               motion
               is
               supposed
               .
               For
               Epicurus
               will
               have
               his
               Atoms
               move
               downwards
               ,
               and
               that
               
               not
               in
               paralel
               Lines
               ,
               lest
               they
               should
               never
               meet
               to
               constitute
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               according
               to
               Lines
               somewhat
               inclining
               towards
               one
               another
               ;
               so
               that
               there
               must
               be
               not
               onely
               motion
               ,
               but
               gravity
               in
               Atoms
               ,
               before
               there
               be
               any
               Centre
               of
               gravity
               for
               them
               to
               move
               towards
               ;
               and
               they
               must
               move
               rather
               downwards
               then
               upwards
               ,
               or
               side-ways
               ,
               and
               in
               such
               Lines
               as
               nothing
               is
               produc'd
               capable
               of
               confining
               them
               to
               .
               Which
               are
               Assumptions
               so
               bold
               and
               precarious
               ,
               that
               I
               finde
               some
               ,
               even
               of
               his
               Admirers
               ,
               to
               be
               asham'd
               of
               them
               :
               Which
               will
               save
               me
               the
               labor
               of
               arguing
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               allow
               me
               to
               take
               notice
               in
               the
               7th
               place
               ,
               That
               this
               Epicurean
               Doctrine
               supposes
               that
               a
               sufficient
               number
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               and
               their
               motion
               downwards
               being
               granted
               ,
               there
               will
               need
               nothing
               but
               their
               fortuitous
               concourse
               in
               their
               fall
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               Being
               to
               all
               those
               Bodys
               that
               make
               up
               the
               World.
               Indeed
               ,
               that
               the
               various
               coalitions
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               small
               Particles
               of
               Matter
               ,
               might
               have
               constituted
               the
               World
               ,
               had
               not
               been
               perhaps
               a
               very
               absurd
               Opinion
               for
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               ,
               as
               Reason
               requires
               ,
               suppos'd
               that
               the
               great
               Mass
               of
               lazy
               Matter
               was
               Created
               by
               God
               at
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               and
               by
               Him
               put
               into
               a
               swift
               and
               various
               motion
               ,
               whereby
               it
               was
               actually
               divided
               into
               small
               Parts
               of
               several
               Sizes
               and
               Figures
               ,
               whose
               motion
               and
               crossings
               of
               each
               other
               were
               so
               guided
               by
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               constitute
               ,
               by
               their
               occursions
               and
               coalitions
               ,
               the
               great
               inanimate
               parts
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               and
               the
               seminal
               Principles
               of
               animated
               Concretions
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               wonder
               not
               much
               that
               the
               
                 Milesian
                 Thales
              
               (
               the
               first
               of
               the
               Grecian
               Philosophers
               (
               as
               Cicero
               informs
               us
               )
               that
               inquir'd
               into
               these
               matters
               )
               should
               hold
               that
               Opinion
               which
               Tully
               expresses
               in
               these
               Words
               :
               
               
                 Aquam
                 dixit
                 esse
                 initium
                 rerum
                 ,
                 Deum
                 autem
                 eam
                 Mentem
                 quae
                 ex
                 aqua
                 cuncta
                 finxerat
              
               :
               And
               that
               of
               Anaxagoras
               ,
               the
               same
               Author
               should
               give
               us
               this
               account
               ,
               
               
                 Omnium
                 rerum
                 descriptionem
                 &
                 modum
                 mentis
                 infinitae
                 vi
                 ac
                 ratione
                 ratione
                 designari
                 &
                 confici
                 voluit
              
               :
               For
               though
               these
               great
               Men
               exceedingly
               err'd
               ,
               in
               thinking
               it
               necessary
               that
               God
               should
               be
               provided
               of
               a
               pre-existent
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               not
               
               created
               Matter
               to
               make
               the
               World
               of
               ,
               yet
               at
               least
               they
               discern'd
               and
               acknowledg'd
               the
               necessity
               of
               a
               Wise
               and
               Powerful
               Agent
               to
               dispose
               and
               fashion
               this
               rude
               Matter
               ,
               and
               contrive
               it
               into
               so
               goodly
               a
               Structure
               ,
               as
               we
               behold
               ,
               without
               imagining
               with
               Epicurus
               ,
               that
               chance
               should
               turn
               a
               Chaos
               into
               a
               World.
               And
               really
               it
               is
               much
               more
               unlikely
               ,
               that
               so
               many
               admirable
               Creatures
               that
               constitute
               this
               one
               exquisite
               and
               stupendous
               Fabrick
               of
               the
               World
               should
               be
               made
               by
               the
               casual
               confluence
               of
               falling
               Atoms
               ,
               justling
               or
               knocking
               one
               another
               in
               the
               immense
               vacuity
               ,
               then
               that
               in
               a
               Printers
               Working-house
               a
               multitude
               of
               small
               Letters
               ,
               being
               thrown
               upon
               the
               Ground
               ,
               should
               fall
               dispos'd
               into
               such
               an
               order
               ,
               as
               clearly
               to
               exhibit
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               describ'd
               in
               the
               3
               or
               4
               first
               Chapters
               of
               Genesis
               ,
               of
               which
               History
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               doubted
               whether
               chance
               may
               ever
               be
               able
               to
               dispose
               the
               fallen
               Letters
               into
               the
               Words
               of
               one
               Line
               .
               I
               ignore
               not
               that
               sometimes
               odde
               Figures
               ,
               and
               almost
               Pictures
               may
               be
               met
               with
               ,
               and
               may
               seem
               casually
               produc'd
               in
               Stones
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               inanimate
               Bodies
               :
               And
               I
               am
               so
               far
               from
               denying
               this
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               opportunity
               to
               shew
               You
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               been
               no
               carelesse
               Observer
               of
               such
               Varieties
               .
            
             
               But
               first
               ,
               even
               in
               divers
               Minerals
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               see
               in
               Nitre
               ,
               Chrystal
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               ,
               the
               Figures
               that
               are
               admired
               are
               not
               produc'd
               by
               chance
               ,
               but
               by
               something
               analogous
               to
               seminal
               Principles
               ,
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               their
               uniform
               regularity
               in
               the
               same
               sort
               of
               Concretions
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               practice
               of
               some
               of
               the
               skilfullest
               of
               the
               Salt-peter
               Men
               ,
               who
               when
               they
               have
               drawn
               as
               much
               Nitre
               as
               they
               can
               out
               of
               the
               Nitrous
               Earth
               ,
               cast
               not
               the
               Earth
               away
               ,
               but
               preserve
               it
               in
               heaps
               for
               six
               or
               seven
               Years
               ;
               at
               the
               end
               of
               which
               time
               ,
               they
               finde
               it
               impregnated
               with
               new
               Salt-peter
               ,
               produced
               chiefly
               by
               the
               seminal
               Principle
               of
               Nitre
               implanted
               in
               that
               Earth
               .
               To
               prove
               that
               Metalline
               Bodies
               were
               not
               all
               made
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               have
               some
               of
               them
               a
               Power
               ,
               though
               slowly
               to
               propagate
               their
               Nature
               when
               they
               meet
               with
               a
               disposed
               
               Matter
               ;
               you
               may
               finde
               many
               notable
               Testimonies
               and
               Relations
               in
               a
               little
               Book
               of
               Physico-Chymical
               Questions
               ,
               Written
               by
               
                 Jo
                 :
                 Conradus
                 Gerhardus
              
               ,
               a
               Germane
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               them
               recited
               (
               together
               with
               some
               of
               his
               own
               )
               by
               the
               Learned
               Sennertus
               :
               But
               lest
               you
               should
               suspect
               the
               Narratives
               of
               these
               Authors
               ,
               as
               somewhat
               partial
               to
               their
               Fellow
               Chymists
               Opinions
               ,
               I
               shall
               here
               annex
               that
               memorable
               Relation
               which
               I
               finde
               Recorded
               by
               Linschoten
               ,
               and
               
                 Garcias
                 ab
                 Horto
              
               ,
               a
               pair
               of
               unsuspected
               Writers
               in
               this
               case
               concerning
               Diamonds
               ,
               whereby
               it
               may
               appear
               that
               the
               seminal
               Principles
               of
               those
               precious
               Stones
               ,
               as
               of
               Plants
               ,
               are
               lodg'd
               in
               the
               Bowels
               of
               the
               Mine
               they
               grow
               in
               :
               Diamonds
               (
               says
               the
               first
               ,
               in
               that
               Chapter
               of
               his
               Travels
               where
               he
               treats
               of
               those
               Jewels
               )
               
                 are
                 digg'd
                 like
                 Gold
                 out
                 of
                 Mines
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 digg'd
                 one
                 year
                 the
                 length
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 into
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 years
                 after
                 there
                 are
                 found
                 Diamonds
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 ,
                 which
                 grow
                 there
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 they
                 finde
                 Diamonds
                 of
              
               400
               or
               800
               Grains
               .
               
               Adamantes
               (
               says
               the
               latter
               )
               
                 qui
                 altissimè
                 in
                 terrae
                 visceribus
                 ,
                 multisque
                 annis
                 perfici
                 debebant
                 in
                 summo
                 fere
                 solo
                 generantur
                 &
                 duorum
                 aut
                 trium
                 annorum
                 spatio
                 perficiuntur
                 :
                 Nam
                 si
                 in
                 ipsa
                 fodina
                 hoc
                 anno
                 ad
                 cubiti
                 altitudinem
                 fodias
                 Adamantes
                 reperies
                 .
                 Post
                 biennium
                 rursus
                 illic
                 excavato
                 ibidem
                 ,
                 invenies
                 Adamantes
                 .
              
               And
               next
               ,
               how
               inconsiderable
               ,
               alass
               ,
               are
               these
               supposed
               Productions
               of
               Chance
               ,
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               elaborate
               Contrivances
               of
               Nature
               in
               Animals
               ?
               since
               in
               the
               Body
               of
               Man
               ,
               for
               instance
               ,
               of
               so
               many
               hundred
               Parts
               it
               is
               made
               up
               of
               ,
               there
               is
               scarce
               any
               that
               can
               be
               either
               left
               out
               ,
               or
               made
               otherwise
               then
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               or
               plac'd
               elsewhere
               then
               where
               it
               is
               ,
               without
               an
               apparent
               detriment
               to
               that
               curious
               Engine
               ;
               some
               of
               whose
               parts
               ,
               as
               the
               Eye
               ,
               and
               the
               valves
               of
               the
               Veins
               ,
               would
               be
               so
               unfit
               for
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               and
               are
               so
               fitted
               for
               the
               uses
               that
               are
               made
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               likely
               that
               such
               skilful
               Contrivances
               should
               be
               made
               by
               any
               Being
               not
               intelligent
               ,
               that
               they
               require
               a
               more
               then
               ordinary
               Intelligence
               to
               comprehend
               how
               skilfully
               they
               are
               made
               .
            
             
             
               As
               for
               the
               account
               that
               Lucretius
               ,
               out
               of
               Epicurus
               ,
               gives
               us
               of
               the
               first
               Production
               of
               Men
               ,
               in
               I
               know
               not
               what
               Wombs
               adhering
               to
               the
               Ground
               ,
               and
               which
               much
               more
               becomes
               him
               as
               a
               Poet
               ,
               then
               as
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               here
               waste
               time
               to
               manifest
               its
               unlikelyness
               ,
               that
               witty
               Father
               *
               Lactantius
               having
               already
               done
               that
               copiously
               for
               me
               .
               And
               indeed
               it
               seems
               so
               pure
               a
               Fiction
               ,
               that
               were
               it
               not
               that
               the
               Hypothesis
               he
               took
               upon
               him
               to
               maintain
               ,
               could
               scarce
               afford
               him
               any
               less
               extravagant
               account
               of
               the
               Original
               of
               Animals
               ,
               The
               unsuitableness
               of
               this
               Romance
               ,
               to
               those
               excellent
               Notions
               with
               which
               he
               has
               enriched
               divers
               other
               parts
               of
               his
               Works
               ,
               would
               make
               me
               apt
               to
               suspect
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               writ
               this
               part
               of
               his
               Poem
               ,
               he
               was
               in
               one
               of
               the
               Fits
               of
               that
               Phrensie
               ,
               which
               some
               ,
               even
               of
               his
               Admirers
               ,
               suppose
               him
               to
               have
               been
               put
               into
               by
               a
               Philtre
               given
               him
               by
               his
               either
               Wife
               ,
               or
               Mrs
               Lucillia
               ;
               in
               the
               Intervals
               of
               which
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               writ
               his
               Books
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               let
               us
               further
               consider
               ,
               That
               as
               confidently
               as
               many
               Atomists
               ,
               and
               other
               Naturalists
               ,
               presume
               to
               know
               the
               true
               and
               genuine
               Causes
               of
               the
               Things
               they
               attempt
               to
               explicate
               ,
               yet
               very
               often
               the
               utmost
               they
               can
               attain
               to
               in
               their
               Explications
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               the
               explicated
               Phaenomena
               May
               be
               produc'd
               after
               such
               a
               Manner
               as
               they
               deliver
               ,
               but
               not
               that
               they
               really
               Are
               so
               :
               For
               as
               an
               Artificer
               can
               set
               all
               the
               Wheels
               of
               a
               Clock
               a
               going
               ,
               as
               well
               with
               Springs
               as
               with
               Weights
               ,
               and
               may
               with
               violence
               discharge
               a
               Bullet
               out
               of
               the
               Barrel
               of
               a
               Gun
               ,
               not
               onely
               by
               means
               of
               Gunpowder
               ,
               but
               of
               compress'd
               Air
               ,
               and
               even
               of
               a
               Spring
               .
               So
               the
               same
               Effects
               may
               be
               produc'd
               by
               divers
               Causes
               different
               from
               one
               another
               ;
               and
               it
               will
               oftentimes
               be
               very
               difficult
               ,
               if
               not
               impossible
               for
               our
               dim
               Reasons
               to
               discern
               surely
               which
               of
               those
               several
               ways
               ,
               whereby
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               Nature
               to
               produce
               the
               same
               Phaenomena
               she
               has
               really
               made
               use
               of
               to
               exhibit
               them
               .
               And
               sure
               ,
               he
               that
               in
               a
               skilful
               Watch-makers
               Shop
               shall
               observe
               how
               many
               several
               ways
               
               Watches
               and
               Clocks
               may
               be
               contriv'd
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               of
               them
               shew
               the
               same
               things
               ,
               and
               shall
               consider
               how
               apt
               an
               ordinary
               Man
               ,
               that
               had
               never
               seen
               the
               inside
               but
               of
               one
               sort
               of
               Watches
               ,
               would
               be
               ,
               to
               think
               that
               all
               these
               are
               contriv'd
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               as
               that
               whose
               Fabrick
               he
               has
               already
               taken
               notice
               of
               ;
               such
               a
               Person
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               will
               scarce
               be
               backward
               to
               think
               that
               so
               admirable
               an
               Engineer
               as
               Nature
               ,
               by
               many
               pieces
               of
               her
               Workmanship
               ,
               appears
               to
               be
               ,
               can
               ,
               by
               very
               various
               and
               differing
               Contrivances
               ,
               perform
               the
               same
               things
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               a
               very
               easie
               mistake
               for
               Men
               to
               conclude
               ,
               that
               because
               an
               Effect
               may
               be
               produc'd
               by
               such
               determinate
               Causes
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               so
               ,
               or
               actually
               is
               so
               .
               And
               as
               confident
               as
               those
               we
               speak
               of
               use
               to
               be
               ,
               of
               knowing
               the
               true
               and
               adequate
               Causes
               of
               Things
               ,
               yet
               Epicurus
               himself
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               ancient
               Testimony
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               own
               Writings
               ,
               was
               more
               modest
               ,
               not
               onely
               contenting
               himself
               ,
               on
               many
               occasions
               ,
               to
               propose
               several
               possible
               ways
               whereby
               a
               Phaenomenon
               may
               be
               accounted
               for
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               seeming
               to
               dislike
               the
               so
               pitching
               upon
               any
               one
               Explication
               ,
               as
               to
               exclude
               and
               reject
               all
               others
               :
               And
               some
               Modern
               Philosophers
               that
               much
               favor
               his
               Doctrine
               ,
               do
               likewise
               imitate
               his
               Example
               ,
               in
               pretending
               to
               assign
               not
               precisely
               the
               true
               ,
               but
               possible
               Causes
               of
               the
               Phaenomenon
               they
               endeavor
               to
               explain
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               Aristotle
               himself
               (
               what
               ever
               confidence
               he
               sometimes
               seems
               to
               express
               )
               does
               in
               his
               first
               Book
               of
               Meteors
               ingeniously
               confess
               ,
               that
               concerning
               many
               of
               Natures
               Phaenomena
               ,
               he
               thinks
               it
               sufficient
               that
               they
               May
               be
               so
               perform'd
               as
               he
               explicates
               them
               .
               But
               granting
               that
               we
               did
               never
               so
               certainly
               know
               in
               the
               general
               that
               these
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               must
               proceed
               from
               the
               Magnitudes
               ,
               Figures
               ,
               Motions
               ,
               and
               thence
               resulting
               Qualities
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               yet
               we
               may
               be
               very
               much
               to
               seek
               as
               to
               the
               particular
               Causes
               of
               this
               or
               that
               particular
               Effect
               or
               Event
               :
               For
               it
               is
               one
               thing
               to
               be
               able
               to
               shew
               it
               possible
               for
               such
               and
               such
               Effects
               to
               proceed
               from
               the
               Various
               Magnitudes
               ,
               Shapes
               ,
               Motions
               ,
               and
               Concretions
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               and
               another
               thing
               to
               be
               able
               to
               declare
               what
               precise
               ,
               
               and
               determinate
               Figures
               ,
               Sizes
               ,
               and
               Motions
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               will
               suffice
               to
               make
               out
               the
               propos'd
               Phaenomena
               ,
               without
               incongruity
               to
               any
               others
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               Nature
               :
               As
               it
               is
               one
               thing
               for
               a
               Man
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Mechanicks
               to
               make
               it
               plausible
               ,
               that
               the
               motions
               of
               the
               fam'd
               Clock
               at
               Strasburge
               are
               perform'd
               by
               the
               means
               of
               certain
               Wheels
               ,
               Springs
               ,
               and
               Weights
               ,
               &c.
               and
               another
               to
               be
               able
               to
               describe
               distinctly
               ,
               the
               Magnitude
               ,
               Figures
               ,
               Proportions
               ,
               Motions
               ,
               and
               (
               in
               short
               )
               the
               whole
               Contrivance
               either
               of
               that
               admirable
               Engine
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               capable
               to
               perform
               the
               same
               things
               .
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               a
               Lover
               of
               disputing
               would
               proceed
               farther
               ,
               and
               question
               that
               way
               of
               reasoning
               ,
               which
               even
               the
               eminentest
               Atomists
               are
               wont
               to
               employ
               to
               demonstrate
               that
               they
               explicate
               things
               aright
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               grand
               Argument
               by
               which
               they
               use
               to
               confirm
               the
               truth
               of
               their
               Explications
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               either
               the
               Phaenomenon
               must
               be
               explicated
               after
               the
               manner
               by
               them
               specified
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               cannot
               at
               all
               be
               explicated
               intelligibly
               :
               In
               what
               sense
               we
               disallow
               not
               ,
               but
               rather
               approve
               this
               kinde
               of
               Ratiocination
               ,
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               tell
               you
               .
               But
               that
               which
               is
               in
               this
               place
               more
               fit
               to
               be
               represented
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               this
               way
               of
               arguing
               seems
               not
               in
               our
               present
               case
               so
               Cogent
               ,
               as
               they
               that
               are
               wont
               to
               imploy
               it
               think
               it
               to
               be
               :
               For
               besides
               that
               ,
               it
               is
               bold
               to
               affirm
               and
               hard
               to
               prove
               that
               ,
               what
               they
               cannot
               yet
               explicate
               by
               their
               Principles
               ,
               cannot
               possibly
               be
               explicated
               by
               any
               other
               Men
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Philosophy
               ;
               besides
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               which
               they
               would
               reduce
               their
               Adversaries
               to
               ,
               as
               an
               Absurdity
               ,
               seems
               not
               to
               deserve
               that
               name
               :
               For
               supposing
               the
               Argument
               to
               be
               conclusive
               ,
               That
               either
               the
               propos'd
               Explication
               must
               be
               allow'd
               ,
               or
               Men
               can
               give
               none
               at
               all
               that
               is
               intelligible
               ,
               I
               see
               not
               what
               absurdity
               it
               were
               to
               admit
               of
               the
               consequence
               :
               For
               who
               has
               demonstrated
               to
               us
               ,
               That
               Men
               must
               be
               able
               to
               explicate
               all
               Natures
               Phaenomena
               ,
               especially
               since
               divers
               of
               them
               are
               so
               abstruse
               ,
               that
               even
               the
               Learned'st
               Atomists
               scruple
               not
               to
               acknowledge
               their
               being
               unable
               to
               give
               an
               account
               of
               them
               .
               
               And
               how
               will
               it
               be
               prov'd
               that
               the
               Omniscient
               God
               ,
               or
               that
               admirable
               Contriver
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               can
               exhibit
               Phaenomena
               by
               no
               wayes
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               are
               explicable
               by
               the
               dim
               Reason
               of
               Man
               ?
               I
               say
               ,
               Explicable
               rather
               then
               Intelligible
               ;
               because
               there
               may
               be
               things
               ,
               which
               though
               we
               might
               understand
               well
               enough
               ,
               if
               God
               ,
               or
               some
               more
               intelligent
               Being
               then
               our
               own
               ,
               did
               make
               it
               h●s
               Work
               to
               inform
               us
               of
               them
               ,
               yet
               we
               should
               never
               of
               our selves
               finde
               out
               those
               Truths
               .
               As
               an
               ordinary
               Watch-maker
               may
               be
               able
               to
               understand
               the
               curiousest
               Contrivance
               of
               the
               skilfullest
               Artificer
               ,
               if
               this
               Man
               take
               care
               to
               explain
               his
               Engine
               to
               him
               ,
               but
               would
               never
               have
               understood
               it
               if
               he
               had
               not
               been
               taught
               .
               Whereas
               to
               explicate
               the
               Nature
               and
               Causes
               of
               the
               Phaenomena
               we
               are
               speaking
               of
               ,
               we
               must
               not
               onely
               be
               able
               to
               understand
               ,
               but
               to
               investigate
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               whereas
               it
               is
               peremptorily
               insisted
               on
               by
               some
               Epicureans
               ,
               who
               thereby
               pretend
               to
               demonstrate
               the
               excellency
               and
               certainty
               of
               their
               Explications
               ,
               that
               according
               to
               them
               ,
               Nature
               is
               declar'd
               to
               produce
               things
               in
               the
               way
               that
               is
               most
               facile
               and
               agreeable
               to
               our
               Reason
               :
               It
               may
               be
               replyed
               ,
               That
               what
               we
               are
               to
               enquire
               after
               ,
               is
               ,
               how
               Things
               have
               been
               ,
               or
               are
               really
               produced
               ,
               not
               whether
               or
               no
               the
               manner
               of
               their
               Production
               be
               such
               ,
               as
               may
               the
               most
               easily
               be
               understood
               by
               us
               :
               For
               if
               all
               things
               were
               ,
               as
               those
               we
               reason
               withal
               maintain
               ,
               casually
               produced
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               reason
               to
               imagine
               that
               Chance
               considered
               what
               manner
               of
               their
               Production
               would
               be
               the
               most
               easily
               intelligible
               to
               us
               .
               And
               if
               God
               be
               allowed
               to
               be
               ,
               as
               indeed
               he
               is
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               how
               will
               it
               appear
               that
               He
               ,
               whose
               Knowledge
               infinitely
               transcends
               ours
               ,
               and
               who
               may
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               operate
               according
               to
               the
               Dictates
               of
               his
               own
               immense
               Wisdom
               ,
               should
               ,
               in
               his
               Creating
               of
               things
               ,
               have
               respect
               to
               the
               measure
               and
               ease
               of
               Humane
               Understandings
               ,
               and
               not
               rather
               ,
               if
               of
               any
               ,
               of
               Angelical
               Intellects
               ,
               so
               that
               whether
               it
               be
               to
               God
               ,
               or
               to
               Chance
               ,
               that
               we
               ascribe
               the
               Production
               of
               things
               ,
               that
               way
               may
               often
               be
               fittest
               or
               likelyest
               for
               Nature
               to
               work
               by
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               easiest
               for
               us
               to
               understand
               .
            
             
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               way
               of
               arguing
               ,
               so
               often
               imploy'd
               (
               especially
               against
               the
               Truth
               we
               now
               contend
               for
               )
               and
               so
               much
               rely'd
               on
               by
               many
               Modern
               Philosophers
               ,
               namely
               ,
               That
               they
               cannot
               clearly
               conceive
               such
               or
               such
               a
               thing
               propos'd
               ,
               and
               therefore
               think
               it
               fit
               to
               be
               rejected
               ;
               I
               shall
               readily
               agree
               with
               them
               in
               the
               not
               being
               forward
               to
               assent
               to
               any
               thing
               ,
               especially
               in
               Philosophy
               ,
               that
               cannot
               well
               be
               conceiv'd
               by
               knowing
               and
               considering
               Men
               :
               But
               there
               is
               so
               much
               difference
               among
               Men
               ,
               as
               to
               their
               faculty
               of
               framing
               distinct
               Notions
               of
               th●ngs
               ,
               and
               through
               Mens
               partiality
               or
               lazyness
               ,
               many
               a
               particular
               Person
               is
               so
               much
               more
               apt
               ,
               then
               these
               Men
               seem
               to
               be
               aware
               of
               ,
               to
               think
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               pretend
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               conceive
               ,
               what
               he
               has
               no
               minde
               to
               assent
               to
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               had
               need
               be
               wary
               how
               he
               rejects
               Opinions
               ,
               that
               are
               impugn'd
               onely
               by
               this
               way
               of
               Ratiocination
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               expected
               that
               we
               should
               be
               more
               prevail'd
               with
               ,
               then
               that
               Sect
               of
               Philosophers
               that
               imploys
               it
               most
               .
               And
               among
               those
               that
               resolve
               the
               Phaenomena
               of
               Nature
               into
               the
               Mechanical
               Powers
               of
               Things
               ,
               or
               the
               various
               Figures
               ,
               Sizes
               and
               Motions
               of
               the
               parts
               of
               Matter
               ;
               I
               meet
               with
               some
               ,
               as
               the
               Epicureans
               ,
               who
               tell
               us
               ,
               They
               cannot
               frame
               a
               Notion
               of
               an
               Incorporeal
               Substance
               or
               Spirit
               ,
               nor
               conceive
               how
               ,
               if
               the
               Soul
               were
               such
               ,
               it
               could
               act
               upon
               the
               Body
               :
               And
               yet
               others
               that
               seem
               no
               less
               speculative
               ,
               seriously
               and
               solemnly
               professe
               ,
               That
               they
               can
               conceive
               a
               clear
               and
               distinct
               Notion
               of
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               they
               believe
               the
               humane
               Soul
               ,
               that
               regulates
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               produces
               divers
               Motions
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               to
               be
               ;
               denying
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               That
               it
               can
               be
               clearly
               conceiv'd
               ,
               either
               that
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               onely
               material
               can
               think
               ,
               or
               that
               there
               can
               possibly
               be
               any
               Vacuum
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               Place
               without
               any
               Body
               )
               in
               the
               Universe
               ;
               both
               which
               the
               Epicureans
               profess
               themselves
               not
               onely
               to
               conceive
               as
               Possible
               ,
               but
               to
               believe
               as
               True.
               
            
             
               And
               thus
               much
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               it
               may
               suffice
               to
               have
               said
               in
               relation
               to
               those
               who
               would
               reject
               God
               from
               having
               any
               thing
               to
               do
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Production
               or
               Government
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               
               upon
               this
               ground
               ,
               that
               they
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               believe
               them
               ,
               can
               explicate
               the
               Original
               and
               Phaenomena
               of
               it
               without
               him
               ;
               but
               't
               is
               not
               all
               ,
               nor
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               Favorers
               of
               the
               Atomical
               Philosophy
               ,
               that
               presume
               so
               much
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               derogate
               so
               much
               from
               God
               :
               To
               say
               therefore
               something
               to
               the
               more
               moderate
               and
               judicious
               of
               that
               Perswasion
               ,
               we
               will
               candidly
               propose
               on
               their
               behalf
               the
               most
               plausible
               Objection
               we
               can
               foresee
               against
               the
               Truth
               we
               have
               been
               all
               this
               while
               pleading
               for
               .
               They
               may
               then
               thus
               argue
               against
               us
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               Atomists
               cannot
               sufficiently
               demonstrate
               from
               what
               Natural
               Causes
               every
               particular
               Effect
               proceeds
               ,
               and
               satisfactorily
               explicate
               after
               what
               determinate
               manner
               each
               particular
               Phaenomenon
               is
               produc'd
               ;
               yet
               it
               may
               suffice
               to
               take
               away
               the
               necessity
               of
               having
               recourse
               to
               a
               Deity
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               make
               out
               in
               general
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               things
               that
               appear
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               may
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               perform'd
               by
               meerly
               corporeal
               Agents
               ;
               or
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               That
               all
               Natures
               Phaenomena
               may
               be
               produc'd
               by
               the
               parcels
               of
               the
               great
               Mass
               of
               Universal
               Matter
               ,
               variously
               shap'd
               ,
               connected
               ,
               and
               mov'd
               .
               As
               a
               Man
               that
               sees
               a
               screw'd
               Gun
               shot
               off
               ,
               though
               he
               may
               not
               be
               able
               to
               describe
               the
               number
               ,
               bigness
               ,
               shape
               and
               coaptation
               of
               all
               the
               Pieces
               of
               the
               Lock
               ,
               Stock
               ,
               and
               Barrel
               ,
               yet
               he
               may
               readily
               conceive
               that
               the
               Effects
               of
               the
               Gun
               ,
               how
               wonderful
               soever
               they
               may
               seem
               ,
               may
               be
               perform'd
               by
               certain
               pieces
               of
               Steel
               or
               I●on
               ,
               and
               some
               parcels
               of
               Wood
               ,
               of
               Gun
               powder
               ,
               and
               of
               Lead
               ,
               all
               fashion'd
               and
               put
               together
               according
               to
               the
               exigency
               of
               the
               Engine
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               are
               produc'd
               by
               the
               power
               of
               some
               such
               Mechanical
               Contrivance
               of
               things
               purely
               Corporeal
               ,
               without
               the
               assistance
               of
               spiritual
               or
               supernatural
               Agents
               .
            
             
               In
               answer
               to
               this
               Objection
               ,
               I
               must
               first
               profess
               to
               you
               ,
               That
               I
               make
               a
               great
               doubt
               whether
               there
               be
               not
               some
               Phaenomena
               in
               Nature
               ,
               which
               the
               Atomists
               cannot
               satisfactorily
               explain
               by
               any
               Figuration
               ,
               Motion
               ,
               or
               Connection
               of
               material
               Particles
               whatsoever
               :
               For
               some
               Faculties
               and
               Operations
               of
               
               the
               reasonable
               Soul
               in
               Man
               ,
               are
               of
               so
               peculiar
               and
               transcendent
               a
               kinde
               ,
               that
               as
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               found
               them
               solidly
               explicated
               by
               corporeal
               Principles
               ,
               so
               I
               expect
               not
               to
               see
               them
               in
               haste
               made
               out
               by
               such
               .
               And
               if
               a
               spiritual
               Substance
               be
               admitted
               to
               enter
               the
               Composition
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               and
               to
               act
               by
               and
               upon
               his
               Body
               ;
               besides
               that
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               chief
               and
               fundamental
               Doctrines
               of
               the
               Epicureans
               (
               namely
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               nothing
               in
               the
               Universe
               but
               Corpus
               and
               Inane
               )
               will
               thereby
               be
               subverted
               ;
               it
               will
               appear
               that
               an
               Incorporeal
               and
               Intelligent
               Being
               may
               work
               upon
               Matter
               ,
               which
               would
               argue
               ,
               at
               least
               a
               possibility
               that
               there
               may
               be
               a
               spiritual
               Deity
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               may
               intermeddle
               with
               ,
               and
               have
               an
               influence
               upon
               the
               Operations
               of
               things
               Corporeal
               :
               But
               to
               insist
               no
               longer
               on
               this
               ,
               let
               us
               give
               a
               further
               and
               direct
               Answer
               to
               the
               propos'd
               Objection
               ,
               by
               representing
               ,
               That
               although
               as
               things
               are
               now
               established
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               an
               Atomist
               were
               able
               to
               explain
               the
               Phaenomena
               we
               meet
               with
               ,
               by
               supposing
               the
               parts
               of
               Matter
               to
               be
               of
               such
               Sizes
               ,
               and
               such
               Shapes
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               mov'd
               after
               such
               a
               manner
               as
               is
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               particular
               Phaenomenon
               to
               be
               thereby
               exhibited
               ,
               yet
               it
               would
               not
               thence
               necessarily
               follow
               ,
               That
               at
               the
               fi●st
               production
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               need
               of
               a
               most
               powerful
               and
               intelligent
               Being
               to
               dispose
               that
               Chaos
               ,
               or
               confus'd
               heap
               of
               numberless
               Atoms
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               establish
               the
               universal
               and
               conspiring
               Harmonie
               of
               things
               ;
               and
               especially
               to
               connect
               those
               Atoms
               into
               those
               various
               seminal
               Contextures
               ,
               upon
               which
               most
               of
               the
               more
               abstruse
               Operations
               ,
               and
               elaborate
               Productions
               of
               Nature
               appear
               to
               depend
               :
               For
               many
               things
               may
               be
               perform'd
               by
               Matter
               variously
               figur'd
               and
               mov'd
               ,
               which
               yet
               would
               never
               be
               perform'd
               by
               it
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               been
               still
               left
               to
               it self
               without
               being
               ,
               at
               first
               at
               least
               ,
               fashion'd
               after
               such
               a
               manner
               ,
               and
               put
               into
               such
               a
               Motion
               by
               an
               Intelligent
               Agent
               .
               As
               the
               Quill
               that
               a
               Philosopher
               writes
               with
               ,
               being
               dipt
               in
               Ink
               ,
               and
               then
               mov'd
               after
               such
               and
               such
               a
               manner
               upon
               White
               Paper
               ,
               all
               which
               are
               Corporeal
               things
               ,
               may
               very
               
               well
               trace
               an
               excellent
               and
               rational
               Discourse
               ;
               but
               the
               Quill
               would
               never
               have
               been
               mov'd
               after
               the
               requisite
               manner
               upon
               the
               Paper
               ,
               had
               not
               its
               motion
               been
               guided
               and
               regulated
               by
               the
               Understanding
               of
               the
               Writer
               :
               Or
               rather
               ,
               yet
               once
               more
               to
               resume
               our
               former
               Example
               of
               the
               Strasbourgh
               Clock
               ,
               though
               a
               skilful
               Artist
               ,
               admitted
               to
               examine
               and
               consider
               it
               ,
               both
               without
               and
               within
               ,
               may
               very
               well
               discern
               that
               such
               Wheels
               ,
               Springs
               ,
               Weights
               ,
               and
               other
               Pieces
               of
               which
               the
               Engine
               consists
               ,
               being
               set
               together
               in
               such
               a
               coapt●tion
               ,
               are
               sufficient
               to
               produce
               such
               and
               such
               Motions
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               Effects
               as
               that
               Clock
               is
               celebrated
               for
               ,
               yet
               the
               more
               he
               discerns
               the
               aptness
               and
               sufficiency
               of
               the
               parts
               to
               produce
               the
               Effects
               emergent
               from
               them
               ,
               the
               less
               he
               will
               be
               apt
               to
               suspect
               that
               so
               curious
               an
               Engine
               was
               produc'd
               by
               any
               casual
               concurrence
               of
               the
               Parts
               it
               consists
               of
               ,
               and
               not
               rather
               by
               the
               skill
               of
               an
               intelligent
               and
               ingenious
               Contriver
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               ,
               were
               of
               this
               or
               that
               Size
               ,
               or
               this
               or
               that
               determinate
               Shape
               ,
               for
               any
               other
               reason
               ,
               then
               because
               it
               pleas'd
               the
               Artificer
               to
               make
               them
               so
               ;
               though
               the
               reason
               that
               mov'd
               the
               Artificer
               to
               employ
               such
               Figures
               and
               Quantities
               ,
               sooner
               then
               others
               ,
               may
               well
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               have
               been
               ,
               that
               the
               Nature
               of
               his
               Design
               made
               him
               think
               them
               very
               proper
               and
               commodious
               for
               its
               accomplishment
               ,
               if
               not
               better
               then
               any
               other
               suited
               to
               the
               several
               Exigencies
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               an
               Epicurean
               should
               be
               told
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               ,
               after
               having
               been
               for
               some
               days
               really
               dead
               ,
               became
               alive
               again
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               will
               not
               be
               doubted
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               would
               reject
               such
               a
               Relation
               as
               impossible
               ,
               and
               therefore
               too
               manifestly
               false
               to
               be
               believed
               by
               any
               Man
               in
               his
               Wits
               :
               And
               yet
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               Principles
               ,
               the
               Man
               ,
               as
               well
               Soul
               as
               Body
               ,
               consisted
               onely
               of
               divers
               Particles
               of
               the
               Universal
               Matter
               ,
               by
               various
               Motions
               brought
               together
               ,
               and
               dispos'd
               after
               a
               certain
               manner
               :
               And
               consequently
               ,
               he
               must
               ground
               his
               perswasion
               that
               't
               is
               impossible
               to
               redintegrate
               the
               Engine
               once
               spoil'd
               by
               death
               ,
               upon
               this
               ,
               
               That
               as
               Chance
               cannot
               with
               the
               least
               probablity
               be
               presum'd
               to
               have
               produc'd
               such
               a
               strange
               Effect
               ;
               so
               according
               to
               him
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Cause
               assign'd
               ,
               knowing
               and
               powerful
               enough
               ,
               to
               rally
               and
               bring
               together
               again
               the
               disbanded
               and
               scattered
               parcels
               of
               Matter
               (
               or
               substitute
               other
               equivalent
               ones
               )
               that
               together
               with
               the
               remaining
               Carcase
               ,
               compos'd
               the
               dead
               Man
               ,
               so
               to
               reunite
               them
               to
               the
               rest
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               so
               to
               place
               and
               put
               into
               Motion
               both
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               ,
               as
               were
               requisite
               to
               make
               a
               living
               Man
               once
               more
               result
               from
               them
               .
               I
               know
               that
               this
               Example
               reaches
               not
               all
               the
               Circumstances
               of
               the
               Controversie
               we
               have
               been
               debating
               ;
               but
               yet
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               it
               will
               serve
               the
               turn
               for
               which
               I
               propose
               it
               :
               For
               ,
               not
               now
               to
               insist
               upon
               this
               inference
               from
               it
               ,
               That
               a
               considering
               Man
               may
               confidently
               reject
               a
               thing
               that
               is
               not
               absolutely
               impossible
               ,
               provided
               it
               be
               highly
               incredible
               ;
               not
               to
               insist
               on
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               thing
               I
               aim
               at
               in
               the
               mention
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               onely
               to
               shew
               ,
               That
               such
               things
               may
               possibly
               be
               effected
               by
               Matter
               and
               Motion
               ,
               as
               no
               wise
               Man
               will
               believe
               to
               have
               been
               produc'd
               by
               a
               bare
               Agitation
               of
               the
               Particles
               of
               Matter
               ,
               not
               guided
               by
               the
               superintendency
               of
               a
               Powerful
               and
               Knowing
               Director
               .
            
             
               Now
               that
               the
               Atoms
               ,
               or
               Particles
               of
               Matter
               of
               which
               the
               World
               consists
               ,
               made
               no
               agreement
               with
               each
               other
               to
               convene
               and
               settle
               in
               the
               manner
               requisite
               to
               constitute
               the
               Universe
               ,
               Lucretius
               does
               not
               so
               properly
               confess
               ,
               as
               affirm
               ,
               in
               that
               fore-cited
               Passage
               where
               he
               judiciously
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               
                 
                   —
                   Certè
                   neque
                   consiliis
                   Primordia
                   rerum
                
                 
                   Ordine
                   se
                   quaeque
                   ,
                   atque
                   sagaci
                   mente
                   locarunt
                   :
                
                 
                   Nec
                   quos
                   quaeque
                   darent
                   Motus
                   pepigêre
                   profecto
                   .
                
              
            
             
               And
               the
               thing
               it self
               is
               manifest
               enough
               ,
               from
               the
               Nature
               of
               Atoms
               confessedly
               inanimate
               and
               devoid
               of
               understanding
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               although
               we
               should
               grant
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               the
               possible
               
               Emergency
               of
               the
               innumerable
               Effects
               we
               admire
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               from
               the
               various
               Properties
               and
               Coalitions
               of
               Atoms
               ,
               yet
               still
               you
               see
               the
               formerly
               mention'd
               difficulty
               (
               touching
               the
               Resulting
               of
               All
               things
               from
               Matter
               left
               to
               it self
               )
               would
               recur
               ;
               and
               it
               would
               as
               well
               be
               incredible
               that
               an
               innumerable
               multitude
               of
               insensible
               Particles
               ,
               as
               that
               a
               lesser
               number
               of
               bigger
               Parcels
               of
               Matter
               ,
               should
               either
               conspire
               to
               constitute
               ,
               or
               fortuitously
               justle
               themselves
               into
               so
               admirable
               and
               harmonious
               a
               Fabrick
               as
               the
               Universe
               ,
               or
               as
               the
               Body
               of
               Man
               ;
               and
               consequently
               it
               is
               not
               credible
               that
               they
               should
               constitute
               either
               ,
               unless
               as
               their
               motions
               were
               (
               at
               least
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               their
               seminal
               Contextures
               and
               primary
               Coalitions
               )
               regulated
               and
               guided
               by
               an
               intelligent
               Contriver
               and
               Orderer
               of
               things
               .
               And
               I
               should
               so
               littte
               think
               it
               a
               Disparagement
               to
               have
               but
               so
               much
               said
               of
               any
               Hypothesis
               of
               mine
               ,
               that
               I
               suppose
               I
               may
               affirm
               it
               ,
               without
               offending
               either
               the
               most
               sober
               ,
               or
               the
               generality
               of
               the
               Atomical
               Philosophers
               ,
               to
               whom
               ,
               and
               to
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               my
               Writings
               will
               manifest
               me
               to
               be
               no
               otherwise
               affected
               then
               I
               ought
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               V.
               Wherein
               the
               Discourse
               interrupted
               by
               the
               late
               Digression
               ,
               is
               resumed
               and
               concluded
               .
            
             
               IT
               remains
               now
               ,
               Pyroph
               :
               that
               we
               at
               length
               return
               into
               the
               way
               from
               whence
               the
               foregoing
               Digression
               has
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               too
               long
               diverted
               us
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               prosecute
               and
               finish
               our
               Discourse
               ,
               we
               take
               it
               up
               where
               we
               left
               it
               and
               were
               tempted
               to
               digress
               ,
               namely
               ,
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               III
               Essay
               ;
               betwixt
               which
               ,
               and
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               V
               ,
               all
               that
               has
               been
               interpos'd
               may
               be
               look'd
               upon
               but
               as
               a
               long
               Parenthesis
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               third
               place
               then
               I
               consider
               ,
               That
               whether
               or
               no
               it
               be
               true
               which
               our
               Antagonists
               suggest
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               some
               things
               in
               Nature
               which
               tempt
               Philosophers
               more
               then
               they
               doe
               the
               Vulgar
               ,
               to
               doubt
               or
               deny
               a
               God
               ;
               yet
               certainly
               there
               are
               divers
               things
               in
               Nature
               that
               do
               much
               conduce
               to
               the
               evincing
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               which
               Naturalists
               either
               alone
               discern
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               discern
               them
               better
               then
               other
               Men
               :
               For
               besides
               the
               abstruse
               Properties
               of
               particular
               Bodies
               ,
               not
               discover'd
               by
               any
               but
               those
               that
               make
               particular
               Enquiries
               into
               those
               Bodies
               ,
               there
               are
               many
               things
               in
               Nature
               ,
               which
               to
               a
               superficial
               Observer
               seem
               to
               have
               no
               relation
               to
               one
               another
               ;
               whereas
               to
               a
               knowing
               Naturalist
               ,
               that
               is
               able
               to
               discern
               their
               secret
               Correspondencies
               and
               Alliances
               ,
               these
               things
               which
               seem
               to
               be
               altogether
               Irrelative
               each
               to
               other
               ,
               appear
               so
               Proportionate
               and
               so
               Harmonious
               both
               betwixt
               themselves
               ,
               and
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               Universe
               they
               are
               parts
               of
               ,
               that
               they
               represent
               to
               him
               a
               very
               differing
               and
               incomparably
               better
               Prospect
               then
               to
               another
               
               Man
               :
               As
               he
               that
               looks
               upon
               a
               Picture
               made
               up
               of
               scatter'd
               and
               deform'd
               pieces
               ,
               beholding
               them
               united
               into
               one
               Face
               ,
               by
               a
               Cylindrical
               Looking-glass
               aptly
               plac'd
               ,
               discerns
               the
               skill
               of
               the
               Artist
               that
               drew
               it
               ,
               better
               then
               he
               that
               looks
               onely
               on
               the
               single
               parts
               of
               that
               Picture
               ,
               or
               upon
               the
               whole
               Picture
               ,
               without
               the
               uniting
               Cylinder
               .
               Which
               brings
               into
               my
               minde
               ,
               That
               whereas
               in
               the
               Sacred
               Story
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               when
               mention
               is
               made
               of
               Gods
               having
               consider'd
               the
               Works
               of
               each
               of
               the
               first
               six
               Days
               ,
               at
               the
               end
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               of
               the
               Work
               of
               every
               Day
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 saw
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 good
              
               (
               except
               of
               the
               second
               Day
               ,
               because
               the
               separation
               of
               the
               Waters
               was
               but
               imperfectly
               made
               on
               that
               day
               ,
               and
               compleated
               in
               the
               next
               ,
               on
               which
               it
               is
               therefore
               twice
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 saw
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 good
              
               )
               whereas
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               when
               God
               look'd
               upon
               his
               Works
               in
               particular
               ,
               it
               is
               onely
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 saw
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 good
              
               ;
               when
               He
               is
               introduc'd
               at
               the
               close
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               as
               looking
               upon
               ,
               and
               surveying
               his
               Creatures
               in
               their
               Harmony
               ,
               and
               entire
               System
               ,
               it
               is
               emphatically
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 saw
                 every
                 thing
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 behold
                 it
                 was
                 very
                 good
                 .
              
               And
               if
               Aristotle
               be
               indeed
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Book
               
                 De
                 Mundo
                 ad
                 Alexandrum
              
               ,
               which
               passes
               for
               his
               ,
               and
               is
               said
               to
               have
               been
               Written
               by
               him
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               it
               would
               not
               be
               unworthy
               our
               Observation
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               how
               he
               that
               in
               his
               other
               Writings
               is
               wont
               to
               talk
               of
               Gods
               Interest
               in
               the
               Creatures
               darkly
               ,
               and
               hesitantly
               enough
               ,
               is
               wrought
               upon
               by
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               an
               orderly
               Aggregate
               or
               System
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               make
               Expressions
               of
               the
               Divine
               Architect
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               unworthy
               of
               Aristotle
               ,
               though
               being
               meerly
               humane
               they
               cannot
               be
               worthy
               of
               God.
               Amongst
               many
               I
               shall
               single
               out
               some
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               you
               will
               excuse
               me
               ,
               if
               in
               this
               Essay
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               precedent
               ones
               ,
               I
               do
               contrary
               to
               my
               custom
               ,
               employ
               pretty
               store
               of
               Passages
               taken
               out
               of
               other
               Authors
               .
               For
               first
               ,
               the
               nature
               of
               my
               Design
               makes
               it
               requisite
               for
               me
               to
               shew
               what
               Opinion
               the
               Heathen
               Philosophers
               had
               of
               the
               Study
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               and
               what
               
               Power
               their
               Contemplation
               of
               Nature
               had
               to
               engage
               them
               to
               Acts
               of
               Religion
               .
               And
               next
               ,
               since
               divers
               of
               the
               same
               Passages
               wherein
               they
               had
               set
               down
               their
               Opinions
               ,
               contain'd
               also
               the
               Grounds
               and
               Reasons
               of
               them
               ,
               whereby
               they
               have
               anticipated
               much
               of
               what
               we
               should
               say
               upon
               the
               same
               subjects
               ,
               I
               was
               unwilling
               to
               deprive
               you
               of
               their
               pertinent
               Ratiocinations
               ,
               or
               rob
               them
               of
               the
               Glory
               of
               what
               they
               had
               well
               Written
               .
               And
               this
               necessary
               Apology
               premis'd
               ,
               let
               us
               proceed
               to
               consider
               his
               Passages
               ;
               and
               first
               ,
               
               Restat
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 ut
                 summatim
                 de
                 Causae
                 disseramus
                 ,
                 quae
                 cunctarum
                 ipsa
                 rerum
                 vim
                 habet
                 tutricem
                 &
                 continentem
                 ,
                 quemadmodum
                 caetera
                 perstrinximus
                 :
                 Flagitii
                 enim
                 instar
                 esset
                 ,
                 cum
                 de
                 mundo
                 dicere
                 instituerim
                 ,
                 tractatu
                 si
                 minus
                 exquisito
                 fortasse
                 ,
                 at
                 certe
                 qui
                 sat
                 esse
                 possit
                 ad
                 formulam
                 doctrinae
                 crassiorem
                 ,
                 intactam
                 praecipuam
                 mundi
                 partem
                 principemque
                 praeterire
                 .
              
               And
               a
               little
               after
               ,
               Etenim
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 cunctarum
                 quae
                 rerum
                 natura
                 complectitur
                 ,
                 cum
                 servator
                 est
                 Deus
                 ,
              
               
               
                 tum
                 vero
                 quaecunque
                 in
                 hoc
                 mundo
                 quoquomodo
                 perficiuntur
                 eorum
                 omnium
                 idem
                 est
                 Genitor
                 :
                 Non
                 sic
                 tamen
                 ipse
                 ut
                 opificis
                 in
                 morem
                 ,
                 animalisque
                 lassitudinem
                 sentientis
                 labore
                 affici
                 possit
                 ,
                 ut
                 qui
                 ea
                 facultate
                 utatur
                 ,
                 quae
                 nulli
                 cedat
                 difficultati
                 ,
                 cujus
                 ipse
                 vi
                 facultatis
                 omnia
                 in
                 potestate
                 continet
                 ,
                 nec
                 minus
                 etiam
                 quae
                 longius
                 ab
                 ipso
                 videntur
                 esse
                 summo●a
              
               :
               To
               which
               purpose
               he
               elsewhere
               says
               ,
               
                 Augustius
                 decentiusque
                 existimandum
                 est
              
               ,
               
               
                 Deum
                 summo
                 in
                 loco
                 it
                 a
                 esse
                 collocatum
                 :
                 Numinis
                 ut
                 tamen
                 ejus
                 vis
                 per
                 universum
                 mundum
                 pertingens
                 ,
                 tum
                 Solem
                 ,
                 Lunamque
                 moveat
                 ,
                 tum
                 Coelum
                 omne
                 circumagat
                 ,
                 simulque
                 causam
                 praebeat
                 eorum
                 quae
                 in
                 Terra
                 sunt
                 salutis
                 atque
                 incolumitatis
              
               :
               And
               in
               the
               same
               Book
               he
               adds
               ,
               
               
                 Ut
                 vero
                 sūmatim
                 loquamur
                 quod
                 in
                 navi
                 Gubernator
                 est
                 ,
                 quod
                 in
                 Curru
                 agitator
                 ,
                 quod
                 in
                 Choro
                 praecentor
                 ,
                 quod
                 denique
                 lex
                 in
                 Civitate
                 ,
                 &
                 dux
                 in
                 exerctiu
                 ,
                 hoc
                 Deus
                 est
                 in
                 mūdo
                 .
                 Nisi
                 si
                 hactenus
                 interest
                 ,
                 quod
                 labor
                 ,
                 &
                 motus
                 multiplex
                 illos
                 exercet
                 ,
                 &
                 curae
                 angunt
                 variae
                 ,
                 cum
                 huic
                 illaborata
                 succedunt
                 ōnia
                 ,
                 omnis
                 molestiae
                 expertia
                 .
              
               And
               certainly
               he
               that
               is
               a
               stranger
               to
               Anatomy
               ,
               shall
               never
               be
               able
               to
               discern
               in
               the
               circulation
               of
               the
               blood
               ,
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               Chyle
               ,
               and
               the
               contrivance
               of
               all
               the
               parts
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               those
               
               Proofs
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Effects
               ,
               of
               an
               Omniscient
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               or
               Artist
               ,
               which
               a
               curious
               Anatomist
               will
               discover
               in
               that
               elaborate
               and
               matchless
               Engine
               :
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               had
               occasion
               not
               long
               since
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               in
               the
               shape
               of
               that
               strange
               Muscle
               (
               the
               
                 obturator
                 internus
              
               )
               which
               some
               call
               from
               its
               Figure
               Marsupialis
               ,
               serving
               to
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               Thigh
               .
               For
               this
               Muscle
               seems
               so
               made
               ,
               as
               if
               Nature
               had
               design'd
               in
               it
               ,
               to
               manifest
               ,
               That
               she
               is
               skill'd
               in
               the
               Mechanicks
               ,
               not
               onely
               as
               a
               Mathematician
               that
               understands
               the
               powers
               of
               Distance
               ,
               Weight
               ,
               Proportion
               ,
               Motion
               and
               Figure
               ;
               but
               as
               an
               Artificer
               ,
               or
               Handy-crafts
               man
               ,
               who
               knows
               by
               dextrous
               Contrivances
               to
               furnish
               the
               more
               endanger'd
               parts
               of
               his
               Work
               ,
               with
               what
               is
               more
               useful
               to
               make
               it
               lasting
               :
               There
               being
               (
               to
               omit
               other
               Observables
               ,
               belonging
               to
               that
               Muscle
               )
               a
               deep
               notch
               made
               in
               the
               Coxendix
               ,
               to
               shorten
               the
               way
               betwixt
               the
               two
               extremities
               of
               the
               Muscle
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               bear
               upon
               the
               Bone
               with
               a
               blunter
               Angle
               .
               And
               because
               the
               Tendon
               is
               long
               ,
               lest
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               former
               provision
               ,
               it
               should
               be
               apt
               to
               fret
               out
               upon
               the
               edge
               of
               the
               Bone
               ,
               Nature
               has
               provided
               for
               it
               a
               Musculous
               piece
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               wherein
               it
               is
               as
               it
               were
               sheath'd
               ,
               that
               so
               it
               might
               not
               immediately
               bear
               ,
               and
               grate
               upon
               the
               Bone
               ;
               just
               as
               our
               Artificers
               use
               to
               sow
               Cases
               of
               Leather
               upon
               those
               parts
               of
               silken
               Strings
               ,
               which
               being
               to
               grate
               upon
               harder
               Bodies
               ,
               were
               otherwise
               endangered
               to
               be
               fretted
               out
               by
               Attrition
               .
            
             
               And
               a
               like
               skilfulness
               of
               Nature
               in
               the
               Mechanical
               Contrivance
               of
               the
               Parts
               ,
               is
               more
               obviously
               discernable
               in
               the
               Structure
               of
               that
               admirable
               Engine
               ,
               by
               which
               such
               variety
               of
               other
               Engines
               are
               made
               ,
               the
               Hand
               :
               where
               (
               not
               to
               mention
               the
               
                 Ligamentum
                 latum
              
               ,
               or
               Wrist-band
               ,
               that
               keeps
               the
               Tendons
               that
               move
               under
               it
               from
               inconveniently
               starting
               up
               upon
               the
               Contraction
               of
               the
               respective
               Muscles
               )
               the
               wonderful
               perforations
               that
               are
               made
               through
               the
               Tendons
               of
               the
               
                 Musculi
                 per
                 forat
              
               ,
               by
               those
               of
               the
               
                 Musculi
                 perforantes
              
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               commodious
               motion
               of
               the
               Joynts
               of
               the
               Fingers
               ,
               may
               conspicuously
               manifest
               the
               Mechanical
               Dexterity
               of
               Nature
               ;
               as
               it
               may
               her
               Husbanding
               
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               of
               her
               Work
               ,
               That
               in
               a
               F●●tus
               ,
               whil'st
               it
               lies
               in
               the
               Womb
               ,
               because
               the
               Lungs
               are
               not
               to
               be
               display'd
               as
               afterwards
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               Blood
               needs
               not
               circulate
               thorow
               Them
               from
               the
               right
               Ventricle
               of
               the
               Heart
               ,
               into
               the
               left
               ,
               for
               the
               use
               of
               Respiration
               ,
               as
               it
               must
               in
               grown
               Animals
               ,
               she
               contrives
               a
               nearer
               way
               ;
               and
               by
               certain
               short
               Pipes
               ,
               peculiar
               to
               such
               young
               Creatures
               ,
               she
               more
               commodiously
               performs
               in
               them
               the
               Circulation
               of
               the
               Blood
               ,
               proportion'd
               to
               their
               present
               condition
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               ,
               when
               the
               Animal
               is
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               Womb
               into
               the
               open
               Air
               ,
               and
               put
               upon
               the
               constant
               exercise
               of
               his
               Lungs
               ,
               these
               temporary
               Conduit-pipes
               little
               by
               little
               vanish
               .
               So
               careful
               is
               Nature
               not
               to
               do
               things
               in
               vain
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               I
               do
               not
               much
               wonder
               ,
               that
               Galen
               ,
               though
               I
               remember
               he
               somewhere
               (
               unprovokedly
               and
               causelesly
               enough
               )
               derides
               Moses
               ,
               and
               seems
               not
               over
               much
               inclin'd
               to
               make
               Religious
               acknowledgements
               ;
               yet
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               consider
               particularly
               the
               exquisite
               Structure
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               should
               break
               forth
               into
               very
               elevated
               ,
               and
               even
               pathetical
               Celebrations
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               in
               his
               Books
               ,
               
               
                 De
                 usu
                 Partium
              
               ,
               he
               compos'd
               Hymns
               to
               the
               Creators
               praise
               .
               And
               certainly
               ,
               he
               that
               shall
               see
               a
               skilful
               Anatomist
               dextrously
               dissect
               that
               admirable
               part
               of
               Man
               ,
               the
               Eye
               ,
               and
               shall
               consider
               the
               curious
               Contrivance
               of
               the
               several
               Coats
               ,
               Humors
               ,
               and
               other
               Parts
               it
               consists
               of
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               adaptations
               and
               uses
               ,
               would
               be
               easily
               perswaded
               ,
               That
               a
               good
               Anatomist
               has
               much
               stronger
               Invitations
               to
               believe
               ,
               and
               admire
               an
               Omniscient
               Author
               of
               Nature
               ,
               then
               he
               that
               never
               saw
               a
               Dissection
               ,
               especially
               if
               he
               should
               see
               how
               all
               of
               these
               concur
               to
               make
               up
               one
               Optical
               Instrument
               to
               convey
               the
               Species
               of
               the
               visible
               object
               to
               the
               Optick
               Nerve
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               the
               Brain
               ;
               as
               I
               have
               ,
               with
               pleasure
               consider'd
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               recent
               Eye
               of
               a
               Cat
               (
               for
               with
               keeping
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               flaccid
               )
               cut
               cleanly
               off
               ,
               where
               the
               Optick
               Nerve
               enters
               the
               Sclerotis
               ,
               and
               is
               going
               to
               expand
               it self
               into
               the
               Retina
               ,
               for
               holding
               this
               Eye
               at
               a
               convenient
               distance
               
               betwixt
               yours
               and
               a
               Candle
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               the
               Image
               of
               a
               Flame
               lively
               exprest
               upon
               that
               part
               of
               the
               back
               side
               of
               the
               Eye
               at
               which
               the
               Optick
               Nerve
               enters
               the
               above-mention'd
               Sclerotis
               :
               Some
               thing
               of
               this
               kinde
               we
               have
               also
               shown
               our
               Friends
               with
               the
               eyes
               of
               dead
               Men
               ,
               carefully
               sever'd
               from
               their
               heads
               ;
               and
               with
               the
               (
               dexterously
               taken
               out
               )
               Christalline
               humor
               of
               a
               Humane
               Eye
               ,
               we
               have
               often
               read
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               Lens
               or
               Magnifying
               glass
               .
               And
               to
               assist
               you
               in
               so
               pleasing
               a
               speculation
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Eye
               ,
               we
               shall
               adde
               ,
               That
               by
               reason
               Ox
               Eyes
               are
               much
               larger
               ,
               and
               much
               easier
               to
               be
               had
               then
               humane
               ones
               ,
               we
               are
               wont
               to
               make
               much
               use
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               discern
               some
               things
               better
               in
               their
               Coats
               ,
               we
               immerse
               them
               for
               a
               little
               while
               in
               boyling
               Water
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               able
               to
               consider
               the
               form
               and
               bigness
               of
               the
               Vitreous
               and
               Crystalline
               humors
               ,
               better
               then
               the
               fluidity
               of
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               softness
               of
               the
               other
               are
               wont
               to
               allow
               Anatomists
               to
               do
               ;
               we
               have
               sometimes
               ,
               by
               a
               way
               hereafter
               to
               be
               set
               down
               ,
               speedily
               frozen
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               thereby
               have
               turn'd
               the
               Vitreous
               humor
               into
               very
               numerous
               and
               Diaphanous
               Films
               (
               as
               it
               were
               of
               Ice
               ,
               and
               the
               Crystalline
               into
               a
               firm
               Substance
               ,
               but
               (
               which
               perhaps
               you
               will
               wonder
               at
               )
               not
               Transparent
               .
               An
               eye
               thus
               frozen
               ,
               may
               be
               cut
               along
               that
               which
               Optical
               Writers
               call
               the
               Optical
               Axis
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               affords
               an
               instructive
               Prospect
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               not
               been
               able
               to
               obtain
               any
               other
               way
               .
               But
               because
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               Expedient
               in
               the
               Eyes
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               the
               generality
               of
               Terrestrial
               Animals
               ,
               the
               Opacousness
               of
               the
               Sclerotis
               hinders
               the
               Pictures
               that
               outward
               Objects
               (
               unless
               they
               be
               lucid
               ones
               )
               make
               with
               in
               the
               Eye
               to
               be
               clearly
               discern'd
               .
               We
               think
               our selves
               oblig'd
               to
               that
               excellent
               Mathematician
               of
               your
               Acquaintance
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               who
               ,
               upon
               some
               Discourse
               we
               had
               with
               him
               concerning
               this
               Subject
               ,
               lately
               advis'd
               us
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Eyes
               of
               white
               Rabbets
               (
               for
               if
               those
               Animals
               be
               of
               another
               colour
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               their
               Eyes
               will
               not
               prove
               so
               fit
               for
               our
               purpose
               )
               For
               having
               held
               some
               of
               these
               Eyes
               at
               a
               convenient
               distance
               betwixt
               my
               Eyes
               and
               the
               Window
               ,
               I
               found
               them
               to
               be
               so
               transparent
               ,
               That
               the
               
               rayes
               proceeding
               from
               the
               Panes
               of
               Glass
               ,
               Iron
               Bars
               ,
               &c.
               of
               the
               Window
               ,
               passing
               through
               the
               Crystalline
               humor
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               passage
               refracted
               ,
               did
               on
               the
               Retina
               exhibit
               in
               an
               inverted
               Posture
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Optical
               Laws
               ,
               the
               contracted
               ,
               but
               lively
               Pictures
               of
               those
               external
               Objects
               ;
               and
               those
               Pictures
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               transparency
               of
               the
               Sclerotis
               ,
               became
               visible
               through
               it
               to
               my
               attentive
               Eyes
               :
               As
               in
               a
               darken'd
               Room
               the
               shadows
               of
               Objects
               without
               it
               ,
               projected
               on
               a
               fine
               sheet
               of
               Paper
               ,
               may
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               thinness
               of
               the
               Paper
               ,
               be
               seen
               thorow
               it
               by
               those
               that
               stand
               behinde
               it
               .
               By
               Candle-light
               we
               could
               see
               little
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               these
               eyes
               ,
               but
               lucid
               Objects
               ,
               such
               as
               the
               flame
               of
               the
               Candle
               ,
               which
               appear'd
               tremulous
               ,
               though
               inverted
               ;
               but
               by
               Day-light
               we
               could
               manifestly
               discern
               in
               them
               both
               the
               motions
               of
               very
               neighboring
               Objects
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               vivid
               of
               their
               colours
               .
            
             
               And
               really
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               it
               seems
               to
               me
               not
               onely
               highly
               dishonorable
               for
               a
               Reasonable
               Soul
               to
               live
               in
               so
               Divinely
               built
               a
               Mansion
               ,
               as
               the
               Body
               she
               resides
               in
               ,
               altogether
               unacquainted
               with
               the
               exquisite
               Structure
               of
               it
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               confident
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               great
               obstacle
               to
               our
               rendring
               God
               the
               Praises
               due
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               his
               having
               so
               excellently
               lodg'd
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               so
               ignorant
               of
               the
               curious
               Workmanship
               of
               the
               Mansions
               our
               Souls
               live
               in
               ;
               for
               not
               onely
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               Divine
               Art
               display'd
               by
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               moulding
               and
               fashioning
               his
               Body
               in
               the
               Womb
               ,
               takes
               a
               just
               occasion
               to
               celebrate
               his
               Maker
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 praise
                 thee
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 because
                 I
                 am
                 fearfully
                 and
                 wonderfully
                 made
                 ,
                 marvellous
                 are
                 thy
                 works
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 my
                 Soul
                 knoweth
                 right
                 well
                 :
                 My
                 substance
                 was
                 not
                 hid
                 from
                 thee
                 ,
              
               
               
                 when
                 I
                 was
                 made
                 in
                 secret
                 ,
                 and
                 curiously
                 wrought
              
               (
               with
               as
               much
               curiosity
               as
               Tapstry
               or
               Embrodery
               ,
               as
               the
               Hebrew
               Rukkamti
               seems
               to
               import
               )
               
                 In
                 the
                 lowest
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 thine
                 eyes
                 did
                 see
                 my
                 substance
                 ,
                 yet
                 being
                 unperfect
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 thy
                 Book
                 all
                 my
                 members
                 were
                 written
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 continuance
                 were
                 fashioned
                 ,
                 when
                 as
                 yet
                 there
                 were
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               But
               even
               from
               Galen
               himself
               Anatomical
               Reflections
               have
               been
               able
               to
               extort
               Expressions
               
               of
               Devotion
               :
               
                 Cum
                 igitur
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 quod
                 in
                 omnibus
                 recte
                 fit
                 ,
                 omnes
                 ad
                 artem
                 referunt
                 ,
              
               
               
                 quod
                 ●utem
                 in
                 uno
                 ,
                 aut
                 duobus
                 non
                 ad
                 artem
                 ,
                 sed
                 fortunam
                 ;
                 merito
                 ex
                 nostri
                 structura
                 corporis
                 licet
                 admirari
                 summam
                 artem
                 ,
                 aequitatem
                 ,
                 &
                 vim
                 naturae
                 ,
                 quae
                 nos
                 construxit
                 .
                 Constat
                 siquidem
                 corpus
                 nostrum
                 ex
                 ossibus
                 pluribus
                 quam
                 ducentis
                 ,
                 ad
                 singula
                 ossa
                 vero
                 pervenit
                 nutriens
                 vena
                 ;
                 sicut
                 ad
                 musculos
                 :
                 cum
                 hâc
                 etiam
                 arteria
                 ,
                 &
                 Nervi
                 ;
                 pariaque
                 adamussimsunt
                 ,
                 &
                 animo
                 similia
                 in
                 dextra
                 animantis
                 parte
                 sita
                 ,
                 iis
                 quae
                 in
                 altera
                 sunt
                 ;
                 Os
                 ossi
                 ,
                 Musculus
                 musculo
                 ,
                 Vena
                 vena
                 ,
                 Arteria
                 arteriae
                 ,
                 ac
                 Nervus
                 nervo
                 ;
                 idque
                 exceptis
                 visceribus
                 ,
                 atque
                 nonnullis
                 particulis
                 quae
                 habere
                 propriam
                 descriptionem
                 videntur
                 .
                 Duplices
                 itaque
                 corporis
                 nostri
                 partes
                 ,
                 omnino
                 inter
                 se
                 sunt
                 similes
                 ,
                 &
                 magnitudine
                 &
                 conformatione
                 ,
                 sicuti
                 &
                 consistentia
                 quam
                 voco
                 juxta
                 mollitiem
                 ,
                 duritiemque
                 differentia
                 .
                 Quemadm●dum
                 igitur
                 de
                 Humanis
                 effectibus
                 judicium
                 facimus
                 ,
                 ex
                 navi
                 summa
                 arte
                 constructa
                 cognoscentes
                 peritiam
                 artificis
                 ,
                 ita
                 etiam
                 de
                 Divinis
                 facere
                 convenit
                 ,
                 corporisque
                 nostri
                 Opificem
                 admirari
                 ,
                 quicunque
                 tandem
                 is
                 Deorum
                 existat
                 ,
                 etiamsi
                 eum
                 non
                 videmus
                 .
              
            
             
               Perhaps
               it
               may
               be
               truly
               said
               yet
               further
               ,
               That
               although
               in
               humane
               Bodies
               ,
               many
               Wonders
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               lately
               mention'd
               ,
               have
               been
               discover'd
               to
               us
               by
               Anatomy
               ,
               yet
               Anatomy
               it self
               has
               not
               discover'd
               to
               us
               all
               the
               Wonders
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               nor
               will
               detect
               them
               ,
               till
               Anatomists
               be
               skill'd
               in
               some
               other
               things
               over
               and
               above
               that
               of
               dexterously
               Dissecting
               :
               For
               it
               seems
               very
               probable
               ,
               that
               the
               excellent
               contrivance
               of
               some
               parts
               will
               never
               be
               fully
               apprehended
               ,
               without
               a
               competent
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               those
               Juices
               tha●
               are
               to
               pass
               thorow
               them
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               receive
               their
               beginning
               or
               some
               alteration
               in
               them
               ;
               And
               the
               Nature
               of
               these
               Juices
               will
               scarce
               be
               exactly
               known
               ,
               without
               some
               skill
               in
               divers
               parts
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               and
               especially
               in
               Chymistry
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               reason
               of
               the
               Origination
               ,
               Shape
               ,
               Bulk
               ,
               Length
               ,
               Progress
               ,
               and
               Infection
               of
               each
               particular
               Muscle
               ,
               can
               hardly
               be
               well
               accounted
               for
               ,
               without
               some
               skill
               in
               the
               Principles
               of
               Mechanicks
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               nature
               and
               properties
               of
               Leavers
               ,
               Pulleys
               ,
               
               &c.
               
               Moreover
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               certain
               Harmonious
               Proportion
               betwixt
               the
               parts
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               in
               reference
               both
               to
               the
               whole
               ,
               and
               to
               one
               another
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               wont
               to
               be
               heeded
               by
               Anatomists
               ,
               but
               much
               taken
               notice
               of
               by
               Statuaries
               and
               Painters
               :
               For
               they
               reckon
               ,
               that
               when
               a
               Mans
               Arms
               are
               display'd
               ,
               the
               distance
               betwixt
               his
               middle
               Fingers
               is
               equal
               to
               the
               height
               of
               his
               Body
               ;
               so
               they
               reckon
               sometimes
               seven
               ,
               sometimes
               eight
               lengths
               of
               the
               Head
               ,
               to
               the
               length
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               four
               times
               the
               length
               of
               the
               Nose
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Head
               ,
               as
               three
               times
               the
               same
               length
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Face
               :
               And
               divers
               such
               Observations
               we
               have
               met
               with
               among
               them
               ,
               which
               we
               shall
               not
               now
               insist
               on
               ,
               but
               rather
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               without
               some
               skill
               in
               Opticks
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               hard
               for
               an
               Anatomist
               to
               shew
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               in
               making
               the
               Crystalline
               humor
               of
               the
               Eyes
               of
               Men
               ,
               onely
               of
               a
               somewhat
               convex
               or
               lenticular
               form
               ,
               rather
               then
               as
               those
               of
               Fishes
               of
               an
               almost
               perfectly
               Spherical
               one
               .
               Nor
               do
               I
               remember
               that
               in
               Anatomy
               Schools
               I
               have
               heard
               any
               account
               given
               of
               this
               difference
               ,
               which
               yet
               tends
               much
               to
               manifest
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               the
               Author
               of
               Nature
               ,
               who
               has
               so
               excellently
               suited
               the
               Eyes
               of
               Animals
               to
               the
               several
               parts
               of
               the
               Universe
               he
               design'd
               them
               to
               inhabit
               .
               For
               Men
               ,
               and
               other
               Terrestrial
               Animals
               living
               in
               the
               Air
               ,
               the
               Beams
               of
               Light
               ,
               reflected
               from
               visible
               Objects
               ,
               and
               falling
               over
               the
               Cornea
               and
               the
               Aqueous
               humor
               ,
               do
               necessarily
               suffer
               a
               Refraction
               there
               ,
               as
               coming
               from
               the
               Air
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               thinner
               Medium
               into
               a
               thicker
               ,
               and
               so
               there
               needs
               the
               less
               of
               further
               Refraction
               to
               be
               made
               by
               the
               Crystalline
               humor
               ,
               and
               consequently
               its
               Figure
               needs
               to
               be
               but
               moderately
               convex
               ;
               whereas
               Fishes
               living
               constantly
               in
               the
               Water
               ,
               the
               Medium
               ,
               through
               which
               they
               see
               things
               ,
               is
               almost
               of
               a
               like
               thickness
               with
               the
               Cornea
               and
               Aqueous
               humor
               ;
               so
               that
               there
               being
               little
               or
               no
               Refraction
               made
               in
               their
               Eyes
               but
               by
               the
               Crystalline
               it self
               ,
               it
               was
               necessary
               that
               that
               should
               be
               exceedingly
               convex
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               make
               a
               very
               great
               Refraction
               ,
               and
               thereby
               unite
               the
               Beams
               nearer
               at
               hand
               ;
               which
               if
               the
               Crystalline
               were
               less
               
               convex
               ,
               would
               tend
               to
               a
               point
               of
               Concourse
               beyond
               the
               Retina
               ,
               and
               consequently
               paint
               on
               it
               but
               a
               languid
               and
               confus'd
               Picture
               of
               the
               Object
               they
               should
               represent
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               Paracelsus
               ,
               certainly
               he
               is
               injurious
               to
               Man
               ,
               if
               (
               as
               some
               eminent
               Chymists
               expound
               him
               )
               he
               calls
               Man
               a
               Microcosm
               ,
               because
               his
               Body
               is
               really
               made
               up
               of
               all
               the
               several
               kindes
               of
               Creatures
               the
               Macrocosm
               or
               greater
               World
               consists
               of
               ,
               
               and
               so
               is
               but
               a
               Model
               or
               Epitomy
               of
               the
               Universe
               :
               For
               (
               to
               omit
               that
               the
               Antients
               (
               as
               Galen
               informs
               us
               )
               gave
               the
               Title
               of
               Microcosms
               to
               Animals
               in
               general
               )
               't
               is
               the
               Glory
               and
               Prerogative
               of
               Man
               ,
               that
               God
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               make
               him
               not
               after
               the
               Worlds
               Image
               ,
               but
               His
               own
               .
               On
               which
               occasion
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               however
               ,
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               dignity
               conferr'd
               on
               us
               in
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               in
               whatever
               that
               Image
               be
               resolv'd
               to
               consist
               )
               should
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               be
               some
               engagement
               to
               us
               to
               look
               upon
               our selves
               as
               belonging
               unto
               God
               ;
               As
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               from
               the
               Image
               of
               Caesar
               stampt
               upon
               a
               Coyn
               ,
               pronounc'd
               it
               fit
               
                 to
                 render
                 unto
                 Caesar
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 Caesar
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 those
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               In
               the
               fourth
               place
               ,
               I
               consider
               that
               the
               universal
               experience
               of
               all
               Ages
               manifests
               ,
               That
               the
               contemplation
               of
               the
               World
               has
               been
               much
               more
               prevalent
               to
               make
               those
               that
               have
               addicted
               themselves
               to
               it
               ,
               Believers
               ,
               then
               Denyers
               of
               a
               Deity
               :
               For
               't
               is
               very
               apparent
               that
               the
               old
               Philosophers
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               acknowledg'd
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               as
               evident
               it
               is
               by
               their
               want
               of
               revelation
               ,
               by
               many
               Passages
               in
               their
               Writings
               ,
               and
               by
               divers
               other
               things
               not
               now
               to
               be
               insisted
               on
               ,
               That
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               was
               the
               chief
               thing
               that
               Induc'd
               them
               to
               acknowledge
               a
               Divine
               Author
               of
               them
               .
               This
               Truth
               I
               could
               easily
               make
               out
               ,
               were
               I
               at
               leisure
               to
               transcribe
               Testimonies
               ,
               which
               ,
               because
               I
               am
               not
               ,
               I
               shall
               content
               my self
               to
               mention
               to
               you
               one
               ,
               which
               may
               well
               serve
               for
               many
               ,
               it
               being
               a
               Confession
               made
               by
               Aristotle
               ,
               or
               whatever
               other
               Learned
               Philosopher
               it
               was
               ,
               who
               writ
               the
               Book
               
                 De
                 Mundo
              
               ,
               That
               Gods
               being
               the
               Architect
               and
               Upholder
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               was
               the
               general
               belief
               of
               
               the
               Ages
               that
               preceded
               his
               :
               Vetus
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 sermo
                 est
                 à
                 majoribus
                 proditus
                 ,
                 inter
                 omnes
                 homines
                 ,
                 universa
                 tum
                 ex
                 Deo
                 tum
                 per
                 Deū
                 constituta
                 fuisse
                 ,
                 atque
                 coagmentata
                 ,
              
               
               
                 nullamque
                 naturam
                 satis
                 instructam
                 ad
                 salutem
                 esse
                 posse
                 ,
                 quae
                 citra
                 Dei
                 praesidium
                 ,
                 suae
                 ipsa
                 demum
                 tutela
                 permissa
                 sit
              
               :
               And
               as
               for
               both
               the
               Opinion
               of
               that
               eminent
               Author
               himself
               ,
               and
               the
               Grounds
               of
               it
               ,
               he
               speaks
               of
               God
               and
               the
               Creation
               almost
               in
               the
               terms
               of
               St
               Paul
               :
               
               Proinde
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 haec
                 etiam
                 de
                 Deo
                 sentienda
                 nobis
                 sunt
                 ,
                 illo
                 quidem
                 ,
                 si
                 vim
                 spectes
                 ,
                 Valentissimo
                 ,
                 si
                 decorem
                 ,
                 Formosissimo
                 ,
                 si
                 vitam
                 Immortali
                 ,
                 denique
                 si
                 virtutem
                 Praestantissimo
                 .
                 Quapropter
                 cum
                 sit
                 inconspicabilis
                 naturae
                 omni
                 interiturae
                 ,
                 ipsis
                 nihilominus
                 ipse
                 cernitur
                 ab
                 operibus
                 ,
                 atque
                 ea
                 quidem
                 quae
                 aëre
                 quoquomodo
                 affecto
                 ,
                 quae
                 in
                 terra
                 ,
                 quae
                 in
                 aqua
                 ,
                 ea
                 certe
                 Dei
                 opera
                 esse
                 merito
                 dixerimus
                 ;
                 Dei
                 inquam
                 opera
                 ,
                 eum
                 imperio
                 summo
                 Mundum
                 ,
                 ac
                 pro
                 potestate
                 obtinentis
                 ,
                 Ex
                 quo
                 deo
                 ut
                 inquit
                 Empedocles
                 Physicus
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Omnia
                 quotquot
                 erunt
                 ,
                 quot
                 sunt
                 praesentia
                 ,
                 quotque
              
               
                 Orta
                 fuere
                 antehac
                 stirpes
                 ,
                 hominesque
                 feraeque
              
               
                 Inde
                 etiam
                 volucres
                 ,
                 piscesque
                 humoris
                 Alumni
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               those
               few
               Philosophers
               (
               if
               ever
               there
               have
               been
               any
               at
               all
               )
               that
               have
               been
               really
               Atheists
               ,
               are
               no
               ways
               considerable
               for
               their
               number
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               those
               that
               have
               asserted
               a
               Deity
               ;
               and
               their
               Paradoxes
               have
               been
               lookt
               upon
               as
               so
               Irrational
               ,
               that
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               have
               been
               propos'd
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               disdainfully
               rejected
               and
               condemn'd
               by
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               Man-kinde
               ,
               who
               have
               look'd
               upon
               the
               Patrons
               of
               them
               as
               Monsters
               rather
               then
               Philosophers
               .
               And
               if
               there
               be
               ,
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               any
               Nations
               (
               as
               Navigators
               inform
               us
               there
               are
               in
               Brasil
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Indies
               )
               that
               worship
               no
               God
               ,
               they
               consist
               not
               of
               Naturalists
               ,
               but
               Bruit
               ,
               and
               Irrational
               Barbarians
               ,
               who
               may
               be
               suppos'd
               rather
               to
               ignore
               the
               Being
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               deny
               it
               ;
               and
               who
               at
               least
               are
               little
               less
               strangers
               to
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               Nature
               ,
               then
               to
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               .
               And
               if
               it
               be
               a
               Truth
               that
               there
               
               are
               really
               such
               Atheistical
               People
               ,
               it
               may
               serve
               to
               recommend
               to
               us
               the
               Study
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               by
               shewing
               us
               ,
               That
               without
               the
               help
               of
               any
               such
               innate
               belief
               ,
               or
               perswasion
               of
               a
               God
               ,
               as
               is
               suppos'd
               connatural
               to
               Man
               ,
               Reason
               exercis'd
               upon
               the
               Objects
               the
               Creation
               presents
               us
               with
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               to
               convince
               Philosophers
               of
               a
               Deity
               ;
               and
               indeed
               such
               a
               care
               has
               God
               taken
               ,
               to
               make
               his
               Being
               conspicuous
               in
               his
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               they
               all
               seem
               loudly
               and
               unanimously
               to
               speak
               to
               their
               attentive
               Considerers
               ,
               in
               the
               Psalmists
               Language
               ,
               
                 Know
                 ye
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 God
              
               :
               
               
                 't
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 made
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 we
                 our selves
              
               :
               And
               as
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Stars
                 in
                 their
                 courses
                 fought
                 against
                 Sisera
                 ,
              
               so
               it
               may
               be
               truly
               said
               ,
               That
               not
               onely
               the
               Stars
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Creatures
               do
               in
               their
               courses
               fight
               against
               the
               Atheists
               ,
               by
               supplying
               an
               unprejudic'd
               Considerer
               of
               them
               with
               Weapons
               fit
               to
               over-throw
               his
               impious
               Error
               .
               To
               which
               purpose
               ,
               I
               remember
               Aristotle
               ,
               in
               his
               Book
               
                 De
                 Mundo
              
               ,
               makes
               use
               of
               a
               pretty
               Simile
               to
               declare
               the
               conspicuousness
               of
               the
               Creator
               in
               his
               Creatures
               :
               
                 Fama
                 est
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 Phidiam
                 illum
                 statuarium
              
               ,
               
               
                 quum
                 Minervam
                 illam
                 quae
                 est
                 in
                 Arce
                 ,
                 coagmentaret
                 ,
                 in
                 medio
                 ejus
                 scuto
                 faciem
                 suam
                 expressisse
                 ,
                 oculosque
                 fallenti
                 artificio
                 ita
                 devinxisse
                 simulachro
                 ,
                 eximere
                 ut
                 inde
                 ipsam
                 siquis
                 cuperet
                 ,
                 minime
                 posset
                 ,
                 aliter
                 quidem
                 certe
                 ,
                 quam
                 ut
                 ipsum
                 solveret
                 simulachrum
                 ,
                 opusque
                 ejusmodi
                 compactile
                 confunderet
                 ;
                 Hanc
                 eandem
                 rationem
                 Deus
                 habet
                 in
                 Mundo
                 ut
                 pote
                 qui
                 universorum
                 coagmentationem
                 cohaerentem
                 cohibeat
                 &
                 coarctet
                 ,
                 incolumitaetemque
                 Universitatis
                 conservet
                 ;
                 Nisi
                 quatenus
                 non
                 medio
                 ille
                 loco
                 in
                 Terra
                 scilicet
                 ,
                 ubi
                 Turbida
                 Regio
                 est
                 ,
                 sed
                 in
                 excelso
                 situs
                 est
                 ,
                 purus
                 ipse
                 in
                 puro
                 loco
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               to
               declare
               how
               Atheists
               may
               be
               reduc'd
               either
               to
               confess
               a
               first
               Cause
               ,
               or
               to
               offer
               violence
               to
               their
               own
               Faculties
               ,
               by
               denying
               things
               as
               certain
               as
               those
               ,
               which
               't
               is
               apparent
               that
               (
               in
               other
               cases
               )
               themselves
               firmly
               assent
               to
               ,
               would
               require
               a
               Discourse
               too
               large
               to
               be
               proper
               to
               be
               prosecuted
               here
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               I
               have
               not
               ,
               in
               another
               Treatise
               ,
               an
               opportunity
               of
               insisting
               on
               that
               subject
               ,
               I
               must
               content
               my self
               to
               refer
               you
               
               for
               further
               satisfaction
               on
               it
               ,
               to
               the
               Writers
               of
               Natural
               Theology
               .
            
             
               Nor
               does
               Physiology
               barely
               conduce
               to
               make
               Men
               believe
               the
               existence
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               but
               admire
               and
               celebrate
               the
               Perfections
               of
               it
               :
               And
               the
               noblest
               Worship
               from
               that
               greater
               part
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               which
               God
               did
               not
               vouchsafe
               any
               explicite
               and
               particular
               Revelation
               of
               his
               Will
               ,
               hath
               been
               paid
               Him
               ,
               by
               those
               whom
               the
               beauty
               of
               this
               goodly
               Temple
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               transported
               with
               a
               rational
               Wonder
               at
               the
               Wisdom
               ,
               Power
               ,
               and
               Goodness
               of
               the
               Divine
               Architect
               .
               And
               this
               kinde
               of
               Devotion
               being
               commonly
               proportionate
               to
               the
               discoveries
               of
               Nature
               that
               begot
               it
               ,
               it
               needs
               not
               seem
               strange
               ,
               that
               divers
               of
               the
               best
               Philosophers
               amongst
               the
               Heathens
               ,
               should
               be
               the
               greatest
               Celebrators
               of
               God
               :
               And
               't
               was
               therefore
               perhaps
               not
               without
               cause
               that
               the
               Indian
               Gymnosophists
               ,
               the
               
                 Persian
                 Magi
              
               ,
               the
               Egyptian
               Sacrificers
               ,
               and
               the
               old
               
                 ●auls
                 De●ides
              
               ,
               were
               to
               their
               Peoples
               both
               Philosophers
               and
               Priests
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               divers
               Civiliz'd
               Nations
               ,
               Philosophy
               and
               Priesthood
               were
               so
               ally'd
               ,
               that
               those
               whose
               Profession
               should
               give
               them
               most
               interest
               in
               the
               definition
               of
               Man
               ,
               made
               a
               more
               strict
               profession
               of
               celebrating
               and
               praising
               God.
               I
               might
               easily
               ,
               with
               divers
               Instances
               ,
               manifest
               how
               great
               a
               Veneration
               the
               Study
               of
               the
               Creatures
               has
               given
               Philosophers
               ,
               for
               those
               Attributes
               of
               God
               that
               are
               stamp'd
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               conspicuous
               in
               them
               :
               But
               my
               willingness
               to
               hasten
               to
               the
               more
               Experimental
               part
               of
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               concerning
               the
               usefulness
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               makes
               me
               content
               my self
               to
               present
               you
               with
               a
               couple
               ,
               or
               a
               leash
               of
               Authorities
               ,
               for
               proof
               of
               what
               has
               bee●
               alledg'd
               ;
               the
               first
               shall
               be
               of
               Galen
               ,
               in
               his
               third
               Book
               
                 De
                 usu
                 Partium
              
               ,
               where
               treating
               of
               the
               Skin
               that
               invests
               the
               sole
               of
               the
               Foot
               :
               
                 Cutem
                 ipsam
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 non
                 laxam
                 ,
                 aut
                 subtilem
                 ,
                 a●t
                 mollem
                 ,
                 sed
                 constrictam
                 ,
                 &
                 mediocritèr
                 duram
                 ,
                 sensilemque
                 ut
                 non
                 facile
                 pateretur
                 subdidit
                 pedi
                 sapientissimus
                 Conditor
                 noster
                 :
                 Cui
                 commentarios
                 hos
                 ,
                 ceu
                 hymnos
                 quosdam
                 compono
                 ,
                 &
                 in
                 e●
                 pietatem
                 esse
                 existimans
                 ,
                 non
                 si
                 Taurorum
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ei
                 plurimus
                 quispiam
                 
                 sacrificarit
                 ,
                 &
                 casias
                 aliaque
                 sexcenta
                 unguenta
                 suffumigarit
                 :
                 Sed
                 si
                 noverim
                 ipse
                 primus
                 deinde
                 exposuerim
                 aliis
                 quaenam
                 sit
                 ipsius
                 Sapientia
                 ,
                 quae
                 Virtus
                 ,
                 quae
                 Providentia
                 ,
                 quae
                 Bonitus
                 ;
                 ignorantia
                 quorum
                 summa
                 Impietas
                 est
                 ,
                 non
                 si
                 à
                 sacrificio
                 abstineas
                 .
                 Quod
                 enim
                 cultu
                 convenienti
                 exornavit
                 omnia
                 ,
                 nullique
                 bona
                 inviderit
                 id
                 perfectissimae
                 Bonitatis
                 specimen
                 esse
                 statu●
                 ,
                 Invenisse
                 autem
                 quo
                 pacto
                 omnia
                 adornarentur
                 summae
                 Sapientiae
                 est
                 ,
                 at
                 effecisse
                 omnia
                 quae
                 voluit
                 Virtutis
                 est
                 invictae
                 .
              
               To
               which
               Illustrious
               Passage
               he
               annexes
               much
               more
               ,
               worthy
               of
               Galens
               Pen
               ,
               and
               your
               perusal
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               let
               me
               adde
               ,
               in
               the
               second
               place
               ,
               that
               of
               
                 Hermes
                 Trismegistus
              
               ,
               almost
               at
               the
               very
               beginning
               of
               his
               first
               Book
               ,
               Englished
               by
               Dr.
               
                 Everard
                 :
                 He
                 that
                 shall
                 learn
                 and
                 study
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 they
                 are
                 ordered
                 and
                 governed
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 whom
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 what
                 cause
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 what
                 end
                 ,
                 will
                 acknowledge
                 thanks
                 to
                 the
                 Work-man
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 a
                 good
                 Father
                 ,
                 an
                 excellent
                 Nurse
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 faithful
                 Steward
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 gives
                 Thanks
                 shall
                 be
                 Pious
                 or
                 Religious
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 Religious
                 shall
                 know
                 both
                 where
                 the
                 Truth
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 it
                 is
                 ;
                 and
                 learning
                 that
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 be
                 yet
                 more
                 and
                 more
                 Religious
              
               :
               To
               which
               I
               cannot
               but
               adde
               a
               resembling
               Passage
               of
               that
               great
               Hermetical
               Philosopher
               (
               as
               his
               Followers
               love
               to
               call
               him
               )
               
                 Paracelsus
                 :
                 Oppido
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 admir
                 abilis
                 ,
                 in
                 suis
                 Operibus
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Deus
                 est
                 ;
                 à
                 quorum
                 contemplatione
                 nec
                 interdiu
                 ,
                 nec
                 noctu
                 desistendum
                 ,
                 sed
                 jugiter
                 illorum
                 indagationi
                 vacandum
                 est
                 ,
                 Hoc
                 enim
                 est
                 ambulare
                 in
                 Viis
                 Dei.
              
               All
               which
               bears
               witness
               to
               ,
               and
               may
               ,
               in
               exchange
               ,
               receive
               Authority
               from
               that
               remarkable
               passage
               of
               that
               Great
               and
               Solid
               Philosopher
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               
               who
               scruples
               not
               somewhere
               to
               affirm
               ,
               "
               That
               it
               is
               an
               assured
               Truth
               ,
               and
               a
               conclusion
               of
               Experience
               ,
               That
               a
               little
               or
               superficial
               taste
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               may
               ,
               perchance
               ,
               incline
               the
               minde
               of
               a
               Man
               to
               Atheism
               ,
               but
               a
               full
               Draught
               thereof
               ,
               brings
               the
               Minde
               back
               again
               to
               Religion
               .
               For
               in
               the
               entrance
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               when
               the
               Second
               Causes
               ,
               which
               are
               next
               unto
               the
               Senses
               ,
               do
               offer
               themselves
               to
               the
               Minde
               of
               Man
               ,
               and
               the
               Minde
               it self
               cleaves
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               dwells
               
               there
               ,
               a
               forgetfulness
               of
               the
               Highest
               Cause
               may
               creep
               in
               :
               But
               when
               a
               Man
               passeth
               further
               ,
               and
               beholds
               the
               Dependency
               ,
               Continuation
               ,
               and
               Confederacy
               of
               Causes
               ,
               and
               the
               Works
               of
               Providence
               ,
               then
               according
               to
               the
               Allegory
               of
               the
               Poets
               ,
               he
               will
               easily
               believe
               that
               the
               highest
               Link
               of
               Natures
               Chain
               must
               needs
               be
               tyed
               to
               the
               foot
               of
               Jupiters
               Chair
               ;
               or
               (
               to
               speak
               our
               Chancellors
               thoughts
               more
               Scripturally
               )
               That
               Physiology
               ,
               like
               Jacobs
               Vision
               ,
               discovers
               to
               us
               
                 a
                 Ladder
              
               ,
               
               
                 whose
                 top
                 reaches
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 foot-stool
                 of
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 God
              
               :
               To
               which
               he
               deservedly
               addes
               ,
               
                 Let
                 no
                 Man
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 weak
                 conceit
                 of
                 sobriety
                 ,
                 or
                 ill-applyed
                 moderation
                 ,
                 think
                 or
                 maintain
                 that
                 a
                 Man
                 can
                 search
                 too
                 far
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 too
                 well
                 studied
                 in
                 the
                 Book
                 of
                 Gods
                 Word
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Book
                 of
                 Gods
                 Works
                 ,
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 or
                 Philosophy
                 :
                 But
                 rather
                 le●
                 Men
                 awake
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 chearfully
                 endeavor
                 and
                 pursue
                 an
                 endless
                 progress
                 or
                 proficiency
                 in
                 both
                 ;
                 onely
                 let
                 them
                 beware
                 lest
                 they
                 apply
                 Knowledge
                 to
                 Swelling
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Charity
                 ;
                 to
                 Ostentation
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Use
                 :
                 And
                 again
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 unwisely
                 mingle
                 and
                 confound
                 these
                 distinct
                 Learnings
                 of
                 Theology
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 several
                 Waters
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               fifth
               place
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               consider
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Divines
               we
               are
               answering
               suppose
               Physiology
               likely
               to
               render
               a
               Man
               an
               Atheist
               ,
               they
               do
               it
               (
               as
               hath
               above
               been
               noted
               already
               )
               upon
               this
               Ground
               ,
               That
               Natural
               Philosophy
               may
               enable
               him
               to
               explicate
               both
               the
               regular
               Phaenomena
               ,
               and
               the
               aberrations
               of
               Nature
               ,
               without
               having
               recourse
               to
               a
               first
               Cause
               or
               God.
               But
               though
               this
               supposal
               were
               as
               great
               a
               Truth
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               endeavored
               to
               make
               it
               a
               Mistake
               ,
               yet
               I
               see
               not
               why
               a
               Studier
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               great
               a
               Proficient
               in
               it
               ,
               may
               not
               rationally
               be
               an
               utter
               Enemy
               to
               Atheism
               :
               For
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               is
               but
               one
               of
               the
               ways
               of
               coming
               to
               be
               convinc'd
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               though
               Religion
               were
               unable
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Argument
               drawn
               from
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               prove
               the
               existence
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               yet
               has
               she
               other
               Arguments
               enough
               besides
               ,
               to
               keep
               any
               Considerate
               
               and
               Impartial
               Man
               from
               growing
               an
               Atheist
               .
               And
               here
               give
               me
               leave
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               these
               Divines
               ,
               to
               observe
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               Devils
               be
               Spirits
               ,
               not
               onely
               extreamly
               knowing
               in
               the
               Properties
               of
               Things
               (
               by
               their
               hidden
               skill
               in
               Physiology
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               teach
               Magicians
               ,
               and
               their
               other
               Clients
               ,
               to
               do
               divers
               of
               the
               strange
               things
               for
               which
               they
               are
               admired
               )
               But
               also
               unmeasureably
               proud
               ,
               and
               willing
               to
               pervert
               their
               knowledge
               to
               the
               cherishing
               of
               Atheism
               ;
               yet
               St.
               James
               informs
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 themselves
                 believe
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 God
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 tremble
                 at
                 him
              
               ;
               which
               argues
               ,
               either
               that
               skill
               in
               Natural
               Philosophy
               does
               not
               necessarily
               lead
               to
               Atheism
               ,
               or
               that
               there
               are
               other
               Arguments
               ,
               besides
               those
               drawn
               from
               Science
               ,
               sufficient
               to
               convince
               the
               most
               refractary
               of
               the
               existence
               of
               a
               Deity
               .
            
             
               But
               not
               to
               insist
               on
               any
               thing
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               to
               mention
               what
               proofs
               the
               consideration
               of
               our
               own
               Minds
               ,
               and
               their
               in-bred
               Notions
               ,
               may
               affo●d
               us
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               I
               shall
               content
               my self
               to
               minde
               you
               ,
               That
               the
               several
               Patefactions
               which
               God
               has
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               make
               of
               himself
               ,
               to
               Man
               especially
               ,
               those
               made
               by
               seasonably
               accomplish'd
               Prophesies
               ,
               and
               by
               Miracles
               ,
               do
               not
               onely
               demonstrate
               the
               Being
               ,
               but
               the
               Providence
               ,
               and
               divers
               of
               the
               Attributes
               of
               God.
               And
               indeed
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               the
               Divines
               we
               reason
               with
               may
               well
               allow
               these
               Patefactions
               to
               be
               capable
               of
               evincing
               the
               existence
               of
               a
               God
               ,
               since
               they
               are
               sufficient
               ,
               and
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               the
               best
               Arguments
               we
               have
               to
               convince
               a
               rational
               Man
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               .
               For
               the
               Miracles
               of
               Christ
               (
               especially
               his
               Resurrection
               )
               and
               those
               of
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               by
               being
               Works
               altogether
               supernatural
               ,
               overthrow
               Atheism
               ;
               and
               being
               owned
               to
               be
               done
               in
               Gods
               Name
               ,
               and
               to
               authorize
               a
               Doctrine
               ascrib'd
               to
               his
               Inspiration
               ;
               his
               Goodness
               ,
               and
               his
               Wisdom
               ,
               permit
               us
               not
               to
               believe
               that
               he
               would
               suffer
               such
               numerous
               ,
               great
               ,
               and
               uncontrouled
               Miracles
               ,
               to
               be
               set
               as
               his
               Seals
               to
               a
               Lie
               ,
               and
               delude
               Men
               little
               less
               then
               inevitably
               into
               the
               belief
               of
               a
               Doctrine
               not
               true
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Miracles
               themselves
               (
               especially
               that
               
               of
               Christs
               Resurrection
               ,
               so
               much
               ,
               and
               so
               deservedly
               insisted
               on
               by
               Peter
               to
               the
               Jews
               ,
               and
               Paul
               to
               the
               Gentiles
               )
               the
               truth
               of
               them
               is
               so
               ascertain'd
               to
               us
               by
               many
               of
               the
               solemnist
               ,
               and
               most
               authentick
               ways
               of
               Attestation
               ,
               whereby
               the
               certainty
               of
               Matters
               of
               Fact
               is
               capable
               of
               being
               satisfactorily
               made
               out
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               hard
               to
               shew
               how
               these
               Testimonies
               can
               be
               deny'd
               ,
               without
               denying
               some
               acknowledg'd
               Principle
               of
               Reason
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               received
               Notion
               ,
               which
               these
               Contradictors
               Opinions
               or
               Practice
               manifest
               them
               to
               look
               upon
               as
               a
               truth
               .
               And
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               so
               much
               might
               be
               said
               to
               evince
               the
               reasonableness
               of
               assenting
               to
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               and
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               as
               much
               may
               be
               said
               for
               it
               ,
               as
               need
               be
               said
               for
               any
               Religion
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               then
               can
               be
               said
               for
               any
               other
               ;
               that
               it
               need
               be
               no
               wonder
               ,
               that
               ,
               as
               Learned
               Men
               as
               ever
               the
               World
               admir'd
               ,
               have
               not
               been
               many
               of
               them
               Embracers
               ,
               but
               some
               of
               them
               Champions
               of
               it
               .
               But
               having
               more
               fully
               ,
               in
               another
               Treatise
               ,
               discours'd
               of
               this
               subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               content
               my self
               to
               make
               this
               Inference
               from
               what
               has
               been
               alledg'd
               ,
               that
               since
               the
               most
               Judicious
               Propugners
               of
               Christianity
               have
               held
               and
               found
               ,
               that
               ,
               upon
               the
               score
               of
               Gods
               miraculous
               Revelations
               of
               himself
               ,
               rational
               Men
               might
               be
               brought
               to
               believe
               the
               abstruser
               Articles
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               those
               Revelations
               cannot
               but
               be
               sufficient
               to
               convince
               them
               of
               so
               fundamental
               and
               refulgent
               a
               Truth
               (
               which
               all
               the
               others
               suppose
               )
               as
               that
               of
               the
               existence
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               sixth
               and
               last
               place
               ,
               I
               will
               here
               adde
               (
               on
               this
               occasion
               )
               that
               an
               insight
               into
               Physiological
               Principles
               ,
               may
               very
               much
               assist
               a
               Man
               to
               answer
               the
               Objections
               of
               Atheists
               ,
               against
               the
               Being
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               and
               the
               Exceptions
               they
               make
               to
               the
               Arguments
               brought
               to
               prove
               that
               there
               is
               one
               :
               For
               though
               it
               has
               long
               been
               the
               custom
               of
               such
               Men
               ,
               to
               talk
               as
               if
               themselves
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               their
               minde
               ,
               were
               not
               alone
               the
               best
               ,
               but
               almost
               the
               onely
               Naturalists
               ;
               and
               to
               perplex
               others
               with
               pretending
               ,
               th●t
               ,
               whereas
               it
               is
               not
               conceiveable
               how
               there
               can
               be
               a
               God
               ,
               
               all
               things
               are
               by
               the
               Principles
               of
               the
               Atomical
               Philosophy
               ,
               made
               clear
               and
               facil
               .
               Though
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               have
               long
               been
               us'd
               among
               the
               Opposers
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               yet
               he
               that
               not
               regarding
               their
               confidence
               ,
               shall
               attentively
               consider
               the
               very
               first
               Principles
               of
               things
               ,
               may
               plainly
               enough
               discern
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               Arguments
               wherewith
               Natural
               Philosophy
               has
               furnish'd
               Atheists
               ,
               those
               that
               are
               indeed
               considerable
               ,
               are
               far
               fewer
               then
               one
               would
               readily
               think
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               difficulty
               of
               conceiving
               the
               Eternity
               ,
               Self-existence
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Attributes
               of
               God
               (
               though
               that
               afford
               them
               their
               grand
               Objection
               )
               proceeds
               not
               so
               much
               from
               any
               absurdity
               belonging
               to
               the
               Notion
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               as
               such
               ;
               as
               from
               the
               difficulty
               which
               our
               dim
               humane
               Intellects
               finde
               to
               conceive
               the
               Nature
               of
               those
               first
               Things
               (
               whatever
               we
               suppose
               them
               )
               which
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               Causes
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               must
               be
               themselves
               without
               cause
               :
               For
               he
               that
               shall
               attentively
               consider
               ,
               what
               the
               Atomists
               themselves
               may
               be
               compell'd
               to
               allow
               concerning
               the
               Eternity
               of
               Matter
               ,
               the
               Origine
               of
               local
               Motion
               (
               which
               plainly
               belongs
               not
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               Body
               )
               the
               Infinity
               or
               Boundlesness
               of
               space
               ,
               the
               Divisibleness
               or
               non-Divisibility
               of
               each
               Corporeal
               Substance
               into
               infinite
               Material
               Parts
               ,
               may
               clearly
               perceive
               that
               the
               Atomist
               ,
               by
               denying
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               cannot
               free
               his
               Understanding
               from
               such
               puzling
               Difficulties
               as
               he
               pretends
               to
               be
               the
               Reasons
               of
               his
               Denyal
               .
               For
               instead
               of
               one
               God
               ,
               he
               must
               confess
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               Atoms
               to
               be
               Eternal
               ,
               Self-existent
               ,
               Immortal
               ,
               Self-moving
               ,
               and
               must
               make
               Suppositions
               ,
               incumbred
               with
               Difficulties
               enough
               to
               him
               that
               has
               competently
               accustomed
               his
               Thoughts
               to
               leave
               Second
               Causes
               beneath
               them
               ,
               and
               contemplate
               those
               Causes
               that
               have
               none
               .
               But
               I
               am
               unwilling
               to
               swell
               this
               Essay
               ,
               by
               insisting
               on
               such
               Considerations
               as
               these
               ,
               especially
               since
               you
               may
               finde
               them
               more
               aptly
               deduc'd
               in
               other
               Papers
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               treat
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               and
               others
               are
               design'd
               for
               the
               Illustration
               of
               some
               things
               in
               this
               
               &
               the
               fore-going
               Essays
               .
               For
               I
               must
               confess
               to
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               sundry
               Avocations
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               so
               diverted
               from
               proposing
               some
               of
               the
               Reasons
               I
               have
               employ'd
               ,
               to
               their
               best
               advantage
               ,
               that
               I
               my self
               ,
               at
               another
               time
               ,
               could
               have
               both
               mention'd
               them
               with
               lesser
               disadvantage
               ,
               and
               have
               added
               divers
               others
               :
               And
               therefore
               I
               have
               not
               onely
               had
               thoughts
               of
               enlarging
               upon
               some
               Passages
               of
               our
               past
               Discourse
               ,
               but
               I
               long
               since
               made
               a
               Collection
               (
               though
               it
               be
               not
               now
               in
               my
               power
               )
               of
               Observations
               ,
               and
               Experiments
               to
               elucidate
               a
               Point
               in
               one
               of
               those
               Discourses
               ,
               whereby
               may
               be
               enervated
               one
               of
               the
               three
               chief
               Physiological
               Reasonings
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               met
               with
               among
               the
               Atheists
               .
            
             
               Upon
               consideration
               of
               all
               the
               Premises
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               enclined
               to
               think
               there
               may
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               be
               more
               cause
               to
               apprehend
               ,
               that
               the
               delightfulness
               of
               the
               Study
               of
               Phisiology
               should
               too
               much
               confine
               your
               Thoughts
               and
               Joys
               to
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               then
               that
               your
               Proficiency
               in
               it
               should
               bring
               you
               to
               dis-believe
               the
               Creator
               :
               For
               I
               have
               observ'd
               it
               to
               be
               a
               fault
               ,
               incident
               enough
               to
               Ingenious
               Persons
               ,
               to
               let
               their
               mindes
               be
               so
               taken
               up
               ,
               and
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               charm'd
               with
               that
               almost
               infinite
               variety
               of
               pleasing
               Objects
               ,
               which
               Nature
               presents
               to
               their
               Contemplation
               ,
               that
               they
               too
               much
               dis-relish
               other
               Pleasures
               and
               Employments
               ,
               and
               are
               too
               apt
               to
               undervalue
               even
               those
               wherewith
               the
               improv'd
               Opportunities
               of
               serving
               God
               ,
               or
               holding
               Communion
               with
               Him
               ,
               are
               capable
               of
               Blessing
               the
               Pious
               Soul.
               
            
             
               But
               ,
               Pyroph
               :
               though
               comparatively
               to
               Fame
               ,
               and
               Mistresses
               ,
               and
               Baggs
               ,
               and
               Bottles
               ,
               and
               those
               other
               transient
               ,
               unsatisfactory
               ,
               (
               in
               a
               word
               )
               deluding
               Objects
               ,
               on
               which
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               mistaken
               Mortals
               ,
               so
               fondly
               dote
               ,
               the
               entertaining
               of
               our
               Noblest
               Faculties
               ,
               with
               Objects
               suited
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               proper
               both
               to
               gratifie
               our
               Curiosity
               ,
               and
               to
               enrich
               our
               
               understandings
               ,
               with
               variety
               of
               acceptable
               and
               useful
               Notions
               ,
               affords
               a
               satisfaction
               that
               very
               well
               deserves
               the
               choice
               and
               preferrence
               of
               a
               rational
               Creature
               :
               Yet
               certainly
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               as
               God
               is
               infinitely
               better
               then
               all
               the
               things
               that
               he
               has
               made
               ,
               so
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               Him
               is
               much
               better
               then
               the
               knowledge
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               he
               that
               has
               plac'd
               so
               much
               delightfulness
               in
               a
               Knowledge
               ,
               wherein
               he
               allows
               his
               very
               Enemies
               to
               become
               very
               great
               Proficients
               ,
               has
               sure
               reserv'd
               much
               Higher
               ,
               and
               more
               contenting
               Pleasures
               to
               sweeten
               and
               endear
               those
               Disclosures
               of
               Himself
               ,
               which
               He
               vouchsafes
               to
               none
               but
               those
               that
               love
               Him
               ,
               and
               are
               lov'd
               by
               Him.
               
            
             
               And
               therefore
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               though
               I
               will
               allow
               you
               to
               expect
               from
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               Nature
               a
               greater
               satisfaction
               ,
               then
               from
               any
               thing
               you
               need
               decline
               for
               it
               ▪
               yet
               I
               would
               not
               have
               you
               expect
               from
               it
               any
               such
               satisfaction
               as
               you
               may
               entirely
               acquiess
               in
               ,
               for
               nothing
               but
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               Him
               that
               made
               the
               Soul
               for
               Himself
               can
               satisfie
               it
               ,
               the
               Creatures
               being
               as
               well
               uncapable
               to
               afford
               us
               a
               compleat
               Felicity
               by
               our
               Intellectual
               Speculations
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               by
               our
               sensual
               Fruitions
               of
               them
               ;
               for
               though
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Nature
               be
               preferrable
               by
               odds
               to
               those
               other
               Idols
               which
               we
               have
               mention'd
               ,
               as
               inferior
               to
               it
               ,
               yet
               we
               here
               attain
               that
               knowledge
               ,
               but
               very
               imperfectly
               ,
               and
               our
               acquisitions
               of
               it
               cost
               us
               so
               dear
               ,
               and
               the
               Pleasures
               of
               them
               is
               so
               allay'd
               with
               the
               disquieting
               Curiosity
               they
               are
               wont
               to
               excite
               ,
               that
               the
               wisest
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               greatest
               of
               Philosophers
               among
               the
               Antients
               ,
               scruples
               not
               ,
               upon
               his
               own
               experience
               ,
               
               to
               call
               the
               addicting
               of
               
                 ones
                 heart
                 to
                 seek
                 and
                 search
                 out
                 by
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 concerning
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 done
                 under
                 the
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 a
                 sore
                 travel
                 given
                 by
                 God
                 to
                 the
                 sons
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 exercis'd
              
               (
               or
               ,
               as
               the
               Original
               hath
               it
               ,
               
                 to
                 afflict
                 themselves
                 )
                 therewith
              
               :
               And
               the
               same
               experienc'd
               Writer
               elsewhere
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 that
                 encreases
                 knowledge
              
               ,
               
               
                 encreases
                 sorrow
              
               .
               And
               't
               was
               perhaps
               for
               this
               reason
               that
               Adam
               was
               form'd
               out
               of
               Paradice
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               by
               God
               brought
               into
               it
               ,
               to
               intimate
               ,
               That
               
               Felicity
               is
               not
               a
               thing
               that
               Man
               can
               acquire
               for
               himself
               ,
               but
               must
               receive
               as
               a
               free
               gift
               from
               the
               liberal
               Hand
               of
               God
               :
               And
               as
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Prophets
               sought
               translated
               Elias
               with
               very
               great
               diligence
               ,
               but
               with
               no
               success
               ,
               
               so
               do
               we
               as
               Fruitlesly
               as
               Industriously
               ,
               seek
               after
               perfect
               Happiness
               here
               ,
               both
               they
               and
               we
               ,
               missing
               of
               what
               we
               seek
               for
               the
               same
               reason
               ;
               because
               we
               seek
               for
               that
               on
               Earth
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               to
               be
               found
               but
               in
               Heaven
               :
               And
               this
               I
               forewarn
               you
               of
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               not
               at
               all
               to
               discourage
               you
               from
               the
               study
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               but
               to
               keep
               you
               from
               meeting
               with
               that
               great
               Discouragement
               of
               finding
               in
               it
               much
               less
               of
               satisfaction
               then
               you
               expected
               ,
               and
               over-great
               expectation
               from
               it
               ,
               being
               one
               of
               the
               disadvantagiousest
               Circumstances
               with
               which
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               any
               thing
               to
               be
               enjoyed
               .
            
             
               But
               at
               length
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               though
               late
               ,
               I
               begin
               to
               discern
               into
               how
               tedious
               a
               digression
               my
               zeal
               for
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               and
               for
               you
               ,
               has
               mis-led
               me
               ,
               and
               how
               it
               has
               drawn
               from
               my
               Pen
               some
               Passages
               ,
               which
               may
               seem
               to
               relish
               more
               of
               the
               Preacher
               ,
               then
               the
               Naturalist
               ;
               yet
               I
               might
               alledge
               divers
               things
               to
               justifie
               ,
               or
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               extenuate
               what
               I
               have
               done
               :
               As
               first
               ,
               That
               if
               in
               making
               this
               Excursion
               I
               have
               err'd
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               done
               so
               without
               the
               Authority
               of
               great
               Examples
               ;
               for
               not
               onely
               Seneca
               doth
               frequently
               both
               season
               his
               Natural
               Speculations
               with
               Moral
               Documents
               and
               Reflections
               ,
               and
               owns
               ,
               that
               he
               purposely
               does
               so
               ,
               where
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 Omnibus
                 rebus
              
               ,
               
               
                 omnibusque
                 sermonibus
                 aliquid
                 salutare
                 miscendum
                 est
                 ,
                 cum
                 imus
                 per
                 Occulta
                 Naturae
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               even
               Pliny
               (
               as
               far
               as
               he
               was
               from
               being
               guilty
               of
               over-much
               Devotion
               )
               does
               from
               divers
               Passages
               in
               his
               Natural
               History
               ,
               allow
               himself
               to
               take
               occasion
               to
               inveigh
               against
               the
               Luxury
               ,
               Excesses
               ,
               and
               other
               Epidemical
               Vices
               of
               his
               time
               .
               And
               I
               might
               next
               represent
               ,
               that
               perhaps
               the
               endeavoring
               to
               manifest
               ,
               that
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Creatures
               should
               ,
               and
               how
               it
               may
               be
               referr'd
               to
               the
               Creators
               Glory
               ,
               is
               not
               altogether
               impertinent
               to
               the
               design
               I
               have
               of
               promoting
               
               Physiology
               ,
               for
               it
               seems
               consonant
               both
               to
               Gods
               Goodness
               ,
               and
               that
               repeated
               Axiome
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               which
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 that
                 improves
                 his
                 Talents
                 to
                 good
                 uses
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 intrusted
                 with
                 more
                 ,
              
               That
               the
               imploying
               the
               little
               Knowledge
               I
               have
               in
               the
               service
               of
               Him
               I
               owe
               it
               to
               ,
               may
               invite
               Him
               to
               encrease
               that
               little
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               less
               despicable
               .
               And
               perhaps
               it
               is
               not
               the
               least
               cause
               of
               our
               ignorance
               ,
               in
               Natural
               Philosophy
               it self
               ,
               that
               when
               we
               study
               the
               Great
               Book
               of
               Nature
               ,
               call'd
               
                 The
                 Universe
              
               ,
               we
               consult
               ,
               peradventure
               ,
               almost
               all
               other
               Expositors
               to
               understand
               its
               Mysteries
               ,
               without
               making
               any
               address
               for
               instruction
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               who
               yet
               is
               justly
               stil'd
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 Father
                 of
                 Lights
              
               (
               in
               the
               plural
               Number
               )
               
                 from
                 whom
                 descends
                 every
                 good
                 and
                 every
                 perfect
                 Gift
                 ,
              
               not
               onely
               those
               supernatural
               Graces
               ,
               that
               relate
               to
               another
               World
               ,
               but
               those
               intellectual
               Endowments
               ,
               that
               qualifie
               Men
               for
               the
               prosperous
               Contemplation
               of
               this
               :
               And
               therefore
               in
               the
               Evangelical
               Prophet
               ,
               
               he
               is
               said
               ,
               to
               instruct
               even
               the
               Plough
               man
               ,
               and
               teach
               him
               the
               skill
               and
               understanding
               he
               displays
               in
               his
               own
               Profession
               .
               And
               though
               I
               dare
               not
               affirm
               ,
               with
               some
               of
               the
               Helmontians
               and
               Paracelsians
               ,
               that
               God
               di●closes
               to
               Men
               the
               Great
               Mystery
               of
               Chymistry
               by
               Good
               Angels
               ,
               or
               by
               Nocturnal
               Visions
               ,
               as
               he
               once
               taught
               Jacob
               ,
               to
               make
               Lambs
               and
               Kids
               come
               into
               the
               World
               speckled
               ,
               
               and
               ring-streaked
               ;
               yet
               perswaded
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               the
               favor
               of
               God
               does
               (
               much
               more
               then
               most
               Men
               are
               aware
               of
               )
               vouchsafe
               to
               promote
               some
               Mens
               Proficiency
               in
               the
               study
               of
               Nature
               ,
               partly
               by
               protecting
               their
               attempts
               from
               those
               unlucky
               Accidents
               which
               often
               make
               Ingenuous
               and
               Industrious
               endeavors
               miscarry
               ;
               and
               partly
               by
               making
               them
               dear
               and
               acceptable
               to
               the
               Possessors
               of
               Secrets
               ,
               by
               whose
               Friendly
               Communication
               they
               may
               often
               learn
               that
               in
               a
               few
               Moments
               ,
               which
               cost
               the
               Imparters
               many
               a
               Years
               toyl
               and
               study
               ;
               and
               partly
               too
               ,
               or
               rather
               principally
               ,
               by
               directing
               them
               to
               those
               happy
               and
               pregnant
               Hints
               ,
               which
               an
               ordinary
               skill
               and
               industry
               may
               so
               improve
               as
               to
               do
               such
               things
               ,
               and
               
               make
               such
               discoveries
               by
               virtue
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               both
               others
               ,
               and
               the
               person
               himself
               ,
               whose
               knowledge
               is
               thus
               encreased
               ,
               would
               scarce
               have
               imagin'd
               to
               be
               possible
               :
               And
               in
               effect
               ,
               the
               chiefest
               of
               the
               Secrets
               that
               have
               been
               communicated
               to
               me
               ,
               the
               Owners
               have
               acknowledg'd
               to
               me
               to
               have
               been
               attain'd
               ,
               rather
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               pleas'd
               to
               speak
               ,
               by
               accidental
               Hints
               ,
               then
               accurate
               Enquiries
               :
               confessions
               of
               this
               nature
               I
               have
               divers
               times
               met
               with
               in
               the
               Writings
               of
               the
               more
               Ingenious
               of
               the
               Chymists
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               Naturalists
               ,
               and
               by
               one
               of
               these
               accidental
               Hints
               ,
               of
               late
               ,
               the
               acute
               and
               lucky
               Pecquet
               was
               directed
               to
               finde
               the
               newly
               discovered
               
                 Lactea
                 Thoracica
              
               ,
               as
               before
               him
               Asellius
               found
               without
               seeking
               ,
               as
               himself
               confesseth
               ,
               the
               
                 Lactea
                 Mesenterica
              
               ;
               and
               by
               an
               accident
               too
               (
               as
               himself
               hath
               told
               me
               )
               did
               our
               industrious
               Anatomist
               ,
               Dr.
               Jolive
               ,
               first
               light
               upon
               those
               yet
               more
               freshly
               detected
               Vessels
               ,
               which
               afterwards
               the
               Ingenuous
               Bartholinus
               ,
               without
               being
               inform'd
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               seeking
               for
               them
               ,
               hath
               met
               with
               ,
               and
               acquainted
               the
               World
               with
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Vasa
                 Lymphatica
              
               ;
               and
               the
               two
               great
               Inventions
               of
               the
               later
               Ages
               ,
               Gunpowder
               ,
               and
               the
               Loadstones
               respect
               unto
               the
               Poles
               ,
               are
               suppos'd
               to
               be
               due
               rather
               to
               Chance
               ,
               then
               any
               extraordinary
               skill
               in
               Philosophical
               Principles
               (
               which
               indeed
               would
               scarce
               have
               made
               any
               Man
               dream
               of
               such
               extravagant
               Properties
               ,
               as
               those
               of
               Magnetick
               Bodies
               )
               As
               if
               God
               design'd
               to
               keep
               Philosophers
               humble
               ,
               and
               (
               though
               he
               allow
               regular
               Industry
               ,
               sufficient
               encouragement
               ,
               yet
               )
               to
               remain
               Himself
               dispenser
               of
               the
               chief
               Mysteries
               of
               Nature
               .
            
             
               To
               what
               hath
               been
               represented
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               might
               adde
               much
               more
               to
               excuse
               my
               Excursions
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               not
               content
               to
               be
               beholden
               to
               you
               for
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               to
               invite
               you
               to
               grant
               it
               me
               ,
               I
               shall
               promise
               you
               to
               be
               very
               careful
               not
               to
               repeat
               the
               like
               offence
               ;
               and
               whereas
               most
               Chymical
               Writers
               take
               occasion
               
               from
               almost
               every
               Discovery
               or
               Process
               they
               acquaint
               us
               with
               ,
               to
               digress
               and
               wander
               into
               tedious
               ,
               and
               too
               often
               dull
               and
               impertinent
               Theological
               Reflections
               or
               Sermons
               .
               I
               have
               troubled
               you
               with
               almost
               all
               that
               I
               have
               to
               say
               (
               to
               you
               )
               of
               Theological
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               endeavored
               to
               sprinkle
               it
               as
               far
               as
               the
               subject
               would
               allow
               me
               ,
               with
               some
               Passages
               Experimental
               .
               And
               indeed
               I
               should
               not
               at
               all
               have
               engag'd
               my self
               into
               so
               long
               a
               Discourse
               of
               the
               not
               onely
               Innocency
               ,
               but
               Usefulness
               of
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Nature
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               Religion
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               could
               not
               acquiess
               in
               what
               I
               had
               met
               with
               on
               that
               subject
               in
               any
               of
               the
               Writers
               I
               have
               perus'd
               ,
               Divines
               being
               commonly
               too
               unacquainted
               with
               Nature
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               manage
               it
               Physiologically
               enough
               ,
               and
               Naturalists
               commonly
               esteeming
               it
               on
               part
               of
               their
               work
               to
               treat
               of
               it
               at
               all
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               scruple
               not
               to
               confess
               freely
               to
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               think
               my self
               richly
               rewarded
               for
               all
               the
               ensuing
               Essays
               ,
               if
               the
               past
               Discourse
               but
               prove
               so
               happy
               as
               to
               bring
               you
               to
               value
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               the
               Religious
               use
               of
               the
               Creatures
               recommended
               to
               you
               in
               it
               :
               So
               I
               had
               rather
               any
               of
               my
               Papers
               should
               be
               pass'd
               by
               unperused
               ,
               then
               those
               parts
               of
               these
               Essays
               that
               treat
               of
               that
               use
               .
               And
               indeed
               't
               is
               none
               of
               the
               least
               of
               Satisfactions
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               to
               derive
               from
               my
               Physical
               Composures
               ,
               that
               by
               premising
               before
               them
               the
               now
               almost
               finish'd
               Discourse
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               my
               hearty
               endeavor
               to
               manifest
               and
               recommend
               the
               true
               use
               of
               all
               the
               Discoveries
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               either
               my
               Enquiries
               ,
               or
               your
               own
               ,
               may
               afford
               you
               .
               And
               indeed
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               esteem
               the
               Doctrine
               I
               have
               been
               pleading
               for
               of
               that
               importance
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               perswaded
               ,
               That
               he
               that
               could
               bring
               Philosophical
               Devotion
               into
               the
               request
               it
               Merits
               ,
               should
               contribute
               as
               much
               to
               the
               solemnizing
               of
               Gods
               Praises
               ,
               as
               the
               Benefactor
               of
               Choristers
               and
               Founders
               of
               Chauntries
               ,
               and
               not
               much
               less
               then
               Davids
               so
               celebrated
               
               designation
               and
               settlement
               of
               that
               Religious
               Levitical
               Musick
               ,
               instituted
               for
               the
               solemn
               Celebration
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               For
               the
               sensible
               Representations
               of
               Gods
               Attributes
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               occurring
               almost
               every
               where
               to
               our
               observation
               ,
               would
               very
               assiduously
               solicit
               us
               to
               admire
               Him
               ,
               did
               we
               but
               arightly
               discern
               Him
               in
               them
               :
               And
               the
               Impressions
               made
               on
               the
               Minde
               by
               these
               Representations
               ,
               proceeding
               not
               from
               a
               bare
               (
               and
               perhaps
               languid
               )
               whether
               Belief
               or
               Notion
               of
               the
               Perfections
               express'd
               in
               them
               ,
               but
               from
               an
               actual
               and
               operative
               intuition
               of
               them
               ,
               would
               excite
               an
               admiration
               (
               with
               the
               Devotion
               springing
               thence
               )
               by
               so
               much
               the
               more
               intense
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               (
               it
               would
               be
               )
               more
               rational
               .
               And
               sure
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               so
               much
               admirable
               Workmanship
               as
               God
               hath
               display'd
               in
               the
               Universe
               ,
               was
               never
               meant
               for
               Eyes
               that
               wilfully
               close
               themselves
               ,
               and
               affront
               it
               with
               the
               not
               judging
               it
               worthy
               the
               speculating
               .
               Beasts
               inhabit
               and
               enjoy
               the
               World
               :
               Man
               ,
               if
               he
               will
               do
               more
               ,
               must
               study
               ,
               and
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               Spiritualize
               it
               :
               'T
               is
               the
               first
               act
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               equally
               obliging
               in
               all
               Religions
               :
               'T
               is
               the
               duty
               of
               Man
               ,
               as
               Man
               ;
               and
               the
               Homage
               we
               pay
               for
               the
               Priviledge
               of
               Reason
               :
               Which
               was
               given
               us
               ,
               not
               onely
               to
               refer
               our selves
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               want
               it
               ,
               to
               the
               Creators
               Glory
               .
               Which
               makes
               me
               sometimes
               angry
               with
               them
               who
               so
               busie
               themselves
               in
               the
               Duties
               and
               Imployments
               of
               their
               second
               and
               superinduc'd
               Relations
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               never
               finde
               the
               leisure
               to
               discharge
               that
               Primitive
               and
               Natural
               Obligation
               ,
               who
               are
               more
               concern'd
               as
               Citizens
               of
               any
               place
               ,
               then
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               both
               worship
               God
               so
               ba●ely
               as
               Catholick
               or
               Protestants
               ,
               Anabaptists
               or
               Socinians
               ,
               and
               live
               so
               wholy
               as
               Lords
               or
               Councellors
               ,
               Londoners
               or
               Parisians
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               never
               finde
               the
               leisure
               ,
               or
               consider
               not
               that
               it
               concerns
               them
               to
               worship
               and
               live
               as
               Men.
               And
               the
               neglect
               of
               this
               Philosophical
               Worship
               of
               
               God
               ,
               for
               which
               we
               are
               pleading
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               culpable
               in
               Men
               proportionably
               to
               their
               being
               qualified
               ,
               and
               comply
               with
               that
               invitation
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               to
               
                 sing
                 Praises
              
               to
               God
               
                 with
                 understanding
              
               ,
               
               or
               (
               the
               Expression
               in
               the
               Original
               being
               somewhat
               ambiguous
               )
               
                 to
                 sing
                 to
                 him
                 a
                 learn'd
                 Canticle
                 ,
              
               as
               he
               elsewhere
               speaks
               ,
               
               
                 to
                 praise
                 him
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 excellent
                 Greatness
                 .
              
               For
               Knowledge
               being
               a
               gift
               of
               God
               ,
               intrusted
               to
               us
               to
               glorifie
               the
               Giver
               with
               it
               ,
               the
               Greatness
               of
               it
               must
               aggravate
               the
               neglect
               of
               imploying
               it
               gratefully
               ;
               and
               the
               sublimest
               Knowledge
               here
               attainable
               will
               not
               destroy
               ,
               but
               onely
               heighten
               and
               enoble
               our
               admiration
               ,
               and
               will
               prove
               the
               Incense
               (
               or
               more
               spiritual
               and
               acceptable
               part
               ,
               of
               that
               Sacrifice
               of
               Praise
               (
               for
               those
               reflections
               which
               their
               Nature
               makes
               onely
               acts
               of
               Reason
               ,
               their
               End
               may
               make
               acts
               of
               Piety
               )
               wherein
               the
               Intelligent
               Admirer
               offers
               up
               the
               whole
               World
               in
               Eucharists
               to
               its
               Maker
               .
               For
               admiration
               (
               I
               do
               not
               say
               astonishment
               or
               surprize
               )
               being
               an
               acknowledgement
               of
               the
               Objects
               transcending
               our
               Knowledge
               ,
               the
               learneder
               the
               transcendent
               Faculty
               is
               ,
               the
               greater
               is
               the
               admired
               Objects
               transcendency
               acknowledg'd
               :
               And
               certainly
               ,
               Gods
               Wisdom
               is
               much
               less
               glorifi'd
               by
               the
               vulgar
               astonishment
               of
               an
               unlettered
               Starer
               (
               whose
               ignorance
               may
               be
               as
               well
               suspected
               for
               his
               Wonder
               ,
               as
               the
               excellency
               of
               the
               Object
               )
               then
               from
               their
               learned
               Hymns
               ,
               whose
               industrious
               Curiosity
               hath
               brought
               their
               understandings
               to
               a
               prostrate
               Veneration
               of
               of
               what
               their
               Reason
               ,
               not
               Ignorance
               ,
               hath
               taught
               them
               not
               to
               be
               perfectly
               comprehensible
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               such
               Persons
               have
               such
               piercing
               Eyes
               ,
               that
               where
               a
               transient
               or
               unlearned
               glance
               scarce
               observes
               any
               thing
               ,
               they
               can
               discern
               an
               adorable
               Wisdom
               ,
               being
               able
               (
               as
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               to
               read
               the
               Stenography
               of
               Gods
               omniscient
               hand
               ;
               so
               their
               skilful
               Fingers
               know
               how
               to
               choose
               ,
               and
               how
               to
               touch
               those
               Strings
               that
               may
               sound
               sweetest
               to
               the
               Praise
               of
               their
               
               Maker
               .
               And
               on
               the
               open'd
               Body
               of
               the
               same
               Animal
               ,
               a
               skilful
               Anatomist
               will
               make
               reflections
               ,
               as
               much
               more
               to
               the
               honor
               of
               its
               Creator
               ,
               then
               an
               ordinary
               Butcher
               can
               ;
               as
               the
               Musick
               made
               on
               a
               Lute
               ,
               by
               a
               rare
               Lutanist
               ,
               will
               be
               preferable
               to
               the
               noise
               made
               on
               the
               same
               Instrument
               by
               a
               Stranger
               unto
               Melody
               .
               And
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               reasonable
               Worship
               (
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               )
               of
               God
               (
               to
               use
               St.
               Paul's
               Expression
               ,
               
               though
               in
               an
               other
               sense
               )
               is
               perhaps
               a
               much
               nobler
               way
               of
               adoring
               him
               ,
               then
               those
               that
               are
               not
               qualified
               to
               practise
               it
               ,
               are
               aware
               of
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               improper
               even
               for
               Christians
               to
               exercise
               :
               For
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               considered
               ,
               That
               as
               God
               hath
               not
               by
               becoming
               (
               as
               the
               Scripture
               more
               then
               once
               stiles
               him
               )
               our
               Saviour
               laid
               by
               his
               first
               Relation
               to
               us
               as
               our
               Creator
               (
               whence
               St.
               Peter
               exhorts
               ,
               
               even
               the
               suffering
               Christians
               of
               his
               time
               ,
               
               to
               commit
               their
               Souls
               to
               God
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               a
               Faithful
               Creator
               )
               so
               neither
               hath
               he
               given
               up
               his
               right
               to
               those
               Intelligent
               Adorations
               from
               us
               ,
               which
               become
               us
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               being
               his
               rational
               Creatures
               ;
               neither
               are
               such
               performances
               made
               less
               acceptable
               to
               him
               by
               the
               filial
               relation
               into
               which
               Christ
               hath
               brought
               us
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               Glorious
               relation
               as
               well
               endearing
               to
               him
               our
               services
               as
               our
               persons
               .
            
             
               And
               let
               me
               adde
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               Galen
               (
               as
               we
               have
               seen
               already
               )
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               discerning
               ones
               self
               ,
               and
               discovering
               to
               others
               the
               Perfections
               of
               God
               display'd
               in
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               is
               a
               more
               acceptable
               act
               of
               Religion
               ,
               then
               the
               burning
               of
               Sacrifices
               or
               Perfumes
               upon
               his
               Altars
               ;
               and
               not
               onely
               Trismegistus
               forbidding
               Asclepius
               to
               burn
               Incense
               ,
               
               tells
               him
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Thanks
                 and
                 Praises
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 are
                 the
                 noblest
                 Incense
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 offered
                 up
                 to
                 God
              
               :
               But
               God
               himself
               (
               in
               his
               written
               Word
               )
               is
               pleas'd
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 that
                 sacrificeth
                 Praise
              
               
               (
               for
               so
               't
               is
               in
               the
               Original
               )
               
                 honoreth
                 him
              
               :
               And
               the
               Scripture
               consonantly
               mentions
               as
               a
               very
               acceptable
               part
               of
               Religious
               Worship
               ,
               the
               
                 Sacrifice
                 of
                 Praise
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Calves
                 of
                 our
                 Lips
              
               :
               By
               offering
               up
               of
               which
               ,
               
               we
               make
               that
               true
               use
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               of
               so
               referring
               them
               to
               their
               Creators
               Glory
               ,
               that
               (
               to
               conclude
               this
               Discourse
               by
               Crowning
               it
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               with
               that
               excellent
               Circle
               mention'd
               by
               the
               Apostle
               )
               As
               
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 of
                 him
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 Through
                 him
              
               ,
               so
               they
               may
               be
               
                 To
                 him
                 :
                 to
                 whom
                 be
                 Glory
                 for
                 ever
              
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               The
               Citations
               English'd
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   24.
                   
                   Seneca
                   de
                   Otio
                   Sap.
                   Cap.
                   32.
                   
                
                 NAture
                 ,
                 conscious
                 to
                 her Self
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 Beauty
                 and
                 Artifice
                 ,
                 hath
                 given
                 us
                 a
                 curious
                 searching
                 Wit
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 so
                 excellent
                 and
                 great
                 shews
                 ,
                 begat
                 us
                 to
                 be
                 Spectators
                 ;
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 have
                 lost
                 the
                 Fruit
                 of
                 her Self
                 ,
                 if
                 to
                 a
                 desert
                 and
                 solitude
                 she
                 should
                 have
                 set
                 forth
                 so
                 magnificent
                 ,
                 so
                 famous
                 ,
                 so
                 finely
                 drawn
                 ,
                 so
                 fair
                 and
                 many
                 ways
                 beautiful
                 Pieces
                 .
                 That
                 you
                 may
                 know
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 only
                 have
                 them
                 seen
                 ,
                 but
                 look'd
                 upon
                 ,
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 she
                 hath
                 given
                 us
                 :
                 For
                 she
                 hath
                 not
                 onely
                 made
                 Man
                 of
                 an
                 upright
                 Stature
                 ,
                 but
                 being
                 so
                 made
                 ,
                 for
                 better
                 Contemplation
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 follow
                 with
                 his
                 Eye
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 the
                 Stars
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Rising
                 to
                 the
                 Setting
                 ,
                 and
                 carry
                 about
                 his
                 Looks
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 his
                 whole
                 Body
                 ,
                 she
                 hath
                 both
                 given
                 him
                 a
                 tall
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 placed
                 that
                 upon
                 a
                 flexible
                 Neck
                 :
                 Then
                 she
                 shews
                 six
                 Constellations
                 by
                 Day
                 ,
                 and
                 six
                 by
                 Night
                 ;
                 She
                 hath
                 laid
                 open
                 every
                 part
                 of
                 her Self
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 she
                 hath
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 she
                 might
                 breed
                 a
                 desire
                 of
                 knowing
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 Yet
                 neither
                 do
                 we
                 see
                 all
                 her
                 Works
                 ,
                 nor
                 those
                 that
                 we
                 see
                 ,
                 do
                 we
                 see
                 in
                 those
                 Proportions
                 which
                 they
                 truly
                 have
                 :
                 But
                 our
                 Sight
                 ,
                 by
                 searching
                 ,
                 does
                 open
                 a
                 way
                 unto
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 the
                 grounds
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 Inquiry
                 may
                 pass
                 from
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 plain
                 to
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 obscure
                 ,
                 and
                 finde
                 somewhat
                 more
                 Ancient
                 even
                 then
                 the
                 World
                 it self
                 ,
                 See
                 
                   Sen.
                   de
                   Vita
                   Beata
                   ,
                   Cap.
                
                 32.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Pag.
                   28.
                   
                
                 What
                 does
                 he
                 that
                 contemplates
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 ,
                 of
                 honor
                 unto
                 God
                 ?
                 This
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 great
                 Works
                 are
                 not
                 without
                 a
                 Witness
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   28.
                   
                   Sen.
                   2.
                   de
                   Ira.
                   cap.
                   27.
                   
                
                 We
                 are
                 not
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 the
                 seasons
                 and
                 returns
                 of
                 Summer
                 and
                 Winter
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 :
                 These
                 have
                 their
                 own
                 Laws
                 ,
                 accommodated
                 to
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 Divine
                 Beings
                 :
                 We
                 arrogate
                 too
                 much
                 honor
                 to
                 our selves
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 esteem
                 our selves
                 worthy
                 that
                 such
                 vast
                 Bodies
                 should
                 fulfil
                 such
                 Motions
                 for
                 our
                 sakes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ib.
                   Lactantius
                   de
                   Ira
                   Dei
                   ,
                   cap.
                   13.
                   
                
                 True
                 is
                 the
                 Opinion
                 of
                 the
                 Stoicks
                 ,
                 that
                 say
                 ,
                 How
                 that
                 for
                 our
                 sakes
                 the
                 Wo●ld
                 was
                 made
                 for
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 World
                 doth
                 by
                 it self
                 generate
                 ,
                 are
                 accommodated
                 to
                 the
                 Advantage
                 of
                 Man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Ib.
                     Seneca
                     de
                     Benef.
                  
                   cap.
                   23.
                   
                
                 The
                 Gods
                 were
                 not
                 careless
                 or
                 unconcern'd
                 in
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 for
                 whom
                 they
                 made
                 so
                 many
                 other
                 Creatures
                 :
                 For
                 Nature
                 design'd
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 us
                 out
                 in
                 Idea
                 before
                 she
                 made
                 us
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ib.
                   Cicero
                   2.
                   
                   De
                   Nat
                   :
                   Deorum
                   .
                
                 And
                 for
                 whose
                 sake
                 then
                 was
                 the
                 World
                 made
                 ?
                 For
                 those
                 Beings
                 that
                 have
                 Reason
                 and
                 Intelligence
                 viz.
                 Gods
                 and
                 Men
                 ,
                 then
                 whom
                 no
                 Being
                 is
                 more
                 excellent
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   43.
                   
                   Piso
                   in
                   Medicina
                   Brasil
                   :
                   Lib.
                   1.
                   
                
                 It
                 is
                 observable
                 ,
                 That
                 so
                 many
                 excellent
                 Trees
                 ,
                 Shrubs
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 innumerable
                 company
                 of
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 some
                 few
                 excepted
                 ,
                 should
                 all
                 appear
                 so
                 unlike
                 the
                 Vegetables
                 of
                 the
                 Antiently
                 known
                 World
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Figure
                 ,
                 Leaf
                 and
                 Fruits
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Observation
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 Birds
                 ,
                 Beasts
                 and
                 Fishes
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 Insects
                 both
                 Flying
                 and
                 Creeping
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 monstrously
                 
                 numerous
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 unspeakable
                 Beauty
                 in
                 Colour
                 ,
                 some
                 known
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 unknown
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   47.
                   
                   Piso
                   ,
                   ib.
                   
                
                 You
                 can
                 scarce
                 determine
                 ,
                 whether
                 in
                 these
                 Countries
                 there
                 are
                 found
                 mote
                 Poisons
                 or
                 Antidotes
                 :
                 The
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 Fruits
                 of
                 the
                 Herbs
                 Tangarack
                 and
                 Juquer
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 most
                 potent
                 Venoms
                 of
                 Brasil
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 these
                 hath
                 its
                 proper
                 Root
                 for
                 an
                 opposite
                 Antidote
                 —
                 The
                 Barbarians
                 apply
                 the
                 Fat
                 and
                 Heads
                 of
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Bodies
                 of
                 those
                 Insects
                 ,
                 prepared
                 according
                 to
                 Art
                 ,
                 that
                 stung
                 or
                 struck
                 any
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 with
                 boldness
                 ,
                 and
                 happy
                 success
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Wounds
                 made
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 by
                 the
                 effects
                 do
                 attempt
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 every
                 Venom
                 it
                 s
                 own
                 Antidote
                 is
                 contained
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   49.
                   
                   Piso
                   ,
                   ib.
                   
                
                 From
                 the
                 Root
                 Mandihoca
                 ,
                 that
                 abounds
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 potent
                 Poison
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 made
                 not
                 onely
                 excellent
                 Aliment
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 Antidote
                 too
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   50.
                   
                   Ex
                   Augustino
                   .
                
                 You
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 use
                 your
                 Eyes
                 as
                 a
                 Bruit
                 ,
                 onely
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 Provisions
                 for
                 your
                 Belly
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 for
                 your
                 Minde
                 :
                 Use
                 them
                 as
                 a
                 Man
                 :
                 Pry
                 up
                 into
                 Heaven
                 :
                 See
                 the
                 things
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 enquire
                 the
                 Maker
                 :
                 Look
                 upon
                 those
                 things
                 you
                 can
                 see
                 ,
                 and
                 seek
                 after
                 Him
                 whom
                 you
                 cannot
                 see
                 ,
                 and
                 believe
                 on
                 Him
                 you
                 cannot
                 see
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 those
                 things
                 you
                 see
                 :
                 And
                 be
                 not
                 like
                 the
                 Horse
                 and
                 Mule
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   75.
                   
                   Epicurus
                   in
                   Epist
                   :
                   ad
                   Herod
                   :
                   in
                   Laertio
                   .
                
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Meteors
                 ,
                 you
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 either
                 Motion
                 ,
                 or
                 Change
                 ,
                 or
                 Ecclipse
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 rise
                 or
                 
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 any
                 superior
                 President
                 ,
                 which
                 doth
                 ,
                 or
                 hath
                 so
                 disposed
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 himself
                 possesses
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 Happiness
                 and
                 Immortal
                 Life
                 :
                 Wherefore
                 you
                 must
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 the
                 World
                 was
                 made
                 ,
                 those
                 implications
                 and
                 foldings
                 of
                 Atoms
                 happen'd
                 ,
                 which
                 caused
                 this
                 necessity
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 Bodies
                 should
                 pass
                 through
                 these
                 Motions
                 .
                 There
                 are
                 infinite
                 Worlds
                 ,
                 some
                 like
                 this
                 ,
                 some
                 unlike
                 it
                 :
                 For
                 since
                 Atoms
                 are
                 infinite
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 newly
                 shewed
                 from
                 the
                 infiniteness
                 of
                 the
                 Spaces
                 )
                 some
                 in
                 one
                 ,
                 others
                 in
                 others
                 ,
                 distant
                 parts
                 of
                 these
                 Spaces
                 far
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 variously
                 concur
                 to
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 infinite
                 Worlds
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   75.
                   
                   Lucretius
                   ,
                   Lib.
                   5.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     But
                     how
                     at
                     first
                     ,
                     when
                     Matter
                     thus
                     was
                     whirl'd
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Heav'n
                     ,
                     Earth
                     ,
                     and
                     Sea
                     ,
                     the
                     high
                     and
                     lower
                     World
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     Sun
                     and
                     Moon
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     were
                     made
                     ,
                     I
                     'le
                     shew
                     :
                  
                   
                     For
                     sure
                     the
                     first
                     rude
                     Atoms
                     never
                     knew
                  
                   
                     By
                     sage
                     Intelligence
                     ,
                     and
                     Councel
                     grave
                     ,
                  
                   
                     T'
                     appoint
                     the
                     places
                     that
                     all
                     Beings
                     have
                     :
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     will
                     I
                     think
                     ,
                     that
                     all
                     the
                     Motions
                     here
                  
                   
                     Order'd
                     at
                     first
                     by
                     fixt
                     Agreements
                     were
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     th'
                     Elements
                     that
                     long
                     had
                     beat
                     about
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Been
                     buffeted
                     ,
                     now
                     in
                     ,
                     now
                     carryed
                     out
                     :
                  
                   
                     Screw'd
                     into
                     every
                     hole
                     ,
                     and
                     try'd
                     to
                     take
                     ,
                  
                   
                     With
                     any
                     thing
                     ,
                     in
                     any
                     place
                     to
                     make
                  
                   
                     Somewhat
                     at
                     last
                     ;
                     after
                     much
                     time
                     and
                     coyl
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Motions
                     and
                     Meetings
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     world
                     of
                     toyl
                  
                   
                     Made
                     up
                     this
                     Junto
                     .
                     And
                     thus
                     being
                     joyn'd
                     :
                  
                   
                     And
                     thus
                     in
                     kinde
                     Embraces
                     firmly
                     twin'd
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     link'd
                     together
                     ,
                     they
                     alone
                     did
                     frame
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Heav'n
                     ,
                     Earth
                     and
                     Sea
                     ,
                     and
                     th'
                     Creatures
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   77.
                   
                   Aristot
                   :
                   Metaph
                   :
                   12.
                   c.
                   6.
                   
                
                 How
                 shall
                 things
                 be
                 mov'd
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 no
                 actual
                 cause
                 :
                 For
                 Matter
                 cannot
                 move
                 it self
                 ,
                 but
                 requires
                 to
                 be
                 mov'd
                 by
                 a
                 
                   Tectonic
                   '
                
                 thing-creating
                 Power
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   78.
                   
                   Ciceronis
                   de
                   Thalete
                   .
                
                 He
                 said
                 ,
                 Water
                 was
                 the
                 Principle
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 but
                 God
                 was
                 that
                 Intelligence
                 ,
                 that
                 made
                 all
                 things
                 out
                 of
                 Water
                 :
                 
                   Ejusdem
                   de
                   Anaxagorâ
                
                 :
                 The
                 delineation
                 and
                 manner
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 he
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 design'd
                 and
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 power
                 and
                 reason
                 of
                 an
                 infinite
                 Intelligence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   80.
                   
                   Garcias
                   ab
                   Horto
                   ,
                   L.
                   1.
                   simp
                   :
                   c.
                   47.
                   
                
                 Diamonds
                 ,
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 perfection
                 in
                 the
                 deepest
                 Bowels
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 tract
                 of
                 Time
                 ,
                 are
                 almost
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Years
                 space
                 made
                 perfect
                 :
                 For
                 if
                 you
                 dig
                 this
                 Year
                 but
                 the
                 depth
                 of
                 a
                 Cubit
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 finde
                 Diamonds
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 two
                 Year
                 dig
                 there
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 finde
                 Diamonds
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   93.
                   
                   Arist
                   :
                   de
                   Mundo
                   .
                   cap.
                   6.
                   
                
                 It
                 remains
                 that
                 we
                 speak
                 briefly
                 concerning
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 whose
                 Power
                 preserves
                 and
                 supports
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 compendiously
                 handled
                 other
                 matters
                 :
                 For
                 it
                 would
                 seem
                 criminal
                 to
                 pass
                 over
                 the
                 chief
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 untouch'd
                 ,
                 having
                 design'd
                 to
                 discourse
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 in
                 a
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 less
                 accurate
                 ,
                 yet
                 certainly
                 may
                 be
                 sufficient
                 for
                 a
                 rough
                 platform
                 of
                 Doctrine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 
              
               
                 For
                 God
                 is
                 both
                 the
                 Preserver
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 contain'd
                 in
                 
                 the
                 Universe
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 the
                 Producer
                 of
                 every
                 thing
                 whatsoever
                 which
                 is
                 any
                 wise
                 made
                 in
                 this
                 World
                 :
                 Yet
                 not
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 sensible
                 of
                 labor
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 a
                 Workman
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Creature
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 subject
                 to
                 weariness
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 is
                 indued
                 with
                 a
                 power
                 which
                 is
                 inferior
                 to
                 no
                 difficulty
                 ,
                 and
                 whereby
                 he
                 contains
                 all
                 things
                 under
                 his
                 authority
                 ,
                 even
                 such
                 as
                 seem
                 most
                 distant
                 from
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 more
                 magnificent
                 and
                 agreeable
                 to
                 conceive
                 God
                 ,
                 so
                 resident
                 in
                 the
                 Highest
                 Place
                 ,
                 that
                 nevertheless
                 his
                 Divine
                 Energy
                 being
                 diffus'd
                 throughout
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 ,
                 moves
                 both
                 the
                 Sun
                 and
                 Moon
                 ,
                 turns
                 round
                 the
                 whole
                 Globe
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 affords
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 Safety
                 and
                 Preservation
                 of
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 are
                 upon
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 to
                 sum
                 up
                 all
                 in
                 brief
                 ;
                 what
                 the
                 Pilot
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 Ship
                 ;
                 what
                 the
                 Driver
                 in
                 a
                 Chariot
                 ;
                 what
                 the
                 chief
                 Singer
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 Dance
                 :
                 finally
                 ,
                 what
                 Magistracy
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 General
                 in
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 That
                 is
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 :
                 Unless
                 there
                 be
                 this
                 difference
                 ,
                 That
                 much
                 toil
                 and
                 manifold
                 cares
                 perplex
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 perform'd
                 by
                 God
                 without
                 labor
                 or
                 trouble
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   98.
                   
                   Galen
                   .
                   de
                   Plac
                   :
                   Hipp
                   :
                   &
                   Plat
                   :
                   Lib.
                   7.
                   
                
                 Whereas
                 therefore
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 all
                 Men
                 ascribe
                 that
                 to
                 Art
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 aright
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 so
                 only
                 in
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Art
                 ,
                 but
                 Fortune
                 :
                 The
                 structure
                 of
                 our
                 Body
                 gives
                 us
                 cause
                 to
                 admire
                 the
                 excellent
                 Art
                 ,
                 exactness
                 and
                 power
                 of
                 Nature
                 which
                 fram'd
                 us
                 .
                 For
                 our
                 Body
                 consists
                 of
                 above
                 Two
                 hundred
                 Bones
                 ;
                 to
                 each
                 of
                 which
                 tends
                 a
                 Vein
                 for
                 conveying
                 of
                 nourishment
                 (
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Muscles
                 )
                 which
                 is
                 accompanied
                 with
                 an
                 Artery
                 and
                 a
                 Nerve
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 parts
                 are
                 exactly
                 pairs
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 plac'd
                 in
                 the
                 right
                 side
                 of
                 an
                 Animal
                 ,
                 are
                 wholly
                 alike
                 to
                 those
                 in
                 
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 Bone
                 to
                 Bone
                 ,
                 Muscle
                 to
                 Muscle
                 ,
                 Vein
                 to
                 Vein
                 ,
                 Artery
                 to
                 Artery
                 ,
                 and
                 Nerve
                 to
                 Nerve
                 ;
                 excepting
                 onely
                 the
                 Bowels
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 peculiar
                 construction
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 our
                 Body
                 are
                 double
                 ,
                 and
                 altogether
                 alike
                 among
                 themselves
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 greatness
                 and
                 shape
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 in
                 consistence
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 place
                 in
                 the
                 diversity
                 of
                 softness
                 and
                 hardness
                 .
                 As
                 therefore
                 we
                 use
                 to
                 judge
                 of
                 things
                 made
                 by
                 Men
                 ,
                 acknowledging
                 the
                 skill
                 of
                 a
                 Work-man
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 building
                 of
                 a
                 Ship
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 Art
                 ;
                 so
                 also
                 it
                 behoveth
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 those
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 admire
                 the
                 Framer
                 of
                 our
                 Body
                 ,
                 whosoever
                 of
                 the
                 Gods
                 he
                 were
                 ,
                 although
                 we
                 do
                 not
                 see
                 Him.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   101.
                   
                   Arist
                   :
                   de
                   Mundo
                   ,
                   Cap.
                   6.
                   
                
                 'T
                 is
                 an
                 ancient
                 Tradition
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 diffus'd
                 amongst
                 all
                 Mankinde
                 from
                 our
                 Ancestors
                 ,
                 That
                 all
                 things
                 were
                 made
                 and
                 produc'd
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 no
                 Nature
                 can
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 furnish'd
                 for
                 its
                 own
                 safety
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 left
                 without
                 the
                 support
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 its
                 own
                 protection
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   Ead
                   :
                
                 Thus
                 therefore
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 conceive
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 If
                 we
                 consider
                 His
                 Power
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 Omnipotent
                 ;
                 if
                 His
                 Shape
                 ,
                 most
                 Beautiful
                 ;
                 if
                 His
                 Life
                 ,
                 Immortal
                 ;
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 if
                 His
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 most
                 Excellent
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 though
                 undiscernable
                 by
                 any
                 corruptible
                 Nature
                 ,
                 yet
                 He
                 is
                 perceiv'd
                 by
                 such
                 ,
                 in
                 His
                 Works
                 ;
                 and
                 indeed
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 produc'd
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 by
                 any
                 mutation
                 whatsoever
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 we
                 ought
                 deservedly
                 to
                 term
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 which
                 God
                 is
                 the
                 absolute
                 and
                 soveraign
                 Lord
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 whom
                 (
                 as
                 saith
                 Empedocles
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 )
              
            
             
               
               
                 All
                 things
                 beginning
                 have
                 ,
                 which
                 e'r
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 Are
                 present
                 or
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 Plants
                 ,
                 Men
                 and
                 Beasts
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 Fowl
                 ,
                 and
                 Fish
                 the
                 off-spring
                 of
                 the
                 Sea.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Pag.
                   102.
                   
                   Arist
                   :
                   de
                   Mundo
                   ,
                   Cap.
                   6.
                   
                
                 'T
                 is
                 reported
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 Phidias
                 ,
                 the
                 excellent
                 Statuary
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 Minerva
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 at
                 ●thens
                 ,
                 he
                 contriv'd
                 his
                 own
                 Picture
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 her
                 Shield
                 ,
                 and
                 fastned
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Statue
                 by
                 so
                 cunning
                 Workmanship
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 any
                 one
                 were
                 minded
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 away
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 do
                 it
                 without
                 breaking
                 the
                 Statue
                 ,
                 and
                 disordering
                 the
                 connection
                 of
                 the
                 Work.
                 After
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 is
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 retaining
                 and
                 upholding
                 the
                 coherence
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 preserving
                 the
                 safety
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 :
                 Onely
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 it
                 (
                 namely
                 the
                 Earth
                 )
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 turbulent
                 Region
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 highest
                 place
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 sutable
                 to
                 His
                 Purity
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   103
                   ,
                   104.
                   
                   Galen
                   de
                   Usu
                   partium
                   .
                
                 Our
                 most
                 wise
                 Creator
                 hath
                 plac'd
                 under
                 the
                 Foot
                 a
                 skin
                 ,
                 not
                 loose
                 ,
                 or
                 thin
                 ,
                 or
                 soft
                 ,
                 but
                 close
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 indifferent
                 hardness
                 and
                 sense
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 it
                 might
                 not
                 easily
                 suffer
                 injury
                 :
                 To
                 Him
                 I
                 compose
                 these
                 Commentaries
                 as
                 certain
                 Hymns
                 ,
                 esteeming
                 Piety
                 not
                 to
                 consist
                 in
                 Sacrificing
                 many
                 Hecatombs
                 of
                 Oxen
                 to
                 Him
                 ,
                 or
                 burning
                 Cassia
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 thousand
                 other
                 Perfumes
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 first
                 to
                 know
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 declare
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 what
                 His
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 Power
                 ,
                 Providence
                 and
                 Goodness
                 is
                 :
                 the
                 ignorance
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 abstaining
                 from
                 Sacrifice
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 greatest
                 Impiety
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 account
                 it
                 an
                 evidence
                 of
                 most
                 perfect
                 goodness
                 ,
                 that
                 He
                 hath
                 furnish'd
                 all
                 things
                 with
                 convenient
                 ornament
                 ,
                 and
                 deny'd
                 .
                 His
                 benefits
                 
                 to
                 none
                 .
                 Now
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 devis'd
                 how
                 all
                 things
                 might
                 be
                 handsomly
                 fram'd
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 highest
                 Wisdom
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 made
                 all
                 things
                 which
                 he
                 would
                 ,
                 of
                 insuperable
                 Power
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   P.
                   104.
                   
                   Paracelsus
                   de
                   Mineral
                   :
                   Tract
                   .
                   1
                   :
                
                 God
                 is
                 very
                 admirable
                 in
                 His
                 Works
                 ;
                 from
                 the
                 Contemplation
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 desist
                 Night
                 or
                 Day
                 ,
                 but
                 continually
                 be
                 imploy'd
                 in
                 the
                 inquisition
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 walk
                 in
                 the
                 ways
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               INDEX
               to
               the
               First
               part
               .
            
             
               
                 THe
                 reason
                 why
                 the
                 Author
                 endeavours
                 to
                 possesse
                 Pyrophilus
                 with
                 the
                 true
                 value
                 of
                 
                   Experimental
                   Philosophy
                   .
                   1
                
              
               
                 That
                 
                   Experimental
                   Philosophy
                
                 is
                 conducive
                 to
                 the
                 improving
                 of
                 man's
                 Understanding
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 increasing
                 of
                 man's
                 power
                 .
                 2
              
               
                 Arguments
                 to
                 prove
                 that
                 Man's
                 Curiosity
                 for
                 Knowledge
                 is
                 much
                 thereby
                 gratified
                 .
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 A
                 relation
                 of
                 the
                 transport
                 &
                 surprisal
                 of
                 a
                 Maid
                 born
                 blind
                 ;
                 when
                 being
                 about
                 18.
                 years
                 old
                 she
                 obtei●ed
                 the
                 first
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 various
                 Objects
                 this
                 world
                 presented
                 her
                 with
                 .
                 3
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 inward
                 Architecture
                 and
                 contrivanecs
                 of
                 Nature
                 is
                 more
                 delightfull
                 then
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 outward
                 shapes
                 .
                 4
              
               
                 Examples
                 and
                 Instances
                 of
                 the
                 prevalence
                 ●f
                 the
                 pleasure
                 that
                 arises
                 from
                 the
                 attainment
                 of
                 Knowledg
                 .
                 4
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 curious
                 Artificial
                 works
                 is
                 not
                 more
                 delightfull
                 then
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 Natural
                 .
                 5.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 delight
                 herein
                 is
                 altogether
                 inoffensive
                 .
                 6
              
               
                 Instances
                 of
                 the
                 Esteem
                 diverse
                 ancient
                 Philosophers
                 had
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 
                   6
                   ,
                   7
                
              
               
                 How
                 this
                 study
                 consists
                 with
                 Religion
                 .
                 8
              
               
                 The
                 absurdity
                 of
                 not
                 imploying
                 humane
                 faculties
                 on
                 the
                 contemplation
                 of
                 those
                 Obiects
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 fitted
                 .
                 9.
                 
                 Illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 similitude
                 of
                 a
                 Spider
                 in
                 a
                 Palace
                 ,
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 nothing
                 besides
                 her
                 own
                 Cobweb
                 .
                 10
              
               
                 The
                 Opinions
                 that
                 
                   Seth
                   ,
                   Abraham
                   ,
                   Solomon
                   ,
                   Ovid
                
                 had
                 of
                 man's
                 fitnesse
                 for
                 the
                 study
                 of
                 Astronomy
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Physiology
                 .
                 11
              
               
                 VVhy
                 Providence
                 might
                 deprive
                 us
                 of
                 Solomons
                 Physiology
                 .
                 11
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 delight
                 that
                 may
                 arise
                 from
                 the
                 variety
                 of
                 Obiects
                 which
                 Nature
                 produc●th
                 .
                 12
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 be
                 above
                 6000
                 Subiects
                 of
                 the
                 Vegetable
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 an
                 excellent
                 Jamaica
                 Pepper
                 newly
                 brought
                 over
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 many
                 Treatises
                 are
                 already
                 made
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 perfectly
                 discovered
                 .
                 13
              
               
                 Of
                 a
                 real
                 Mercury
                 of
                 
                   Antimony
                   .
                   14.
                
                 and
                 a
                 reall
                 combustible
                 Sulphur
                 of
                 Antimony
                 that
                 burns
                 like
                 ordinary
                 Brimstone
                 .
                 14
              
               
                 A
                 new
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Antimonial
                 Glass
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 entire
                 process
                 to
                 draw
                 
                 it
                 .
                 14
              
               
                 Of
                 
                   Gilbertus
                   ,
                   Cabeus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Kircher
                 ,
                 who
                 successively
                 writ
                 the
                 Experiments
                 of
                 the
                 Loadstone
                 .
                 15
              
               
                 Of
                 some
                 new
                 Experiments
                 hitherto
                 undiscoverd
                 of
                 that
                 Stone
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 admirable
                 speculations
                 may
                 arise
                 from
                 the
                 most
                 despicable
                 productions
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
                 
                   16
                   ,
                   17
                
              
               
                 VVhat
                 ever
                 God
                 has
                 thought
                 worthy
                 of
                 making
                 ,
                 man
                 should
                 not
                 think
                 unworthy
                 of
                 knowing
                 .
                 
                   18
                   ,
                   19
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Dominion
                 and
                 Power
                 that
                 Physiology
                 gives
                 the
                 prosperous
                 studiers
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 
                   20
                   ,
                   21
                
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Nature
                 excites
                 and
                 cherishes
                 Devotion
                 .
                 22
              
               
                 The
                 Ends
                 of
                 God's
                 Creation
                 ,
                 his
                 own
                 Glory
                 .
                 
                   23
                   ,
                   24
                
              
               
                 That
                 Man
                 's
                 Good
                 is
                 a
                 second
                 Eud
                 ,
                 proved
                 by
                 Scripture
                 .
                 25.
                 
                 The
                 same
                 proved
                 by
                 Reason
                 and
                 Authority
                 .
                 
                   26
                   ,
                   27
                   ,
                   28
                
              
               
                 How
                 the
                 Sun
                 
                   [
                   Shemesh
                
                 ]
                 is
                 the
                 great
                 minister
                 of
                 the
                 Universe
                 .
                 27
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 accommodation
                 and
                 delight
                 which
                 the
                 Creatures
                 might
                 afford
                 Man
                 is
                 much
                 impaired
                 by
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophie
                 .
                 29
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 instructions
                 to
                 our
                 Intellectual
                 part
                 are
                 more
                 considerable
                 then
                 the
                 accommodations
                 we
                 have
                 from
                 Nature
                 to
                 our
                 Animal
                 part
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Hints
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 in
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 references
                 to
                 it
                 in
                 other
                 places
                 .
                 
                   30
                   ,
                   31
                
              
               
                 How
                 God's
                 Power
                 is
                 conspicuous
                 in
                 the
                 Creatures
                 .
                 
                   32
                   ,
                   33
                   ,
                   34.
                
                 
                 How
                 God's
                 wisdome
                 is
                 conspicuous
                 in
                 them
                 .
                 34
              
               
                 Particular
                 Observations
                 of
                 the
                 structure
                 of
                 Humane
                 Body
                 .
                 35
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 eyes
                 and
                 feet
                 of
                 Moles
                 .
                 36
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Silk-worme
                 .
                 37.
                 
                 That
                 it
                 worketh
                 by
                 Instinct
                 and
                 not
                 by
                 Imitation
                 .
                 
                   37
                   ,
                   38
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 vastnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Elephant
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 disproportion
                 to
                 the
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 Mites
                 .
                 
                   39
                   ,
                   40
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 vastnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Whale
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 disproportion
                 to
                 the
                 small
                 Worms
                 or
                 Fishes
                 lately
                 discovere'd
                 in
                 Vineger
                 .
                 
                   41
                   ,
                   42
                
              
               
                 How
                 God's
                 Goodness
                 is
                 conspicuous
                 in
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 provision
                 of
                 accommodations
                 for
                 them
                 all
                 ;
                 but
                 especially
                 for
                 his
                 Favorite
                 ,
                 Man.
                 
                   43
                   ,
                   44
                   ,
                   45
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 unknown
                 and
                 new
                 detected
                 Properties
                 and
                 Vertues
                 of
                 diverse
                 Concretes
                 .
                 45
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 
                   Peruvian
                   Bark
                
                 ,
                 commonly
                 called
                 the
                 
                   Jesuits
                   Powder
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Concretes
                 observable
                 for
                 their
                 unknown
                 Properties
                 .
                 46
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 diverse
                 noxious
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 contein
                 their
                 own
                 Antidotes
                 .
                 
                   47
                   ,
                   48
                
              
               
                 Of
                 that
                 excellent
                 West
                 Indian
                 root
                 
                   Mandihoca
                   .
                   48
                
              
               
                 How
                 we
                 are
                 by
                 the
                 Creatures
                 instructed
                 to
                 Devotion
                 .
                 
                   40
                   ,
                   50
                   ,
                   51
                
              
               
                 That
                 their
                 Opinion
                 who
                 would
                 deterre
                 men
                 from
                 the
                 scrutiny
                 of
                 Nature
                 tends
                 to
                 defeat
                 God
                 of
                 much
                 of
                 that
                 Glory
                 Man
                 should
                 ascribe
                 unto
                 him
                 .
                 
                   53
                   ,
                   54
                   ,
                   55
                
              
               
                 That
                 Philosophers
                 of
                 all
                 Religions
                 have
                 considered
                 the
                 World
                 under
                 the
                 notion
                 of
                 God's
                 Temple
                 .
                 56
              
               
                 That
                 in
                 this
                 Temple
                 Man
                 must
                 be
                 the
                 Priest.
                 
                   57
                   ,
                   58
                
              
               
                 The
                 contemplation
                 of
                 Gods
                 mercy
                 ought
                 not
                 so
                 to
                 ingross
                 our
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 us
                 neglect
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 and
                 Wisdome
                 .
                 59
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 study
                 of
                 Physiology
                 is
                 not
                 apt
                 to
                 make
                 men
                 Atheists
                 .
                 60.
                 
              
               
                 Prov'd
                 further
                 from
                 the
                 ancient
                 Institution
                 of
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 .
                 61
              
               
                 That
                 Physiology
                 cannot
                 explicate
                 by
                 second
                 causes
                 all
                 the
                 Phaenomena
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 exclude
                 the
                 first
                 .
                 63.
                 
                 Prov'd
                 by
                 the
                 Instance
                 of
                 the
                 unknown
                 nature
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 &c.
                 64
              
               
                 That
                 same
                 of
                 the
                 Peripatetick
                 Sect
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 this
                 endeavour
                 .
                 65
              
               
                 That
                 their
                 Hypothesis
                 is
                 very
                 full
                 of
                 mistakes
                 .
                 66
              
               
                 That
                 these
                 excluders
                 of
                 the
                 Deity
                 make
                 but
                 imperfect
                 explications
                 of
                 the
                 Phaenomena
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
                 ib.
                 And
                 do
                 not
                 explaine
                 the
                 Scale
                 of
                 Causes
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 Cause
                 .
                 67
              
               
                 Instances
                 of
                 things
                 wherein
                 their
                 account
                 is
                 not
                 satisfactory
                 :
                 68.
                 as
                 1.
                 
                 In
                 the
                 particulars
                 ,
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 assign
                 Occult
                 Qualities
                 .
                 
                   ib.
                   2.
                
                 when
                 they
                 assign
                 Natures
                 abborrency
                 of
                 Vacuity
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 cause
                 that
                 Water
                 doth
                 ascend
                 in
                 Suction
                 .
                 ib.
                 whereas
                 the
                 contrary
                 is
                 proved
                 in
                 the
                 Suction
                 of
                 Quick
                 silver
                 ,
                 
                   69
                   3.
                
                 
                 When
                 they
                 assign
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Purgationes
                   Menstrnae
                   .
                   69
                   ,
                   70
                
                 And
                 when
                 in
                 other
                 cases
                 they
                 ascribe
                 to
                 irrational
                 Creatures
                 such
                 actions
                 as
                 in
                 men
                 are
                 the
                 production
                 of
                 Reason
                 and
                 Choice
                 .
                 70
              
               
                 The
                 Author's
                 conceit
                 concerning
                 God's
                 Creation
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 placing
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 (
                 by
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 his
                 ordinary
                 concourse
                 )
                 must
                 needs
                 exhibit
                 these
                 
                   Phaenomena
                   .
                   71.
                
                 
                 Illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 Clock
                 at
                 
                   Strasburg
                   .
                   ib.
                
                 
              
               
                 How
                 far
                 such
                 borrowed
                 &
                 Metaphorical
                 Phrases
                 ,
                 which
                 Custom
                 h●s
                 authorized
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 used
                 .
                 72
              
               
                 Quick-silver
                 being
                 heavier
                 then
                 
                 Stones
                 ,
                 they
                 swim
                 thereon
                 ,
                 yet
                 sinck
                 in
                 lighter
                 liquors
                 .
                 72
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Instances
                 of
                 the
                 Actions
                 of
                 divers
                 Creatures
                 resembling
                 Reason
                 commend
                 the
                 Wisedom
                 of
                 God.
                 
                   73
                   ,
                   74
                
              
               
                 Defects
                 in
                 the
                 Explication
                 of
                 Nature
                 by
                 the
                 Epicureans
                 ,
                 who
                 deny
                 the
                 concurrence
                 of
                 God.
                 
                   75
                   ,
                   76
                   ,
                   77
                   ,
                   78
                
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 figures
                 in
                 
                   Nitre
                   ,
                   Chrystal
                
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 Minerals
                 are
                 produced
                 not
                 by
                 chance
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 somewhat
                 Analogous
                 to
                 seminal
                 principles
                 .
                 79
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Generation
                 of
                 Animals
                 is
                 much
                 lesse
                 to
                 be
                 accounted
                 the
                 production
                 of
                 Chance
                 .
                 80
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Hypotheses
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 only
                 shew
                 that
                 an
                 effect
                 may
                 be
                 produced
                 by
                 such
                 a
                 cause
                 ,
                 not
                 that
                 it
                 
                   must
                   .
                   81
                
              
               
                 That
                 to
                 a
                 perfect
                 Knowledg
                 there
                 must
                 not
                 only
                 appear
                 the
                 possible
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 definite
                 and
                 real
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 general
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 particular
                 causes
                 .
                 82
              
               
                 Some
                 defects
                 in
                 the
                 waies
                 of
                 Reaoning
                 used
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 eminent
                 
                   Atomists
                   .
                   83
                   ,
                   84
                   ,
                   85
                
              
               
                 The
                 most
                 plausible
                 argument
                 of
                 the
                 Opposers
                 of
                 a
                 Deity
                 considered
                 .
                 
                   86
                   ,
                   87
                   ,
                   88
                   ,
                   89
                
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 things
                 in
                 Nature
                 which
                 conduce
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 evincing
                 of
                 a
                 Deity
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 only
                 known
                 to
                 Naturalists
                 .
                 91.
                 
                 Explain'd
                 by
                 the
                 comparison
                 of
                 the
                 Uniting
                 scatter'd
                 pieces
                 of
                 Paint
                 into
                 one
                 face
                 by
                 a
                 Cylindrical
                 Looking
                 Glass
                 .
                 92
              
               
                 The
                 Testimony
                 of
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 the
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   Mundo
                
                 ascribed
                 to
                 Aristotle
                 introduced
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 admirable
                 contrivance
                 of
                 the
                 Make
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Musculus
                   Marsupialis
                   .
                   94.
                
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Hand
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 contrivance
                 for
                 the
                 Circulation
                 of
                 the
                 Bloud
                 in
                 a
                 Foetus
                 before
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Respiration
                 .
                 95
              
               
                 Galen's
                 Speech
                 ,
                 That
                 his
                 Books
                 
                   De
                   Usu
                   Partium
                
                 were
                 as
                 Hymns
                 to
                 the
                 Creator
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Fabrick
                 of
                 the
                 Eye
                 considered
                 :
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Some
                 Experimental
                 Observations
                 of
                 the
                 Eye
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 its
                 parts
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 Vision
                 .
                 96
              
               
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 prepare
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 Animals
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 making
                 observations
                 on
                 them
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Some
                 particulars
                 wherein
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 white
                 Rabbets
                 are
                 better
                 then
                 others
                 for
                 Observation
                 .
                 97
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 dishonourable
                 for
                 the
                 Soule
                 to
                 be
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 the
                 
                 exquisite
                 structure
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 being
                 its
                 own
                 Mansion
                 .
                 97.
                 
                 Proved
                 out
                 of
                 Instances
                 in
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 and
                 
                   Galen
                   .
                   ib.
                
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 the
                 anterior
                 part
                 of
                 Fishes
                 Eyes
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 Spherical
                 then
                 those
                 of
                 men
                 .
                 99
              
               
                 That
                 God
                 made
                 Man
                 not
                 after
                 the
                 World's
                 Image
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Own.
                 100
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 on
                 us
                 should
                 engage
                 us
                 to
                 esteem
                 our selves
                 us
                 belonging
                 to
                 God.
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Arguments
                 from
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Experience
                 of
                 all
                 Ages
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Contemplation
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 has
                 addicted
                 Man
                 to
                 the
                 Reverence
                 of
                 God.
                 100
              
               
                 That
                 those
                 People
                 who
                 worship
                 not
                 God
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 Naturalists
                 but
                 Barbarians
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 their
                 Atheisme
                 doth
                 continue
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 the
                 Contemplation
                 of
                 the
                 World.
                 101
              
               
                 A
                 comparison
                 of
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 on
                 the
                 Creature
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 Phidias
                 on
                 Minerva's
                 Shield
                 .
                 102
              
               
                 The
                 noblest
                 worship
                 that
                 has
                 been
                 paid
                 to
                 God
                 from
                 such
                 who
                 have
                 not
                 had
                 particular
                 Revelation
                 of
                 his
                 will
                 ,
                 has
                 arose
                 from
                 the
                 speculation
                 of
                 God's
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 Goodnesse
                 in
                 the
                 fabrick
                 of
                 the
                 Creature
                 .
                 103.
                 
                 The
                 Testimonies
                 of
                 
                   Galen
                   ,
                   Hermes
                   ,
                   Paracelsus
                   ,
                   L.
                   Bacon
                   .
                   104.
                   
                
              
               
                 That
                 Religion
                 has
                 other
                 Arguments
                 besides
                 those
                 drawn
                 from
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 enough
                 to
                 keep
                 any
                 considering
                 man
                 from
                 Atheism
                 .
                 106
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Difficulty
                 of
                 conceiving
                 the
                 Eternity
                 ,
                 Self-Existence
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Attributes
                 of
                 one
                 God
                 ,
                 is
                 less
                 then
                 to
                 conceive
                 infinite
                 ,
                 eternal
                 ,
                 self-existent
                 ,
                 and
                 self-moving
                 Atomes
                 .
                 108
              
               
                 As
                 God
                 is
                 infinitely
                 bettter
                 then
                 all
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 him
                 is
                 better
                 then
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 his
                 Creatures
                 .
                 110
              
               
                 The
                 Imperfection
                 and
                 Disquiet
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 in
                 humane
                 Science
                 .
                 
                   110
                   ,
                   111
                
              
               
                 How
                 the
                 Favour
                 of
                 God
                 conduces
                 to
                 promote
                 mens
                 .
                 Proficiency
                 in
                 the
                 study
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
                 112
              
               
                 The
                 Reason
                 of
                 the
                 Authors
                 so
                 long
                 Discourse
                 on
                 this
                 Subject
                 .
                 114
              
               
                 Beasts
                 inhabit
                 and
                 enjoy
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 Man's
                 duty
                 to
                 Spiritualize
                 it
                 .
                 115
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 being
                 the
                 prime
                 Duty
                 of
                 Man
                 to
                 give
                 God
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 preferr'd
                 before
                 secondary
                 Duties
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 different
                 greatnesse
                 in
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 make
                 a
                 like
                 difference
                 in
                 the
                 Honour
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Creator
                 .
                 117
              
               
                 
                 God
                 ,
                 by
                 becoming
                 our
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 has
                 not
                 laid
                 aside
                 the
                 Relation
                 of
                 a
                 Creator
                 .
                 117
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 ,
                 who
                 sacrificeth
                 Praise
                 ,
                 honoureth
                 God.
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Conclusion
                 .
                 118
              
            
          
           
             
               ERRATA
               in
               the
               
                 First
                 Part.
              
               
            
             
               Pag.
               24.
               lin
               .
               22.
               lege
               contemplationem
               factum
               .
               p.
               62.
               l.
               28.
               
                 l.
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 p.
              
               69.
               l.
               7.
               l.
               his
               private
               Interests
               .
               l.
               28.
               of
               the
               Air
               against
               the
               Suckers
               chest
               .
               p.
               73.
               l.
               32.
               have
               Reason
               .
               l.
               34.
               
               Souls
               .
               And.
               p.
               75.
               l.
               3.
               of
               Animals
               .
               p.
               77.
               l.
               5.
               principally
               in
               Extension
               .
               p.
               75.
               l.
               4.
               any
               
                 Centrum
                 gravium
                 .
                 p.
              
               79.
               l.
               24.
               are
               not
               unquestionably
               produced
               by
               chance
               but
               perhaps
               .
               p.
               81.
               l.
               6.
               dele
               *
               .
               l.
               11.
               
               Animals
               ;
               the.
               p.
               85
               l.
               15.
               
               Ratiocination
               .
               By.
               l.
               17.
               most
               .
               p.
               87.
               
                 l.
                 ult
                 .
                 l.
              
               Things
               or
               their
               Motions
               .
               p.
               88.
               l.
               15.
               
               Parts
               it
               .
               p.
               94.
               l.
               32.
               
               
                 Musculi
                 perforati
                 .
                 p.
              
               98.
               l.
               8.
               
                 sunt
                 &
                 omnino
                 .
                 l.
              
               33.
               
               Insertion
               of
               .
               p.
               99.
               l.
               17.
               perfectly
               Spherical
               one
               as
               to
               the
               Anterior
               part
               which
               is
               obverted
               to
               the
               outward
               Objects
               .
               p.
               107.
               l.
               15.
               
               Not
               onely
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               OF
               THE
               VSEFVLNESSE
               OF
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               .
            
             
               The
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               Of
               its
               Vsefulness
               to
               promote
               
                 the
                 Empire
                 of
                 Man
              
               over
               things
               CORPOREAL
               .
            
             
               OXFORD
               ,
               Printed
               by
               HEN
               :
               HALL
               Printer
               to
               the
               University
               ,
               for
               RIC
               :
               DAVIS
               .
               In
               the
               year
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               1663.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               OF
               THE
               VSEFVLNESSE
               OF
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               .
            
             
               The
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               The
               first
               SECTION
               .
               Of
               it's
               Vsefulness
               to
               PHYSICK
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               ESSAY
               I.
               Containing
               some
               Particulars
               tending
               to
               shew
               the
               Vsefulness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               to
               the
               Physiolological
               part
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               AFter
               having
               ,
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               this
               Treatise
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               thus
               largely
               endeavored
               to
               manifest
               to
               you
               the
               advantagiousness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               to
               the
               minde
               of
               Man
               ,
               we
               shall
               now
               proceed
               to
               speak
               of
               its
               Usefulness
               ,
               both
               to
               his
               Body
               and
               Fortune
               .
               For
               I
               must
               ingeniously
               confess
               to
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               That
               I
               should
               not
               have
               neer
               so
               high
               a
               value
               as
               I
               now
               cherish
               for
               Physiology
               ,
               if
               I
               thought
               it
               could
               onely
               teach
               a
               Man
               to
               discourse
               of
               Nature
               ,
               but
               not
               at
               all
               to
               master
               Her
               ;
               and
               served
               onely
               ,
               with
               pleasing
               Speculations
               ,
               to
               entertain
               his
               Understanding
               without
               at
               all
               increasing
               his
               Power
               .
               And
               though
               I
               presume
               not
               to
               judge
               of
               other
               Mens
               knowledge
               ,
               yet
               ,
               for
               my
               own
               particular
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               dare
               to
               think
               my self
               a
               true
               Naturalist
               ,
               till
               my
               skill
               can
               make
               my
               Garden
               yield
               better
               Herbs
               and
               Flowers
               ,
               or
               my
               Orchard
               better
               Fruit
               ,
               or
               my
               
               Fields
               better
               Corn
               ,
               or
               my
               Dairy
               better
               Cheese
               then
               theirs
               that
               are
               strangers
               to
               Physiology
               .
               And
               certainly
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               if
               we
               seriously
               intend
               to
               convince
               the
               distrustful
               World
               of
               the
               real
               usefulness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               we
               must
               take
               some
               such
               course
               ,
               as
               that
               
                 Milestan
                 Thales
              
               did
               ,
               who
               was
               by
               the
               Antients
               reckoned
               among
               the
               very
               first
               of
               their
               Naturalists
               ,
               and
               their
               seven
               celebrated
               Wise-men
               :
               Of
               this
               Thales
               it
               is
               reported
               ,
               That
               being
               upbraidingly
               demanded
               what
               advantage
               the
               Professors
               of
               Astrology
               could
               derive
               from
               the
               knowledge
               of
               it
               ;
               he
               Astrologically
               foreseeing
               what
               Year
               it
               would
               prove
               for
               Olives
               ,
               before
               any
               wonted
               signs
               of
               it
               did
               appear
               to
               Husbandmen
               ,
               Ingrossed
               ,
               by
               giving
               earnest
               ,
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               the
               Olives
               ,
               which
               the
               next
               Season
               should
               afford
               to
               Chios
               and
               Miletus
               ;
               And
               being
               thereby
               inabled
               ,
               when
               most
               Men
               wanted
               Oyl
               ,
               to
               sell
               his
               at
               his
               own
               rates
               ,
               he
               made
               advantage
               enough
               of
               his
               skill
               ,
               to
               let
               his
               Friends
               see
               ,
               That
               Philosophers
               may
               have
               the
               acquisition
               of
               Wealth
               more
               in
               their
               power
               then
               in
               their
               aim
               .
            
             
               Me
               thinks
               ,
               it
               should
               be
               a
               disparagement
               to
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               when
               he
               descends
               to
               consider
               Husbandry
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               able
               ,
               with
               all
               his
               Science
               ,
               to
               improve
               the
               precepts
               of
               an
               Art
               ,
               resulting
               from
               the
               lame
               and
               unlearned
               Observations
               and
               Practice
               of
               such
               illiterate
               Persons
               as
               Gardeners
               ,
               Plow-men
               ,
               and
               Milk-maids
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               but
               too
               evident
               ,
               that
               the
               barren
               Philosophy
               ,
               wont
               to
               be
               taught
               in
               the
               Schools
               ,
               have
               hitherto
               been
               found
               of
               very
               little
               use
               in
               humane
               Life
               ;
               yet
               if
               the
               true
               Principles
               of
               that
               fertil
               Science
               were
               thorowly
               known
               ,
               consider'd
               and
               apply'd
               ,
               't
               is
               scarce
               imaginable
               ,
               how
               universal
               and
               advantagious
               a
               change
               they
               would
               make
               in
               the
               World
               :
               For
               in
               Man's
               knowledge
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               does
               principally
               consist
               his
               Empire
               over
               them
               .
               (
               his
               Knowledge
               and
               his
               Power
               having
               generally
               the
               same
               limits
               )
               And
               as
               the
               Nerves
               ,
               that
               move
               the
               whole
               
               Body
               ,
               and
               by
               it
               ,
               that
               great
               variety
               of
               Engines
               imployed
               by
               Man
               on
               his
               manifold
               occasions
               ,
               proceed
               from
               the
               Brain
               ;
               so
               all
               the
               operations
               ,
               by
               which
               we
               alter
               Nature
               and
               produce
               such
               changes
               in
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               flow
               from
               our
               knowledge
               of
               them
               .
               Theological
               inquiries
               excepted
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               ●mployment
               wherein
               Mankinde
               is
               so
               much
               and
               so
               generally
               concern'd
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               in
               the
               study
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               .
               And
               those
               great
               Transactions
               which
               make
               such
               a
               noise
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               establish
               Monarchies
               or
               ruine
               Empires
               ,
               reach
               not
               to
               so
               many
               Persons
               with
               their
               influence
               ,
               as
               do
               the
               Theories
               of
               Physiology
               .
            
             
               To
               manifest
               this
               Truth
               ,
               we
               need
               but
               consider
               ,
               what
               changes
               in
               the
               Face
               of
               things
               have
               been
               made
               by
               two
               Discoveries
               ,
               trivial
               enough
               ;
               the
               one
               being
               but
               of
               the
               inclination
               of
               the
               Needle
               ,
               touched
               by
               the
               Load-stone
               ,
               to
               point
               toward
               the
               Pole
               ;
               the
               other
               being
               but
               a
               casual
               Discovery
               of
               the
               supposed
               antipathy
               between
               Salt-Peter
               and
               Brimstone
               :
               For
               without
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               those
               vast
               Regions
               of
               America
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Treasures
               of
               Gold
               ,
               Silver
               ,
               and
               Precious
               Stones
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               Precious
               Simples
               they
               send
               us
               ,
               would
               have
               probably
               continued
               undetected
               ;
               And
               the
               latter
               ,
               giving
               an
               occasional
               rise
               to
               the
               invention
               of
               Gunpowder
               ,
               has
               quite
               alter'd
               the
               condition
               of
               Martial
               Affairs
               over
               the
               World
               ,
               both
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land.
               And
               certainly
               ,
               true
               Natural
               Philosophy
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               a
               barren
               speculative
               Knowledge
               ,
               that
               Physick
               ,
               Husbandry
               ,
               and
               very
               many
               Trades
               (
               as
               those
               of
               Tanners
               ,
               Dyers
               ,
               Brewers
               ,
               Founders
               ,
               &c.
               )
               are
               but
               Corollaries
               or
               Applications
               of
               some
               few
               Theorems
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               I
               had
               not
               a
               great
               respect
               for
               the
               Great
               Hippocrates
               ,
               I
               should
               venter
               to
               say
               ,
               That
               some
               of
               those
               rigid
               Laws
               of
               Draco
               (
               whose
               severity
               made
               Men
               say
               ,
               That
               they
               were
               written
               in
               Blood
               )
               have
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               cost
               fewer
               Persons
               their
               Lives
               ,
               then
               that
               one
               Aphorism
               of
               Hippocrates
               ,
               which
               teaching
               ,
               
                 That
                 if
                 a
                 
                 teeming
                 Woman
                 be
                 let
                 Blood
                 ,
                 she
                 will
                 miscarry
                 ,
              
               has
               for
               divers
               Ages
               prevail'd
               with
               great
               numbers
               of
               Physitians
               ,
               to
               suffer
               multitudes
               of
               their
               Female
               Patients
               to
               die
               under
               their
               hands
               ,
               who
               might
               propably
               have
               been
               rescued
               by
               a
               discreet
               Phlebotomy
               ,
               which
               experience
               has
               assured
               us
               (
               whatever
               the
               close
               of
               *
               the
               Aphorism
               says
               to
               the
               contrary
               )
               to
               have
               been
               sometimes
               not
               onely
               safely
               ,
               but
               usefully
               employed
               ,
               even
               when
               the
               Infant
               is
               grown
               pretty
               big
               .
               But
               my
               respect
               for
               so
               great
               a
               Person
               as
               Hippocrates
               ,
               makes
               me
               content
               it
               should
               be
               thought
               ,
               That
               till
               of
               late
               ,
               Physitians
               have
               for
               the
               most
               part
               mistaken
               their
               Dictators
               meaning
               in
               this
               Aphorism
               ,
               provided
               it
               be
               granted
               me
               ,
               That
               through
               this
               mistake
               numbers
               of
               teeming
               Women
               have
               been
               suffered
               to
               perish
               ,
               who
               might
               probably
               ,
               by
               the
               seasonable
               loss
               of
               some
               of
               their
               Blood
               ,
               have
               prevented
               that
               of
               their
               Lives
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               an
               Error
               ,
               which
               occasion'd
               onely
               a
               fault
               of
               omission
               ,
               hath
               been
               so
               prejudicial
               to
               Man-kinde
               ,
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               readily
               grant
               that
               those
               Errors
               of
               Physitians
               ,
               that
               are
               apt
               to
               produce
               faults
               of
               commission
               ,
               and
               rash
               attempts
               ,
               may
               prove
               much
               mo●e
               hurtful
               .
               And
               so
               much
               I
               finde
               to
               be
               acknowledg'd
               by
               Galen
               ,
               in
               that
               honest
               and
               excellent
               Passage
               of
               his
               ,
               in
               his
               Comment
               upon
               the
               Aphorisms
               ,
               
               where
               having
               mention'd
               the
               danger
               of
               trying
               conclusions
               upon
               Men
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               nobleness
               of
               the
               Subject
               ;
               and
               having
               added
               ,
               That
               the
               Physitians
               Art
               is
               not
               like
               that
               of
               a
               Potter
               ,
               a
               Carpenter
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               where
               a
               Man
               may
               freely
               try
               what
               he
               pleases
               to
               gratifie
               his
               curiosity
               ,
               or
               satisfie
               himself
               about
               his
               Notions
               ,
               because
               that
               if
               he
               spoils
               (
               for
               instance
               )
               the
               Wood
               he
               works
               on
               ,
               no
               Body
               is
               indanger'd
               by
               his
               miscarriage
               :
               He
               thus
               concludes
               ,
               
                 In
                 corpore
                 autem
                 Human●
                 ea
                 tentare
                 ,
                 quae
                 non
                 sunt
                 experientum
                 comprobata
                 periculo
                 non
                 vacat
                 ;
                 cùm
                 temeraria
                 experientiae
                 finis
                 sit
                 totius
                 Animantis
                 internecio
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               indeed
               ,
               since
               the
               Physitian
               borrows
               his
               Principles
               of
               
               the
               Naturalist
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               somewhat
               admire
               to
               see
               divers
               Persons
               ,
               who
               are
               by
               themselves
               and
               others
               thought
               such
               wise
               Men
               ,
               think
               the
               study
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               of
               small
               concernment
               :
               for
               when
               by
               their
               Policy
               or
               good
               Fortune
               they
               have
               acquired
               never
               so
               much
               Wealth
               or
               Power
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               transitory
               Goods
               ,
               and
               are
               blest
               with
               Children
               to
               inherit
               them
               ,
               if
               the
               Principles
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               be
               mis-laid
               ,
               we
               oftentimes
               see
               the
               ignorance
               or
               the
               mistake
               of
               a
               Doctor
               ,
               deprive
               them
               of
               all
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               shew
               how
               dangerous
               it
               is
               to
               be
               sollicitous
               of
               the
               means
               of
               attaining
               the
               accommodations
               of
               Life
               ,
               with
               the
               contempt
               of
               that
               Knowledge
               which
               in
               very
               many
               cases
               is
               humanely
               necessary
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               Life
               it self
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               though
               our
               unintended
               prolixity
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               our
               Discourse
               concerning
               the
               Usefulness
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               oblige
               us
               to
               the
               greater
               brevity
               in
               this
               latter
               part
               of
               it
               ;
               yet
               to
               shew
               you
               ,
               That
               of
               the
               two
               things
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               remember
               we
               told
               you
               Pythagoras
               pronounc'd
               most
               God
               like
               in
               Man
               
                 (
                 The
                 Knowledge
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Doing
                 of
                 Good
              
               )
               Physiology
               as
               well
               qualifies
               us
               for
               the
               latter
               ,
               as
               it
               inriches
               us
               with
               the
               former
               .
               It
               will
               not
               be
               amiss
               a
               little
               more
               particularly
               (
               though
               as
               succinctly
               as
               so
               copious
               a
               Subject
               will
               permit
               )
               to
               consider
               the
               probability
               there
               is
               that
               no
               small
               Improvement
               may
               be
               made
               by
               Mens
               proficiency
               in
               Experimental
               Knowledge
               of
               those
               Arts
               which
               are
               the
               chiefest
               Instruments
               of
               Man's
               dominion
               over
               the
               Creatures
               .
               These
               Arts
               (
               to
               divide
               them
               not
               accurately
               ,
               but
               popularly
               )
               do
               serve
               either
               to
               relieve
               Man's
               necessities
               ,
               as
               Physick
               and
               Husbandry
               ;
               or
               for
               his
               accomodation
               ,
               as
               the
               Trades
               of
               Shoo-makers
               ,
               Diers
               ,
               Tanners
               ,
               &c.
               or
               for
               his
               delight
               ,
               as
               the
               Trades
               of
               Painters
               ,
               Confectioners
               ,
               Perfumers
               ,
               &c.
               to
               all
               which
               Arts
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               ally'd
               to
               them
               ,
               Philosophical
               Experiments
               and
               Observations
               ,
               
               may
               ,
               by
               a
               knowing
               Naturalist
               ,
               be
               made
               to
               extend
               a
               meliorating
               Influence
               .
            
             
               If
               I
               should
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               say
               this
               ,
               without
               offering
               any
               thing
               at
               all
               by
               way
               of
               Proof
               that
               I
               say
               it
               not
               inconsideratly
               ,
               You
               would
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               believe
               ,
               that
               I
               deliver
               it
               too
               slightly
               for
               a
               Matter
               of
               that
               moment
               :
               And
               if
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               I
               should
               in
               this
               Discourse
               present
               to
               you
               all
               the
               Particulars
               that
               I
               think
               I
               could
               ,
               without
               Impertinency
               ,
               employ
               to
               countenance
               what
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               it
               would
               swell
               this
               Treatise
               to
               a
               Volumn
               ,
               and
               defraud
               divers
               of
               my
               other
               Essays
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               hold
               it
               not
               unfit
               to
               choose
               a
               middle
               way
               ,
               and
               set
               down
               ,
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               either
               onely
               or
               chiefly
               those
               things
               which
               do
               the
               most
               readily
               occur
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               so
               properly
               belong
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               my
               physiological
               papers
               .
               And
               to
               avoid
               Confusion
               ,
               I
               shall
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Division
               newly
               propos'd
               ,
               employ
               one
               Section
               of
               this
               Second
               part
               of
               the
               present
               Treatise
               ,
               in
               setting
               down
               such
               things
               as
               relate
               to
               the
               Improvement
               of
               Physick
               :
               And
               in
               the
               other
               Section
               ,
               deliver
               such
               particulars
               as
               concern
               those
               other
               useful
               Arts
               that
               depend
               upon
               Natural
               philosophy
               .
               But
               in
               regard
               that
               (
               as
               I
               have
               already
               intimated
               )
               the
               following
               Discourse
               is
               to
               consist
               chiefly
               of
               those
               things
               that
               belong
               not
               to
               any
               of
               my
               other
               Essays
               ,
               You
               will
               not
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               expect
               that
               I
               should
               handle
               any
               subject
               fully
               or
               Methodically
               on
               this
               occasion
               :
               Which
               warning
               I
               especially
               intend
               for
               that
               part
               of
               the
               ensuing
               Discourse
               that
               relates
               to
               physick
               .
               For
               you
               will
               easily
               believe
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               far
               from
               pretending
               to
               be
               a
               Doctor
               in
               that
               Faculty
               :
               And
               accordingly
               ,
               in
               this
               and
               the
               four
               following
               Essays
               ,
               I
               shall
               onely
               throw
               together
               divers
               such
               particulars
               as
               not
               belonging
               to
               my
               Writings
               ,
               would
               ,
               perhaps
               be
               lost
               ,
               if
               I
               did
               not
               lay
               hold
               on
               this
               Opportunity
               for
               their
               preservation
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               are
               not
               altogether
               judged
               unworthy
               by
               some
               knowing
               Men
               ,
               whose
               Encouragements
               ,
               to
               mention
               them
               to
               you
               ,
               have
               disswaded
               me
               from
               wholly
               passing
               by
               ,
               in
               this
               Discourse
               
               Matters
               properly
               Medical
               ,
               what
               scruples
               soever
               I
               had
               to
               venture
               at
               speaking
               of
               them
               ,
               Especially
               since
               I
               have
               not
               now
               the
               Conveniency
               to
               furnish
               these
               Essays
               with
               divers
               Particulars
               (
               by
               some
               thought
               not
               inconsiderable
               )
               which
               I
               may
               ,
               pe●haps
               be
               invited
               to
               adde
               to
               them
               hereafter
               ,
               if
               I
               finde
               by
               your
               Reception
               of
               these
               that
               the
               others
               are
               like
               to
               be
               welcome
               .
            
             
               To
               say
               something
               then
               of
               Physick
               ,
               and
               to
               suppose
               the
               fitness
               of
               the
               now
               receiv'd
               division
               of
               it
               into
               five
               Parts
               :
               The
               Physiological
               (
               the
               Physitian
               taking
               that
               in
               a
               stricter
               sense
               then
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               then
               we
               do
               every
               where
               ,
               save
               in
               this
               Essay
               )
               Pathological
               ,
               Semeiotical
               ,
               Hygieinal
               and
               Therapeutical
               ,
               let
               us
               briefly
               take
               notice
               how
               each
               of
               these
               is
               indebted
               to
               ,
               or
               capable
               of
               being
               improved
               by
               experienc'd
               Naturalists
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               such
               is
               the
               affinity
               between
               Natural
               Philosophy
               and
               Physick
               ,
               or
               the
               dependance
               of
               this
               on
               that
               ,
               that
               we
               need
               not
               wonder
               at
               the
               judicious
               Observation
               of
               Aristotle
               ,
               
               where
               he
               thus
               writes
               ,
               
                 Naturalium
                 ferè
                 plurimis
                 &
                 Medicorum
                 ,
                 qui
                 magis
                 Philosophicè
                 artem
                 prosequuntur
                 ,
                 illi
                 quidem
                 finiunt
                 ad
                 ea
                 ,
                 quae
                 de
                 Medicina
                 ;
                 hi
                 verò
                 ex
                 iis
                 qua
                 de
                 Natura
                 ,
                 incipiunt
                 quae
                 de
                 Medicina
                 .
              
               But
               we
               must
               instance
               these
               things
               more
               particularly
               :
               And
               first
               for
               Physiology
               ,
               't
               is
               apparent
               ,
               That
               the
               Physitian
               takes
               much
               of
               his
               Doctrine
               in
               that
               part
               of
               his
               Art
               from
               the
               Naturalist
               :
               〈◊〉
               to
               ment●on
               now
               no
               other
               parts
               of
               Physiology
               ,
               in
               its
               stricter
               acception
               ,
               the
               experience
               of
               our
               own
               age
               may
               suffice
               to
               manifest
               ,
               what
               light
               the
               Anatomical
               doctrine
               of
               Mans
               Body
               may
               receive
               from
               Experiments
               made
               on
               other
               subjects
               .
               For
               since
               it
               were
               too
               barbarous
               ,
               and
               too
               great
               a
               violation
               of
               the
               Laws
               ,
               not
               onely
               of
               Divinity
               but
               Humanity
               ,
               to
               dissect
               humane
               Bodies
               alive
               ,
               as
               did
               Herophilus
               and
               Erasistratus
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               I
               finde
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Ancients
               )
               obtain'd
               of
               Kings
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Malefactors
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               and
               scrupled
               not
               to
               destroy
               Man
               to
               know
               him
               ;
               And
               since
               ,
               nevertheless
               divers
               things
               in
               Anatomy
               ,
               as
               particularly
               the
               motion
               of
               
               the
               Blood
               and
               Chyle
               cannot
               be
               discover'd
               in
               a
               dead
               dissected
               Body
               (
               where
               the
               cold
               has
               shut
               up
               and
               obliterated
               many
               Passages
               )
               that
               may
               be
               seen
               in
               one
               open'd
               alive
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               very
               advantagious
               to
               a
               Physitians
               Anatomical
               knowledge
               ,
               to
               see
               the
               Dissections
               of
               Dogs
               ,
               Swine
               ,
               and
               other
               live
               Creatures
               ,
               made
               by
               an
               inquisitive
               Naturalist
               :
               Consonantly
               whereunto
               we
               may
               remember
               ,
               that
               the
               discoveries
               of
               the
               milky
               Vessels
               in
               the
               Mesentery
               by
               Asellius
               ,
               of
               those
               in
               the
               Thorax
               by
               Pecquet
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               
                 Vasa
                 Limphatica
              
               by
               Bartholinus
               ,
               were
               first
               made
               in
               Brute
               Bodies
               ,
               though
               afterwards
               found
               to
               hold
               in
               humane
               ones
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               a
               small
               convenience
               to
               the
               Anatomist
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               in
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Bruits
               make
               divers
               instructive
               Experiments
               ,
               that
               he
               dares
               not
               venture
               on
               in
               those
               of
               Men
               ;
               as
               for
               instance
               ,
               that
               late
               noble
               ,
               and
               by
               many
               not
               yet
               credited
               Experiment
               of
               taking
               out
               the
               Spleen
               of
               a
               Dog
               without
               killing
               him
               :
               For
               that
               this
               Experiment
               may
               be
               very
               useful
               ,
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               occasion
               to
               shew
               .
               And
               that
               it
               is
               possible
               to
               be
               safely
               made
               (
               though
               many
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               have
               but
               unprosperously
               attempted
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               hath
               been
               lately
               pronounced
               impossible
               in
               Print
               )
               our selves
               can
               witness
               .
               And
               because
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               met
               with
               any
               Author
               that
               professes
               himself
               not
               to
               relate
               this
               Experiment
               (
               of
               the
               exemption
               of
               a
               Dogs
               Spleen
               )
               upon
               the
               credit
               of
               others
               ,
               but
               as
               an
               eye-witness
               ;
               I
               am
               content
               to
               assure
               you
               ,
               That
               that
               dextrous
               Dissector
               ,
               Dr
               Jolive
               (
               of
               whom
               we
               formerly
               made
               mention
               )
               did
               the
               last
               Year
               ,
               at
               my
               request
               ,
               take
               out
               the
               Spleen
               of
               a
               yong
               Setting-dog
               I
               brought
               him
               :
               And
               that
               it
               might
               not
               be
               pretended
               ,
               the
               Experiment
               was
               unfaithfully
               or
               favorably
               made
               ,
               I
               did
               part
               of
               it
               my self
               ,
               and
               held
               the
               Spleen
               (
               which
               was
               the
               largest
               in
               proportion
               to
               his
               Body
               that
               ever
               I
               saw
               )
               in
               my
               Hand
               ,
               whil'st
               he
               cut
               assunder
               the
               Vessels
               ,
               reaching
               to
               i●
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               be
               sure
               there
               was
               not
               the
               least
               part
               of
               the
               Spleen
               left
               unextirpated
               ,
               and
               yet
               this
               Puppy
               ,
               in
               less
               then
               a
               Fortnight
               ,
               grew
               not
               onely
               well
               ,
               but
               as
               
               sportive
               and
               as
               wanton
               as
               before
               :
               which
               I
               need
               not
               take
               pains
               to
               make
               you
               believe
               ,
               since
               you
               often
               saw
               him
               at
               your
               Mothers
               House
               ,
               whence
               at
               length
               he
               was
               stol'n
               .
               And
               though
               I
               remember
               the
               famous
               Emperick
               Fiorouanti
               ,
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Italian
               Books
               ,
               mentions
               his
               having
               been
               prevail'd
               with
               by
               the
               importunity
               of
               a
               Lady
               (
               whom
               he
               calls
               
                 Marulla
                 Greca
              
               )
               much
               afflicted
               with
               Splenetick
               distempers
               ,
               to
               rid
               her
               of
               her
               Spleen
               ;
               and
               addes
               ,
               That
               she
               out-liv'd
               the
               loss
               of
               it
               divers
               Years
               .
               Yet
               he
               that
               considers
               the
               situation
               of
               that
               part
               ,
               and
               the
               considerableness
               of
               the
               Vessels
               belonging
               to
               it
               in
               humane
               Bodies
               ,
               will
               probably
               be
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               though
               his
               relation
               may
               be
               credited
               ,
               his
               venturousness
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               imitated
               .
               The
               Experiment
               also
               of
               detaining
               Frogs
               under
               Water
               for
               very
               many
               hours
               (
               sometimes
               amounting
               to
               some
               days
               )
               without
               suffocation
               ,
               may
               ,
               to
               him
               that
               knows
               that
               Frogs
               have
               Lungs
               and
               Breath
               as
               well
               as
               other
               Terrestrial
               Animals
               ,
               appear
               a
               considerable
               discovery
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               determining
               the
               Nature
               of
               Respiration
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               scrupulousness
               of
               the
               Parents
               or
               Friends
               of
               the
               deceased
               Persons
               ,
               deprives
               us
               oftentimes
               of
               the
               Opportunities
               of
               Anatomizing
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               those
               of
               Women
               ,
               whereas
               those
               of
               Beasts
               are
               almost
               always
               and
               every
               where
               to
               be
               met
               with
               .
               And
               't
               was
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               upon
               some
               such
               account
               ,
               that
               Aristotle
               said
               that
               the
               external
               parts
               of
               the
               Body
               were
               best
               known
               in
               Men
               ,
               the
               internal
               in
               Beasts
               ,
               
                 Sun●
                 enim
              
               (
               says
               
               he
               ,
               speaking
               of
               the
               inward
               parts
               )
               
                 hominum
                 imprimis
                 incertae
                 atque
                 incognitae
                 :
                 quamobrem
                 ad
                 caeterorum
                 animalium
                 partes
                 quarum
                 similes
                 sunt
                 humanae
                 referentes
                 eas
                 contemplari
                 debemus
                 .
              
               And
               questionless
               in
               many
               of
               them
               ,
               the
               frame
               of
               the
               parts
               is
               so
               like
               ,
               that
               of
               those
               answerable
               in
               Men
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               is
               but
               moderately
               skill'd
               in
               Andratomy
               (
               as
               some
               of
               the
               Moderns
               call
               the
               Dissection
               of
               Mans
               Body
               ,
               to
               distinguish
               it
               from
               Zootomy
               ,
               as
               they
               name
               the
               Dissections
               of
               the
               Bodies
               of
               other
               Animals
               )
               may
               ,
               with
               due
               diligence
               
               and
               industry
               ,
               not
               despicably
               ,
               improve
               his
               Anatomical
               knowledge
               .
               In
               confirmation
               of
               which
               truth
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               observe
               to
               you
               ,
               That
               though
               Galen
               hath
               left
               to
               us
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               by
               Physitians
               so
               much
               magnified
               Anatomical
               Treatises
               ,
               yet
               not
               onely
               divers
               of
               those
               Modern
               Physitians
               ,
               that
               would
               eclipse
               his
               Glory
               ,
               deny
               him
               to
               have
               learn'd
               the
               skill
               he
               pretends
               to
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               inspection
               of
               the
               Dissected
               Bodies
               of
               Men
               or
               Women
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               to
               ever
               have
               seen
               a
               humane
               Anatomy
               .
               But
               I
               finde
               even
               among
               his
               Admirers
               ,
               Physitians
               that
               acknowledge
               that
               his
               Knives
               were
               much
               more
               conversant
               with
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Apes
               ,
               and
               other
               Bruits
               ,
               then
               with
               those
               of
               Men
               ,
               which
               in
               his
               time
               those
               Authors
               say
               't
               was
               thought
               little
               less
               then
               Irreligious
               ,
               if
               not
               Barbarous
               ,
               to
               mangle
               ;
               which
               is
               the
               less
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               because
               even
               in
               this
               our
               Age
               ,
               that
               great
               People
               of
               the
               Muscovites
               ,
               though
               a
               Christian
               and
               European
               Nation
               ,
               hath
               deny'd
               Physitians
               the
               use
               of
               Anatomy
               and
               Skeletons
               ;
               the
               former
               ,
               as
               an
               inhumane
               thing
               ;
               the
               latter
               ,
               as
               fit
               for
               little
               but
               Witchcraft
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               inform'd
               by
               the
               applauded
               Writer
               Olearius
               ,
               Secretary
               to
               the
               Embassy
               lately
               send
               by
               that
               Learned
               Prince
               ,
               
               the
               present
               Duke
               of
               Holsteine
               ,
               into
               Moscovia
               and
               Persia.
               And
               of
               this
               ,
               the
               same
               Author
               gives
               us
               the
               instance
               of
               one
               Quirin
               ,
               an
               excellent
               German
               Chyrurgion
               ,
               who
               ,
               for
               having
               been
               found
               with
               a
               Skeleton
               ,
               had
               much
               adoe
               to
               scape
               with
               his
               Life
               ,
               and
               was
               commanded
               to
               go
               out
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               leaving
               behinde
               him
               his
               Skeleton
               ,
               which
               was
               also
               dragg'd
               about
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               burnt
               .
            
             
               To
               these
               things
               we
               may
               adde
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               the
               diligence
               of
               Zootomists
               may
               much
               contribute
               to
               illustrate
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Andratomy
               ,
               and
               both
               inform
               Physitians
               of
               the
               true
               use
               of
               the
               parts
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               and
               help
               to
               decide
               divers
               Anatomical
               Controversies
               .
               For
               as
               in
               general
               't
               is
               scarce
               possible
               to
               learn
               the
               true
               Nature
               of
               any
               Creature
               ,
               from
               the
               
               consideration
               of
               the
               single
               Creature
               it self
               :
               so
               particularly
               of
               divers
               parts
               of
               humane
               Body
               't
               is
               very
               difficult
               to
               learn
               the
               true
               use
               ,
               without
               consulting
               the
               Bodies
               of
               other
               Animals
               ,
               wherein
               the
               part
               inquired
               after
               is
               by
               Nature
               either
               wholly
               left
               out
               as
               needless
               ,
               or
               wherein
               its
               differing
               bigness
               ,
               or
               situation
               ,
               or
               figure
               ,
               or
               connection
               with
               ,
               and
               relation
               to
               other
               parts
               ,
               may
               render
               its
               use
               more
               conspicuous
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               more
               discernable
               .
            
             
               Th●s
               Truth
               may
               be
               somewhat
               illustrated
               by
               the
               following
               Observations
               ,
               which
               at
               present
               offer
               themselves
               to
               my
               thoughts
               upon
               this
               occasion
               .
            
             
               The
               Lungs
               of
               Vipers
               ,
               and
               other
               Creatures
               (
               whole
               Hearts
               and
               whose
               Blood
               ,
               even
               whil'st
               it
               circulates
               ,
               we
               have
               always
               found
               ,
               as
               to
               sense
               ,
               actually
               cold
               )
               may
               give
               us
               just
               occasion
               to
               inquire
               a
               little
               more
               warily
               whether
               the
               great
               use
               of
               Respiration
               be
               to
               cool
               the
               Heart
               .
            
             
               The
               suddain
               falling
               and
               continuing
               together
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               observe
               in
               that
               part
               at
               least
               of
               a
               Dogs
               Lungs
               ,
               that
               is
               on
               the
               same
               side
               with
               the
               Wound
               ,
               upon
               making
               a
               large
               Wound
               in
               his
               Chest
               ,
               though
               the
               Lungs
               remain
               untouched
               ,
               is
               a
               considerable
               Experiment
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               discovery
               of
               the
               principal
               Organ
               of
               Respiration
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               dexterously
               take
               out
               the
               Hearts
               of
               Vipers
               ,
               and
               of
               some
               smaller
               Fishes
               ,
               whose
               coldness
               makes
               them
               beat
               much
               more
               unfrequently
               and
               leisurely
               ,
               then
               those
               of
               warm
               Animals
               ,
               the
               contraction
               and
               relaxation
               of
               the
               Fibres
               of
               the
               Heart
               may
               be
               distinctly
               observed
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               deciding
               or
               reconciling
               the
               Controversie
               about
               the
               cause
               and
               manner
               of
               the
               Hearts
               motion
               ,
               betwixt
               those
               Learned
               modern
               Anatomists
               ,
               that
               contend
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               Dr.
               Harvey's
               Opinion
               ;
               and
               others
               ,
               for
               that
               of
               the
               Cartesians
               .
            
             
               Towards
               satisfying
               my self
               in
               which
               difficulty
               ,
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               have
               sometimes
               taken
               the
               Heart
               of
               a
               Flownder
               ,
               and
               having
               cut
               it
               transversly
               into
               two
               parts
               ,
               and
               press'd
               out
               ,
               and
               
               with
               a
               Linnen
               cloth
               wip'd
               off
               the
               Blood
               contain'd
               in
               each
               of
               them
               ,
               I
               observ'd
               ,
               that
               for
               a
               considerable
               space
               of
               time
               ,
               the
               sever'd
               and
               bloodless
               parts
               held
               on
               their
               former
               contraction
               and
               relaxation
               .
               And
               once
               I
               remember
               that
               I
               observed
               ,
               not
               without
               Wonder
               ,
               That
               the
               sever'd
               portions
               of
               a
               Flownders
               Heart
               ,
               did
               not
               onely
               ,
               after
               their
               Blood
               was
               drain'd
               ,
               move
               as
               before
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               Heart
               ,
               observ'd
               for
               a
               pretty
               while
               ,
               such
               a
               succession
               of
               motion
               in
               its
               divided
               and
               exsanguious
               pieces
               ,
               as
               I
               had
               taken
               notice
               of
               in
               them
               whil'st
               they
               were
               coherent
               ,
               and
               as
               you
               may
               with
               pleasure
               both
               see
               and
               feel
               in
               the
               intire
               Heart
               of
               the
               same
               Fish.
               
            
             
               Some
               of
               the
               other
               Controversies
               agitated
               among
               Anatomists
               and
               Philosophers
               ,
               concerning
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               concerning
               the
               principal
               seat
               of
               Life
               and
               Sense
               ,
               may
               also
               receive
               light
               from
               some
               such
               Experiments
               ,
               that
               we
               made
               in
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Bruits
               ,
               as
               we
               could
               not
               of
               Men.
               
            
             
               And
               the
               first
               of
               these
               that
               we
               shall
               mention
               ,
               shall
               be
               an
               Experiment
               that
               we
               remember
               our selves
               formerly
               to
               have
               made
               upon
               Frogs
               :
               For
               having
               open'd
               one
               of
               them
               alive
               ,
               and
               carefully
               cut
               out
               his
               Heart
               ,
               without
               closing
               up
               the
               Orifice
               of
               the
               Wound
               (
               which
               we
               had
               made
               wider
               then
               was
               necessary
               )
               the
               Frog
               notwithstanding
               leaped
               up
               and
               down
               the
               Room
               as
               before
               ,
               dragging
               his
               Entrals
               (
               that
               hung
               out
               )
               after
               him
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               rested
               ,
               would
               upon
               a
               puncture
               leap
               again
               ,
               and
               being
               put
               into
               the
               Water
               ,
               would
               swim
               ,
               whil'st
               I
               felt
               his
               Heart
               beating
               betwixt
               my
               Fingers
               .
               The
               Hearts
               of
               others
               of
               them
               were
               taken
               out
               at
               an
               Incision
               ,
               no
               greater
               then
               was
               requisite
               for
               that
               purpose
               ;
               when
               we
               had
               stitched
               or
               pin'd
               up
               the
               Wound
               ,
               we
               observ'd
               them
               to
               leap
               more
               frequently
               and
               vigorously
               then
               the
               former
               :
               They
               would
               ,
               as
               before
               they
               were
               hurt
               ,
               close
               and
               open
               their
               Eye
               lids
               upon
               occasion
               :
               Being
               put
               into
               a
               Vessel
               not
               full
               of
               Water
               ,
               they
               would
               as
               orderly
               display
               their
               fore
               and
               hinder
               Legs
               in
               the
               manner
               requisite
               to
               swimming
               ,
               as
               if
               
               they
               wanted
               none
               of
               their
               parts
               ,
               especially
               not
               their
               Hearts
               ;
               they
               would
               rest
               themselves
               sometimes
               upon
               the
               surface
               of
               the
               Water
               ,
               sometimes
               at
               the
               bottom
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               also
               they
               would
               nimbly
               leap
               ,
               first
               out
               of
               the
               Vessel
               ,
               and
               then
               about
               the
               Room
               ,
               surviving
               the
               exsection
               of
               their
               Hearts
               ;
               some
               about
               an
               hour
               ,
               and
               some
               longer
               .
               And
               that
               which
               was
               further
               remarkable
               in
               this
               Expe●iment
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               we
               could
               ,
               by
               gently
               pressing
               their
               Brest
               and
               Belly
               with
               our
               Fingers
               ,
               make
               them
               almost
               at
               pleasure
               make
               such
               a
               noise
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               By-standers
               made
               them
               seem
               to
               croak
               ;
               but
               how
               this
               Experiment
               will
               be
               reconcil'd
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               ascrib'd
               to
               Mr.
               Hobs
               ,
               or
               to
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Aristotelians
               ,
               who
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               their
               Master
               taught
               ,
               the
               Heart
               to
               be
               the
               seat
               of
               Sense
               (
               whence
               also
               though
               erroneously
               ,
               he
               made
               it
               the
               original
               of
               the
               Nerves
               )
               let
               those
               that
               are
               pleas'd
               to
               concern
               themselves
               to
               maintain
               all
               his
               Opinions
               ,
               consider
               .
            
             
               And
               whereas
               Frogs
               ,
               though
               they
               can
               move
               thus
               long
               without
               the
               Heart
               ,
               yet
               they
               cannot
               at
               all
               bear
               the
               exemption
               or
               spoiling
               of
               the
               Brain
               ;
               we
               will
               adde
               what
               we
               have
               observ'd
               ,
               even
               in
               hot
               Animals
               ,
               whose
               Life
               is
               conceived
               to
               be
               much
               more
               suddenly
               dissipable
               ,
               and
               the
               motion
               of
               each
               part
               much
               more
               dependent
               upon
               the
               influence
               of
               the
               Brain
               :
               We
               open'd
               then
               an
               Egge
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Chick
               was
               not
               onely
               perfectly
               formed
               ,
               but
               well
               furnished
               with
               Feathers
               ,
               and
               having
               taken
               him
               out
               of
               the
               Membrane
               that
               involved
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               Liquors
               he
               swam
               in
               ,
               and
               laid
               him
               on
               his
               Back
               on
               a
               flat
               piece
               of
               Glass
               ,
               we
               clip'd
               away
               ,
               with
               a
               pair
               of
               Sciffers
               ,
               the
               Head
               and
               the
               Brest-bone
               ;
               whereby
               the
               Heart
               became
               exposed
               to
               view
               ,
               but
               remain'd
               fastned
               to
               the
               Headless
               Trunk
               :
               and
               the
               Chick
               lying
               in
               this
               posture
               ,
               the
               Heart
               continued
               to
               beat
               above
               a
               full
               hour
               ,
               and
               the
               Ears
               seem'd
               to
               retain
               their
               motion
               a
               pretty
               while
               after
               the
               Heart
               it self
               had
               lost
               his
               ;
               the
               motion
               of
               none
               of
               the
               other
               Parts
               appearing
               many
               moments
               to
               survive
               the
               loss
               of
               the
               
               Head
               :
               and
               which
               is
               most
               considerable
               ,
               the
               seemingly
               dead
               Heart
               was
               divers
               times
               excited
               to
               new
               ,
               though
               quickly
               ceasing
               motion
               ,
               upon
               the
               puncture
               of
               a
               Pin
               ,
               or
               the
               point
               of
               a
               Pen-knife
               .
               And
               to
               evince
               that
               this
               was
               no
               casual
               thing
               ,
               the
               next
               Day
               we
               dealt
               with
               the
               Chick
               of
               another
               Egge
               ,
               taken
               from
               the
               same
               Hen
               ,
               after
               the
               above
               recited
               manner
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               Heart
               and
               Ears
               began
               to
               cease
               ,
               we
               excited
               it
               again
               ,
               by
               placing
               the
               Glass
               over
               the
               warm
               steam
               of
               a
               Vessel
               full
               of
               hot
               Water
               ,
               bringing
               still
               new
               Water
               from
               off
               the
               Fire
               to
               continue
               the
               heat
               ,
               when
               we
               perceiv'd
               the
               former
               Water
               to
               begin
               to
               cool
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               means
               we
               kept
               the
               Heart
               beating
               for
               an
               hour
               and
               an
               half
               by
               measure
               .
               And
               at
               another
               time
               ,
               for
               further
               satisfaction
               ,
               we
               did
               ,
               by
               these
               and
               some
               other
               little
               industries
               ,
               keep
               the
               Heart
               of
               a
               somewhat
               elder
               Chick
               ,
               though
               exposed
               to
               the
               open
               Air
               ,
               in
               motion
               ,
               after
               we
               had
               carefully
               clipt
               off
               the
               Head
               and
               Neck
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               (
               if
               our
               memory
               do
               not
               much
               mis
               inform
               us
               )
               two
               hours
               an●
               an
               half
               by
               measure
               .
               Upon
               what
               conjectures
               we
               expected
               so
               lasting
               a
               motion
               in
               the
               Heart
               of
               a
               Chick
               ,
               after
               it
               had
               lost
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               Brain
               ,
               would
               be
               more
               tedious
               and
               less
               fit
               to
               be
               mention'd
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               then
               the
               strange
               vivacity
               we
               have
               sometimes
               ,
               not
               without
               wonder
               ,
               observed
               in
               Vipers
               :
               Since
               not
               onely
               their
               Hearts
               clearly
               sever'd
               from
               their
               Bodies
               may
               be
               observ'd
               to
               beat
               for
               some
               hours
               (
               for
               that
               is
               common
               with
               them
               to
               divers
               other
               cold
               Animals
               )
               but
               the
               Body
               it self
               may
               be
               sometimes
               two
               or
               three
               days
               after
               the
               Skin
               ,
               Heart
               ,
               Head
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Entrals
               are
               separated
               from
               it
               ,
               seen
               to
               move
               in
               a
               twining
               or
               wrigling
               manner
               :
               Nay
               (
               what
               is
               much
               more
               )
               may
               appear
               to
               be
               manifestly
               sensible
               of
               punctures
               ,
               being
               put
               into
               a
               fresh
               and
               vivid
               motion
               ,
               when
               it
               lay
               still
               before
               ,
               upon
               the
               being
               pricked
               ,
               especially
               on
               the
               Spine
               or
               Marrow
               with
               a
               Pin
               or
               Needle
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               Tortoises
               be
               in
               the
               Indies
               many
               of
               them
               very
               
               large
               Animals
               ,
               yet
               that
               great
               Traveller
               ,
               
                 Vincent
                 le
                 Blanc
              
               ,
               in
               his
               French
               Voyages
               ,
               giving
               a
               very
               particular
               account
               of
               those
               Tortoyses
               ,
               which
               the
               East
               Indian
               King
               of
               Peg●
               (
               who
               was
               much
               delighted
               with
               them
               )
               did
               ,
               with
               great
               curiosity
               ,
               cherish
               in
               his
               Ponds
               ,
               adds
               this
               memorable
               Passage
               as
               an
               Eye-witness
               of
               what
               he
               relates
               :
               
                 When
                 the
                 King
                 hath
                 a
                 minde
                 to
                 eat
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 cut
                 off
                 their
                 heads
                 ,
                 and
                 five
                 days
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 prepar'd
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 after
                 those
                 five
                 days
                 they
                 are
                 alive
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 often
                 experienc'd
                 .
              
               Now
               although
               I
               will
               not
               say
               ,
               that
               these
               Experiments
               prove
               ,
               that
               either
               't
               is
               in
               the
               Membranes
               that
               sensation
               resides
               (
               though
               I
               have
               sometimes
               doubted
               whether
               the
               Nerves
               themselves
               be
               not
               so
               sensible
               ,
               chiefly
               as
               they
               are
               invested
               with
               Membranes
               )
               or
               that
               the
               Brain
               may
               not
               be
               confined
               to
               the
               Head
               ,
               but
               may
               reach
               into
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               after
               another
               manner
               then
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               taught
               :
               Yet
               it
               may
               be
               safely
               affirm'd
               ,
               that
               such
               Experiments
               as
               these
               may
               be
               of
               great
               concernment
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               common
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               necessity
               of
               unceasing
               influence
               from
               the
               Brain
               ,
               being
               so
               requisite
               to
               Sense
               and
               Motion
               ,
               especially
               if
               to
               the
               lately
               mention'd
               Particulars
               we
               adde
               on
               this
               occasion
               what
               we
               have
               observ'd
               of
               the
               Butter-flies
               ,
               into
               which
               Silk-worms
               have
               been
               Metamorphosed
               ;
               namely
               ,
               That
               they
               may
               not
               onely
               ,
               like
               common
               Flys
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               winged
               Insects
               ,
               survive
               a
               pretty
               while
               the
               loss
               of
               their
               Heads
               ,
               but
               may
               sometimes
               be
               capable
               of
               Procreation
               after
               having
               lost
               them
               :
               as
               I
               not
               long
               since
               tryed
               (
               though
               not
               perhaps
               without
               such
               a
               Reluctancy
               as
               Aristotle
               would
               have
               blam'd
               in
               a
               Naturalist
               )
               by
               cutting
               off
               the
               Heads
               of
               such
               Butter-flies
               of
               either
               Sex.
               
                 Quamvis
                 enim
                 Mas
                 cui
                 prius
                 amputatum
                 est
                 caput
                 nequaquam
                 adduci
                 posset
                 (
                 quaecunque
                 Insecti
                 illius
                 est
                 salacitas
                 )
                 ut
                 Faeminam
                 comprimeret
                 :
                 Decollata
                 tamen
                 Faemina
                 marem
                 alacriter
                 admisit
                 .
                 Et
                 licet
                 post
                 horas
                 aliquot
                 coitu
                 insumptas
                 it
                 a
                 requierit
                 immota
                 ut
                 mortuam
                 per
                 multas
                 horas
                 cogitarem
                 ;
                 non
                 solum
                 quia
                 omnem
                 penitus
                 motum
                 
                 perdiderat
                 ,
                 &
                 in
                 Thorace
                 satis
                 magnum
                 apparebat
                 foramen
                 ,
                 quod
                 à
                 parte
                 aliqua
                 Corporis
                 simul
                 cum
                 capite
                 à
                 trunco
                 disruptâ
                 factum
                 videbatur
                 ;
                 verum
                 etiam
                 quoniam
                 eodem
                 permansit
                 statu
                 idque
                 per
                 plures
                 horas
                 ,
                 ultra
                 tempus
                 quo
                 ,
                 post
                 coitionem
                 cum
                 Mare
                 hujus
                 generis
                 Animalcula
                 solent
                 ordiri
                 prolificationem
                 .
                 Tandem
                 vero
                 postquam
                 jam
                 diu
                 de
                 Vita
                 ejus
                 desperatum
                 esset
                 ,
                 Ova
                 faetare
                 tam
                 confertim
                 coepit
                 ut
                 vel
                 exiguo
                 temporis
                 intervallo
                 eorum
                 plura
                 in
                 manu
                 mea
                 deponeret
                 .
                 An
                 vero
                 Prolifica
                 sint
                 futura
                 nondum
                 comperi
                 .
              
            
             
               Their
               Opinion
               that
               ascribe
               the
               redness
               of
               the
               Blood
               to
               the
               colour
               of
               the
               Liver
               ,
               through
               which
               it
               passes
               ,
               is
               not
               discountenanced
               by
               the
               Livers
               of
               Men
               :
               But
               in
               Hen-eggs
               ,
               about
               the
               third
               or
               fourth
               day
               after
               incubation
               (
               for
               we
               have
               found
               the
               circumstances
               of
               time
               much
               to
               vary
               )
               you
               may
               observe
               the
               
                 Punctum
                 saliens
              
               ,
               or
               Heart
               ,
               to
               be
               ever
               and
               anon
               full
               of
               conspicuously
               red
               Blood
               ,
               before
               the
               naked
               Eyes
               can
               so
               much
               as
               discern
               a
               Liver
               ,
               at
               least
               before
               they
               can
               discover
               in
               it
               any
               redness
               ;
               a
               yellowness
               being
               all
               I
               could
               observe
               in
               the
               Parenchyma
               of
               the
               Livers
               of
               divers
               Chickens
               perfectly
               form'd
               ,
               and
               furnish●d
               with
               Feathers
               ,
               though
               not
               great
               enough
               to
               make
               their
               way
               out
               of
               the
               Shell
               .
               And
               in
               divers
               great
               Fishes
               I
               have
               found
               the
               Vessels
               of
               the
               Liver
               full
               of
               very
               red
               Blood
               ,
               though
               the
               Parenchyma
               or
               substance
               of
               it
               were
               white
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               did
               not
               at
               all
               participate
               much
               less
               impart
               a
               sanguine
               colour
               .
            
             
               The
               Doctrine
               so
               unanimously
               delivered
               by
               Physitians
               and
               Chirurgions
               ,
               concerning
               the
               irreparable
               loss
               of
               the
               Limb
               of
               an
               Animal
               ,
               once
               violently
               severed
               from
               the
               Body
               ,
               will
               appear
               unfit
               to
               be
               admitted
               ,
               without
               some
               restriction
               by
               what
               may
               be
               experienc'd
               in
               Lizards
               ,
               in
               Lobsters
               and
               Craw-fishes
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               in
               some
               other
               living
               Creatures
               .
               For
               of
               Lizards
               it
               hath
               been
               often
               observ'd
               in
               hot
               Countreys
               ,
               and
               even
               in
               France
               ,
               that
               their
               Tails
               being
               struck
               off
               will
               grow
               again
               .
               And
               the
               like
               hath
               been
               of
               old
               observ'd
               by
               Pliny
               ,
               and
               the
               experienc'd
               
               Bontius
               delivers
               it
               upon
               his
               own
               knowledge
               in
               these
               words
               :
               
                 Hoc
                 in
                 domesticis
                 meis
                 non
                 semel
                 animadverti
                 dum
                 filioli
                 mei
                 lusitabundi
                 bacillo
                 caudas
                 iis
                 decutiebant
                 ,
                 quas
                 tamen
                 post
                 diem
                 unum
                 aut
                 alterum
                 ad
                 solitum
                 pabulum
                 revertentes
                 vidi
                 ,
                 caudasque
                 iis
                 paulatim
                 reaccrescere
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               the
               Claws
               likewise
               of
               Lobsters
               being
               torn
               off
               ,
               another
               will
               sometimes
               grow
               in
               the
               room
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               not
               onely
               said
               by
               Fisher-men
               ,
               but
               hath
               been
               affirmed
               to
               me
               by
               very
               credible
               persons
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               assured
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               himself
               had
               observed
               it
               very
               often
               .
               And
               I
               am
               the
               more
               apt
               to
               believe
               it
               ,
               because
               the
               like
               is
               to
               be
               met
               with
               among
               Craw-fishes
               ,
               which
               are
               so
               like
               Lobsters
               ,
               that
               by
               many
               they
               are
               taken
               (
               though
               not
               considerately
               enough
               )
               to
               be
               but
               a
               smaller
               kinde
               of
               them
               .
               For
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               going
               to
               look
               upon
               a
               Repository
               where
               a
               multitude
               of
               them
               was
               kept
               ,
               and
               causing
               divers
               of
               the
               fairest
               to
               be
               drawn
               up
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               take
               the
               stony
               concretions
               ,
               commonly
               called
               
                 Oculi
                 Cancrorum
              
               ,
               out
               of
               their
               Heads
               I
               observ'd
               one
               large
               Fish
               that
               had
               one
               of
               his
               Claws
               proportionable
               to
               the
               bulk
               of
               his
               Body
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               so
               short
               and
               little
               ,
               that
               the
               greater
               seem'd
               to
               be
               four
               or
               five
               times
               as
               big
               as
               it
               ;
               whereupon
               its
               good
               shape
               and
               fresh
               colour
               ,
               seeming
               to
               argue
               it
               to
               be
               but
               yong
               and
               growing
               ,
               invited
               me
               to
               ask
               one
               of
               them
               that
               had
               the
               oversight
               of
               the
               Fish
               ,
               whether
               he
               had
               formerly
               seen
               any
               Claws
               torn
               off
               to
               grow
               again
               ;
               he
               affirmed
               to
               me
               ,
               That
               in
               that
               sort
               of
               Fish
               it
               was
               very
               usual
               .
            
             
               I
               could
               also
               tell
               you
               how
               fruitlesly
               I
               have
               indeavored
               to
               discover
               that
               stomachical
               Acidity
               ,
               to
               which
               many
               of
               our
               Modern
               Physitians
               are
               pleas'd
               to
               ascribe
               the
               first
               digestion
               of
               the
               Nutriment
               of
               Animals
               ,
               in
               the
               purposely
               dissected
               Stomachs
               of
               ravenous
               Sea-fishes
               ,
               in
               whose
               Stomachs
               ,
               though
               our
               taste
               could
               not
               perceive
               any
               sensible
               acidity
               ,
               yet
               we
               found
               in
               one
               of
               them
               a
               couple
               of
               Fishes
               ,
               each
               of
               them
               about
               a
               Foot
               long
               ,
               whereof
               the
               one
               ,
               which
               seem'd
               to
               have
               been
               but
               newly
               devoured
               ,
               
               hath
               suffered
               little
               or
               no
               alteration
               in
               the
               great
               Fishes
               Stomach
               ;
               but
               the
               other
               had
               all
               its
               outside
               ,
               save
               the
               Head
               ,
               uniformly
               wasted
               to
               a
               pretty
               depth
               ,
               beneath
               the
               former
               surface
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               look'd
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               not
               boil'd
               ,
               or
               wrought
               upon
               by
               any
               considerable
               heat
               ,
               but
               uniformly
               corroded
               ,
               like
               a
               piece
               of
               Silver
               Coyn
               kept
               a
               while
               in
               Aqua-fortis
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               criminal
               tricks
               of
               Adulterators
               of
               Money
               .
            
             
               Yet
               I
               am
               loth
               ,
               till
               I
               have
               perfected
               what
               I
               design
               in
               order
               to
               that
               enquiry
               ,
               either
               to
               imbrace
               or
               reject
               the
               Opinion
               I
               finde
               so
               general
               among
               the
               Moderns
               ,
               concerning
               the
               Solution
               of
               Meat
               in
               the
               Stomach
               by
               something
               of
               Acid.
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               when
               I
               was
               considering
               what
               might
               be
               alleadg'd
               for
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               against
               that
               Opinion
               ,
               I
               devis'd
               this
               Experiment
               ,
               among
               others
               ,
               in
               favor
               of
               it
               :
               I
               provided
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               drench'd
               a
               piece
               of
               the
               Wing
               of
               a
               rosted
               Pullet
               ,
               hav●ng
               first
               well
               crushed
               it
               between
               my
               Fingers
               ,
               to
               make
               some
               amends
               for
               the
               omission
               of
               chewing
               it
               ;
               and
               having
               a
               little
               incorporated
               the
               Liquor
               and
               the
               musculous
               Flesh
               ,
               they
               immediately
               chang'd
               colour
               ,
               and
               in
               about
               an
               hour
               ,
               grew
               to
               be
               a
               kinde
               of
               Gelly
               ,
               in
               colour
               and
               consistence
               not
               unlike
               Quince
               Marmalade
               :
               This
               mixture
               ,
               by
               the
               next
               Morn●ng
               ,
               did
               ,
               as
               I
               expected
               ,
               turn
               to
               a
               deep
               Blood
               red
               ,
               or
               sometimes
               rather
               a
               lovely
               purple
               Liquor
               ,
               though
               all
               this
               while
               there
               had
               been
               no
               external
               heat
               imployed
               to
               promote
               the
               action
               of
               the
               Menstruum
               .
               And
               the
               like
               Experiment
               I
               tryed
               also
               with
               a
               piece
               of
               Mutton
               ,
               with
               Bread
               ,
               and
               a
               piece
               of
               Veal
               ,
               and
               other
               edible
               things
               ,
               which
               at
               that
               time
               occur'd
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               found
               the
               operation
               of
               the
               Liquor
               almost
               uniform
               ,
               though
               it
               seem'd
               to
               act
               most
               effectually
               upon
               Flesh.
               And
               to
               gratifie
               in
               some
               measure
               your
               curiosity
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               I
               am
               content
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               the
               Menstruum
               was
               drawn
               from
               Vitriol
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               the
               bare
               Oyl
               of
               it
               I
               have
               (
               though
               I
               could
               not
               with
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               )
               perform'd
               no
               less
               then
               what
               I
               have
               yet
               mention'd
               ;
               
               but
               least
               this
               should
               be
               thought
               a
               digression
               ,
               let
               it
               suffice
               to
               have
               ,
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               mention'd
               thus
               much
               upon
               the
               by
               .
            
             
               To
               what
               we
               lately
               took
               notice
               of
               concerning
               the
               Heart
               ,
               may
               be
               added
               ,
               That
               on
               the
               Sea-coast
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               I
               observ'd
               a
               sort
               of
               Fishes
               ,
               about
               the
               bigness
               of
               Mackrels
               ,
               whose
               Hearts
               were
               of
               an
               inverted
               Figure
               ,
               compar'd
               to
               those
               of
               other
               Animals
               ,
               the
               basis
               or
               broad
               end
               of
               the
               Heart
               being
               nearest
               the
               Tail
               ,
               and
               the
               accuminated
               part
               or
               apex
               being
               coherent
               to
               the
               great
               Artery
               ,
               and
               respecting
               the
               Head.
               
            
             
               To
               all
               these
               trifling
               Observations
               ,
               divers
               more
               considerable
               ones
               might
               be
               added
               ,
               but
               they
               may
               be
               more
               seasonably
               insisted
               on
               elsewhere
               ;
               and
               those
               already
               mention'd
               ,
               may
               suffice
               to
               let
               you
               see
               ,
               That
               the
               Naturalist
               by
               his
               Zootomy
               ,
               may
               be
               very
               serviceable
               to
               the
               Physitian
               in
               his
               Anatomical
               Inquiries
               .
            
             
               Nor
               is
               it
               onely
               by
               the
               dissection
               of
               various
               Animals
               ,
               that
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               promote
               the
               Anatomists
               knowledge
               ,
               but
               perhaps
               also
               he
               may
               do
               it
               by
               devising
               ways
               to
               make
               the
               dead
               Bodies
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               other
               Animals
               ,
               keep
               longer
               then
               naturally
               they
               would
               do
               :
               For
               since
               experience
               teaches
               us
               ,
               That
               Men
               finde
               it
               very
               easie
               to
               forget
               the
               originations
               ,
               windings
               ,
               branchings
               ,
               insertions
               ,
               and
               other
               circumstances
               of
               particular
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               those
               that
               study
               Botanicks
               ,
               are
               wont
               to
               complain
               of
               their
               easie
               forgetting
               ,
               the
               shapes
               ,
               differences
               ,
               and
               alterations
               of
               smaller
               Plants
               ,
               it
               cannot
               but
               be
               a
               great
               help
               to
               the
               Student
               of
               An●tomy
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               preserve
               the
               parts
               of
               humane
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               other
               Animals
               ,
               especially
               such
               Monsters
               as
               are
               of
               a
               very
               singular
               or
               instructive
               Fabrick
               ,
               so
               long
               that
               he
               may
               have
               recourse
               to
               them
               at
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               contemplate
               each
               of
               them
               so
               often
               and
               so
               considerately
               ,
               till
               he
               have
               taken
               sufficient
               notice
               of
               the
               shape
               ,
               situation
               ,
               connection
               ,
               &c.
               of
               the
               Vessel
               ,
               Bone
               ,
               or
               other
               part
               ,
               and
               firmly
               impress'd
               an
               Idea
               of
               it
               upon
               his
               memory
               ,
               We
               finde
               our selves
               much
               help'd
               to
               retain
               in
               our
               memory
               ,
               
               the
               figures
               and
               differences
               of
               Vegetables
               ,
               by
               those
               Books
               which
               some
               curious
               Botanists
               make
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Plants
               themselves
               ,
               artificially
               dry'd
               ,
               are
               display'd
               upon
               ,
               and
               fastned
               to
               Leaves
               of
               white
               Paper
               ;
               if
               it
               were
               not
               for
               one
               of
               those
               Books
               ,
               wherein
               I
               have
               in
               one
               vast
               Volumn
               almost
               all
               the
               Plants
               of
               one
               of
               the
               chief
               Physick-gardens
               in
               Europe
               ,
               I
               should
               every
               Year
               forget
               ,
               by
               the
               end
               of
               Winter
               ,
               to
               know
               again
               most
               of
               the
               smaller
               Plants
               I
               had
               learn'd
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               in
               the
               Spring
               .
               And
               by
               the
               way
               't
               is
               observable
               ,
               how
               long
               Plants
               ,
               by
               being
               carefully
               indeed
               ,
               but
               barely
               dryed
               in
               the
               shade
               betwixt
               Sheets
               of
               Paper
               ,
               which
               help
               to
               soak
               up
               the
               superfluous
               moisture
               ,
               may
               be
               preserv'd
               .
               For
               I
               have
               divers
               Years
               had
               an
               Herbal
               ,
               wherein
               several
               of
               the
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               other
               Plants
               ,
               retain
               their
               native
               yellow
               and
               blue
               ,
               &c.
               (
               but
               somewhat
               faint
               )
               though
               by
               the
               date
               it
               appear'd
               to
               be
               22
               or
               23
               Years
               old
               .
               And
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               be
               very
               possible
               for
               Anatomists
               also
               to
               preserve
               the
               Bodies
               they
               contemplate
               for
               a
               considerable
               time
               :
               For
               experience
               hath
               inform'd
               us
               in
               good
               number
               of
               such
               Animals
               ,
               that
               Butter-flies
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               flying
               Insects
               ,
               may
               have
               their
               shape
               and
               colours
               preserv'd
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               how
               long
               ,
               by
               running
               them
               through
               in
               some
               convenient
               part
               with
               Pins
               ,
               and
               therewith
               sticking
               them
               to
               the
               inside
               of
               large
               Boxes
               .
               And
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               having
               sometimes
               reflected
               upon
               the
               Lasting
               of
               Spiders
               ,
               Flys
               ,
               and
               other
               small
               living
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               having
               been
               casually
               enclos'd
               in
               Amber
               whil'st
               it
               was
               soft
               ,
               are
               ever
               preserv'd
               entire
               and
               uncorrupted
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               not
               amiss
               to
               try
               whether
               some
               Substance
               ,
               like
               Amber
               (
               at
               least
               as
               to
               the
               newly
               mention'd
               use
               of
               it
               )
               might
               not
               easily
               be
               prepar'd
               by
               Art
               :
               And
               hereupon
               I
               quickly
               found
               ,
               that
               by
               taking
               good
               clear
               Venice
               Turpentine
               ,
               and
               gently
               evaporating
               away
               about
               a
               third
               part
               of
               it
               (
               sometimes
               more
               ,
               sometimes
               less
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               exigency
               of
               my
               particular
               purpose
               )
               I
               could
               make
               a
               reddish
               Gum
               ,
               diaphanous
               and
               without
               Bubbles
               ,
               
               which
               would
               melt
               with
               a
               very
               gentle
               heat
               ,
               and
               easily
               (
               being
               suffer'd
               to
               cool
               )
               become
               again
               so
               hard
               as
               to
               be
               brittle
               .
               This
               resinous
               Substance
               should
               be
               melted
               with
               as
               little
               heat
               as
               is
               possible
               (
               and
               therefore
               should
               be
               first
               pouder'd
               )
               that
               the
               texture
               of
               the
               Vegetable
               or
               Animal
               Bodies
               to
               be
               cased
               over
               with
               it
               ,
               might
               receive
               the
               less
               alteration
               :
               And
               when
               it
               is
               brought
               to
               the
               requisite
               degree
               of
               fluidity
               ,
               then
               the
               Body
               to
               be
               preserv'd
               (
               being
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               needful
               ,
               stuck
               through
               with
               a
               Pin
               )
               must
               be
               gently
               plung'd
               into
               it
               ,
               and
               presently
               taken
               out
               and
               suffer'd
               leisurely
               to
               cool
               ,
               being
               turn'd
               ,
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               this
               way
               or
               that
               way
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               occasion
               ,
               that
               the
               investing
               Matter
               may
               be
               every
               where
               of
               an
               equal
               thickness
               upon
               it
               .
               And
               if
               at
               the
               first
               time
               the
               Case
               be
               not
               thick
               enough
               ,
               it
               may
               again
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               cold
               ,
               be
               immers'd
               into
               the
               liquid
               Matter
               (
               as
               Chandlers
               are
               wont
               to
               thicken
               their
               Candles
               ,
               by
               dipping
               them
               frequently
               into
               melted
               Tallow
               )
               of
               which
               some
               will
               every
               way
               adhere
               to
               it
               .
               And
               though
               these
               Cases
               be
               inferior
               to
               Amber
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               their
               being
               more
               apt
               to
               be
               sulli'd
               by
               dust
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ;
               yet
               that
               inconvenience
               may
               be
               easily
               remedy'd
               ,
               by
               keeping
               them
               shut
               up
               in
               Glasses
               or
               Boxes
               ,
               at
               those
               times
               when
               one
               hath
               not
               occasion
               to
               consider
               them
               :
               And
               their
               clearness
               (
               especially
               if
               they
               be
               thin
               )
               and
               their
               smooth
               surfaces
               ,
               together
               with
               their
               exactly
               keeping
               out
               the
               Air
               from
               the
               Body
               they
               enclose
               ,
               may
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               make
               so
               cheap
               and
               easie
               an
               Experiment
               a
               not
               unwelcome
               trifle
               ,
               especially
               considering
               how
               easily
               't
               is
               capable
               of
               Improvement
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               return
               to
               the
               Preservation
               of
               more
               bulky
               Bodies
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               known
               thing
               ,
               to
               the
               Collectors
               of
               Rarities
               ,
               that
               the
               external
               Idea
               of
               F●shes
               ,
               Crocodiles
               ,
               Birds
               ,
               and
               even
               Horses
               ,
               may
               be
               preserv'd
               for
               many
               Years
               ,
               by
               taking
               out
               the
               more
               corruptible
               parts
               ,
               and
               stuffing
               their
               prepar'd
               Skins
               with
               any
               convenient
               Matter
               .
               And
               that
               the
               internal
               membranous
               parts
               of
               Bodies
               may
               be
               long
               and
               easily
               kept
               from
               putref●ction
               ,
               is
               not
               
               unknown
               to
               many
               Anatomists
               .
               And
               not
               to
               mention
               what
               we
               have
               try'd
               of
               this
               sort
               ,
               we
               have
               seen
               the
               Veins
               ,
               Arteries
               ,
               and
               Nerves
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               laid
               out
               in
               their
               natural
               situation
               upon
               three
               Boards
               ,
               by
               the
               pains
               and
               skill
               of
               an
               accurate
               Anatomist
               of
               Padua
               .
               And
               elsewhere
               ,
               
                 Uterum
                 vidimus
                 atque
                 omnia
                 mulieris
                 genitalia
                 ,
              
               together
               with
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               all
               displaid
               upon
               a
               Board
               ,
               preserv'd
               for
               many
               Years
               so
               entire
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               situation
               so
               near
               the
               Natural
               ,
               that
               this
               Scheme
               was
               far
               more
               instructive
               ,
               then
               the
               most
               accurate
               Printed
               one
               could
               possibly
               be
               .
               We
               have
               likewise
               known
               the
               flesh
               of
               Vipers
               ,
               kept
               not
               onely
               sweet
               ,
               but
               efficacious
               ,
               for
               divers
               Years
               ,
               by
               the
               smoak
               of
               a
               peculiar
               Powder
               ,
               chiefly
               consisting
               of
               Aromatick
               Ingredients
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               ,
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               may
               command
               the
               Composition
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               also
               seen
               the
               Skeleton
               of
               a
               Monky
               ,
               made
               ,
               by
               an
               excellent
               French
               Chyrurgion
               of
               our
               acquaintance
               ,
               whereon
               the
               Tendons
               and
               Fibres
               of
               the
               Muscles
               were
               so
               preserv'd
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               look'd
               upon
               as
               a
               rarity
               ,
               very
               useful
               to
               shew
               their
               Originations
               and
               Insertions
               ,
               and
               to
               explain
               the
               motions
               of
               the
               Limbs
               :
               And
               perhaps
               there
               may
               be
               some
               way
               to
               keep
               the
               Arteries
               &
               the
               Veins
               too
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               empty'd
               of
               Blood
               ,
               plump
               ,
               and
               unapt
               to
               shrink
               over-much
               ,
               by
               filling
               them
               betimes
               with
               some
               such
               substance
               ,
               as
               ,
               though
               fluid
               enough
               when
               it
               is
               injected
               to
               run
               into
               the
               Branches
               of
               the
               Vessels
               ,
               will
               afterwards
               quickly
               grow
               hard
               .
               Such
               may
               be
               the
               liquid
               Plaister
               of
               burnt
               Alabaster
               ,
               formerly
               mention'd
               ,
               or
               Ising-glass
               steeped
               two
               days
               in
               Water
               ,
               and
               then
               boild
               up
               ,
               till
               a
               drop
               of
               it
               in
               the
               cold
               will
               readily
               turn
               into
               a
               still
               Gelly
               .
               Or
               else
               
                 Saccarum
                 Saturni
              
               ,
               which
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               dissolv'd
               often
               enough
               in
               Spirit
               of
               Vinager
               ,
               and
               the
               Liquor
               be
               each
               time
               drawn
               off
               again
               ,
               we
               have
               observ'd
               to
               be
               apt
               to
               melt
               with
               the
               least
               heat
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               to
               grow
               quickly
               into
               a
               somewhat
               brittle
               consistence
               again
               .
               But
               I
               must
               not
               insist
               on
               these
               Fancies
               ,
               but
               rather
               adde
               ,
               That
               I
               have
               known
               an
               
               Embrio
               ,
               wherein
               the
               parts
               have
               been
               very
               perfectly
               delineated
               and
               distinguishable
               ,
               preserv'd
               unputrifi'd
               for
               several
               Years
               ;
               and
               I
               think
               it
               still
               continues
               so
               ,
               by
               being
               seasonably
               and
               artificially
               embalm'd
               with
               Oyl
               (
               if
               I
               much
               mis-remember
               not
               )
               of
               Spikes
               .
               And
               I
               have
               elsewhere
               seen
               a
               large
               Embrio
               ,
               which
               after
               having
               been
               preserv'd
               many
               Years
               ,
               by
               means
               of
               another
               Liquor
               (
               whose
               composition
               I
               do
               as
               yet
               but
               guess
               at
               )
               did
               ,
               when
               I
               saw
               it
               ,
               appear
               with
               such
               an
               admirable
               Entireness
               ,
               Plumpness
               ,
               and
               Freshness
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               but
               newly
               dead
               :
               And
               that
               which
               concurs
               to
               make
               me
               hope
               that
               some
               nobler
               w●y
               may
               be
               yet
               found
               out
               ,
               for
               ,
               the
               preservation
               of
               dead
               Bodies
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               not
               convinc'd
               that
               nothing
               can
               powerfully
               resist
               Putrefaction
               in
               such
               Bodies
               ,
               but
               things
               that
               are
               either
               saline
               and
               corrosive
               ,
               or
               else
               hot
               ;
               nor
               that
               the
               Embalming
               Substances
               cannot
               be
               effectually
               apply'd
               ,
               without
               ripping
               open
               the
               Body
               to
               be
               preserv'd
               by
               them
               .
               For
               
                 Josephus
                 Acosta
              
               ,
               a
               sober
               Writer
               ,
               relates
               ,
               That
               in
               certain
               American
               Mountains
               ,
               Men
               ,
               and
               the
               Beasts
               they
               ride
               on
               ,
               sometimes
               are
               kill'd
               with
               the
               Winds
               ,
               which
               yet
               preserve
               them
               from
               putrefaction
               ,
               without
               any
               other
               help
               .
               So
               insensible
               a
               quantity
               of
               Matter
               ,
               such
               as
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               may
               ,
               without
               Incision
               made
               into
               the
               Body
               ,
               both
               pervade
               it
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               Embalm
               it
               .
               I
               know
               also
               a
               very
               experienc'd
               and
               sober
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               is
               much
               talk'd
               off
               for
               curing
               of
               Cancers
               in
               Womens
               Breasts
               ,
               by
               the
               outward
               Application
               of
               an
               Indolent
               Powder
               ;
               some
               of
               which
               he
               also
               gave
               me
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               had
               the
               opportunity
               to
               make
               tryal
               of
               it
               :
               And
               I
               shall
               anon
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               seen
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               without
               being
               at
               all
               either
               acid
               or
               caustick
               ,
               is
               in
               some
               Bodies
               far
               mo●e
               effectual
               against
               Putrefaction
               ,
               then
               any
               of
               the
               corrosive
               Spirits
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               Vitriol
               ,
               Salt
               ,
               &c.
               and
               then
               any
               of
               the
               other
               saline
               Liquors
               that
               are
               yet
               in
               use
               .
               We
               have
               also
               try'd
               a
               way
               of
               preserving
               Flesh
               with
               Musk
               ,
               whose
               effects
               seem'd
               not
               despicable
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               must
               not
               here
               be
               insisted
               on
               .
            
             
             
               Nor
               were
               it
               amiss
               that
               diligent
               Tryal
               were
               made
               what
               use
               might
               be
               made
               of
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               ,
               for
               the
               Preservation
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               :
               For
               this
               Liquor
               being
               very
               limpid
               ,
               and
               not
               greasy
               ,
               leaves
               a
               clear
               prospect
               of
               the
               Bodies
               immers'd
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               though
               it
               do
               not
               fret
               them
               ,
               as
               Brine
               ,
               and
               other
               sharp
               things
               commonly
               employ'd
               to
               preserve
               Flesh
               are
               wont
               to
               do
               ,
               yet
               it
               hath
               a
               notable
               Balsamick
               Faculty
               ,
               and
               powerfully
               resists
               Putrefaction
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               living
               Bodies
               (
               in
               which
               ,
               though
               but
               outwardly
               apply'd
               ,
               it
               hath
               been
               found
               of
               late
               one
               of
               the
               potentest
               Remedies
               against
               Gangrens
               )
               but
               also
               in
               dead
               ones
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               that
               I
               have
               sometimes
               preserv'd
               in
               it
               some
               very
               soft
               parts
               of
               a
               Body
               for
               many
               Moneths
               (
               and
               perhaps
               I
               might
               had
               done
               it
               for
               divers
               Years
               ,
               had
               I
               had
               opportunity
               )
               without
               finding
               that
               the
               consistence
               or
               shape
               was
               lost
               ,
               much
               less
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               either
               putrifi'd
               or
               dry'd
               up
               :
               We
               have
               also
               ,
               by
               mixing
               with
               it
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               ,
               very
               long
               preserv'd
               a
               good
               quantity
               of
               Blood
               ,
               so
               sweet
               and
               fluid
               ,
               that
               't
               was
               wondered
               at
               by
               those
               that
               saw
               the
               Experiment
               .
               Nay
               ,
               we
               have
               for
               curiosity
               sake
               ,
               with
               this
               Spirit
               ,
               preserv'd
               from
               further
               stinking
               ,
               a
               portion
               of
               Fish
               ,
               so
               stale
               ,
               that
               it
               shin'd
               very
               vividly
               in
               the
               dark
               ;
               in
               which
               Experiment
               ,
               we
               also
               aim'd
               at
               discovering
               whether
               this
               resplendent
               quality
               of
               the
               decaying
               Fish
               would
               be
               either
               cherish'd
               ,
               or
               impair'd
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               (
               whose
               operations
               in
               this
               tryal
               we
               elsewhere
               inform
               you
               of
               )
               and
               it
               would
               be
               no
               very
               difficult
               matter
               for
               us
               to
               improve
               ,
               by
               some
               easie
               way
               ,
               this
               Balsamical
               Virtue
               of
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               ,
               in
               case
               you
               sh●ll
               think
               it
               worth
               while
               :
               But
               not
               to
               anticipate
               what
               I
               may
               more
               properly
               mention
               to
               you
               elsewhere
               ,
               I
               shall
               at
               present
               say
               no
               more
               touching
               the
               Conservation
               of
               Bodies
               ,
               since
               probably
               by
               all
               these
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Particulars
               ,
               we
               may
               be
               induc'd
               to
               hope
               so
               well
               of
               humane
               Industry
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               dispair
               ,
               that
               in
               time
               some
               such
               way
               of
               preserving
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               other
               Animals
               ,
               will
               be
               found
               out
               ,
               as
               may
               very
               much
               
               Facilitate
               ,
               and
               Advance
               too
               ,
               Anatomicall
               Knowledg
               .
               Neither
               is
               it
               only
               by
               advancing
               This
               ,
               that
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               promote
               the
               Physiologicall
               Part
               of
               Physick
               :
               for
               since
               the
               Body
               consists
               not
               only
               of
               firme
               and
               consistent
               Parts
               ,
               as
               the
               Bones
               ,
               Muscles
               ,
               Heart
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               &c.
               but
               of
               fluid
               ones
               ,
               as
               the
               Blood
               ,
               Serum
               ,
               Gall
               ,
               and
               other
               Juices
               .
               And
               since
               consequently
               to
               the
               compleat
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               use
               of
               all
               the
               Parts
               we
               should
               investigate
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               Structure
               of
               the
               Solid
               ones
               ,
               but
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Fluid
               ones
               ,
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               do
               much
               more
               then
               hath
               yet
               been
               done
               ,
               towards
               the
               perfecting
               of
               this
               Kowledge
               ,
               not
               only
               by
               better
               explicating
               what
               it
               is
               in
               generall
               makes
               Bodies
               either
               Consistent
               or
               Fluid
               ,
               but
               by
               examining
               particularly
               ,
               and
               especially
               in
               a
               Pyrotechnicall
               way
               ,
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               severall
               Juices
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               by
               illustrating
               the
               Alterations
               that
               those
               Juices
               ,
               and
               the
               Aliments
               they
               are
               made
               of
               ,
               receive
               in
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               Heart
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               Kidneys
               ,
               and
               other
               Viscera
               .
               For
               although
               a
               humane
               Body
               being
               the
               most
               admirable
               Corporeall
               Piece
               of
               Wo●kmanship
               of
               the
               Omniscient
               Architect
               ,
               it
               is
               scarce
               to
               be
               hop'd
               ,
               but
               that
               even
               among
               the
               things
               that
               happen
               ordinarily
               and
               regularly
               in
               it
               ,
               there
               will
               be
               many
               which
               we
               shall
               scarce
               be
               able
               to
               reach
               with
               our
               Understanding
               ,
               much
               lesse
               to
               imitate
               with
               our
               Hands
               .
               Yet
               paradventure
               ,
               if
               Chymicall
               Experiments
               ,
               and
               Mechanicall
               Contrivances
               ,
               were
               industriously
               ,
               and
               judiciously
               ,
               associated
               by
               a
               Naturalist
               profoundly
               skill'd
               in
               both
               ,
               and
               who
               would
               make
               it
               his
               Businesse
               to
               explain
               the
               Phaenomena
               of
               a
               Humane
               Body
               ,
               not
               only
               many
               more
               of
               them
               then
               at
               first
               one
               would
               think
               ,
               might
               be
               made
               more
               intelligible
               then
               as
               yet
               they
               have
               been
               ;
               but
               diverse
               of
               them
               (
               especially
               those
               relating
               to
               the
               motions
               of
               the
               Limbs
               and
               Blood
               )
               might
               be
               by
               artificiall
               Engines
               (
               consisting
               as
               the
               Patterne
               not
               only
               of
               Solid
               but
               Liquid
               and
               Spirituous
               Parts
               )
               not
               ill
               represented
               to
               our
               very
               Senses
               :
               since
               a
               humane
               Body
               it selfe
               seems
               to
               be
               but
               an
               Engine
               ,
               
               wherein
               almost
               ,
               if
               not
               more
               then
               almost
               ,
               all
               the
               Actions
               common
               to
               Men
               ,
               with
               other
               Animals
               ,
               are
               perform'd
               Mechanically
               .
               But
               of
               the
               difference
               of
               these
               living
               Engines
               from
               others
               ,
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               a
               fitter
               opportunity
               to
               discourse
               to
               You.
               For
               at
               present
               ,
               Pyro
               :
               I
               have
               employ'd
               so
               much
               of
               the
               little
               time
               my
               Occasions
               will
               allow
               me
               to
               spend
               upon
               the
               Treatise
               I
               am
               now
               writing
               ,
               in
               making
               out
               to
               you
               the
               Usefulnesse
               of
               Naturall
               Philosophy
               ,
               to
               the
               Physiologicall
               Part
               of
               Physick
               ,
               that
               I
               must
               not
               only
               not
               prosecute
               this
               Subject
               ,
               but
               must
               both
               hasten
               to
               mention
               ,
               and
               to
               mention
               the
               more
               cursorily
               its
               serviceablenesse
               to
               the
               four
               remaining
               Parts
               of
               the
               Physitians
               Art.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               II.
               Offering
               some
               Particulars
               relating
               to
               the
               Pathologicall
               Part
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               AND
               to
               say
               something
               in
               the
               next
               place
               of
               Pathology
               ,
               that
               the
               Naturalists
               knowledge
               may
               assist
               the
               Physitian
               to
               discover
               the
               nature
               and
               causes
               of
               severall
               Diseases
               ,
               may
               appear
               by
               the
               light
               of
               this
               Consideration
               ,
               that
               ,
               though
               divers
               Paracelsians
               (
               taught
               ,
               as
               they
               tell
               us
               ,
               by
               their
               Master
               )
               do
               but
               erroniously
               suppose
               ,
               that
               Man
               is
               so
               properly
               a
               Microcosme
               ,
               that
               of
               all
               the
               sorts
               of
               Creatures
               whereof
               the
               Macrocosme
               or
               Universe
               is
               made
               up
               ,
               he
               really
               consists
               ;
               yet
               certaine
               it
               is
               that
               there
               are
               many
               Productions
               ,
               Operations
               ,
               and
               Changes
               of
               things
               ,
               which
               being
               as
               well
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               the
               great
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               little
               world
               ,
               and
               diverse
               of
               them
               disclosing
               their
               natures
               more
               discernably
               in
               the
               former
               ,
               then
               in
               the
               latter
               ;
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               those
               things
               as
               they
               are
               discoverable
               out
               of
               mans
               body
               ,
               may
               well
               be
               suppos'd
               capable
               of
               illustrating
               many
               things
               in
               man's
               body
               ,
               which
               receiving
               some
               Modifications
               there
               from
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Subject
               they
               belong
               to
               ,
               passe
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               the
               Causes
               or
               Symptomes
               of
               Diseases
               .
               If
               I
               were
               now
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               discourse
               to
               you
               at
               large
               of
               this
               Subject
               ,
               I
               think
               I
               could
               convince
               you
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               I
               have
               proposed
               .
               And
               certainly
               ,
               unlesse
               a
               Physitian
               be
               ,
               (
               which
               yet
               I
               fear
               every
               one
               is
               not
               )
               so
               much
               a
               Naturalist
               ,
               as
               to
               know
               how
               Heat
               ,
               and
               Cold
               ,
               and
               Fluidity
               ,
               and
               Compactnesse
               ,
               
               and
               Fermentation
               ,
               and
               Putrefaction
               ,
               and
               Viscosity
               ,
               and
               Coagulation
               ,
               and
               Dissolution
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               Qualities
               ,
               are
               generated
               and
               destroyed
               in
               the
               generality
               of
               Bodies
               ,
               he
               will
               be
               often
               very
               much
               to
               seek
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               to
               investigate
               the
               causes
               of
               preternaturall
               Accidents
               in
               men's
               bodies
               ,
               whereof
               a
               great
               many
               depend
               upon
               the
               Presence
               ,
               or
               Change
               ,
               or
               Vanishing
               of
               some
               or
               other
               of
               the
               enumerated
               Qualities
               ,
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Fluid
               or
               Solid
               Substances
               that
               constitute
               the
               body
               .
               And
               that
               the
               Explications
               of
               a
               skilfull
               Naturalist
               may
               adde
               much
               to
               what
               has
               hitherto
               commonly
               been
               taught
               concerning
               the
               Nature
               and
               Origine
               of
               those
               Qualities
               ,
               in
               Phisitians
               Schools
               ,
               a
               little
               comparing
               of
               the
               vulgar
               Doctrine
               ,
               with
               those
               various
               Phaenomena
               ,
               to
               be
               met
               with
               among
               Naturall
               things
               ,
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               yet
               seem
               not
               to
               be
               ,
               explicable
               by
               it
               ,
               will
               easily
               manifest
               to
               you
               .
               And
               questionlesse
               't
               is
               a
               great
               advantage
               to
               have
               been
               taught
               by
               variety
               of
               Experiments
               in
               other
               bodies
               ,
               the
               Differing
               waies
               whereby
               Nature
               sometimes
               produces
               the
               same
               effects
               .
               For
               since
               we
               know
               very
               little
               
                 à
                 priori
              
               ,
               the
               observation
               of
               many
               such
               effects
               ,
               manifesting
               ,
               that
               nature
               doth
               actually
               produce
               them
               so
               and
               so
               ,
               suggests
               to
               us
               severall
               wayes
               of
               explicating
               the
               same
               Phaenomenon
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               we
               should
               perhaps
               never
               else
               have
               dream'd
               of
               .
               Which
               ought
               to
               be
               esteem'd
               no
               small
               Advantage
               to
               the
               Physitian
               ;
               since
               he
               that
               knows
               but
               one
               or
               few
               of
               Natures
               wayes
               of
               working
               ,
               and
               consequently
               ,
               is
               likely
               to
               ignore
               divers
               of
               those
               whereby
               the
               propos'd
               Disease
               (
               or
               Symptome
               of
               it
               )
               may
               be
               produc'd
               ,
               must
               sometimes
               conclude
               ,
               that
               precisely
               such
               or
               such
               a
               thing
               is
               the
               determinate
               Cause
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               apply
               his
               Method
               of
               relieving
               his
               Patient
               accordingly
               ;
               which
               often
               proves
               very
               prejudiciall
               to
               the
               poor
               Patient
               ,
               who
               dearly
               paies
               for
               his
               Physitians
               not
               knowing
               ,
               That
               the
               Quality
               that
               occasions
               the
               Distemper
               ,
               may
               be
               as
               probably
               ,
               if
               not
               more
               rationally
               ,
               deduc'd
               from
               an
               other
               Origine
               ,
               then
               from
               that
               which
               is
               presum'd
               .
               This
               will
               
               scarce
               be
               doubted
               by
               him
               that
               knowes
               how
               much
               more
               likely
               Explications
               then
               those
               applauded
               some
               ages
               since
               ,
               of
               divers
               things
               that
               happen
               as
               well
               within
               as
               without
               the
               body
               ,
               have
               been
               given
               by
               later
               Naturalists
               ,
               both
               Philosophers
               and
               Physitians
               :
               and
               how
               much
               the
               Theory
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               diseases
               ,
               that
               has
               been
               given
               us
               by
               those
               many
               Physitians
               ,
               that
               would
               needs
               deduce
               all
               the
               Phaenomena
               of
               diseases
               from
               Heat
               ,
               Cold
               ,
               and
               other
               Elementary
               Qualities
               ,
               is
               Inferiour
               to
               the
               Account
               given
               us
               of
               them
               by
               those
               ingenious
               Moderns
               ,
               that
               have
               apply'd
               to
               the
               advancement
               of
               Pathologie
               ,
               that
               Circulation
               of
               the
               Blood
               ,
               the
               Motion
               of
               the
               Chile
               by
               the
               Milky
               vessels
               to
               the
               Heart
               ,
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               effects
               deducible
               from
               the
               Pores
               of
               greater
               bodies
               ,
               and
               the
               motion
               and
               figuration
               of
               their
               minute
               parts
               ,
               together
               with
               some
               of
               the
               more
               known
               Chymicall
               Experiments
               :
               though
               both
               of
               those
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               other
               helps
               mention'd
               just
               before
               them
               ,
               I
               fear
               men
               have
               hitherto
               been
               far
               enough
               from
               making
               the
               best
               use
               ,
               which
               I
               hope
               it
               will
               dayly
               more
               and
               more
               appear
               they
               are
               capable
               of
               being
               put
               to
               .
               He
               that
               has
               not
               had
               the
               curiosity
               to
               enquire
               out
               and
               consider
               the
               severall
               waies
               ,
               whereby
               Stones
               may
               be
               generated
               out
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               not
               only
               must
               be
               unable
               satisfactorily
               to
               explicate
               how
               they
               come
               to
               be
               produc'd
               in
               the
               Kidnies
               and
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               but
               will
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               scarce
               keep
               himselfe
               from
               imbracing
               such
               errors
               ,
               because
               authoriz'd
               by
               the
               suffrage
               of
               eminent
               Physitians
               ,
               as
               the
               knowledge
               I
               am
               recommending
               would
               easily
               protect
               them
               from
               .
               For
               we
               find
               diverse
               famous
               ,
               and
               ,
               otherwise
               ,
               learned
               Doctors
               ,
               who
               (
               probably
               because
               they
               had
               not
               taken
               notice
               of
               any
               other
               way
               of
               hardning
               a
               matter
               once
               soft
               into
               a
               stonelike
               consistence
               )
               have
               believ'd
               and
               taught
               that
               the
               Stone
               of
               the
               Kidneyes
               is
               produc'd
               there
               by
               slime
               baked
               by
               the
               heat
               and
               drinesse
               of
               the
               Part
               ;
               as
               a
               portion
               of
               soft
               Clay
               may
               ,
               by
               externall
               heat
               ,
               be
               turn'd
               into
               a
               Brick
               or
               Tile
               .
               And
               accordingly
               they
               have
               
               for
               cure
               ,
               thought
               it
               sufficient
               to
               make
               use
               of
               store
               of
               Remedies
               to
               moisten
               and
               cool
               the
               Kidneys
               ;
               which
               ,
               though
               in
               some
               bodies
               this
               be
               very
               convenient
               ,
               are
               yet
               far
               inferiour
               in
               efficacy
               to
               those
               Nobler
               medicines
               ,
               that
               by
               specifick
               qualities
               and
               properties
               are
               averse
               to
               such
               coagulations
               as
               produce
               the
               Stone
               .
               But
               (
               not
               to
               mention
               what
               a
               Physitian
               skill'd
               in
               Anatomy
               would
               object
               against
               this
               Theory
               from
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               part
               affected
               )
               't
               is
               not
               unlike
               ,
               the
               imbraces
               of
               this
               Hypothesis
               would
               not
               have
               acquiesc'd
               in
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               seen
               those
               putrefactions
               out
               of
               the
               bodies
               of
               men
               ,
               which
               we
               elsewhere
               mention'd
               .
               For
               these
               would
               have
               inform'd
               them
               ,
               that
               a
               Liquor
               abounding
               with
               petrescent
               parts
               ,
               may
               not
               only
               turn
               Wood
               (
               as
               I
               have
               observ'd
               in
               a
               petrifying
               Spring
               )
               into
               a
               kind
               of
               Stone
               ,
               and
               may
               give
               to
               Cheese
               and
               Mosse
               without
               spoiling
               their
               pristine
               appearance
               a
               strong
               hardnesse
               and
               weight
               ;
               but
               may
               also
               produce
               large
               and
               finely
               shap'd
               Christalline
               bodies
               (
               though
               those
               I
               try'd
               were
               much
               lesse
               hard
               then
               Chrystall
               )
               in
               the
               bosome
               of
               the
               cold
               water
               ,
               which
               brings
               into
               my
               mind
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               diverse
               times
               produc'd
               a
               body
               of
               an
               almost
               stony
               hardnesse
               in
               lesse
               then
               halfe
               an
               hour
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               by
               tying
               up
               in
               a
               rag
               ,
               about
               the
               quantity
               of
               a
               nutmeg
               ,
               of
               well
               and
               recently
               calcin'd
               Alabastre
               ,
               which
               being
               thus
               ty'd
               up
               and
               thrown
               into
               the
               botome
               of
               a
               bason
               full
               of
               water
               ,
               did
               there
               speedily
               harden
               into
               a
               Lapideous
               Concretion
               .
               And
               that
               even
               in
               the
               bodies
               of
               Animals
               themselves
               such
               concretions
               may
               be
               generated
               much
               otherwise
               then
               the
               Hypothesis
               we
               have
               been
               speaking
               of
               supposes
               ,
               may
               appear
               by
               what
               happens
               to
               Craw-fishes
               ,
               which
               though
               cold
               animals
               ,
               and
               living
               in
               the
               waters
               ,
               have
               generated
               at
               certain
               seasons
               in
               their
               heads
               Concretions
               ,
               which
               for
               their
               hard
               and
               pulverizable
               consistence
               ,
               divers
               Authors
               call
               
                 lapides
                 Cancrorum
              
               ,
               though
               in
               the
               Shops
               they
               are
               often
               but
               abusively
               styled
               
                 Oculi
                 cancrorum
              
               .
               And
               such
               strong
               concretions
               are
               affirm'd
               
               to
               be
               generated
               in
               these
               Fishes
               every
               Year
               ,
               which
               I
               the
               less
               scrupled
               at
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               not
               found
               them
               at
               all
               times
               in
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Fish.
               And
               besides
               ,
               these
               and
               many
               more
               Concretions
               ,
               that
               had
               they
               been
               observ'd
               by
               the
               Physitians
               we
               have
               been
               speaking
               of
               ,
               might
               easily
               have
               kept
               them
               from
               acquiescing
               in
               ,
               and
               maintaining
               their
               improbable
               explication
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               Stones
               nativity
               :
               There
               is
               yet
               another
               kind
               of
               Coagulation
               ,
               which
               may
               both
               be
               added
               to
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               also
               serve
               to
               recommend
               the
               use
               of
               Chymical
               Experiments
               ,
               in
               investigating
               the
               Causes
               of
               Diseases
               :
               This
               is
               made
               by
               the
               mixture
               of
               exquisitely
               dephlegm'd
               Spirit
               of
               fermented
               humane
               Urine
               ,
               with
               as
               exactly
               rect●fied
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               ;
               for
               upon
               the
               confusion
               of
               those
               two
               volatile
               Liquors
               in
               a
               just
               proportion
               ,
               they
               will
               both
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               after
               Lullius
               Experience
               hath
               inform'd
               us
               ,
               suddenly
               coagulate
               into
               a
               white
               Mass
               ,
               which
               Helmont
               calls
               
                 Offa
                 alba
              
               ,
               and
               by
               which
               ,
               he
               endeavors
               to
               declare
               the
               procreation
               of
               the
               Duelech
               :
               for
               supposing
               himself
               to
               have
               found
               in
               humane
               Urine
               a
               potential
               
                 Aqua
                 vitae
              
               ,
               or
               Vinous
               Spirit
               ,
               capable
               of
               being
               excited
               by
               a
               putrid
               Ferment
               ,
               
               and
               coagulable
               by
               the
               volatile
               Salt
               of
               the
               same
               Urine
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               any
               volatil
               Earth
               lurking
               in
               the
               Liquors
               ,
               That
               being
               apprehended
               by
               the
               uniting
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               coagulated
               with
               them
               both
               ;
               he
               supposeth
               there
               may
               emerge
               from
               the
               union
               of
               those
               three
               Bodies
               such
               an
               anomalous
               Concretion
               ,
               as
               he
               ,
               after
               Paracelsus
               ,
               calls
               Duelech
               .
            
             
               And
               th●t
               a
               subtile
               Terrestrious
               Substance
               may
               lurk
               undiscerned
               ,
               even
               in
               limpid
               Liquors
               ,
               may
               appear
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               Wine
               ,
               which
               rejects
               and
               fastens
               to
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               conteining
               Vessel
               ,
               a
               Tartar
               ,
               abounding
               in
               Terrestrious
               Feculency
               ;
               and
               in
               common
               Urine
               of
               healthy
               Men
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               clear
               at
               its
               first
               emission
               into
               the
               Urinal
               ,
               does
               ,
               after
               a
               little
               rest
               there
               ,
               let
               fall
               an
               Hypostasis
               ,
               or
               Sediment
               ,
               which
               ,
               if
               distill'd
               before
               fermentation
               ,
               leaves
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Cucurbite
               an
               Earthy
               
               Substance
               ,
               and
               commonly
               some
               Gravel
               :
               but
               even
               in
               rectified
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               it self
               ,
               I
               have
               had
               opportunity
               to
               observe
               ,
               That
               after
               very
               long
               keeping
               ,
               there
               hath
               spontaneously
               precipitated
               a
               Feculency
               ,
               copious
               enough
               in
               proportion
               to
               the
               Liquor
               that
               afforded
               it
               .
               Nay
               ,
               in
               an
               other
               parcel
               of
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               ,
               that
               hath
               been
               kept
               much
               longer
               then
               that
               already
               mention'd
               ,
               we
               observ'd
               the
               other
               day
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               there
               was
               a
               Terrestrial
               residence
               fallen
               to
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Glass
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               sides
               of
               it
               as
               far
               as
               the
               Liquor
               reach'd
               ,
               there
               adhered
               a
               great
               multitude
               of
               small
               Concretions
               ;
               which
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               appeared
               by
               looking
               on
               them
               through
               the
               Crystal
               Viol
               ,
               to
               whose
               insides
               they
               were
               fastened
               ,
               were
               no
               other
               then
               little
               grains
               of
               Gravel
               ,
               such
               as
               are
               often
               found
               sticking
               to
               the
               sides
               of
               Urinals
               ,
               employed
               by
               calculous
               persons
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               we
               might
               adde
               an
               Experiment
               of
               ours
               ,
               whereby
               we
               are
               wont
               almost
               in
               a
               moment
               ,
               by
               barely
               mixing
               together
               a
               couple
               of
               Liquors
               ,
               both
               of
               them
               distill'd
               and
               transparent
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               both
               of
               them
               salin'd
               to
               thick
               them
               very
               notably
               and
               permanently
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               they
               seem
               not
               to
               precipitate
               each
               other
               ;
               yet
               having
               once
               ,
               for
               curiosity
               sake
               ,
               distill'd
               them
               with
               a
               prety
               strong
               Fire
               ,
               I
               obtain'd
               a
               great
               quantity
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               a
               fourth
               of
               the
               whole
               mixture
               )
               of
               a
               blackish
               Mass
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               onely
               coagulated
               and
               dry
               ,
               but
               even
               brittle
               :
               But
               of
               the
               coagulation
               of
               distill'd
               Liquors
               ,
               such
               as
               even
               Chymists
               themselves
               are
               not
               wont
               to
               look
               upon
               as
               at
               all
               dispos'd
               to
               coagulation
               ,
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               a
               better
               opportunity
               to
               entertain
               you
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               forbear
               to
               do
               it
               now
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               this
               way
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               doth
               Helmont
               ,
               if
               I
               understand
               him
               aright
               ,
               attempt
               to
               make
               out
               the
               generation
               of
               the
               Stone
               in
               humane
               Bodys
               :
               In
               which
               Theory
               ,
               though
               some
               difficulties
               do
               yet
               keep
               me
               from
               acquiescing
               ,
               yet
               ,
               besides
               that
               perhaps
               what
               you
               will
               meet
               with
               by
               and
               by
               (
               about
               the
               distillation
               of
               the
               Duelech
               )
               may
               make
               you
               the
               less
               wonder
               at
               this
               
               explication
               .
               Besides
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               granting
               that
               none
               of
               the
               enumerated
               ways
               of
               Petrescency
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               deserves
               to
               be
               look'd
               upon
               as
               satisfactory
               ;
               yet
               to
               give
               so
               much
               as
               an
               account
               ,
               
                 not
                 very
                 absurd
              
               ,
               of
               a
               Disease
               so
               anomalous
               and
               abstruse
               ,
               and
               hitherto
               so
               unluckily
               explicated
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               is
               perhaps
               more
               difficult
               ,
               then
               it
               were
               to
               give
               (
               at
               least
               )
               a
               plausible
               account
               of
               divers
               other
               Distempers
               .
            
             
               And
               possibly
               it
               may
               be
               safely
               enough
               affirmed
               ,
               That
               not
               onely
               Physiology
               ,
               in
               its
               full
               extent
               ,
               but
               that
               Hand-maid
               to
               it
               ,
               which
               is
               call'd
               Chymistry
               ,
               may
               not
               a
               little
               contribute
               to
               clear
               up
               the
               nature
               of
               both
               of
               the
               digestions
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               deficiencies
               or
               aberrations
               in
               them
               ,
               which
               produce
               a
               great
               part
               of
               Diseases
               ;
               especially
               if
               we
               allow
               what
               ,
               as
               well
               Physitians
               ,
               as
               Spagyrists
               agree
               in
               (
               whether
               warily
               enough
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               now
               dispute
               )
               viz.
               That
               whatever
               is
               separable
               from
               Bodies
               by
               the
               Fire
               ,
               was
               ,
               as
               a
               Constituent
               Element
               (
               or
               Principle
               )
               pre-existent
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Perhaps
               I
               need
               not
               minde
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               usual
               with
               the
               meerly
               Galenical
               Doctors
               themselves
               ,
               to
               explicate
               the
               nature
               of
               Catarrhs
               ,
               by
               comparing
               the
               Stomach
               to
               a
               seething
               Pot
               ,
               and
               the
               Head
               to
               an
               Alembick
               ,
               where
               the
               ascending
               Vapors
               ,
               being
               ,
               by
               the
               coldness
               of
               the
               Brain
               ,
               condens'd
               into
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               sometimes
               distil
               upon
               the
               Lungs
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               fall
               upon
               other
               weakned
               parts
               ;
               in
               which
               explication
               ,
               though
               for
               divers
               reasons
               I
               cannot
               acquiesce
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               suffice
               to
               shew
               you
               how
               little
               scruple
               many
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               not
               like
               to
               be
               partial
               in
               the
               Case
               ,
               would
               make
               of
               employing
               Chymical
               Operations
               to
               illustrate
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Diseases
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               since
               the
               Liquors
               contain'd
               in
               the
               Body
               abound
               ,
               divers
               of
               them
               ,
               with
               saline
               or
               sulphureous
               parts
               ,
               he
               that
               hath
               been
               by
               Chymistry
               taught
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               several
               sorts
               of
               Salts
               and
               Sulphurs
               ,
               and
               both
               beheld
               and
               considered
               their
               various
               actions
               one
               upon
               another
               ,
               and
               upon
               other
               Bodies
               ,
               seems
               to
               
               have
               a
               considerable
               help
               to
               discourse
               groundedly
               of
               the
               Changes
               and
               Operations
               of
               the
               humors
               ,
               and
               other
               Juices
               contein'd
               in
               the
               Body
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               not
               that
               hath
               never
               had
               Vulcan
               for
               his
               Instructer
               .
               He
               that
               findes
               that
               there
               may
               be
               acid
               Juices
               in
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               elsewhere
               (
               as
               is
               frequently
               evident
               in
               the
               sharp
               Liquors
               which
               many
               Stomachs
               cast
               up
               )
               and
               that
               there
               are
               also
               Sulphureous
               Salts
               in
               the
               Body
               (
               as
               is
               apparent
               in
               Blood
               and
               Urine
               ,
               which
               abound
               with
               such
               .
               )
               He
               that
               knows
               that
               the
               Serum
               that
               swims
               upon
               the
               Blood
               out
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               is
               by
               a
               gentle
               heat
               immediatly
               coagulable
               into
               a
               thick
               whitish
               Substance
               ,
               not
               unlike
               a
               Custard
               ;
               and
               that
               Chymically
               analiz'd
               Blood
               yields
               store
               of
               volatile
               and
               sulphureous
               ,
               but
               (
               as
               far
               as
               our
               tryals
               have
               hitherto
               inform'd
               us
               )
               no
               acid
               saltness
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               knows
               that
               these
               animal
               Salts
               and
               Spirits
               may
               be
               so
               powerful
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               been
               able
               with
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               ,
               or
               of
               Harts-horn
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               red
               Solution
               of
               Flowers
               of
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               (
               though
               drawn
               without
               violence
               of
               Fire
               )
               we
               have
               (
               as
               we
               elsewhere
               more
               particularly
               declare
               )
               dissolved
               both
               in
               a
               very
               gentle
               heat
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               very
               short
               time
               ,
               the
               un-open'd
               Body
               of
               crude
               Copper
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               make
               thereof
               a
               Solution
               of
               a
               rich
               ,
               deep
               ,
               and
               ev'n
               opacous
               Blew
               :
               And
               that
               we
               have
               done
               almost
               the
               like
               with
               unrectified
               Spirit
               of
               Mans
               Blood.
               
            
             
               He
               that
               hath
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               done
               ,
               examin'd
               by
               Fire
               (
               especially
               produc'd
               by
               the
               help
               of
               a
               Burning-glass
               )
               that
               limpid
               Liquor
               that
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Limphatick
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               hath
               taken
               notice
               of
               that
               odde
               consistence
               ,
               smell
               ,
               crackling
               ,
               and
               other
               qualities
               discernable
               in
               it
               by
               heat
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               observes
               how
               acid
               Liquors
               loose
               their
               acidity
               ,
               by
               working
               upon
               some
               Bodies
               ;
               as
               when
               Spirit
               of
               Viniger
               grows
               almost
               insipid
               upon
               the
               coral
               it
               hath
               corroded
               ,
               and
               how
               those
               saline
               Liquors
               ,
               by
               working
               upon
               certain
               Bodies
               ,
               degenerate
               into
               Salts
               of
               another
               nature
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               sometimes
               observ'd
               
               in
               Oyl
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               working
               upon
               the
               fourth
               part
               of
               its
               weight
               of
               Quick-silver
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               contrariety
               of
               acid
               and
               sulphureous
               Salts
               makes
               them
               sometimes
               disarm
               ,
               sometimes
               ,
               after
               some
               ebullition
               ,
               precipitate
               each
               other
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               unite
               into
               a
               third
               substance
               ,
               of
               a
               differing
               nature
               from
               either
               of
               those
               from
               whose
               coalition
               it
               results
               ,
               as
               we
               see
               in
               
                 Tartarū
                 Vitriolatū
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               observ'd
               ,
               in
               a
               Salt
               ,
               I
               sometimes
               make
               to
               emerge
               from
               a
               due
               proportion
               of
               Oyl
               of
               Vitriol
               and
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               ,
               freed
               ,
               after
               conjunction
               ,
               from
               their
               aqueous
               moisture
               :
               And
               He
               ,
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               that
               hath
               carefully
               analiz'd
               and
               made
               tryals
               on
               many
               parts
               ,
               both
               of
               the
               Macrocosm
               and
               Microcosm
               ,
               and
               heedfully
               applyed
               his
               Experiments
               made
               on
               the
               former
               ,
               to
               the
               illustration
               of
               the
               changes
               observable
               in
               the
               latter
               ,
               shall
               be
               likely
               to
               explicate
               divers
               particulars
               in
               Pathology
               ,
               more
               intelligibly
               then
               he
               that
               is
               a
               stranger
               to
               Chymistry
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               I
               am
               very
               unwilling
               to
               meddle
               with
               Medical
               Controversies
               ,
               and
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               Chymists
               are
               wont
               to
               speak
               somewhat
               too
               slightingly
               of
               the
               humors
               of
               the
               humane
               Body
               ,
               and
               allow
               them
               too
               little
               a
               share
               in
               the
               production
               of
               Diseases
               ;
               yet
               (
               to
               skip
               other
               reasons
               )
               the
               strange
               stories
               related
               by
               Skenkius
               ,
               and
               other
               eminent
               Physitians
               ,
               of
               the
               corrosiveness
               of
               some
               Juices
               ,
               which
               ,
               rejected
               by
               Urine
               or
               Vomits
               ,
               have
               been
               able
               to
               boyl
               on
               Brass
               ,
               fret
               Linnen
               ,
               and
               stain
               Silver
               ;
               together
               with
               some
               odde
               Observations
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               our selves
               have
               had
               opportunity
               to
               make
               ,
               do
               very
               much
               incline
               us
               to
               believe
               ,
               That
               the
               generality
               of
               former
               Physitians
               have
               ascrib'd
               too
               much
               to
               the
               Humors
               ,
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               their
               being
               hot
               and
               dry
               ,
               cold
               and
               moist
               ,
               or
               endowed
               with
               such
               other
               Elementary
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               have
               taken
               a
               great
               deal
               too
               little
               notice
               of
               the
               saline
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               and
               Sulphureous
               Properties
               of
               things
               .
               And
               in
               this
               Opinion
               I
               am
               not
               a
               little
               confirmed
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               Hippocrates
               himself
               ,
               both
               in
               other
               passages
               ,
               and
               especially
               where
               he
               says
               ,
               
               
                 Non
                 calidum
                 ,
                 frigidum
                 ,
                 humidum
                 ,
                 aut
                 siccum
                 ,
                 esse
                 quod
                 magnam
                 agendi
                 ,
                 vim
                 habet
                 ,
                 verum
                 amarum
                 &
                 salsum
                 &
                 dulce
                 &
                 acidum
                 &
                 insipidum
                 &
                 acerbum
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               are
               the
               things
               which
               ,
               though
               inoffensive
               to
               the
               ▪
               Body
               ,
               whilst
               they
               duly
               allay
               each
               other
               ,
               prove
               hurtful
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               distemper
               it
               ,
               when
               any
               of
               them
               comes
               to
               sever
               it self
               from
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               grow
               predominant
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               if
               the
               Juices
               of
               the
               Body
               were
               more
               Chymically
               examin'd
               ,
               especially
               by
               a
               Naturalist
               that
               knows
               the
               ways
               of
               making
               fix'd
               Bodies
               volatile
               ,
               and
               volatile
               fix'd
               ,
               and
               knows
               the
               power
               of
               the
               open
               Air
               in
               promoting
               the
               former
               of
               those
               Operations
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               improbable
               ,
               that
               both
               many
               things
               relating
               to
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Humors
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               ways
               of
               sweetning
               ,
               acuating
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               altering
               them
               may
               be
               detected
               ,
               and
               the
               importance
               of
               such
               Discoveries
               may
               be
               discern'd
               .
            
             
               And
               perhaps
               it
               would
               adde
               to
               the
               usefulnesse
               of
               such
               an
               examination
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               extended
               to
               the
               noxious
               Juices
               in
               distemper'd
               bodies
               :
               such
               as
               the
               rotten
               Phlegme
               spit
               up
               by
               those
               ,
               whose
               Lungs
               are
               disaffected
               ;
               the
               slimy
               excretions
               voided
               in
               the
               Lyantery
               ,
               and
               the
               liquor
               that
               distends
               the
               abdomen
               in
               the
               Dropsy
               and
               Ascites
               :
               concerning
               which
               (
               to
               tell
               you
               that
               upon
               the
               by
               )
               I
               found
               that
               it
               was
               of
               a
               differing
               nature
               from
               either
               Water
               or
               Urine
               .
               For
               a
               paracentecis
               being
               made
               in
               the
               abdomen
               of
               one
               dangerously
               sick
               of
               this
               sort
               of
               Dropsie
               ,
               I
               found
               that
               the
               Liquor
               would
               keep
               a
               pretty
               while
               without
               putrefaction
               ,
               (
               nor
               did
               the
               Patient's
               body
               ,
               when
               I
               afterwards
               saw
               it
               open'd
               ,
               smell
               almost
               at
               all
               ,
               though
               the
               inside
               of
               the
               abdomen
               lookt
               well
               neer
               as
               black
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               sphacelated
               :
               )
               and
               having
               steam'd
               away
               some
               of
               it
               ,
               whilst
               it
               was
               pretty
               fresh
               ,
               over
               a
               somewhat
               slow
               fire
               ;
               it
               first
               coagulated
               into
               a
               substance
               like
               Whites
               of
               Eggs
               ,
               and
               ,
               by
               a
               little
               farther
               evaporation
               ,
               turn'd
               to
               such
               a
               glutinous
               substance
               ,
               as
               tradesmen
               are
               wont
               to
               call
               Size
               ;
               and
               being
               kept
               longer
               on
               the
               fire
               grew
               to
               be
               hard
               
               like
               fish
               glew
               ,
               but
               more
               brittle
               ,
               and
               transparent
               enough
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               little
               tincture
               of
               a
               greenish
               yellow
               ;
               and
               some
               of
               the
               forementioned
               liquor
               being
               distill'd
               in
               a
               Retort
               ,
               did
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               the
               operation
               so
               darken
               the
               vessell
               with
               a
               thick
               blackish
               oyle
               ,
               as
               hindred
               me
               from
               discerning
               what
               else
               perhaps
               I
               might
               have
               seen
               .
               And
               I
               suppose
               it
               may
               prove
               a
               usefull
               instance
               to
               the
               former
               purpose
               ,
               if
               I
               somewhat
               circumstantially
               annex
               here
               what
               occurr'd
               to
               me
               ,
               when
               I
               was
               accidentally
               considering
               of
               the
               
                 Calculus
                 humanus
              
               .
            
             
               Having
               therefore
               obtein'd
               of
               a
               skilfull
               Lithotomist
               of
               my
               acquaintance
               divers
               Stones
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               cut
               out
               of
               mens
               bladders
               ,
               I
               chose
               a
               couple
               of
               them
               (
               which
               were
               whitish
               almost
               ,
               of
               equall
               bignesse
               ,
               and
               figure
               ,
               which
               was
               neer
               ovall
               ,
               and
               which
               together
               weighed
               about
               two
               ounces
               and
               an
               halfe
               ,
               these
               with
               the
               help
               of
               a
               strong
               knife
               I
               carefully
               open'd
               ,
               to
               find
               whether
               or
               no
               either
               of
               them
               consisted
               of
               an
               entire
               and
               uniforme
               matter
               ,
               (
               as
               most
               other
               stones
               ,
               and
               even
               some
               
                 calculi
                 humani
              
               do
               )
               and
               I
               found
               that
               each
               of
               them
               was
               made
               up
               of
               severall
               shells
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               successively
               involving
               one
               another
               ,
               like
               the
               rinds
               of
               an
               Onion
               ,
               and
               such
               shels
               ,
               but
               more
               soft
               ,
               and
               more
               of
               a
               colour
               ;
               we
               likewise
               observed
               in
               a
               great
               stone
               taken
               a
               while
               since
               out
               of
               an
               Oxe's
               Gall
               ,
               and
               sent
               us
               for
               a
               present
               ;
               and
               though
               all
               of
               these
               were
               of
               an
               almost
               stony
               hardnesse
               ,
               yet
               that
               hardnesse
               was
               not
               equall
               in
               them
               all
               ;
               and
               in
               one
               of
               the
               stones
               we
               observed
               one
               of
               the
               rinds
               (
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               expression
               )
               to
               be
               of
               a
               differing
               colour
               both
               frm
               that
               which
               immediatly
               imbraced
               it
               ,
               and
               from
               that
               which
               it
               immediately
               imbrac'd
               :
               some
               of
               these
               rinds
               equalled
               in
               thicknesse
               the
               length
               of
               a
               barley
               corne
               ,
               and
               others
               were
               somewhat
               thinner
               .
               Though
               they
               did
               closely
               imbrace
               one
               another
               ,
               yet
               they
               were
               actually
               separable
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               visibly
               distinguishable
               .
               And
               proceeding
               very
               warily
               in
               the
               breaking
               one
               of
               these
               stones
               ,
               we
               found
               that
               in
               the
               center
               of
               it
               ,
               there
               lay
               a
               small
               and
               soft
               ovall
               
               stone
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               the
               kernell
               of
               those
               conglomerated
               shells
               ;
               and
               this
               kernell
               lay
               so
               loose
               ,
               that
               with
               a
               little
               industry
               and
               patience
               we
               picked
               it
               out
               of
               the
               shell
               ,
               and
               kept
               it
               by
               us
               as
               a
               rarity
               .
               This
               done
               ,
               being
               desirous
               to
               know
               whither
               Chymicall
               tortures
               would
               force
               these
               Concreats
               to
               a
               further
               confession
               of
               their
               nature
               ,
               we
               caused
               them
               to
               be
               finely
               powdred
               ,
               and
               put
               into
               a
               small
               but
               strongly
               coated
               glasse
               Retort
               ,
               whereunto
               luting
               a
               much
               larger
               Retort
               for
               a
               Receiver
               ;
               we
               found
               that
               these
               two
               ounces
               and
               halfe
               of
               powder
               ,
               being
               distilled
               for
               some
               hours
               in
               a
               naked
               fire
               ,
               afforded
               us
               great
               store
               of
               volatile
               Salt
               (
               partly
               grey
               and
               partly
               white
               )
               which
               almost
               coverd
               the
               inside
               of
               the
               Receiver
               ,
               and
               a
               pretty
               quantity
               of
               reddish
               spirit
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Receiver
               it selfe
               soon
               coagulated
               into
               Salt
               ,
               and
               having
               severed
               our
               vessels
               ,
               we
               found
               in
               the
               neck
               of
               the
               Receiver
               a
               very
               little
               darkish
               oyle
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               neck
               of
               the
               Retort
               a
               greater
               quantity
               of
               the
               same
               adust
               Oyl
               ,
               incorporated
               with
               a
               pretty
               quantity
               of
               volatile
               Salt
               ,
               whose
               smell
               did
               readily
               recall
               to
               my
               minde
               that
               peculiar
               kinde
               of
               stink
               which
               I
               had
               sometimes
               taken
               notice
               of
               in
               the
               volatile
               Salt
               of
               unfermented
               Urine
               ;
               nor
               were
               the
               taste
               of
               these
               two
               Salts
               unlike
               .
               The
               
                 caput
                 mortuum
              
               consisted
               of
               a
               fine
               ,
               light
               ,
               cole-black
               Powder
               ,
               not
               unlike
               the
               finest
               sort
               of
               Soot
               ;
               and
               by
               weighing
               but
               of
               six
               Drachmes
               ,
               it
               inform'd
               us
               ,
               that
               above
               two
               thirds
               of
               the
               distill'd
               
                 calculi
                 humani
              
               had
               been
               ,
               as
               being
               volatile
               ,
               forced
               from
               the
               Terrestrial
               Parts
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               close
               Vessel
               ,
               wherein
               the
               
                 caput
                 mortuum
              
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               left
               insipid
               enough
               ,
               yet
               retained
               stink
               enough
               to
               make
               us
               think
               ,
               it
               still
               conteined
               pretty
               store
               of
               heavy
               Oyl
               :
               as
               indeed
               ,
               having
               put
               it
               into
               a
               Crucible
               ,
               and
               kept
               it
               a
               competent
               while
               in
               a
               stronger
               fire
               ,
               we
               found
               it
               reduced
               to
               about
               two
               Drachmes
               of
               a
               br●ttle
               Mass
               of
               insipid
               white
               Calx
               ,
               which
               did
               not
               slack
               ,
               or
               fall
               asunder
               like
               Lime
               when
               it
               is
               cast
               into
               Water
               .
            
             
             
               To
               this
               Example
               of
               the
               usefulnesse
               of
               Chymistry
               ,
               to
               discover
               the
               unobserv'd
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               scarce
               discoverable
               difference
               of
               the
               
                 calculus
                 humanus
              
               from
               other
               stones
               ;
               we
               may
               venture
               to
               adde
               ,
               That
               though
               some
               Paracelsians
               do
               take
               too
               much
               liberty
               ,
               when
               they
               crudely
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               arsenicall
               ,
               vitriolate
               ,
               aluminous
               ,
               and
               other
               minerall
               substances
               ,
               generated
               in
               humane
               bodies
               ,
               yet
               if
               they
               had
               more
               warily
               propos'd
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               it
               would
               not
               perhaps
               appear
               so
               absurd
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               wont
               to
               think
               it
               ,
               who
               considering
               only
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Aliments
               men
               usually
               feed
               upon
               ,
               cannot
               conceive
               that
               such
               being
               but
               either
               Animals
               or
               Vegetables
               ,
               can
               by
               so
               gentle
               a
               heat
               as
               that
               of
               man's
               body
               ,
               (
               by
               which
               they
               suppose
               all
               the
               changes
               of
               the
               Aliments
               must
               be
               effected
               ,
               )
               be
               Exalted
               to
               an
               energie
               like
               that
               of
               such
               bodies
               as
               are
               compos'd
               of
               active
               Minerall
               substances
               ,
               and
               have
               some
               of
               them
               perchance
               acquir'd
               a
               violence
               of
               operation
               from
               the
               fire
               .
               But
               we
               see
               that
               Concretions
               ,
               so
               like
               Stones
               ,
               (
               which
               belong
               to
               the
               Minerall
               Kingdome
               ,
               )
               as
               to
               passe
               generally
               for
               such
               ,
               may
               be
               produc'd
               in
               the
               bodies
               not
               only
               of
               men
               but
               of
               sucking
               children
               ,
               whose
               Aliment
               is
               fluid
               Milk
               :
               and
               it
               seems
               a
               mistake
               to
               imagine
               (
               how
               many
               soever
               do
               so
               )
               that
               Heat
               must
               needs
               be
               the
               Efficient
               of
               all
               the
               changes
               the
               matter
               of
               our
               Aliments
               may
               happen
               to
               undergoe
               in
               a
               humane
               body
               :
               where
               there
               are
               Streiners
               ,
               and
               Solvents
               ,
               and
               new
               Mixtions
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               Ferments
               ,
               and
               diverse
               other
               powerfull
               Agents
               ,
               which
               by
               successively
               working
               upon
               the
               assum'd
               matter
               ,
               may
               so
               fashion
               and
               qualifie
               it
               ,
               as
               ,
               in
               some
               cases
               ,
               to
               bring
               the
               more
               dispos'd
               part
               of
               it
               to
               be
               not
               unlike
               even
               fossile
               Salts
               ,
               or
               other
               minerall
               substances
               .
               A
               very
               eminent
               person
               was
               lately
               complaining
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               fits
               of
               a
               distemper
               ,
               which
               almost
               as
               much
               puzzls
               her
               Physitians
               as
               her selfe
               ,
               she
               sometimes
               vomits
               up
               something
               so
               sharp
               and
               fretting
               ,
               that
               ,
               after
               it
               hath
               burnt
               her
               throat
               in
               its
               passage
               ,
               almost
               like
               scalding
               water
               ,
               it
               doth
               not
               only
               Staine
               the
               Silver
               vessels
               that
               receiv'd
               
               it
               ,
               but
               also
               work
               upon
               them
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               a
               Corrosive
               Menstruum
               .
               And
               there
               dyed
               a
               while
               since
               a
               very
               intelligent
               person
               ,
               much
               imploy'd
               in
               publick
               affaires
               ,
               who
               complain'd
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               fits
               of
               the
               strange
               distemper
               he
               labor'd
               under
               ,
               he
               divers
               times
               observ'd
               ,
               that
               ,
               that
               part
               of
               his
               pillow
               which
               his
               breath
               passed
               along
               ,
               would
               by
               the
               strange
               fuliginous
               Steams
               ,
               which
               that
               carried
               off
               with
               it
               ,
               be
               blackt
               over
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               held
               in
               some
               sooty
               smoak
               or
               other
               .
            
             
               We
               may
               also
               consider
               ,
               that
               the
               Rain-water
               ,
               which
               in
               its
               passage
               through
               a
               Vine
               ,
               or
               an
               Apricok-tree
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               plants
               ,
               is
               turn'd
               into
               a
               sweet
               fruit
               ;
               in
               its
               passage
               through
               those
               plants
               that
               bear
               Lemmons
               and
               Barberries
               ,
               is
               transmuted
               into
               a
               liquor
               sharp
               enough
               to
               corrode
               ,
               not
               only
               Pearles
               but
               Corall
               ,
               
                 lapides
                 cancrorum
              
               ,
               and
               other
               hard
               Concrets
               ,
               as
               spirit
               of
               Vitrioll
               would
               do
               .
               And
               writers
               of
               unsuspected
               credit
               ,
               affirme
               ,
               that
               an
               Indian
               fruit
               ,
               (
               whose
               name
               I
               cannnot
               readily
               call
               to
               mind
               )
               will
               speedily
               corrode
               and
               wast
               the
               very
               steel
               knives
               't
               is
               cut
               with
               ,
               if
               its
               Juice
               be
               left
               long
               upon
               them
               :
               and
               we
               see
               that
               some
               sorts
               even
               of
               our
               Apples
               and
               Peares
               ,
               will
               quickly
               black
               the
               blades
               of
               Knives
               on
               which
               the
               Juice
               is
               suffer'd
               to
               continue
               .
               And
               least
               what
               I
               freshly
               mention'd
               about
               Limmon
               trees
               ,
               should
               be
               question'd
               ,
               I
               will
               here
               adde
               ,
               that
               I
               remember
               also
               that
               I
               have
               made
               not
               only
               some
               other
               hot
               and
               strongly
               tasted
               Herbs
               ,
               but
               even
               a
               Ranunculus
               it selfe
               ,
               to
               grow
               and
               inc●ease
               notably
               in
               weight
               as
               well
               as
               bulk
               ,
               though
               I
               fed
               it
               but
               with
               fair
               water
               :
               and
               allowd
               it
               nothing
               else
               to
               shoot
               its
               roots
               into
               .
               Wherefore
               since
               this
               plant
               is
               reckon'd
               amongst
               those
               ,
               that
               either
               are
               poisonous
               ,
               or
               want
               but
               little
               of
               being
               so
               ;
               and
               since
               its
               operation
               is
               so
               violent
               ,
               that
               this
               sort
               of
               Vegetables
               ,
               is
               taken
               notice
               of
               from
               the
               experience
               of
               Country
               people
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               by
               outward
               application
               to
               draw
               blisters
               ,
               and
               since
               neverthelesse
               that
               which
               this
               plant
               ,
               without
               any
               heat
               discernable
               by
               the
               touch
               ,
               transmutes
               into
               so
               virulent
               a
               substance
               ,
               is
               but
               so
               unactive
               
               a
               body
               as
               water
               ;
               why
               may
               not
               such
               aliments
               ,
               as
               may
               have
               in
               them
               divers
               parts
               of
               a
               far
               more
               operative
               nature
               ,
               be
               in
               a
               humane
               body
               ,
               by
               an
               unusuall
               concourse
               of
               Causes
               and
               Circumstances
               ,
               so
               alter'd
               and
               exalted
               ,
               as
               to
               approach
               in
               operations
               (
               especially
               upon
               the
               more
               tender
               parts
               )
               to
               those
               of
               fossile
               Salts
               or
               other
               Minerals
               ?
               So
               that
               a
               Chymist
               might
               upon
               such
               an
               account
               ,
               without
               any
               great
               absurdity
               ,
               teach
               some
               parcels
               of
               morbifick
               matter
               to
               be
               of
               an
               Arsenicall
               ,
               or
               a
               Vitriolate
               ,
               or
               an
               Antimoniall
               nature
               ,
               especially
               since
               we
               see
               that
               sometimes
               Cancers
               ,
               Ulcers
               ,
               and
               sharp
               Juices
               generated
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               doe
               by
               their
               vitiating
               and
               wasting
               the
               invaded
               parts
               ,
               but
               too
               much
               emulate
               the
               pernitious
               operations
               of
               Arsnick
               ,
               and
               of
               fretting
               Salts
               :
               and
               the
               infusion
               of
               Antimonie
               doth
               scarce
               more
               stimulate
               nature
               to
               disburthen
               her selfe
               both
               upwards
               and
               downwards
               ,
               then
               doth
               sometimes
               an
               humor
               ,
               such
               as
               that
               which
               causes
               the
               
                 Cholera
                 morbus
              
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               more
               violent
               diseases
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               such
               degenerations
               of
               Innocent
               aliments
               should
               sometimes
               happen
               in
               discompos'd
               bodies
               ,
               you
               will
               perhaps
               think
               the
               lesse
               strange
               ,
               if
               you
               duly
               perpend
               what
               I
               lately
               mention'd
               ,
               of
               the
               transmutation
               of
               Water
               into
               hot
               and
               vesicatory
               substances
               ;
               and
               if
               thereto
               I
               annex
               ,
               that
               from
               a
               single
               pound
               of
               so
               common
               and
               temperate
               an
               Aliment
               as
               Bread
               ,
               I
               can
               by
               an
               easie
               way
               ,
               (
               and
               that
               without
               addition
               ,
               )
               obteine
               many
               ounces
               of
               a
               menstruum
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               tryall
               has
               inform'd
               )
               will
               worke
               more
               powerfully
               upon
               bodies
               ,
               more
               compact
               then
               some
               hard
               mineralls
               ,
               or
               perhaps
               Glasse
               it selfe
               :
               then
               a
               wary
               Chymist
               would
               expect
               to
               see
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               doe
               .
               These
               things
               I
               have
               mention'd
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               intimate
               some
               of
               the
               Reasons
               ,
               why
               I
               think
               Chymicall
               Experiments
               may
               be
               usefully
               apply'd
               ,
               to
               illustrate
               some
               things
               in
               Pathologie
               ,
               either
               by
               imitating
               out
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               the
               production
               of
               some
               sorts
               of
               morbifick
               matter
               ,
               or
               by
               such
               resolutions
               of
               that
               which
               is
               generated
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               as
               may
               conduce
               to
               the
               discovery
               of
               its
               nature
               .
               And
               not
               that
               
               I
               think
               ,
               as
               Spagyrists
               do
               ,
               the
               experiments
               or
               notions
               of
               vulgar
               Chymists
               sufficient
               to
               explicate
               the
               whole
               doctrine
               either
               of
               Digestion
               or
               of
               Diseases
               :
               for
               it
               would
               be
               very
               difficult
               for
               them
               to
               make
               out
               the
               manner
               of
               Nutrition
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               how
               they
               that
               feed
               only
               on
               Vegetables
               ,
               should
               (
               to
               propose
               the
               difficulty
               in
               their
               own
               Terms
               )
               have
               their
               Blood
               and
               Urine
               copiously
               enrich'd
               with
               a
               volatile
               sulphureous
               Salt
               ,
               of
               which
               sort
               ,
               plants
               are
               not
               wont
               to
               yeild
               any
               in
               distillation
               .
               And
               much
               more
               difficult
               would
               it
               be
               for
               them
               by
               principles
               peculiar
               to
               Chymists
               to
               make
               out
               the
               propagation
               of
               Hereditary
               diseases
               :
               or
               how
               madnesse
               ,
               &
               some
               other
               distempers
               ,
               that
               do
               not
               visibly
               vitiate
               the
               organes
               of
               those
               functions
               that
               they
               pervert
               ,
               should
               not
               only
               prove
               hereditary
               ,
               but
               lurk
               very
               many
               yeares
               in
               the
               inheriting
               person's
               body
               ,
               before
               they
               begin
               to
               disclose
               themselves
               :
               and
               sometimes
               too
               ,
               be
               transmitted
               from
               the
               Grandfather
               to
               the
               Grand-child
               ,
               and
               skip
               immediately
               the
               intervening
               Son.
               And
               therefore
               I
               say
               again
               ,
               that
               I
               pretend
               not
               that
               Vulgar
               Chymistry
               will
               enable
               a
               Physitian
               to
               explicate
               all
               or
               most
               of
               the
               Pathologicall
               Phaenomena
               ;
               but
               that
               True
               Chymistry
               may
               assist
               him
               to
               explicate
               diverse
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               can
               scarce
               be
               solidly
               explicated
               without
               it
               .
               And
               let
               me
               adde
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               throughly
               understands
               the
               nature
               of
               Ferments
               and
               Fermentations
               ,
               shall
               probably
               be
               much
               better
               able
               then
               he
               that
               ignores
               them
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               fair
               account
               of
               divers
               phaenomena
               of
               severall
               diseases
               (
               as
               well
               Feavers
               as
               others
               )
               which
               will
               perhaps
               be
               never
               throughly
               understood
               ,
               without
               an
               insight
               into
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Fermentation
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               which
               ,
               for
               that
               and
               other
               reasons
               ,
               I
               design'd
               my
               Historicall
               notes
               touching
               that
               subject
               .
            
             
               Yet
               I
               am
               not
               sure
               ,
               but
               there
               may
               be
               effervescences
               ,
               (
               and
               perhaps
               periodicall
               ones
               )
               in
               the
               Blood
               and
               other
               Juices
               of
               the
               body
               without
               Fermentation
               properly
               so
               call'd
               .
               For
               there
               may
               be
               divers
               other
               waies
               of
               begetting
               a
               praeternaturall
               heat
               
               in
               the
               Blood.
               We
               often
               see
               that
               in
               Coughs
               ,
               when
               the
               flegme
               is
               rottten
               (
               as
               they
               speak
               )
               that
               is
               ,
               when
               its
               former
               viscous
               texture
               is
               alter'd
               ,
               it
               does
               no
               longer
               stick
               fast
               to
               the
               vessels
               of
               the
               Lungs
               ,
               to
               which
               it
               obstinately
               adher'd
               before
               .
               And
               so
               at
               certain
               times
               other
               humors
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               either
               by
               growing
               more
               fluid
               themselves
               ,
               or
               by
               some
               change
               in
               the
               Blood
               ,
               whereby
               it
               becomes
               fitter
               to
               dissolve
               such
               humors
               ,
               may
               swimme
               in
               ,
               and
               be
               circulated
               with
               ,
               the
               masse
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               thereby
               occasion
               praeternaturall
               heats
               :
               either
               by
               their
               indisposition
               to
               be
               well
               ,
               and
               incorporated
               therewith
               :
               or
               by
               altering
               its
               texture
               :
               or
               disturbing
               the
               wonted
               motion
               of
               its
               minute
               parts
               :
               or
               by
               opposing
               its
               due
               Rarefaction
               as
               it
               passeth
               through
               the
               Heart
               :
               or
               by
               obstructing
               the
               more
               slender
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               so
               hindering
               the
               free
               Circulation
               of
               the
               Blood
               through
               them
               ;
               perhaps
               also
               causing
               some
               Extravasation
               ,
               as
               we
               see
               that
               wounds
               &
               bru●ses
               are
               attended
               with
               some
               inflammation
               ,
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               of
               the
               part
               affected
               ;
               )
               or
               by
               some
               other
               of
               the
               waies
               not
               now
               to
               be
               declared
               .
               And
               tryall
               hath
               taught
               me
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               Liquors
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               bare
               admixture
               of
               Milk
               ,
               Oyle
               ,
               or
               other
               Liquors
               ,
               nay
               or
               of
               cold
               water
               ,
               will
               presently
               occasion
               a
               notable
               heat
               :
               and
               I
               sometimes
               imploy
               a
               menstruum
               ,
               in
               which
               nothing
               but
               a
               little
               flesh
               being
               put
               ,
               though
               no
               visible
               Ebullition
               ensue
               ,
               there
               will
               in
               a
               few
               minuts
               ,
               be
               excited
               a
               Heat
               ,
               intense
               enough
               to
               be
               troublesome
               to
               him
               that
               holds
               the
               Glasse
               .
               And
               yet
               it
               seems
               not
               necessary
               that
               this
               should
               be
               ascrib'd
               to
               a
               true
               fermentation
               ,
               which
               may
               rather
               proceed
               from
               the
               perturb'd
               motion
               of
               the
               Corpuscles
               of
               the
               menstruum
               ,
               which
               being
               by
               the
               adventitious
               liquor
               or
               other
               body
               put
               out
               of
               their
               wonted
               motion
               ,
               and
               into
               an
               inordinate
               one
               ,
               there
               is
               produc'd
               in
               the
               menstruum
               a
               brisk
               confus'd
               Agitation
               of
               〈◊〉
               small
               parts
               that
               compose
               it
               ;
               and
               in
               such
               an
               agitation
               ,
               (
               from
               what
               cause
               soever
               it
               proceeds
               ,
               )
               the
               nature
               of
               Heat
               seems
               mainly
               to
               consist
               .
               But
               to
               dispatch
               ,
               I
               scarce
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               if
               in
               the
               history
               of
               diseases
               ,
               there
               were
               better
               
               notice
               taken
               of
               those
               Phaenomena
               ,
               that
               agree
               not
               with
               the
               opinions
               already
               in
               request
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               those
               that
               are
               thought
               consonant
               to
               them
               ;
               and
               if
               also
               Chymicall
               tryals
               were
               skilfully
               varied
               and
               judiciously
               applyed
               to
               the
               illustrating
               of
               Pathologicall
               Phaenomena
               ,
               the
               former
               might
               be
               made
               conducing
               to
               the
               better
               explication
               of
               the
               latter
               :
               especially
               if
               the
               businesse
               were
               mannag'd
               by
               a
               Naturalist
               well
               vers'd
               both
               in
               Chymicall
               Experiments
               ,
               and
               in
               Anatomy
               ,
               and
               the
               history
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               without
               being
               too
               much
               addicted
               either
               to
               the
               Chymist's
               notions
               ,
               or
               the
               receiv'd
               opinions
               of
               Physitians
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               thus
               illustrate
               Pathologie
               as
               a
               Chymist
               ,
               so
               may
               he
               do
               the
               like
               as
               a
               Zoologer
               ;
               for
               either
               the
               true
               knowledge
               of
               Anatomy
               must
               be
               much
               lesse
               usefull
               to
               Physitians
               then
               they
               have
               hitherto
               beleived
               ,
               or
               else
               the
               discoveries
               made
               by
               recent
               Anatomists
               of
               the
               
                 Asellian
                 ,
                 Pecquetian
              
               ,
               and
               Bartholinian
               vessels
               ,
               by
               either
               overthrowing
               the
               receiv'd
               doctrine
               of
               Digestions
               ,
               (
               from
               whose
               aberrations
               many
               diseases
               spring
               )
               or
               at
               least
               by
               making
               diverse
               discoveries
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               aeconomy
               of
               Digestions
               unknown
               to
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               most
               probably
               contribute
               much
               to
               the
               clearing
               up
               of
               diverse
               Pathologicall
               difficulties
               in
               the
               explication
               of
               some
               diseases
               ;
               besides
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               liberty
               of
               making
               those
               Experiments
               in
               live
               Beasts
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               to
               be
               made
               but
               in
               living
               creatures
               ,
               nor
               are
               allowable
               to
               be
               made
               in
               living
               men
               ,
               may
               enable
               a
               Zoologist
               ,
               by
               giving
               us
               a
               clearer
               account
               of
               divers
               parts
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               to
               determine
               divers
               Pathologicall
               difficulties
               springing
               from
               either
               our
               ignorance
               or
               mistakes
               of
               the
               use
               of
               those
               parts
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               formerly
               mention'd
               Experiment
               of
               the
               exsection
               of
               a
               live
               dogge's
               Spleen
               ,
               and
               a
               watchfull
               observation
               of
               all
               the
               diseases
               upon
               that
               Account
               ,
               befalli●●●im
               and
               other
               Dogs
               so
               serv'd
               ;
               much
               light
               perhaps
               may
               be
               given
               to
               the
               doct●in
               of
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Spleen
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               diseases
               supposed
               to
               depend
               on
               that
               part
               ,
               which
               I
               fear
               is
               hitherto
               (
               to
               the
               no
               
               small
               prejudice
               of
               the
               Sick
               )
               by
               few
               Physitians
               throughly
               understood
               ,
               and
               by
               many
               unhappily
               enough
               mistaken
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               we
               may
               represent
               unto
               you
               ,
               Pyr
               :
               that
               not
               only
               the
               dissections
               of
               sound
               Beasts
               may
               assist
               the
               Physitian
               to
               discover
               the
               like
               parts
               of
               a
               humane
               body
               ,
               but
               the
               dissections
               of
               morbid
               beasts
               may
               sometimes
               illustrate
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               causes
               and
               seats
               of
               diseases
               .
               For
               that
               this
               part
               of
               Pathology
               has
               been
               very
               much
               improved
               by
               the
               diligence
               of
               modern
               Physitians
               ,
               by
               dissecting
               the
               bodies
               of
               men
               kill'd
               by
               Diseases
               ,
               we
               might
               be
               justly
               accused
               of
               want
               of
               curiosity
               ,
               or
               gratitude
               ,
               if
               we
               did
               not
               thankfully
               acknowledge
               ;
               For
               indeed
               much
               of
               that
               improvement
               of
               Physick
               ,
               (
               for
               which
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               now
               alive
               ,
               might
               envy
               our
               new
               Physitians
               )
               may
               ,
               in
               my
               poor
               opinion
               ,
               be
               ascribed
               to
               their
               industrious
               scrutiny
               of
               the
               Seat
               and
               Effects
               of
               the
               peccant
               matter
               of
               Diseases
               in
               the
               bodies
               of
               those
               that
               have
               been
               destroyed
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               the
               instructions
               deducible
               from
               such
               observations
               may
               be
               either
               increased
               or
               illustrated
               by
               the
               like
               observations
               made
               in
               the
               bodies
               of
               Beasts
               ,
               we
               have
               been
               inclin'd
               to
               think
               ,
               partly
               by
               the
               having
               Chymically
               analyz'd
               (
               as
               they
               phrase
               it
               )
               the
               blood
               of
               divers
               Bruits
               ,
               as
               Sheep
               ,
               Deer
               ,
               &c.
               and
               found
               its
               Phlegme
               ,
               Spirit
               ,
               Salt
               ,
               and
               Oyle
               ,
               very
               like
               that
               of
               humane
               bloud
               ;
               and
               partly
               by
               our
               having
               observ'd
               in
               the
               bodies
               of
               severall
               Bruits
               ,
               (
               not
               excepting
               Fishes
               )
               Wormes
               ,
               Imposthumes
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               seem'd
               manifestly
               to
               spring
               from
               such
               causes
               ,
               as
               are
               wont
               to
               produce
               resembling
               distempers
               in
               men
               :
               and
               if
               the
               acute
               Helmont
               had
               been
               a
               more
               diligent
               dissector
               of
               Beasts
               ,
               he
               would
               perchance
               have
               escaped
               the
               Error
               he
               after
               others
               run
               into
               (
               and
               into
               which
               his
               Authority
               hath
               tempted
               others
               to
               run
               )
               when
               he
               affirm'd
               ,
               that
               the
               Stone
               was
               a
               disease
               peculiar
               to
               men
               ,
               for
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               bodies
               of
               Beasts
               ,
               especially
               very
               Old
               ones
               ,
               Stones
               are
               sometimes
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               not
               only
               severall
               Butchers
               have
               assur'd
               me
               ,
               but
               you
               may
               gather
               
               partly
               from
               that
               taken
               out
               of
               an
               Oxe's
               Gall
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               formerly
               mention'd
               ,
               which
               was
               about
               the
               bignesse
               of
               a
               Wallnut
               )
               but
               principally
               from
               what
               I
               elsewhere
               deliver'd
               on
               purpose
               to
               disprove
               that
               fond
               assertion
               :
               and
               greater
               leasure
               may
               ,
               upon
               another
               occasion
               ,
               invite
               us
               to
               mention
               some
               pathologicall
               Observations
               made
               in
               diseased
               Beasts
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               (
               were
               we
               not
               willing
               to
               hasten
               ,
               )
               we
               might
               now
               perhaps
               much
               confirme
               what
               we
               have
               propos'd
               touching
               the
               possibility
               of
               illustrating
               ,
               by
               such
               Observations
               ,
               the
               nature
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Diseases
               inciden●
               to
               humane
               bodies
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               we
               may
               also
               consider
               that
               there
               are
               diverse
               Explications
               of
               particular
               Diseases
               ,
               or
               troublesome
               Accidents
               propos'd
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               especially
               since
               the
               Disco●ery
               of
               the
               Bloods
               Circulation
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Compression
               ,
               Obstruction
               ,
               or
               Irritation
               of
               some
               Nerve
               ,
               or
               the
               Distension
               of
               some
               Veine
               by
               too
               much
               Bloud
               ,
               or
               some
               Hinderance
               of
               the
               free
               Passage
               of
               the
               Bloud
               through
               this
               or
               that
               particular
               Vessell
               ,
               is
               assign'd
               for
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               or
               that
               Disease
               or
               Symptome
               .
               Now
               in
               diverse
               of
               these
               cases
               the
               Liberty
               lately
               mention'd
               ,
               that
               a
               skilfull
               Dissector
               may
               take
               in
               Beasts
               ,
               to
               open
               the
               Body
               or
               Limbs
               ,
               to
               make
               Ligatures
               strong
               or
               weak
               on
               the
               vessells
               ,
               or
               other
               inward
               parts
               ,
               as
               occasion
               shall
               require
               ,
               to
               leave
               them
               there
               as
               long
               as
               he
               pleaseth
               ,
               to
               prick
               ,
               or
               apply
               sharp
               liquors
               to
               any
               nervous
               or
               membranous
               part
               ,
               and
               whenever
               he
               thinkes
               convenient
               ,
               to
               dissect
               the
               Animall
               again
               ,
               to
               observe
               what
               change
               his
               Experiment
               hath
               produc'd
               there
               :
               such
               a
               Liberty
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               humane
               bodies
               ,
               may
               in
               some
               cases
               either
               confirme
               or
               confute
               the
               Theories
               proposd
               ,
               and
               so
               put
               an
               end
               to
               dive●se
               Pathologicall
               Controversies
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               too
               occasion
               the
               Discovery
               of
               the
               true
               and
               genuine
               causes
               of
               the
               Phaenomena
               disputed
               of
               ,
               or
               of
               others
               really
               as
               abstruse
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               let
               me
               adde
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               whole
               classis
               of
               diseases
               
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               Physitians
               Books
               ,
               which
               proceed
               not
               originally
               from
               any
               internal
               distemper
               of
               the
               Patient
               ,
               but
               are
               produced
               by
               some
               exterior
               Poyson
               ,
               and
               are
               therefore
               wont
               to
               be
               call'd
               by
               Doctors
               ,
               
                 Morbi
                 à
                 veneno
                 orti
              
               ,
               to
               the
               more
               acurate
               knowledge
               of
               divers
               of
               which
               Diseases
               ,
               Experiments
               made
               on
               Bruits
               may
               not
               a
               little
               conduce
               :
               For
               though
               I
               deny
               not
               that
               some
               things
               may
               be
               Poysons
               to
               Man
               ,
               th●t
               are
               not
               so
               to
               some
               Beasts
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               contrary
               (
               as
               we
               have
               more
               then
               once
               given
               to
               a
               Dog
               ,
               without
               much
               harming
               him
               ,
               such
               a
               quantity
               of
               Opium
               ,
               as
               would
               probably
               have
               suffic'd
               to
               have
               kill'd
               several
               Men
               )
               yet
               the
               greater
               number
               of
               Poysons
               being
               such
               both
               to
               Man
               and
               Bruits
               ,
               the
               liberty
               of
               exhibiting
               them
               ,
               when
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               manner
               we
               please
               ,
               to
               these
               (
               which
               we
               dare
               not
               do
               to
               him
               )
               allows
               us
               great
               opportunities
               of
               observing
               their
               manner
               of
               operation
               and
               investigating
               their
               Nature
               ,
               as
               our selves
               have
               tryed
               ,
               and
               that
               sometimes
               with
               unexpected
               events
               (
               as
               when
               lately
               a
               Cat
               ran
               mad
               ,
               so
               that
               her
               Keeper
               was
               fain
               to
               kill
               her
               )
               upon
               a
               large
               dose
               of
               Opium
               which
               we
               caus'd
               to
               be
               given
               her
               .
            
             
               And
               on
               this
               occasion
               I
               shall
               not
               scruple
               to
               transcribe
               an
               Observation
               out
               of
               a
               Discourse
               ,
               I
               some
               years
               since
               writ
               to
               a
               Friend
               ,
               about
               the
               tu●ning
               Poysons
               into
               Medicines
               ,
               because
               that
               Treatise
               ,
               I
               am
               like
               ,
               for
               certain
               reasons
               ,
               to
               suppress
               :
               The
               words
               ,
               as
               I
               there
               finde
               them
               ,
               are
               these
               ,
            
             
               
                 Before
                 I
                 take
                 leave
                 of
                 Vipers
                 (
                 or
                 Adders
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 will
                 have
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 here
                 in
              
               England
               
                 commonly
                 pass
                 for
                 Vipers
                 )
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 impertinent
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 justly
                 doubted
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 be
                 to
                 be
                 reckon'd
                 amongst
                 poysonous
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 sense
                 as
                 those
                 other
                 venomous
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 in
                 them
                 a
                 constant
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 speak
                 ,
                 gross
                 and
                 tangible
                 Poyson
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 suppos'd
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 venom
                 of
                 Vipers
                 consists
                 chiefly
                 in
                 the
                 rage
                 and
                 fury
                 wherewith
                 they
                 bite
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 a
                 mortal
                 property
                 :
                 Thus
                 the
                 
                 madness
                 of
                 a
                 Dog
                 makes
                 his
                 teeth
                 Poysonous
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 :
                 And
                 Authors
                 of
                 good
                 repute
                 supply
                 us
                 with
                 instances
                 of
                 hurts
                 in
                 themselves
                 ,
                 free
                 from
                 danger
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 made
                 fatal
                 by
                 a
                 Venom
                 created
                 by
                 the
                 fierceness
                 of
                 the
                 inraged
                 (
                 though
                 not
                 otherwise
                 poysonous
                 )
                 Creatures
                 that
                 inflicted
                 them
                 .
                 And
              
               Baccius
               ,
               
                 if
                 I
                 mistake
                 not
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Treatise
              
               De
               Venenis
               ,
               
                 tells
                 us
                 a
                 memorable
                 Story
                 (
                 whereof
                 he
                 affirms
                 himself
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 an
                 eye-witness
                 )
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 who
                 was
                 kill'd
                 within
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 slight
                 hurt
                 received
                 in
                 his
                 left
                 hand
                 ,
                 from
                 an
                 inraged
                 Dung-hill
                 Cock
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 no
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Viper
                 have
                 any
                 constant
                 inherent
                 Poyson
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 induced
                 to
                 suspect
                 upon
                 this
                 Experiment
                 ;
                 That
                 dissecting
                 some
                 live
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 in
                 accidentally
                 a
                 strange
                 Dog
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 gave
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 Tail
                 ,
                 and
                 Gall
                 (
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 parts
                 supposed
                 to
                 contain
                 the
                 Poyson
                 )
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Head
                 and
                 Gall
                 of
                 another
                 ,
                 wrapt
                 up
                 in
                 meat
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 ,
                 I
                 locked
                 the
                 little
                 Dog
                 up
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 watched
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 foūd
                 not
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 sick
                 ,
                 or
                 offered
                 to
                 vomit
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 lap'd
                 up
                 gre●dily
                 some
                 drink
                 which
                 he
                 espyd
                 in
                 the
                 Room
                 ;
                 nor
                 was
                 he
                 alone
                 very
                 jocund
                 ,
                 for
                 divers
                 hours
                 that
                 I
                 kept
                 him
                 in
                 ,
                 but
                 liked
                 his
                 entertainment
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 afterwards
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 met
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 Street
                 ,
                 leave
                 those
                 that
                 kept
                 him
                 to
                 fawn
                 on
                 and
                 follow
                 me
                 .
                 And
                 having
                 since
                 related
                 this
                 Experiment
                 to
                 an
                 inquisitive
                 Friend
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 he
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 to
                 satisfie
                 himself
                 further
                 in
                 this
                 particular
                 ,
                 he
                 gave
                 to
                 a
                 Dog
                 a
                 dozen
                 Heads
                 and
                 Galls
                 of
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 without
                 finding
                 them
                 to
                 produce
                 in
                 him
                 any
                 mischievous
                 symptome
                 :
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 old
                 Man
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 makes
                 Viper
                 Wine
                 ,
                 does
                 it
                 (
                 as
                 himself
                 tells
                 me
                 )
                 by
                 leaving
                 the
                 whole
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 very
                 great
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 for
                 some
                 moneths
                 ,
                 without
                 taking
                 out
                 the
                 Galls
                 ,
                 or
                 separating
                 any
                 other
                 part
                 from
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Wine
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 hath
                 dissolved
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 it
                 can
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 though
                 it
                 may
                 seem
                 somewhat
                 improper
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 we
                 are
                 discoursing
                 of
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 to
                 insist
                 on
                 a
                 remedy
                 against
                 them
                 ;
                 yet
                 
                 the
                 mention
                 of
                 Vipers
                 recalling
                 into
                 my
                 minde
                 a
                 memorable
                 Experiment
                 which
                 I
                 tryed
                 against
                 the
                 biting
                 of
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 choose
                 rather
                 to
                 decline
                 the
                 dictates
                 of
                 Method
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 of
                 Charity
                 ,
                 which
                 forbids
                 me
                 to
                 suppress
                 a
                 remedy
                 that
                 may
                 possibly
                 rescue
                 from
                 sudden
                 death
                 ,
                 a
                 Person
                 or
                 other
                 fit
                 to
                 live
                 ,
                 or
                 unprepar'd
                 to
                 dye
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 does
                 not
                 strictly
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Theme
                 whereto
                 it
                 is
                 referred
                 .
                 The
                 remedy
                 then
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 a
                 Man
                 is
                 b●iten
                 (
                 for
                 if
                 the
                 Poyson
                 have
                 had
                 time
                 enough
                 to
                 diffuse
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 gain
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 the
                 Experiment
                 will
                 scarce
                 succced
                 )
                 a
                 hot
                 Iron
                 be
                 held
                 as
                 near
                 the
                 place
                 as
                 the
                 Patient
                 can
                 possibly
                 indure
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 have
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 speak
                 ,
                 drawn
                 out
                 all
                 the
                 Venom
                 :
                 which
                 Eye-witnesses
                 assure
                 me
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 seen
                 that
                 my
                 se●f
                 )
                 will
                 sometimes
                 adhere
                 like
                 a
                 yellowish
                 spot
                 to
                 the
                 surface
                 of
                 the
                 Iron
                 .
                 But
                 being
                 upon
                 competent
                 grounds
                 satisfied
                 of
                 the
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 to
                 convin●e
                 a
                 Physitian
                 that
                 mistrusted
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 last
                 Summer
                 hired
                 a
                 Man
                 (
                 who
                 doubted
                 it
                 as
                 little
                 as
                 I
                 )
                 to
                 suffer
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 bitten
                 by
                 a
                 Viper
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 in
                 the
                 Physitians
                 house
                 and
                 presence
                 ,
                 pick●d
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 number
                 of
                 them
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 blackest
                 I
                 could
                 finde
                 (
                 those
                 of
                 that
                 colour
                 being
                 supposed
                 the
                 most
                 mischi●vous
                 )
                 and
                 commanded
                 the
                 fellow
                 to
                 provoke
                 and
                 anger
                 it
                 (
                 which
                 to
                 my
                 wonder
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 before
                 the
                 Beast
                 would
                 fasten
                 on
                 him
                 )
                 At
                 length
                 ,
                 being
                 by
                 his
                 very
                 rude
                 handling
                 thorowly
                 exasperated
                 ,
                 it
                 bit
                 him
                 with
                 great
                 fury
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 seem'd
                 ,
                 for
                 immediately
                 his
                 hand
                 began
                 to
                 swell
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 injured
                 part
                 was
                 grown
                 tumid
                 before
                 we
                 could
                 take
                 from
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 hard
                 by
                 ,
                 a
                 knife
                 that
                 lay
                 heating
                 there
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 apply'd
                 it
                 as
                 near
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 suffer
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 about
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 minutes
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 swelling
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 decreased
                 not
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 spread
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Man
                 glad
                 of
                 his
                 money
                 ,
                 without
                 further
                 Ceremony
                 ,
                 went
                 about
                 his
                 affairs
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 me
                 since
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 the
                 tumor
                 continued
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 inconvenience
                 attending
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 divers
                 times
                 got
                 money
                 by
                 repeating
                 the
                 Experiment
                 ;
                 though
                 
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 casual
                 bitings
                 of
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 been
                 much
                 distrest
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Wife
                 almost
                 kill●d
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               return
               to
               the
               Experiments
               of
               Poysons
               made
               on
               Beasts
               ,
               we
               could
               wish
               Physitians
               were
               more
               diligent
               to
               make
               tryals
               of
               them
               ,
               not
               onely
               by
               giving
               Beasts
               poysons
               at
               the
               mouth
               ,
               but
               also
               by
               making
               external
               applications
               of
               them
               ,
               especially
               in
               those
               parts
               where
               the
               Vessels
               that
               convey
               Blood
               more
               approach
               the
               surface
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               also
               by
               dexterously
               wounding
               determinate
               Veins
               with
               Instruments
               dipt
               in
               Poysons
               (
               especially
               moist
               or
               liquid
               ones
               )
               that
               being
               carried
               by
               the
               circulated
               Blood
               to
               the
               Heart
               and
               Head
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               found
               whether
               their
               strength
               be
               that
               way
               more
               uninfringed
               ,
               and
               their
               operation
               more
               speedy
               (
               or
               otherwise
               differing
               )
               then
               if
               they
               were
               taken
               in
               at
               the
               mouth
               .
               For
               I
               remember
               sober
               Travellers
               have
               shew'd
               me
               some
               Indian
               Poysons
               ,
               whose
               noxious
               efficacy
               they
               affirm'd
               to
               be
               by
               great
               intervals
               of
               time
               ,
               differingly
               mortal
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               slight
               hurt
               made
               by
               the
               points
               of
               Arrows
               ,
               infected
               with
               them
               ,
               did
               open
               a
               capillary
               ,
               or
               larger
               Vein
               ,
               and
               were
               inflicted
               on
               a
               part
               more
               or
               less
               distant
               from
               the
               Heart
               ;
               but
               having
               not
               yet
               made
               any
               tryal
               of
               this
               my self
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               build
               upon
               it
               .
               Yet
               I
               finde
               that
               the
               formerly
               commended
               Olearius
               ,
               
               in
               his
               Travels
               into
               Muscovie
               and
               Persia
               ,
               takes
               notice
               of
               a
               venomous
               Insect
               in
               Persia
               ,
               which
               the
               Natives
               call
               Encureck
               ,
               and
               which
               he
               (
               how
               justly
               I
               know
               not
               )
               makes
               to
               be
               a
               kinde
               of
               Tarantula
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               ,
               as
               that
               Creature
               ,
               in
               shape
               almost
               like
               a
               Spider
               ,
               and
               speckled
               ,
               though
               of
               twice
               the
               bigness
               of
               a
               Thumb
               :
               This
               Insect
               (
               says
               he
               )
               instead
               of
               stinging
               or
               biting
               ,
               lets
               his
               Venom
               fall
               in
               form
               of
               a
               drop
               of
               Water
               ,
               which
               immediately
               produces
               insufferable
               pains
               in
               the
               part
               to
               which
               it
               fastens
               ,
               and
               suddenly
               penetrating
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               sends
               up
               vapors
               to
               the
               Head
               ,
               which
               sends
               again
               (
               to
               use
               his
               expression
               )
               so
               profound
               a
               sleep
               to
               all
               the
               Patients
               
               limbs
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               awaken
               him
               ,
               but
               by
               one
               onely
               Remedy
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               crush
               one
               of
               these
               Creatures
               upon
               the
               hurt
               ,
               whence
               he
               abstracts
               all
               the
               Poison
               .
               Some
               horrid
               and
               unusual
               symptomes
               of
               this
               Venom
               ,
               which
               yet
               agree
               not
               so
               well
               with
               those
               that
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               produc'd
               in
               persons
               bitten
               by
               Tarantula's
               ,
               our
               Author
               proceeds
               to
               mention
               ;
               and
               furnishes
               us
               with
               a
               proof
               of
               what
               we
               were
               lately
               saying
               ,
               when
               we
               told
               you
               that
               some
               things
               were
               poysonous
               to
               Men
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               to
               some
               Beasts
               :
               by
               adding
               ,
               as
               an
               admirable
               singularity
               ,
               that
               the
               Sheep
               of
               those
               parts
               do
               not
               onely
               eat
               these
               fatal
               Insects
               ,
               but
               seek
               for
               them
               .
               I
               know
               also
               ,
               by
               sad
               experience
               in
               my self
               ,
               what
               an
               outward
               application
               even
               of
               Cantharides
               can
               do
               ;
               for
               having
               occasion
               to
               have
               a
               large
               blister
               drawn
               on
               my
               Neck
               ,
               the
               Chirurgion
               I
               employed
               ,
               unknown
               to
               me
               ,
               made
               use
               of
               Cantharides
               ,
               among
               other
               Ingredients
               of
               his
               vesicating
               Plaister
               ,
               which
               a
               few
               hours
               after
               I
               had
               taken
               it
               ,
               waken'd
               me
               with
               excessive
               torment
               ,
               to
               which
               it
               put
               me
               about
               the
               neck
               of
               my
               Bladder
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               apprehended
               it
               might
               proceed
               from
               some
               Stone
               unable
               to
               get
               out
               ;
               of
               which
               sudden
               and
               sensible
               pain
               ,
               after
               I
               had
               a
               while
               in
               vain
               conjectur'd
               what
               might
               be
               the
               cause
               ,
               I
               at
               length
               suspected
               that
               which
               was
               indeed
               the
               true
               one
               ;
               and
               having
               sent
               for
               the
               Chirurgion
               ,
               he
               confess'd
               to
               me
               ,
               upon
               my
               demand
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               put
               some
               Cantharides
               in
               his
               Plaister
               ,
               not
               thinking
               it
               would
               have
               had
               such
               an
               operation
               :
               whereupon
               I
               soon
               reliev'd
               my self
               ,
               by
               drinking
               new
               Milk
               very
               well
               sweetned
               with
               Suger
               candy
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Postscript
                 .
              
               
                 TO
                 enable
                 you
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 to
                 gratifie
                 those
                 inquisitive
                 Persons
                 that
                 have
                 heard
                 some
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 but
                 an
                 imperfect
                 Report
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 much
                 nois'd
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 some
                 Years
                 agoe
                 devis'd
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 try'd
                 in
                 other
                 places
                 before
                 very
                 Illustrious
                 Spectators
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 content
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 occasion
                 afforded
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 foregoing
                 Essay
                 lately
                 mention'd
                 concerning
                 the
                 Application
                 of
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 to
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 after
                 the
                 writing
                 of
                 that
                 Essay
                 ,
                 I
                 happen'd
                 to
                 have
                 some
                 Discourse
                 about
                 matters
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 Nature
                 ,
                 with
                 those
                 excellent
                 Mathematicians
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 
                   I.
                   Wilkins
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Christopher
                   Wren
                
                 ;
                 at
                 which
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 those
                 Virtuosi
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 thought
                 he
                 could
                 easily
                 contrive
                 a
                 way
                 to
                 convey
                 any
                 liquid
                 Poison
                 immediately
                 into
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood.
                 Whereupon
                 ,
                 our
                 knowledge
                 of
                 his
                 extraordinary
                 Sagacity
                 ,
                 making
                 us
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 try
                 what
                 he
                 propos'd
                 ,
                 I
                 provided
                 a
                 large
                 Dog
                 ,
                 on
                 which
                 he
                 made
                 his
                 Experiment
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 some
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 learned
                 Men
                 :
                 His
                 way
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 much
                 better
                 le●rn'd
                 by
                 sight
                 ,
                 then
                 relation
                 )
                 was
                 briefly
                 this
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 small
                 and
                 opportune
                 Incision
                 over
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 hind-leg
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 larger
                 Vessels
                 that
                 carry
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 are
                 most
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 hold
                 of
                 :
                 Then
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Ligature
                 upon
                 those
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 apply
                 a
                 certain
                 small
                 Plate
                 of
                 Brass
                 (
                 of
                 above
                 half
                 an
                 Inch
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 an
                 Inch
                 broad
                 ,
                 whose
                 sides
                 were
                 bending
                 inward●
                 )
                 almost
                 of
                 the
                 shape
                 and
                 bigness
                 of
                 the
                 Nail
                 of
                 a
                 Mans
                 Thumb
                 ,
                 but
                 somewhat
                 longer
                 .
                 This
                 Plate
                 had
                 four
                 little
                 holes
                 in
                 the
                 sides
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 corners
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 threads
                 pass'd
                 thorow
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 well
                 
                 fasten'd
                 to
                 the
                 Vessel
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 little
                 Plate
                 there
                 was
                 also
                 left
                 an
                 Aperture
                 ,
                 or
                 somewhat
                 large
                 Slit
                 ,
                 parallel
                 to
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 the
                 Plate
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Vein
                 might
                 be
                 there
                 expos'd
                 to
                 the
                 Lancet
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 from
                 starting
                 aside
                 .
                 This
                 Plate
                 being
                 well
                 fasten'd
                 on
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 Slit
                 along
                 the
                 Vein
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Ligature
                 towards
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 great
                 enough
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 at
                 it
                 the
                 slender
                 Pipe
                 of
                 a
                 Syringe
                 :
                 By
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 propos'd
                 to
                 have
                 injected
                 a
                 warm
                 solution
                 of
                 Opium
                 in
                 Sack
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 our
                 Experiment
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 more
                 quick
                 and
                 manifest
                 .
                 And
                 accordingly
                 our
                 dexterous
                 Experimenter
                 having
                 surmounted
                 the
                 difficulties
                 which
                 the
                 tortur'd
                 Dogs
                 violent
                 struglings
                 interpos'd
                 ,
                 convey'd
                 a
                 small
                 Dose
                 of
                 the
                 Solution
                 or
                 Tincture
                 into
                 the
                 open'd
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 whereby
                 ,
                 getting
                 into
                 the
                 mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 (
                 some
                 quantity
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 avoid
                 shedding
                 in
                 the
                 operation
                 )
                 it
                 was
                 quickly
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 circular
                 motion
                 of
                 That
                 ,
                 carry'd
                 to
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 pa●ts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 we
                 had
                 scarce
                 unty'd
                 the
                 Dog
                 (
                 whose
                 four
                 feet
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 requisite
                 to
                 fasten
                 very
                 strongly
                 to
                 the
                 four
                 Co●ners
                 of
                 the
                 Table
                 )
                 before
                 the
                 Opium
                 began
                 to
                 disclose
                 its
                 Narcotick
                 Quality
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 assoon
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 upon
                 his
                 feet
                 ,
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 nod
                 with
                 his
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 faulter
                 and
                 reel
                 in
                 his
                 pace
                 ,
                 and
                 presently
                 after
                 appear'd
                 so
                 stupifi'd
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 Wagers
                 offer'd
                 his
                 Life
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 sav'd
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 reserve
                 him
                 for
                 further
                 observation
                 ,
                 caus'd
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 whipp'd
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 the
                 Neighboring
                 Garden
                 ,
                 whereby
                 being
                 kept
                 awake
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 motion
                 ,
                 after
                 some
                 time
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 himself
                 again
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 led
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 carefully
                 tended
                 ,
                 he
                 not
                 onely
                 recove●'d
                 ,
                 but
                 began
                 to
                 grow
                 fat
                 so
                 manifestly
                 that
                 't
                 was
                 admir'd
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 long
                 observe
                 how
                 it
                 far'd
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 tryals
                 I
                 made
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 him
                 famous
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 soon
                 after
                 stoln
                 away
                 from
                 me
                 .
                 Succeeding
                 attempts
                 inform'd
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Plate
                 was
                 not
                 necessary
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Finger
                 were
                 
                 skilfully
                 employ'd
                 to
                 support
                 the
                 Vessel
                 to
                 be
                 opened
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 slender
                 Quill
                 ,
                 fasten'd
                 to
                 a
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 matter
                 to
                 be
                 injected
                 ,
                 was
                 somewhat
                 more
                 convenient
                 then
                 a
                 Syringe
                 ;
                 as
                 also
                 that
                 this
                 notwithstanding
                 ,
                 unless
                 the
                 Dog
                 were
                 pretty
                 big
                 ,
                 and
                 lean
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Vessels
                 might
                 be
                 large
                 enough
                 and
                 easily
                 accessible
                 ,
                 the
                 Experiment
                 would
                 not
                 well
                 succeed
                 :
                 The
                 Inventor
                 of
                 it
                 afterwards
                 practic'd
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 that
                 most
                 Learned
                 Noble-man
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Dorchester
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 that
                 a
                 moderate
                 Dose
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 did
                 not
                 much
                 move
                 the
                 Dog
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 it
                 was
                 given
                 :
                 but
                 once
                 that
                 he
                 injected
                 a
                 large
                 Dose
                 (
                 about
                 two
                 Ounces
                 or
                 more
                 )
                 it
                 wrought
                 so
                 soon
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 violently
                 upon
                 a
                 fresh
                 one
                 ,
                 that
                 within
                 a
                 few
                 hours
                 after
                 he
                 vomited
                 up
                 Life
                 and
                 all
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Straw
                 whereon
                 they
                 had
                 laid
                 him
                 .
                 I
                 afterwards
                 wish'd
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 onely
                 some
                 vehemently
                 working
                 Drugs
                 ,
                 but
                 their
                 appropriated
                 Antidotes
                 (
                 or
                 else
                 powerful
                 liquid
                 Cordials
                 )
                 and
                 also
                 some
                 altering
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 plentiful
                 Dose
                 injected
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 Diureticks
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 ingenious
                 Anatomist
                 and
                 Physitian
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 try'd
                 it
                 with
                 very
                 good
                 success
                 .
                 I
                 likewise
                 propos'd
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 without
                 either
                 too
                 much
                 danger
                 or
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 tryal
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 upon
                 some
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 especially
                 those
                 of
                 Malefactors
                 .
                 And
                 some
                 Moneths
                 after
                 a
                 foreign
                 Ambassador
                 ,
                 a
                 curious
                 Person
                 ,
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 residing
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 did
                 me
                 the
                 Honor
                 to
                 visit
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 inform'd
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 caus'd
                 tryal
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 with
                 infusion
                 of
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 ,
                 upon
                 an
                 inferior
                 Domestick
                 of
                 his
                 that
                 deserv'd
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 hangd
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 fellow
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 the
                 Injection
                 began
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 did
                 (
                 either
                 really
                 or
                 craftily
                 )
                 fall
                 into
                 a
                 Swoon
                 ;
                 whereby
                 ,
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 prosecute
                 so
                 hazardous
                 an
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 they
                 desisted
                 ,
                 without
                 seeing
                 any
                 other
                 Effect
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 save
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 told
                 the
                 Ambassador
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 wrought
                 once
                 downward
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 might
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 be
                 occasion'd
                 for
                 fear
                 or
                 anguish
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 
                 tryals
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 dexterous
                 Physitian
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 in
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 will
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 received
                 a
                 more
                 circumstantial
                 account
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 unwelcome
                 to
                 you
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 possibly
                 from
                 our
                 own
                 Observations
                 ,
                 receive
                 a
                 further
                 Account
                 of
                 an
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 I
                 now
                 chiefly
                 design'd
                 but
                 to
                 relate
                 to
                 you
                 the
                 Rise
                 and
                 first
                 Attempts
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               III.
               Containing
               some
               Particulars
               relating
               to
               the
               Semiotical
               Part
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               THe
               Semiotical
               part
               of
               the
               Physitians
               Art
               ,
               seems
               capable
               of
               the
               least
               improvement
               by
               Natural
               Philosophy
               .
               In
               which
               yet
               ,
               first
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               ,
               by
               illustrating
               the
               Anatomical
               and
               Pathological
               parts
               ,
               assist
               the
               Physitian
               to
               make
               more
               certain
               conjectures
               from
               the
               signs
               he
               discovers
               of
               the
               constitution
               and
               distempers
               of
               his
               Patient
               .
               For
               you
               will
               easily
               believe
               that
               
                 caeteris
                 paribus
              
               ,
               he
               that
               better
               knows
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               parts
               and
               juices
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               will
               be
               better
               able
               to
               conjecture
               at
               the
               events
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               then
               he
               that
               is
               less
               skill'd
               in
               them
               .
               And
               secondly
               ,
               The
               Naturalist
               by
               improving
               the
               Therapeutical
               ,
               may
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               much
               change
               and
               alter
               the
               Prognosticks
               of
               the
               duration
               ,
               ferocity
               and
               event
               of
               Diseases
               .
               For
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               considered
               ,
               that
               the
               Predictions
               hitherto
               current
               in
               Authors
               ,
               and
               commonly
               made
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               suppose
               the
               use
               of
               the
               received
               Remedies
               ,
               and
               the
               dogmatical
               method
               of
               Physick
               ;
               but
               if
               there
               were
               discovered
               such
               generous
               and
               commanding
               Medicines
               ,
               as
               ,
               by
               powerfully
               assisting
               Nature
               ,
               or
               nimbly
               proscribing
               the
               Morbifick
               Matter
               that
               doth
               either
               produce
               or
               (
               though
               produc'd
               by
               them
               )
               cherish
               Sicknesses
               ,
               might
               enable
               Nature
               to
               hinder
               the
               Disease
               from
               continuing
               its
               course
               ,
               and
               acting
               almost
               all
               the
               
               Scenes
               of
               its
               Tragedy
               in
               the
               Body
               ;
               Physitians
               need
               not
               ,
               in
               acute
               Diseases
               ,
               wait
               so
               often
               for
               a
               crisis
               to
               instruct
               their
               Prognosticks
               ,
               and
               the
               threatning
               Symptomes
               of
               Chronical
               Distempers
               would
               often
               prove
               false
               Prophets
               .
            
             
               To
               illustrate
               this
               but
               with
               a
               not
               ignoble
               instance
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               when
               that
               Peruvian
               Bark
               ,
               that
               now
               begins
               to
               be
               somewhat
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               
                 The
                 Jesuits
                 Powder
              
               ,
               had
               scarce
               been
               so
               much
               as
               heard
               of
               in
               this
               part
               of
               Europe
               ,
               I
               went
               to
               visit
               a
               Virtuoso
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               for
               some
               Moneths
               afflicted
               with
               a
               Quartan
               Ague
               ,
               so
               violent
               and
               stubborn
               ,
               that
               it
               had
               frustrated
               the
               skill
               ,
               and
               almost
               tyred
               the
               indeavors
               of
               the
               most
               eminent
               Doctors
               of
               this
               Nation
               ;
               of
               one
               of
               which
               ,
               who
               was
               then
               accidentally
               with
               his
               Learned
               Patient
               ,
               I
               enquired
               how
               my
               Friend
               did
               ,
               and
               was
               answered
               ,
               That
               he
               hoped
               he
               would
               recover
               when
               the
               Season
               would
               give
               him
               leave
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Winter
               he
               knew
               no
               Quartanes
               cured
               .
               Yet
               the
               Gentleman
               acquainting
               me
               with
               his
               having
               procured
               some
               of
               the
               American
               Bark
               against
               Agues
               ,
               which
               we
               mentioned
               in
               a
               former
               Essay
               ,
               and
               I
               (
               after
               having
               tasted
               and
               considered
               it
               )
               having
               incouraged
               him
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               others
               ,
               to
               make
               Tryal
               of
               it
               ;
               as
               the
               strange
               Effects
               I
               have
               observ'd
               of
               it
               ,
               hath
               divers
               times
               invited
               me
               to
               do
               :
               The
               candid
               and
               learned
               Doctor
               ,
               not
               onely
               oppos'd
               not
               my
               Perswasions
               ,
               but
               added
               his
               own
               to
               them
               .
               And
               my
               Friend
               taking
               two
               Doses
               of
               this
               Powder'd
               Bark
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               at
               the
               unhopefullest
               Season
               of
               the
               Year
               (
               the
               Winter
               Solstice
               )
               and
               though
               he
               scarce
               found
               any
               sensible
               operation
               (
               unless
               a
               little
               by
               sweat
               )
               of
               the
               Peruvian
               Medicine
               ,
               had
               by
               the
               first
               Dose
               his
               Fit
               very
               much
               lessen'd
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               second
               quite
               remov'd
               .
               And
               though
               through
               some
               irregularities
               of
               Dyet
               (
               to
               which
               that
               keen
               Appetite
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               recovering
               Persons
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               observ'd
               this
               Powder
               to
               be
               wont
               to
               produce
               ,
               tempted
               him
               )
               he
               did
               ,
               as
               I
               then
               foretold
               him
               he
               would
               ,
               after
               missing
               eight
               or
               ten
               Fits
               ,
               relapse
               ,
               yet
               by
               the
               
               repeated
               use
               of
               the
               same
               Remedy
               ,
               he
               again
               recover'd
               ,
               and
               hath
               continu'd
               so
               ever
               since
               .
               Having
               also
               lately
               perswaded
               the
               use
               of
               the
               same
               Medicine
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Disease
               ,
               to
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Ladies
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               she
               told
               me
               the
               other
               day
               ,
               That
               it
               immediately
               ,
               and
               in
               unlikely
               weather
               ,
               freed
               her
               from
               those
               Fits
               ,
               from
               whence
               she
               despair'd
               to
               be
               deliver'd
               till
               the
               Spring
               .
               Having
               likewise
               sent
               some
               of
               it
               to
               a
               couple
               of
               Gentlemen
               ,
               sick
               of
               the
               like
               Malady
               ,
               I
               had
               word
               brought
               me
               ;
               That
               the
               one
               had
               miss'd
               his
               Fits
               for
               a
               Moneth
               ,
               though
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Winter
               ;
               and
               the
               other
               was
               by
               the
               first
               Dose
               cur'd
               ,
               and
               continues
               so
               .
               And
               divers
               eminent
               Physitians
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               have
               commended
               this
               Specifick
               ,
               have
               us'd
               it
               with
               such
               success
               ,
               that
               one
               of
               the
               severest
               of
               them
               ,
               though
               he
               had
               formerly
               despis'd
               it
               ,
               confess'd
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               short
               time
               he
               try'd
               it
               upon
               eight
               or
               nine
               several
               Persons
               ,
               without
               finding
               it
               to
               fail
               in
               any
               ,
               though
               one
               of
               them
               especially
               ,
               were
               ,
               before
               he
               was
               call'd
               ,
               judg'd
               irrecoverable
               ;
               the
               obstinate
               Quartan
               being
               complicated
               with
               other
               almost
               as
               dangerous
               Distempers
               .
               And
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               somewhat
               wonder
               that
               Men
               have
               not
               the
               Curiosity
               to
               try
               the
               efficacy
               of
               this
               powerful
               Bark
               ,
               in
               other
               Diseases
               then
               Agues
               :
               It
               being
               highly
               probable
               ,
               That
               a
               Medicine
               ,
               capable
               to
               prevail
               so
               strongly
               against
               so
               obstinate
               a
               Disease
               ,
               as
               a
               Quartan
               (
               wherein
               most
               commonly
               divers
               of
               the
               considerabler
               parts
               of
               the
               Body
               are
               much
               affected
               )
               cannot
               be
               useless
               to
               several
               other
               Distempers
               .
               I
               deny
               not
               that
               those
               that
               have
               taken
               this
               Powder
               ,
               have
               divers
               of
               them
               ,
               after
               having
               miss'd
               six
               or
               seven
               Fits
               ,
               relapsed
               into
               them
               (
               as
               it
               likewise
               happen'd
               to
               one
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               I
               sent
               it
               to
               )
               yet
               (
               as
               I
               have
               elsewhere
               told
               you
               )
               it
               is
               much
               ,
               and
               more
               then
               any
               common
               Remedy
               does
               to
               stop
               the
               Fits
               so
               long
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               a
               small
               matter
               to
               be
               able
               to
               give
               the
               Patient
               so
               much
               breathing
               time
               ,
               and
               allow
               the
               Physitian
               the
               opportunity
               of
               imploying
               other
               Remedies
               .
               And
               the
               Relapses
               we
               speak
               of
               are
               commonly
               cur'd
               
               by
               the
               same
               Powder
               :
               And
               we
               have
               known
               them
               prevented
               ,
               when
               the
               Medicine
               hath
               been
               administred
               ,
               not
               by
               unskilful
               Persons
               ,
               but
               by
               a
               prudent
               Physitian
               who
               knows
               how
               to
               assist
               it
               ,
               by
               opening
               and
               gently
               purging
               Physick
               .
               Wherefore
               that
               which
               I
               should
               the
               most
               gladly
               be
               satisfied
               of
               ,
               about
               this
               Remedy
               ,
               is
               ,
               whether
               or
               no
               it
               do
               indeed
               either
               proscribe
               the
               Morbifick
               Matter
               ,
               or
               so
               alter
               its
               Texture
               as
               to
               make
               it
               harmless
               ;
               or
               else
               ,
               whether
               it
               doth
               secretly
               leave
               such
               noxious
               Impressions
               upon
               the
               Spleen
               ,
               Guts
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               important
               Part
               ,
               as
               may
               shorten
               Life
               ,
               by
               producing
               in
               process
               of
               time
               ,
               either
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               or
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               formidable
               Disease
               .
               But
               because
               the
               Resolution
               of
               this
               Doubt
               must
               be
               a
               work
               of
               time
               ,
               we
               must
               at
               present
               refer
               it
               to
               future
               Observations
               ,
               And
               therefore
               shall
               now
               subjoyn
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               famous
               Riverius
               have
               not
               ,
               in
               his
               learned
               Observations
               ,
               flatter'd
               his
               own
               Febrifugum
               ,
               
               whatever
               be
               resolv'd
               touching
               this
               Indian
               Bark
               ,
               there
               will
               not
               want
               a
               safe
               Remedy
               which
               may
               allow
               Physitians
               to
               make
               more
               cheerful
               Predictions
               about
               the
               lastingness
               and
               event
               of
               Quartains
               ,
               then
               have
               hitherto
               been
               usual
               .
            
             
               How
               painful
               and
               stubborn
               a
               Disease
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Evil
               is
               wont
               to
               prove
               ,
               is
               scarce
               more
               known
               ,
               then
               that
               't
               is
               seldom
               cur'd
               without
               a
               tedious
               course
               of
               Physick
               :
               And
               yet
               ,
               by
               the
               Herb
               mention'd
               in
               one
               of
               the
               former
               Essays
               ,
               the
               yong
               Gentleman
               there
               spoken
               of
               ,
               was
               cur'd
               in
               a
               short
               time
               ,
               and
               with
               little
               or
               no
               pain
               or
               trouble
               .
               And
               that
               these
               are
               not
               the
               onely
               Diseases
               in
               which
               Observations
               ,
               tending
               to
               our
               present
               purpose
               ,
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               the
               following
               part
               of
               this
               Treatise
               will
               afford
               you
               opportunity
               to
               observe
               .
            
             
               I
               might
               adde
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               lately
               visited
               by
               an
               ancient
               Chymist
               ,
               ennobled
               by
               divers
               eminent
               cures
               ,
               who
               promises
               to
               me
               an
               Experiment
               of
               making
               very
               unusual
               ,
               and
               yet
               rational
               Predictions
               in
               some
               abstruse
               Diseases
               ,
               by
               a
               peculiar
               way
               of
               examining
               the
               Patients
               Urine
               .
               But
               because
               some
               
               Chymists
               have
               written
               extravagantly
               enough
               upon
               a
               like
               subject
               ;
               and
               because
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               made
               or
               seen
               the
               Experiment
               of
               it
               my self
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               yet
               give
               this
               new
               method
               of
               foretelling
               ,
               for
               an
               instance
               of
               the
               Usefulness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               to
               the
               Semiotical
               part
               of
               Physick
               .
               Though
               I
               dare
               not
               deny
               but
               by
               precipitations
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               ways
               not
               yet
               vulgarly
               practiced
               of
               examining
               the
               Urine
               ,
               made
               by
               the
               same
               Patient
               at
               several
               times
               ,
               before
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               notable
               alteration
               in
               his
               Body
               ,
               divers
               things
               (
               especially
               in
               Feavors
               ,
               and
               other
               acute
               Diseases
               )
               relating
               to
               the
               state
               of
               it
               ,
               may
               be
               discover'd
               ,
               especially
               if
               thereto
               be
               added
               a
               skilful
               and
               seasonable
               Chymical
               Examen
               of
               the
               other
               Excrements
               ,
               and
               vitiated
               Substances
               of
               the
               Patients
               Body
               .
            
             
               You
               will
               perchance
               expect
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               on
               this
               occasion
               I
               should
               handle
               that
               controversie
               which
               is
               so
               hotly
               agitated
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               Paracelsians
               and
               their
               Adversaries
               ,
               concerning
               the
               curableness
               of
               all
               Diseases
               :
               But
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               can
               perceive
               ,
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               more
               sober
               Men
               of
               both
               parties
               ,
               is
               more
               about
               Words
               then
               Things
               ,
               and
               might
               be
               reduced
               to
               a
               much
               less
               distance
               ,
               if
               Men
               could
               but
               calmly
               consider
               ,
               That
               't
               is
               one
               thing
               to
               dispute
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 all
                 Diseases
                 by
                 curable
              
               ;
               and
               another
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 all
                 Persons
                 be
                 recoverable
              
               :
               For
               a
               Disease
               may
               be
               call'd
               incurable
               ,
               either
               in
               its
               own
               Nature
               ,
               or
               by
               accident
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               either
               because
               such
               a
               Disease
               is
               not
               to
               be
               cur'd
               in
               any
               Patient
               ,
               or
               that
               it
               is
               so
               circumstantiated
               in
               this
               or
               that
               Patient
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               be
               naturally
               curable
               in
               him
               .
               Now
               this
               distinction
               ,
               duly
               consider'd
               ,
               may
               conduce
               much
               to
               reconcile
               the
               two
               Opinions
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               Parties
               that
               maintain
               them
               :
               For
               neither
               would
               a
               sober
               Paracelsian
               affirm
               (
               though
               Paracelsus
               himself
               doth
               somewhere
               seem
               to
               do
               so
               )
               .
               That
               every
               Disease
               is
               curable
               in
               every
               Patient
               ;
               there
               being
               some
               Palsies
               ,
               Gouts
               ,
               or
               Blindnesses
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               so
               obstinate
               ,
               that
               (
               especi●lly
               if
               they
               are
               born
               with
               a
               Man
               ,
               or
               inherited
               from
               his
               Parents
               )
               
               the
               tone
               of
               some
               necessary
               or
               considerable
               part
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               being
               thereby
               rather
               abolished
               ,
               then
               barely
               vitiated
               ,
               it
               were
               a
               folly
               to
               promise
               recovery
               to
               such
               a
               Patient
               .
               And
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               a
               moderate
               Galenist
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               unacquainted
               with
               the
               Discoveries
               which
               these
               latter
               Ages
               have
               made
               ,
               of
               the
               power
               of
               Nature
               and
               Art
               ,
               will
               not
               be
               forward
               to
               pronounce
               (
               as
               others
               do
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               Paracelsians
               tax
               the
               Galenists
               too
               indiscriminately
               for
               doing
               )
               That
               the
               Gout
               (
               for
               instance
               )
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               the
               dead
               Palsie
               ,
               the
               Stone
               ,
               are
               Diseases
               universally
               incurable
               :
               Since
               ,
               in
               the
               Writings
               of
               Erastus
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Observations
               of
               Schenkius
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               there
               are
               Instances
               recorded
               of
               some
               Cures
               performed
               of
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               and
               one
               or
               two
               more
               of
               those
               stubborn
               Diseases
               ,
               even
               by
               Galenical
               Remedies
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               though
               we
               cannot
               but
               disapprove
               the
               vain-glorious
               Boasts
               of
               Paracelsus
               himself
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               his
               Followers
               ,
               who
               ,
               for-all-that
               ,
               lived
               no
               longer
               then
               other
               Men
               ;
               Yet
               I
               think
               Man-kinde
               owes
               something
               to
               the
               Chymists
               ,
               for
               having
               put
               some
               Men
               in
               hope
               of
               doing
               greater
               Cures
               ,
               then
               have
               been
               formerly
               aspir'd
               to
               ,
               or
               even
               thought
               possible
               ,
               and
               thereby
               ingage
               them
               to
               make
               Tryals
               and
               Attempts
               in
               order
               thereunto
               .
               For
               not
               onely
               before
               Men
               were
               awaken'd
               and
               excited
               by
               the
               many
               Promises
               ,
               and
               some
               great
               Cures
               of
               
                 Arnoldus
                 de
                 villa
                 nova
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 Rulandus
                 ,
                 Severinus
              
               and
               Helmont
               ,
               Many
               Physitians
               were
               wont
               to
               be
               too
               forward
               ,
               to
               pronounce
               Men
               ,
               troubled
               with
               such
               and
               such
               Diseases
               ,
               incurable
               ,
               and
               rather
               detract
               from
               Nature
               and
               Art
               ,
               then
               confess
               that
               those
               two
               could
               do
               what
               ordinary
               Physick
               could
               not
               .
               But
               even
               now
               ,
               I
               fear
               there
               are
               but
               too
               many
               ,
               who
               though
               they
               will
               not
               openly
               affirm
               ,
               that
               such
               and
               such
               Diseases
               are
               absolutely
               incurable
               ;
               yet
               if
               a
               particular
               Patient
               ,
               troubled
               with
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               be
               presented
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               very
               apt
               to
               undervalue
               
               (
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               )
               deride
               those
               that
               shall
               attempt
               and
               hope
               to
               Cure
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               many
               a
               Patient
               hath
               been
               suffered
               to
               die
               ,
               whose
               Life
               might
               have
               been
               saved
               ,
               if
               Physitians
               would
               have
               but
               thought
               it
               possible
               to
               save
               it
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               think
               it
               were
               no
               ill
               piece
               of
               service
               to
               Mankinde
               ,
               if
               a
               severe
               Collection
               were
               made
               of
               the
               Cures
               of
               such
               Persons
               as
               have
               recovered
               after
               having
               been
               judg'd
               irrecoverable
               by
               the
               Doctors
               :
               That
               Men
               might
               no
               longer
               excuse
               their
               own
               Ignorance
               by
               the
               impotency
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               bear
               the
               World
               in
               hand
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Art
               of
               Physick
               ,
               and
               their
               skill
               ,
               were
               of
               the
               same
               extent
               .
               And
               the
               Cures
               that
               seem
               performed
               by
               Nature
               herself
               ,
               need
               not
               be
               left
               out
               of
               such
               a
               Collection
               :
               For
               still
               they
               shew
               what
               is
               possible
               to
               be
               done
               by
               Natural
               means
               ,
               to
               evacuate
               the
               Morbifick
               matter
               ,
               or
               alter
               its
               Nature
               (
               how
               dangerous
               soever
               it
               is
               grown
               )
               Or
               how
               far
               the
               tone
               of
               a
               part
               or
               strength
               of
               the
               Body
               may
               be
               vitiated
               or
               impaired
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               capable
               of
               some
               restitution
               .
               And
               such
               an
               observation
               I
               receiv'd
               from
               our
               most
               experienced
               Harvy
               ,
               when
               ,
               having
               consulted
               him
               about
               my
               weak
               Eyes
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               among
               other
               things
               (
               as
               a
               very
               remarkable
               one
               )
               that
               he
               had
               once
               a
               Patient
               (
               whose
               Name
               and
               Profession
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               but
               I
               remember
               not
               )
               that
               had
               a
               confirm'd
               Cataract
               in
               his
               Eye
               ,
               and
               yet
               upon
               the
               use
               of
               Physick
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               could
               not
               ascribe
               so
               wonderful
               an
               effect
               ,
               that
               Cataract
               was
               perfectly
               dissipated
               ,
               and
               the
               Eye
               restored
               to
               its
               wonted
               Function
               .
               Which
               brings
               into
               my
               minde
               another
               Observation
               ,
               imparted
               to
               me
               ,
               a
               while
               since
               ,
               by
               that
               excellent
               and
               experienc'd
               Lithotomist
               ,
               Mr.
               Hollyer
               .
               who
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               among
               the
               many
               Patients
               sent
               to
               be
               cured
               in
               a
               great
               Hospital
               (
               of
               which
               he
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Chirurgions
               )
               there
               was
               a
               Maid
               of
               about
               eighteen
               Years
               of
               age
               ,
               who
               ,
               without
               the
               loss
               of
               motion
               ,
               had
               so
               lost
               the
               sense
               of
               feeling
               in
               the
               external
               parts
               of
               
               her
               Body
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               had
               ,
               for
               tryal
               sake
               ,
               pinn'd
               her
               Handkerchief
               to
               her
               bare
               Neck
               ,
               she
               went
               up
               and
               down
               with
               it
               so
               pinn'd
               ,
               without
               having
               any
               sense
               of
               what
               he
               had
               done
               to
               her
               .
               He
               added
               ,
               That
               this
               Maid
               having
               remained
               a
               great
               while
               in
               the
               Hospital
               without
               being
               cured
               ,
               Dr.
               Harvey
               ,
               out
               of
               Curiosity
               ,
               visited
               her
               sometimes
               ;
               and
               suspecting
               her
               strange
               Distemper
               to
               be
               chiefly
               Uterine
               ,
               and
               curable
               onely
               by
               Hymeneal
               Exercises
               ,
               he
               advised
               her
               Parents
               (
               who
               sent
               her
               not
               thither
               out
               of
               poverty
               )
               to
               take
               her
               home
               ,
               and
               provide
               her
               a
               Husband
               ,
               by
               whom
               ,
               in
               effect
               ,
               she
               was
               according
               to
               his
               Prognostick
               ,
               and
               to
               many
               Mens
               wonder
               ,
               cur'd
               of
               that
               strange
               Disease
               .
               That
               in
               acute
               Sicknesses
               ,
               Persons
               given
               over
               by
               the
               Physitians
               ,
               may
               recover
               ,
               the
               more
               judicious
               ,
               even
               of
               those
               Galenists
               ,
               that
               are
               of
               a
               dispondent
               temper
               ,
               will
               not
               deny
               .
               For
               not
               onely
               Celsus
               gives
               us
               this
               sober
               admonition
               ,
               
                 Neque
                 ignorare
                 aportet
                 in
                 acutis
                 morbis
                 fallaces
                 magis
                 notas
                 esse
                 &
                 s●lutis
                 &
                 mortis
              
               ;
               But
               even
               Hypocrates
               himself
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               skilful
               in
               Prognosticks
               ,
               confesses
               ,
               that
               
                 Morborum
                 acutorum
                 non
                 in
                 totum
                 certae
                 sunt
                 praenunciationes
                 neque
                 salutis
                 neque
                 mortis
                 :
              
               Whence
               the
               French
               have
               a
               Proverbial
               saying
               ,
               that
               
                 Il
                 vaut
                 mieux
                 estre
                 condamné
                 par
                 les
                 Medecins
                 ,
                 que
                 par
                 le
                 Prevost
                 des
                 Mareschaux
                 ,
              
               as
               if
               in
               English
               we
               should
               say
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 better
                 to
                 be
                 condemn'd
                 to
                 die
                 by
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 the
                 Judge
                 .
              
               And
               even
               in
               Chronical
               Diseases
               ,
               where
               Events
               are
               wont
               much
               better
               to
               answer
               Physitians
               Predictions
               ,
               there
               are
               sometimes
               such
               Cures
               performed
               ,
               as
               may
               encourage
               humane
               Industry
               ,
               and
               keep
               a
               sick
               Mans
               friends
               from
               forsaking
               the
               Cure
               of
               him
               ,
               till
               Life
               it self
               have
               unquestionably
               forsaken
               him
               .
               For
               not
               onely
               it
               hath
               been
               not
               unfrequently
               seen
               ,
               that
               divers
               Persons
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               given
               over
               by
               some
               Physitians
               ,
               have
               been
               cur'd
               by
               others
               ,
               perchance
               rather
               more
               lucky
               then
               more
               skilful
               :
               But
               those
               that
               have
               been
               given
               over
               ,
               and
               that
               too
               (
               sometimes
               rather
               upon
               the
               believ'd
               incurableness
               of
               the
               Disease
               ,
               then
               the
               
               personal
               Condition
               of
               the
               Patient
               )
               even
               by
               judicious
               and
               experienced
               Physitians
               ,
               if
               such
               as
               are
               acquainted
               but
               with
               the
               ordinary
               Remedies
               ,
               have
               been
               recover'd
               by
               the
               use
               of
               extraordinarily
               powerful
               ,
               and
               especially
               ,
               Chymical
               Physick
               .
               Of
               such
               Cures
               I
               have
               sometimes
               met
               with
               a
               few
               ,
               which
               ,
               because
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               relate
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               onely
               mention
               ,
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               what
               I
               have
               heard
               concerning
               the
               cures
               of
               Cancers
               ,
               performed
               by
               Dr.
               Haberfeld
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               principal
               Physitians
               of
               Bohemia
               .
               And
               among
               other
               relations
               ,
               of
               this
               kinde
               ,
               made
               me
               by
               credible
               Persons
               .
               I
               cannot
               omit
               one
               ,
               that
               was
               ,
               Of
               a
               certain
               English
               Woman
               ,
               of
               sixty
               and
               odde
               Years
               of
               age
               ,
               who
               had
               long
               lain
               in
               an
               Hospital
               in
               Zeeland
               ,
               sick
               of
               a
               Cancer
               in
               the
               Brest
               ,
               and
               by
               this
               Doctor
               was
               ,
               with
               one
               single
               inward
               Remedy
               ,
               perfectly
               cured
               in
               the
               space
               of
               three
               Weeks
               .
               For
               this
               relation
               was
               made
               me
               by
               persons
               of
               very
               strict
               veracity
               ;
               the
               one
               a
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               ,
               who
               was
               an
               Eye-witness
               of
               the
               Cure
               ;
               the
               other
               a
               Childe
               of
               Drebell's
               ,
               who
               not
               onely
               saw
               the
               Cure
               ,
               but
               knew
               the
               Woman
               before
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Charity
               brought
               her
               to
               him
               that
               heal'd
               her
               .
               The
               same
               Persons
               likewise
               inform'd
               me
               ,
               That
               the
               Chymical
               Liquor
               the
               Doctor
               constantly
               made
               use
               of
               ,
               does
               ,
               in
               the
               Dose
               ,
               of
               about
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               ,
               work
               suddenly
               and
               nimbly
               enough
               by
               Vomit
               ,
               but
               hath
               very
               quickly
               ended
               its
               operation
               ,
               so
               that
               within
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               less
               ,
               after
               the
               Patient
               hath
               taken
               it
               ,
               he
               is
               commonly
               well
               again
               ,
               and
               very
               hungry
               .
               And
               they
               having
               presented
               me
               some
               spoonfuls
               of
               this
               Liquor
               ,
               I
               finde
               the
               taste
               to
               be
               offensive
               enough
               ,
               and
               not
               unlike
               that
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               which
               ,
               by
               the
               taste
               and
               emetick
               operation
               ,
               I
               guess
               to
               be
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               its
               principal
               Ingredient
               ,
               however
               it
               be
               prepared
               .
               The
               same
               Persons
               assured
               me
               ,
               that
               having
               obtain'd
               of
               Dr.
               Haberfeld
               a
               good
               quantity
               of
               his
               Specifick
               ,
               they
               had
               been
               (
               in
               England
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               elsewhere
               )
               partly
               Eye-witnesses
               ,
               and
               partly
               Performers
               of
               wonderful
               Cures
               by
               the
               help
               of
               it
               alone
               ,
               under
               
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Kings
               Evil.
               Insomuch
               that
               an
               eminent
               Gentleman
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               now
               alive
               and
               healthy
               ,
               hath
               been
               cured
               by
               it
               ,
               when
               the
               Kings
               Evil
               had
               brought
               his
               Arm
               to
               that
               pass
               ,
               that
               the
               Chirurgions
               had
               appointed
               a
               time
               to
               cut
               it
               off
               .
               And
               with
               the
               same
               Liquor
               ,
               onely
               taken
               inwardly
               ,
               they
               profess
               themselves
               to
               have
               seen
               and
               done
               divers
               Cures
               of
               inveterate
               external
               Ulcers
               ,
               whose
               proud
               Flesh
               ,
               upon
               the
               taking
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               wont
               to
               fall
               off
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               Ulcer
               begins
               to
               heal
               at
               the
               bottom
               ;
               but
               of
               the
               recent
               effects
               of
               this
               Liquor
               ,
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               further
               entertain
               you
               .
               That
               Suffusions
               or
               Cataracts
               ,
               may
               ,
               by
               a
               manual
               operation
               ,
               be
               cured
               even
               in
               a
               Patient
               that
               was
               born
               with
               them
               ,
               I
               formerly
               told
               you
               ,
               when
               I
               related
               the
               Cure
               done
               by
               my
               Ingenious
               Acquaintance
               ,
               Mr.
               Stepkins
               ,
               on
               a
               Gentlewoman
               of
               about
               eighteen
               Years
               of
               age
               ,
               that
               brought
               a
               couple
               of
               Cataracts
               with
               her
               into
               the
               World.
               And
               I
               remember
               I
               was
               somewhile
               since
               in
               the
               company
               of
               another
               Woman
               ,
               who
               told
               me
               ,
               She
               was
               brought
               to
               Bed
               of
               five
               Children
               (
               if
               I
               much
               mistake
               not
               the
               number
               )
               successively
               ;
               of
               which
               ,
               she
               saw
               not
               any
               in
               a
               long
               while
               after
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               a
               couple
               of
               Suffusions
               ,
               that
               had
               many
               Years
               blinded
               her
               ;
               and
               yet
               now
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               a
               Dutch
               Oculist
               of
               my
               Acquaintance
               ,
               she
               sees
               ,
               and
               reads
               well
               ,
               and
               hath
               freely
               enjoyed
               the
               restored
               use
               of
               her
               Eyes
               for
               some
               Years
               already
               .
            
             
               But
               these
               are
               rather
               Chirurgical
               ,
               then
               Medicinal
               Cures
               ,
               and
               therefore
               we
               shall
               subjoyn
               the
               Mention
               of
               a
               very
               memorable
               Observation
               of
               the
               Learned
               Petronius
               ,
               which
               being
               collated
               with
               that
               a
               little
               above
               recited
               ,
               from
               Dr.
               Harvey
               ,
               they
               may
               serve
               to
               keep
               each
               other
               from
               passing
               for
               incredible
               :
               
               Quidam
               (
               says
               our
               Author
               )
               
                 qui
                 antequam
                 Morbo
                 Gallico
                 afficeretur
                 ,
                 altero
                 oculo
                 caecus
                 erat
                 ,
                 suffusione
                 densissimâ
                 (
                 vulgus
                 Cataractam
                 vocat
                 )
                 oculum
                 occupante
                 ,
                 Hydrargyri
                 inunctione
                 à
                 Morb●
                 Gallico
                 ,
                 &
                 à
                 suffusione
                 ,
                 quod
                 maximè
                 mirum
                 est
                 ,
                 evasit
                 .
                 Neque
                 à
                 ratione
                 alienum
                 est
                 inunctione
                 illa
                 Cataractas
                 posse
                 dissolvi
                 ,
                 cum
                 
                 frequens
                 Experientia
                 doceat
                 praeduros
                 tumores
                 ex
                 pituita
                 crassa
                 &
                 concreta
                 ,
                 genitos
                 ,
                 illitu
                 Hydrargyri
                 potenter
                 dissolvi
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               need
               not
               tell
               you
               what
               sad
               Prognosticks
               Physitians
               are
               wont
               to
               make
               of
               Dropsies
               ,
               especially
               of
               that
               sort
               which
               they
               call
               Ascites
               :
               And
               indeed
               the
               Event
               does
               but
               too
               frequently
               justifie
               their
               Predictions
               ,
               when
               none
               but
               ordinary
               Remedies
               are
               employ'd
               .
               But
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               being
               acquainted
               with
               an
               Ingenious
               Person
               that
               was
               very
               happily
               cured
               of
               a
               Dropsie
               ,
               and
               inquiring
               who
               it
               was
               that
               had
               perform'd
               the
               Cure
               ;
               I
               was
               inform'd
               ,
               that
               that
               ,
               and
               a
               multitude
               of
               the
               like
               had
               been
               wrought
               by
               a
               Germane
               Physitian
               ,
               of
               whom
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Remedy
               ,
               I
               had
               heard
               much
               Commendation
               in
               Holland
               ,
               where
               he
               liv'd
               :
               And
               though
               on
               divers
               occasions
               I
               found
               him
               a
               modest
               Man
               ;
               and
               accordingly
               ,
               when
               I
               ask'd
               him
               concerning
               his
               Cures
               of
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               he
               answered
               me
               ,
               That
               he
               neither
               did
               ,
               nor
               would
               undertake
               to
               cure
               so
               formidable
               a
               Disease
               ;
               yet
               he
               scrupled
               not
               to
               tell
               me
               ,
               That
               as
               far
               as
               he
               had
               hitherto
               try'd
               ,
               he
               had
               one
               Remedy
               which
               had
               not
               fail'd
               him
               ,
               though
               he
               had
               try'd
               it
               upon
               persons
               of
               differing
               Ages
               ,
               Sexes
               ,
               and
               Complections
               .
               But
               of
               this
               Specifick
               more
               hereafter
               .
               For
               ,
               at
               present
               ,
               I
               must
               proceed
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               as
               incurable
               a
               Disease
               as
               the
               radicated
               Gout
               is
               thought
               to
               be
               (
               especially
               in
               Patients
               not
               very
               temperate
               )
               and
               as
               tedious
               a
               course
               of
               Physick
               as
               one
               would
               expect
               to
               be
               requisite
               to
               the
               Cure
               of
               it
               ,
               in
               case
               it
               can
               be
               cur'd
               ;
               Yet
               I
               have
               been
               several
               times
               visited
               by
               an
               honest
               Merchant
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               who
               was
               there
               noted
               for
               his
               Wealth
               ,
               and
               his
               skill
               in
               
                 Arte
                 tinctoriâ
              
               :
               This
               Man
               ,
               ten
               or
               twelve
               Years
               ago
               ,
               had
               been
               for
               a
               long
               time
               so
               tormented
               with
               the
               Gout
               ,
               both
               in
               Hands
               and
               Feet
               ,
               that
               his
               Fits
               would
               sometimes
               vex
               and
               confine
               him
               for
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               and
               not
               leave
               him
               without
               hard
               Knots
               ,
               as
               unwelcome
               Pledges
               of
               their
               Return
               :
               But
               once
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               tortur'd
               to
               a
               degree
               that
               made
               h●m
               much
               pity'd
               ,
               one
               came
               and
               inform'd
               him
               of
               an
               Emperick
               ,
               who
               had
               
               receiv'd
               from
               a
               great
               Chymist
               who
               had
               lodg'd
               in
               his
               House
               ,
               a
               Secret
               ,
               with
               which
               he
               had
               already
               throughly
               cur'd
               many
               ,
               in
               a
               short
               time
               :
               Whereupon
               sending
               for
               this
               Person
               ,
               and
               offering
               him
               any
               thing
               for
               some
               relief
               ;
               the
               other
               refus'd
               to
               take
               above
               ten
               Crowns
               ,
               which
               ,
               as
               it
               seems
               ,
               was
               the
               usual
               rate
               for
               the
               Cure
               ;
               and
               would
               not
               receive
               that
               neither
               ,
               till
               the
               reality
               of
               it
               had
               been
               evinc'd
               by
               the
               Patients
               continuing
               above
               six
               Moneths
               well
               :
               And
               accordingly
               ,
               with
               a
               very
               few
               Doses
               of
               a
               certain
               Powder
               and
               Tincture
               ,
               the
               Merchant
               was
               quickly
               free'd
               ,
               not
               onely
               from
               his
               Pains
               ,
               but
               from
               his
               Gouty
               Tophy
               :
               And
               though
               he
               indulge
               himself
               the
               drinking
               of
               Rhenish
               Wine
               very
               freely
               ,
               yet
               he
               never
               had
               a
               Fit
               since
               ,
               as
               himself
               assur'd
               me
               one
               Morning
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               for
               Exercise
               sake
               ,
               he
               walk'd
               five
               or
               six
               Miles
               to
               give
               me
               a
               Visit
               ;
               adding
               ,
               That
               the
               Man
               that
               cur'd
               him
               ,
               dying
               suddenly
               ,
               never
               could
               discover
               what
               the
               Secret
               was
               ,
               wherewith
               so
               many
               had
               been
               freed
               from
               a
               Disease
               that
               does
               so
               often
               mock
               the
               skill
               of
               the
               greatest
               Doctors
               .
            
             
               I
               might
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               leisure
               ,
               relate
               to
               you
               some
               other
               strange
               Stories
               ,
               which
               may
               invite
               you
               to
               think
               ,
               That
               as
               the
               Naturalists
               skill
               in
               Chymistry
               ,
               and
               other
               Arts
               retaining
               to
               Physiology
               ,
               may
               much
               assist
               him
               to
               discover
               more
               generous
               Remedies
               then
               are
               yet
               usual
               ;
               so
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               such
               Remedies
               ,
               may
               ,
               in
               divers
               cases
               ,
               make
               a
               happy
               Change
               in
               the
               Rules
               of
               Prognosticating
               what
               will
               prove
               the
               Course
               and
               Event
               of
               a
               Sickness
               .
               But
               I
               shall
               not
               ,
               at
               present
               ,
               particularly
               consider
               any
               more
               then
               one
               Disease
               ,
               namely
               ,
               The
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               .
               For
               whereas
               it
               is
               by
               most
               ,
               even
               of
               the
               judicious
               Physitians
               ,
               unanimously
               pronounc'd
               incurable
               by
               Physick
               ,
               in
               what
               Person
               soever
               ,
               if
               it
               deserve
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Stone
               ,
               and
               be
               too
               big
               to
               be
               voided
               whole
               ,
               the
               Remedilesness
               of
               this
               Disease
               may
               be
               justly
               question'd
               .
               I
               remember
               the
               famous
               Monardes
               ,
               treating
               of
               the
               Seed
               of
               a
               Peruvian
               Plant
               ,
               which
               they
               call
               Chalchoos
               ,
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               highly
               esteemed
               by
               the
               Inhabitants
               
               of
               the
               Country
               it
               grows
               in
               ,
               and
               affirmed
               not
               onely
               to
               be
               diuretick
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               away
               Gravel
               ,
               but
               to
               break
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               it self
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               not
               too
               much
               hardned
               :
               
                 Ejusque
                 rei
              
               (
               adds
               he
               )
               
                 tam
                 multa
                 proferunt
                 exempla
                 ut
                 admirationem
                 mihi
                 pariat
              
               :
               He
               tells
               us
               indeed
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               of
               opinion
               that
               nothing
               but
               Section
               can
               cure
               the
               Stone
               of
               the
               Bladder
               .
               
                 Aiunt
                 tamen
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 illius
                 semen
              
               (
               of
               the
               Calchoos
               )
               
                 tritum
                 ,
                 ex
                 aquâ
                 aliquâ
                 ad
                 eam
                 rem
                 idoneâ
                 sumptum
                 ,
                 calculum
                 in
                 lutum
                 dissolvere
                 ,
                 quod
                 excretum
                 denuo
                 concressit
                 &
                 in
                 lapideam
                 duritiem
                 convertitur
                 .
                 Adolescentem
                 vidi
                 cui
                 hoc
                 obtigisse
                 scio
                 ,
                 is
                 cum
                 vesicae
                 calculo
                 torqueretur
                 ,
                 idque
                 à
                 Lithotomis
                 qui
                 calculum
                 deprehenderant
                 intellexissem
                 ,
                 &
                 ex
                 Symptomatis
                 quae
                 patiebatur
                 agnoscerem
                 ;
                 hominem
                 ,
                 veris
                 initio
                 ,
                 ad
                 fontem
                 ,
                 qui
                 à
                 Petro
                 nomen
                 habet
                 ,
                 ablegavi
                 ,
                 ubi
                 cum
                 duos
                 menses
                 haesisset
                 à
                 calculo
                 liberatus
                 redit
                 &
                 lutum
                 omne
                 quod
                 paulatim
                 ejecerat
                 denuo
                 in
                 lapidum
                 fragmenta
                 concretum
                 in
                 charta
                 secum
                 retulit
                 .
              
               Which
               passage
               I
               wonder
               such
               a
               Writer
               should
               immediately
               annex
               ,
               to
               the
               Declaration
               of
               an
               Opinion
               that
               must
               appear
               confuted
               by
               it
               ,
               to
               a
               Reader
               that
               considers
               not
               so
               much
               what
               is
               thought
               ,
               as
               what
               is
               proved
               .
            
             
               The
               very
               learned
               and
               experienced
               Dr.
               
                 Gerard
                 Boot
              
               ,
               of
               whose
               skill
               ,
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               have
               found
               very
               good
               effects
               in
               your Self
               ,
               and
               who
               was
               one
               of
               the
               two
               Professors
               that
               writ
               the
               
                 Philosophia
                 naturalis
                 reformata
              
               ,
               had
               a
               very
               famous
               Remedy
               (
               which
               (
               now
               he
               is
               dead
               )
               I
               intend
               ,
               God
               willing
               ,
               to
               communicate
               )
               against
               the
               Stone
               ;
               and
               with
               it
               he
               told
               me
               that
               he
               had
               very
               often
               cured
               that
               Disease
               in
               the
               Kidneys
               :
               but
               for
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               he
               thought
               it
               impossible
               to
               be
               dissolved
               ,
               which
               circumstances
               I
               recite
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               the
               more
               readily
               believe
               what
               he
               told
               me
               a
               little
               before
               his
               death
               ,
               namely
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               cured
               lately
               one
               Mr.
               Moulin
               of
               a
               real
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ;
               adding
               ,
               That
               he
               could
               not
               brag
               of
               being
               the
               Inventor
               of
               that
               Remedy
               he
               had
               imployed
               ,
               having
               but
               lately
               learned
               it
               of
               a
               
               Country
               Gentleman
               ,
               whom
               going
               to
               visit
               last
               Summer
               ,
               he
               saw
               a
               Load
               of
               Persicaria
               ,
               or
               Arsmart
               ,
               brought
               to
               him
               by
               some
               of
               the
               Country
               People
               ;
               and
               desiring
               to
               know
               what
               he
               intended
               to
               do
               with
               so
               vast
               a
               quantity
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               Gentleman
               replyed
               ,
               That
               he
               yearly
               used
               as
               much
               ,
               having
               by
               the
               Water
               of
               it
               ,
               made
               by
               bare
               distillation
               in
               a
               common
               Rose-water
               Still
               ,
               cured
               so
               many
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               usually
               sollicited
               by
               Patients
               ,
               numerous
               enough
               ,
               to
               exhaust
               all
               the
               Liquor
               which
               he
               yearly
               prepared
               .
            
             
               What
               we
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               have
               observed
               concerning
               this
               excellent
               Liquor
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               use
               to
               prescribe
               a
               draught
               every
               morning
               for
               some
               Moneths
               together
               ,
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               occasion
               to
               relate
               .
               But
               now
               we
               shall
               go
               on
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               being
               some
               Years
               since
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               I
               met
               with
               an
               ancient
               Emperick
               ,
               who
               was
               very
               famous
               in
               those
               parts
               ,
               for
               cutting
               of
               the
               Stone
               of
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               and
               for
               curing
               sore
               Eyes
               :
               This
               Man
               having
               given
               (
               in
               the
               Parts
               where
               I
               then
               was
               ,
               and
               whilest
               I
               was
               there
               )
               some
               good
               proof
               of
               his
               skill
               ,
               I
               sent
               for
               him
               to
               me
               ,
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               a
               suspition
               I
               long
               had
               of
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               which
               ,
               upon
               search
               ,
               he
               assured
               me
               I
               was
               free
               from
               ,
               and
               so
               (
               God
               be
               praised
               )
               I
               have
               afterwards
               found
               it
               .
               He
               was
               more
               a
               Traveller
               then
               a
               Scholar
               ,
               and
               yet
               finding
               him
               ,
               to
               my
               wonder
               ,
               very
               modest
               and
               sober
               ,
               I
               inquired
               of
               him
               ,
               Whether
               he
               had
               never
               any
               where
               met
               with
               a
               Remedy
               that
               could
               dissolve
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               offering
               him
               much
               more
               for
               a
               Cure
               of
               that
               kinde
               ,
               then
               he
               would
               require
               as
               a
               Lithotomist
               :
               He
               answered
               me
               ,
               That
               he
               could
               cure
               no
               Man
               of
               a
               confirmed
               Stone
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               help
               of
               his
               Knife
               ;
               but
               if
               the
               Stone
               confisted
               of
               a
               lump
               of
               Gravel
               not
               very
               firmly
               cemented
               together
               ,
               he
               had
               ,
               by
               a
               certain
               inward
               Remedy
               he
               used
               ,
               and
               a
               dexterous
               way
               of
               crushing
               the
               Stone
               from
               without
               with
               his
               Fingers
               ,
               so
               broaken
               the
               Stone
               ,
               partly
               by
               crumbling
               it
               ,
               and
               partly
               by
               dissolving
               the
               Cement
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               it
               voidable
               by
               Urine
               .
               And
               
               he
               added
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               formerly
               cured
               a
               Citizen
               of
               Cork
               ,
               of
               a
               good
               large
               Stone
               of
               the
               Bladder
               (
               for
               where
               I
               then
               was
               ,
               he
               gave
               proof
               of
               his
               skill
               ,
               in
               telling
               before-hand
               those
               he
               was
               to
               cut
               ,
               the
               bigness
               and
               shape
               of
               the
               Stones
               that
               troubled
               them
               .
               )
            
             
               Passing
               afterwards
               by
               Cork
               ,
               I
               sent
               an
               intelligent
               Servant
               to
               inquire
               after
               this
               Citizen
               ,
               but
               he
               being
               casually
               absent
               ,
               his
               Wife
               sent
               me
               ,
               by
               my
               Man
               ,
               a
               Relation
               very
               agreeable
               to
               that
               which
               he
               had
               made
               me
               :
               The
               Receipt
               I
               purchased
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               ,
               though
               it
               seem
               not
               very
               artificial
               ,
               yet
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               not
               quarrel
               with
               me
               for
               annexing
               so
               experienc'd
               a
               one
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               of
               this
               Essay
               .
               But
               because
               this
               Remedy
               needed
               the
               assistance
               of
               a
               manual
               operation
               ,
               We
               shall
               further
               proceed
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               Cardan
               ,
               
               as
               he
               is
               quoted
               by
               Helmont
               (
               for
               I
               have
               not
               now
               his
               Works
               by
               me
               )
               relates
               ,
               That
               in
               his
               time
               there
               rambled
               a
               Man
               over
               Lombardy
               ,
               who
               did
               commonly
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               few
               days
               ,
               by
               a
               certain
               Liquor
               which
               he
               administred
               to
               his
               Patients
               ,
               safely
               ,
               speedily
               ,
               and
               certainly
               ,
               cure
               those
               that
               were
               troubled
               with
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               :
               Adding
               (
               saith
               Helmont
               )
               his
               Judgement
               ,
               That
               he
               doubted
               not
               of
               this
               Mans
               being
               in
               Hell
               ,
               for
               having
               ,
               when
               he
               dyed
               ,
               envyed
               Mortals
               so
               excellent
               an
               Art.
               
            
             
               I
               insist
               not
               on
               the
               Testimony
               that
               the
               same
               Helmont
               gives
               to
               Paracelsus
               of
               his
               curing
               the
               Stone
               ,
               though
               he
               often
               handle
               him
               very
               severely
               in
               other
               places
               of
               his
               Writings
               ,
               because
               that
               the
               Epitaph
               of
               Paracelsus
               (
               out
               of
               which
               he
               labors
               to
               prove
               his
               having
               cured
               the
               Stone
               )
               makes
               no
               express
               mention
               of
               it
               .
               Nor
               shall
               I
               enumerate
               those
               Passages
               from
               whence
               the
               same
               Helmont's
               Followers
               collect
               ,
               That
               he
               himself
               was
               able
               to
               cure
               that
               Disease
               ,
               by
               the
               resolution
               of
               Paracelsus
               his
               Ludus
               ;
               but
               this
               experience
               hath
               evinc'd
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               a
               much
               slighter
               preparation
               of
               that
               Stone
               ,
               then
               was
               mention'd
               by
               Paracelsus
               and
               Helmont
               ,
               hath
               been
               able
               to
               do
               more
               in
               that
               Disease
               then
               a
               wary
               
               Man
               would
               readily
               believe
               .
               But
               to
               detain
               you
               no
               longer
               on
               this
               subject
               ,
               I
               shall
               onely
               adde
               ,
               That
               
                 Wilhelmus
                 Laurembergius
              
               ,
               a
               learned
               Physitian
               ,
               and
               Professor
               at
               Rostoch
               ,
               hath
               told
               the
               World
               how
               he
               cured
               himself
               of
               a
               confirm'd
               Stone
               of
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               by
               the
               use
               of
               prepared
               Millepedes
               (
               by
               some
               in
               English
               call'd
               Woodlice
               )
               and
               other
               Remedies
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               particularly
               recorded
               in
               the
               History
               which
               he
               hath
               publish'd
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               seen
               of
               this
               admirable
               Cure
               :
               which
               having
               been
               epitomized
               by
               Sennertus
               ,
               and
               other
               eminent
               Physitians
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               insist
               on
               it
               .
               And
               the
               Arguments
               alledged
               (
               even
               by
               the
               most
               Judicious
               )
               against
               the
               curableness
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               though
               very
               plausible
               ,
               seem
               not
               to
               me
               unanswerable
               ;
               for
               whereas
               first
               ,
               they
               appeal
               to
               the
               innumerable
               fruitless
               attempts
               that
               have
               been
               made
               to
               cure
               great
               Princes
               ,
               and
               rich
               Men
               ,
               without
               cutting
               ,
               that
               Argument
               drawn
               from
               experience
               ,
               may
               ,
               by
               the
               former
               Experiments
               ,
               be
               answered
               ;
               especially
               since
               
                 Horatius
                 Augenius
              
               (
               upon
               whose
               account
               Laurembergius
               tryed
               Millepedes
               )
               tells
               us
               ,
               not
               onely
               that
               he
               cured
               a
               young
               Man
               at
               Rome
               ,
               that
               was
               going
               to
               be
               cut
               for
               the
               Stone
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               Jesuite
               that
               chanced
               to
               confess
               this
               Youth
               ,
               and
               perswaded
               him
               to
               the
               use
               of
               Millepedes
               ,
               had
               experimented
               their
               efficacy
               both
               upon
               himself
               and
               others
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               we
               our selves
               have
               found
               them
               to
               be
               highly
               Diuretick
               and
               Aperitive
               .
            
             
               And
               whereas
               it
               is
               next
               objected
               ,
               That
               Medicines
               must
               necessarily
               loose
               their
               efficacy
               before
               they
               can
               reach
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               it
               is
               very
               true
               :
               But
               yet
               that
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               some
               Medicines
               to
               retain
               their
               Nature
               ,
               after
               many
               alterations
               and
               digestions
               we
               have
               elsewhere
               declared
               .
               And
               in
               our
               present
               Case
               ,
               we
               not
               onely
               finde
               that
               Turpentine
               and
               Asparagus
               ,
               do
               manifestly
               affect
               the
               Urine
               (
               as
               I
               have
               often
               observed
               in
               my
               own
               ,
               and
               almost
               any
               Man
               may
               observe
               it
               
               in
               his
               )
               But
               that
               which
               is
               most
               to
               our
               purpose
               ,
               Rubarb
               tinges
               the
               Urine
               of
               those
               that
               have
               taken
               any
               quantity
               of
               it
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               whereas
               it
               may
               be
               yet
               further
               alledged
               ,
               That
               not
               only
               there
               hath
               not
               been
               yet
               a
               Liquor
               found
               capable
               of
               dissolving
               so
               solid
               a
               Body
               as
               a
               Stone
               ;
               but
               if
               there
               were
               ,
               it
               must
               necessarily
               be
               so
               corrosive
               as
               to
               destroy
               the
               Patient
               ,
               by
               fretting
               his
               Stomach
               ,
               or
               Guts
               ,
               or
               Bladder
               ,
               which
               are
               parts
               so
               much
               more
               tender
               .
               To
               the
               first
               part
               of
               this
               plausible
               Objection
               it
               may
               be
               replyed
               ,
               That
               even
               good
               Viniger
               will
               dissolve
               ,
               not
               onely
               those
               stony
               Concretions
               ,
               call'd
               
                 Lapides
                 Cancrorum
              
               ,
               which
               ,
               like
               the
               Calculi
               we
               treat
               of
               ,
               are
               formed
               in
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Animals
               ;
               but
               even
               the
               more
               hard
               and
               solid
               Body
               of
               Coral
               ,
               which
               will
               loose
               but
               little
               of
               its
               weight
               ,
               in
               a
               Fire
               that
               would
               waste
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Duelech
               :
               And
               that
               the
               bare
               Juices
               of
               Vegetables
               (
               such
               as
               Lemmons
               and
               Barberies
               )
               will
               readily
               dissolve
               both
               Pearl
               and
               Coral
               ,
               is
               known
               even
               to
               the
               Apothecaries
               Boys
               .
               Indeed
               what
               Paracelsus
               and
               Helmont
               relate
               of
               their
               Alkahest
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               prepare
               their
               Specifick
               against
               the
               Stone
               ,
               and
               with
               which
               the
               later
               of
               them
               ,
               if
               not
               both
               ,
               pretend
               to
               be
               able
               to
               reduce
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               Stone
               they
               call
               Ludus
               ,
               but
               all
               other
               Stones
               ,
               Vegetables
               ,
               Minerals
               ,
               Animals
               ,
               &c.
               into
               insipid
               Water
               ,
               is
               so
               strange
               (
               not
               to
               say
               incredible
               )
               that
               their
               Followers
               must
               pardon
               me
               ,
               if
               I
               be
               not
               forward
               to
               believe
               such
               unlikely
               things
               ,
               till
               sufficient
               experience
               hath
               convinced
               me
               of
               their
               truth
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               I
               must
               not
               conceal
               from
               you
               ,
               That
               a
               Chymist
               ,
               whom
               you
               have
               often
               seen
               ,
               advised
               with
               me
               several
               times
               about
               the
               way
               of
               preparing
               this
               immortal
               Liquor
               (
               as
               Helmont
               calls
               it
               )
               and
               that
               ,
               when
               we
               had
               agreed
               that
               such
               a
               way
               was
               the
               most
               promising
               ,
               he
               prosecuted
               it
               so
               long
               ,
               and
               so
               industriously
               ,
               that
               at
               length
               he
               obtain'd
               ,
               and
               shew'd
               me
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               (
               though
               it
               seemed
               to
               me
               far
               short
               of
               the
               Alkahest
               )
               I
               confess
               I
               
               admired
               ;
               and
               not
               I
               alone
               ,
               but
               our
               Ingenious
               Friend
               Dr.
               C.
               (
               who
               had
               been
               imployed
               into
               several
               parts
               of
               Europe
               ,
               by
               a
               rich
               and
               curious
               Prince
               ,
               to
               purchase
               Rarities
               )
               agreed
               with
               this
               Chymist
               ,
               to
               give
               Two
               hundred
               Crowns
               for
               a
               Pint
               of
               this
               Menstruum
               ;
               and
               confessed
               to
               me
               withal
               ,
               That
               he
               saw
               him
               ,
               with
               this
               Liquor
               ,
               not
               onely
               dissolve
               common
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               bring
               it
               over
               the
               Helm
               ,
               but
               reduce
               Antimony
               into
               sweet
               Chrystals
               ;
               with
               a
               few
               of
               which
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               he
               (
               I
               mean
               Dr.
               C.
               )
               to
               the
               wonder
               of
               many
               ,
               did
               ,
               without
               Purge
               or
               Vomit
               ,
               cure
               our
               good
               Friend
               Sir
               
                 C.
                 C.
              
               of
               a
               very
               radicated
               and
               desperate
               Disease
               ,
               as
               the
               restored
               Patient
               soon
               after
               told
               me
               .
               And
               to
               the
               second
               part
               of
               this
               Objection
               it
               may
               be
               answered
               ,
               That
               if
               we
               knew
               and
               considered
               well
               ,
               how
               many
               of
               the
               operations
               of
               Natural
               Bodies
               depend
               upon
               the
               suitableness
               and
               difference
               of
               the
               Figures
               of
               their
               Parts
               ,
               and
               the
               Pores
               intercepted
               between
               them
               ,
               the
               number
               of
               impossibilities
               would
               not
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               be
               thought
               so
               great
               ,
               as
               by
               many
               Learned
               Men
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               That
               it
               is
               very
               possible
               for
               a
               Body
               to
               have
               an
               effect
               upon
               another
               determinate
               Body
               ,
               without
               being
               able
               to
               operate
               ,
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               upon
               a
               multitude
               of
               other
               Bodies
               ,
               which
               may
               seem
               more
               easie
               to
               be
               wrought
               on
               by
               it
               ;
               may
               appear
               by
               the
               Load-stone
               ,
               which
               will
               draw
               and
               work
               onely
               upon
               Iron
               ,
               and
               (
               which
               is
               but
               refined
               Iron
               )
               Steel
               ,
               but
               not
               upon
               wood
               or
               straws
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               those
               innumerable
               Concrets
               that
               are
               lighter
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               more
               open
               texture
               then
               the
               heavy
               and
               solid
               Body
               which
               it
               attracts
               .
               And
               to
               give
               you
               an
               instance
               that
               comes
               nearer
               to
               our
               case
               ,
               Quick-silver
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               corrode
               our
               skin
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               taste
               sharp
               upon
               our
               tongue
               ,
               will
               yet
               readily
               dissolve
               that
               most
               compact
               Body
               of
               Gold
               ,
               which
               even
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               ,
               that
               can
               insinuate
               it self
               into
               all
               other
               Mettals
               ,
               and
               corrode
               them
               ,
               will
               not
               meddle
               with
               ;
               though
               the
               same
               Quick-silver
               will
               not
               dissolve
               Iron
               ,
               which
               yet
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               will
               very
               nimbly
               
               fret
               asunder
               .
               So
               that
               although
               I
               dare
               not
               confidently
               believe
               all
               that
               I
               have
               found
               averr'd
               even
               by
               eminent
               and
               learned
               Chymists
               ,
               of
               their
               having
               made
               or
               seen
               Liquors
               ,
               which
               ,
               without
               appearing
               any
               way
               sharp
               to
               the
               Tongue
               ,
               would
               dissolve
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               and
               other
               hard
               compact
               Bodies
               ;
               because
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               ,
               my self
               ,
               seen
               any
               severe
               and
               satisfactory
               tryal
               made
               to
               evince
               the
               efficacy
               of
               insipid
               Dissolvents
               :
               yet
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               divers
               things
               I
               have
               read
               and
               heard
               ,
               and
               of
               some
               things
               too
               I
               have
               seen
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               peremptorily
               deny
               the
               possibility
               of
               such
               Menstruums
               .
               And
               who
               knows
               ,
               but
               that
               in
               Nature
               there
               may
               be
               found
               ,
               or
               by
               Art
               there
               may
               be
               prepared
               ,
               some
               Liquor
               ,
               whose
               parts
               may
               have
               such
               a
               sutableness
               to
               the
               Pores
               of
               a
               humane
               Calculus
               ,
               as
               those
               of
               Quick-silver
               have
               to
               the
               Pores
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               yet
               may
               as
               little
               work
               upon
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               observed
               the
               same
               Quick-silver
               to
               do
               upon
               Iron
               (
               which
               yet
               is
               a
               much
               more
               porous
               and
               open
               Metal
               )
               even
               when
               it
               hath
               been
               distill'd
               in
               Iron
               Vessels
               ?
               And
               as
               to
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Objection
               wherein
               the
               strength
               of
               it
               chiefly
               lies
               ,
               let
               me
               tell
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               sometimes
               ,
               for
               curiosity
               sake
               ,
               taken
               an
               Egge
               ,
               and
               steep'd
               it
               in
               strong
               Vineger
               for
               some
               days
               ,
               and
               by
               taking
               it
               out
               ,
               and
               shewing
               that
               the
               shell
               was
               so
               eaten
               away
               ,
               that
               the
               Egge
               could
               be
               squeez'd
               into
               unusual
               Forms
               ,
               but
               the
               thin
               skin
               that
               involves
               the
               white
               continu'd
               altogether
               unfretted
               ,
               I
               convinc'd
               an
               Ingenious
               Man
               ,
               that
               the
               operations
               of
               Dissolvents
               are
               so
               determin'd
               by
               the
               various
               textures
               of
               the
               Bodies
               on
               which
               they
               are
               imploy'd
               ,
               that
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               is
               capable
               to
               corrode
               a
               more
               hard
               and
               solid
               Body
               ,
               may
               be
               unable
               to
               fret
               in
               the
               least
               ,
               an
               other
               more
               soft
               and
               thin
               ,
               if
               of
               a
               texture
               indispos'd
               to
               admit
               the
               small
               parts
               of
               the
               Menstruum
               .
               And
               I
               must
               confess
               to
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               That
               one
               thing
               ,
               among
               others
               ,
               which
               hath
               made
               me
               backward
               to
               affirm
               with
               many
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               that
               there
               can
               be
               
               no
               potent
               Dissolvent
               that
               is
               not
               corrosive
               enough
               to
               fret
               in
               pieces
               the
               parts
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               hath
               been
               a
               Story
               ,
               which
               I
               divers
               years
               since
               chanch'd
               to
               meet
               with
               in
               the
               Learned
               Sennertus's
               Paralipomena
               ,
               where
               ,
               though
               he
               relates
               it
               to
               another
               purpose
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               so
               pertinent
               to
               our
               present
               design
               ,
               and
               in
               it self
               so
               singular
               ,
               not
               to
               say
               matchless
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               forbear
               to
               mention
               it
               here
               on
               this
               occasion
               .
               He
               tells
               us
               then
               ,
               That
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               1632.
               
               
                 Johannes
                 Nesterus
              
               ,
               
               an
               eminent
               Physitian
               ,
               and
               his
               great
               Friend
               ,
               inform'd
               him
               ,
               That
               there
               liv'd
               at
               that
               time
               in
               the
               Neighborhood
               ,
               and
               belonging
               to
               a
               Noble
               Man
               of
               those
               Parts
               ,
               a
               certain
               Lorainer
               ,
               whom
               he
               also
               call'd
               Claudius
               ,
               somewhat
               low
               and
               slender
               ,
               and
               about
               58
               Years
               of
               age
               :
               Hic
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 nihil
                 foetidum
                 ,
                 nihil
                 injucundum
                 abhorret
                 ;
                 Vitra
                 ;
                 Lapides
                 ,
                 Ligna
                 ,
                 Carbones
                 ,
                 Ossa
                 ,
                 Leporinos
                 ,
                 &
                 aliorum
                 animalium
                 pedes
                 cum
                 pilis
                 ,
                 lineos
                 ,
                 laneosque
                 pannos
                 ,
                 viva
                 animalia
                 &
                 pisces
                 adhuc
                 salientes
                 ,
                 imò
                 etiam
                 Metalla
                 ,
                 patinas
                 &
                 orbes
                 stanneos
                 dentibus
                 confringere
                 &
                 vorare
                 saepissime
                 visus
                 est
                 ;
                 Vorat
                 praeterea
                 lutum
                 sevum
                 &
                 candelas
                 sebaceas
                 ,
                 integras
                 testas
                 cochlearum
                 ,
                 animalium
                 stercora
                 ,
                 cum
                 primis
                 bubulum
                 calidum
                 adhuc
                 ,
                 prout
                 è
                 matrè
                 venit
                 :
                 potat
                 aliorum
                 Urinas
                 cum
                 Vino
                 &
                 cerevisia
                 mixtas
                 ,
                 Vorat
                 foenum
                 ,
                 stramen
                 ,
                 stipulas
                 &
                 nuper
                 duos
                 mures
                 viventes
                 adhuc
                 deglutivit
                 ,
                 qui
                 ipsius
                 ventriculum
                 ad
                 semihoram
                 usque
                 creberrimis
                 morsibus
                 lancinarunt
                 ,
                 &
                 ut
                 brevibus
                 complectar
                 ,
                 quicquid
                 illi
                 à
                 Nobilibus
                 devorandum
                 offertur
                 ,
                 vilissimâ
                 mercede
                 propositâ
                 ,
                 dictum
                 ac
                 factum
                 ,
                 ingurgitat
                 ,
                 ita
                 ut
                 intra
                 paucos
                 dies
                 integrum
                 vitulum
                 crudum
                 &
                 incoctum
                 cum
                 corio
                 ,
                 &
                 pilis
                 se
                 estaturum
                 promiserit
                 .
                 Testis
                 inter
                 alios
                 quamplurimos
                 ipse
                 ego
                 sum
                 ,
                 quippe
                 qui
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               To
               this
               ,
               and
               the
               following
               part
               of
               the
               Letter
               ,
               Sennertus
               addes
               ,
               That
               not
               having
               ,
               during
               some
               Years
               ,
               heard
               any
               thing
               concerning
               this
               Claudius
               ,
               he
               sent
               about
               four
               Years
               after
               to
               the
               same
               Physitian
               ,
               Dr.
               Nesterus
               ,
               to
               enquire
               what
               was
               become
               of
               him
               ;
               and
               
               that
               the
               Doctor
               sent
               him
               back
               a
               Letter
               of
               the
               Minister
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               confi●mation
               of
               all
               the
               formerly
               mention'd
               particulars
               ,
               and
               answered
               himself
               ,
               That
               the
               Lorainer
               whom
               he
               had
               long
               hop'd
               to
               dissect
               ,
               was
               yet
               alive
               ,
               and
               did
               yet
               devour
               all
               the
               things
               mention'd
               in
               his
               former
               Letter
               ;
               but
               not
               so
               frequently
               as
               before
               ,
               his
               Teeth
               being
               grown
               somewhat
               blunter
               by
               age
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               no
               longer
               able
               to
               break
               Bones
               and
               Mettals
               .
               Some
               other
               examples
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               though
               none
               so
               strange
               ,
               we
               have
               also
               met
               with
               in
               Writers
               of
               good
               credit
               ,
               and
               especially
               that
               of
               the
               Glass-eater
               ,
               recorded
               by
               Columbus
               in
               his
               excellent
               Anatomical
               Observations
               ;
               of
               which
               also
               Sennertus
               makes
               mention
               ,
               as
               we
               shall
               see
               by
               and
               by
               ,
               and
               with
               which
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               entertain
               you
               to
               another
               purpose
               .
               And
               not
               long
               agoe
               there
               was
               here
               in
               England
               a
               private
               Souldier
               (
               who
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               is
               yet
               alive
               )
               very
               famous
               for
               digesting
               of
               Stones
               :
               And
               a
               very
               inquisitive
               Man
               ,
               that
               gave
               me
               the
               accuratest
               account
               I
               have
               met
               with
               concerning
               him
               ,
               assures
               me
               ,
               That
               he
               knew
               him
               familiarly
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               curiosity
               to
               keep
               in
               his
               company
               for
               24
               hours
               together
               to
               watch
               him
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               observ'd
               that
               he
               eat
               nothing
               in
               that
               time
               ,
               save
               Stones
               (
               or
               Fragments
               of
               them
               )
               of
               a
               pretty
               bigness
               ,
               but
               that
               his
               grosser
               Excrement
               consisted
               chiefly
               of
               a
               sandy
               Substance
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               devour'd
               Stones
               had
               been
               in
               his
               Body
               dissolved
               and
               crumbled
               into
               Sand.
               But
               let
               us
               not
               omit
               ,
               that
               to
               the
               second
               Epistle
               above-mention'd
               ,
               Sennertus
               addes
               this
               Reflection
               ,
               not
               impertinent
               to
               our
               purpose
               :
               Causam
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 hujus
                 voracitatis
                 ,
                 etiam
                 in
                 cadavere
                 ,
                 invenire
                 proculdubio
                 erit
                 difficillimum
                 .
                 Posset
                 quidem
                 ad
                 illud
                 ,
                 quod
                 in
                 cadavere
                 Lazari
                 Vitrivoracis
                 observavit
                 Columbus
                 ,
                 quidam
                 confugere
                 ;
                 &
                 statuere
                 quartam
                 illam
                 nervorum
                 conjugationem
                 ,
                 quae
                 gustus
                 gratia
                 in
                 hominibus
                 à
                 natura
                 producta
                 est
                 ,
                 neque
                 ad
                 Palatum
                 ,
                 neque
                 ad
                 Linguam
                 pertendere
                 .
                 Verum
                 hoc
                 modo
                 saltem
                 gustûs
                 aboliti
                 causa
                 redderetur
                 ,
                 
                 nondum
                 vero
                 causae
                 daretur
                 ,
                 cur
                 res
                 tam
                 miras
                 assumere
                 sine
                 ventriculi
                 laefione
                 ,
                 imo
                 coneoquere
                 potuerit
                 .
                 Quae
                 proculdubi●
                 in
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 &
                 peculiari
                 constitutione
                 ventriculi
                 &
                 intestinorum
                 quaerenda
                 esset
                 :
                 quae
                 tamen
                 oculis
                 investigari
                 non
                 potest
                 sed
                 saltem
                 ex
                 effectu
                 patet
                 .
              
               And
               indeed
               this
               memorable
               Story
               seems
               to
               argue
               ,
               not
               onely
               what
               we
               have
               already
               alledg'd
               it
               to
               prove
               ,
               but
               also
               that
               a
               Menstruum
               ,
               not
               so
               corrosive
               as
               to
               fret
               the
               Body
               ,
               may
               dissolve
               Stones
               ,
               Metals
               ,
               and
               other
               compact
               Substances
               .
               And
               since
               one
               Liquor
               ,
               prepar'd
               by
               Nature
               onely
               ,
               could
               in
               this
               Mans
               Stomack
               dissolve
               that
               great
               variety
               of
               Bodies
               above
               enumerated
               ,
               why
               should
               it
               be
               thought
               that
               the
               Alkahest
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               Menstruum
               wherein
               Nature
               is
               skilfully
               assisted
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               utmost
               highten'd
               by
               Art
               ,
               should
               not
               be
               able
               to
               dissolve
               Concretes
               of
               very
               differing
               Textures
               .
               For
               though
               Chymists
               must
               acknowledge
               that
               such
               common
               Menstruums
               as
               will
               dissolve
               one
               Body
               ,
               will
               not
               oftentimes
               meddle
               with
               another
               ;
               as
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               will
               dissolve
               Silver
               ,
               and
               not
               Gold
               ,
               and
               if
               by
               Salarmoniack
               you
               turn
               it
               into
               
                 Aqua
                 Regis
              
               ,
               it
               will
               indeed
               dissolve
               Gold
               ,
               but
               then
               it
               will
               not
               Silver
               :
               Yet
               since
               that
               may
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               proceed
               rather
               from
               our
               want
               of
               skill
               to
               prepare
               the
               most
               potent
               Menstruum
               ,
               then
               from
               the
               impossibility
               of
               one
               Menstruums
               dissolving
               great
               variety
               of
               Bodies
               ;
               Why
               may
               not
               Nature
               and
               Art
               afford
               a
               Menstruum
               ,
               whose
               variety
               of
               Parts
               ,
               and
               Figures
               ,
               and
               (
               perhaps
               also
               )
               Motion
               ,
               may
               give
               it
               ingress
               into
               Bodies
               of
               very
               differing
               Textures
               ?
               as
               in
               our
               former
               Instance
               ,
               though
               
                 Aqua
                 Regalis
              
               will
               dissolve
               Gold
               ,
               not
               Silver
               ;
               and
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               Silver
               ,
               but
               not
               Gold
               ;
               yet
               Quick-silver
               will
               dissolve
               both
               ,
               and
               Copper
               ,
               Tin
               ,
               and
               Lead
               to
               boot
               .
            
             
               If
               I
               were
               not
               at
               present
               under
               some
               restraint
               ,
               I
               might
               tell
               you
               ,
               some
               things
               ,
               that
               you
               would
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               think
               no
               weak
               Confirmations
               of
               the
               past
               Discourse
               :
               And
               however
               ,
               since
               I
               
               have
               observ'd
               it
               to
               be
               the
               main
               thing
               ,
               that
               keeps
               judicious
               Men
               from
               seeking
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               hoping
               for
               nobler
               Dissolvents
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               scarce
               to
               be
               perswaded
               there
               can
               be
               considerably
               piercing
               Menstruums
               ,
               that
               are
               not
               proportionably
               corrosive
               :
               I
               will
               here
               acquaint
               you
               with
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               that
               may
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               assist
               you
               to
               undeceive
               some
               of
               them
               .
               We
               take
               then
               ordinary
               houshold
               brown
               Bread
               (
               I
               like
               that
               of
               Rye
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               divers
               times
               us'd
               that
               of
               Wheat
               )
               and
               when
               it
               is
               cut
               into
               slices
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               dry'd
               ,
               we
               almost
               fill
               a
               glass
               Retort
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               placing
               that
               in
               a
               sand
               Furnace
               ,
               by
               degrees
               of
               Fire
               ,
               we
               draw
               off
               what
               will
               be
               made
               to
               come
               over
               ,
               without
               much
               difficulty
               :
               The
               Oyl
               ,
               as
               useless
               to
               our
               purpose
               ,
               being
               by
               a
               Tunnel
               ,
               or
               a
               Filter
               ,
               sever'd
               from
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Liquor
               ,
               we
               also
               ,
               by
               a
               gentle
               heat
               ,
               free
               the
               Spirit
               from
               some
               of
               its
               Phlegm
               ,
               which
               yet
               sometimes
               we
               finde
               no
               great
               necessity
               to
               do
               .
               And
               yet
               this
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               you
               will
               easily
               believe
               is
               no
               such
               Corrosive
               as
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               ,
               or
               other
               distill'd
               Liquors
               of
               Mineral
               Salts
               ,
               will
               work
               upon
               the
               hardest
               sorts
               of
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               perform
               things
               that
               Chymists
               counted
               of
               the
               judiciousest
               ,
               would
               not
               have
               us
               expect
               from
               the
               most
               sharp
               and
               corrosive
               Menstruums
               now
               in
               use
               .
               For
               with
               this
               we
               have
               ,
               in
               a
               short
               time
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               cold
               ,
               drawn
               Tinctures
               (
               which
               is
               done
               by
               the
               solution
               of
               the
               finer
               parts
               of
               the
               Concrete
               )
               not
               only
               from
               crude
               Corals
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               more
               open
               Minerals
               ,
               but
               likewise
               from
               very
               hard
               Stones
               ,
               such
               as
               Blood
               stone
               ,
               and
               Granates
               (
               even
               unpowder'd
               )
               Nay
               ,
               and
               though
               Ruby's
               seem
               to
               be
               the
               hardest
               Bodies
               yet
               known
               ,
               save
               Diamonds
               (
               for
               I
               have
               learned
               from
               those
               that
               cut
               precious
               Stones
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               grinde
               other
               Gems
               with
               the
               Powder
               of
               Rubies
               ,
               but
               not
               these
               with
               any
               Powder
               ,
               save
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               Diamonds
               )
               yet
               have
               ,
               even
               these
               ,
               afforded
               me
               in
               the
               cold
               ,
               a
               not
               ignoble
               Tincture
               .
               And
               not
               to
               anticipate
               what
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               occasion
               to
               tell
               you
               concerning
               
               the
               efficacy
               of
               this
               Menstruum
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               same
               that
               I
               have
               intimated
               ,
               without
               naming
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               ,
               and
               another
               of
               the
               former
               Essays
               .
               I
               shall
               now
               onely
               adde
               ,
               That
               an
               expert
               Chymist
               assures
               me
               ,
               he
               hath
               ,
               but
               tells
               me
               not
               how
               ,
               done
               greater
               matters
               with
               it
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ;
               and
               that
               to
               satisfie
               my self
               that
               these
               high
               Tinctures
               ,
               proceeded
               not
               from
               the
               standing
               or
               digestion
               of
               the
               Menstruum
               (
               as
               we
               elsewhere
               observe
               concerning
               some
               other
               Liquors
               )
               I
               not
               onely
               tryed
               ,
               that
               from
               some
               Minerals
               it
               will
               draw
               a
               much
               higher
               Tincture
               then
               from
               others
               ,
               and
               from
               some
               scarce
               any
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               would
               ,
               if
               kept
               by
               it self
               ,
               for
               many
               Moneths
               continue
               clear
               and
               limpid
               .
               What
               further
               use
               I
               have
               made
               ,
               or
               think
               others
               may
               make
               of
               this
               odde
               Menstruum
               ,
               I
               must
               not
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               at
               present
               ,
               express
               ;
               but
               returning
               to
               what
               I
               was
               discoursing
               concerning
               the
               cure
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               annex
               ,
               That
               besides
               what
               hath
               been
               objected
               against
               the
               possibility
               of
               making
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               ,
               without
               being
               highly
               corrosive
               ,
               can
               be
               able
               to
               work
               upon
               Stone
               ;
               It
               may
               indeed
               be
               also
               alledg'd
               against
               the
               hopes
               we
               seem
               to
               countenance
               ,
               that
               what
               hath
               cured
               the
               Stone
               in
               one
               Mans
               Bladder
               ,
               may
               be
               unable
               to
               do
               the
               like
               in
               anothers
               :
               But
               first
               ,
               the
               truth
               of
               that
               hath
               not
               been
               proved
               ;
               and
               next
               ,
               we
               highly
               value
               those
               Specificks
               that
               can
               remove
               Agues
               ,
               Fluxes
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Diseases
               ,
               though
               scarce
               any
               of
               them
               do
               alike
               succeed
               in
               all
               Patients
               ,
               especially
               so
               as
               to
               secure
               them
               ,
               during
               their
               whole
               lives
               ,
               from
               ever
               relapsing
               into
               the
               like
               Disease
               ;
               and
               besides
               all
               this
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               no
               small
               matter
               to
               finde
               that
               the
               Disease
               ,
               in
               its
               own
               nature
               ,
               is
               not
               incurable
               ;
               and
               it
               would
               recompence
               Mens
               Industry
               to
               be
               able
               to
               free
               ,
               even
               a
               few
               Patients
               ,
               from
               so
               painful
               and
               stubborn
               a
               Disease
               .
               Which
               I
               have
               rather
               then
               any
               other
               ,
               chosen
               to
               insist
               upon
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               so
               generally
               believed
               not
               to
               be
               curable
               by
               inward
               Remedies
               in
               any
               Person
               whatever
               .
            
             
             
               But
               I
               have
               entertained
               you
               so
               long
               on
               this
               subject
               ,
               that
               I
               must
               reserve
               ,
               for
               some
               other
               opportunity
               ,
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               to
               you
               concerning
               the
               Dropsie
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Diseases
               ,
               commonly
               put
               into
               the
               Catalogue
               of
               the
               incurable
               ones
               ,
               and
               therefore
               shall
               now
               onely
               tell
               you
               in
               general
               ,
               That
               as
               on
               the
               one
               side
               I
               think
               the
               Arguments
               which
               Helmont
               and
               others
               draw
               from
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               the
               curableness
               of
               all
               Diseases
               are
               not
               very
               cogent
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               irreverent
               (
               For
               God
               being
               not
               oblig'd
               any
               more
               to
               continue
               Life
               or
               Health
               to
               sinful
               Man
               then
               to
               Beasts
               that
               never
               offended
               Him
               ,
               we
               ought
               humbly
               to
               thank
               Him
               ,
               if
               He
               hath
               ,
               among
               His
               Creatures
               ,
               dispers'd
               Remedies
               for
               every
               Disease
               ,
               but
               hath
               no
               right
               to
               accuse
               Him
               if
               He
               have
               not
               )
               so
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               much
               convinc'd
               by
               the
               grand
               Argument
               alleadg'd
               against
               Paracelsus
               ,
               and
               the
               Chymists
               ,
               that
               hold
               all
               Diseases
               to
               be
               in
               their
               own
               Nature
               curable
               ;
               namely
               ,
               That
               they
               themselves
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               (
               no
               nor
               even
               their
               very
               Master
               )
               lived
               not
               to
               the
               Age
               attain'd
               by
               many
               Strangers
               to
               Chymistry
               .
            
             
               For
               this
               ,
               That
               many
               of
               them
               (
               not
               destroy'd
               by
               War
               ,
               or
               outward
               accidents
               )
               died
               young
               enough
               ,
               and
               consequently
               by
               Sickness
               ;
               and
               that
               Paracelsus
               himself
               out-liv'd
               not
               the
               47th
               Year
               of
               his
               age
               ,
               is
               a
               much
               stronger
               Objection
               against
               the
               Men
               ,
               then
               against
               their
               Opinion
               ;
               for
               it
               infers
               indeed
               plausibly
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               not
               such
               Remedies
               as
               they
               boasted
               of
               (
               since
               probably
               ,
               had
               they
               had
               any
               such
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               cured
               themselves
               with
               them
               )
               but
               concludes
               not
               that
               no
               such
               Remedies
               can
               be
               prepar'd
               by
               any
               other
               .
               And
               this
               you
               will
               be
               the
               less
               apt
               to
               think
               irrational
               ,
               if
               you
               consider
               ,
               how
               much
               more
               learned
               ,
               sober
               and
               experienc'd
               ,
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               many
               a
               Man
               to
               be
               ,
               then
               Paracelsus
               appears
               to
               have
               been
               :
               For
               he
               seems
               not
               by
               his
               Writings
               to
               have
               been
               any
               great
               Logician
               
               or
               Reasoner
               ;
               he
               manifestly
               despis'd
               many
               parts
               of
               Learning
               ,
               useful
               to
               a
               Physitian
               ;
               he
               lived
               not
               many
               Years
               ,
               and
               spent
               divers
               of
               those
               few
               which
               he
               lived
               ,
               in
               an
               unsetled
               and
               disadvantagious
               course
               of
               life
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               Paracelsus
               attain'd
               to
               some
               such
               Remedies
               ,
               as
               both
               in
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               after
               times
               ,
               have
               made
               him
               a
               very
               considerable
               Person
               ,
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               his
               indiscretions
               and
               deficiencies
               .
               And
               among
               his
               other
               Remedies
               ,
               his
               famous
               Laudanum
               did
               such
               wonders
               ,
               that
               Oporinus
               himself
               ,
               in
               that
               short
               account
               ,
               which
               seems
               to
               be
               rather
               a
               Satyr
               then
               a
               Narrative
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               hath
               this
               Passage
               of
               it
               :
               
                 De
                 Laudano
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 suo
                 (
                 ita
                 vocabat
                 pilulas
                 instar
                 murium
                 stercoris
                 ,
                 quas
                 impari
                 semper
                 numero
                 ,
                 in
                 extrema
                 tantum
                 morborum
                 difficultate
                 ,
                 tanquam
                 sacram
                 medicinam
                 exhibebat
                 )
                 ita
                 gloriebatur
                 ,
                 ut
                 non
                 dubitarit
                 affirmare
                 ejus
                 solius
                 usu
                 se
                 è
                 mortuis
                 vivos
                 reddere
                 posse
                 ;
                 idque
                 aliquoties
                 dum
                 apud
                 ipsum
                 fui
                 ,
                 re
                 ipsa
                 declaravit
                 .
              
               So
               signal
               a
               Testimony
               coming
               from
               one
               whom
               the
               Paracelsians
               call
               his
               fugitive
               Servant
               ,
               hired
               by
               his
               Enemies
               to
               slander
               him
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               writing
               his
               Life
               ,
               deserves
               not
               to
               be
               slighted
               :
               and
               though
               it
               manifestly
               contains
               an
               Hyperbole
               ,
               yet
               I
               do
               the
               less
               wonder
               at
               the
               Hyperbole
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               those
               strange
               things
               which
               your
               Mother
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               of
               your
               Friends
               ,
               can
               tell
               you
               ,
               they
               have
               seen
               performed
               in
               England
               by
               Helmont's
               
                 Laudanum
                 opiatum
              
               (
               though
               much
               inferior
               to
               that
               of
               Paracelsus
               .
               )
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               a
               Friend
               of
               yours
               and
               mine
               ,
               that
               is
               a
               great
               enemy
               to
               all
               kindes
               of
               Chymical
               Remedies
               ,
               and
               was
               before
               also
               to
               Chymistry
               ,
               having
               begg'd
               of
               me
               a
               little
               Bottle
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               obtain'd
               from
               a
               Friend
               of
               the
               younger
               Helmont's
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               communicated
               the
               Preparation
               ,
               gave
               me
               awhile
               after
               ,
               an
               account
               of
               such
               Cures
               that
               had
               been
               perform'd
               ,
               with
               that
               small
               quantity
               ,
               upon
               almost
               dying
               Persons
               ,
               as
               I
               think
               it
               not
               discreet
               for
               me
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               
               an
               Eye-witness
               of
               them
               ,
               to
               relate
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               too
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Friend
               of
               young
               Helmont's
               ,
               being
               ,
               at
               the
               perswasion
               of
               one
               Woman
               whom
               he
               had
               cured
               of
               a
               dangerous
               Consumption
               ,
               call'd
               to
               another
               that
               was
               thought
               to
               be
               dying
               of
               an
               Asthma
               ,
               came
               to
               advise
               with
               me
               whither
               he
               should
               meddle
               with
               so
               desperate
               a
               Patient
               ;
               telling
               me
               ,
               That
               she
               had
               been
               many
               Years
               sick
               of
               that
               stubborn
               Disease
               ,
               which
               ,
               in
               process
               of
               time
               ,
               passing
               into
               an
               Orthopnea
               ,
               had
               at
               last
               put
               her
               ,
               by
               want
               of
               sleep
               (
               from
               which
               the
               violence
               of
               her
               sickness
               had
               very
               long
               kept
               her
               )
               into
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               and
               so
               desperate
               a
               condition
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               scarce
               expected
               she
               should
               live
               till
               the
               next
               morning
               .
               But
               I
               ,
               representing
               to
               him
               that
               her
               condition
               being
               avowedly
               desperate
               ,
               he
               might
               exercise
               his
               Charity
               without
               danger
               to
               his
               Reputation
               ;
               and
               perswading
               him
               to
               try
               Helmont's
               Laudanum
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Man's
               Blood
               (
               which
               we
               elsewhere
               teach
               you
               to
               prepare
               )
               he
               gave
               her
               that
               Night
               a
               Dose
               of
               those
               Remedies
               ,
               which
               made
               her
               both
               sleep
               and
               breath
               pretty
               freely
               ;
               and
               a
               Week
               after
               ,
               he
               coming
               to
               visit
               me
               ,
               told
               me
               ,
               he
               had
               casually
               met
               his
               Patient
               well
               and
               abroad
               in
               the
               Streets
               .
               
               But
               these
               are
               trifles
               to
               the
               Cures
               which
               Helmont
               relates
               to
               have
               been
               performed
               by
               our
               
                 Irish
                 Butler
              
               ,
               for
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               this
               Man
               ,
               by
               slightly
               plunging
               a
               little
               Stone
               ,
               he
               had
               ,
               into
               Almond
               Milk
               or
               Oyl
               ,
               imbued
               those
               Liquors
               with
               such
               a
               sanative
               efficacy
               ,
               that
               a
               Spoon-full
               of
               the
               former
               cured
               (
               and
               that
               without
               acquainting
               him
               with
               what
               was
               given
               him
               )
               a
               
                 Franciscan
                 Frier
              
               (
               a
               very
               famous
               Preacher
               )
               of
               a
               very
               dangerous
               Erysipelas
               in
               the
               Arm
               ,
               in
               one
               hour
               ;
               and
               one
               drop
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               being
               apply'd
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               to
               the
               Head
               of
               an
               old
               Laundress
               ,
               that
               had
               been
               sixteen
               Years
               troubled
               with
               an
               intolerable
               Hemicrania
               ,
               the
               Woman
               was
               presently
               cured
               ,
               and
               remained
               so
               ,
               to
               his
               knowledge
               ,
               for
               divers
               Years
               .
               He
               adds
               almost
               as
               strange
               a
               Cure
               done
               in
               one
               
               Night
               ,
               upon
               a
               Maid
               of
               his
               Wife
               's
               ,
               by
               anointing
               the
               part
               affected
               with
               four
               drops
               of
               that
               Oyl
               :
               He
               further
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Glass-house
               at
               Antwerp
               ,
               being
               troubled
               and
               made
               unweildy
               with
               too
               much
               fat
               ,
               begg'd
               some
               relief
               of
               Butler
               ;
               who
               ,
               having
               given
               him
               a
               little
               fragment
               of
               his
               little
               Stone
               ,
               with
               order
               to
               lick
               it
               nimbly
               with
               the
               tip
               of
               his
               Tongue
               once
               every
               Morning
               ,
               I
               saw
               (
               saith
               Helmont
               )
               within
               3
               weeeks
               ,
               the
               compass
               of
               his
               waste
               lestned
               by
               a
               span
               ,
               without
               any
               prejudice
               to
               his
               health
               .
               And
               to
               these
               ,
               Pyr
               :
               he
               adds
               some
               other
               Narratives
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               I
               confess
               I
               know
               not
               well
               how
               to
               believe
               ,
               yet
               there
               are
               Circumstances
               which
               keep
               me
               from
               daring
               to
               reject
               them
               :
               For
               first
               ,
               as
               he
               well
               observes
               ,
               that
               which
               was
               most
               stupendous
               in
               this
               Remedy
               ,
               was
               but
               the
               smalness
               of
               the
               quantity
               .
               Next
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               in
               France
               ,
               being
               not
               long
               since
               reported
               to
               have
               a
               fragment
               of
               this
               Stone
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               cured
               several
               Persons
               (
               and
               especially
               one
               very
               dignified
               )
               of
               inveterate
               Diseases
               ,
               by
               leting
               them
               lick
               it
               ;
               my
               Noble
               Friend
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               ,
               then
               in
               France
               ,
               was
               solemnly
               requested
               from
               hence
               to
               inquire
               into
               the
               truth
               of
               that
               Report
               ,
               and
               answered
               ,
               That
               he
               could
               not
               ,
               upon
               examination
               ,
               finde
               it
               other
               then
               true
               .
               Besides
               ,
               Helmont
               not
               onely
               relates
               these
               Cures
               as
               an
               Eye-witness
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               tells
               us
               ,
               how
               upon
               an
               occasion
               that
               he
               mentions
               ,
               he
               once
               suspected
               the
               efficacy
               of
               the
               Oyl
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               without
               expecting
               that
               it
               should
               do
               any
               thing
               ,
               he
               anointed
               it
               on
               the
               right
               arm
               and
               the
               ancles
               of
               his
               own
               Wife
               ,
               who
               had
               for
               some
               Moneths
               been
               tormented
               with
               great
               pains
               in
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               very
               great
               tumors
               in
               the
               latter
               of
               those
               parts
               ;
               and
               that
               almost
               in
               a
               trice
               ,
               motion
               was
               restored
               to
               her
               arm
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               oedema
               of
               her
               legs
               and
               feet
               vanished
               ;
               adding
               ,
               That
               at
               the
               time
               of
               his
               writing
               she
               liv'd
               healthfully
               ,
               and
               had
               done
               so
               since
               that
               recovery
               ,
               during
               nineteen
               Years
               :
               And
               this
               Story
               ,
               she
               ,
               long
               after
               her
               Husband●
               
               death
               ,
               confirm'd
               to
               our
               ingenious
               Friend
               Dr.
               C.
               who
               is
               acquainted
               with
               her
               ,
               and
               much
               extolls
               her
               :
               These
               Circumstances
               ,
               may
               be
               assisted
               by
               two
               more
               very
               considerable
               ones
               ;
               the
               one
               is
               ,
               That
               Helmont
               is
               the
               more
               to
               be
               credited
               in
               these
               Relations
               ,
               because
               mentioning
               Cures
               not
               perform'd
               by
               himself
               ,
               but
               by
               another
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               Remedies
               unknown
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               seems
               by
               these
               Narrations
               ,
               out
               of
               loyalty
               to
               truth
               ,
               to
               eclipse
               his
               own
               Reputation
               :
               And
               the
               other
               is
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               memorable
               Story
               which
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               relate
               to
               you
               (
               it
               being
               not
               here
               proper
               to
               insert
               so
               long
               a
               one
               )
               you
               'l
               finde
               an
               eminent
               and
               strange
               testimony
               given
               to
               Butler's
               Secrets
               ,
               by
               our
               famous
               Country
               man
               ,
               Dr.
               Higgins
               ,
               whose
               confession
               you
               will
               not
               doubt
               ,
               if
               you
               consider
               how
               rare
               a
               Physitian
               and
               Chymist
               he
               was
               ,
               how
               familiarly
               he
               lived
               in
               the
               same
               House
               with
               Butler
               ;
               and
               how
               studiously
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               they
               endeavored
               to
               take
               away
               each
               others
               Life
               .
            
             
               But
               whatever
               be
               to
               be
               thought
               ,
               Pyr
               :
               of
               Helmont's
               Relation
               ,
               we
               may
               well
               enough
               make
               this
               reflection
               on
               the
               other
               things
               that
               have
               been
               delivered
               concerning
               formidable
               Diseases
               ,
               that
               since
               the
               power
               of
               Nature
               and
               Skill
               may
               reach
               much
               farther
               then
               many
               distrustful
               (
               not
               to
               say
               lazy
               )
               men
               have
               imagin'd
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               charitable
               to
               rely
               too
               much
               upon
               the
               Prognosticks
               ,
               even
               of
               famous
               Writers
               ,
               when
               they
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               such
               and
               such
               Diseases
               ,
               or
               Patients
               in
               such
               and
               such
               conditions
               cannot
               possibly
               be
               cured
               .
               But
               rather
               to
               follow
               the
               sober
               councel
               of
               
                 Celsus
                 :
                 Oportet
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 ubi
                 aliquid
                 non
                 respondet
                 ,
                 non
                 tanti
                 putare
                 Authorem
                 quanti
                 aegrum
                 ,
                 &
                 experiri
                 aliud
                 atque
                 aliud
                 .
              
               
               And
               this
               great
               Physitians
               authority
               I
               therefore
               make
               the
               most
               use
               of
               in
               the
               ensuing
               Essays
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               accounted
               very
               judicious
               by
               the
               Lord
               Verulam
               ,
               and
               other
               Writers
               that
               are
               unquestionably
               so
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               IV.
               Presenting
               some
               things
               relating
               to
               the
               Hygieinal
               Part
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               THat
               the
               Dietetical
               part
               of
               Physick
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               may
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               others
               ,
               be
               improved
               by
               Natural
               Philosophy
               ,
               were
               not
               uneasy
               to
               manifest
               ,
               if
               my
               haste
               would
               permit
               it
               :
               For
               't
               is
               known
               ,
               that
               Drinks
               make
               a
               very
               considerable
               part
               (
               sometimes
               ,
               perchance
               ,
               amounting
               almost
               to
               the
               one
               half
               of
               our
               Aliments
               )
               and
               most
               Drinks
               ,
               as
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Mead
               ,
               &c.
               consist
               of
               fermented
               Liquors
               :
               Now
               as
               on
               the
               one
               side
               the
               ignorance
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Fermentation
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               wholesome
               way
               of
               both
               preserving
               Liquors
               and
               making
               them
               pleasant
               ,
               doth
               questionless
               occasion
               more
               then
               a
               few
               Diseases
               ,
               which
               in
               divers
               places
               may
               be
               observed
               evidently
               to
               proceed
               from
               the
               unwholsome
               quality
               of
               either
               ill
               made
               ,
               or
               sophisticated
               Drinks
               ;
               so
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               the
               distinct
               knowledge
               of
               the
               true
               nature
               and
               particular
               Phaenomena
               of
               Fermentation
               ,
               would
               enable
               Men
               to
               prepare
               a
               great
               variety
               of
               Drinks
               ,
               not
               onely
               as
               harmless
               ,
               but
               as
               beneficial
               ,
               as
               pleasant
               .
            
             
               How
               much
               preparation
               may
               do
               to
               correct
               and
               meliorate
               both
               hard
               and
               liquid
               Aliments
               ,
               is
               notably
               instanced
               by
               the
               account
               that
               we
               receive
               from
               both
               the
               French
               and
               English
               that
               inhabit
               the
               
                 Barbados
                 ,
                 St.
                 Christophers
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Caraibes
               
               Islands
               ,
               who
               solemnly
               inform
               us
               (
               what
               is
               attested
               also
               by
               Piso
               ,
               and
               other
               Learned
               Travellers
               that
               write
               of
               it
               )
               that
               the
               Plant
               Mandioca
               (
               whose
               prepar'd
               Root
               makes
               Cassavy
               ,
               and
               which
               we
               have
               also
               seen
               flourishing
               here
               in
               Europe
               )
               to
               which
               the
               Indians
               are
               so
               much
               beholden
               ,
               is
               a
               rank
               Poyson
               .
               And
               though
               I
               shall
               not
               too
               resolutely
               affirm
               it
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Poyson
               properly
               so
               called
               ;
               yet
               in
               confirmation
               of
               its
               being
               very
               noxious
               ,
               I
               shall
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               having
               purposely
               enquired
               of
               a
               very
               intelligent
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               commanded
               an
               Army
               of
               Europeans
               in
               America
               ,
               what
               experience
               he
               had
               seen
               of
               the
               qualities
               of
               this
               Plant
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               That
               between
               thirty
               and
               forty
               of
               his
               Soldiers
               ,
               having
               on
               a
               time
               (
               whil'st
               they
               were
               unacquainted
               with
               the
               Countrey
               )
               either
               through
               ignorance
               or
               curiosity
               ,
               eaten
               of
               it
               unprepared
               ,
               it
               cost
               most
               of
               them
               their
               Lives
               .
               And
               yet
               this
               pernicious
               Root
               ,
               which
               some
               Herbarists
               call
               Yucca
               ,
               by
               the
               rude
               Indians
               ordering
               ,
               comes
               to
               afford
               them
               both
               almost
               all
               their
               Bread
               ,
               and
               no
               small
               part
               of
               their
               Drink
               :
               For
               this
               Root
               being
               grated
               ,
               and
               carefully
               freed
               from
               its
               moisture
               ,
               by
               being
               included
               in
               Bags
               ,
               and
               very
               strongly
               pressed
               till
               all
               the
               Juice
               be
               squeezed
               out
               ;
               it
               is
               afterwards
               dryed
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               so
               made
               into
               the
               Meal
               of
               which
               they
               make
               their
               Bread
               :
               And
               this
               very
               Root
               ,
               though
               (
               as
               we
               said
               )
               it
               be
               poisonous
               ,
               they
               cause
               their
               old
               ,
               and
               almost
               toothless
               Women
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               breaking
               and
               macerating
               it
               ,
               
               to
               chew
               and
               spit
               out
               into
               Water
               .
               This
               Juice
               will
               ,
               in
               a
               few
               hours
               ,
               work
               and
               purge
               it self
               of
               the
               poysonous
               quality
               ,
               affording
               them
               a
               Drink
               which
               they
               esteem
               very
               wholsome
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Barbado's
               call
               Perino
               ,
               and
               account
               it
               to
               be
               the
               likest
               in
               taste
               to
               our
               English
               Beer
               ,
               of
               any
               of
               those
               many
               Drinks
               that
               are
               used
               in
               that
               Island
               .
            
             
               This
               nasty
               way
               of
               preparing
               Drink
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               may
               seem
               strange
               to
               you
               ,
               as
               it
               did
               to
               me
               when
               I
               first
               heard
               of
               it
               ;
               
               but
               besides
               the
               consenting
               relations
               both
               of
               French
               and
               English
               concerning
               it
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               confirmed
               by
               the
               strange
               assertion
               of
               
                 Gulielmus
                 Piso
              
               ,
               in
               his
               new
               and
               curious
               
                 Medicina
                 Brasiliensis
              
               ,
               where
               ,
               having
               spoken
               of
               several
               of
               the
               Brasilian
               Wines
               ,
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               they
               make
               Liquors
               of
               several
               Plants
               ,
               besides
               the
               Root
               of
               Mandioca
               ,
               after
               the
               same
               nasty
               manner
               .
               
                 Idem
                 fit
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 ex
                 Mandioca
                 ,
                 Patata
                 ,
                 Milio
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Turcico
                 ,
                 Oryza
                 &
                 aliis
                 ,
                 quae
                 à
                 vetulis
                 masticantur
                 ,
                 masticataque
                 multa
                 cum
                 salira
                 exspuuntur
                 ,
                 hic
                 liquor
                 mox
                 vasis
                 reconditur
                 donec
                 ferveat
                 ,
                 faecesque
                 ejiciat
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               Muscovia
               it self
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               unskilfulness
               of
               that
               rude
               People
               ,
               Olearius
               informs
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               Embassadors
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               was
               Secretary
               ,
               we●e
               presented
               at
               one
               time
               with
               two
               and
               twenty
               several
               sorts
               of
               Drink
               .
               And
               at
               a
               Country
               House
               here
               in
               England
               (
               where
               I
               was
               ,
               by
               a
               very
               Ingenious
               Gentleman
               that
               is
               Master
               of
               it
               ,
               presented
               with
               divers
               rare
               Drinks
               of
               his
               own
               making
               )
               I
               was
               assur'd
               that
               he
               had
               lately
               ,
               at
               one
               time
               in
               his
               House
               ,
               at
               least
               the
               former
               mentioned
               number
               of
               various
               Drinks
               ,
               and
               might
               easily
               have
               had
               a
               greater
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               pleased
               .
            
             
               And
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               willing
               to
               pretermit
               what
               is
               practised
               in
               some
               of
               our
               American
               Plantations
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               informed
               by
               the
               Practisers
               themselves
               ,
               where
               ,
               finding
               it
               very
               difficult
               to
               make
               good
               Mault
               of
               Maiz
               ,
               or
               Indian
               Corn
               (
               by
               reason
               of
               hinderances
               not
               to
               be
               discoursed
               of
               in
               few
               words
               )
               they
               brew
               very
               good
               Drink
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               fi●st
               bringing
               the
               Grain
               to
               Bread
               ;
               in
               which
               operation
               ,
               the
               Grain
               being
               both
               reduced
               into
               small
               parts
               ,
               and
               already
               somewhat
               fermented
               ,
               is
               disposed
               to
               communicate
               easily
               its
               dissoluble
               and
               Spirituous
               parts
               to
               the
               Water
               it
               is
               boyled
               in
               :
               To
               which
               I
               shall
               adde
               ,
               That
               I
               have
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               Art
               of
               Malting
               may
               be
               much
               improved
               by
               new
               &
               skilfully
               contriv'd
               Furnaces
               ,
               and
               a
               rational
               man●gement
               of
               the
               Grain
               .
            
             
             
               Nor
               are
               we
               alone
               defective
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               fermenting
               Drinks
               ,
               but
               even
               in
               that
               of
               the
               Materials
               of
               which
               Drinks
               may
               be
               prepar'd
               .
            
             
               In
               that
               vast
               Region
               of
               China
               ,
               which
               is
               inriched
               with
               so
               fertil
               a
               Soil
               ,
               and
               comprizeth
               such
               variety
               of
               Geographical
               parallels
               ,
               they
               make
               not
               (
               as
               Semedo
               informs
               us
               )
               their
               Wine
               of
               Grapes
               ,
               but
               of
               Barley
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               Northern
               parts
               ,
               of
               Rice
               ,
               where
               they
               make
               it
               also
               of
               Apples
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Southern
               parts
               ,
               of
               Rice
               onely
               :
               yet
               not
               of
               ordinary
               Rice
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               certain
               kinde
               peculiar
               to
               them
               ,
               which
               serves
               onely
               to
               make
               this
               Liquor
               ,
               being
               used
               in
               divers
               manners
               .
               And
               of
               the
               Wine
               there
               drank
               ,
               even
               by
               the
               vulgar
               ,
               our
               Author
               gives
               us
               this
               character
               :
               
               The
               Wine
               used
               by
               the
               common
               People
               ,
               although
               it
               will
               make
               them
               drunk
               ,
               is
               not
               very
               strong
               or
               lasting
               ;
               't
               is
               made
               at
               all
               times
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               but
               the
               best
               onely
               in
               the
               Winter
               :
               It
               hath
               a
               colour
               very
               pleasing
               to
               the
               sight
               ,
               nor
               is
               the
               smell
               less
               pleasing
               to
               the
               sent
               ,
               or
               the
               savor
               thereof
               to
               the
               taste
               ;
               take
               altogether
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               vehement
               occasion
               that
               there
               never
               wants
               Drunkards
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Japan
               ,
               I
               remember
               also
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               
               that
               Linschoten
               ,
               in
               his
               description
               of
               those
               Islands
               ,
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               they
               drink
               Wine
               of
               Rice
               ,
               wherewith
               they
               drink
               themselves
               drunk
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               here
               in
               England
               ,
               at
               the
               House
               of
               our
               experienced
               Mint-master
               ,
               Dr
               Gordon
               ,
               tasted
               a
               Wine
               ,
               which
               he
               made
               of
               that
               sort
               of
               Cherrys
               which
               are
               commonly
               call'd
               Morellos
               ,
               that
               was
               ,
               when
               we
               drank
               of
               it
               ,
               about
               a
               Year
               and
               a
               half
               old
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               somewhat
               sower
               ,
               and
               needed
               Suger
               ;
               And
               therefore
               I
               shall
               rather
               take
               notice
               to
               you
               of
               my
               having
               since
               drunk
               Wine
               made
               of
               the
               Juice
               of
               good
               ,
               but
               not
               of
               extraordinary
               Kentish
               Cherrys
               ,
               which
               ,
               with
               the
               help
               of
               a
               Tantillum
               of
               Suger
               added
               in
               the
               Fermentation
               ,
               kept
               so
               well
               ;
               that
               though
               
               it
               were
               above
               a
               Year
               old
               when
               I
               tasted
               it
               ,
               I
               found
               it
               a
               strong
               and
               pleasant
               Wine
               ,
               not
               inferior
               to
               many
               Wines
               that
               are
               brought
               us
               from
               foreign
               parts
               .
               But
               this
               is
               nothing
               to
               what
               is
               averr'd
               upon
               his
               own
               experience
               ,
               by
               a
               Learned
               Divine
               (
               to
               whom
               you
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               and
               I
               ,
               am
               related
               )
               who
               affirms
               himself
               to
               have
               made
               out
               of
               some
               sort
               of
               wilde
               Apples
               and
               Pears
               ,
               by
               bare
               Fermentation
               ,
               such
               Liquors
               ,
               as
               though
               at
               first
               somewhat
               harsh
               ,
               will
               not
               onely
               keep
               divers
               years
               ;
               but
               at
               the
               end
               of
               two
               or
               three
               ,
               attain
               such
               strength
               ,
               and
               so
               pleasingly
               pungent
               a
               taste
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               compare
               even
               with
               choice
               out-landish
               Wines
               ,
               and
               excel
               those
               that
               are
               not
               of
               the
               very
               best
               sorts
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               But
               till
               we
               have
               in
               another
               Essay
               an
               opportunity
               of
               presenting
               you
               something
               out
               of
               the
               Observations
               of
               Olearius
               ,
               the
               newly
               mention'd
               Divine
               ,
               and
               our
               own
               ,
               concerning
               Fermented
               Liquors
               ,
               we
               shall
               content
               our selves
               to
               manifest
               our
               want
               of
               curiosity
               about
               the
               materials
               of
               which
               Drinks
               may
               be
               prepar'd
               ,
               by
               this
               ,
               That
               the
               Drinks
               of
               one
               whole
               Country
               ,
               are
               oftentimes
               unknown
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               another
               :
               That
               the
               Wine
               made
               of
               Rice
               ,
               which
               we
               lately
               mention'd
               to
               be
               of
               frequent
               use
               in
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               China
               and
               Japan
               ,
               is
               of
               little
               or
               none
               in
               Europe
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               prove
               to
               you
               .
               I
               have
               been
               in
               divers
               places
               where
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               ,
               which
               are
               here
               the
               common
               Drinks
               ,
               a●e
               greater
               rarities
               ,
               then
               the
               medicated
               Liquors
               sold
               onely
               in
               Apothecaries
               Shops
               .
               In
               divers
               parts
               of
               Muscovie
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Northern
               Regions
               ,
               the
               common
               Drink
               is
               Hydromel
               ,
               made
               of
               Water
               fermented
               with
               Honey
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               if
               a
               due
               proportion
               betwixt
               those
               two
               be
               observed
               ,
               and
               the
               Fermentation
               be
               skilfully
               ordered
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               that
               way
               ,
               as
               experience
               hath
               assur'd
               us
               ,
               prepar'd
               such
               a
               Liquor
               ,
               both
               for
               clearness
               ,
               strength
               ,
               and
               wholsomeness
               ,
               as
               few
               that
               have
               not
               tasted
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               would
               readily
               believe
               .
            
             
             
               The
               French
               and
               English
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Canibal
               Islands
               ,
               make
               ,
               by
               Fermentation
               ,
               a
               Wine
               of
               the
               dregs
               collected
               in
               the
               boiling
               of
               Suger
               .
               A
               like
               to
               which
               Piso
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               they
               make
               in
               Brasil
               ,
               
               and
               commonly
               call
               Garapa
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               made
               by
               the
               mixture
               of
               Water
               ,
               the
               Inhabitants
               are
               very
               greedy
               of
               ;
               and
               when
               it
               is
               old
               ,
               finde
               it
               strong
               enough
               to
               make
               them
               drunk
               .
               And
               how
               also
               in
               these
               colder
               Countrys
               ,
               a
               good
               Wine
               may
               be
               made
               of
               onely
               Suger
               and
               Water
               ,
               we
               may
               elsewhere
               have
               occasion
               to
               teach
               you
               .
            
             
               And
               in
               Brasil
               they
               likewise
               ,
               as
               the
               same
               Author
               informs
               us
               ,
               
               make
               a
               Wine
               (
               unknown
               to
               most
               other
               Regions
               of
               the
               World
               )
               of
               the
               Fruit
               of
               Acaju
               ,
               which
               yet
               ,
               upon
               his
               experience
               ,
               he
               much
               commends
               ;
               telling
               us
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               strong
               enough
               to
               inebriate
               ,
               and
               may
               ,
               he
               doubts
               not
               ,
               be
               kept
               good
               many
               Years
               ;
               and
               that
               though
               it
               be
               astringent
               ,
               yet
               both
               in
               himself
               and
               others
               he
               found
               it
               diuretical
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Barbada's
               they
               have
               many
               Drinks
               unknown
               to
               us
               ;
               such
               as
               are
               Perino
               ,
               the
               Plantane-drink
               ,
               
                 Grippo
                 ,
                 Punch
              
               ,
               and
               the
               rare
               Wine
               of
               Pines
               ,
               by
               some
               commended
               more
               then
               the
               Poets
               do
               their
               Nectar
               ;
               some
               of
               which
               we
               therefore
               make
               not
               ,
               because
               the
               Vegetables
               whereof
               they
               are
               produc'd
               ,
               grow
               not
               in
               these
               colder
               Climats
               :
               But
               others
               also
               they
               have
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               not
               ,
               though
               they
               are
               made
               of
               Plants
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               our
               Soil
               ;
               as
               for
               instance
               ,
               the
               drink
               they
               call
               Mobbie
               ,
               made
               of
               Potato's
               fermented
               with
               Water
               ,
               which
               ,
               being
               fit
               to
               drink
               in
               a
               very
               few
               days
               ,
               and
               easie
               to
               make
               as
               strong
               almost
               as
               the
               maker
               pleaseth
               ,
               would
               be
               of
               excellent
               use
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               but
               as
               wholsome
               as
               it
               is
               accounted
               pleasant
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Turkish
               Dominions
               ,
               where
               Wine
               ,
               properly
               so
               call'd
               ,
               is
               forbidden
               by
               Mahomet's
               Law
               ,
               the
               Jews
               and
               Christians
               keep
               ,
               in
               their
               Taverns
               ,
               a
               Vinous
               Liquor
               made
               of
               fermented
               
               Raisons
               ,
               after
               a
               manner
               ,
               which
               (
               when
               we
               shall
               elsewhere
               acquaint
               you
               with
               it
               )
               you
               will
               easily
               discern
               to
               be
               capable
               of
               much
               improvement
               from
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Fermentation
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               by
               the
               bare
               fermenting
               of
               Raisons
               and
               Water
               in
               a
               due
               proportion
               ,
               without
               the
               help
               of
               Barm
               ,
               Leaven
               ,
               Tartar
               ,
               or
               other
               additament
               to
               set
               them
               a
               working
               ,
               we
               have
               divers
               times
               ,
               in
               a
               few
               days
               ,
               prepar'd
               a
               good
               Vinous
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               having
               for
               tryals
               sake
               distilled
               ,
               it
               afforded
               us
               greater
               store
               ,
               then
               we
               expected
               ,
               of
               inflammable
               Spirit
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               other
               Wine
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               have
               sometimes
               wondered
               ,
               that
               Men
               had
               no
               more
               curiosity
               to
               try
               what
               Drinks
               may
               be
               made
               of
               the
               Juices
               obtainable
               ,
               by
               wounding
               or
               cutting
               off
               the
               parts
               of
               several
               Trees
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Vegetables
               :
               For
               that
               in
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ,
               their
               Sura
               is
               made
               of
               the
               Liquor
               dropping
               from
               their
               wounded
               Coco
               Trees
               ,
               we
               have
               not
               long
               since
               out
               of
               Linscoten
               informed
               you
               .
               And
               sober
               Eye-witnesses
               have
               assured
               us
               ,
               That
               in
               those
               Countrys
               they
               have
               but
               too
               often
               seen
               the
               Seamen
               drunk
               ,
               by
               the
               use
               or
               Liquors
               weeping
               out
               of
               the
               Incisions
               of
               wounded
               Vegetables
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               fermented
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               even
               in
               Europe
               ,
               the
               Alimental
               Liquor
               ,
               drawn
               by
               Trees
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               may
               receive
               great
               alterations
               from
               them
               before
               it
               be
               quite
               assimulated
               by
               them
               ,
               may
               be
               gathered
               from
               the
               practice
               of
               the
               Calabrians
               and
               Apulians
               ;
               who
               ,
               betwixt
               March
               and
               November
               ,
               do
               by
               Incisions
               obtain
               from
               the
               common
               Ash
               Tree
               ,
               and
               the
               Ornus
               (
               which
               many
               Botanists
               would
               have
               to
               be
               but
               a
               wilde
               Ash
               )
               a
               sweet
               Juice
               ,
               so
               like
               to
               the
               Manna
               ,
               adhearing
               in
               that
               Season
               to
               the
               Leaves
               of
               those
               kinde
               of
               Trees
               ,
               that
               the
               Natives
               call
               it
               in
               their
               Language
               ,
               
                 Manna
                 del
                 corpo
              
               ,
               or
               Trunk-manna
               ;
               and
               least
               we
               should
               think
               they
               draw
               all
               this
               sweetness
               from
               the
               Soil
               of
               that
               particular
               part
               of
               Italy
               where
               they
               grow
               ,
               you
               may
               be
               satisfied
               by
               the
               
               Learned
               
                 Chrysostomus
                 Magnenus
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Treatise
               
                 De
                 Manna
              
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               to
               be
               met
               with
               in
               several
               other
               places
               .
               And
               he
               adds
               ,
               That
               in
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Milane
               ,
               where
               he
               professeth
               Physick
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Manna
               used
               then
               that
               which
               is
               (
               as
               he
               speaks
               )
               
                 Vel
                 è
                 trunco
                 expressum
              
               (
               which
               he
               somewhere
               calls
               
                 Manna
                 Truncinum
                 )
                 aut
                 in
                 ramis
                 stiriatim
                 concretum
              
               ;
               
               and
               that
               yet
               it
               is
               safely
               and
               prosperously
               used
               .
            
             
               I
               had
               communicated
               to
               me
               ,
               as
               a
               rarity
               ,
               a
               secret
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Polands
               ,
               which
               is
               said
               to
               do
               wonders
               in
               many
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               consists
               onely
               in
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Liquor
               which
               drops
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Spring
               ,
               from
               the
               bar'd
               and
               wounded
               Roots
               of
               the
               Walnut-tree
               :
               but
               because
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               made
               tryal
               of
               it
               my self
               ,
               I
               shall
               pass
               on
               to
               observe
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               in
               some
               Northern
               Countries
               ,
               and
               even
               in
               some
               parts
               of
               England
               ,
               bordering
               upon
               Scotland
               ,
               the
               almost
               insipid
               Liquor
               that
               weeps
               in
               March
               ,
               or
               the
               beginning
               of
               April
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               transversly
               wounded
               Branches
               (
               not
               Trunks
               )
               of
               the
               Birch-tree
               ,
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               used
               by
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               as
               a
               preservative
               from
               the
               Stone
               ;
               against
               which
               cruel
               Disease
               ,
               Helmont
               highly
               extols
               a
               Drink
               made
               of
               this
               Liquor
               and
               
                 semen
                 dauci
              
               ,
               and
               Beccabunga
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               not
               without
               cause
               .
               For
               not
               to
               mention
               all
               the
               commendations
               that
               have
               been
               given
               me
               of
               it
               by
               some
               that
               use
               it
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               such
               strange
               relief
               ,
               frequently
               given
               among
               others
               ,
               to
               a
               Kins-man
               of
               mine
               ,
               to
               whom
               hardly
               any
               other
               Remedy
               (
               though
               he
               tryed
               a
               scarce
               imaginable
               variety
               )
               was
               able
               to
               give
               ease
               (
               and
               in
               whose
               dissected
               Bladder
               ,
               after
               another
               Disease
               had
               kill'd
               him
               ,
               a
               Stone
               of
               many
               Ounces
               was
               found
               )
               that
               I
               usually
               every
               Spring
               take
               care
               to
               provide
               a
               quantity
               of
               this
               Water
               ,
               with
               which
               alone
               ,
               without
               the
               other
               Ingredients
               mentioned
               by
               Helmont
               ,
               my
               Kins-man
               used
               to
               be
               relieved
               as
               long
               as
               he
               could
               keep
               it
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               do
               the
               longer
               ,
               by
               pouring
               upon
               the
               top
               of
               
               it
               a
               quantity
               of
               Sallet
               Oyl
               ,
               to
               defend
               it
               from
               the
               Air
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               also
               by
               Distillation
               :
               By
               which
               (
               last
               named
               )
               way
               ,
               I
               know
               an
               Ingenious
               Man
               that
               is
               wont
               to
               preserve
               it
               for
               his
               own
               use
               ,
               and
               says
               ,
               he
               findes
               it
               not
               thereby
               impair'd
               in
               virtue
               .
               But
               the
               most
               effectual
               way
               that
               ever
               I
               yet
               practiced
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               preserve
               both
               this
               and
               other
               Liquors
               and
               Juices
               ,
               is
               dexterously
               and
               sufficiently
               to
               impregnate
               them
               with
               Fume
               of
               Sulphur
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               at
               divers
               ,
               and
               often
               times
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               incorporated
               with
               the
               Liquor
               by
               due
               agitation
               ;
               the
               manual
               Operation
               belonging
               to
               this
               Experiment
               ,
               I
               may
               hereafter
               have
               occasion
               to
               describe
               more
               fully
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               particular
               Effects
               of
               it
               in
               several
               Bodies
               .
               And
               therefore
               it
               may
               here
               suffice
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               practice
               it
               carefully
               ,
               you
               will
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               think
               your self
               oblig'd
               to
               thank
               me
               for
               the
               discovery
               of
               it
               ,
               though
               a
               heedful
               Reader
               may
               finde
               it
               ,
               not
               obscurely
               ,
               hinted
               in
               Helmont's
               Writings
               .
            
             
               I
               might
               here
               annex
               the
               great
               commendation
               which
               I
               have
               found
               given
               to
               this
               Birch-water
               ,
               by
               eminent
               Writers
               ,
               against
               the
               hot
               d●stempe●s
               of
               the
               Liver
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               affections
               ;
               
               and
               especially
               how
               Freitagius
               commends
               it
               very
               much
               to
               dilute
               Wine
               with
               :
               and
               adds
               ,
               
                 Haec
                 est
                 dulcacida
                 &
                 grati
                 saporis
                 ,
                 sitim
                 sedat
                 viscerum
                 &
                 sanguinis
                 fervorem
                 temperat
                 ,
                 obstructiones
                 reserat
                 ,
                 calculum
                 pellit
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               think
               it
               high
               time
               for
               me
               to
               proceed
               to
               another
               subject
               ;
               and
               indeed
               I
               should
               not
               have
               spent
               so
               much
               time
               in
               discoursing
               of
               Drinks
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               there
               were
               greater
               variety
               of
               them
               made
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               were
               more
               skilfully
               ordered
               ,
               they
               might
               ,
               by
               refreshing
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               insensibly
               altering
               the
               mass
               of
               Blood
               ,
               prevent
               and
               cure
               (
               without
               weakning
               or
               much
               troubling
               the
               Patient
               )
               almost
               as
               many
               Diseases
               as
               the
               use
               of
               our
               common
               ,
               unwholesome
               ,
               and
               sophisticated
               Wines
               is
               wont
               to
               produce
               .
            
             
             
               For
               in
               Fermentation
               ,
               the
               Sulphurous
               (
               as
               Chymists
               call
               them
               )
               the
               Active
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirituous
               parts
               of
               Vegetables
               ,
               are
               much
               better
               loosened
               ,
               and
               more
               intirely
               separated
               from
               the
               grosser
               and
               clogging
               parts
               ,
               in
               most
               Mixts
               ,
               then
               they
               are
               by
               the
               vulgar
               ways
               of
               Distillation
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Concrete
               is
               not
               open'd
               by
               previous
               Fermentation
               .
               And
               these
               nobler
               parts
               being
               incorporated
               with
               our
               Aliments
               ,
               are
               with
               them
               received
               freely
               ,
               and
               without
               resistance
               carryed
               into
               the
               mass
               of
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               therewith
               ,
               by
               circulation
               ,
               conveyed
               to
               the
               whole
               Body
               where
               their
               Operation
               is
               requisite
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               that
               discoursing
               one
               day
               with
               an
               eminently
               learned
               and
               experienced
               Physitian
               ,
               of
               the
               Antinephritical
               virtue
               of
               our
               common
               wilde
               Carret-seed
               ,
               fermented
               in
               small
               Ale
               ;
               he
               smilingly
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               found
               its
               efficacy
               but
               too
               great
               :
               For
               having
               prescrib'd
               it
               to
               some
               of
               his
               rich
               Patients
               ,
               who
               were
               wont
               frequently
               to
               have
               recourse
               to
               him
               in
               their
               Nephritical
               distempers
               ,
               after
               the
               use
               of
               this
               drink
               for
               a
               pretty
               while
               ,
               he
               seldom
               heard
               of
               them
               any
               more
               .
               And
               for
               your
               encouragement
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               to
               make
               tryals
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               we
               will
               adde
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               Seed
               it self
               be
               not
               over-well
               tasted
               ,
               yet
               being
               fermented
               in
               a
               due
               proportion
               with
               the
               Liquor
               (
               we
               used
               an
               Ounce
               and
               half
               of
               the
               Seed
               ,
               to
               a
               Gallon
               of
               the
               Ale
               )
               the
               Drink
               compos'd
               of
               both
               tasted
               pleasantly
               ,
               almost
               like
               Lemmon
               beer
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               you
               may
               the
               less
               wonder
               at
               the
               efficacy
               of
               fermented
               Liquors
               ,
               it
               is
               worth
               considering
               ,
               what
               virtue
               is
               ascribed
               to
               the
               bare
               decoction
               of
               that
               Herb
               ,
               which
               the
               French
               and
               we
               call
               Thé
               ,
               or
               Té
               ,
               which
               is
               much
               magnified
               here
               ;
               and
               as
               far
               as
               my
               little
               experience
               in
               my self
               ,
               and
               others
               (
               of
               which
               more
               hereafter
               )
               reaches
               ,
               not
               altogether
               without
               cause
               :
               But
               among
               the
               Chineses
               and
               the
               Japonians
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               common
               Drink
               of
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ,
               by
               whom
               it
               is
               so
               highly
               prais'd
               ,
               
               that
               the
               experienced
               Tulpius
               ,
               
               in
               the
               new
               Edition
               of
               his
               Observations
               ,
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               one
               pound
               of
               the
               Japonical
               T'chia
               (
               as
               the
               Natives
               call
               it
               )
               is
               not
               unfrequently
               sold
               for
               one
               hundred
               pounds
               of
               Silver
               ;
               which
               is
               not
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               if
               they
               justly
               ascribe
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               in
               those
               Countrys
               Men
               are
               not
               subject
               to
               the
               Stone
               ,
               or
               the
               Gout
               ,
               and
               if
               but
               one
               half
               of
               the
               Virtues
               he
               there
               attributes
               to
               it
               ,
               be
               for
               the
               most
               part
               to
               be
               found
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               might
               ,
               when
               I
               told
               you
               of
               the
               variety
               of
               Materials
               not
               used
               among
               us
               ,
               have
               added
               one
               strange
               Drink
               ,
               which
               a
               Chyrurgion
               ,
               that
               a
               while
               since
               lived
               at
               in
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ,
               told
               me
               ,
               he
               saw
               much
               used
               thereabouts
               :
               They
               make
               it
               of
               the
               raw
               Flesh
               of
               Goats
               ,
               Capons
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               which
               ,
               together
               with
               Rice
               and
               Molossos
               (
               or
               black
               course
               Suger
               )
               they
               put
               into
               a
               quantity
               of
               Water
               ,
               and
               distil
               it
               in
               an
               Alimbick
               till
               the
               Liquor
               be
               stronger
               then
               Brandy
               (
               as
               they
               call
               common
               weak
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               or
               of
               Lees
               of
               Vinous
               Liquors
               )
               And
               this
               Rack
               (
               as
               the
               extravagant
               Liquor
               is
               call'd
               )
               is
               often
               drunk
               in
               hot
               weather
               ,
               and
               found
               very
               comfortable
               :
               those
               that
               use
               it
               ,
               prizing
               it
               much
               ,
               as
               supposing
               it
               draws
               a
               nutritive
               and
               cherishing
               virtue
               from
               the
               Flesh
               ;
               as
               indeed
               ,
               if
               any
               quantity
               of
               the
               nobler
               parts
               of
               that
               ,
               do
               concur
               to
               the
               constituting
               of
               the
               Liquor
               ,
               it
               may
               probably
               be
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               divers
               Bodies
               ,
               very
               wholsome
               in
               that
               Country
               ,
               where
               they
               finde
               strong
               Drinks
               necessary
               to
               recruit
               their
               Spirits
               ,
               exhausted
               by
               the
               excessive
               heat
               of
               the
               Climate
               .
               As
               I
               remember
               ,
               the
               experienced
               Bontius
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Medicina
                 Indorum
              
               ,
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               Merchants
               travelling
               through
               the
               scorching
               Deserts
               of
               
                 Arabia
                 ,
                 Persia
              
               ,
               or
               Turkey
               ,
               
               finde
               it
               best
               to
               quench
               their
               thirst
               by
               a
               draught
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               ,
               or
               else
               of
               the
               strongest
               Persian
               or
               Spanish
               Wine
               .
            
             
               And
               of
               the
               great
               use
               ,
               if
               not
               necessity
               of
               either
               Brandy
               ,
               
               or
               such
               other
               strong
               and
               Spirituous
               Drinks
               in
               the
               hot
               Climats
               of
               the
               Indies
               ,
               divers
               intelligent
               Persons
               of
               our
               own
               Country
               ,
               have
               ,
               upon
               their
               own
               experience
               ,
               sufficiently
               satisfied
               us
               .
            
             
               Nor
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               is
               Natural
               Philosophy
               able
               onely
               to
               improve
               our
               Drinks
               ,
               but
               the
               rest
               of
               our
               Aliments
               also
               :
               For
               not
               to
               mention
               ,
               that
               Experience
               hath
               assur'd
               us
               ,
               that
               by
               skilfully
               contriv'd
               Ovens
               (
               wherein
               the
               heat
               plays
               every
               way
               about
               the
               Bread
               ,
               without
               yet
               suffering
               any
               of
               the
               smoke
               or
               steams
               of
               the
               Fire
               to
               come
               at
               it
               ,
               and
               wherein
               what
               degree
               of
               heat
               you
               please
               may
               be
               continu'd
               from
               first
               to
               last
               )
               better
               Bread
               may
               be
               bak'd
               ,
               then
               in
               our
               common
               Ovens
               ,
               where
               the
               Bread
               rests
               upon
               the
               Harth
               ,
               and
               the
               heat
               is
               continually
               decaying
               .
               Not
               to
               mention
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               Physiologie
               can
               inable
               us
               to
               confer
               a
               very
               grateful
               taste
               on
               very
               many
               of
               the
               things
               we
               eat
               ,
               barely
               by
               a
               skilful
               and
               moderate
               untying
               and
               exciting
               the
               formerly
               clogg'd
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               other
               sapid
               parts
               contain'd
               in
               them
               .
               It
               can
               teach
               us
               to
               make
               better
               Bread
               then
               is
               commonly
               eaten
               :
               And
               by
               discovering
               to
               us
               a
               better
               Art
               of
               Cookry
               ,
               then
               Apitius
               and
               his
               Successors
               have
               left
               us
               ,
               and
               by
               substituting
               innocently
               sapid
               things
               ,
               instead
               of
               those
               unwholsome
               ones
               ,
               their
               deliciousness
               endears
               to
               Men
               ;
               It
               can
               teach
               us
               to
               gratifie
               Mens
               Palates
               ,
               without
               offending
               their
               healths
               :
               &
               in
               preserving
               of
               fresh
               Meats
               ,
               Fruits
               ,
               &c.
               beyond
               their
               wonted
               seasons
               of
               duration
               ,
               the
               Naturalists
               skill
               may
               perform
               much
               more
               then
               you
               will
               readily
               believe
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               to
               incline
               you
               not
               to
               be
               too
               diffident
               in
               this
               particular
               ,
               let
               me
               inform
               you
               ,
               That
               much
               hath
               been
               already
               perform'd
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               Aliments
               ,
               even
               by
               those
               that
               have
               not
               troubled
               themselves
               to
               make
               Philosophical
               enquiries
               after
               the
               Causes
               and
               Remedies
               of
               Putrefaction
               in
               Bodies
               ,
               but
               onely
               have
               been
               taught
               by
               obvious
               and
               daily
               Observations
               ,
               that
               the
               Air
               doth
               much
               contribute
               to
               the
               corruption
               
               of
               some
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               the
               exclusion
               of
               Air
               to
               the
               hindring
               it
               .
               I
               remember
               ,
               the
               inquisitive
               and
               learned
               Mr.
               Borreel
               ,
               assur'd
               me
               some
               while
               since
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               in
               his
               Country
               ,
               Holland
               ,
               eaten
               Bisket
               that
               was
               yet
               good
               ,
               after
               it
               had
               been
               carryed
               from
               Amsterdam
               to
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ,
               and
               brought
               back
               thence
               again
               (
               in
               which
               Voyage
               ,
               between
               two
               and
               three
               Years
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               spent
               )
               And
               to
               confirm
               my
               conjecture
               of
               the
               way
               of
               preserving
               this
               Bread
               so
               long
               :
               He
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               the
               curious
               Merchant
               whose
               it
               was
               ,
               used
               no
               other
               Art
               ,
               then
               the
               stowing
               his
               Bisket
               ,
               well
               baked
               ,
               in
               Casks
               exactly
               calk'd
               ;
               and
               besides
               ,
               carefully
               lin'd
               with
               Tin
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               perfect
               exclusion
               of
               the
               Air.
               Adding
               ,
               That
               to
               the
               same
               end
               the
               Biskets
               were
               so
               placed
               ,
               as
               to
               leave
               as
               little
               room
               as
               possibly
               might
               be
               in
               the
               Cask
               ,
               which
               also
               was
               not
               opened
               ,
               but
               in
               case
               of
               absolute
               necessity
               ,
               and
               then
               presently
               and
               carefully
               closed
               again
               .
            
             
               I
               may
               elsewhere
               tell
               you
               of
               an
               eminent
               Naturalist
               ,
               a
               Friend
               of
               yours
               and
               mine
               ,
               that
               hath
               a
               strange
               way
               of
               preserving
               Fruits
               ,
               whereby
               even
               Goof-berries
               have
               been
               kept
               for
               many
               Moneths
               ,
               without
               the
               addition
               of
               Sugar
               ,
               Salt
               ,
               or
               other
               tangible
               Bodies
               ;
               but
               all
               that
               I
               dare
               yet
               tell
               you
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               he
               assures
               me
               his
               Secret
               consists
               in
               a
               new
               and
               artificial
               way
               of
               keeping
               them
               from
               the
               Air.
               
            
             
               But
               it
               seems
               more
               difficult
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               more
               useful
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               preserve
               Meat
               long
               without
               Salt
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               Navigators
               ,
               how
               frequently
               ,
               in
               long
               Voyages
               ,
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               other
               Diseases
               ,
               are
               contracted
               by
               the
               want
               of
               fresh
               Meat
               ,
               and
               the
               necessity
               of
               feeding
               constantly
               upon
               none
               but
               strongly
               poudred
               Flesh
               ,
               or
               salted
               Fish
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               he
               is
               much
               to
               be
               commended
               that
               hath
               first
               devised
               the
               way
               to
               keep
               Flesh
               sweet
               ,
               without
               the
               help
               of
               those
               freeting
               Salts
               Men
               are
               wont
               to
               use
               to
               make
               it
               keep
               .
               This
               way
               is
               not
               unknown
               
               known
               to
               some
               ingenious
               Persons
               in
               London
               :
               One
               of
               the
               most
               noted
               of
               whom
               ,
               upon
               my
               conjecturing
               how
               it
               may
               be
               perform'd
               ,
               confess'd
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               had
               hit
               upon
               the
               way
               in
               general
               :
               But
               the
               most
               satisfactory
               account
               I
               could
               get
               of
               it
               ,
               was
               from
               an
               English
               Man
               ,
               that
               lately
               practised
               Physick
               in
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ,
               who
               ,
               finding
               I
               was
               no
               stranger
               to
               what
               I
               asked
               him
               about
               ,
               told
               me
               freely
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               seen
               both
               Goats-flesh
               ,
               and
               Hens
               ,
               so
               well
               preserved
               by
               this
               way
               ,
               that
               though
               it
               were
               put
               up
               in
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               awhile
               before
               he
               came
               thence
               ,
               yet
               he
               eat
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               found
               it
               good
               and
               wholsome
               ,
               between
               the
               Islands
               of
               
                 Cape
                 Verd
              
               (
               as
               the
               Sea-men
               call
               them
               )
               and
               England
               ;
               so
               that
               this
               Meat-continued
               sweet
               above
               six
               Moneths
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               heat
               and
               closeness
               of
               the
               Ship
               ,
               the
               excessive
               heat
               they
               met
               with
               in
               their
               Passage
               under
               the
               Line
               ,
               and
               consequently
               through
               the
               Torrid
               Zone
               :
               and
               that
               the
               way
               was
               onely
               this
               ,
               That
               the
               Meat
               being
               well
               roasted
               ,
               and
               cut
               in
               pieces
               ,
               was
               carefully
               and
               conveniently
               ranged
               in
               a
               very
               close
               Cask
               ,
               into
               which
               ,
               afterwards
               ,
               there
               was
               poured
               as
               much
               Butter
               melted
               ,
               skimmed
               ,
               and
               decanted
               from
               the
               grosser
               and
               ranker
               Parts
               ,
               as
               would
               fill
               up
               all
               the
               intervals
               left
               between
               the
               several
               pieces
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               swim
               about
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               thereby
               keep
               out
               the
               Air
               from
               approaching
               them
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               Cask
               ,
               being
               exactly
               closed
               ,
               was
               stow'd
               up
               in
               a
               convenient
               place
               in
               the
               Ship
               ,
               and
               kept
               unopen'd
               till
               the
               Meat
               was
               to
               be
               eaten
               .
               And
               it
               must
               not
               be
               omitted
               ,
               that
               the
               Relator
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               had
               the
               care
               of
               making
               Provision
               for
               the
               Voyage
               ,
               were
               fain
               ,
               instead
               of
               Butter
               made
               of
               Cows
               Milk
               (
               which
               could
               not
               be
               had
               where
               they
               took
               in
               their
               Lading
               )
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               made
               of
               Goats
               ,
               or
               Ews
               Milk
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               (
               as
               the
               Indians
               make
               it
               )
               so
               good
               ,
               and
               to
               whose
               rankness
               he
               ascribed
               that
               which
               he
               had
               observed
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Meat
               buried
               in
               it
               ,
               which
               he
               thought
               might
               have
               been
               preserved
               longer
               ,
               
               and
               
                 better
                 tasted
              
               (
               for
               wholsome
               and
               incorrupt
               he
               said
               it
               was
               )
               in
               our
               European
               Butter
               ,
               whose
               power
               to
               preserve
               Meat
               bury'd
               in
               it
               ,
               after
               due
               Coction
               ,
               hath
               been
               confirmed
               to
               me
               upon
               their
               own
               observation
               ,
               by
               an
               experienc'd
               Officer
               of
               the
               English
               Fleet
               ,
               that
               had
               the
               over-sight
               of
               the
               Provisions
               ,
               and
               by
               others
               that
               had
               opportunity
               to
               observe
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               how
               much
               the
               Naturalists
               skill
               may
               advance
               the
               Dietetical
               part
               of
               Physick
               ,
               by
               enabling
               Men
               to
               make
               Aliments
               much
               lastinger
               then
               naturally
               they
               are
               ,
               I
               must
               not
               here
               labor
               to
               convince
               you
               by
               other
               instances
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               not
               anticipate
               what
               we
               have
               elsewhere
               to
               acquaint
               you
               with
               ,
               from
               other
               Mens
               Experiments
               ,
               and
               our
               own
               ,
               about
               the
               conservation
               of
               Bodies
               .
               Onely
               I
               shall
               at
               present
               tell
               you
               in
               general
               ,
               That
               I
               hope
               there
               will
               be
               ways
               found
               out
               to
               preserve
               even
               raw
               Flesh
               it self
               (
               for
               of
               the
               keeping
               of
               roasted
               ,
               we
               have
               just
               now
               given
               you
               an
               instance
               )
               with
               things
               that
               do
               not
               so
               much
               fret
               it
               ,
               nor
               give
               it
               so
               corrosive
               a
               quality
               ,
               when
               eaten
               ,
               as
               our
               common
               Salt
               doth
               .
               For
               not
               to
               mention
               what
               several
               curious
               Persons
               have
               practised
               ,
               of
               salting
               Neats
               Tongues
               with
               Salt-peter
               ,
               which
               though
               done
               onely
               to
               make
               them
               look
               red
               ,
               shews
               that
               a
               Body
               ,
               not
               corrosive
               like
               common
               Salt
               ,
               may
               preserve
               Flesh
               :
               I
               have
               ,
               for
               tryal
               sake
               ,
               kept
               an
               entire
               Puppy
               of
               pretty
               bigness
               ,
               untainted
               for
               many
               Weeks
               (
               and
               that
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Summer
               )
               and
               that
               without
               slaying
               ,
               drying
               (
               by
               Fire
               or
               otherwise
               )
               or
               so
               much
               as
               exenterating
               him
               ,
               or
               cleansing
               him
               ,
               or
               doing
               any
               thing
               towards
               the
               preserving
               of
               him
               ,
               save
               the
               keeping
               him
               immersed
               in
               a
               well
               stopt
               Vessel
               ,
               under
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               (
               from
               whose
               taste
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               Meat
               may
               be
               easily
               freed
               by
               Water
               )
               and
               there
               seemed
               small
               cause
               to
               doubt
               ,
               that
               the
               onely
               thing
               that
               hindred
               me
               from
               keeping
               him
               much
               longer
               ,
               was
               the
               want
               of
               time
               to
               pursue
               the
               Experiment
               ,
               and
               take
               notice
               of
               its
               success
               :
               For
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               have
               the
               same
               
               way
               kept
               a
               soft
               Substance
               ,
               taken
               raw
               from
               an
               Ox
               or
               Cow
               ,
               for
               many
               Moneths
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               eighteen
               or
               twenty
               )
               and
               found
               no
               putrefaction
               or
               ill
               sent
               in
               the
               immersed
               substance
               ,
               which
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               might
               have
               been
               preserved
               divers
               Years
               together
               the
               same
               way
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ,
               by
               an
               easie
               improvement
               of
               this
               method
               ,
               of
               which
               ,
               as
               I
               lately
               intimated
               ,
               I
               intend
               you
               hereafter
               an
               account
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               shall
               further
               adde
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               That
               if
               we
               reflect
               upon
               Suger
               ,
               which
               is
               (
               at
               least
               in
               these
               Western
               Regions
               )
               but
               an
               almost
               recent
               discovery
               ,
               and
               consider
               how
               many
               Bodies
               are
               with
               it
               ,
               by
               Confectioners
               and
               others
               ,
               not
               onely
               preserv'd
               ,
               but
               rendred
               exceeding
               grateful
               to
               the
               taste
               ;
               that
               single
               instance
               may
               suffice
               to
               make
               us
               think
               it
               probable
               ,
               that
               expedients
               yet
               unthought
               of
               ,
               may
               ,
               by
               an
               insight
               into
               Nature
               ,
               be
               found
               out
               ,
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               Bodies
               ;
               especially
               ,
               if
               our
               ingenious
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               W.
               would
               shew
               us
               ,
               how
               out
               of
               divers
               other
               Concreats
               ,
               besides
               the
               Suger
               Cane
               ,
               a
               Substance
               not
               unlike
               Suger
               (
               though
               of
               different
               taste
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Vegetable
               that
               affords
               it
               )
               may
               ,
               by
               a
               peculiar
               industry
               ,
               be
               prepar'd
               :
               which
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               not
               think
               unfeazable
               ,
               let
               me
               mention
               to
               you
               (
               for
               perhaps
               he
               hath
               not
               yet
               taken
               notice
               of
               it
               )
               what
               even
               Indians
               have
               done
               of
               this
               nature
               .
               And
               first
               ,
               let
               me
               inform
               you
               of
               what
               we
               are
               told
               by
               Linschoten
               *
               concerning
               that
               Drink
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               they
               call
               Sura
               ,
               and
               made
               of
               the
               Liquor
               dropping
               from
               the
               Blossoms
               ,
               that
               they
               cut
               away
               from
               the
               Indian
               Palm
               Tree
               which
               bears
               the
               Coco
               Nut.
               For
               of
               this
               Sura
               ,
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               amongst
               other
               things
               ,
               they
               make
               Suger
               (
               which
               is
               called
               Jagra
               )
               which
               is
               
               made
               by
               boiling
               that
               Liquor
               ,
               and
               setting
               it
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               where
               it
               congeals
               to
               Suger
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               I
               must
               not
               conceal
               from
               you
               ,
               that
               our
               Author
               adds
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               much
               esteemed
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               brown
               colour
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               (
               to
               use
               his
               words
               )
               they
               have
               so
               great
               quantity
               and
               abundance
               of
               white
               Suger
               th●●ughout
               all
               India
               ,
               yet
               the
               latter
               reason
               ,
               of
               the
               cheapness
               of
               Jagra
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               the
               principal
               .
               For
               probably
               ,
               if
               other
               Suger
               were
               scarce
               ,
               the
               melioration
               of
               this
               would
               be
               attempted
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               very
               likely
               ,
               That
               if
               a
               skilful
               Naturalist
               had
               the
               ordering
               of
               that
               sweet
               Juice
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               Indians
               make
               their
               Jagra
               ,
               he
               might
               very
               well
               make
               of
               it
               a
               Suger
               of
               no
               small
               use
               ;
               and
               such
               a
               Suger
               would
               be
               very
               convenient
               in
               many
               cases
               ,
               and
               to
               many
               Persons
               ,
               for
               its
               being
               different
               from
               the
               common
               Suger
               ,
               though
               it
               should
               not
               be
               better
               .
               Garcillassus
               also
               (
               a
               much
               applauded
               Writer
               concerning
               the
               
                 West
                 Indies
              
               )
               treating
               of
               the
               Fruits
               of
               a
               Peruvian
               Tree
               ,
               call'd
               by
               some
               Molle
               ,
               
               and
               by
               others
               
                 Mull●
                 conficiunt
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 ex
                 eo
                 potum
                 confricando
                 blande
                 inter
                 manu●
                 in
                 aquâ
                 calidâ
                 donec
                 dulcor
                 omnis
                 defricetur
                 :
                 Percolam
                 hanc
                 aquam
                 seruantque
                 dies
                 tres
                 quatuorve
                 donec
                 subsideat
                 .
                 potus
                 est
                 limpidissimus
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               
                 Aqua
                 eadem
                 cocta
                 convertitur
                 in
                 optimum
                 mel
              
               :
               And
               of
               the
               same
               Plant
               ,
               
                 Petrus
                 de
                 Cieca
              
               hath
               this
               confirming
               Passage
               ,
               
                 Ex
                 hujus
                 fructu
                 cum
                 aquâ
                 decocto
                 ,
              
               
               
                 pr●coctura
                 modo
                 ,
                 fit
                 aut
                 vinum
                 sive
                 potio
                 admodum
                 bona
                 aut
                 acetum
                 aut
                 mel
                 .
              
               And
               that
               there
               is
               a
               great
               affinity
               betwixt
               such
               Vegetable
               Hony's
               and
               Suger
               ,
               especially
               if
               the
               Juices
               be
               ordered
               with
               a
               design
               of
               turning
               them
               rather
               into
               Suger
               then
               Honey
               ,
               you
               may
               easily
               gather
               from
               the
               next
               and
               more
               memorable
               instance
               which
               we
               are
               to
               mention
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               afforded
               us
               by
               the
               diligent
               Describer
               of
               the
               Brasilian
               Plants
               ,
               who
               treating
               of
               the
               Caraguata
               ,
               or
               
                 Erva
                 Babosa
              
               (
               or
               as
               some
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               
                 Herba
                 innominata
                 caule
                 portulaca
              
               )
               hath
               these
               
               words
               to
               our
               present
               purpose
               :
               Porro
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 radendo
                 novacula
                 petrosa
                 stolones
                 ,
                 emanat
                 ex
                 concavitate
                 liquor
                 quidam
                 tantâ
                 copiâ
                 ut
                 ex
                 unâ
                 solummodo
                 plantâ
                 (
                 Mirabile
                 dictu
                 )
                 interdum
              
               50.
               
                 aut
                 plures
                 arobae
                 effluant
                 è
                 quo
                 liquore
                 fit
                 vinum
                 ,
                 acetum
                 ,
                 mel
                 &
                 saccharum
                 :
                 liquor
                 quippe
                 per
                 se
                 dulcis
                 coquendo
                 redditur
                 multo
                 su●●●ior
                 &
                 spissior
                 ,
                 ita
                 ut
                 tandem
                 in
                 saccharum
                 congelascat
                 .
              
            
             
               Since
               the
               writing
               of
               these
               last
               Lines
               ,
               being
               visited
               by
               an
               ancient
               Virtuoso
               ,
               Governor
               to
               a
               considerable
               Colony
               in
               the
               Northern
               America
               ,
               and
               inquiring
               of
               him
               ,
               among
               other
               particularities
               touching
               his
               Country
               ,
               something
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               thoughts
               I
               had
               about
               the
               making
               of
               several
               kindes
               of
               Suger
               ,
               he
               assur'd
               me
               ,
               upon
               his
               own
               experience
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               in
               some
               parts
               of
               
                 New
                 England
              
               ,
               a
               kinde
               of
               Tree
               ,
               so
               like
               our
               Wallnut-trees
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               there
               so
               called
               ,
               whose
               Juice
               that
               weeps
               out
               of
               its
               Incisions
               ,
               &c.
               if
               it
               be
               permitted
               slowly
               to
               exhale
               away
               the
               superfluous
               moisture
               ,
               doth
               congeal
               into
               a
               sweet
               and
               saccharine
               substance
               ;
               and
               the
               like
               was
               confirmed
               to
               me
               ,
               upon
               his
               own
               knowledge
               ,
               by
               the
               Agent
               of
               the
               great
               and
               populous
               Colony
               of
               the
               Masathusets
               .
               And
               very
               lately
               demanding
               of
               a
               very
               eminent
               and
               skilful
               Planter
               ,
               why
               ,
               living
               in
               a
               part
               of
               America
               ,
               too
               cold
               to
               bare
               Sugar-Canes
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               try
               to
               make
               Sugar
               of
               that
               very
               sweet
               Liquor
               ,
               which
               the
               Stalks
               of
               Maiz
               ,
               by
               many
               called
               Indian
               Wheat
               ,
               affords
               ,
               when
               their
               Juice
               is
               expressed
               ;
               he
               promised
               me
               he
               would
               make
               tryal
               of
               it
               :
               Adding
               ,
               That
               he
               should
               do
               it
               very
               hopefully
               ,
               because
               that
               though
               he
               had
               never
               been
               solicitous
               to
               bring
               this
               Juice
               into
               a
               saccharine
               form
               ,
               yet
               having
               several
               times
               ,
               for
               tryal
               sake
               ,
               boild
               it
               up
               to
               Syrup
               ,
               and
               employed
               it
               to
               sweeten
               Tarts
               ,
               and
               other
               things
               ,
               the
               Guests
               could
               not
               perceive
               that
               they
               were
               otherwise
               sweetned
               then
               with
               Sugar
               .
               And
               he
               
               farther
               added
               ,
               That
               both
               he
               and
               others
               ,
               had
               ,
               in
               
                 New
                 England
              
               ,
               made
               such
               a
               Syrrup
               with
               the
               Juice
               of
               Water
               Melons
               .
            
             
               Nor
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               is
               it
               onely
               by
               teaching
               Men
               to
               improve
               the
               wholesomness
               and
               tasts
               of
               the
               Aliments
               ,
               or
               to
               keep
               them
               long
               uncorrupted
               ,
               that
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               contribute
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               Man's
               health
               :
               For
               from
               the
               ingenious
               attempts
               of
               Sanctorius
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Medicina
                 Statica
              
               ,
               we
               may
               be
               invited
               to
               hope
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               ways
               ,
               as
               yet
               unthought
               of
               ,
               to
               investigate
               the
               wholesomness
               or
               insalubrity
               of
               Aliments
               ;
               as
               he
               ,
               by
               the
               weight
               of
               Bodies
               ,
               after
               having
               fed
               on
               such
               and
               such
               Meats
               ,
               findes
               that
               Swines
               Flesh
               ,
               Melons
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               things
               that
               he
               names
               (
               in
               the
               third
               Section
               )
               do
               much
               hinder
               insensible
               Perspiration
               ,
               and
               consequently
               are
               unwholsome
               ;
               though
               ,
               as
               I
               take
               it
               ,
               it
               were
               not
               amiss
               ,
               that
               before
               such
               Observations
               be
               fram'd
               into
               general
               and
               establish'd
               Aphorisms
               ,
               they
               were
               carefully
               made
               in
               Bodies
               of
               differing
               Ages
               ,
               Sexes
               and
               Complexions
               ,
               and
               with
               variety
               of
               Circumstances
               :
               But
               then
               again
               ,
               presuming
               these
               Maximes
               to
               be
               judiciously
               fram'd
               ,
               the
               same
               
                 Statica
                 Medicina
              
               makes
               it
               hopeful
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               unthought-of
               Methods
               found
               ,
               whereby
               ,
               by
               ways
               different
               from
               those
               formerly
               used
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               a
               Man
               may
               be
               much
               assisted
               in
               the
               whole
               manner
               of
               ordering
               himself
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               preserve
               health
               ,
               and
               to
               foresee
               and
               prevent
               the
               approach
               of
               many
               Distempers
               .
               And
               perhaps
               by
               such
               unthought-of
               ways
               ,
               divers
               Paradoxes
               of
               concernment
               to
               Mans
               health
               may
               be
               made
               out
               ,
               as
               the
               diligent
               Sanctorius
               to
               that
               Observation
               proposed
               in
               these
               words
               
                 Semel
                 aut
                 bis
                 in
                 mense
                 facto
                 excessu
                 in
                 cibo
                 &
                 potu
                 ,
                 die
                 sequenti
                 ,
              
               
               
                 licet
                 sensibiliter
                 non
                 evacuet
                 ,
                 minus
                 solito
                 perpendit
                 annexus
              
               (
               in
               the
               following
               Aphorism
               )
               addeth
               this
               important
               Corollary
               :
               
                 Victus
                 uniformis
                 caret
                 beneficio
                 illorum
                 qui
                 semel
                 vel
                 bis
                 in
                 mense
                 excedunt
                 :
                 
                 expultrix
                 enim
                 à
                 copia
                 irritata
                 excitat
                 tantum
                 perspiratus
                 ,
                 quantum
                 sine
                 statica
                 nemo
                 crederet
                 .
              
               And
               indeed
               ,
               experience
               hath
               informed
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               promoting
               or
               suppressing
               of
               insensible
               transpiration
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               in
               a
               day
               ,
               the
               Body
               may
               discharge
               it self
               of
               four
               or
               five
               pound
               of
               excrementitious
               Matter
               ,
               hath
               a
               much
               greater
               power
               to
               advantage
               or
               prejudice
               health
               ,
               then
               is
               wont
               to
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               ;
               so
               that
               we
               see
               that
               the
               Staticks
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               long
               known
               ,
               were
               thought
               useless
               to
               Physick
               ,
               may
               afford
               several
               important
               directions
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               Mans
               health
               ;
               to
               which
               there
               are
               likewise
               other
               ways
               whereby
               the
               Naturalist
               may
               contribute
               .
               For
               he
               may
               also
               devise
               means
               ,
               whereby
               to
               judge
               of
               the
               qualities
               of
               Aliments
               ,
               especially
               Drinks
               in
               their
               respective
               kindes
               ;
               and
               likewise
               of
               the
               temperature
               of
               the
               Air
               in
               this
               or
               that
               place
               assign'd
               ,
               we
               shall
               ,
               in
               one
               of
               the
               following
               Essays
               ,
               describe
               to
               you
               a
               small
               slight
               Instrument
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               which
               ,
               one
               that
               is
               acquainted
               with
               this
               or
               that
               particular
               sort
               of
               Wine
               ,
               may
               give
               a
               near
               guess
               whether
               it
               be
               embased
               with
               Water
               or
               not
               .
               And
               whereas
               in
               most
               hot
               Countrys
               ,
               where
               Water
               being
               the
               common
               Drink
               ,
               't
               is
               of
               great
               concernments
               to
               Mans
               health
               to
               be
               able
               to
               make
               a
               good
               estimate
               of
               the
               salubrity
               of
               it
               ;
               And
               whereas
               Physitians
               are
               wont
               to
               think
               Water
               
                 caeteris
                 paribus
              
               ,
               the
               better
               and
               purer
               the
               lighter
               it
               is
               ,
               this
               Instrument
               presently
               manifests
               ,
               without
               any
               trouble
               of
               weighing
               in
               Scales
               ,
               what
               among
               any
               Waters
               propos'd
               is
               the
               heaviest
               ,
               and
               which
               the
               lightest
               ,
               and
               what
               difference
               there
               is
               of
               gravity
               betwixt
               them
               :
               And
               this
               disparity
               may
               sometimes
               be
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               I
               remember
               some
               of
               our
               English
               Navigators
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               upon
               bringing
               home
               a
               so●t
               of
               Water
               out
               of
               Africa
               into
               England
               ,
               they
               found
               ,
               by
               the
               common
               way
               of
               ponderation
               ,
               the
               African
               Water
               in
               the
               same
               bulk
               ,
               to
               be
               about
               four
               Ounces
               in
               the
               pound
               lighter
               then
               
               the
               English.
               And
               as
               the
               thickness
               or
               lightness
               of
               Waters
               may
               be
               thus
               presently
               discerned
               by
               this
               Hydrostatical
               way
               ,
               so
               't
               is
               possible
               ,
               by
               some
               Chymical
               Experiments
               ,
               easily
               enough
               to
               discover
               some
               other
               qualities
               ,
               wherein
               Waters
               ,
               that
               are
               thought
               to
               be
               of
               the
               same
               nature
               ,
               differ
               from
               each
               other
               ;
               as
               we
               finde
               that
               very
               many
               Pump-waters
               will
               not
               bear
               Soap
               ,
               as
               Rain-waters
               ,
               and
               the
               generality
               of
               Spring-waters
               will
               do
               :
               some
               Water
               will
               not
               well
               dye
               Scarlet
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               particular
               colour
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               secretly
               imbued
               with
               some
               kinde
               of
               saline
               Substance
               ,
               that
               hath
               an
               operation
               it
               should
               not
               have
               upon
               the
               Ingredients
               imployed
               by
               the
               Dyer
               .
               And
               I
               have
               sometimes
               discovered
               a
               latent
               Sea-salt
               in
               Water
               ,
               where
               others
               suspected
               no
               such
               matter
               ,
               by
               pouring
               into
               it
               a
               solution
               of
               good
               Silver
               ,
               made
               in
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               :
               For
               as
               common
               Salt
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Spirit
               of
               it
               ,
               will
               precipitate
               the
               Metal
               out
               of
               such
               a
               solution
               ,
               in
               the
               form
               of
               a
               white
               Calx
               ;
               so
               it
               seem'd
               rational
               to
               conceive
               ,
               that
               in
               case
               the
               Water
               I
               suspected
               had
               been
               imbued
               in
               its
               passage
               through
               the
               Earth
               with
               a
               saline
               quality
               ,
               though
               not
               conspicuous
               enough
               to
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               by
               the
               taste
               ;
               these
               saline
               Corpuscles
               diffused
               through
               the
               Water
               ,
               would
               ,
               though
               faintly
               ,
               act
               their
               parts
               upon
               the
               dissolved
               Silver
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               I
               found
               ,
               that
               upon
               the
               mixtures
               of
               such
               Waters
               ,
               and
               the
               Metalline
               solution
               ,
               there
               would
               immediately
               be
               produced
               a
               kinde
               of
               whiteness
               (
               from
               some
               parts
               of
               the
               Metal
               precipitated
               by
               the
               Salt
               :
               )
               to
               avoid
               which
               ,
               I
               have
               often
               been
               fain
               to
               use
               ,
               in
               places
               where
               I
               met
               with
               such
               Waters
               ,
               either
               Rain-water
               ,
               or
               that
               which
               is
               freed
               from
               its
               common
               Salt
               ,
               by
               a
               slow
               Distillation
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               temperature
               of
               the
               Air
               ,
               which
               is
               acknowledged
               to
               be
               of
               exceeding
               great
               consequence
               ,
               both
               as
               to
               health
               ,
               and
               as
               to
               the
               prolongation
               of
               life
               ;
               and
               which
               is
               possibly
               yet
               of
               greater
               moment
               to
               both
               then
               most
               Men
               imagine
               ,
               
               the
               skilful
               Naturalists
               sagacity
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               employed
               to
               that
               purpose
               ,
               might
               probably
               finde
               divers
               ways
               of
               discovering
               the
               qualities
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               salubrity
               and
               unhealthfulness
               of
               the
               Air
               in
               particular
               places
               .
               For
               the
               diligent
               Sanctorius
               (
               in
               the
               second
               Section
               of
               his
               
                 Medicina
                 Statica
              
               )
               teacheth
               us
               how
               to
               estimate
               the
               healthfulness
               and
               insalubrity
               of
               the
               Air
               ,
               by
               the
               weight
               of
               those
               Mens
               Bodies
               that
               live
               in
               it
               .
               And
               besides
               this
               (
               nice
               )
               way
               ,
               we
               see
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               late
               Invention
               of
               Weather-Glasses
               ,
               't
               is
               easie
               to
               discern
               which
               of
               two
               Neighboring
               Houses
               ,
               and
               which
               of
               two
               rooms
               in
               the
               same
               House
               is
               the
               colder
               .
               And
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               have
               sometimes
               bethought
               my self
               of
               a
               slight
               way
               (
               to
               be
               mention'd
               in
               one
               of
               the
               following
               Essays
               )
               by
               the
               help
               of
               which
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               hard
               to
               determine
               in
               which
               of
               two
               places
               proposed
               ,
               the
               Air
               is
               
                 caeteris
                 paribus
              
               ,
               the
               dryer
               or
               the
               moister
               ;
               And
               to
               give
               also
               some
               guess
               ,
               both
               how
               much
               at
               the
               same
               time
               the
               Air
               of
               one
               place
               exceeds
               that
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               temperature
               of
               the
               Air
               changeth
               in
               the
               same
               place
               at
               several
               times
               ,
               either
               of
               those
               qualities
               .
               And
               that
               the
               differing
               operations
               of
               several
               Airs
               ,
               upon
               certain
               sorts
               of
               Flesh
               hung
               in
               them
               ,
               upon
               some
               fading
               colours
               ,
               upon
               Bodies
               subject
               to
               gather
               rust
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               tarnish'd
               ;
               and
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               upon
               divers
               other
               subjects
               ,
               may
               be
               more
               considerable
               then
               Men
               seem
               yet
               to
               have
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               I
               shall
               think
               it
               sufficient
               to
               have
               intimated
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               being
               desirous
               to
               hasten
               to
               the
               following
               Essay
               (
               wherewith
               I
               am
               to
               conclude
               ,
               what
               I
               have
               to
               offer
               to
               you
               concerning
               Physick
               )
               that
               I
               may
               have
               the
               more
               time
               to
               employ
               on
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ESSAY
               V.
               Proposing
               some
               Particulars
               wherein
               Natutural
               Philosophy
               may
               be
               useful
               to
               the
               Therapeutical
               part
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               ANd
               now
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               the
               method
               that
               we
               formerly
               prescrib'd
               to
               our selves
               (
               a
               little
               after
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               first
               Essay
               )
               requires
               ,
               that
               we
               consider
               awhile
               the
               Therapeutical
               part
               of
               Physick
               ,
               which
               is
               indeed
               that
               ,
               whose
               improvement
               would
               be
               the
               most
               beneficial
               to
               Mankinde
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               cannot
               here
               forbear
               to
               wish
               ,
               That
               divers
               Learned
               Physitians
               were
               more
               concern'd
               ,
               then
               they
               seem
               to
               be
               ,
               to
               advance
               the
               Curative
               part
               of
               their
               Profession
               ;
               without
               which
               ,
               three
               at
               least
               of
               the
               four
               others
               may
               prove
               indeed
               delightful
               and
               beneficial
               to
               the
               Physitian
               ,
               but
               will
               be
               of
               very
               little
               use
               to
               the
               Patient
               ,
               whose
               relief
               is
               yet
               the
               principal
               end
               of
               Physick
               :
               whereunto
               the
               
                 Physiological
                 ,
                 Pathological
              
               ,
               and
               Semiotical
               parts
               of
               that
               Art
               ought
               to
               be
               referred
               .
               There
               was
               ,
               awhile
               since
               ,
               a
               witty
               Doctor
               ,
               who
               being
               asked
               by
               an
               Acquaintance
               of
               mine
               (
               himself
               an
               eminent
               Physitian
               ,
               and
               who
               related
               this
               unto
               me
               )
               why
               he
               would
               not
               give
               such
               a
               Patient
               more
               
                 Generous
                 Remedies
              
               ,
               seeing
               he
               grew
               so
               much
               worse
               under
               the
               use
               of
               those
               
                 common
                 Languid
                 ones
              
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               had
               been
               confin'd
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               at
               the
               last
               but
               dye
               with
               them
               
               in
               his
               Mouth
               ?
               briskly
               answered
               ,
               
                 Let
                 him
                 die
                 if
                 he
                 will
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 die
                 secundum
                 artem
                 .
              
               I
               hope
               there
               are
               very
               few
               of
               this
               Man's
               temper
               ,
               but
               it
               were
               to
               be
               wished
               ,
               that
               there
               were
               fewer
               Learned
               Men
               that
               think
               a
               Physitian
               hath
               done
               enough
               ,
               when
               he
               hath
               learnedly
               discoursed
               of
               the
               seat
               and
               nature
               of
               the
               Disease
               ,
               foretold
               the
               event
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               methodically
               imployed
               a
               company
               of
               safe
               ,
               but
               languid
               Remedies
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               often
               before
               found
               almost
               as
               unable
               to
               cure
               the
               Patient
               ,
               as
               unlikely
               to
               kill
               him
               .
               For
               by
               such
               an
               unprofitable
               way
               of
               proceeding
               ,
               to
               which
               some
               lazy
               or
               opinionated
               Practizers
               of
               Physick
               (
               I
               say
               some
               ,
               for
               I
               mean
               not
               all
               )
               have
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               its
               being
               safe
               ,
               confined
               themselves
               ;
               they
               have
               rendred
               their
               whole
               Profession
               too
               obnoxious
               to
               the
               Cavils
               of
               such
               Empericks
               ,
               as
               he
               that
               (
               as
               the
               Lord
               Verulam
               reports
               )
               was
               wont
               to
               say
               ,
               Your
               European
               Physitians
               are
               indeed
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               but
               they
               know
               not
               the
               particular
               Cures
               of
               Diseases
               ;
               and
               (
               unreverendly
               enough
               )
               to
               compare
               our
               Physitians
               to
               Bishops
               ,
               who
               had
               the
               Keys
               of
               
                 binding
                 and
                 loosing
              
               ,
               and
               nothing
               else
               :
               Which
               brings
               into
               my
               minde
               ,
               what
               Monsieur
               
                 De
                 Balsac
              
               relates
               (
               in
               his
               witty
               French
               Discourse
               
                 of
                 the
                 Court
              
               )
               of
               a
               Physitian
               of
               Millain
               ,
               that
               he
               knew
               at
               Padua
               ,
               who
               being
               content
               with
               a
               Possession
               of
               his
               Science
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               he
               said
               )
               
                 The
                 enjoyment
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
              
               ,
               did
               not
               onely
               not
               particularly
               enquire
               into
               the
               Cure
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               but
               boasted
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               kill'd
               a
               Man
               with
               the
               fairest
               Method
               in
               the
               World
               :
               
                 E
                 mort●
              
               (
               said
               he
               )
               
                 canonicamente
                 ,
                 è
                 con
                 tutti
                 gli
                 ordini
                 .
              
               And
               such
               Scoffs
               and
               Stories
               are
               readily
               enough
               entertain'd
               by
               the
               major
               part
               of
               Men
               ,
               who
               send
               for
               Physitians
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               to
               know
               what
               ails
               them
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               eas'd
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               had
               not
               rather
               been
               methodically
               kill'd
               ,
               then
               Empirically
               cured
               .
               And
               it
               doth
               indeed
               a
               little
               lessen
               even
               my
               esteem
               of
               the
               great
               Hippocrates's
               skill
               ,
               to
               finde
               mentioned
               in
               his
               Writings
               so
               many
               of
               his
               Patients
               ,
               
               of
               whom
               he
               concludes
               ,
               that
               they
               dyed
               :
               And
               I
               had
               much
               rather
               ,
               that
               the
               Physitian
               of
               any
               Friend
               of
               mine
               ,
               should
               keep
               his
               Patient
               by
               powerful
               Medicines
               from
               dying
               ,
               then
               tell
               me
               punctually
               when
               he
               shall
               die
               ,
               or
               shew
               me
               in
               the
               opened
               Carcase
               why
               it
               may
               be
               supposed
               he
               lived
               no
               longer
               .
               But
               ,
               Pyrophilus
               ,
               my
               concern
               for
               Mankinde
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               reputation
               of
               many
               excellent
               Physitians
               ,
               whose
               Profession
               suffers
               much
               by
               the
               want
               of
               either
               Industry
               or
               Charity
               ,
               in
               such
               as
               we
               have
               been
               speaking
               of
               ,
               hath
               diverted
               me
               longer
               then
               I
               thought
               ,
               from
               telling
               you
               ,
               That
               I
               suppose
               it
               will
               not
               be
               very
               difficult
               to
               perswade
               you
               ,
               that
               this
               so
               useful
               Therapeutical
               part
               of
               Physick
               is
               also
               capable
               of
               being
               much
               improved
               by
               a
               knowing
               Naturalist
               ,
               especially
               if
               he
               be
               an
               intelligent
               and
               expert
               Chymist
               ,
               as
               in
               this
               Essay
               we
               will
               suppose
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 SOme
                 Paracelsian
                 would
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 set
                 forth
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 more
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 Chymically
                 prepared
                 Medicines
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 loathsome
                 and
                 clogging
                 Galenical
                 Potions
                 Bolus's
                 ,
                 &c.
                 which
                 are
                 not
                 onely
                 odious
                 to
                 the
                 Takers
                 ,
                 but
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 much
                 worse
                 )
                 are
                 to
                 many
                 so
                 offensive
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 the
                 Patients
                 cannot
                 get
                 them
                 down
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 incensed
                 Stomack
                 returns
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 have
                 stayed
                 long
                 enough
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 more
                 then
                 distemper
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 much
                 insist
                 on
                 this
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 think
                 wholesomness
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 more
                 considerable
                 in
                 a
                 Remedy
                 then
                 pleasantness
                 :
                 though
                 ,
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 wish
                 that
                 Physitians
                 were
                 more
                 careful
                 to
                 keep
                 Patients
                 from
                 being
                 almost
                 as
                 much
                 troubled
                 by
                 Physick
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cure
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Prescription
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 citò
                 and
                 tutò
                 ,
                 but
                 jucundè
                 too
                 :
                 
                 Especially
                 considering
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 were
                 saying
                 ,
                 the
                 loathsomness
                 of
                 some
                 Medicines
                 maketh
                 the
                 Stomack
                 reject
                 them
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 can
                 have
                 performed
                 their
                 Operations
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 on
                 this
                 account
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 on
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 Oxford
                 Learned
                 &
                 Practical
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 of
                 your
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 make
                 very
                 frequent
                 use
                 (
                 on
                 Patients
                 not
                 Feverish
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 resin
                 of
                 Jalap
                 ,
                 barely
                 drawn
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 since
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 tryed
                 six
                 ,
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 Grains
                 ,
                 of
                 this
                 almost
                 insipid
                 Resin
                 ,
                 being
                 cleanly
                 prepared
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 Art
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 Gum-tragacanth
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 its
                 weight
                 of
                 powdred
                 Cinamon
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 made
                 up
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 ,
                 in
                 form
                 of
                 Pills
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Potion
                 ;
                 and
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 evacuate
                 plentifully
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 gripe
                 the
                 Patient
                 much
                 less
                 then
                 common
                 Purges
                 .
                 But
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 insist
                 on
                 this
                 .
                 I
                 might
                 better
                 commend
                 the
                 usefulness
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 to
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 from
                 hence
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 probable
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 emptying
                 Medicines
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Spagyrists
                 Art
                 ,
                 be
                 so
                 prepared
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 onely
                 to
                 be
                 less
                 offensive
                 then
                 common
                 Purges
                 or
                 Vomits
                 in
                 the
                 taking
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 less
                 painful
                 in
                 the
                 working
                 :
                 As
                 I
                 have
                 often
                 observed
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 my self
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 clear
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 loathsome
                 Mineral
                 
                   Waters
                   of
                   Barnet
                
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Medicine
                 wrought
                 with
                 me
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 times
                 in
                 a
                 Morning
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 did
                 not
                 either
                 pain
                 me
                 ,
                 or
                 make
                 me
                 sick
                 ,
                 or
                 disorder
                 me
                 for
                 the
                 remaining
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 any
                 thing
                 near
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 a
                 common
                 Pill
                 or
                 Potion
                 that
                 had
                 wrought
                 but
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 would
                 have
                 done
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 shall
                 elsewhere
                 (
                 God
                 permitting
                 )
                 teach
                 you
                 a
                 preparation
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 whereof
                 about
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Grains
                 being
                 made
                 up
                 (
                 with
                 any
                 proper
                 Conserve
                 )
                 into
                 a
                 little
                 Pill
                 ,
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 copious
                 evacuation
                 of
                 Serum
                 especially
                 (
                 in
                 Bodies
                 that
                 abound
                 with
                 it
                 )
                 without
                 making
                 the
                 Patient
                 almost
                 at
                 all
                 sick
                 ,
                 or
                 griping
                 him
                 :
                 Insomuch
                 that
                 
                 I
                 know
                 some
                 Persons
                 ,
                 both
                 Physitians
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 though
                 this
                 Medicine
                 work
                 frequently
                 in
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 stranger
                 )
                 once
                 taking
                 of
                 it
                 will
                 with
                 some
                 Persons
                 work
                 so
                 for
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 days
                 successively
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 go
                 abroad
                 and
                 follow
                 their
                 business
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 that
                 take
                 it
                 ,
                 tell
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 it
                 works
                 not
                 with
                 them
                 (
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 hath
                 freed
                 the
                 Body
                 from
                 superfluous
                 Serum
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 cease
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 Bodies
                 will
                 scarce
                 purge
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 it
                 neither
                 puts
                 them
                 to
                 pain
                 ,
                 nor
                 makes
                 them
                 sick
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 painless
                 ways
                 of
                 relieving
                 the
                 sick
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 another
                 way
                 ,
                 whereby
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 hop'd
                 ,
                 many
                 Patients
                 may
                 be
                 rescued
                 from
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 pain
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 by
                 finding
                 out
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 in
                 several
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 thought
                 to
                 belong
                 peculiarly
                 to
                 the
                 Chirurgions
                 hand
                 ,
                 excuse
                 the
                 need
                 of
                 Burning
                 ,
                 Cutting
                 ,
                 Trepaning
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 as
                 well
                 painful
                 as
                 terrible
                 manual
                 Operations
                 of
                 Chirurgery
                 .
                 Helmont
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 he
                 knew
                 a
                 Country
                 Fellow
                 ,
                 who
                 cur'd
                 all
                 fresh
                 Wounds
                 by
                 a
                 Drink
                 made
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 )
                 of
                 burnt
                 Tilia
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 inform'd
                 you
                 in
                 another
                 Essay
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 I
                 observed
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 exulcerated
                 Tumors
                 of
                 one
                 sick
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kings
                   Evil
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Beer
                 ,
                 altered
                 by
                 a
                 little
                 Plant
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 disturb
                 the
                 Taker
                 .
                 If
                 we
                 may
                 believe
                 ,
                 Helmont's
                 and
                 Paracelsus's
                 
                   Praecipitatus
                   Diaphoreticus
                
                 ,
                 taken
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 doth
                 cure
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 his
                 own
                 Words
                 ,
                 
                   Carcinoma
                   ,
                   Lupum
                   &
                   quodlibet
                   Aesthiomenum
                   cacoethes
                   ulcus
                   ,
                   sive
                   externum
                   sive
                   internum
                   .
                
                 And
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 truth
                 in
                 what
                 hath
                 been
                 affirm'd
                 to
                 me
                 by
                 several
                 Eye-witnesses
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 Physitians
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 
                   Weapon
                   Salve
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Powder
                   of
                   Sympathy
                
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 well
                 conclude
                 ,
                 That
                 Nature
                 may
                 perform
                 divers
                 Cures
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Chirurgery
                 
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 implor'd
                 ,
                 with
                 much
                 less
                 pain
                 to
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 put
                 him
                 to
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 very
                 ingenious
                 Man
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 Famous
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 his
                 Writings
                 as
                 for
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 he
                 undertaketh
                 to
                 cure
                 constantly
                 the
                 exulcerated
                 Cancers
                 of
                 Womens
                 Breasts
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 considerable
                 pain
                 :
                 But
                 having
                 not
                 yet
                 had
                 opportunity
                 to
                 make
                 tryal
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 lying
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 he
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 his
                 Medicine
                 is
                 indolent
                 ,
                 and
                 mortifies
                 the
                 ulcerous
                 parts
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 corrupted
                 ,
                 without
                 disordering
                 the
                 Party
                 troubled
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 the
                 less
                 doubt
                 ,
                 because
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 to
                 adde
                 thus
                 much
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 )
                 partly
                 by
                 the
                 colour
                 ,
                 &c.
                 of
                 his
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 it
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 dulcification
                 of
                 Arsenick
                 ,
                 first
                 fixt
                 with
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 carefully
                 freed
                 from
                 its
                 corrosiveness
                 ,
                 by
                 very
                 frequent
                 Distillations
                 of
                 fresh
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 ere
                 long
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 teach
                 you
                 a
                 Drink
                 ,
                 whereby
                 exulcerated
                 (
                 but
                 not
                 Cancerous
                 )
                 Breasts
                 have
                 been
                 very
                 happily
                 cured
                 .
                 The
                 learned
                 Bartholinus
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 late
                 Observations
                 )
                 mentions
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 some
                 hurts
                 in
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 done
                 without
                 Trepaning
                 ,
                 in
                 cases
                 where
                 that
                 formidable
                 and
                 tedious
                 Operation
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 thought
                 necessary
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 terrible
                 way
                 of
                 stopping
                 the
                 violent
                 Bleeding
                 in
                 great
                 Wounds
                 ,
                 by
                 seering
                 the
                 Orifices
                 of
                 the
                 Vessels
                 with
                 hot
                 Irons
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 little
                 needed
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 knew
                 such
                 Remedies
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Inquisitive
                 
                   Petrus
                   de
                   Osma
                
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 curious
                 Letter
                 to
                 Monardes
                 from
                 Peru
                 ,
                 mentions
                 in
                 this
                 Passage
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 I
                 finde
                 among
                 his
                 other
                 Observations
                 :
                 Anno
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 1558.
                 
                   in
                   urbe
                   D.
                   Jacobi
                   quae
                   est
                   in
                   Provincia
                   Chyle
                   ,
                   quidam
                   Indi
                   captivi
                   sur
                   as
                   sibi
                   amputarunt
                   ,
                   &
                   eas
                   assas
                   prae
                   faeme
                   ederunt
                   &
                   (
                   quod
                   mirabile
                   dictu
                   )
                   cujusdam
                   Plantae
                   folia
                   vulneribus
                   imponentes
                   ,
                   ilicò
                   sanguinem
                   sistebant
                   .
                
                 I
                 knew
                 a
                 rich
                 Man
                 ,
                 extreamly
                 corpulent
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 long
                 had
                 a
                 strange
                 
                 kinde
                 of
                 Fistula
                 in
                 his
                 Breast
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 travelled
                 from
                 one
                 Country
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 to
                 consult
                 with
                 the
                 ablest
                 Chirurgions
                 ,
                 was
                 at
                 length
                 brought
                 to
                 that
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 a
                 Consult
                 they
                 resolved
                 ,
                 by
                 opening
                 his
                 Breast
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 track
                 the
                 winding
                 Fistula
                 ,
                 and
                 save
                 his
                 Life
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 the
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 sad
                 operation
                 ,
                 lay
                 upon
                 the
                 Table
                 ,
                 another
                 famous
                 Chirurgion
                 casually
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 told
                 the
                 Patient
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 an
                 art
                 of
                 curing
                 Fistula's
                 without
                 cutting
                 them
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 considerable
                 pain
                 or
                 trouble
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 the
                 rich
                 Man
                 offering
                 him
                 what
                 he
                 pleased
                 for
                 the
                 Cure
                 ,
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 quickly
                 perform'd
                 his
                 Promise
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Patient
                 himself
                 ,
                 who
                 shew'd
                 me
                 his
                 Breast
                 ,
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 an
                 almost
                 indolent
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 purchas'd
                 of
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 by
                 his
                 favor
                 came
                 to
                 my
                 hands
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 even
                 very
                 ill-condition'd
                 Fistula's
                 may
                 be
                 cured
                 without
                 Chirurgical
                 Operations
                 ,
                 by
                 Medicines
                 taken
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 ere
                 long
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 by
                 a
                 notable
                 Example
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 suppose
                 you
                 have
                 often
                 seen
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 received
                 such
                 a
                 kick
                 of
                 a
                 Horse
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 the
                 Doctor
                 and
                 Chirurgion
                 that
                 tended
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 conclude
                 the
                 part
                 gangrenated
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Patients
                 condition
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 accession
                 of
                 a
                 violent
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 so
                 desperate
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 him
                 no
                 longer
                 ;
                 a
                 large
                 Dosis
                 of
                 Sir
                 Rawleigh's
                 Cordial
                 ,
                 sent
                 him
                 by
                 an
                 excellent
                 Lady
                 you
                 are
                 nearly
                 related
                 to
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 freed
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Delirium
                 that
                 attended
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 wonder
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 observed
                 it
                 ,
                 restored
                 the
                 Limb
                 that
                 was
                 concluded
                 gangrenated
                 to
                 its
                 former
                 soundness
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 to
                 bring
                 credit
                 to
                 all
                 these
                 Relations
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 crown
                 them
                 with
                 that
                 memorable
                 Passage
                 of
                 
                   Gulielmus
                   Piso
                
                 ,
                 of
                 as
                 great
                 things
                 that
                 he
                 saw
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 illiterate
                 Indians
                 themselves
                 :
                 
                 Memini
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   in
                   castris
                   membra
                   militum
                   globulis
                   sclopetorum
                   icta
                   ,
                   &
                   jamjam
                   ab
                   Europae
                   is
                   Chirurgis
                   ,
                   tam
                   Lusitanis
                   quam
                   Batavis
                   ,
                   amputanda
                   ,
                   barbaros
                   recentibus
                   gummi
                   succis
                   &
                   balsamis
                   à
                   ferro
                   &
                   igne
                   liberasse
                   &
                   feliciter
                   restituisse
                   .
                   Oculatus
                   it
                   idem
                   testis
                   sum
                   in
                   Nosocomiis
                   relicta
                   ulcera
                   &
                   gangrenas
                   ab
                   illis
                   vel
                   solo
                   succo
                   Tabaci
                   curata
                   .
                
              
               
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 divers
                 Helps
                 to
                 Recovery
                 less
                 distateful
                 ,
                 or
                 less
                 painful
                 to
                 the
                 Patients
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 onely
                 ,
                 nor
                 perhaps
                 the
                 greatest
                 service
                 that
                 Chymistry
                 may
                 do
                 him
                 that
                 attempts
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 indeavor
                 to
                 manifest
                 in
                 some
                 Particulars
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 ANd
                 first
                 ,
                 The
                 skilful
                 Naturalist
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 a
                 good
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 may
                 much
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 Qualities
                 of
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 whether
                 simple
                 or
                 compound
                 ;
                 That
                 the
                 Experiments
                 of
                 the
                 Spagyrists
                 may
                 much
                 contribute
                 to
                 the
                 examining
                 those
                 many
                 things
                 themselves
                 prepare
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 easily
                 grant
                 :
                 That
                 also
                 divers
                 Mineral
                 Waters
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 nobler
                 sort
                 of
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 is
                 sufficiently
                 confessed
                 on
                 all
                 hands
                 ;
                 and
                 't
                 is
                 known
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Industry
                 of
                 Chymists
                 hath
                 produced
                 some
                 good
                 directions
                 towards
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Minerals
                 predominant
                 in
                 divers
                 Medicinal
                 Springs
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 am
                 much
                 mistaken
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 left
                 much
                 for
                 others
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 easily
                 done
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 scarce
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 various
                 ways
                 that
                 might
                 be
                 propos'd
                 ,
                 of
                 trying
                 what
                 such
                 Waters
                 hold
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 saline
                 or
                 other
                 Qualities
                 are
                 predominant
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 those
                 Medicinal
                 Waters
                 that
                 are
                 already
                 used
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 more
                 throughly
                 understood
                 ;
                 but
                 undetected
                 Properties
                 ,
                 might
                 in
                 many
                 others
                 that
                 are
                 now
                 not
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 be
                 discovered
                 ;
                 
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 which
                 ways
                 of
                 examining
                 Mineral
                 Waters
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 give
                 you
                 an
                 intimation
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 several
                 tryals
                 that
                 have
                 ,
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 much
                 inclin'd
                 me
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 fault
                 is
                 rather
                 in
                 us
                 ,
                 then
                 either
                 in
                 Nature
                 or
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 that
                 Men
                 do
                 not
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 discover
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 divers
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 then
                 hitherto
                 they
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 aim'd
                 at
                 :
                 For
                 though
                 the
                 abstruse
                 Endowments
                 of
                 Specificks
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 ,
                 be
                 learn'd
                 in
                 haste
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 then
                 by
                 particular
                 Tryals
                 and
                 Observations
                 ;
                 yet
                 many
                 Simples
                 have
                 other
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 chiefly
                 to
                 reside
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 in
                 an
                 Elementary
                 Salt
                 or
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 that
                 seems
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 a
                 Salt
                 or
                 Sulphur
                 :
                 such
                 as
                 sowerness
                 ,
                 saltness
                 ,
                 a
                 caustick
                 or
                 a
                 healing
                 faculty
                 ,
                 abstersiveness
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 account
                 such
                 Remedies
                 seem
                 chiefly
                 to
                 work
                 in
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 cases
                 .
                 And
                 towards
                 the
                 Investigation
                 of
                 such
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 a
                 Chymist
                 may
                 oftentimes
                 do
                 much
                 ,
                 without
                 making
                 all
                 his
                 Tryals
                 in
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 ,
                 to
                 illustrate
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 made
                 several
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 having
                 now
                 my
                 Notes
                 and
                 Observations
                 at
                 hand
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 mention
                 a
                 few
                 things
                 as
                 they
                 offer
                 themselves
                 to
                 my
                 memory
                 ,
                 reserving
                 the
                 more
                 distinct
                 handling
                 of
                 this
                 subject
                 to
                 another
                 opportunity
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 rather
                 ,
                 because
                 that
                 till
                 such
                 Phaenomena
                 have
                 been
                 more
                 diligently
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 and
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 their
                 distinct
                 sorts
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 them
                 look'd
                 upon
                 but
                 as
                 hints
                 to
                 further
                 Enquiries
                 ,
                 not
                 as
                 sufficient
                 Authority
                 to
                 ground
                 general
                 Rules
                 on
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 some
                 Plants
                 ,
                 whose
                 Juices
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 the
                 superfluous
                 moisture
                 is
                 exhal'd
                 or
                 abstracted
                 ,
                 will
                 ,
                 some
                 by
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 a
                 gentle
                 Heat
                 and
                 Filtration
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 in
                 time
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 remember
                 hath
                 in
                 some
                 succulent
                 Plants
                 amounted
                 but
                 to
                 a
                 very
                 few
                 hours
                 )
                 coagulate
                 
                 in
                 part
                 into
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 call
                 Essential
                 :
                 And
                 by
                 this
                 Nitro-Tartareous
                 Salt
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 )
                 those
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 whose
                 Juice
                 affords
                 it
                 (
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 mistake
                 not
                 their
                 names
                 ,
                 
                   Parietaria
                   ,
                   Borrage
                   ,
                   Bugloss
                   ,
                   &c.
                   )
                
                 may
                 be
                 discriminated
                 from
                 those
                 many
                 others
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 way
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 obtain'd
                 .
                 And
                 possibly
                 also
                 these
                 Salts
                 may
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 heedful
                 Surveyor
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 appear
                 to
                 differ
                 enough
                 from
                 each
                 other
                 in
                 shape
                 ,
                 taste
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 obvious
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 to
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 sorted
                 into
                 differing
                 kinds
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 likewise
                 we
                 compare
                 the
                 Essential
                 Salts
                 and
                 Spirits
                 of
                 these
                 Plants
                 ,
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 
                   Scurvy-grass
                   ,
                   Brook-lime
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Vegetables
                 that
                 are
                 counted
                 Antiscorbutical
                 ,
                 and
                 abound
                 in
                 Volatile
                 and
                 Saline
                 parts
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 we
                 also
                 examine
                 other
                 Plants
                 ,
                 by
                 divers
                 Chymical
                 Operations
                 ,
                 and
                 observe
                 not
                 onely
                 their
                 disposedness
                 or
                 indisposition
                 to
                 yield
                 Spirits
                 or
                 Oyls
                 by
                 Fermentation
                 ,
                 or
                 without
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 those
                 other
                 Particulars
                 wherein
                 they
                 will
                 appear
                 to
                 agree
                 with
                 ,
                 or
                 differ
                 from
                 each
                 other
                 :
                 there
                 is
                 little
                 doubt
                 but
                 such
                 Tryals
                 will
                 make
                 them
                 discover
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 considering
                 Naturalist
                 ,
                 much
                 of
                 their
                 Nature
                 and
                 Properties
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 depend
                 chiefly
                 upon
                 the
                 plenty
                 or
                 paucity
                 of
                 the
                 saline
                 ,
                 unctuous
                 ,
                 sowre
                 ,
                 spirituous
                 ,
                 lazy
                 ,
                 tenacious
                 or
                 volatile
                 Parts
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 may
                 be
                 also
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Infusion
                 or
                 Decoction
                 of
                 some
                 Plants
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 
                   Brazil
                   ,
                   Senna
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 will
                 be
                 heighten'd
                 into
                 a
                 redish
                 colour
                 ,
                 by
                 putting
                 Alkalizate
                 Salts
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Pot-ashes
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Water
                 that
                 extracts
                 their
                 Tinctures
                 :
                 Whereas
                 acid
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 will
                 much
                 impair
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 destroy
                 their
                 colour
                 ;
                 as
                 a
                 little
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 will
                 immediately
                 tu●n
                 a
                 red
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Brazil
                 ,
                 made
                 in
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 pale
                 yellow
                 :
                 Whereas
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 strong
                 Solution
                 of
                 Pot-ashes
                 ,
                 
                 drop'd
                 into
                 an
                 Infusion
                 of
                 red
                 Rose-leaves
                 ,
                 hath
                 presently
                 turn'd
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 muddy
                 colour
                 ,
                 that
                 seem'd
                 to
                 partake
                 of
                 green
                 and
                 blew
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 dark
                 and
                 dirty
                 ;
                 whereas
                 a
                 little
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 ,
                 or
                 good
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 pour'd
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 simple
                 Solution
                 ,
                 did
                 immediately
                 turn
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 fine
                 red
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 it
                 would
                 do
                 to
                 the
                 muddy
                 Mixture
                 lately
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 put
                 to
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 far
                 greater
                 quantity
                 .
                 I
                 observ'd
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 strong
                 (
                 though
                 clear
                 and
                 well
                 filtrated
                 )
                 Lixivium
                 of
                 Pot-ashes
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 precipitate
                 some
                 pa●ts
                 of
                 the
                 Infusion
                 or
                 Decoction
                 of
                 red
                 Roses
                 ,
                 which
                 grosser
                 parts
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Mixture
                 was
                 filtrated
                 through
                 Cap-paper
                 ,
                 remain'd
                 like
                 a
                 dirty
                 colour'd
                 (
                 though
                 somewhat
                 greenish
                 )
                 Mud
                 in
                 the
                 Filtre
                 ;
                 the
                 fluid
                 and
                 finer
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Mixture
                 passing
                 through
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Liquor
                 high
                 coloured
                 ,
                 almost
                 like
                 Muscadine
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 Galls
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 stiptick
                 Vegetable
                 excrescence
                 ,
                 will
                 yield
                 a
                 Decoction
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Copper
                   is
                
                 ,
                 the
                 common
                 Ink
                 is
                 made
                 ;
                 so
                 divers
                 other
                 Plants
                 ,
                 of
                 notably
                 astringent
                 parts
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 employed
                 to
                 the
                 like
                 use
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 by
                 casting
                 Vitriol
                 into
                 a
                 Decoction
                 either
                 of
                 Oaken
                 Bark
                 ,
                 or
                 red
                 Roses
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 a
                 bare
                 Infusion
                 of
                 either
                 Log-wood
                 ,
                 or
                 Sumach
                 ,
                 to
                 name
                 now
                 no
                 other
                 Plants
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 nature
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 presently
                 made
                 a
                 Mixture
                 that
                 might
                 make
                 a
                 shift
                 to
                 serve
                 for
                 Writing
                 Ink
                 ;
                 but
                 whether
                 all
                 stiptick
                 Plants
                 ,
                 or
                 they
                 onely
                 ,
                 will
                 with
                 Vitriol
                 make
                 an
                 Ink
                 ,
                 I
                 refer
                 to
                 further
                 Enquiry
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 a
                 Solution
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Decoction
                 of
                 the
                 above-mention'd
                 Plants
                 ,
                 do
                 precipitate
                 each
                 other
                 to
                 make
                 Ink
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 have
                 try'd
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 dissolving
                 the
                 Crystals
                 of
                 pure
                 Silver
                 (
                 made
                 the
                 common
                 way
                 with
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 quantity
                 of
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Liquor
                 having
                 no
                 colour
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 ,
                 the
                 colours
                 it
                 produceth
                 in
                 other
                 Bodies
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 with
                 this
                 Liquor
                 precipitate
                 out
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Infusions
                 alone
                 of
                 several
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 Substances
                 differingly
                 colour'd
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 dispositions
                 :
                 And
                 so
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 ,
                 with
                 less
                 cost
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Saccharum
                   Saturni
                
                 ,
                 which
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 of
                 Lead
                 ,
                 whilst
                 it
                 lyes
                 dissolved
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Vinager
                 which
                 extracted
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 Metal
                 ,
                 being
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 bare
                 Infusion
                 of
                 Log-wood
                 ,
                 
                   Lignum
                   Nephriticum
                
                 ,
                 red
                 Roses
                 (
                 to
                 name
                 those
                 I
                 now
                 remembe●
                 I
                 made
                 tryal
                 of
                 )
                 they
                 will
                 precipitate
                 each
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 might
                 farther
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 have
                 try'd
                 that
                 sulphureous
                 Salts
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 made
                 
                   per
                   Deliquium
                
                 ,
                 being
                 drop'd
                 into
                 the
                 expressed
                 Juices
                 of
                 divers
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 will
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 moment
                 ,
                 turn
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 lovely
                 Green
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Vegetables
                 were
                 of
                 colours
                 differing
                 from
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 one
                 another
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 I
                 expected
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 that
                 change
                 ,
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 fine
                 Carnation
                 )
                 And
                 I
                 could
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 disputed
                 whether
                 Quick-lime
                 have
                 any
                 Salt
                 dissoluble
                 in
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 what
                 sort
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Examen
                 of
                 that
                 Question
                 may
                 be
                 much
                 furthered
                 ,
                 by
                 trying
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Water
                 of
                 Quick-Lime
                 ,
                 well
                 made
                 ,
                 will
                 precipitate
                 a
                 Solution
                 of
                 sublimate
                 made
                 in
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 presently
                 turn
                 Syrup
                 of
                 Violets
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 Blew
                 )
                 if
                 well
                 mix'd
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 fair
                 Green.
                 Experiments
                 I
                 say
                 of
                 this
                 nature
                 I
                 might
                 easily
                 annex
                 ,
                 but
                 having
                 already
                 set
                 down
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 written
                 concerning
                 colours
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 refer
                 you
                 thither
                 :
                 And
                 now
                 onely
                 adde
                 this
                 Observation
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Investigation
                 of
                 divers
                 Medical
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 Animal
                 Substances
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 much
                 assisted
                 by
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 ,
                 especially
                 a
                 Chymist
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 by
                 the
                 Distillation
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Calculus
                   humanus
                
                 shewn
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 it
                 differs
                 from
                 the
                 Stones
                 that
                 are
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 you
                 take
                 those
                 hard
                 Concretions
                 ,
                 found
                 at
                 certain
                 times
                 in
                 the
                 Heads
                 of
                 Craw-Fishes
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 
                 to
                 be
                 call'd
                 
                   Lapides
                   Cancrorum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 commit
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 and
                 infuse
                 some
                 in
                 Vinager
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 in
                 old
                 Rhenish-Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 strong
                 White-Wine
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 probably
                 discover
                 some
                 thing
                 of
                 peculiar
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 may
                 possibly
                 elsewhere
                 make
                 further
                 mention
                 to
                 you
                 :
                 And
                 not
                 onely
                 so
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 some
                 Animal
                 Substances
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 fit
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 discover
                 notable
                 Changes
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Qualities
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 heighten'd
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Eye
                 scarce
                 perceiveth
                 any
                 Change
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 purposely
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 in
                 keeping
                 Urine
                 in
                 close
                 Glasses
                 ▪
                 and
                 a
                 moderate
                 heat
                 for
                 many
                 Weeks
                 :
                 For
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 the
                 Virtues
                 that
                 depend
                 upon
                 its
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 will
                 be
                 so
                 heighten'd
                 ,
                 that
                 whereas
                 upon
                 putting
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 to
                 fresh
                 Urine
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 Liquors
                 readily
                 and
                 quietly
                 mix'd
                 ,
                 droping
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 upon
                 digested
                 Urine
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 presently
                 ensue
                 a
                 Hissing
                 and
                 Ebullition
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 volatile
                 and
                 acid
                 Salts
                 would
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 concoagulate
                 into
                 a
                 third
                 Substance
                 ,
                 somewhat
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 .
                 And
                 whereas
                 the
                 Syrup
                 of
                 Violets
                 ,
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 being
                 dissolv'd
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 fresh
                 Urine
                 ,
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 but
                 diluted
                 thereby
                 ;
                 a
                 few
                 drops
                 of
                 the
                 fermented
                 Urine
                 ,
                 temper'd
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 did
                 presently
                 turn
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 deep
                 Green
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 digested
                 Urine
                 being
                 drop'd
                 upon
                 a
                 Solution
                 of
                 Sublimate
                 made
                 in
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 presently
                 turn'd
                 it
                 white
                 ,
                 by
                 precipitating
                 the
                 dissolved
                 Mercury
                 .
                 With
                 what
                 (
                 various
                 )
                 success
                 we
                 have
                 likewise
                 made
                 upon
                 some
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 a
                 humane
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 consistent
                 as
                 fluid
                 ,
                 some
                 Tryals
                 ,
                 analogous
                 to
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 recited
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 perchance
                 take
                 notice
                 to
                 you
                 :
                 But
                 of
                 such
                 kinde
                 of
                 Observations
                 I
                 must
                 give
                 you
                 but
                 this
                 Hint
                 at
                 present
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 III.
                 
              
               
                 SEcondly
                 :
                 By
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 ways
                 of
                 investigating
                 the
                 Medicinal
                 Qualities
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 be
                 enabled
                 to
                 adde
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   Medica
                
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 two
                 several
                 ways
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 by
                 his
                 several
                 ways
                 of
                 tryal
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 Chymical
                 preparations
                 discover
                 ,
                 that
                 divers
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 a
                 Mineral
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 as
                 yet
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 employed
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 internally
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 brought
                 into
                 use
                 by
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 others
                 that
                 are
                 naturally
                 so
                 dangerous
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 us'd
                 but
                 in
                 very
                 few
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 extream
                 cases
                 ,
                 may
                 with
                 safety
                 be
                 more
                 freely
                 employ'd
                 .
                 Some
                 Modern
                 Chymists
                 (
                 as
                 particularly
                 Glauberus
                 )
                 have
                 of
                 late
                 p●epar'd
                 Remedies
                 not
                 unuseful
                 out
                 of
                 Zinck
                 or
                 Spelter
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 mention'd
                 unto
                 you
                 an
                 excellent
                 Medical
                 use
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 prepared
                 (
                 as
                 is
                 there
                 intimated
                 )
                 I
                 have
                 now
                 this
                 to
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 since
                 I
                 began
                 to
                 write
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 considerable
                 Person
                 ,
                 who
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 she
                 her self
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 cured
                 of
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 though
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 her
                 having
                 a
                 Body
                 very
                 corpulent
                 ,
                 and
                 full
                 of
                 humors
                 ,
                 she
                 have
                 been
                 thought
                 more
                 then
                 ordinarily
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 that
                 stubborn
                 Disease
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 wondered
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 hath
                 been
                 so
                 little
                 care
                 taken
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 by
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 to
                 investigate
                 the
                 Qualities
                 of
                 Mineral
                 Earths
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 other
                 resembling
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 or
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 plentifully
                 enough
                 digg'd
                 up
                 in
                 most
                 Countries
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 the
                 self-same
                 in
                 all
                 ;
                 for
                 however
                 Men
                 are
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 pass
                 them
                 slightly
                 over
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 but
                 Elementary
                 Earth
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 stain'd
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 lightly
                 altered
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 great
                 variety
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 digg'd
                 sometimes
                 
                 within
                 the
                 compass
                 of
                 a
                 little
                 spot
                 of
                 Ground
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 differences
                 of
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 both
                 as
                 to
                 colour
                 ,
                 taste
                 ,
                 consistence
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 too
                 great
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 make
                 me
                 suspect
                 they
                 were
                 of
                 very
                 differing
                 natures
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 true
                 
                   Bolus
                   Armenus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Terra
                   Lemnia
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 now
                 brought
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 Island
                 that
                 gives
                 it
                 that
                 name
                 (
                 mark'd
                 with
                 a
                 Seal
                 ,
                 which
                 makes
                 many
                 call
                 it
                 
                   Terra
                   sigillata
                
                 ,
                 though
                 that
                 name
                 be
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 reason
                 apply'd
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Terra
                   Silesiaca
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Medical
                 Earths
                 )
                 have
                 been
                 so
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 both
                 by
                 Ancient
                 and
                 Modern
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 against
                 Malignant
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Plague
                 it self
                 ,
                 as
                 against
                 divers
                 other
                 Distempers
                 ;
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 the
                 more
                 strange
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 since
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 those
                 two
                 Earths
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 now
                 brought
                 into
                 our
                 Countrys
                 ,
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 more
                 skilful
                 complain
                 ,
                 the
                 true
                 marks
                 of
                 the
                 genuine
                 Earths
                 ,
                 whose
                 names
                 they
                 bear
                 )
                 Physitians
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 more
                 careful
                 to
                 try
                 whether
                 their
                 own
                 Countrys
                 could
                 not
                 furnish
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 good
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 regard
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 few
                 attempts
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 of
                 late
                 times
                 been
                 made
                 ,
                 may
                 give
                 them
                 much
                 incouragement
                 .
                 For
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 believe
                 the
                 boasts
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Silesian
                   Johannes
                   Montanus
                
                 (
                 who
                 passeth
                 for
                 the
                 Inventor
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Terra
                   Sigillata
                   Silesiaca
                   Strigoniensis
                
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 Writing
                 he
                 published
                 of
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 That
                 't
                 is
                 Gold
                 prepared
                 and
                 transmuted
                 ,
                 by
                 provident
                 Nature
                 ,
                 into
                 an
                 admirable
                 Medicine
                 ;
                 I
                 finde
                 that
                 Learned
                 Physitians
                 prefer
                 it
                 before
                 the
                 Lemnian
                 Earth
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 now
                 brought
                 from
                 Turky
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 experienced
                 Sennertus
                 gives
                 it
                 this
                 commendation
                 ,
                 
                 Experimentis
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   multis
                   jam
                   probatum
                   est
                   ,
                   ejus
                   infignes
                   ●sse
                   vires
                   contra
                   pestem
                   ,
                   febres
                   malignas
                   ,
                   venenatorum
                   animalium
                   morsus
                   ,
                   diarrhocan
                   ,
                   dysenteriam
                
                 :
                 What
                 he
                 adds
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Chymists
                 name
                 it
                 
                   Axungia
                   solis
                
                 ,
                 brings
                 into
                 my
                 minde
                 (
                 what
                 I
                 shall
                 hereafter
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 mention
                 more
                 particularly
                 to
                 you
                 )
                 
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 once
                 brought
                 me
                 a
                 certain
                 Earth
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 that
                 digg'd
                 it
                 up
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 neighboring
                 Country
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 seem'd
                 but
                 a
                 Mineral
                 Earth
                 ,
                 did
                 really
                 afford
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 very
                 expert
                 tryer
                 of
                 Metals
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 a
                 not
                 despicable
                 proportion
                 of
                 Gold.
                 They
                 have
                 also
                 found
                 in
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 an
                 Earth
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 call
                 
                   Bolus
                   Tockaviensis
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 affirmed
                 by
                 Crato
                 (
                 in
                 Sennertus
                 )
                 to
                 melt
                 in
                 the
                 Mouth
                 like
                 Butter
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 proofs
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 
                   Bolus
                   Armenus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 is
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 Judicious
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 preferred
                 before
                 the
                 Modern
                 Bolearmony
                 ,
                 even
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 brought
                 out
                 of
                 Turky
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 relates
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 its
                 having
                 succeeded
                 very
                 well
                 against
                 Catarrhs
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 having
                 experimentally
                 found
                 it
                 of
                 great
                 efficacy
                 in
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 that
                 reign'd
                 in
                 his
                 time
                 at
                 Vienna
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 very
                 Learned
                 and
                 Successful
                 English
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 now
                 dead
                 ,
                 did
                 ,
                 some
                 Years
                 since
                 during
                 a
                 great
                 Plague
                 that
                 then
                 rag'd
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 where
                 he
                 liv'd
                 ,
                 finde
                 a
                 vein
                 of
                 red
                 Earth
                 ,
                 not
                 very
                 far
                 from
                 that
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 prescrib'd
                 it
                 with
                 very
                 good
                 success
                 in
                 Pestilential
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 inform'd
                 by
                 an
                 Ingenious
                 Friend
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 that
                 us'd
                 to
                 administ●r
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 shew'd
                 me
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 he
                 digg'd
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 remember
                 also
                 ,
                 the
                 experienc'd
                 Chymist
                 
                   Johannes
                   Agricola
                
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Notes
                 upon
                 what
                 Poppius
                 delivers
                 of
                 
                   Terra
                   Sigillata
                
                 ,
                 after
                 having
                 much
                 commended
                 the
                 
                   Terra
                   Silesiaca
                
                 in
                 divers
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 equall'd
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 Turky
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 had
                 travelled
                 ,
                 relates
                 one
                 strange
                 thing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 Circumstances
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 way
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 spoke
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 tryal
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 
                   Terra
                   Sigillata
                
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 he
                 means
                 the
                 Strigoniensis
                 ,
                 doth
                 ,
                 though
                 slowly
                 ,
                 dissolve
                 Gold
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 an
                 
                   Aq.
                   Regis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 into
                 a
                 red
                 Solution
                 ;
                 whence
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 the
                 Gold
                 will
                 fall
                 of
                 it self
                 into
                 a
                 very
                 fine
                 and
                 subtil
                 Powder
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 another
                 Earth
                 digg'd
                 at
                 the
                 Rheinstran
                 ,
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 Westerwaldt
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 more
                 inclinable
                 to
                 white
                 then
                 to
                 yellow
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 preferable
                 to
                 the
                 Silesian
                 ,
                 and
                 gives
                 more
                 Salt
                 then
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 dissolves
                 Silver
                 better
                 then
                 other
                 Menstruums
                 ;
                 since
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 the
                 Silver
                 may
                 thereby
                 be
                 easily
                 made
                 potable
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 into
                 a
                 very
                 useful
                 Medicine
                 for
                 the
                 Diseases
                 of
                 the
                 Head.
                 And
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 much
                 wonder
                 at
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 these
                 Earths
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 probably
                 imbu'd
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 dy'd
                 ,
                 with
                 Mineral
                 Fumes
                 ;
                 or
                 tincted
                 with
                 Mineral
                 Juices
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Metals
                 or
                 Minerals
                 may
                 lie
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Chymists
                 speak
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   solutis
                   principiis
                
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 form
                 ,
                 having
                 never
                 endured
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 usefullest
                 parts
                 are
                 more
                 loose
                 and
                 volatile
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 of
                 their
                 Vertues
                 less
                 lock'd
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 dispos'd
                 to
                 be
                 communicative
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 fixed
                 or
                 coagulated
                 state
                 ,
                 or
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 lost
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 finer
                 parts
                 by
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 Mineral
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 perhaps
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 of
                 themselves
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Physitians
                 use
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 addition
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 convenient
                 Body
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 sequestration
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 noxious
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 some
                 such
                 other
                 Chymical
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 alter
                 the
                 Texture
                 of
                 such
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 be
                 rendred
                 fit
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   Medica
                
                 .
                 As
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 a
                 preparation
                 of
                 Arsenick
                 ,
                 with
                 Salt
                 Peter
                 ,
                 whereby
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 volatile
                 and
                 noxious
                 parts
                 are
                 driven
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 remaining
                 Body
                 somewhat
                 fixed
                 and
                 corrected
                 by
                 the
                 Alcali
                 of
                 the
                 Nitre
                 it
                 hath
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 farther
                 dulcification
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 been
                 prepared
                 into
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 
                   Balsamum
                   fuliginis
                
                 ,
                 which
                 wonderfully
                 cured
                 a
                 Physitian
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 himself
                 
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 of
                 dangerous
                 Venereal
                 Ulcers
                 (
                 divers
                 of
                 which
                 penetrated
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Meatus
                   Urinarius
                
                 )
                 which
                 had
                 reduc'd
                 him
                 to
                 great
                 extremity
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 though
                 Bismutum
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 till
                 very
                 lately
                 been
                 used
                 ,
                 unless
                 outwardly
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 for
                 a
                 Cosmetick
                 (
                 hereafter
                 to
                 be
                 taught
                 you
                 )
                 yet
                 the
                 Industrious
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 
                   Samuel
                   Closseus
                
                 ,
                 by
                 calcination
                 and
                 addition
                 of
                 Spir●t
                 of
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 
                   Cremor
                   Tartari
                
                 ,
                 makes
                 two
                 Medicines
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 highly
                 extols
                 in
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 ;
                 and
                 (
                 to
                 reserve
                 for
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 tryed
                 upon
                 Tin-glass
                 )
                 a
                 very
                 expert
                 Chymist
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 doth
                 ,
                 by
                 preparing
                 it
                 with
                 common
                 Sublimate
                 (
                 carry'd
                 up
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 I
                 remember
                 it
                 hath
                 afforded
                 a
                 very
                 prettily
                 figur'd
                 Body
                 )
                 make
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 white
                 Powder
                 (
                 like
                 
                   Mercurius
                   vitae
                
                 )
                 which
                 he
                 assures
                 me
                 he
                 findes
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Dose
                 of
                 a
                 few
                 Grains
                 ,
                 to
                 purge
                 very
                 gently
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 
                   at
                   all
                
                 (
                 as
                 
                   Mercurius
                   vitae
                
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 
                   violently
                   enough
                
                 )
                 emetick
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 But
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 adde
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   Medica
                
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 by
                 investigating
                 the
                 Qualities
                 of
                 unheeded
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 by
                 gaining
                 admittance
                 for
                 divers
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 though
                 well
                 enough
                 known
                 ,
                 are
                 foreborn
                 to
                 be
                 us'd
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 their
                 being
                 of
                 a
                 Poisonous
                 nature
                 ;
                 for
                 by
                 digestion
                 with
                 powerful
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 skilful
                 ways
                 of
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 the
                 Philosophical
                 Spagyrist
                 may
                 so
                 correct
                 divers
                 noxious
                 ,
                 nay
                 poisonous
                 Concrets
                 ,
                 unfit
                 in
                 their
                 crude
                 simplicity
                 for
                 the
                 Physitians
                 use
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 any
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 useful
                 and
                 effectual
                 Remedies
                 .
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 who
                 though
                 frequently
                 extravagant
                 in
                 his
                 Theory
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 doth
                 often
                 make
                 no
                 bad
                 estimate
                 of
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 after
                 having
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 ador'd
                 and
                 admir'd
                 the
                 Clemency
                 and
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 for
                 creating
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 gives
                 this
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 so
                 doing
                 :
                 
                   Nam
                   venena
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                 
                   noluit
                   nobis
                   esse
                   venena
                   aut
                   nocua
                   .
                   Nec
                   enim
                   mortem
                   fecit
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   nec
                   Medicamentum
                   exterminii
                   in
                   terra
                   :
                   sed
                   potius
                   ut
                   parvo
                   nostri
                   studio
                   ,
                   mutarentur
                   in
                   grandia
                   amoris
                   sui
                   pignora
                   ,
                   in
                   usuram
                   mortalium
                   ,
                   contra
                   futurorum
                   morborum
                   saevitiem
                   .
                   In
                   illis
                   nempe
                   latitat
                   subsidium
                   ,
                   quod
                   benigniora
                   &
                   familiaria
                   simplicia
                   recusant
                   alias
                   .
                   Ad
                   majores
                   &
                   heroicos
                   medentum
                   usus
                   venena
                   tam
                   horrida
                   servantur
                   .
                
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 forbid
                 you
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 to
                 think
                 there
                 is
                 some
                 Hyperbole
                 in
                 the
                 Encomiums
                 he
                 here
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 gives
                 Poysonous
                 Simples
                 ;
                 yet
                 when
                 I
                 consider
                 ,
                 what
                 great
                 things
                 are
                 oftentimes
                 performed
                 by
                 
                   Antimony
                   ,
                   Mercury
                
                 and
                 Opium
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 those
                 not
                 over-skilful
                 ways
                 of
                 preparing
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 vulgarly
                 us'd
                 by
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 the
                 preparations
                 are
                 (
                 which
                 doth
                 seldom
                 happen
                 )
                 rightly
                 and
                 faithfully
                 made
                 :
                 I
                 can
                 scarce
                 think
                 it
                 very
                 unlikely
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 active
                 Simples
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 more
                 skilful
                 way
                 of
                 ordering
                 and
                 correcting
                 them
                 ,
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 afford
                 us
                 very
                 noble
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Examples
                 may
                 in
                 part
                 prevent
                 the
                 main
                 Objection
                 that
                 I
                 can
                 foresee
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 whatever
                 corrects
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 must
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 virulency
                 ,
                 destroy
                 their
                 activity
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 above-named
                 Simples
                 ,
                 though
                 so
                 prepared
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 Medicines
                 safe
                 enough
                 ,
                 have
                 yet
                 activity
                 enough
                 left
                 them
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 very
                 operative
                 ,
                 their
                 energy
                 being
                 ,
                 by
                 preparation
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 in
                 part
                 moderated
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 part
                 so
                 over
                 ruled
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 work
                 after
                 a
                 more
                 innocent
                 manner
                 ;
                 as
                 in
                 
                   Bezoardicum
                   Minerale
                   ,
                   skilfully
                   prepared
                
                 (
                 for
                 it
                 very
                 seldom
                 is
                 so
                 )
                 the
                 laxative
                 and
                 emetick
                 virulency
                 of
                 the
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 is
                 changed
                 into
                 a
                 diaphoretick
                 ,
                 resolving
                 and
                 deoppilative
                 power
                 ;
                 which
                 probably
                 made
                 the
                 experienced
                 Riverius
                 (
                 though
                 counted
                 a
                 Galenist
                 )
                 so
                 particularly
                 recommend
                 this
                 Medicine
                 to
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 be
                 not
                 mistaken
                 ,
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 prais'd
                 without
                 being
                 flattered
                 :
                 And
                 Helmont
                 supplies
                 
                 me
                 with
                 an
                 easie
                 Experiment
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 ,
                 
                 by
                 telling
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 Asarum
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 crude
                 ,
                 doth
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 well
                 known
                 ,
                 provoke
                 Vomits
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 slight
                 preparation
                 (
                 presently
                 to
                 be
                 mention'd
                 )
                 is
                 so
                 altered
                 ,
                 that
                 its
                 virulency
                 is
                 changed
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 his
                 expression
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   deoppilans
                   ,
                   diureticum
                   tardarum
                   febrium
                   remedium
                
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 the
                 rather
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 finde
                 ,
                 upon
                 enquiry
                 purposely
                 made
                 of
                 some
                 Ingenious
                 Physitians
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 that
                 upon
                 tryal
                 ,
                 they
                 commend
                 this
                 preparation
                 of
                 Helmont's
                 ,
                 and
                 confess
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 it
                 the
                 Asarum
                 looseth
                 its
                 emetick
                 ,
                 and
                 acquires
                 a
                 diuretical
                 Quality
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 that
                 all
                 other
                 Animal
                 and
                 Vegetable
                 Poysons
                 may
                 be
                 corrected
                 ,
                 without
                 loosing
                 their
                 force
                 with
                 their
                 virulency
                 ,
                 
                 is
                 the
                 affirmation
                 of
                 Helmont
                 concerning
                 Paracelsus's
                 and
                 his
                 
                   Sal
                   circulatum
                   (
                   majus
                
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 he
                 elsewhere
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Cancrorum
                
                 resolv'd
                 in
                 formam
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 speaks
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Pristinae
                   lactis
                   ,
                   habet
                   remedium
                   contra
                   inclementias
                   multorum
                   vegetabilium
                   vi
                   laxante
                   infamium
                   .
                
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 I
                 knew
                 two
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 affirmed
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 his
                 having
                 seen
                 tryal
                 made
                 (
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 a
                 noble
                 Menstruum
                 )
                 of
                 what
                 Helmont
                 here
                 teacheth
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 it
                 true
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 a
                 person
                 severe
                 ,
                 and
                 apt
                 enough
                 to
                 dissent
                 from
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 with
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 seen
                 Vegetable
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 Napellus
                 ,
                 so
                 corrected
                 by
                 a
                 light
                 digestion
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 lost
                 all
                 its
                 Poysonous
                 Qualities
                 ;
                 for
                 proof
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 he
                 freely
                 offered
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 himself
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 that
                 fatal
                 Herb
                 as
                 would
                 kill
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Men
                 (
                 but
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 get
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Experiment
                 with
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 shall
                 say
                 nothing
                 now
                 concerning
                 Helmont's
                 
                   Sal
                   Circulatum
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 volatilization
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ,
                 scarce
                 permits
                 me
                 to
                 doubt
                 that
                 
                 it
                 is
                 possible
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 I
                 could
                 now
                 clearly
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 my
                 ●easons
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 ,
                 perchance
                 ,
                 not
                 wonder
                 to
                 finde
                 me
                 inclinable
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 such
                 Methods
                 (
                 perhaps
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 )
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 to
                 correct
                 poisonous
                 Simples
                 ,
                 without
                 rendring
                 them
                 ineffectual
                 :
                 And
                 though
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 some
                 very
                 powerful
                 corrective
                 ,
                 whether
                 Salt
                 or
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 that
                 shall
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 correct
                 any
                 store
                 of
                 differing
                 Poysons
                 ;
                 yet
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 irrational
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 divers
                 particular
                 Concretes
                 may
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 without
                 any
                 such
                 abstruse
                 or
                 general
                 corrective
                 ,
                 some
                 by
                 one
                 way
                 of
                 handling
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 by
                 another
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 such
                 cases
                 ,
                 skill
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 natures
                 of
                 particular
                 Bodies
                 to
                 be
                 mannag'd
                 ,
                 or
                 lucky
                 hits
                 ,
                 may
                 supply
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 a
                 meliorating
                 Dissolvent
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Helmont
                 affords
                 me
                 a
                 considerable
                 instance
                 ,
                 
                 where
                 he
                 teacheth
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 lately
                 quoted
                 )
                 That
                 the
                 emetick
                 property
                 of
                 Asarum
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Plant
                 turn'd
                 into
                 a
                 noble
                 diuretick
                 ,
                 onely
                 by
                 boiling
                 it
                 awhile
                 in
                 common
                 Water
                 .
                 And
                 whereas
                 a
                 wary
                 Man
                 would
                 be
                 apt
                 to
                 suspect
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 change
                 is
                 made
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 avolation
                 of
                 some
                 subtile
                 parts
                 ,
                 driven
                 away
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 boiling
                 Water
                 ,
                 I
                 finde
                 that
                 our
                 Author
                 affirms
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 boil'd
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 degree
                 of
                 Fire
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 Water
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 so
                 loose
                 its
                 violence
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 white
                 
                   Hellebor
                   ,
                   Opium
                
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 noxious
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 so
                 prepared
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 not
                 onely
                 harmlesly
                 ,
                 but
                 successfully
                 in
                 such
                 quantities
                 ,
                 as
                 were
                 they
                 not
                 skilfully
                 corrected
                 ,
                 would
                 make
                 them
                 pernicious
                 .
                 We
                 daily
                 see
                 ,
                 th●t
                 the
                 violent
                 emetick
                 and
                 cathartick
                 properties
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 may
                 singly
                 ,
                 by
                 calcination
                 with
                 Salt-peter
                 ,
                 be
                 destroyed
                 .
                 And
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 though
                 a
                 known
                 ,
                 yet
                 a
                 notable
                 Experiment
                 among
                 Chym●sts
                 )
                 Mercury
                 sublimate
                 may
                 be
                 deprived
                 of
                 its
                 deadly
                 corrosiveness
                 ,
                 and
                 prepar'd
                 into
                 a
                 Medicine
                 inoffensive
                 even
                 to
                 Children
                 ,
                 by
                 bare
                 resublimat●ons
                 with
                 fresh
                 Mercury
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 
                 give
                 you
                 one
                 instance
                 more
                 of
                 what
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 effects
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Operations
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 disposition
                 of
                 a
                 particular
                 Body
                 ,
                 may
                 enable
                 a
                 Man
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 changing
                 the
                 pernicious
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 violently
                 vomitive
                 Flowers
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 which
                 our
                 wonted
                 ,
                 though
                 sumptuous
                 and
                 specious
                 Cordials
                 are
                 so
                 unable
                 to
                 tame
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 shew
                 you
                 (
                 which
                 perhaps
                 you
                 will
                 think
                 strange
                 )
                 so
                 corrected
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 besides
                 heat
                 and
                 skill
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 a
                 treble
                 Dose
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 furiously
                 emetick
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 found
                 them
                 to
                 work
                 otherwise
                 then
                 gently
                 by
                 sweat
                 :
                 But
                 some
                 more
                 Particulars
                 applicable
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 pupose
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 meet
                 with
                 by
                 and
                 by
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 IV.
                 
              
               
                 THirdly
                 ,
                 And
                 now
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 service
                 that
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 do
                 Physick
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 pretermit
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Cures
                 less
                 chargeable
                 :
                 For
                 though
                 to
                 cure
                 cheaply
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 properly
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 strictness
                 ,
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 which
                 considers
                 Mens
                 Health
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 their
                 Purse
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 ought
                 in
                 Charity
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 also
                 in
                 Equity
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 endeavor
                 of
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 he
                 dealeth
                 with
                 Patients
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 rich
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 now
                 to
                 say
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 Fees
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 some
                 places
                 are
                 not
                 very
                 moderate
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 certain
                 that
                 the
                 Bills
                 of
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 Chronical
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 do
                 often
                 prove
                 so
                 chargeable
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 when
                 the
                 Remedies
                 succeed
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 a
                 poor
                 Patient
                 is
                 recovered
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 undone
                 ,
                 and
                 pays
                 for
                 the
                 prolongation
                 of
                 his
                 Life
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 his
                 lively-hood
                 :
                 Whence
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 more
                 necessitous
                 sort
                 of
                 People
                 are
                 either
                 fain
                 to
                 languish
                 unrelieved
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 
                 purchase
                 health
                 at
                 the
                 Apothecary's
                 rates
                 ;
                 or
                 are
                 deterred
                 from
                 applying
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 till
                 their
                 Diseases
                 have
                 taken
                 too
                 deep
                 ●oot
                 to
                 be
                 easily
                 ,
                 if
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 eradicated
                 :
                 And
                 this
                 oftentimes
                 ,
                 not
                 more
                 through
                 the
                 fault
                 of
                 the
                 Apothecary
                 ,
                 then
                 of
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 his
                 Presciptions
                 might
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 easily
                 direct
                 things
                 that
                 would
                 be
                 much
                 more
                 cheap
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 much
                 less
                 efficacious
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 wherein
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 hop'd
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 charitable
                 Physitian
                 to
                 lessen
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 his
                 Patients
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 He
                 may
                 perswade
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 decline
                 that
                 more
                 frequent
                 ,
                 then
                 commendable
                 custom
                 ,
                 of
                 stuffing
                 each
                 Recipe
                 with
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 Ingredients
                 :
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 approve
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 some
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 who
                 too
                 freely
                 censure
                 the
                 compounding
                 of
                 Simples
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 at
                 some
                 times
                 ,
                 a
                 complicated
                 Distemper
                 requires
                 in
                 its
                 Remedy
                 more
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 then
                 are
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 known
                 Simples
                 that
                 the
                 Physitian
                 hath
                 at
                 command
                 (
                 though
                 one
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 Simples
                 may
                 sometimes
                 answer
                 divers
                 Indications
                 ;
                 as
                 a
                 Plant
                 that
                 is
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 may
                 serve
                 for
                 a
                 Distemper
                 that
                 is
                 cold
                 and
                 moist
                 :
                 )
                 And
                 I
                 know
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 to
                 that
                 Ingredient
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 the
                 Basis
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 other
                 things
                 must
                 be
                 added
                 either
                 to
                 correct
                 its
                 noxious
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 allay
                 its
                 vehemence
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 serve
                 for
                 a
                 Vehicle
                 to
                 convey
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Part
                 affected
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 easier
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 preserve
                 it
                 from
                 corruption
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 some
                 such
                 like
                 reason
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 I
                 think
                 Physitians
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 more
                 sparing
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 prescribed
                 ,
                 then
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 use
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 both
                 to
                 save
                 charges
                 to
                 their
                 Patients
                 (
                 upon
                 which
                 account
                 it
                 is
                 that
                 I
                 here
                 mention
                 it
                 )
                 and
                 for
                 other
                 considerations
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 needless
                 Ingredients
                 adding
                 to
                 the
                 bulk
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 makes
                 it
                 but
                 the
                 
                 more
                 troublesom
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 more
                 apt
                 to
                 clog
                 the
                 Stomack
                 :
                 And
                 oftentimes
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 useful
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 their
                 Quantity
                 in
                 each
                 Dose
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 abated
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 being
                 yok'd
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 less
                 appropriated
                 ,
                 or
                 less
                 operative
                 .
                 Besides
                 ,
                 it
                 seems
                 a
                 great
                 impediment
                 to
                 the
                 further
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 Simples
                 ,
                 to
                 confound
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 Compositions
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 so
                 hard
                 to
                 know
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 each
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 fear
                 there
                 will
                 scarce
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 be
                 any
                 great
                 progress
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 simple
                 Drugs
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 either
                 be
                 oftner
                 imployed
                 singly
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 but
                 few
                 of
                 them
                 employed
                 in
                 one
                 Remedy
                 .
                 And
                 besides
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 whereas
                 when
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Mixtures
                 is
                 administred
                 ,
                 the
                 Physitian
                 expects
                 but
                 such
                 operations
                 as
                 are
                 suitable
                 to
                 the
                 Quality
                 which
                 he
                 conceives
                 will
                 be
                 predominant
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 Compound
                 ;
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 may
                 have
                 particular
                 Qualities
                 that
                 he
                 dreams
                 not
                 of
                 ,
                 which
                 working
                 upon
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Physitian
                 considers
                 as
                 subject
                 onely
                 to
                 the
                 Sickness
                 he
                 endeavors
                 to
                 cure
                 ,
                 may
                 therein
                 excite
                 divers
                 latent
                 Seeds
                 of
                 other
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 new
                 and
                 unexpected
                 commotions
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 On
                 which
                 occasion
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 whereas
                 Parsley
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 usual
                 Ingredient
                 of
                 aperitive
                 and
                 diuretick
                 Decoctions
                 and
                 Apozems
                 ,
                 a
                 famous
                 and
                 learned
                 Oculist
                 tells
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 very
                 often
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 he
                 hath
                 unawares
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 tryal-sake
                 employ'd
                 Parsley
                 ,
                 either
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 outwardly
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 troubled
                 with
                 great
                 Distempers
                 in
                 their
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 the
                 Medicines
                 wherein
                 that
                 Herb
                 was
                 but
                 one
                 Ingredient
                 among
                 many
                 ,
                 to
                 cause
                 either
                 great
                 pain
                 or
                 inflammation
                 in
                 the
                 Eyes
                 .
                 In
                 confirmation
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 awhile
                 after
                 having
                 a
                 slight
                 Distemper
                 in
                 my
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 I
                 one
                 day
                 found
                 it
                 upon
                 a
                 suddain
                 strangely
                 encreased
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 
                 able
                 to
                 imagine
                 whence
                 these
                 new
                 Symptoms
                 proceeded
                 ;
                 till
                 at
                 length
                 ,
                 recalling
                 to
                 minde
                 all
                 I
                 had
                 done
                 that
                 day
                 ,
                 I
                 remembred
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 Dinner
                 I
                 had
                 eaten
                 Sawce
                 wherein
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 pretty
                 deal
                 of
                 Parsley
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 other
                 things
                 .
                 And
                 whereas
                 in
                 divers
                 of
                 these
                 Compositions
                 some
                 noxious
                 Ingredients
                 are
                 allow'd
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 supposition
                 that
                 their
                 ill
                 Qualities
                 will
                 be
                 lost
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 being
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 tempered
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 though
                 this
                 may
                 sometimes
                 happen
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 considered
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 Treacle
                 (
                 especially
                 at
                 one
                 age
                 of
                 it
                 )
                 the
                 Opium
                 doth
                 not
                 ,
                 considering
                 the
                 small
                 proportion
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 loose
                 much
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 of
                 its
                 power
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 mingled
                 with
                 sixty
                 odde
                 other
                 Drugs
                 ,
                 which
                 Composition
                 possibly
                 ow's
                 much
                 of
                 its
                 vertue
                 to
                 that
                 little
                 Opium
                 .
                 And
                 perhaps
                 one
                 reason
                 why
                 those
                 that
                 accustom
                 themselves
                 to
                 be
                 ever
                 and
                 anon
                 taking
                 Physick
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 often
                 escape
                 dangerous
                 Diseases
                 (
                 by
                 preventing
                 the
                 accumulation
                 of
                 humors
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 their
                 Sicknesses
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 )
                 are
                 yet
                 almost
                 ever
                 troubled
                 with
                 one
                 Distemper
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 That
                 by
                 the
                 multiplicity
                 of
                 Medicines
                 they
                 take
                 into
                 their
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 divers
                 things
                 are
                 excited
                 to
                 disorder
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 otherwise
                 would
                 have
                 lain
                 quiet
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 ignorant
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 alledg'd
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 compounded
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 as
                 Treacle
                 &
                 Mithridate
                 ,
                 how
                 many
                 soever
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 be
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 so
                 clog
                 &
                 temper
                 one
                 anothers
                 activity
                 in
                 the
                 composition
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 results
                 from
                 them
                 all
                 ,
                 one
                 or
                 more
                 Qualities
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Physitians
                 turn
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 thing
                 he
                 considers
                 and
                 makes
                 use
                 of
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 this
                 Allegation
                 doth
                 not
                 want
                 its
                 weight
                 :
                 For
                 I
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 decoction
                 of
                 Galls
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 solution
                 of
                 Copperas
                 ,
                 though
                 neither
                 of
                 them
                 apart
                 be
                 blackish
                 ,
                 will
                 ,
                 upon
                 their
                 mixture
                 ,
                 turn
                 to
                 Ink
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 when
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 Salt-Peter
                 ,
                 and
                 Coals
                 are
                 well
                 mingled
                 together
                 in
                 a
                 due
                 proportion
                 ,
                 they
                 make
                 Gun-Powder
                 ,
                 a
                 
                 mixture
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 Qualities
                 much
                 more
                 active
                 then
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 sever'd
                 Ingredients
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 fear
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 Simples
                 are
                 heap'd
                 together
                 into
                 one
                 compound
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 though
                 there
                 may
                 result
                 a
                 new
                 crasis
                 ,
                 yet
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 hard
                 for
                 the
                 Physitians
                 to
                 know
                 before-hand
                 what
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 may
                 sometimes
                 prove
                 rather
                 hurtful
                 then
                 good
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 by
                 the
                 coalition
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 rather
                 impaired
                 then
                 improved
                 :
                 As
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 crude
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 crude
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 and
                 crude
                 Salt
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 either
                 of
                 them
                 safely
                 enough
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 quantity
                 ;
                 whereas
                 of
                 sublimate
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 those
                 three
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 a
                 few
                 Grains
                 may
                 be
                 rank
                 Poyson
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 those
                 fam'd
                 Compositions
                 of
                 
                   Mithridate
                   ,
                   Treacle
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 cannot
                 well
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 mention'd
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 commend
                 the
                 skill
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 first
                 devised
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 I
                 think
                 that
                 when
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 Simples
                 may
                 answer
                 the
                 same
                 Indications
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 Reasons
                 be
                 more
                 safely
                 employed
                 ;
                 Yet
                 I
                 would
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 discommend
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 those
                 Mixtures
                 ,
                 because
                 long
                 experience
                 hath
                 manifested
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 good
                 Medicines
                 in
                 several
                 cases
                 .
                 But
                 't
                 is
                 one
                 thing
                 to
                 employ
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Compositions
                 ,
                 when
                 tryal
                 hath
                 evinced
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 lucky
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 thing
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 rely
                 on
                 a
                 huddle
                 of
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 before
                 any
                 tryal
                 hath
                 manifested
                 what
                 kinde
                 of
                 Compound
                 they
                 will
                 constitute
                 .
                 And
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 word
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 respect
                 I
                 have
                 for
                 Matthiolus
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 famous
                 Doctors
                 that
                 devised
                 the
                 Compositions
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 Ingredients
                 are
                 thrown
                 by
                 scores
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 by
                 hundreds
                 ,
                 yet
                 however
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 reject
                 an
                 effectual
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 thought
                 that
                 it
                 proved
                 so
                 rather
                 by
                 chance
                 ,
                 then
                 any
                 skill
                 in
                 the
                 Contriver
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 think
                 a
                 wise
                 Man
                 may
                 use
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 that
                 scarce
                 any
                 but
                 a
                 Fool
                 would
                 have
                 devis'd
                 .
              
               
               
                 Another
                 thing
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 account
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 (
                 whom
                 we
                 here
                 suppose
                 an
                 expert
                 Chymist
                 )
                 may
                 assist
                 a
                 Physitian
                 to
                 lessen
                 the
                 expensiveness
                 of
                 his
                 Prescriptions
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 shewing
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 very
                 many
                 Compositions
                 ,
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 and
                 oftentimes
                 the
                 most
                 chargeable
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 be
                 proper
                 or
                 no
                 fo●
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 are
                 unfit
                 for
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 management
                 prescrib'd
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 left
                 out
                 .
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 Chymistry
                 began
                 to
                 flourish
                 amongst
                 us
                 ,
                 very
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 prepared
                 in
                 Apothecaries
                 Shops
                 ,
                 and
                 commonly
                 the
                 most
                 chargeable
                 ,
                 are
                 distill'd
                 Waters
                 ,
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Liquors
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 that
                 shall
                 survey
                 the
                 Books
                 and
                 Bills
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 shall
                 finde
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 very
                 few
                 perhaps
                 excepted
                 )
                 the
                 most
                 usual
                 Prescription
                 is
                 to
                 take
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 Ingredients
                 (
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 numerous
                 enough
                 )
                 and
                 pouring
                 on
                 them
                 either
                 Water
                 or
                 Wine
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 Liquor
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 to
                 distil
                 them
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 rarely
                 in
                 Ashes
                 or
                 Sand.
                 But
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 without
                 wonder
                 ,
                 and
                 something
                 of
                 indignation
                 ,
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Prescriptions
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 eminently
                 Learned
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 publick
                 Dispensatories
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 things
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 distill'd
                 ,
                 with
                 others
                 ,
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 that
                 degree
                 of
                 heat
                 will
                 yield
                 either
                 nothing
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 fragments
                 of
                 Precious
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Leaves
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 prepar'd
                 Pearl
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Or
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 yield
                 any
                 thing
                 (
                 for
                 that
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 yet
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 ,
                 evinced
                 )
                 do
                 probably
                 yield
                 but
                 a
                 little
                 nauseous
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 some
                 few
                 loose
                 parts
                 ,
                 far
                 less
                 efficacious
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 require
                 a
                 stronger
                 heat
                 to
                 drive
                 them
                 up
                 :
                 such
                 are
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 Raysins
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 sweet
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 Bread
                 ,
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 Flesh
                 prepar'd
                 by
                 Coction
                 ,
                 &c.
                 which
                 though
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 thrown
                 away
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 oftentimes
                 there
                 retain
                 their
                 pristine
                 Texture
                 a●d
                 Nature
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 are
                 almost
                 as
                 much
                 more
                 considerable
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 which
                 they
                 yielded
                 in
                 Distillation
                 :
                 as
                 a
                 
                 boyl'd
                 Capon
                 is
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Liquor
                 that
                 sticks
                 to
                 the
                 Cover
                 of
                 the
                 Pot.
                 And
                 though
                 as
                 to
                 some
                 of
                 these
                 Ingredients
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 thought
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 yield
                 even
                 in
                 Balneo
                 some
                 of
                 their
                 useful
                 parts
                 ,
                 yet
                 this
                 can
                 ,
                 with
                 any
                 probability
                 ,
                 be
                 suppos'd
                 but
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 such
                 Ingredients
                 :
                 And
                 even
                 as
                 to
                 them
                 it
                 is
                 but
                 suppos'd
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 yield
                 Something
                 in
                 so
                 milde
                 a
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 that
                 Something
                 will
                 be
                 qualified
                 ,
                 is
                 but
                 presum'd
                 :
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Analogy
                 of
                 the
                 Experiments
                 vulgarly
                 made
                 ,
                 there
                 seems
                 so
                 small
                 cause
                 to
                 exspect
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 more
                 fix'd
                 Ingredients
                 will
                 adde
                 half
                 so
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 will
                 to
                 the
                 cost
                 ;
                 especially
                 since
                 though
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 prov'd
                 ,
                 or
                 were
                 probable
                 ,
                 that
                 fix'd
                 Substances
                 may
                 communicate
                 their
                 vertues
                 to
                 Wine
                 or
                 Water
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 follow
                 that
                 those
                 impregnated
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 distilled
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 will
                 carry
                 those
                 vertues
                 with
                 them
                 over
                 the
                 Helm
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 more
                 largely
                 prov'd
                 in
                 another
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 shew
                 both
                 that
                 the
                 nobler
                 parts
                 of
                 many
                 Ingredients
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 distill'd
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 do
                 commonly
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 unsafe
                 to
                 conclude
                 always
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 distill'd
                 Liquors
                 from
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Concrets
                 that
                 afforded
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 there
                 is
                 another
                 way
                 of
                 putting
                 unfit
                 Ingredients
                 into
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 by
                 confounding
                 those
                 in
                 one
                 Composition
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 though
                 perhaps
                 they
                 might
                 apart
                 be
                 properly
                 enough
                 employed
                 ,
                 do
                 ,
                 when
                 mixed
                 ,
                 destroy
                 or
                 lock
                 up
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 this
                 fault
                 ,
                 even
                 famous
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 are
                 but
                 too
                 often
                 guilty
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Processes
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 wherein
                 saline
                 Substances
                 ,
                 of
                 contrary
                 natures
                 ,
                 are
                 prescrib'd
                 to
                 be
                 mingled
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 because
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 saline
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 associated
                 ;
                 whereas
                 't
                 is
                 evident
                 to
                 any
                 Man
                 ,
                 ●hat
                 considers
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 employs
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 there
                 are
                 scarce
                 any
                 Bodies
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 betwixt
                 which
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 greater
                 contrariety
                 ,
                 then
                 betwixt
                 acid
                 Salts
                 :
                 and
                 as
                 well
                 those
                 that
                 the
                 Chymists
                 call
                 volatile
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Spirits
                 and
                 Salts
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Flesh
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 others
                 which
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 Incineration
                 ,
                 as
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 burnt
                 Vegetables
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 oftentimes
                 it
                 happens
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 an
                 unskilful
                 Mixture
                 ,
                 two
                 good
                 Ingredients
                 are
                 spoil'd
                 ;
                 as
                 when
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 Juice
                 of
                 Lemmons
                 ,
                 Juice
                 of
                 Barberies
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 are
                 prescrib'd
                 to
                 be
                 distill'd
                 with
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 whereof
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Wormwood
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 Plant
                 makes
                 one
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 the
                 acid
                 and
                 alcalizate
                 Salts
                 ,
                 working
                 upon
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 grow
                 more
                 fix'd
                 ,
                 and
                 yield
                 in
                 Balneo
                 but
                 a
                 Flegm
                 :
                 and
                 so
                 Spirit
                 or
                 Urine
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 highly
                 volatile
                 ,
                 and
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 distill'd
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 being
                 mingled
                 together
                 ,
                 will
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 mutual
                 Operation
                 ,
                 constitute
                 a
                 new
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 heat
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Bath
                 ,
                 will
                 yield
                 a
                 Flegm
                 ,
                 leaving
                 behinde
                 the
                 nobler
                 and
                 active
                 Parts
                 concoagulated
                 into
                 a
                 far
                 more
                 fix'd
                 Substance
                 ,
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 where
                 Salts
                 ,
                 especially
                 active
                 ones
                 ,
                 are
                 made
                 Ingredients
                 of
                 Mixtures
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 be
                 skilfully
                 and
                 judiciously
                 compounded
                 ,
                 it
                 often
                 happens
                 that
                 they
                 spoil
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 degenerate
                 into
                 a
                 new
                 thing
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 also
                 spoil
                 the
                 whole
                 Composition
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 divers
                 useful
                 Ingredients
                 compose
                 one
                 bad
                 Medicine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 V.
                 
              
               
                 ANother
                 way
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 (
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 )
                 may
                 help
                 to
                 lessen
                 the
                 chargeableness
                 of
                 Cures
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 shewing
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 to
                 divers
                 costly
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 employ'd
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 there
                 hath
                 not
                 yet
                 been
                 sufficient
                 proof
                 given
                 of
                 their
                 having
                 any
                 Medical
                 Vertues
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 at
                 
                 least
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 exhibited
                 ,
                 either
                 crude
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 slightly
                 prepared
                 in
                 
                   Juleps
                   ,
                   Electuaries
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 any
                 sufficient
                 evidence
                 to
                 perswade
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 efficacy
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 greater
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 many
                 cheap
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 price
                 is
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 altogether
                 of
                 their
                 minde
                 ,
                 that
                 absolutely
                 reject
                 the
                 internal
                 use
                 of
                 Leaf-Gold
                 ,
                 Rubies
                 ,
                 Sapphyrs
                 ,
                 Emerauds
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Gems
                 ,
                 as
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 unconquerable
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Stomack
                 :
                 For
                 as
                 there
                 are
                 rich
                 Patients
                 that
                 may
                 ,
                 without
                 much
                 inconvenience
                 ,
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 the
                 dearest
                 Medicines
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 think
                 the
                 Stomack
                 acts
                 not
                 on
                 Medicines
                 barely
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 its
                 heat
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 endow'd
                 with
                 a
                 subtle
                 dissolvent
                 (
                 whence
                 so
                 ever
                 it
                 hath
                 it
                 )
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 may
                 perform
                 divers
                 things
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 so
                 languid
                 a
                 heat
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 ,
                 with
                 Liquors
                 of
                 differing
                 sorts
                 ,
                 easily
                 drawn
                 from
                 Vegetable
                 Substances
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 unrectified
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 dissolv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 drawn
                 Tinctures
                 from
                 ,
                 Gems
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 cold
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 for
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Considerations
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 yet
                 acquiess
                 in
                 their
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 that
                 laugh
                 at
                 the
                 administration
                 of
                 crude
                 Gems
                 ,
                 &c.
                 as
                 ridiculous
                 ;
                 yet
                 neither
                 am
                 I
                 altogether
                 of
                 their
                 Adversary's
                 minde
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 I
                 deny
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 Glass
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 which
                 looketh
                 like
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Gem
                 or
                 Ruby
                 ,
                 will
                 easily
                 enough
                 impart
                 to
                 Liquors
                 an
                 emetick
                 Quality
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 know
                 too
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 great
                 odds
                 betwixt
                 Ruby's
                 and
                 other
                 Gems
                 (
                 which
                 will
                 endure
                 violent
                 Fires
                 ,
                 and
                 remain
                 undissolved
                 in
                 divers
                 strongly
                 corrosive
                 Liquors
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 Glass
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 Body
                 so
                 far
                 less
                 compact
                 and
                 fix'd
                 ,
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Vinegar
                 it self
                 will
                 work
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 strong
                 Fire
                 will
                 ,
                 in
                 no
                 long
                 time
                 ,
                 dissipate
                 it
                 into
                 smoke
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 chiefly
                 consider
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 't
                 is
                 one
                 thing
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 probable
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 possible
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Ruby's
                 ,
                 Sapphyrs
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   may
                
                 be
                 wrought
                 upon
                 by
                 a
                 humane
                 Stomack
                 ;
                 and
                 another
                 thing
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 both
                 that
                 
                 they
                 
                   are
                   wont
                
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 actually
                 endow'd
                 with
                 those
                 particular
                 and
                 specifick
                 Vertues
                 that
                 are
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 them
                 :
                 Nay
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 over
                 and
                 above
                 )
                 that
                 these
                 Vertues
                 are
                 such
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 eminent
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 considerably
                 surpass
                 those
                 of
                 cheaper
                 Simples
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 Prescriptions
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 poorer
                 sort
                 of
                 Patients
                 ,
                 a
                 Physitian
                 may
                 well
                 substitue
                 cheaper
                 Ingredients
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 these
                 precious
                 ones
                 ,
                 whose
                 Vertues
                 are
                 not
                 half
                 so
                 unquestionable
                 as
                 their
                 Dearness
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 strange
                 Excellency
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                
                 ,
                 made
                 by
                 a
                 true
                 Adeptus
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 a
                 Possessor
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 Alcahest
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 now
                 dispute
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 what
                 powerful
                 and
                 radical
                 Dissolvents
                 the
                 profound
                 skill
                 of
                 such
                 Men
                 (
                 if
                 any
                 such
                 there
                 be
                 )
                 may
                 furnish
                 them
                 with
                 ,
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Gold.
                 But
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 attempts
                 and
                 practices
                 of
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Physitians
                 to
                 make
                 Gold
                 potable
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 their
                 attempts
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Solutions
                 volatile
                 ,
                 succeed
                 so
                 seldom
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 Learned
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 have
                 pronounced
                 the
                 thing
                 it self
                 unfeasible
                 ;
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 much
                 doubt
                 whether
                 such
                 a
                 potable
                 Gold
                 would
                 have
                 the
                 prodigious
                 Vertues
                 its
                 Encomiasts
                 ascribe
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 expect
                 from
                 it
                 :
                 For
                 I
                 finde
                 not
                 that
                 those
                 I
                 have
                 yet
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 deliver
                 these
                 strange
                 things
                 upon
                 particular
                 Experiments
                 duly
                 made
                 ,
                 but
                 partly
                 upon
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Books
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 which
                 were
                 never
                 written
                 by
                 those
                 whose
                 Names
                 they
                 bear
                 .
                 And
                 others
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 ,
                 commend
                 
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                
                 ,
                 prepared
                 after
                 another-guess
                 manner
                 then
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 now
                 speaking
                 of
                 ,
                 partly
                 upon
                 a
                 presumption
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 made
                 volatile
                 ,
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 strangely
                 unlock'd
                 ,
                 and
                 exalted
                 to
                 a
                 meer
                 Spiritual
                 Nature
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 upon
                 rational
                 Conjectures
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 think
                 them
                 )
                 drawn
                 from
                 the
                 nobleness
                 and
                 preciousness
                 of
                 Gold.
                 But
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 
                 long
                 since
                 bethought
                 my self
                 of
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 whereby
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 moderate
                 Fire
                 ,
                 make
                 my
                 Menstruum
                 bring
                 over
                 cru●e
                 Gold
                 ,
                 in
                 quantity
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Liquor
                 look
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 or
                 second
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 high
                 golden
                 colour
                 ;
                 yet
                 finding
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 easie
                 Art
                 ,
                 quickly
                 recover
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 volatile
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 a
                 corporal
                 and
                 malleable
                 Gold
                 ,
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 brag
                 that
                 my
                 Tincture
                 (
                 as
                 an
                 Alchymist
                 would
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 must
                 needs
                 do
                 strange
                 feats
                 ,
                 because
                 there
                 is
                 so
                 noble
                 a
                 Mettal
                 brought
                 over
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 this
                 or
                 other
                 preparations
                 of
                 
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                
                 prove
                 good
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 further
                 enquired
                 ,
                 whether
                 the
                 Vertues
                 may
                 not
                 in
                 great
                 part
                 be
                 rather
                 attributed
                 to
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Gold
                 (
                 that
                 requiring
                 a
                 very
                 subtile
                 Liquor
                 to
                 volatilize
                 it
                 )
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 association
                 of
                 the
                 Corpuscles
                 of
                 the
                 Gold
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 saline
                 Particles
                 of
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 new
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 differing
                 enough
                 from
                 Gold
                 ,
                 though
                 never
                 so
                 well
                 open'd
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 nobleness
                 and
                 pretiousness
                 of
                 this
                 Metal
                 ,
                 That
                 depends
                 upon
                 the
                 Estimation
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 whence
                 in
                 America
                 the
                 Indians
                 that
                 abounded
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 such
                 a
                 great
                 value
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 And
                 in
                 divers
                 Countries
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 postponed
                 to
                 Iron
                 or
                 to
                 Copper
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 rather
                 a
                 Political
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 speak
                 )
                 then
                 a
                 Natural
                 Vertue
                 .
                 Nor
                 will
                 it
                 follow
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 fixedst
                 and
                 pretiousest
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 that
                 therefore
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 an
                 admirable
                 Medicine
                 :
                 For
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 Diamonds
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 the
                 hardest
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 fix'd
                 ones
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 much
                 greater
                 esteem
                 ,
                 
                   caeteris
                   paribus
                
                 ,
                 then
                 Gold
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 being
                 accounted
                 highly
                 Medicinal
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 commonly
                 (
                 though
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 deservedly
                 )
                 reckon'd
                 among
                 Poysons
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 see
                 I
                 have
                 digress'd
                 ,
                 That
                 which
                 I
                 chiefly
                 aim'd
                 at
                 ,
                 being
                 to
                 inculcate
                 ,
                 that
                 whether
                 Gold
                 and
                 Gems
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 pretious
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 good
                 Medicines
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 't
                 were
                 a
                 good
                 work
                 to
                 substitute
                 cheap
                 ones
                 for
                 the
                 poorer
                 
                 sort
                 of
                 Patients
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Physitians
                 are
                 much
                 to
                 blame
                 ,
                 who
                 prize
                 Simples
                 ,
                 as
                 Drugsters
                 do
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 brought
                 from
                 remote
                 Countries
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 hard
                 to
                 be
                 come
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 imagine
                 that
                 what
                 doth
                 not
                 cost
                 much
                 Money
                 in
                 the
                 Shops
                 ,
                 can
                 do
                 much
                 good
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ;
                 as
                 if
                 God
                 had
                 made
                 Provision
                 onely
                 for
                 the
                 Rich
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 People
                 that
                 have
                 Commerce
                 with
                 China
                 or
                 the
                 India's
                 :
                 whereas
                 indeed
                 it
                 may
                 oftentimes
                 happen
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 the
                 Chymists
                 call
                 their
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 throw
                 away
                 as
                 an
                 useless
                 
                   Terra
                   Damnata
                
                 ,
                 may
                 have
                 as
                 great
                 Vertues
                 as
                 those
                 nobler
                 Parts
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 call
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 extracted
                 from
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 desp●sed
                 Simple
                 ,
                 nay
                 ,
                 even
                 an
                 Excrement
                 or
                 an
                 Infect
                 ,
                 may
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 prove
                 nobler
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 Men
                 call
                 and
                 think
                 very
                 noble
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 say
                 then
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Extracts
                 and
                 Quintescences
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 you
                 with
                 many
                 Instances
                 to
                 prove
                 this
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 having
                 more
                 fully
                 discoursed
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 another
                 *
                 Treatise
                 :
                 But
                 yet
                 some
                 Instances
                 I
                 suppose
                 you
                 will
                 here
                 expect
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 present
                 you
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 at
                 present
                 come
                 into
                 my
                 minde
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 the
                 Distillation
                 of
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 is
                 finished
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 as
                 deserving
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 is
                 wont
                 ,
                 by
                 common
                 Distillers
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 thrown
                 away
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 whole
                 heaps
                 of
                 it
                 thrown
                 by
                 ,
                 as
                 useless
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 make
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 in
                 quantity
                 to
                 sell
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 yet
                 this
                 despised
                 Substance
                 doth
                 ,
                 in
                 common
                 Water
                 it self
                 ,
                 yield
                 a
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 onely
                 depurated
                 by
                 frequent
                 Solutions
                 and
                 Filtrations
                 ,
                 is
                 that
                 famous
                 
                   Panacca
                   Duplicata
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Arcanum
                   Duplicatum
                
                 ,
                 which
                 that
                 great
                 Virtuoso
                 and
                 knowing
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Holstein
                 ,
                 whose
                 name
                 it
                 also
                 beareth
                 ,
                 thought
                 worth
                 purchasing
                 at
                 the
                 rate
                 of
                 Five
                 hundred
                 Dollars
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Princes
                 experienced
                 Physitian
                 thus
                 writes
                 to
                 the
                 Industrious
                 
                 Schroder
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Mille
                   experimentis
                   salis
                   hujus
                   Efficaciam
                   Aula
                   nostra
                   comprobavit
                   in
                   melancholicis
                   affectibus
                   ,
                   febribus
                   quibuscunque
                   continuis
                   &
                   intermittentibus
                   ,
                   calculo
                   ,
                   scorbut●
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Quin
                   &
                   somnū
                   conciliasse
                   praesertim
                   in
                   Melancholicis
                   non
                   semel
                   notavimus
                   .
                   Dosis
                   à
                
                 scrup
                 :
                 1.
                 ad
                 scrup
                 :
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Libras
                   aliquod
                   quotannis
                   absumimus
                
                 .
                 And
                 another
                 very
                 skilful
                 Physitian
                 that
                 frequented
                 that
                 Excellent
                 Princes
                 Court
                 ,
                 confirm'd
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 same
                 Medicin's
                 diuretick
                 and
                 deoppilative
                 Vertues
                 :
                 (
                 But
                 upon
                 my
                 own
                 Experience
                 I
                 can
                 say
                 little
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 having
                 casually
                 lost
                 a
                 great
                 quantity
                 I
                 caus'd
                 to
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 to
                 make
                 tryal
                 with
                 ,
                 before
                 I
                 had
                 opportunity
                 to
                 employ
                 it
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 But
                 whereas
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 of
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 there
                 remains
                 pretty
                 store
                 of
                 easily
                 soluble
                 Salt
                 ;
                 In
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 when
                 not
                 onely
                 all
                 the
                 Oyl
                 is
                 forc'd
                 away
                 by
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 the
                 fix'd
                 Salt
                 is
                 exactly
                 separated
                 by
                 Water
                 ,
                 There
                 seems
                 to
                 remain
                 nothing
                 but
                 a
                 worthless
                 
                   Terra
                   Damnata
                
                 :
                 And
                 yet
                 't
                 is
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 th●t
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 shall
                 teach
                 you
                 ere
                 long
                 ,
                 I
                 make
                 those
                 Colcotharine
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 possibly
                 a
                 nobler
                 Medicine
                 then
                 either
                 the
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 Bezoar-stone
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 so
                 often
                 prescrib'd
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 dearly
                 paid
                 for
                 by
                 Patients
                 ,
                 the
                 experienc'd
                 Bontius
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 competent
                 Witness
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 (
                 and
                 whose
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 its
                 generation
                 ,
                 agrees
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 any
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 with
                 that
                 I
                 receiv'd
                 from
                 an
                 Intelligent
                 Person
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 employ'd
                 into
                 Persia
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 King
                 )
                 hath
                 in
                 one
                 place
                 a
                 Passage
                 concerning
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 writes
                 such
                 things
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 cut
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Mans
                 Bladder
                 (
                 though
                 that
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 crude
                 ,
                 be
                 despis●d
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 vile
                 and
                 useless
                 in
                 Physick
                 )
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 justly
                 applicable
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 :
                 
                 Caeterum
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Bezoar-stone
                   )
                   quantum
                   ad
                   hyperbolicas
                   hujus
                   lapidis
                   virtutes
                   &
                   facultates
                   portentosas
                   
                   non
                   tantos
                   in
                   eo
                   mille
                   experientiis
                   edoctus
                   inveni
                
                 :
                 And
                 elsewhere
                 speaking
                 of
                 those
                 contemptible
                 and
                 excrementitious
                 Stones
                 that
                 are
                 found
                 in
                 humane
                 Bladders
                 :
                 
                   Nil
                   pooro
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   de
                   his
                   lapidibus
                   addo
                   ne
                   videar
                   eos
                   elevare
                   &
                   lithotomos
                   monere
                   ut
                   vel
                   cum
                   periculo
                   plures
                   mortales
                   secent
                
                 :
                 
                 
                   Hoc
                   certe
                   compertum
                   habeo
                   lapidem
                   in
                   vesica
                   hominis
                   repertum
                   urinam
                   &
                   sudores
                   probe
                   ciere
                   quod
                   tempore
                   ingentis
                   illius
                   pestis
                   quae
                   Anno
                
                 1624
                 &
                 1625
                 
                   Leydam
                   patriam
                   meam
                   &
                   reliquas
                   Hollandiae
                   Civitates
                   miserandum
                   in
                   modum
                   vastabat
                   ,
                   in
                   penuri●
                   lapidis
                   Besoartici
                   nos
                   exhibuisse
                   memini
                   &
                   sudorificum
                   (
                   ausi●●
                   dicere
                   )
                   melius
                   &
                   excellentius
                   invenisse
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 Soot
                 is
                 generally
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 so
                 vile
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 fain
                 to
                 hire
                 Men
                 to
                 carry
                 it
                 away
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 elsewhere
                 shew
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 Body
                 of
                 no
                 ignoble
                 Nature
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 must
                 here
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 no
                 unuseful
                 one
                 in
                 Physick
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 to
                 mention
                 that
                 Riverius
                 commends
                 it
                 crude
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Drachme
                 ,
                 in
                 Plurisies
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 try'd
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 it
                 well
                 drawn
                 ,
                 some
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 make
                 me
                 look
                 upon
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 considerable
                 Liquor
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 know
                 by
                 their
                 own
                 confessions
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 pass
                 under
                 other
                 Names
                 ,
                 have
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 for
                 their
                 principal
                 Ingredient
                 .
                 I
                 knew
                 ,
                 a
                 not
                 unlearned
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 exceedingly
                 cry'd
                 up
                 for
                 the
                 Cures
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 difficult
                 Distempers
                 of
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 call'd
                 sometimes
                 his
                 
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 his
                 Panacaea
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 obtain'd
                 from
                 this
                 Man
                 ,
                 in
                 exchange
                 of
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Secret
                 of
                 mine
                 he
                 was
                 greedy
                 of
                 ,
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 this
                 so
                 celebrated
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 main
                 thing
                 in
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 drawn
                 after
                 a
                 somewhat
                 unusual
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 excellent
                 manner
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Flowers
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 were
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 way
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 be
                 dissolv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 swim
                 in
                 little
                 drops
                 that
                 look'd
                 of
                 a
                 golden
                 colour
                 .
              
               
               
                 You
                 will
                 easily
                 grant
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 not
                 any
                 Medicines
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 more
                 cheap
                 and
                 contemptible
                 then
                 the
                 Excrements
                 of
                 Men
                 and
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Insects
                 :
                 And
                 yet
                 that
                 even
                 these
                 want
                 not
                 considerable
                 Medical
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 we
                 elsewhere
                 shew
                 .
                 And
                 (
                 not
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 such
                 nasty
                 things
                 as
                 the
                 grosser
                 sort
                 of
                 humane
                 Excrements
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 outwardly
                 apply'd
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 Powder
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 do
                 sometimes
                 perform
                 strange
                 things
                 )
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 Horse-dung
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 Stone-horses
                 ,
                 being
                 strongly
                 express'd
                 (
                 after
                 the
                 Dung
                 hath
                 been
                 awhile
                 steeped
                 in
                 Ale
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 convenient
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 to
                 facilitate
                 the
                 obtaining
                 the
                 Juice
                 and
                 to
                 afford
                 it
                 a
                 Vehicle
                 )
                 doth
                 oftentimes
                 so
                 powerfully
                 relieve
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 troubled
                 with
                 the
                 stoppage
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 with
                 Winde
                 ,
                 Stitches
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 with
                 Obstructions
                 of
                 the
                 Spleen
                 and
                 Liver
                 ,
                 that
                 You
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 know
                 a
                 great
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 though
                 very
                 neat
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 curious
                 of
                 her
                 Health
                 ,
                 and
                 wont
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 attendance
                 of
                 the
                 skilfullest
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 scruples
                 not
                 ,
                 upon
                 occasion
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 her
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 Silver
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 this
                 homely
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 and
                 prefer
                 it
                 to
                 divers
                 rich
                 Cordials
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 to
                 what
                 some
                 Chymists
                 are
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 call
                 Essences
                 or
                 Elixirs
                 :
                 And
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 very
                 many
                 poor
                 People
                 were
                 cur'd
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 it self
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 lately
                 swept
                 away
                 so
                 many
                 thousands
                 in
                 Ireland
                 (
                 and
                 the
                 Doctors
                 with
                 the
                 Patients
                 )
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 assur'd
                 by
                 a
                 Person
                 who
                 cur'd
                 so
                 many
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 invite
                 men
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 that
                 assistance
                 ,
                 by
                 refusing
                 the
                 Party
                 the
                 liberty
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 But
                 (
                 to
                 adde
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 by
                 )
                 this
                 Person
                 ,
                 in
                 exchange
                 of
                 a
                 Secret
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Arcanum
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 cur'd
                 such
                 numbers
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 Horse-dung
                 was
                 a
                 Succedaneum
                 ,
                 was
                 onely
                 a
                 good
                 Dose
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 of
                 fully
                 ripe
                 Ivy-berries
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 usually
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 Horse-dung
                 ,
                 work
                 plentifully
                 
                 by
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 I
                 presently
                 remembred
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 few
                 things
                 that
                 Helmont
                 commends
                 against
                 the
                 Plague
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Medical
                 Vertues
                 of
                 Man's
                 Urine
                 ,
                 both
                 inwardly
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 outwardly
                 apply'd
                 ,
                 would
                 require
                 rather
                 a
                 whole
                 Book
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 an
                 Essay
                 to
                 enumerate
                 and
                 insist
                 on
                 :
                 But
                 referring
                 you
                 to
                 what
                 an
                 industrious
                 Chymist
                 hath
                 already
                 collected
                 touching
                 that
                 subject
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 onely
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 knew
                 ancient
                 Gentlewoman
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 almost
                 hopeless
                 to
                 recover
                 of
                 divers
                 Chronical
                 Distempers
                 (
                 and
                 some
                 too
                 of
                 these
                 abstruse
                 enough
                 )
                 was
                 at
                 length
                 advised
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 more
                 costly
                 Physick
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 Morning-draughts
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 Water
                 ;
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 which
                 she
                 strangely
                 recovered
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 ,
                 for
                 ought
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 still
                 well
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 is
                 not
                 disdain'd
                 by
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 great
                 Quality
                 and
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 that
                 You
                 know
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 too
                 ,
                 after
                 she
                 hath
                 travelled
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 the
                 Spaw
                 for
                 Her
                 healths
                 sake
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 that
                 passing
                 once
                 through
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 remoter
                 Parts
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 visited
                 by
                 an
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 a
                 well-wisher
                 to
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 Novice
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 who
                 pressing
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 communicate
                 to
                 him
                 some
                 easie
                 and
                 cheap
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 among
                 the
                 C●untrey
                 People
                 ;
                 I
                 directed
                 him
                 to
                 Dist●l
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 a
                 Spirit
                 out
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 putrified
                 for
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 Weeks
                 on
                 a
                 Dung-hill
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 analogous
                 heat
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 well
                 clos'd
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 glaz'd
                 Vessels
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 rectified
                 this
                 Spirit
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 ten
                 ,
                 twenty
                 ,
                 or
                 thirty
                 drops
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 any
                 convenient
                 Liquor
                 for
                 the
                 Plurisie
                 ,
                 for
                 most
                 kinde
                 of
                 Coughs
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Succedaneum
                 to
                 the
                 Essence
                 of
                 Harts
                 horn
                 :
                 And
                 awhile
                 after
                 this
                 Emperick
                 return'd
                 me
                 great
                 thanks
                 for
                 what
                 I
                 had
                 taught
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 found
                 by
                 him
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 
                 cured
                 so
                 many
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 Plurisies
                 (
                 a
                 Disease
                 frequent
                 and
                 dangerous
                 enough
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 )
                 that
                 this
                 slight
                 and
                 seemingly
                 despicable
                 Remedy
                 had
                 already
                 made
                 him
                 be
                 cry'd
                 up
                 for
                 a
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 like
                 to
                 help
                 him
                 to
                 a
                 comfortable
                 Subsistence
                 .
              
               
                 Great
                 store
                 of
                 healthy
                 Mens
                 Blood
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 thrown
                 away
                 ,
                 as
                 altogether
                 useless
                 ,
                 by
                 Chirurgions
                 and
                 Barbers
                 ,
                 that
                 let
                 Men
                 Blood
                 (
                 as
                 is
                 usual
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 and
                 Fall
                 )
                 for
                 prevention
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 from
                 a
                 Man's
                 Blood
                 skilfully
                 prepared
                 ,
                 though
                 without
                 addition
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 save
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 at
                 first
                 from
                 putrifying
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 easily
                 obtain'd
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 much
                 the
                 same
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 newly
                 mention'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 but
                 more
                 noble
                 (
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 guess
                 )
                 then
                 either
                 that
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts
                 horn
                 ,
                 as
                 having
                 perform'd
                 in
                 Consumptions
                 ,
                 Asthma's
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 obstinate
                 cases
                 ,
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 I
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 admire
                 .
                 But
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 mentioning
                 humane
                 Blood
                 onely
                 
                   in
                   transi●u
                
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 pretermit
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 observed
                 about
                 the
                 preparation
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 yet
                 leaving
                 you
                 a
                 liberty
                 to
                 call
                 for
                 my
                 Observations
                 upon
                 a
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 perhaps
                 nobler
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 most
                 costly
                 and
                 elaborate
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 sold
                 in
                 Shops
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 almost
                 alone
                 excepted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Censure
                 made
                 by
                 a
                 Learned
                 Modern
                 Writer
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 Chymistry
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 but
                 one
                 Instance
                 more
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 obvious
                 and
                 abject
                 Creatures
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 Instance
                 is
                 afforded
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 vile
                 Insects
                 commonly
                 called
                 in
                 English
                 ,
                 Wood-lice
                 ,
                 or
                 Sows
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Latine
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 often
                 both
                 recommended
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 taken
                 my self
                 :
                 What
                 their
                 Vertue
                 is
                 against
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 the
                 World
                 hath
                 been
                 informed
                 by
                 Laurembergius
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 hath
                 published
                 a
                 Narrative
                 ,
                 how
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 he
                 was
                 cured
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 in
                 the
                 Bladder
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 invited
                 to
                 use
                 them
                 by
                 credible
                 information
                 ,
                 that
                 others
                 had
                 been
                 cured
                 of
                 that
                 Disease
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 .
                 And
                 of
                 late
                 Years
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 an
                 Emperick
                 being
                 much
                 resorted
                 to
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 relief
                 he
                 gave
                 in
                 that
                 tormenting
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 a
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 famous
                 for
                 his
                 Learned
                 Writings
                 ,
                 wondering
                 at
                 what
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 curious
                 (
                 as
                 himself
                 afterwards
                 told
                 me
                 )
                 to
                 finde
                 out
                 the
                 Emperick's
                 secret
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 length
                 was
                 so
                 industrious
                 as
                 to
                 discover
                 ,
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 a
                 slight
                 preparation
                 of
                 Millepedes
                 .
                 But
                 my
                 having
                 found
                 them
                 in
                 my self
                 very
                 diuretical
                 and
                 apertive
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 that
                 which
                 chiefly
                 recommends
                 them
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 For
                 I
                 knew
                 ,
                 and
                 liv'd
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 House
                 with
                 a
                 pious
                 Gentlewoman
                 ,
                 much
                 better
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 then
                 her
                 Sex
                 promised
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 lost
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 one
                 Eye
                 by
                 a
                 Cataract
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 threatned
                 by
                 the
                 Oculists
                 with
                 the
                 speedy
                 loss
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 her
                 being
                 very
                 aged
                 and
                 corpulent
                 ,
                 she
                 nevertheless
                 did
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 Years
                 ,
                 to
                 my
                 wonder
                 ,
                 employ
                 her
                 Eye
                 to
                 read
                 and
                 work
                 with
                 ,
                 without
                 finding
                 ,
                 as
                 she
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 any
                 decay
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 encreasing
                 danger
                 of
                 a
                 suffusion
                 :
                 And
                 she
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 her
                 Medicine
                 was
                 to
                 bruise
                 first
                 five
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 then
                 ten
                 ,
                 then
                 fifteen
                 ,
                 then
                 twenty
                 ,
                 &c.
                 (
                 daily
                 encreasing
                 the
                 number
                 by
                 five
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 had
                 reach'd
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 mistake
                 not
                 ,
                 fifty
                 or
                 sixty
                 )
                 in
                 White-wine
                 (
                 or
                 Small-ale
                 )
                 and
                 to
                 drink
                 upon
                 an
                 empty
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 the
                 strongly
                 express'd
                 Liquor
                 ;
                 And
                 when
                 I
                 desired
                 to
                 know
                 how
                 she
                 came
                 by
                 this
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 she
                 answered
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 having
                 made
                 enquiries
                 among
                 all
                 those
                 ,
                 both
                 Oculists
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 thought
                 might
                 assist
                 her
                 against
                 so
                 sad
                 a
                 Distemper
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 advised
                 to
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 onely
                 much
                 magnified
                 their
                 vertue
                 in
                 such
                 cases
                 as
                 hers
                 ,
                 but
                 assured
                 her
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 much
                 mis-remember
                 not
                 )
                 that
                 she
                 her self
                 
                 had
                 been
                 cured
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 no
                 less
                 then
                 an
                 incipient
                 suffusion
                 in
                 one
                 or
                 both
                 of
                 her
                 Eyes
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 Since
                 the
                 writing
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 Page
                 ,
                 relating
                 what
                 I
                 newly
                 told
                 you
                 to
                 a
                 very
                 Ingenious
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 he
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 Th●t
                 being
                 some
                 Yea●s
                 since
                 in
                 Holland
                 ,
                 he
                 there
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 Woman
                 who
                 was
                 cured
                 ,
                 as
                 her self
                 confessed
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 real
                 Cataract
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 beginning
                 with
                 that
                 of
                 three
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 encreasing
                 to
                 nine
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 gradually
                 lessening
                 the
                 Dose
                 by
                 one
                 Insect
                 each
                 day
                 ,
                 t●ll
                 she
                 were
                 come
                 back
                 to
                 three
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 ,
                 she
                 gradually
                 increas'd
                 the
                 Dose
                 as
                 before
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 adds
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Woman
                 w●s
                 advised
                 to
                 this
                 Medicine
                 by
                 an
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 said
                 to
                 have
                 performed
                 divers
                 Cures
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Medicine
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 [
                 What
                 strange
                 things
                 these
                 same
                 Millepedes
                 have
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 sore
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 exulcerated
                 Breasts
                 of
                 Women
                 (
                 provided
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 cancrous
                 )
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 given
                 without
                 preparation
                 onely
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 three
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 on
                 to
                 nine
                 at
                 once
                 (
                 which
                 number
                 may
                 perhaps
                 be
                 usefully
                 encreased
                 )
                 stamp'd
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 White-wine
                 or
                 Beer
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Liquor
                 strain'd
                 out
                 may
                 be
                 drunk
                 in
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 Beer
                 ,
                 Morning
                 and
                 Evening
                 ;
                 during
                 which
                 time
                 ,
                 Linnen
                 clothes
                 dipp'd
                 in
                 White
                 wine
                 ,
                 and
                 apply'd
                 warm
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 upon
                 the
                 Breast
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 a
                 fitter
                 opportunity
                 to
                 relate
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 onely
                 subjoyn
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 further
                 proof
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Vertue
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 even
                 in
                 vile
                 and
                 costless
                 Insects
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 without
                 any
                 elaborate
                 or
                 Chymical
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 this
                 memorable
                 Story
                 ;
                 That
                 after
                 all
                 the
                 tryals
                 I
                 had
                 made
                 about
                 these
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 yong
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 divers
                 strangely
                 winding
                 and
                 obstinate
                 Fistula's
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 made
                 themselves
                 Orifices
                 in
                 many
                 places
                 of
                 her
                 Body
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 onely
                 lam'd
                 ,
                 but
                 so
                 consum'd
                 and
                 weakned
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 scarce
                 able
                 to
                 turn
                 
                 her self
                 in
                 her
                 bed
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 utmost
                 endeavors
                 of
                 the
                 eminentest
                 Chirurgions
                 ,
                 both
                 English
                 and
                 Foreigners
                 ,
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 procur'd
                 :
                 But
                 when
                 both
                 the
                 hopes
                 of
                 her
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 endeavored
                 to
                 cure
                 her
                 ,
                 were
                 lost
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 not
                 alone
                 freed
                 from
                 her
                 Fistula's
                 ,
                 but
                 recovered
                 to
                 a
                 thriving
                 condition
                 of
                 Body
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 frequent
                 use
                 of
                 an
                 internal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 as
                 both
                 her
                 Parents
                 and
                 the
                 Person
                 that
                 taught
                 in
                 them
                 informed
                 me
                 ,
                 was
                 onely
                 a
                 Drink
                 (
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 a
                 day
                 )
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 small
                 proportion
                 of
                 a
                 couple
                 of
                 Herbs
                 (
                 very
                 common
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 much
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 do
                 Wonders
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ,
                 then
                 Worm-wood
                 and
                 Mint
                 )
                 and
                 of
                 Three
                 hundred
                 of
                 these
                 Millepedes
                 well
                 beaten
                 (
                 when
                 their
                 Heads
                 are
                 pull'd
                 of
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 Mortar
                 ,
                 and
                 tunn'd
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 and
                 suspended
                 in
                 four
                 Gallons
                 of
                 small
                 Ale
                 ,
                 during
                 its
                 fermentation
                 .
                 The
                 wonderful
                 efficacy
                 of
                 this
                 Medicine
                 in
                 this
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 cases
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 occasion
                 of
                 this
                 Cure
                 were
                 related
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 being
                 almost
                 wholly
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 the
                 Millepedes
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Illustrious
                 Imparter
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 whose
                 leave
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 ,
                 by
                 naming
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 disclose
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 Secret
                 He
                 makes
                 use
                 of
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 VI.
                 
              
               
                 ANother
                 way
                 there
                 is
                 whereby
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 less
                 chargeable
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 by
                 shewing
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 employ
                 most
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 cost
                 and
                 labor
                 in
                 many
                 cases
                 might
                 be
                 spared
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 altogether
                 of
                 their
                 minde
                 ,
                 that
                 indiscriminatly
                 cry
                 down
                 Chymical
                 Preparations
                 as
                 excessively
                 dear
                 :
                 For
                 of
                 many
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 seem
                 very
                 dear
                 ,
                 when
                 bought
                 by
                 the
                 Pound
                 or
                 the
                 Ounce
                 ,
                 a
                 Dose
                 may
                 be
                 cheap
                 enough
                 ;
                 as
                 if
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 an
                 Ounce
                 of
                 precipitate
                 
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Mercury
                 cost
                 ten
                 times
                 its
                 weight
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 under
                 which
                 rate
                 I
                 have
                 bought
                 it
                 of
                 honest
                 Men
                 ,
                 that
                 make
                 it
                 themselves
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 Ounce
                 containing
                 480
                 Grains
                 ,
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 Dose
                 )
                 a
                 taking
                 of
                 this
                 dear
                 Powder
                 ,
                 may
                 cost
                 far
                 less
                 then
                 a
                 Dose
                 of
                 many
                 Galenical
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 quantity
                 that
                 is
                 taken
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 makes
                 up
                 what
                 is
                 wanting
                 in
                 the
                 costliness
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 this
                 be
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 some
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 must
                 not
                 deny
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 others
                 are
                 chargeable
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 perhaps
                 not
                 more
                 so
                 then
                 many
                 Galenical
                 ones
                 employ'd
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 purposes
                 :
                 Yet
                 if
                 those
                 be
                 dearer
                 then
                 they
                 need
                 be
                 ,
                 that
                 grievance
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 redress'd
                 in
                 Chymical
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 how
                 justly
                 soever
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 may
                 be
                 imputed
                 to
                 Galenical
                 ones
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Physitians
                 that
                 imitate
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 blameable
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 this
                 matter
                 ;
                 The
                 one
                 ,
                 their
                 employing
                 Chymical
                 Preparations
                 on
                 all
                 occasions
                 ,
                 even
                 where
                 Simples
                 or
                 slight
                 Compositions
                 might
                 serve
                 the
                 turn
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 is
                 ,
                 Their
                 making
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 P●eparations
                 more
                 laborious
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 more
                 chargeable
                 then
                 needs
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 :
                 'T
                 is
                 known
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 that
                 practise
                 Physick
                 ,
                 who
                 so
                 dote
                 upon
                 the
                 Productions
                 of
                 their
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 scarce
                 go
                 about
                 to
                 cure
                 a
                 cut
                 Finger
                 ,
                 with
                 less
                 then
                 some
                 Spagyrical
                 Oyl
                 or
                 Balsam
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 slight
                 Distempers
                 have
                 recourse
                 to
                 Chymical
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 to
                 Mineral
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 vehemently
                 alter
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 especially
                 by
                 heating
                 and
                 drying
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 often
                 more
                 harm
                 then
                 good
                 ,
                 when
                 employed
                 in
                 cases
                 that
                 need
                 not
                 such
                 active
                 Medicines
                 .
                 And
                 methinks
                 those
                 that
                 practise
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 Nature
                 presented
                 us
                 nothing
                 worth
                 the
                 accepting
                 ,
                 unless
                 it
                 be
                 cook'd
                 
                 and
                 perfected
                 by
                 Vulcan
                 ,
                 might
                 consider
                 ,
                 That
                 Paracelsus
                 himself
                 oftentimes
                 employeth
                 Simples
                 for
                 the
                 cure
                 even
                 of
                 formidable
                 Diseases
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 for
                 particular
                 Reasons
                 I
                 be
                 incl●nable
                 enough
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 searching
                 and
                 commanding
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 the
                 Universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 cure
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 differing
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 hardly
                 obtain'd
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 perhaps
                 of
                 Minerals
                 :
                 Yet
                 as
                 to
                 most
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 not
                 yet
                 atriv'd
                 to
                 a
                 deplorable
                 height
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 Simples
                 ,
                 or
                 cheap
                 ,
                 or
                 unelaborate
                 Galenical
                 Mixtures
                 ,
                 may
                 furnish
                 us
                 with
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 perform
                 much
                 more
                 then
                 Chymists
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 and
                 possibly
                 be
                 preferable
                 to
                 many
                 of
                 their
                 costly
                 
                   Magisteries
                   ,
                   Quint-essences
                
                 and
                 Elixirs
                 .
                 
                 Helmont
                 himself
                 ,
                 a
                 Person
                 more
                 knowing
                 and
                 experienced
                 in
                 his
                 Art
                 ,
                 then
                 almost
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 scruples
                 not
                 to
                 make
                 this
                 ingenious
                 Confession
                 :
                 Credo
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   simplicia
                   in
                   sua
                   simplicitate
                   esse
                   sufficientia
                   ,
                   pro
                   sanatione
                   omnium
                   morborum
                
                 :
                 And
                 elsewhere
                 he
                 truly
                 affirms
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 sometimes
                 greater
                 Vertue
                 in
                 a
                 Simple
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 Nature
                 affords
                 it
                 us
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 the
                 Fire
                 can
                 separate
                 from
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 certainly
                 the
                 specifick
                 Properties
                 of
                 divers
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 most
                 Simples
                 ,
                 are
                 confounded
                 and
                 lost
                 by
                 those
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 wherein
                 that
                 Texture
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 those
                 Properties
                 ,
                 is
                 either
                 destroyed
                 by
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 or
                 chang'd
                 by
                 the
                 taking
                 away
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Parts
                 ;
                 or
                 the
                 adding
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 Substance
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 compounded
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 constitute
                 a
                 new
                 thing
                 .
                 The
                 more
                 Judicious
                 of
                 the
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 do
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 now
                 acknowledge
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 bare
                 reducing
                 of
                 Pearls
                 to
                 fine
                 Powder
                 ,
                 affords
                 a
                 Medicine
                 much
                 richer
                 in
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Pearls
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Magistery
                 ,
                 prepar'd
                 by
                 dissolving
                 them
                 in
                 acid
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 precipitating
                 them
                 with
                 Oyl
                 
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 scrupulously
                 edulcorating
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 one
                 may
                 easily
                 observe
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 making
                 the
                 Magistery
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 the
                 same
                 way
                 ,
                 the
                 Vertues
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 lock'd
                 up
                 then
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 crude
                 Horn
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 easily
                 enough
                 impart
                 its
                 Vertue
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 since
                 fair
                 Water
                 will
                 reduce
                 a
                 good
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 Jelly
                 ;
                 whereas
                 the
                 Magistery
                 remains
                 a
                 fix'd
                 Powder
                 ,
                 not
                 easily
                 dissoluble
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 acid
                 Menstruums
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 which
                 thrown
                 upon
                 hot
                 Iron
                 ,
                 will
                 scarce
                 send
                 forth
                 that
                 stinking
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 which
                 argues
                 the
                 avolation
                 of
                 the
                 saline
                 and
                 sulphureous
                 Parts
                 .
                 I
                 never
                 knew
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Chymists
                 Essences
                 or
                 Elixirs
                 half
                 so
                 powerful
                 a
                 Remedy
                 to
                 stanch
                 Blood
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 slight
                 Mixture
                 of
                 two
                 Drachmes
                 of
                 Hyosciamum
                 ,
                 or
                 Henbane-seed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 weight
                 of
                 white
                 Poppey-seeds
                 ,
                 beaten
                 up
                 with
                 an
                 Ounce
                 of
                 Conserve
                 of
                 red
                 Roses
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 stiff
                 Electuary
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 ,
                 given
                 in
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Nutmeg
                 ,
                 or
                 Wall-nut
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 snatch'd
                 some
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Jaws
                 of
                 Death
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 which
                 an
                 eminent
                 Physiti●n
                 ,
                 now
                 dead
                 ,
                 affirm'd
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Inventor
                 of
                 the
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 had
                 very
                 frequently
                 cured
                 profuse
                 bleedings
                 at
                 the
                 Nose
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Women
                 ,
                 at
                 other
                 Parts
                 besides
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 I
                 ever
                 see
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 instance
                 in
                 a
                 resembling
                 Disease
                 ,
                 such
                 wonderful
                 Effects
                 against
                 spitting
                 and
                 vomiting
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 elaborate
                 Chymical
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 of
                 a
                 slight
                 Syrrup
                 ,
                 made
                 onely
                 of
                 a
                 convenient
                 quantity
                 of
                 fine
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 strongly
                 express'd
                 Juice
                 of
                 twelve
                 handfulls
                 of
                 Plantain-leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 six
                 Ounces
                 of
                 fresh
                 Cumfrey-roots
                 ,
                 well
                 beaten
                 together
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 Syrrup
                 ,
                 besides
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 try'd
                 my self
                 ,
                 two
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 perform'd
                 in
                 that
                 Disease
                 unusual
                 Cures
                 ,
                 though
                 (
                 for
                 reasons
                 elsewhere
                 mentioned
                 )
                 I
                 forbear
                 to
                 name
                 them
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 then
                 by
                 telling
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 that
                 Ingenious
                 and
                 Friendly
                 Dr
                 T.C.
                 to
                 whose
                 skill
                 both
                 You
                 and
                 I
                 owe
                 so
                 much
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 I
                 consider
                 further
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 oftentimes
                 those
                 I
                 am
                 reasoning
                 with
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 when
                 much
                 more
                 easily
                 parable
                 ones
                 may
                 suffice
                 ;
                 so
                 in
                 divers
                 cases
                 ,
                 where
                 Spagyrical
                 Medicines
                 are
                 proper
                 enough
                 ,
                 their
                 Preparations
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 more
                 tedious
                 and
                 expensive
                 then
                 is
                 necessary
                 .
                 There
                 are
                 more
                 then
                 a
                 few
                 who
                 seldom
                 prescribe
                 ,
                 and
                 seldomer
                 esteem
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Process
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 perfected
                 in
                 less
                 then
                 many
                 Weeks
                 ;
                 as
                 if
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 like
                 an
                 Embryo
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 an
                 Abortive
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 produc'd
                 in
                 less
                 then
                 so
                 many
                 Moneths
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 if
                 in
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 the
                 Vertue
                 depended
                 less
                 on
                 the
                 skilfulness
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 elaboratness
                 ,
                 they
                 seem
                 to
                 estimate
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Remedies
                 by
                 the
                 time
                 and
                 pains
                 requisite
                 to
                 prepare
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 dare
                 not
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Medicine
                 can
                 quickly
                 cure
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 a
                 making
                 ;
                 as
                 indeed
                 their
                 's
                 (
                 especially
                 those
                 where
                 Cohobations
                 and
                 Digestions
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 have
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 effects
                 upon
                 the
                 Matter
                 to
                 be
                 wrought
                 on
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 prescrib'd
                 )
                 are
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 far
                 more
                 toilsom
                 and
                 tedious
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 but
                 read
                 such
                 Processes
                 ,
                 without
                 working
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 apt
                 to
                 suspect
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 humor
                 of
                 divers
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 as
                 to
                 those
                 stable
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 that
                 ought
                 always
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 ready
                 in
                 Apothecary's
                 Shops
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 as
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 design'd
                 for
                 particular
                 cases
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 acute
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 Emergencies
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 Physitian
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 Remedies
                 then
                 those
                 he
                 must
                 make
                 according
                 to
                 such
                 Processes
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 ,
                 ●
                 fear
                 ,
                 too
                 often
                 happen
                 ,
                 that
                 before
                 the
                 Medicine
                 could
                 be
                 ready
                 ,
                 the
                 Patient
                 would
                 either
                 be
                 past
                 the
                 need
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 past
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 which
                 oftentimes
                 encreaseth
                 the
                 tediousness
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Processes
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 unskilful
                 Prescriptions
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 devise
                 them
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 unusual
                 in
                 Chymists
                 Writings
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 Processes
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Matter
                 to
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 is
                 expos'd
                 to
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 
                 several
                 successive
                 Operations
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 should
                 ask
                 why
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 should
                 be
                 ,
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 rather
                 precipitated
                 ,
                 then
                 exhal'd
                 
                   ad
                   siccitatem
                
                 ,
                 or
                 why
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 an
                 Operation
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 us'd
                 after
                 such
                 another
                 ,
                 rather
                 then
                 before
                 it
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 if
                 one
                 should
                 demand
                 why
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 Operations
                 should
                 be
                 used
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 the
                 Devisers
                 of
                 those
                 unskilful
                 Processes
                 would
                 possibly
                 assoon
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 finish
                 their
                 Operations
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 satisfactory
                 answer
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 they
                 lengthen
                 their
                 Processes
                 by
                 Operations
                 ,
                 so
                 injudiciously
                 prescrib'd
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 cross
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 And
                 the
                 Chymist
                 vexeth
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Matter
                 he
                 works
                 upon
                 ,
                 to
                 leave
                 it
                 at
                 last
                 no
                 better
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 a
                 worse
                 ,
                 Medicine
                 then
                 he
                 found
                 it
                 ;
                 of
                 this
                 we
                 have
                 already
                 given
                 an
                 instance
                 in
                 the
                 common
                 Magisteries
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 lately
                 met
                 with
                 another
                 Example
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Writings
                 of
                 a
                 Famous
                 ,
                 Modern
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 where
                 to
                 purifie
                 the
                 fix'd
                 Salts
                 of
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 height
                 ,
                 after
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Solutions
                 ,
                 Filtrations
                 and
                 Coagulations
                 (
                 which
                 alone
                 would
                 abundantly
                 serve
                 the
                 turn
                 )
                 he
                 prescribes
                 the
                 dissolving
                 them
                 in
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 ,
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 become
                 very
                 pure
                 and
                 chrystalline
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 so
                 easily
                 resoluble
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 I
                 make
                 no
                 doubt
                 ,
                 for
                 divers
                 Years
                 before
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 this
                 Process
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 fix'd
                 Salts
                 of
                 more
                 then
                 one
                 kinde
                 of
                 Vegetable
                 ,
                 by
                 joyning
                 them
                 with
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 awhile
                 exhaling
                 the
                 superfluous
                 moisture
                 ,
                 made
                 good
                 inflammable
                 
                   Salt
                   peter
                
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 easily
                 guess
                 ,
                 how
                 judiciously
                 the
                 solution
                 in
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 is
                 prescrib'd
                 onely
                 as
                 a
                 further
                 depuration
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 fit
                 such
                 Authors
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 credited
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 ascribe
                 to
                 these
                 Chrystalline
                 Salts
                 the
                 several
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 (
                 &
                 those
                 improved
                 too
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 respective
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 the
                 Alcalies
                 were
                 obtain'd
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 those
                 exact
                 Depurations
                 ,
                 which
                 some
                 Chymists
                 
                 so
                 strictly
                 require
                 in
                 all
                 their
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 though
                 their
                 Processes
                 be
                 oftentimes
                 hereby
                 made
                 incredibly
                 tedious
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 willingly
                 allow
                 ,
                 nay
                 I
                 assert
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 in
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 powerful
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 their
                 activeness
                 and
                 penetrancy
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 unlock
                 other
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 Chymists
                 do
                 rather
                 erre
                 in
                 making
                 their
                 Depurations
                 less
                 exquisite
                 then
                 they
                 should
                 ,
                 then
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 hand
                 :
                 Yet
                 in
                 many
                 other
                 cases
                 ,
                 such
                 exact
                 refining
                 and
                 subtiliation
                 of
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 necessary
                 as
                 they
                 imagine
                 ;
                 and
                 sometimes
                 too
                 ,
                 may
                 do
                 more
                 harm
                 then
                 good
                 ,
                 by
                 sequestring
                 those
                 parts
                 of
                 a
                 Simple
                 ,
                 as
                 faeces
                 ,
                 which
                 concurr'd
                 with
                 the
                 finer
                 parts
                 to
                 that
                 determinate
                 Texture
                 ,
                 whereon
                 the
                 specifick
                 Vertues
                 of
                 it
                 did
                 principally
                 depend
                 ;
                 but
                 of
                 this
                 more
                 elsewhere
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 here
                 present
                 you
                 with
                 two
                 or
                 there
                 Instances
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 as
                 noble
                 as
                 such
                 vulgar
                 Chymical
                 ones
                 as
                 are
                 more
                 tedious
                 and
                 costly
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 in
                 a
                 shorter
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 cheap
                 enough
                 to
                 be
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Poor
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 to
                 comply
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 with
                 your
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 Preparations
                 of
                 those
                 Chymical
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 the
                 most
                 familiarly
                 employ
                 ,
                 the
                 three
                 following
                 Instances
                 shall
                 be
                 of
                 such
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 The
                 
                   Flores
                   Colchotaris
                
                 ,
                 The
                 
                   Balsamum
                   sulphur
                   is
                   crassum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 The
                 
                   Essentia
                   Cornu
                   cervini
                
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 what
                 slight
                 and
                 easie
                 Preparations
                 afford
                 the
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 whose
                 Effects
                 you
                 have
                 so
                 often
                 heard
                 of
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 also
                 seen
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 Powder
                 ,
                 which
                 passeth
                 under
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 which
                 appellation
                 we
                 gave
                 it
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 belief
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 equals
                 the
                 Vertues
                 ascrib'd
                 by
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 to
                 what
                 he
                 calls
                 the
                 true
                 
                   Ignis
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 but
                 partly
                 to
                 disguise
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 occasion
                 whereon
                 it
                 was
                 first
                 found
                 out
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 That
                 an
                 
                 Industrious
                 Chymist
                 (
                 whom
                 you
                 know
                 )
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 chancing
                 to
                 look
                 together
                 upon
                 that
                 Tract
                 of
                 Helmont's
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 Butler
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 compare
                 it
                 somewhat
                 attentively
                 with
                 other
                 Passages
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 ,
                 we
                 both
                 resolv'd
                 to
                 try
                 ,
                 whether
                 a
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 somewhat
                 approaching
                 to
                 that
                 he
                 made
                 in
                 imitation
                 of
                 Butlers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 easily
                 made
                 out
                 of
                 calcin'd
                 Vitriol
                 ;
                 And
                 ,
                 though
                 upon
                 tryals
                 we
                 found
                 this
                 Medicine
                 far
                 short
                 of
                 what
                 Helmont
                 ascribes
                 to
                 his
                 ,
                 yet
                 finding
                 it
                 no
                 ordinary
                 one
                 ,
                 we
                 did
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Minerals
                 sake
                 't
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 ,
                 call
                 it
                 
                   Ens
                   primum
                   Veneris
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 in
                 short
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 :
                 Take
                 good
                 Dantzick
                 Vitriol
                 (
                 if
                 you
                 cannot
                 get
                 Hungarian
                 or
                 Goslarian
                 )
                 and
                 calcine
                 it
                 till
                 the
                 calx
                 have
                 attain'd
                 a
                 dark
                 red
                 ,
                 or
                 purplish
                 colour
                 ,
                 then
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 frequent
                 affusion
                 of
                 boyling
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 warm
                 Water
                 ,
                 dulcifie
                 it
                 exactly
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 freed
                 it
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 from
                 the
                 saline
                 parts
                 ,
                 dry
                 it
                 throughly
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 mix
                 it
                 exquisitly
                 ,
                 by
                 grinding
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 equal
                 weight
                 of
                 pure
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 ,
                 very
                 finely
                 powdered
                 .
                 Put
                 this
                 Mixture
                 into
                 a
                 glass
                 Retort
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 but
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 fill'd
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 subliming
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 sand
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 by
                 degrees
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 for
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 hours
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 encreasing
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 (
                 if
                 you
                 can
                 )
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 be
                 red
                 hot
                 :
                 That
                 which
                 is
                 sublim'd
                 must
                 be
                 taken
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 yellow
                 ,
                 but
                 pale
                 (
                 which
                 usually
                 happens
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 an
                 exact
                 commistion
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 )
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 return'd
                 to
                 the
                 residue
                 ,
                 mingled
                 better
                 with
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 subli●'d
                 once
                 more
                 :
                 The
                 yellow
                 ,
                 or
                 reddish
                 Sublimate
                 may
                 be
                 sublim'd
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 ,
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 it self
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 re-sublime
                 it
                 oftner
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 ,
                 though
                 you
                 will
                 think
                 that
                 strange
                 ,
                 impair
                 the
                 Colour
                 and
                 the
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 improving
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Dose
                 is
                 from
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Grains
                 ,
                 to
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 (
                 in
                 some
                 
                 Bodies
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 encreas'd
                 to
                 twenty
                 or
                 thirty
                 ,
                 without
                 danger
                 )
                 in
                 distill'd
                 Water
                 ,
                 or
                 small
                 Beer
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 convenient
                 Vehicles
                 :
                 It
                 may
                 be
                 given
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 upon
                 an
                 empty
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 most
                 commonly
                 give
                 it
                 at
                 Bed-time
                 .
                 It
                 works
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 works
                 sensibly
                 ,
                 by
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 somewhat
                 by
                 Urine
                 .
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 potent
                 Specifick
                 for
                 the
                 Rickets
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 I
                 scarce
                 need
                 tell
                 
                   ●ou
                   ,
                   Pyroph
                
                 :
                 whose
                 excellent
                 Mother
                 and
                 Aunt
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 also
                 gave
                 it
                 ready
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 have
                 cur'd
                 perhaps
                 a
                 hundred
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 Children
                 ,
                 of
                 that
                 Disease
                 ,
                 divers
                 of
                 whom
                 were
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 desperate
                 condition
                 .
                 I
                 give
                 it
                 also
                 in
                 Feavors
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 to
                 procure
                 sleep
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 usually
                 doth
                 where
                 't
                 is
                 wanting
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 Head
                 ache
                 likewise
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Disease
                 be
                 inveterate
                 ,
                 the
                 Remedy
                 must
                 be
                 long
                 continued
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 admonition
                 it
                 hath
                 done
                 Wonders
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   suppressione
                   Mensium
                   obstinata
                
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 Worms
                 it
                 hath
                 sometimes
                 done
                 strange
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 provoking
                 of
                 Appetite
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 either
                 taken
                 or
                 given
                 it
                 without
                 success
                 :
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 seldom
                 take
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 often
                 give
                 more
                 )
                 above
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Grains
                 of
                 it
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 that
                 small
                 Dose
                 it
                 usually
                 proves
                 Diaphoretical
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Experiments
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 of
                 the
                 several
                 Vertues
                 and
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 this
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 here
                 too
                 tedious
                 to
                 recite
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 pass
                 them
                 by
                 ,
                 though
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 require
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 backward
                 to
                 set
                 you
                 down
                 ,
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 observations
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 cases
                 wherein
                 I
                 or
                 my
                 Friends
                 have
                 given
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Cures
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 performed
                 by
                 it
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 because
                 this
                 exalted
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 being
                 given
                 in
                 so
                 small
                 a
                 Dose
                 ,
                 may
                 prove
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 rightly
                 and
                 dexterously
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 what
                 Helmont
                 saith
                 of
                 his
                 imitation
                 of
                 Butlers
                 Drif
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Medicine
                   for
                   the
                   Poor
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 yet
                 requires
                 more
                 care
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 say
                 skill
                 ,
                 to
                 Prepare
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 then
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 reading
                 of
                 the
                 Process
                 you
                 will
                 imagin
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 to
                 gratify
                 your
                 Charity
                 annex
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 to
                 insert
                 them
                 here
                 would
                 make
                 too
                 prolix
                 a
                 Digression
                 )
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Particulars
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 readily
                 meet
                 with
                 among
                 my
                 loose
                 Notes
                 ,
                 And
                 least
                 you
                 should
                 think
                 me
                 a
                 Mountebanck
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 knowing
                 in
                 what
                 sense
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 commend
                 this
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 particular
                 Medicins
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 likewise
                 to
                 those
                 Observations
                 subjoyn
                 a
                 Declaration
                 of
                 my
                 meaning
                 in
                 such
                 particulars
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 sense
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 desire
                 you
                 should
                 understand
                 what
                 you
                 meet
                 with
                 in
                 the
                 Praise
                 of
                 Remedies
                 either
                 in
                 this
                 Essay
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 of
                 my
                 Writings
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 hope
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 sufficient
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 this
                 Advertisment
                 of
                 once
                 for
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 Medicine
                 I
                 am
                 to
                 mention
                 to
                 you
                 is
                 the
                 
                   Balsamum
                   Sulphuris
                
                 which
                 being
                 made
                 but
                 with
                 gross
                 Oyls
                 drawn
                 by
                 Expression
                 may
                 be
                 called
                 Crassum
                 to
                 distinguish
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 common
                 and
                 thinner
                 Balsom
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 Distil'd
                 Oyl
                 or
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Balsom
                 is
                 made
                 in
                 an
                 Houre
                 or
                 less
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 onely
                 by
                 taking
                 to
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 good
                 Flower
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 foure
                 or
                 five
                 times
                 as
                 much
                 (
                 in
                 weight
                 )
                 of
                 good
                 expressed
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 Olives
                 or
                 Nuts
                 ,
                 or
                 Poppey-seeds
                 ,
                 and
                 boyling
                 the
                 former
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 in
                 a
                 Pipkin
                 half
                 fill'd
                 with
                 both
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 perfectly
                 Dissolv'd
                 into
                 a
                 Blood-red
                 Balsom
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 easy
                 as
                 this
                 Preparation
                 seems
                 (
                 and
                 indeed
                 is
                 )
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 have
                 often
                 made
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 at
                 first
                 be
                 so
                 easie
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 right
                 ;
                 For
                 the
                 Fire
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 well
                 kindled
                 Coals
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 kept
                 pretty
                 quick
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 not
                 over-quick
                 ,
                 least
                 the
                 Oyl
                 boyle
                 over
                 ,
                 or
                 doe
                 not
                 well
                 Dissolve
                 the
                 Flowers
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 but
                 turn
                 them
                 with
                 its
                 self
                 into
                 a
                 Clotted
                 and
                 almost
                 Liver-colour'd
                 Masse
                 :
                 And
                 to
                 avoid
                 
                 these
                 Inconveniencies
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 adustion
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 ,
                 speciall
                 care
                 must
                 be
                 had
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 constantly
                 stirring
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 whil'st
                 the
                 Pot
                 is
                 over
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 but
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 taken
                 off
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 quite
                 Cold.
                 You
                 may
                 if
                 you
                 think
                 fit
                 Dissolve
                 this
                 simple
                 Balsom
                 in
                 Chymicall
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Anny-seeds
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Essential
                 Oyl
                 like
                 to
                 advance
                 its
                 Efficacy
                 in
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 particular
                 Distemper
                 :
                 But
                 those
                 Oyls
                 being
                 generally
                 very
                 hot
                 ,
                 I
                 most
                 commonly
                 Prescribe
                 the
                 Balsom
                 without
                 those
                 Additions
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 long
                 Digestion
                 have
                 somwhat
                 lessened
                 the
                 Offensiveness
                 of
                 the
                 smell
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 no
                 peculiar
                 fault
                 of
                 this
                 Preparation
                 being
                 common
                 to
                 Sulphureous
                 Medicins
                 is
                 yet
                 the
                 chief
                 Inconvenience
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 too
                 resolutly
                 affirme
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 very
                 
                   Balsamum
                   Sulphuris
                   Rulandi
                
                 of
                 which
                 that
                 Author
                 relates
                 such
                 wonderful
                 things
                 in
                 his
                 Centuries
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 t
                 is
                 so
                 like
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 good
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 by
                 perusing
                 those
                 Centuries
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 divers
                 uses
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 made
                 tryall
                 off
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 Coughs
                 ,
                 old
                 Strains
                 ,
                 Bruises
                 ,
                 Aches
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 sometimes
                 the
                 Incipcent
                 fits
                 of
                 the
                 Gout
                 it self
                 )
                 and
                 especially
                 Tumors
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 your
                 friends
                 can
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 doth
                 much
                 greater
                 things
                 then
                 most
                 Men
                 would
                 expect
                 from
                 so
                 slight
                 and
                 easy
                 a
                 Preparation
                 ;
                 And
                 indeed
                 greater
                 then
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 done
                 by
                 very
                 costly
                 and
                 commended
                 Balsoms
                 and
                 Oyntments
                 ,
                 sold
                 in
                 Apothecaries
                 Shops
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 those
                 Observations
                 ,
                 I
                 lately
                 told
                 you
                 you
                 might
                 command
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 that
                 this
                 Balsom
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ,
                 hath
                 cured
                 such
                 obstinate
                 Tumours
                 ,
                 as
                 Men
                 either
                 knew
                 not
                 what
                 to
                 make
                 off
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 to
                 doe
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 skilful
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 gave
                 it
                 to
                 make
                 tryal
                 off
                 in
                 difficult
                 cases
                 ,
                 can
                 bear
                 me
                 witness
                 ;
                 Though
                 it
                 ought
                 sufficiently
                 to
                 endear
                 this
                 Balsam
                 to
                 us
                 both
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Meanes
                 of
                 rescuing
                 your
                 Fair
                 and
                 Vertuous
                 Sister
                 E
                 :
                 from
                 
                 a
                 dangerous
                 Consumption
                 .
                 In
                 outward
                 Applications
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 well
                 warm'd
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 chaf●'d
                 into
                 the
                 part
                 affected
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 be
                 afterwards
                 kept
                 very
                 warme
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 Lint
                 dipped
                 in
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 kept
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 .
                 Inwardly
                 some
                 drops
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 given
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Stomach
                 is
                 not
                 full
                 ;
                 either
                 rol'd
                 up
                 with
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 or
                 mingl'd
                 with
                 any
                 convenient
                 Vehicle
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 Particulars
                 that
                 concern
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 this
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 ,
                 those
                 I
                 can
                 readily
                 meet
                 with
                 among
                 my
                 loose
                 Papers
                 ,
                 annex'd
                 with
                 the
                 Notes
                 concerning
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 proceed
                 to
                 mention
                 the
                 third
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 have
                 often
                 heard
                 off
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Essence
                   of
                   Harts-horn
                
                 ;
                 but
                 which
                 is
                 indeed
                 onely
                 the
                 Simple
                 ,
                 but
                 well
                 Purify'd
                 and
                 Dephlegm'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 Men
                 are
                 pleased
                 to
                 imagin
                 by
                 the
                 Effects
                 this
                 Remedy
                 often
                 produces
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 some
                 Mysterious
                 or
                 elaborate
                 way
                 of
                 Preparing
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 to
                 deal
                 ingenuously
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 the
                 chief
                 thing
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 to
                 bring
                 it
                 into
                 credit
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 teaching
                 some
                 Physicians
                 and
                 Apothecaries
                 a
                 safe
                 and
                 easy
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 it
                 :
                 For
                 whereas
                 before
                 those
                 that
                 went
                 about
                 to
                 Distil
                 it
                 ,
                 commonly
                 used
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Apothecaries
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 doe
                 in
                 what
                 they
                 make
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Matter
                 ,
                 Shavings
                 or
                 Raspings
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 and
                 Distil'd
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 strong
                 and
                 naked
                 Fire
                 ,
                 the
                 fugitive
                 and
                 subtle
                 Spirits
                 were
                 wont
                 to
                 come
                 over
                 in
                 that
                 plenty
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 th●t
                 impetuosity
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 break
                 the
                 Glasses
                 to
                 pieces
                 ,
                 whereby
                 Apothecaries
                 and
                 even
                 Chymists
                 were
                 discouraged
                 from
                 drawing
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 not
                 having
                 it
                 in
                 their
                 Shops
                 ,
                 its
                 Vertues
                 remained
                 unknown
                 :
                 Whereupon
                 considering
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 onely
                 broken
                 on
                 an
                 Anvil
                 into
                 pieces
                 of
                 about
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 ones
                 litle
                 finger
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 comminution
                 
                 would
                 be
                 far
                 less
                 chargeable
                 then
                 Rasping
                 ,
                 the
                 fumes
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 driven
                 out
                 so
                 fast
                 ,
                 and
                 considering
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 violent
                 Fire
                 was
                 requisite
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 Distil
                 the
                 subtle
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 drive
                 over
                 the
                 Grosse
                 and
                 heavy
                 Oyl
                 ;
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 was
                 needless
                 to
                 take
                 paines
                 to
                 force
                 that
                 over
                 ,
                 which
                 not
                 being
                 (
                 that
                 I
                 observ'd
                 )
                 used
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 would
                 but
                 cost
                 me
                 further
                 pains
                 to
                 seperate
                 it
                 again
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 trying
                 to
                 Distil
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 in
                 naked
                 Retorts
                 ,
                 placed
                 but
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 I
                 could
                 Distil
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 pound
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 obtain
                 from
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 almost
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 quite
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Spirits
                 and
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 afterwards
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 redish
                 and
                 lighter
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 freed
                 them
                 from
                 Phlegm
                 and
                 Feculencies
                 by
                 a
                 couple
                 of
                 Rectifications
                 ,
                 made
                 in
                 tall
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 very
                 gentle
                 heats
                 :
                 (
                 commonly
                 of
                 a
                 Lamp
                 Furnace
                 )
                 The
                 Dose
                 may
                 be
                 from
                 eight
                 ,
                 or
                 ten
                 Drops
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 or
                 Graines
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 ,
                 to
                 six
                 times
                 the
                 quant●ty
                 of
                 either
                 ,
                 in
                 warm
                 Beer
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 Vehicle
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 acid
                 ,
                 except
                 Milk.
                 Finding
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Medicine
                 of
                 an
                 attenuating
                 ,
                 resolving
                 ,
                 and
                 Diaphoretical
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 that
                 much
                 resists
                 Malignity
                 ,
                 Putrefaction
                 ,
                 and
                 acid
                 Humours
                 (
                 whence
                 being
                 mingl'd
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Vinager
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 soure
                 Juyces
                 ,
                 it
                 destroyes
                 their
                 acidity
                 .
                 )
                 I
                 direct
                 it
                 (
                 
                   Praemissis
                   Universalibus
                
                 )
                 in
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 Coughs
                 ,
                 Pleurisies
                 ,
                 Obstructions
                 of
                 the
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 Liver
                 ,
                 or
                 Womb
                 ,
                 and
                 principally
                 in
                 Affections
                 of
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 as
                 Stoppages
                 of
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 Feaverish
                 Deliriums
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 
                   in
                   Phrenitide
                
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 I
                 wrote
                 a
                 good
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 an
                 Experiment
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 Child
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 ,
                 by
                 many
                 violent
                 Convulsion
                 fits
                 ,
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 a
                 desperate
                 condition
                 ,
                 was
                 recovered
                 by
                 one
                 Dose
                 of
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 Drops
                 of
                 th●s
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 sent
                 it
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 true
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 another
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 more
                 elaborate
                 and
                 costly
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 properly
                 bears
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Essentia
                   Cornu
                   Cervi
                
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 
                 more
                 value
                 then
                 this
                 ;
                 But
                 I
                 cannot
                 communicate
                 that
                 ,
                 without
                 prejudicing
                 a
                 third
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 excellent
                 Chymist
                 who
                 makes
                 a
                 great
                 advantage
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 I
                 can
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Cures
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 my
                 Preparation
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 hath
                 had
                 the
                 good
                 fortune
                 to
                 be
                 esteem'd
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 performed
                 with
                 the
                 above
                 describ'd
                 Simple
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 some
                 skilful
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Ingenious
                 Persons
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 it
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 have
                 within
                 these
                 few
                 Years
                 sav'd
                 so
                 many
                 Lives
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 enclined
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 no
                 useless
                 piece
                 of
                 Service
                 ,
                 in
                 bringing
                 so
                 happy
                 a
                 Medicine
                 into
                 Request
                 ,
                 especially
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 skill
                 and
                 opportunity
                 to
                 make
                 better
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 then
                 I.
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 find
                 I
                 have
                 detained
                 you
                 so
                 long
                 with
                 so
                 prolix
                 a
                 Mention
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 three
                 above
                 describ'd
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 think
                 it
                 requisite
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 you
                 a
                 solemn
                 Apologie
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 hope
                 your
                 Charity
                 will
                 as
                 well
                 invite
                 you
                 to
                 Pardon
                 the
                 fault
                 ,
                 as
                 mine
                 induc'd
                 me
                 to
                 commit
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 VII
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Fourth
                 way
                 of
                 lessening
                 the
                 Charges
                 of
                 Cures
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 this
                 ;
                 That
                 whereas
                 the
                 dearness
                 of
                 very
                 many
                 Medicins
                 proceeds
                 from
                 the
                 Chargeableness
                 of
                 those
                 Chymical
                 Operations
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 Prepar'd
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 hoped
                 that
                 a
                 greater
                 measure
                 of
                 skill
                 in
                 Physiology
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Experimental
                 Learning
                 ,
                 will
                 suggest
                 cheaper
                 and
                 better
                 ways
                 of
                 doing
                 many
                 things
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 then
                 are
                 ,
                 as
                 yet
                 ,
                 usually
                 practis'd
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 those
                 thrifty
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 I
                 conceive
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 of
                 several
                 kinds
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 at
                 present
                 mention
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 but
                 transiently
                 ,
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 Chymists
                 may
                 be
                 taught
                 to
                 
                 make
                 better
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 for
                 several
                 purposes
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 hitherto
                 most
                 us'd
                 among
                 them
                 :
                 For
                 profess'd
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 unacquainted
                 enough
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 with
                 the
                 Mechanicks
                 ,
                 their
                 contrivances
                 of
                 Furnaces
                 and
                 Vessels
                 have
                 been
                 far
                 enough
                 from
                 being
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 knowledge
                 in
                 Mechanicks
                 and
                 dexterity
                 in
                 contrivances
                 might
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 ,
                 hereafter
                 will
                 ,
                 supply
                 them
                 with
                 ;
                 whether
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 saving
                 of
                 Fuel
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 making
                 the
                 utmost
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Heat
                 afforded
                 by
                 the
                 Fuel
                 they
                 do
                 employ
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 intending
                 heat
                 to
                 the
                 height
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 regulating
                 of
                 heat
                 at
                 pleasure
                 .
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 somewhat
                 wonderful
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 pleasant
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 how
                 many
                 Vessels
                 may
                 be
                 duely
                 heated
                 by
                 one
                 Fire
                 (
                 perhaps
                 no
                 greater
                 then
                 common
                 distillers
                 employ
                 to
                 heat
                 one
                 Vessel
                 )
                 if
                 the
                 Furnace
                 be
                 so
                 contriv'd
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 Flame
                 may
                 be
                 forc'd
                 to
                 pass
                 in
                 very
                 crooked
                 and
                 winding
                 Channels
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 Vent
                 or
                 Vents
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 heat
                 may
                 be
                 skilfully
                 conveyed
                 to
                 the
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Exigency
                 of
                 the
                 work
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 do
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 intention
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 odde
                 effects
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 contrivance
                 of
                 a
                 certain
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 that
                 held
                 but
                 very
                 few
                 Coles
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 us'd
                 no
                 Bellows
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 by
                 this
                 way
                 I
                 could
                 vitrifie
                 sometimes
                 the
                 very
                 Crucibles
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 possibly
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 slight
                 alteration
                 ,
                 melt
                 down
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Furnace
                 themselves
                 ;
                 yet
                 a
                 Disciple
                 of
                 
                   Cornelius
                   Drebell
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 very
                 credible
                 Person
                 ,
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 knew
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 Furnaces
                 that
                 was
                 yet
                 fitter
                 to
                 bring
                 heat
                 to
                 the
                 superlative
                 Degree
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 himself
                 ,
                 the
                 Relator
                 ,
                 could
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 meer
                 force
                 of
                 Fire
                 in
                 his
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 bring
                 
                   Venetian
                   Talk
                
                 to
                 flow
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 ,
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 then
                 ever
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 do
                 either
                 in
                 mine
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Glass-house
                 .
                 But
                 Experience
                 
                 hath
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 easie
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Furnace
                 give
                 that
                 heat
                 as
                 expeditiously
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 other
                 respects
                 very
                 conveniently
                 to
                 Cupel
                 both
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 help
                 of
                 Bellows
                 :
                 That
                 also
                 Furnaces
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 ordered
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 heat
                 may
                 be
                 better
                 regulated
                 ,
                 then
                 That
                 in
                 our
                 ordinary
                 ones
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elswhere
                 shew
                 you
                 cause
                 to
                 believe
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 meane
                 time
                 I
                 sh●ll
                 only
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 skill
                 of
                 intending
                 and
                 remitting
                 heat
                 at
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 the
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 long
                 and
                 equal
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 of
                 much
                 greater
                 moment
                 ,
                 both
                 as
                 to
                 Physick
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 then
                 Chymists
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 think
                 (
                 the
                 powerful
                 effects
                 of
                 constant
                 and
                 temporate
                 heats
                 ,
                 being
                 as
                 yet
                 known
                 to
                 few
                 save
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 made
                 tryal
                 of
                 them
                 )
                 And
                 with
                 Lamp
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 well
                 ordered
                 ,
                 divers
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 imitation
                 of
                 nature
                 ;
                 some
                 friends
                 of
                 mine
                 having
                 ,
                 as
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 assure
                 me
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 brought
                 Hens
                 egges
                 to
                 manifest
                 Animation
                 .
                 That
                 also
                 Furnaces
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 built
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 save
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Laborants
                 wonted
                 attendance
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 may
                 appeare
                 by
                 the
                 obvious
                 invention
                 of
                 Athanors
                 or
                 Furnaces
                 with
                 Towers
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Fire
                 is
                 for
                 many
                 Hours
                 ,
                 (
                 perhaps
                 for
                 twenty-foure
                 or
                 forty-eight
                 )
                 supply'd
                 with
                 a
                 competent
                 proportion
                 of
                 Coales
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 burne
                 much
                 faster
                 then
                 it
                 should
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 in
                 many
                 cases
                 the
                 labour
                 of
                 Blowing
                 may
                 be
                 well
                 spar'd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 annoyance
                 of
                 Mineral
                 fumes
                 in
                 great
                 p●rt
                 avoyded
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 easie
                 contrivance
                 ,
                 is
                 evident
                 by
                 those
                 Furnaces
                 which
                 are
                 blown
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 a
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 drawing
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 commonly
                 speak
                 ,
                 either
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 Glaubers
                 fourth
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 room
                 upwards
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 tryed
                 :
                 To
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 added
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 casting
                 of
                 the
                 Matters
                 ●o
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 upon
                 quick
                 Coals
                 ,
                 as
                 Glauber
                 prescribes
                 in
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 his
                 first
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 a
                 
                 cheap
                 and
                 expeditious
                 way
                 of
                 preparing
                 some
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 though
                 his
                 method
                 of
                 making
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 in
                 that
                 Furnace
                 would
                 not
                 succeed
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 promise
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 are
                 other
                 more
                 commodious
                 Contrivances
                 ,
                 by
                 casting
                 some
                 things
                 upon
                 the
                 naked
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 invites
                 me
                 to
                 expect
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 several
                 good
                 Expedients
                 of
                 employing
                 the
                 Fire
                 to
                 Chymical
                 operations
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 yet
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 nor
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 dream'd
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 as
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 Vessels
                 that
                 more
                 immed●ately
                 contain
                 the
                 Thing
                 to
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 are
                 questionless
                 capable
                 of
                 being
                 made
                 more
                 durable
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 being
                 better
                 contriv'd
                 ,
                 then
                 commonly
                 they
                 are
                 .
                 Good
                 use
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 those
                 Earthen
                 Reto●ts
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 commonly
                 call'd
                 Glauber's
                 second
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 Earth
                 that
                 will
                 well
                 endure
                 strong
                 Fires
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 case
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 better
                 way
                 to
                 keep
                 in
                 the
                 Fumes
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 he
                 proposes
                 of
                 melted
                 Lead
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 h●ve
                 therefore
                 often
                 declin'd
                 for
                 another
                 ,
                 as
                 having
                 found
                 it
                 lyable
                 to
                 such
                 inconveniences
                 as
                 I
                 elsewhere
                 declare
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 for
                 Materials
                 that
                 are
                 cheap
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 distill'd
                 in
                 quantity
                 ,
                 as
                 Woods
                 ,
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 &c.
                 the
                 way
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 despis'd
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 shew
                 ,
                 capable
                 of
                 improvement
                 ;
                 though
                 in
                 many
                 cases
                 this
                 kinde
                 of
                 Vessel
                 is
                 inferior
                 to
                 those
                 tubulated
                 Retorts
                 ,
                 that
                 were
                 of
                 old
                 in
                 use
                 ,
                 and
                 mentioned
                 by
                 
                   Basilius
                   Valentinus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 which
                 Glauber
                 probably
                 desum'd
                 that
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 speaking
                 of
                 .
                 The
                 utility
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 sealing
                 Glasses
                 hermetically
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Invention
                 that
                 now
                 begins
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 request
                 of
                 stopping
                 the
                 Bottles
                 ,
                 that
                 contain
                 corrosive
                 and
                 subtle
                 Liquors
                 with
                 Glass-stopples
                 ,
                 ground
                 fit
                 to
                 their
                 Necks
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 Corks
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 not
                 now
                 to
                 be
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 keep
                 me
                 that
                 I
                 scarce
                 doubt
                 but
                 
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 could
                 prevail
                 with
                 the
                 Glass-men
                 and
                 the
                 Potters
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 Vessels
                 of
                 Glass
                 and
                 Earth
                 exactly
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 directions
                 ,
                 many
                 things
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 better
                 and
                 cheaper
                 then
                 they
                 now
                 are
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 things
                 might
                 be
                 then
                 done
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 the
                 forms
                 of
                 Vessels
                 now
                 in
                 use
                 cannot
                 be
                 done
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 that
                 be
                 true
                 which
                 we
                 finde
                 related
                 in
                 Pliny
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 Circumstances
                 in
                 
                   Dion
                   Cassius
                
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 ingenious
                 then
                 fortunate
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 about
                 his
                 time
                 ,
                 was
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 for
                 having
                 made
                 malleable
                 Glass
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 that
                 Story
                 ,
                 if
                 granted
                 ,
                 would
                 shew
                 the
                 retriving
                 that
                 Invention
                 ,
                 a
                 thing
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 despair'd
                 of
                 :
                 So
                 he
                 that
                 could
                 ,
                 now
                 Chymistry
                 is
                 so
                 cultivated
                 ,
                 finde
                 again
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 Glass
                 malleable
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 in
                 my
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 Benefactor
                 to
                 Man-kinde
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 enable
                 the
                 Virtuosi
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 several
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 present
                 are
                 scarce
                 practicable
                 ;
                 And
                 some
                 Chymists
                 would
                 perhaps
                 think
                 this
                 attempt
                 more
                 hopeful
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 tell
                 them
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 remember
                 
                   Raymund
                   Lully
                
                 expresly
                 reckons
                 it
                 among
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 Vertues
                 he
                 ascribes
                 to
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 makes
                 Glass
                 malleable
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 expert
                 Chymist
                 seriously
                 affirm'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 an
                 Adeptus
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 among
                 other
                 strange
                 things
                 ,
                 shew'd
                 him
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Glass
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Relator
                 found
                 ,
                 would
                 endure
                 and
                 yield
                 to
                 the
                 Hammer
                 :
                 But
                 what
                 my
                 own
                 Opinion
                 is
                 concerning
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 are
                 the
                 (
                 uncommon
                 )
                 Inducements
                 I
                 have
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 here
                 declare
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 an
                 Instrument
                 of
                 Tin
                 ,
                 or
                 Pewter
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 drawing
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 (
                 which
                 you
                 know
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 chargeablest
                 things
                 that
                 belong
                 to
                 Chymistry
                 )
                 so
                 contriv'd
                 ,
                 that
                 whereas
                 in
                 the
                 ordinary
                 way
                 much
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 rectifications
                 ,
                 are
                 requisite
                 
                 to
                 dephlegm
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 one
                 distillation
                 in
                 this
                 Vessel
                 will
                 bring
                 it
                 over
                 from
                 Wine
                 it self
                 ,
                 so
                 pure
                 and
                 flegmless
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 burn
                 all
                 away
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 ancient
                 French
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 in
                 whose
                 Laboratory
                 I
                 first
                 saw
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 't
                 was
                 invented
                 ,
                 not
                 by
                 any
                 great
                 Alchymist
                 or
                 Mathematician
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 needy
                 Parisian
                 Chyrurgion
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 speak
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 as
                 the
                 charges
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 much
                 lessned
                 ,
                 if
                 such
                 ardent
                 Spirits
                 could
                 be
                 had
                 in
                 plenty
                 ,
                 and
                 cheap
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 not
                 improbable
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 divers
                 places
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 by
                 Persons
                 well
                 skil'd
                 in
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Fermentation
                 ,
                 other
                 Vegetable
                 Substances
                 far
                 cheaper
                 then
                 Wine
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 an
                 inflammable
                 ,
                 and
                 saline
                 Sulphureous
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 vertue
                 for
                 dissolving
                 resinous
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 drawing
                 Tinctures
                 ,
                 &c.
                 may
                 be
                 copiously
                 obtain'd
                 :
                 For
                 not
                 only
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 Sydar
                 ,
                 Perry
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Juyces
                 of
                 Fruits
                 will
                 afford
                 such
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 most
                 Graine●
                 ,
                 not
                 very
                 unctuous
                 ,
                 as
                 Barley
                 ,
                 Wheat
                 ,
                 &c.
                 will
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 ;
                 but
                 other
                 Berries
                 that
                 grow
                 wild
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 of
                 Elder
                 ,
                 will
                 yield
                 a
                 Vinous
                 Liquor
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 Barbada's
                 they
                 make
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 Roots
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 mean
                 their
                 Mobby
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 make
                 of
                 Potatos
                 ;
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 also
                 ,
                 for
                 curiosity
                 sake
                 ,
                 made
                 Bread
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Roots
                 )
                 nay
                 ,
                 even
                 from
                 some
                 sorts
                 of
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 such
                 a
                 Liquor
                 may
                 be
                 obtain'd
                 :
                 For
                 I
                 have
                 observed
                 Roses
                 well
                 fermented
                 ,
                 to
                 yield
                 a
                 good
                 Spirit
                 very
                 strongly
                 tasted
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 inflammable
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Preparing
                 of
                 pure
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 it self
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 wayes
                 (
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 cheap
                 )
                 that
                 may
                 exceedingly
                 shorten
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 pains
                 of
                 dephlegming
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 being
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 any
                 peculiar
                 contrivance
                 of
                 Furnaces
                 or
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 I
                 reserve
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 fitter
                 place
                 ,
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 following
                 Essays
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 as
                 more
                 expedient
                 and
                 thrifty
                 wayes
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 vulgar
                 
                 ones
                 ,
                 of
                 making
                 Chymicall
                 Furnaces
                 and
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 devis'd
                 ;
                 so
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 hoped
                 that
                 a
                 skilful
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 find
                 cheaper
                 waies
                 of
                 heating
                 the
                 Chymists
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 or
                 Distilling
                 in
                 his
                 Vessels
                 (
                 either
                 by
                 finding
                 combustible
                 Materials
                 ,
                 not
                 formerly
                 in
                 use
                 in
                 the
                 places
                 where
                 we
                 work
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 making
                 those
                 already
                 imployed
                 fitter
                 for
                 use
                 )
                 by
                 bringing
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 cheap
                 alterations
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 greater
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 more
                 durable
                 heat
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 less
                 offensive
                 by
                 their
                 smoak
                 or
                 smells
                 ;
                 or
                 else
                 by
                 discovering
                 some
                 cheap
                 way
                 of
                 doing
                 ,
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 ,
                 without
                 Fire
                 ,
                 what
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 see
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 places
                 ,
                 especially
                 here
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 where
                 Char-coale
                 was
                 only
                 burnt
                 in
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 Pit
                 coale
                 is
                 substituted
                 in
                 its
                 room
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 this
                 Day
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 make
                 Aqua-Fortis
                 ,
                 in
                 great
                 quantities
                 ,
                 that
                 Distil
                 it
                 with
                 such
                 Coales
                 ,
                 which
                 cost
                 nothing
                 neer
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 those
                 made
                 of
                 Wood.
                 And
                 experience
                 hath
                 inform'd
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 in
                 other
                 sorts
                 of
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 Fuel
                 may
                 be
                 imploy'd
                 ,
                 provided
                 the
                 Barres
                 of
                 the
                 Grates
                 be
                 set
                 wider
                 asunder
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 Char-coale
                 be
                 mingled
                 with
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 kindling
                 ;
                 and
                 since
                 of
                 late
                 Years
                 Pit
                 coale
                 have
                 been
                 found
                 in
                 several
                 places
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 formerly
                 known
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 it
                 seems
                 not
                 improbable
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 other
                 Countries
                 may
                 afford
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 their
                 Inhabitants
                 the
                 like
                 advantage
                 ,
                 if
                 search
                 were
                 duely
                 made
                 ,
                 by
                 boring
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 observations
                 of
                 the
                 Waters
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Steames
                 of
                 places
                 suspected
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 other
                 waies
                 of
                 inquiry
                 that
                 a
                 skilful
                 man
                 might
                 direct
                 ;
                 But
                 because
                 the
                 abundant
                 Smoak
                 of
                 Pit-coale
                 ,
                 uses
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 offensive
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 smaller
                 Coales
                 easily
                 run
                 through
                 the
                 Grates
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 of
                 other
                 inconveniences
                 ,
                 there
                 hath
                 been
                 a
                 way
                 found
                 out
                 of
                 charring
                 these
                 Coales
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 reducing
                 them
                 into
                 
                 coherent
                 Masses
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 convenient
                 bigness
                 and
                 shape
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 dry
                 and
                 apt
                 to
                 kindle
                 ;
                 and
                 these
                 though
                 ,
                 quantity
                 for
                 quantity
                 ,
                 their
                 price
                 be
                 little
                 inferiour
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 Char-coale
                 .
                 Yet
                 those
                 that
                 consume
                 great
                 proportions
                 of
                 Coales
                 ,
                 tell
                 me
                 they
                 finde
                 them
                 almost
                 as
                 cheap
                 again
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 only
                 last
                 much
                 longer
                 ,
                 but
                 give
                 (
                 especially
                 near
                 at
                 hand
                 )
                 a
                 far
                 more
                 intense
                 heat
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 very
                 useful
                 thing
                 to
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 charring
                 Sea-coales
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 those
                 Pots
                 ,
                 which
                 make
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 price
                 they
                 now
                 beare
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 possible
                 ,
                 but
                 very
                 easy
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 quickly
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 prejudice
                 an
                 industrious
                 Laborant
                 ,
                 whose
                 profession
                 being
                 to
                 make
                 Chymicall
                 Medicines
                 in
                 quantity
                 ,
                 obliges
                 him
                 to
                 keep
                 great
                 and
                 constant
                 Fires
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 put
                 him
                 upon
                 finding
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 charring
                 Sea-coale
                 ,
                 wherein
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 about
                 three
                 houres
                 or
                 less
                 ,
                 without
                 Pots
                 or
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 Char-coale
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 having
                 ,
                 for
                 curiosity
                 sake
                 ,
                 made
                 him
                 take
                 out
                 some
                 pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 coole
                 them
                 in
                 my
                 presence
                 ,
                 I
                 found
                 them
                 upon
                 breaking
                 to
                 appeare
                 well
                 charr'd
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 thereof
                 in
                 shew
                 not
                 unlike
                 a
                 Marchasite
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 very
                 convenient
                 in
                 this
                 Contrivance
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 whil'st
                 the
                 Pit
                 coale
                 was
                 charring
                 ,
                 it
                 afforded
                 him
                 a
                 very
                 intense
                 heat
                 to
                 melt
                 or
                 calcine
                 the
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 expose
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 confest
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 Method
                 ,
                 he
                 saved
                 three
                 parts
                 in
                 foure
                 of
                 the
                 Charges
                 the
                 keeping
                 such
                 great
                 and
                 constant
                 Fires
                 ,
                 with
                 common
                 Char-coale
                 ,
                 would
                 cost
                 him
                 .
                 In
                 Holland
                 ,
                 likewise
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 charring
                 Peat
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 combustible
                 Turfe
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 dig
                 under
                 Ground
                 )
                 and
                 a
                 skilful
                 Distiller
                 ,
                 that
                 much
                 employ'd
                 it
                 ,
                 commends
                 it
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 very
                 good
                 Fuel
                 ,
                 even
                 for
                 Chymical
                 Fires
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 therefore
                 mention
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 charring
                 Peat
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 yet
                 brought
                 into
                 several
                 Countries
                 ,
                 where
                 Peat
                 is
                 dig'd
                 up
                 :
                 
                 And
                 probably
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 divers
                 Regions
                 ,
                 where
                 't
                 is
                 yet
                 unknown
                 ,
                 if
                 due
                 search
                 were
                 made
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 may
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 unlike
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Countries
                 may
                 afford
                 such
                 combustible
                 Materials
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 Chymical
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 as
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 as
                 yet
                 ,
                 been
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 nam'd
                 by
                 Mineralist's
                 ;
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 ,
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 Coales
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 which
                 look'd
                 like
                 Marchasites
                 ,
                 that
                 burn'd
                 clear
                 with
                 a
                 good
                 Flame
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 this
                 convenient
                 quality
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Chymist's
                 use
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 apt
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 common
                 Pit-coales
                 ,
                 to
                 stop
                 the
                 Grates
                 with
                 their
                 Sinders
                 ,
                 but
                 burnt
                 to
                 whitish
                 Ashes
                 almost
                 like
                 Char-coale
                 made
                 of
                 Wood
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 gave
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 heat
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 Industrious
                 Chymist
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 who
                 kept
                 many
                 things
                 constantly
                 at
                 work
                 ,
                 found
                 it
                 worth
                 while
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 brought
                 him
                 ,
                 above
                 a
                 daies
                 journey
                 ,
                 on
                 Horses
                 backs
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 impossible
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 Men
                 grow
                 better
                 Naturalist's
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 find
                 waies
                 ,
                 of
                 exciting
                 heat
                 ,
                 enough
                 for
                 many
                 Chymicall
                 operations
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Fire
                 ;
                 and
                 consequently
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 consumption
                 of
                 Fuel
                 .
                 We
                 find
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 attrition
                 of
                 hard
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 considerable
                 degrees
                 of
                 heat
                 may
                 be
                 produc'd
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 ,
                 in
                 combustible
                 Materials
                 ,
                 as
                 Wood
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 would
                 therefore
                 be
                 improper
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 here
                 insisted
                 on
                 )
                 But
                 in
                 others
                 also
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 in
                 Iron
                 and
                 Steel
                 ,
                 one
                 may
                 by
                 attrition
                 soon
                 produce
                 a
                 smart
                 heat
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 quickly
                 try
                 ,
                 by
                 nimbly
                 Filing
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Iron
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 rough
                 File
                 ;
                 or
                 swiftly
                 rubbing
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 minutes
                 ,
                 a
                 thin
                 piece
                 of
                 Steel
                 against
                 a
                 Board
                 .
                 And
                 whether
                 some
                 contrivance
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 cheap
                 Engines
                 mov'd
                 by
                 Water
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 to
                 produce
                 a
                 durable
                 heat
                 in
                 Iron
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 fit
                 to
                 digest
                 in
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 further
                 occasion
                 to
                 consider
                 ;
                 But
                 this
                 is
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 from
                 some
                 succulent
                 Plants
                 ,
                 a
                 Liquor
                 may
                 be
                 
                 drawn
                 ,
                 only
                 by
                 exposing
                 them
                 in
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 purposely
                 contrived
                 to
                 the
                 Beames
                 of
                 the
                 Sun.
                 And
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 more
                 common
                 ,
                 then
                 for
                 Chymists
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 Digestions
                 by
                 the
                 warmth
                 of
                 Hors-dung
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 might
                 also
                 (
                 as
                 some
                 Analogous
                 tryals
                 incline
                 me
                 to
                 think
                 )
                 conveniently
                 enough
                 ,
                 Distil
                 some
                 fermented
                 Liquors
                 ;
                 especially
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 way
                 were
                 improv'd
                 by
                 the
                 skilful
                 addition
                 of
                 Quick-lime
                 ,
                 and
                 seasonable
                 aspersions
                 of
                 Water
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 many
                 cheap
                 Materials
                 might
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 few
                 tryals
                 ,
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 whereby
                 portable
                 digesting
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 without
                 Fire
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 them
                 )
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 ill
                 smell
                 and
                 nastiness
                 ,
                 which
                 discommends
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Hors-dung
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 only
                 we
                 see
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 happens
                 in
                 the
                 Spontaneous
                 heating
                 of
                 Malt
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 familiar
                 substances
                 ,
                 that
                 probably
                 most
                 sort
                 of
                 Graines
                 ,
                 and
                 Berries
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 Fermentation
                 may
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 yeeld
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 ,
                 a
                 heat
                 great
                 enough
                 to
                 putrifie
                 ,
                 or
                 digest
                 with
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 have
                 ,
                 several
                 Years
                 agoe
                 ,
                 by
                 many
                 trials
                 found
                 ;
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 by
                 invironing
                 Glasses
                 with
                 refuse
                 Hay
                 well
                 press'd
                 down
                 and
                 equally
                 wetted
                 throughout
                 ,
                 produce
                 for
                 divers
                 daies
                 such
                 a
                 heate
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 me
                 decline
                 the
                 employing
                 of
                 Hors-dung
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 chiefe
                 thing
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 mention
                 this
                 )
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 Hay
                 was
                 so
                 small
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 my
                 trials
                 I
                 found
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Hay
                 did
                 of
                 it self
                 ,
                 though
                 kept
                 close
                 enough
                 ,
                 take
                 Fire
                 ;
                 as
                 else
                 is
                 usuall
                 in
                 Ricks
                 of
                 Hay
                 not
                 sufficiently
                 dried
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 the
                 weight
                 ,
                 that
                 presses
                 the
                 lowermost
                 parts
                 close
                 together
                 ,
                 is
                 considerable
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 further
                 ,
                 in
                 divers
                 operations
                 ,
                 where
                 an
                 actual
                 Fire
                 is
                 requisite
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 hop'd
                 that
                 Knowing
                 Men
                 ,
                 may
                 discover
                 waies
                 of
                 saving
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 Skill
                 perform
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 wonted
                 office
                 of
                 heat
                 .
                 To
                 obtain
                 the
                 
                 Spirit
                 of
                 fresh
                 Urine
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 Distil
                 away
                 near
                 nine
                 parts
                 of
                 ten
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 but
                 Flegm
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Spirit
                 or
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 will
                 (
                 and
                 that
                 scarce
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 pretty
                 strong
                 heat
                 )
                 regularly
                 rise
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 Chymist's
                 that
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 no
                 better
                 way
                 of
                 Distiling
                 Urine
                 ;
                 But
                 he
                 that
                 knows
                 ,
                 how
                 Putrefaction
                 opens
                 many
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 may
                 easily
                 save
                 himself
                 the
                 expence
                 of
                 so
                 much
                 Fire
                 :
                 For
                 if
                 you
                 let
                 Urine
                 stand
                 well
                 stop'd
                 ,
                 for
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 Weeks
                 ,
                 the
                 Saline
                 and
                 Spirituous
                 parts
                 will
                 so
                 extricate
                 themselves
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Spirits
                 that
                 before
                 staied
                 behind
                 the
                 Flegm
                 ,
                 will
                 now
                 ,
                 even
                 with
                 the
                 gentlest
                 heat
                 ,
                 rise
                 up
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 the
                 Flegm
                 behind
                 .
                 And
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 I
                 shall
                 teach
                 you
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 mention'd
                 by
                 any
                 Writer
                 ;
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 even
                 of
                 fresh
                 Urine
                 ,
                 without
                 Digestion
                 or
                 Putrefaction
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 very
                 cheap
                 and
                 easie
                 way
                 ,
                 make
                 a
                 subtle
                 and
                 penetrant
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 ascend
                 ,
                 first
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ;
                 And
                 I
                 am
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 only
                 by
                 pouring
                 Urine
                 ,
                 how
                 fresh
                 soever
                 ,
                 upon
                 Quick-lime
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 swim
                 some
                 Fingers
                 breadth
                 above
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 distilling
                 it
                 assoon
                 as
                 I
                 please
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 find
                 ,
                 upon
                 many
                 trials
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 though
                 even
                 without
                 Rectification
                 very
                 strong
                 and
                 subtle
                 ,
                 would
                 Coagulate
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 like
                 that
                 of
                 putrified
                 and
                 fermented
                 Urine
                 ;
                 though
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 for
                 divers
                 other
                 purposes
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 powerful
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 here
                 I
                 shall
                 advertise
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 whereas
                 I
                 just
                 now
                 took
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 pretty
                 strong
                 Fire
                 requisite
                 to
                 force
                 up
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 unfermented
                 Urine
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 part
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 the
                 abstraction
                 of
                 the
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 remains
                 of
                 the
                 consistance
                 of
                 Honey
                 ;
                 trial
                 hath
                 inform'd
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 may
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 thick
                 Liquor
                 be
                 obtain'd
                 ,
                 better
                 and
                 more
                 pure
                 ,
                 with
                 ease
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 ,
                 scarce
                 credibly
                 ,
                 smal
                 heat
                 ;
                 barely
                 ,
                 by
                 tempering
                 the
                 Urinous
                 extract
                 with
                 a
                 convenient
                 
                 quantity
                 of
                 good
                 Wood
                 Ashes
                 ,
                 whereby
                 (
                 for
                 a
                 reason
                 elswhere
                 to
                 be
                 consider'd
                 )
                 the
                 volatile
                 part
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 is
                 so
                 free'd
                 from
                 the
                 grosser
                 Substance
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 strange
                 facility
                 it
                 will
                 ascend
                 ,
                 fine
                 and
                 white
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 very
                 tall
                 Glasses
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 the
                 differing
                 Preparation
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 more
                 perhaps
                 elswhere
                 .
                 I
                 now
                 proceed
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 not
                 unlikely
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 more
                 gross
                 and
                 sluggish
                 ,
                 may
                 by
                 the
                 affusion
                 of
                 such
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 as
                 humane
                 Industrie
                 may
                 find
                 out
                 ,
                 be
                 far
                 more
                 easily
                 ,
                 either
                 ,
                 volatiliz'd
                 or
                 unlockt
                 ,
                 then
                 common
                 Chymists
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 think
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 not
                 very
                 rare
                 among
                 Chymist's
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 help
                 I
                 have
                 ,
                 often
                 enough
                 ,
                 distill'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 (
                 whose
                 distillation
                 requires
                 much
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 violence
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 with
                 that
                 of
                 Aqua-Fortis
                 )
                 even
                 in
                 a
                 moderate
                 he●t
                 of
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 a
                 naked
                 Fire
                 .
                 This
                 Spirit
                 may
                 easily
                 enough
                 be
                 brought
                 over
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 a
                 Head
                 and
                 Body
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 Wager
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 obtain
                 a
                 little
                 of
                 it
                 without
                 any
                 Fire
                 or
                 outward
                 heat
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 also
                 ,
                 That
                 having
                 once
                 digested
                 a
                 certain
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 very
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 upon
                 crude
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 and
                 abstracted
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 of
                 Sand
                 ;
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 ,
                 brought
                 over
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Antimony
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 red
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 swiming
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 united
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Mineral
                 ,
                 with
                 it self
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 transparent
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 gentle
                 heat
                 raised
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 divers
                 little
                 Masses
                 of
                 a
                 substance
                 ,
                 that
                 were
                 very
                 transparent
                 ,
                 like
                 Amber
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 inflammable
                 ,
                 and
                 smelt
                 ,
                 and
                 burnt
                 blew
                 ,
                 just
                 like
                 common
                 Sulphur
                 ;
                 And
                 yet
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 easily
                 again
                 recoverable
                 from
                 the
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 was
                 no
                 strong
                 Corrosive
                 ,
                 tasting
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 pour'd
                 on
                 ,
                 not
                 much
                 unlike
                 good
                 Vinager
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 besides
                 all
                 the
                 wayes
                 ,
                 above
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 of
                 saving
                 the
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 either
                 ,
                 Time
                 ,
                 or
                 Fire
                 ,
                 or
                 Labour
                 ;
                 I
                 dispair
                 no●
                 
                 that
                 divers
                 others
                 ,
                 yet
                 unthought
                 on
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 in
                 time
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 Industry
                 of
                 skilful
                 Men
                 ,
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 applying
                 them
                 to
                 Chymical
                 uses
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 Amalgamations
                 with
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 the
                 calcination
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 much
                 easyer
                 perform'd
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 a
                 long
                 violence
                 of
                 Fire
                 .
                 And
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 what
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 and
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 tell
                 us
                 of
                 their
                 immortal
                 Liquor
                 Alkahest
                 )
                 Medicines
                 far
                 nobler
                 ,
                 and
                 otherwise
                 more
                 difficult
                 to
                 make
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 hitherto
                 in
                 use
                 among
                 the
                 Chymist's
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 Prepar'd
                 with
                 greater
                 ease
                 ,
                 and
                 expedition
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 far
                 less
                 expense
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Mettals
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 open'd
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 would
                 let
                 a
                 vulgar
                 Chymist
                 suspect
                 .
                 However
                 ,
                 I
                 see
                 no
                 great
                 cause
                 to
                 doubt
                 that
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 Menstruum's
                 found
                 that
                 will
                 much
                 facilitate
                 difficult
                 Operations
                 ,
                 since
                 not
                 to
                 mention
                 again
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 I
                 lately
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 would
                 work
                 such
                 a
                 change
                 on
                 Nitre
                 (
                 and
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 added
                 ,
                 on
                 some
                 other
                 compact
                 Bodies
                 )
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 like
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 Menstruum's
                 found
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 spoyl'd
                 by
                 a
                 single
                 Operation
                 ,
                 made
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 our
                 vulgar
                 saline
                 Spirits
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 have
                 try'd
                 that
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 distillation
                 of
                 good
                 Verdigrease
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 only
                 draw
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 formerly
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 a
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Glass
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 or
                 perform
                 some
                 other
                 like
                 Operation
                 for
                 once
                 ,
                 but
                 being
                 drawn
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 dissolved
                 body
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 extraction
                 ,
                 will
                 again
                 serve
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 like
                 Operation
                 upon
                 fresh
                 Materials
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fifth
                 ,
                 and
                 last
                 way
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 intend
                 to
                 mention
                 ,
                 of
                 lessening
                 Chymical
                 expenses
                 ;
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalists
                 may
                 probably
                 find
                 out
                 wayes
                 of
                 preserving
                 some
                 Chymical
                 Medicins
                 ,
                 either
                 longer
                 or
                 better
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 wayes
                 that
                 are
                 usual
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 this
                 preservation
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 being
                 like
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 formerly
                 intimated
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 elsewhere
                 further
                 occasion
                 
                 to
                 Treat
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 only
                 say
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 purified
                 Juyces
                 ,
                 liquid
                 Extracts
                 ,
                 Robs
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 soft
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 Conserv'd
                 far
                 cheaper
                 ,
                 aswel
                 as
                 better
                 ,
                 then
                 with
                 Sugar
                 (
                 which
                 clogs
                 most
                 Mens
                 Stomacks
                 ,
                 and
                 otherwise
                 disagrees
                 with
                 many
                 Constitutions
                 )
                 in
                 case
                 Helmont
                 say
                 true
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 for
                 a
                 small
                 piece
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 he
                 can
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 long
                 ,
                 preserve
                 whole
                 Barrels
                 of
                 Liquor
                 .
                 And
                 a
                 way
                 he
                 intimates
                 ,
                 of
                 fuming
                 liquors
                 with
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 allready
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 good
                 way
                 of
                 keeping
                 them
                 uncorrupted
                 ;
                 provided
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 though
                 he
                 prescribes
                 it
                 not
                 )
                 they
                 be
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 several
                 times
                 (
                 seldomer
                 or
                 oftner
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 or
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 )
                 well
                 impregnated
                 with
                 that
                 embalming
                 Smoak
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 purpose
                 it
                 is
                 convenient
                 to
                 have
                 two
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 to
                 poure
                 from
                 one
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 whil'st
                 the
                 Liquor
                 is
                 shaking
                 in
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 may
                 be
                 well
                 fill'd
                 with
                 Smoak
                 ;
                 whereto
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 subjoyn
                 this
                 secret
                 ,
                 which
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 practises
                 in
                 preserving
                 the
                 fumigated
                 Juyces
                 of
                 Herbs
                 (
                 as
                 ,
                 I
                 elswhere
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 to
                 preserve
                 other
                 things
                 )
                 with
                 ●
                 success
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 somewhat
                 wondred
                 at
                 ;
                 which
                 consist's
                 ,
                 in
                 adding
                 to
                 the
                 thick
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 preserved
                 ,
                 a
                 due
                 ,
                 but
                 small
                 ,
                 proportion
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Coagulum
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 often
                 elswhere
                 mention
                 )
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 pure
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Wine
                 and
                 Urine
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 this
                 excursion
                 too
                 prolix
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 adde
                 as
                 a
                 general
                 admonition
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 not
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 common
                 practice
                 of
                 Vulgar
                 Chymist's
                 ,
                 to
                 estimate
                 what
                 Knowing
                 Naturalist's
                 ,
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Mechanical
                 contrivances
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 in
                 time
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 more
                 cheap
                 as
                 more
                 effectual
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 indeed
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 more
                 effectual
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 more
                 cheap
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 after
                 all
                 the
                 wayes
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 charges
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 lessned
                 ;
                 I
                 must
                 advertise
                 you
                 ,
                 both
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 make
                 no
                 doubt
                 but
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 divers
                 others
                 found
                 ,
                 which
                 either
                 through
                 want
                 of
                 skill
                 or
                 leasure
                 I
                 have
                 pretermitted
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 named
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 all
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 deep
                 insight
                 into
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 may
                 qualifie
                 him
                 that
                 hath
                 it
                 by
                 several
                 wayes
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 by
                 discovering
                 the
                 true
                 Causes
                 and
                 Seats
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 such
                 generous
                 and
                 effectual
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 (
                 whether
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 Unive●sal
                 Arcana
                 )
                 as
                 by
                 quickly
                 freeing
                 the
                 Patient
                 from
                 his
                 Disease
                 ,
                 may
                 exempt
                 him
                 from
                 needing
                 ,
                 either
                 ,
                 much
                 Physick
                 from
                 the
                 Apothecary
                 ,
                 or
                 many
                 chargeable
                 visites
                 from
                 the
                 Doctor
                 of
                 Chirurgeon
                 .
                 Thus
                 the
                 rich
                 Merchant
                 I
                 mention'd
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 Essayes
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 freed
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Gout
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 young
                 Lady
                 ,
                 cur'd
                 of
                 her
                 Fistulas
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 Millepedes
                 ;
                 might
                 well
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 ordinary
                 way
                 ,
                 have
                 spent
                 ,
                 even
                 supposing
                 them
                 thrifty
                 ,
                 a
                 hundred
                 times
                 more
                 ,
                 upon
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Physick
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 potent
                 and
                 nimble
                 Rem●dies
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 happily
                 recovered
                 ,
                 cost
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Confirmation
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 this
                 and
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 lately
                 told
                 you
                 ;
                 concerning
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 even
                 ,
                 in
                 slightly
                 Prepared
                 Simples
                 ;
                 what
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 learn
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 writing
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 young
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 (
                 though
                 of
                 great
                 Birth
                 ,
                 is
                 yet
                 of
                 far
                 greater
                 Beauty
                 and
                 vertue
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 presume
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 to
                 you
                 )
                 having
                 been
                 long
                 troubled
                 with
                 an
                 almost
                 hereditary
                 Epileptical
                 Distemper
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 having
                 been
                 wearied
                 by
                 courses
                 of
                 Physick
                 prescrib'd
                 her
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 famousest
                 Doctors
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 procur'd
                 ,
                 without
                 at
                 all
                 mending
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 growing
                 worse
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 sometimes
                 
                 She
                 would
                 have
                 ,
                 in
                 one
                 day
                 ,
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 of
                 such
                 dismal
                 Fits
                 ,
                 as
                 You
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 her
                 in
                 ;
                 was
                 cur'd
                 onely
                 by
                 the
                 Powder
                 of
                 true
                 Misseltoe
                 of
                 the
                 Oake
                 ;
                 given
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 would
                 lie
                 upon
                 a
                 Sixpence
                 ,
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 in
                 black
                 Cherry
                 Water
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 in
                 Beere
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 days
                 near
                 the
                 full
                 Moon
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 am
                 assur'd
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Patient
                 her self
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 gave
                 her
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 it
                 had
                 scarce
                 any
                 other
                 sensible
                 Operation
                 upon
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 not
                 make
                 her
                 sickish
                 ,
                 especially
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 slept
                 upon
                 it
                 ;
                 Yet
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 she
                 took
                 it
                 ,
                 she
                 never
                 had
                 but
                 one
                 Fit.
                 And
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 an
                 ancient
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 being
                 casually
                 present
                 when
                 she
                 suddenly
                 fell
                 down
                 as
                 dead
                 ,
                 gave
                 it
                 her
                 ,
                 profess'd
                 himself
                 to
                 have
                 constantly
                 cur'd
                 that
                 Disease
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 could
                 procure
                 the
                 right
                 Simple
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 here
                 exceeding
                 scarce
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 further
                 Experiment
                 some
                 Friends
                 of
                 Yours
                 have
                 succesfully
                 made
                 ,
                 of
                 its
                 Vertue
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elswhere
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 relate
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Skilfullest
                 Methodist's
                 I
                 ever
                 knew
                 ,
                 having
                 had
                 much
                 adoe
                 to
                 preserve
                 a
                 young
                 Cousin
                 of
                 Yours
                 from
                 a
                 very
                 dangerous
                 Cough
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 long
                 course
                 of
                 Physick
                 ;
                 the
                 party
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 next
                 Winter
                 ,
                 falling
                 into
                 a
                 Relapse
                 more
                 threatning
                 then
                 the
                 first
                 Disease
                 ,
                 was
                 rescued
                 from
                 it
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 by
                 not
                 many
                 more
                 takings
                 of
                 a
                 Specifick
                 sent
                 her
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 nothing
                 else
                 but
                 Harts-horn
                 prepar'd
                 as
                 I
                 lately
                 taught
                 You.
                 And
                 if
                 such
                 slight
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 consisting
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 single
                 Simple
                 ,
                 not
                 elaborately
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 may
                 sometimes
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 say
                 not
                 alwaies
                 )
                 perform
                 such
                 speedy
                 cures
                 even
                 in
                 Chronical
                 Di●tempers
                 ,
                 what
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 hoped
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Arcana
                   m●jora
                
                 (
                 such
                 as
                 
                   Paracelss's
                   Laudanum
                
                 ,
                 so
                 praised
                 by
                 Operinus
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 
                   Butlers
                   Driff
                
                 ,
                 so
                 extold
                 by
                 Helmont
                 )
                 when
                 the
                 skilfullest
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 of
                 
                 the
                 noblest
                 Simples
                 ,
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 known
                 by
                 Learned
                 and
                 Judicious
                 Men
                 ,
                 intelligent
                 in
                 the
                 Theory
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 vers'd
                 in
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ?
                 And
                 though
                 Riverius
                 were
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Naturalists
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 Yet
                 if
                 in
                 his
                 Observation
                 ,
                 and
                 elswhere
                 ,
                 he
                 flatter
                 not
                 his
                 own
                 Febrifugum
                 ;
                 how
                 many
                 Patients
                 did
                 that
                 one
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 rescue
                 from
                 Quartanes
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 else
                 probably
                 have
                 prov'd
                 as
                 Chargeable
                 as
                 Tedious
                 ?
              
               
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 having
                 sayed
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 fear
                 you
                 have
                 thought
                 it
                 tedions
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 that
                 a
                 Naturalist
                 ,
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 and
                 the
                 Mechanicks
                 ,
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 cures
                 less
                 Chargeable
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 high
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 so
                 long
                 an
                 excursion
                 ,
                 I
                 proceed
                 to
                 consider
                 in
                 what
                 other
                 particulars
                 he
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 benefactor
                 to
                 the
                 Physitians
                 Art.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 VIII
                 .
              
               
                 FIftly
                 ,
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Naturalists
                 skill
                 may
                 improve
                 the
                 Pharmaceutical
                 Preparations
                 of
                 Simples
                 ,
                 by
                 several
                 wayes
                 partly
                 touch'd
                 already
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 either
                 ,
                 added
                 or
                 further
                 treated
                 of
                 ;
                 the
                 great
                 variety
                 of
                 new
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 the
                 Laboratories
                 of
                 Chymists
                 have
                 furnished
                 the
                 shops
                 of
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 may
                 convinceingly
                 inform
                 you
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 must
                 take
                 the
                 liberty
                 to
                 adde
                 (
                 and
                 that
                 upon
                 serious
                 Consideration
                 )
                 That
                 
                   the
                   Chymical
                   Preparations
                   ,
                   hitherto
                   common
                   in
                   Dispensatories
                   ,
                   are
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Generali●y
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   far
                   enough
                   from
                   being
                   the
                   most
                   Dextrous
                   ,
                   or
                   Noble
                   ,
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   devis'd
                
                 :
                 For
                 our
                 Vulgar
                 Chymistry
                 (
                 to
                 which
                 our
                 Shops
                 owe
                 their
                 venal
                 Spagyrical
                 Remedies
                 )
                 is
                 as
                 yet
                 very
                 incompleat
                 ,
                 affording
                 us
                 rather
                 a
                 Collection
                 ,
                 of
                 loose
                 and
                 scatter'd
                 (
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 but
                 casual
                 )
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 then
                 an
                 Art
                 duely
                 superstructed
                 upon
                 Principles
                 and
                 Notions
                 ,
                 emergent
                 
                 from
                 severe
                 and
                 competent
                 Inductions
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 elswhere
                 endeavoured
                 ,
                 more
                 particularly
                 ,
                 to
                 manifest
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 till
                 the
                 Principles
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 be
                 better
                 known
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 solidly
                 establish'd
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 expect
                 no
                 other
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 very
                 few
                 vulgar
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 should
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Noblest
                 sort
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 many
                 others
                 ,
                 considerable
                 errours
                 should
                 be
                 wont
                 to
                 pass
                 unheeded
                 ;
                 and
                 faults
                 ,
                 gross
                 enough
                 ,
                 be
                 apt
                 to
                 be
                 mistakenly
                 committed
                 .
                 But
                 ,
                 of
                 this
                 Subject
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 elswhere
                 have
                 divers
                 occasions
                 to
                 entertaine
                 You
                 ;
                 and
                 our
                 single
                 Essay
                 ,
                 
                   of
                   the
                   ●●●mical
                   Distinctions
                   of
                   Salts
                   ,
                
                 will
                 perhaps
                 discover
                 to
                 You
                 no
                 small
                 mistakes
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 divers
                 applauded
                 Vulgar
                 Medicines
                 .
                 For
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 Elaborateness
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Skilfulness
                 of
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 that
                 produceth
                 the
                 Noble
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 few
                 Teeming
                 Principles
                 well
                 known
                 and
                 apply'd
                 ,
                 will
                 enable
                 a
                 man
                 with
                 ease
                 to
                 make
                 better
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 Furnaces
                 and
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 though
                 never
                 so
                 well
                 contriv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 very
                 useful
                 in
                 their
                 kind
                 .
                 To
                 make
                 out
                 this
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 name
                 some
                 such
                 Instances
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 withall
                 confirm
                 what
                 I
                 formerly
                 deliver'd
                 in
                 this
                 Essay
                 ,
                 touching
                 the
                 possibility
                 and
                 usefulness
                 of
                 Correcting
                 either
                 poisonous
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 very
                 noxious
                 Simples
                 .
                 I
                 never
                 knew
                 Opium
                 so
                 much
                 Corrected
                 by
                 Saffron
                 ,
                 Cinnamom
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Aromatical
                 and
                 Cordial
                 Drugs
                 (
                 wherewith
                 't
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 up
                 into
                 Laudanum
                 )
                 nor
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 tedious
                 tortures
                 of
                 Vulcan
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 it
                 by
                 being
                 a
                 while
                 Digested
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 impregnated
                 with
                 nothing
                 but
                 the
                 weight
                 of
                 the
                 Opium
                 of
                 pure
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 elswhere
                 more
                 fully
                 de●lare
                 .
                 (
                 a
                 much
                 nobler
                 Laudanum
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 by
                 adding
                 to
                 the
                 Opium
                 ,
                 insteed
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 ,
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 appropriated
                 Simples
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 due
                 Fermentations
                 and
                 Digestions
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 it
                 )
                 And
                 for
                 that
                 violent
                 Vomiting
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 
                 by
                 Chymists
                 flatteringly
                 enough
                 ,
                 call'd
                 
                   Mercurius
                   Vitae
                
                 ;
                 a
                 whole
                 Pound
                 of
                 Cordial
                 Con●erves
                 ,
                 or
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 so
                 well
                 moderate
                 its
                 evacuating
                 force
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 keeping
                 it
                 continually
                 stirring
                 in
                 a
                 fl●ttish
                 and
                 well
                 glaz'd
                 earthen
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 placed
                 over
                 a
                 Ch●fingdish
                 of
                 Coales
                 till
                 it
                 emit
                 no
                 more
                 fumes
                 ,
                 but
                 grow
                 of
                 a
                 grayish
                 Colour
                 :
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 very
                 credibly
                 informed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 
                   Merc-Vitae
                   purgans
                
                 ,
                 often
                 mention'd
                 and
                 commended
                 by
                 the
                 famous
                 Practitioner
                 Riverius
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Observations
                 .
                 A
                 not
                 unlike
                 ,
                 but
                 far
                 more
                 sudden
                 ,
                 Correction
                 of
                 tha●●●tive
                 Powder
                 ,
                 I
                 elswhere
                 teach
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 those
                 Operative
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 Quicksilver
                 and
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 though
                 long
                 Experience
                 of
                 their
                 churlish
                 and
                 untractable
                 N●ture
                 have
                 made
                 many
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 waryer
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Chymists
                 shy
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 either
                 of
                 them
                 single
                 :
                 Yet
                 these
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 so
                 Incorrigible
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 barely
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 gradual
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 of
                 Butter
                 of
                 Antimony
                 )
                 sublim'd
                 up
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 Cinnaber
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 that
                 Cinnaber
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 times
                 resublim'd
                 
                   per
                   se
                
                 ,
                 be
                 united
                 into
                 a
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 is
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 work
                 ,
                 either
                 upwards
                 or
                 downwards
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 safely
                 taken
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 substance
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Dose
                 of
                 many
                 Grains
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 few
                 Drachmes
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 infus'd
                 in
                 a
                 Pound
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 hath
                 made
                 it
                 of
                 that
                 inoffensive
                 Efficacy
                 (
                 taken
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Spoonful
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 daily
                 upon
                 an
                 empty
                 stomach
                 )
                 That
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 still
                 succeed
                 aswell
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 observ'd
                 it
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 times
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 think
                 that
                 our
                 having
                 thus
                 acquainted
                 You
                 with
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 this
                 one
                 unlikely
                 Remedie
                 ,
                 (
                 though
                 we
                 have
                 also
                 met
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 ,
                 in
                 P●inted
                 Books
                 )
                 may
                 make
                 you
                 amends
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 this
                 ted●ous
                 Discourse
                 .
                 I
                 once
                 knew
                 a
                 slight
                 (
                 but
                 altogether
                 new
                 and
                 tedious
                 ,
                 aswell
                 as
                 Philosophical
                 )
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 of
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 Correct
                 and
                 Tame
                 such
                 Poisons
                 ,
                 as
                 ten
                 times
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 highest
                 Vulgar
                 Antidotes
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 Cordials
                 ,
                 would
                 (
                 I
                 was
                 confident
                 )
                 scarce
                 have
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 weakned
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Prepar'd
                 Salt
                 ,
                 dextrously
                 Specificated
                 by
                 Simples
                 ,
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 some
                 Vegetables
                 so
                 exalted
                 ,
                 That
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 Cathartique
                 or
                 Emetique
                 Operation
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 (
                 if
                 many
                 Patients
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 I
                 had
                 casual
                 opportunities
                 to
                 enquire
                 of
                 the
                 Effects
                 of
                 those
                 Remedies
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 mis-inform
                 me
                 )
                 prov'd
                 more
                 effectual
                 in
                 Tameing
                 divers
                 stubborn
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 then
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorū
                   ,
                   Mercurius
                   Vitae
                
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 abusively
                 call'd
                 )
                 and
                 those
                 other
                 dangerous
                 Remedies
                 ;
                 which
                 make
                 the
                 Vulgar
                 wont
                 to
                 say
                 of
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 quickly
                 either
                 cure
                 their
                 Patients
                 or
                 kill
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 let
                 You
                 see
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 by
                 one
                 plain
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 noble
                 ,
                 instance
                 ;
                 That
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Specifick
                 Qualities
                 of
                 Things
                 ,
                 skilfully
                 applied
                 to
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 may
                 perform
                 ,
                 with
                 ease
                 ,
                 what
                 neither
                 costly
                 Materials
                 ,
                 nor
                 elaborate
                 Processes
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 effect
                 ;
                 Give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 inform
                 You
                 ;
                 That
                 ,
                 whereas
                 ,
                 Chymists
                 and
                 Physitians
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 able
                 by
                 infusing
                 the
                 true
                 Glass
                 of
                 Antimony
                 (
                 made
                 
                   per
                   se
                
                 )
                 in
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 richest
                 Cordial
                 Liquo●s
                 ;
                 nor
                 yet
                 by
                 torturing
                 it
                 after
                 several
                 tedious
                 and
                 artificial
                 manners
                 ,
                 to
                 deprive
                 it
                 of
                 its
                 Emetique
                 quality
                 ,
                 That
                 Vomitive
                 faculty
                 ,
                 of
                 Antimonial
                 Glass
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 Corrected
                 by
                 so
                 slight
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 Digesting
                 it
                 with
                 pure
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 be
                 highly
                 ting'd
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 you
                 gently
                 abstract
                 all
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 remaining
                 yellow
                 or
                 red
                 Powder
                 ,
                 you
                 Digest
                 well
                 dephlegmated
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 You
                 may
                 after
                 a
                 while
                 obtain
                 a
                 Noble
                 and
                 not
                 Emetique
                 Tincture
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 though
                 
                   Basilius
                   Valentinus
                
                 prescribes
                 but
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 Drops
                 for
                 a
                 Dose
                 ,
                 yet
                 a
                 Domestick
                 of
                 mine
                 having
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 taken
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 thirty
                 Drops
                 at
                 a
                 Time
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 it
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 Vomitive
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 Tincture
                 we
                 the
                 rather
                 mention
                 ,
                 Because
                 ,
                 
                 not
                 only
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Basilius
                   Valentinus
                
                 ,
                 but
                 other
                 skilful
                 Persons
                 ,
                 highly
                 extol
                 it
                 for
                 several
                 Diseases
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 let
                 me
                 adde
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 be
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 mark
                 well
                 what
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 )
                 That
                 by
                 bare
                 reiterated
                 Digestions
                 ,
                 and
                 Fermentations
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 Prepar'd
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 many
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 Saline
                 and
                 Sulphureous
                 Essences
                 (
                 whose
                 Bulk
                 is
                 exceeding
                 small
                 ,
                 in
                 proportion
                 to
                 the
                 Concrets
                 whence
                 they
                 are
                 Extracted
                 )
                 which
                 will
                 keep
                 many
                 Years
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 shew
                 you
                 some
                 above
                 three
                 Years
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 contain
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 Crasis
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 Simple
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Vegetable
                 Waters
                 ,
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 Extracts
                 or
                 Salts
                 ,
                 hitherto
                 extant
                 in
                 Laboratories
                 and
                 Shops
                 .
                 But
                 there
                 is
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 length
                 of
                 Time
                 required
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Prepar●tion
                 of
                 these
                 Efficacious
                 Juyces
                 ,
                 That
                 my
                 ambulatory
                 condition
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 hath
                 not
                 allowed
                 me
                 to
                 furnish
                 my self
                 with
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 if
                 You
                 will
                 not
                 dis-believe
                 a
                 Person
                 for
                 whom
                 You
                 have
                 so
                 just
                 an
                 esteem
                 ,
                 as
                 You
                 have
                 for
                 that
                 Ingenious
                 ,
                 and
                 Experienc'd
                 ,
                 
                   Monsieur
                   L.
                   F.
                
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 French
                 Kings
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 when
                 You
                 knew
                 him
                 at
                 Paris
                 ;
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 present
                 You
                 with
                 a
                 yet
                 Nobler
                 instance
                 ,
                 to
                 perswade
                 You
                 ;
                 That
                 ,
                 if
                 skill
                 be
                 not
                 wanting
                 ,
                 a
                 single
                 Herb
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 violence
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 other
                 wayes
                 then
                 are
                 in
                 use
                 among
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 be
                 easily
                 enough
                 brought
                 to
                 afford
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 endow'd
                 with
                 some
                 Nobler
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 then
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 compounded
                 ,
                 costly
                 ,
                 and
                 elaborate
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 whether
                 Minerals
                 or
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 among
                 Vulgar
                 Chymists
                 .
                 This
                 Efficacious
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 whence
                 't
                 is
                 obtain'd
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
                 call's
                 the
                 
                   Primum
                   Ens
                
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 that
                 yeilds
                 it
                 ;
                 But
                 though
                 ,
                 indeed
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Preparing
                 it
                 much
                 plainer
                 ,
                 and
                 better
                 deliver'd
                 ,
                 then
                 is
                 usual
                 in
                 his
                 Writings
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 his
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   Renovatione
                   
                   &
                   Restauratione
                
                 ;
                 Yet
                 I
                 freely
                 acknowledge
                 ,
                 That
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 scarce
                 have
                 thought
                 it
                 worth
                 the
                 Trial
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 for
                 what
                 the
                 Experienc'd
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 above
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 affirmed
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 Observations
                 ,
                 concerning
                 it
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 forward
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 try
                 long
                 Processes
                 upon
                 Paracelsus's
                 credit
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 what
                 he
                 call's
                 
                   Sal
                   Solutum
                
                 seem'd
                 to
                 me
                 somewhat
                 ambiguous
                 ;
                 since
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Page
                 teaching
                 to
                 draw
                 the
                 
                   Ens
                   Primum
                
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 he
                 makes
                 not
                 use
                 of
                 Sea-salt
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 (
                 a
                 Salt
                 of
                 an
                 incomparably
                 higher
                 Nature
                 )
                 his
                 
                   Sal
                   Circulatum
                
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Processe
                 immediatly
                 preceeding
                 ours
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 
                   Ens
                   Primum
                
                 of
                 Emeralds
                 ,
                 he
                 Prescribes
                 the
                 Calcining
                 them
                 in
                 
                   Sale
                   Soluto
                
                 ,
                 which
                 agrees
                 far
                 better
                 with
                 his
                 
                   Sal
                   Circulatum
                
                 then
                 with
                 any
                 Solution
                 of
                 Sea
                 salt
                 ,
                 which
                 seems
                 very
                 unlikely
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 Calcine
                 and
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 sayes
                 it
                 must
                 ,
                 dissolve
                 Emeralds
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 that
                 our
                 French
                 Chymist
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 us'd
                 ,
                 was
                 in
                 substance
                 this
                 :
                 Gather
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 season
                 and
                 time
                 of
                 Day
                 ,
                 Baulm
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 fit
                 Herb
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 experience
                 hath
                 taught
                 ,
                 both
                 him
                 and
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 Herbs
                 are
                 not
                 fit
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 way
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 reduc'd
                 into
                 Liquors
                 )
                 and
                 having
                 beaten
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 marble
                 Morter
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 soft
                 mash
                 ,
                 plac'd
                 in
                 a
                 Bolt-head
                 hermetically
                 seal'd
                 ,
                 to
                 Digest
                 forty
                 dayes
                 in
                 a
                 Dunghill
                 or
                 some
                 analogous
                 heat
                 ;
                 then
                 ,
                 opening
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 take
                 out
                 the
                 Matter
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 far
                 more
                 Liquid
                 then
                 before
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 ,
                 having
                 separated
                 the
                 grosser
                 parts
                 ,
                 You
                 must
                 Digest
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 gentle
                 Bath
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 yet
                 remaining
                 grosser
                 parts
                 may
                 subside
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 ,
                 being
                 filtrated
                 .
                 You
                 must
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 find
                 not
                 that
                 Paracelsus
                 requires
                 it
                 )
                 joyn
                 the
                 fixed
                 Salt
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 grosser
                 parts
                 above
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 dry'd
                 and
                 calcin'd
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 ,
                 Prepar'd
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 You
                 must
                 adde
                 equal
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Liquor
                 of
                 good
                 Sea-salt
                 well
                 purifi'd
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 melted
                 ,
                 and
                 suffered
                 to
                 run
                 
                   Per
                   Deliquium
                
                 :
                 This
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 being
                 also
                 seal'd
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 Glass
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 expos'd
                 to
                 the
                 Sun
                 for
                 about
                 six
                 Weeks
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 which
                 time
                 there
                 will
                 swim
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Primum
                   Ens
                
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 in
                 a
                 Liquid
                 form
                 ,
                 transparent
                 ,
                 and
                 either
                 green
                 or
                 red
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 Colour
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 the
                 Plant.
                 And
                 though
                 Paracelsus
                 prescribes
                 but
                 Celandine
                 ,
                 and
                 Baulm
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 us'd
                 ,
                 Yet
                 having
                 enqu●r'd
                 of
                 our
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 such
                 
                   Prima
                   Entia
                
                 of
                 Scrophularia
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 of
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 other
                 Herbs
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 makes
                 me
                 thus
                 ,
                 particularly
                 ,
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 these
                 kind
                 of
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 not
                 only
                 Paracelsus
                 ascribes
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Primum
                   Ens
                
                 of
                 Baulm
                 ,
                 (
                 or
                 Celandine
                 )
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 renovating
                 them
                 that
                 use
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 good
                 Wine
                 as
                 will
                 give
                 it
                 a
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 early
                 every
                 Morning
                 ;
                 till
                 ,
                 first
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 the
                 Nailes
                 of
                 their
                 Fingers
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 of
                 their
                 Toes
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 their
                 Hair
                 ,
                 and
                 Teeth
                 ,
                 fall
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 lastly
                 ,
                 the
                 Skin
                 be
                 dri'd
                 and
                 exchang'd
                 for
                 a
                 new
                 one
                 :
                 But
                 Your
                 ingenious
                 acquaintance
                 assured
                 me
                 several
                 times
                 ,
                 and
                 once
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 a
                 famous
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Virtuoso
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 appeal'd
                 ,
                 as
                 knowing
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 what
                 he
                 sayed
                 ;
                 That
                 an
                 intimate
                 Friend
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 n●med
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 having
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 above
                 mentioned
                 manner
                 ,
                 Prepared
                 the
                 
                   Primum
                   Ens
                
                 of
                 Baulm
                 ,
                 to
                 satisfie
                 himself
                 the
                 better
                 of
                 its
                 effects
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 Trial
                 upon
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Prescription
                 ,
                 for
                 about
                 a
                 Fortnight
                 ;
                 Long
                 before
                 which
                 his
                 Nailes
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 Hands
                 and
                 Feet
                 ,
                 began
                 to
                 loosen
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 Skin
                 ,
                 (
                 but
                 without
                 any
                 pain
                 )
                 which
                 at
                 length
                 falling
                 off
                 ,
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 accord
                 ,
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 keeps
                 yet
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 a
                 Box
                 for
                 a
                 rarity
                 ,
                 but
                 would
                 not
                 pursue
                 the
                 Trial
                 any
                 further
                 ,
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 being
                 in
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 such
                 Physick
                 ;
                 But
                 having
                 given
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Medicated
                 Wine
                 ,
                 for
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 Dayes
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 Woman
                 that
                 serv'd
                 in
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 neer
                 seventy
                 years
                 of
                 Age
                 ,
                 without
                 letting
                 her
                 know
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 expected
                 it
                 should
                 do
                 ,
                 Her
                 
                   Purgationes
                   Menstruae
                
                 came
                 upon
                 her
                 again
                 in
                 a
                 sufficiently
                 great
                 quantity
                 ,
                 to
                 fright
                 her
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 durst
                 prosecute
                 the
                 Experiment
                 no
                 further
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 I
                 ask'd
                 ,
                 why
                 he
                 made
                 no
                 triall
                 upon
                 Beasts
                 ?
                 It
                 was
                 answer'd
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 he
                 had
                 but
                 little
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 put
                 apart
                 an
                 old
                 Hen
                 ,
                 and
                 moistning
                 her
                 food
                 with
                 some
                 drops
                 of
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 Week
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 sixth
                 day
                 she
                 began
                 to
                 moult
                 her
                 Feathers
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 till
                 she
                 became
                 stark
                 naked
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 a
                 fortnight
                 was
                 past
                 ,
                 she
                 began
                 to
                 regain
                 others
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 come
                 to
                 their
                 full
                 growth
                 ,
                 appear'd
                 fairer
                 ,
                 and
                 better
                 colour'd
                 then
                 the
                 first
                 ;
                 And
                 he
                 added
                 ,
                 That
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 her
                 crest
                 was
                 rais'd
                 ,
                 she
                 also
                 laid
                 more
                 Egges
                 ,
                 then
                 she
                 was
                 wont
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Primum
                   Ens
                
                 of
                 the
                 greater
                 Scrophularia
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 relater
                 himself
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 ascrib'd
                 not
                 to
                 it
                 any
                 renovating
                 power
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 Balm
                 or
                 Celandine
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 it
                 enobled
                 ,
                 by
                 other
                 great
                 and
                 extraordinary
                 Vertues
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 this
                 kind
                 of
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 ere
                 now
                 ,
                 possibly
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 give
                 You
                 a
                 better
                 account
                 ,
                 if
                 in
                 my
                 trials
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 met
                 with
                 some
                 unhappy
                 accidents
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 hope
                 my
                 next
                 attempts
                 will
                 escape
                 :
                 which
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 possibly
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 send
                 You
                 one
                 of
                 some
                 attempts
                 to
                 prepare
                 the
                 like
                 Medicines
                 another
                 and
                 shorter
                 way
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 consideration
                 ,
                 whether
                 Paracelsus
                 and
                 others
                 deservedly
                 call
                 such
                 accidents
                 as
                 the
                 abovemention'd
                 change
                 of
                 Nailes
                 Hair
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 of
                 Teeth
                 a
                 reall
                 renovation
                 or
                 rejuvenessence
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 likewise
                 a
                 way
                 of
                 preparation
                 ,
                 differing
                 enough
                 from
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 common
                 among
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 which
                 Helmont
                 (
                 as
                 
                 he
                 saies
                 out
                 of
                 commiseration
                 to
                 the
                 sick
                 )
                 delivers
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 teaches
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 the
                 
                   Via
                   Media
                
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 
                   Elixir
                   Proprietatis
                
                 ,
                 
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 gives
                 us
                 this
                 commendation
                 :
                 
                   Hoc
                   medicamine
                   tam
                   Quartanam
                   ,
                   quam
                   continuam
                   statim
                   absolvi
                   .
                   Adeò
                   ut
                   qui
                   noctu
                   susceperat
                   sacresanctum
                   viaticum
                   ,
                   &
                   olei
                   extremam
                   unctionem
                   ,
                   me
                   in
                   prandio
                   convivam
                   circa
                   lectum
                   habuerit
                   .
                
                 And
                 though
                 many
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 rather
                 fraudulently
                 ,
                 then
                 rightly
                 set
                 the
                 process
                 down
                 ;
                 yet
                 experience
                 has
                 invited
                 me
                 to
                 absolve
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 particular
                 .
                 (
                 Though
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 a
                 Languid
                 heat
                 is
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Spirituous
                 liquor
                 ascend
                 and
                 circulate
                 as
                 he
                 requires
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 every
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 his
                 first
                 trials
                 ,
                 avoid
                 the
                 breaking
                 of
                 the
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 the
                 burning
                 of
                 the
                 materialls
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 accidents
                 this
                 preparation
                 is
                 very
                 obnoxious
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 as
                 well
                 watchfully
                 as
                 skilfully
                 made
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 though
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 scarce
                 us'd
                 this
                 Elixer
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 Cordial
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 know
                 some
                 very
                 expert
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 given
                 it
                 with
                 great
                 successe
                 in
                 divers
                 difficult
                 cases
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 a
                 Friend
                 of
                 the
                 younger
                 Helmonts
                 gives
                 it
                 so
                 succesfully
                 ,
                 that
                 partly
                 his
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 others
                 that
                 have
                 try'd
                 it
                 ,
                 have
                 sometimes
                 taken
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 great
                 rate
                 ,
                 whole
                 Pounds
                 in
                 a
                 Year
                 or
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 I
                 know
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 skill
                 he
                 emploies
                 in
                 making
                 it
                 dexterously
                 ,
                 he
                 adds
                 nothing
                 but
                 one
                 Ingredient
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 apt
                 to
                 ascribe
                 any
                 considerable
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 Medicin●
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 when
                 made
                 ,
                 he
                 sometimes
                 perfumes
                 by
                 cohobations
                 with
                 Musk
                 ,
                 and
                 Amber
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 not
                 wonder
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 ,
                 who
                 think
                 much
                 of
                 Helmonts
                 Theory
                 scarce
                 intelligible
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 great
                 exceptions
                 at
                 many
                 things
                 in
                 his
                 writings
                 ,
                 should
                 yet
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 commend
                 Medicines
                 upon
                 his
                 Authority
                 ,
                 I
                 
                 must
                 here
                 confesse
                 to
                 you
                 once
                 for
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 alwaies
                 excepting
                 his
                 extravagant
                 piece
                 ,
                 
                   De
                   magnetica
                   vulnerum
                   curatione
                
                 ,
                 )
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 seen
                 cause
                 to
                 disregard
                 many
                 things
                 he
                 delivers
                 ,
                 as
                 matters
                 of
                 fact
                 ,
                 provided
                 they
                 be
                 rightly
                 understood
                 ;
                 having
                 not
                 found
                 him
                 forward
                 to
                 praise
                 Remedies
                 without
                 cause
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 seem
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 sometimes
                 without
                 measure
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 ,
                 either
                 known
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 had
                 ,
                 considerable
                 effects
                 of
                 Medicines
                 he
                 commends
                 ,
                 which
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 happiest
                 Practitioners
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 not
                 lavish
                 in
                 extolling
                 Chymicall
                 Remedies
                 has
                 solemly
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 generally
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 alwaies
                 ,
                 found
                 more
                 then
                 ordinarily
                 effectual
                 .
                 And
                 upon
                 occasion
                 of
                 this
                 odde
                 preparation
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Elixir
                   Proprietatis
                
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 that
                 ,
                 Since
                 Experience
                 shewes
                 us
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 is
                 daily
                 done
                 in
                 Chymicall
                 Laboratories
                 ,
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 the
                 fire
                 upon
                 several
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 substances
                 of
                 Nature
                 oftentimes
                 very
                 differing
                 both
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 that
                 afforded
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 obtain'd
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Oyles
                 ,
                 and
                 fixt
                 Salts
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 cold
                 Plants
                 or
                 Hot
                 :
                 Since
                 also
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 mixture
                 of
                 active
                 Bodies
                 new
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 endow'd
                 with
                 new
                 qualities
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 produced
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 
                   Saccharum
                   Saturni
                
                 emergeth
                 from
                 the
                 conjunction
                 of
                 Lead
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Acid
                 Salt
                 ,
                 distill'd
                 Vinegar
                 ;
                 and
                 Since
                 too
                 the
                 same
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 differing
                 manners
                 ,
                 after
                 which
                 't
                 is
                 handled
                 ,
                 may
                 acquire
                 differing
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 clear
                 in
                 the
                 various
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 afforded
                 us
                 by
                 Quicksilver
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 order'd
                 ;
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 Chymistry
                 did
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 assist
                 us
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 resolution
                 of
                 bodies
                 ,
                 to
                 extricate
                 their
                 more
                 active
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 partly
                 by
                 such
                 resolutions
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 by
                 associating
                 bodies
                 together
                 ,
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 former
                 texture
                 of
                 Natures
                 Productions
                 ,
                 or
                 present
                 us
                 with
                 new
                 Concretes
                 of
                 new
                 Textures
                 ;
                 by
                 this
                 
                 very
                 means
                 ,
                 if
                 men
                 want
                 not
                 Curiosity
                 ,
                 and
                 Industry
                 to
                 vary
                 and
                 prosecute
                 experiments
                 ,
                 there
                 must
                 necessarily
                 arise
                 such
                 a
                 store
                 of
                 new
                 and
                 active
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 probability
                 ,
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 endow'd
                 with
                 such
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 as
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 the
                 usuall
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 whether
                 simple
                 or
                 compound
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 bought
                 in
                 Apothecary
                 shops
                 ;
                 and
                 consequently
                 ,
                 even
                 without
                 any
                 notable
                 discovery
                 ,
                 or
                 improvement
                 of
                 Principles
                 ,
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 (
                 even
                 as
                 matters
                 now
                 stand
                 with
                 them
                 )
                 may
                 considerably
                 adde
                 to
                 the
                 Pharmaceutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 were
                 seriously
                 enquir'd
                 into
                 ,
                 and
                 throughly
                 understood
                 ,
                 I
                 make
                 little
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 skilfull
                 application
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 by
                 a
                 series
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 rationall
                 and
                 orderly
                 way
                 ,
                 succeeding
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 out
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 preparations
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 both
                 very
                 differing
                 from
                 the
                 common
                 ones
                 ,
                 and
                 far
                 more
                 noble
                 then
                 they
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 make
                 this
                 seem
                 probable
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 but
                 repeat
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 examples
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 ;
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 now
                 ,
                 that
                 Experience
                 has
                 inform'd
                 me
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 whereby
                 firmer
                 consistent
                 substances
                 ,
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 bodies
                 of
                 Animals
                 ,
                 may
                 without
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 any
                 extraneous
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 violence
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 be
                 reduced
                 almost
                 totally
                 into
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 I
                 much
                 misremember
                 not
                 ,
                 these
                 Liquors
                 without
                 any
                 violence
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 afford
                 their
                 Spirituous
                 and
                 Saline
                 parts
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 before
                 their
                 Flegme
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 must
                 peculiarly
                 inculcate
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 we
                 had
                 but
                 a
                 few
                 potent
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 to
                 dissolve
                 and
                 unlock
                 bodies
                 with
                 ,
                 I
                 scarce
                 know
                 what
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 I
                 speak
                 of
                 noble
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 not
                 such
                 as
                 work
                 like
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Corrosives
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 Acid
                 or
                 Saline
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 which
                 work
                 but
                 upon
                 few
                 kinds
                 of
                 bodies
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 coagulate
                 ,
                 or
                 exantlate
                 themselves
                 
                 by
                 working
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 become
                 unfit
                 for
                 future
                 operations
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 mean
                 such
                 as
                 either
                 are
                 separable
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 efficacy
                 from
                 the
                 dissolv'd
                 Body
                 ;
                 as
                 is
                 said
                 of
                 the
                 Alkahest
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 Saline
                 or
                 other
                 piercing
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 being
                 precisely
                 either
                 Acid
                 ,
                 Urinous
                 ,
                 or
                 Alcalizate
                 can
                 resolve
                 a
                 great
                 variety
                 of
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 without
                 haveing
                 their
                 Vertue
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 not
                 impair'd
                 ,
                 but
                 destroy'd
                 thereby
                 ;
                 and
                 unlock
                 Minerall
                 bodies
                 ,
                 far
                 more
                 then
                 vulgar
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 for
                 instance
                 by
                 volatilizing
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 making
                 them
                 irreducible
                 ,
                 or
                 working
                 the
                 like
                 grand
                 changes
                 in
                 them
                 :
                 )
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 quite
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 dissolved
                 Body
                 ,
                 is
                 yet
                 so
                 friendly
                 to
                 Humane
                 Nature
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 free
                 from
                 either
                 fretting
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 such
                 dangerous
                 and
                 offensive
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 it self
                 a
                 powerfull
                 Medicine
                 .
                 I
                 should
                 therefore
                 exhort
                 both
                 You
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 other
                 ingenious
                 persons
                 ,
                 as
                 wish
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 and
                 Physick
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 might
                 possibly
                 adde
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 too
                 )
                 to
                 apply
                 their
                 Chymical
                 attempts
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 to
                 the
                 finding
                 out
                 of
                 Noble
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 for
                 by
                 being
                 possessor
                 but
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 a
                 Man
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 doe
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 otherwise
                 are
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 performed
                 ;
                 As
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 ordinary
                 Goldsmiths
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 knowledg
                 he
                 hath
                 of
                 Aqua-fortis
                 ,
                 can
                 make
                 many
                 useful
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 about
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 Gold
                 ,
                 that
                 before
                 that
                 Menstruum
                 was
                 found
                 out
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Men
                 of
                 his
                 profession
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 were
                 never
                 able
                 in
                 many
                 ages
                 to
                 compass
                 .
                 Nor
                 do
                 I
                 much
                 wonder
                 at
                 that
                 advise
                 ,
                 which
                 Helmont
                 gives
                 those
                 that
                 aime
                 at
                 the
                 improvement
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 Words
                 :
                 
                 
                   Quod
                   si
                   ad
                   istud
                   ignis
                   arcanum
                   non
                   pertingatis
                
                 (
                 he
                 was
                 speaking
                 of
                 a
                 prodigious
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 say
                 incredible
                 Liquor
                 )
                 
                   discite
                   saltem
                   ,
                   salem
                   Tartari
                   reddere
                   volatilem
                   ,
                   ut
                   hujus
                   medio
                   vestras
                   solutiones
                   perficiatis
                   .
                   Qui
                   etsi
                   sua
                   soluta
                   ,
                   anaticè
                   homogenea
                   deserat
                   ,
                   digestus
                   in
                   nobis
                   :
                   illorum
                   tamen
                   aliquot
                   vires
                   mutuatus
                   est
                   ,
                   quos
                   intra
                   defert
                   ,
                   plurimorum
                   morborum
                   
                   do●itrices
                   .
                
                 For
                 concerning
                 this
                 Salt
                 ,
                 he
                 not
                 only
                 elsewhere
                 saies
                 :
                 
                 
                   Dicam
                   saltem
                   pro
                   ingenuis
                   ,
                   quod
                   Spiritus
                   Salis
                   Tartari
                   ,
                   si
                   unicornu
                   ,
                   argentum
                   ,
                   hydrargyrum
                   ,
                   lapides
                   cancrorum
                   ,
                   vel
                   aliquod
                   è
                   simplicibus
                   dissolverit
                   ,
                   nedum
                   febrim
                   ,
                   sed
                   &
                   plures
                   affatim
                   morbos
                   sanet
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 But
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 he
                 gives
                 us
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 account
                 of
                 its
                 way
                 of
                 working
                 ,
                 this
                 great
                 and
                 comprehensive
                 commendation
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 
                   Mirum
                   sanè
                
                 ,
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   quantum
                   sal
                   Tartari
                   ,
                   vel
                   unicum
                   ,
                   volatile
                   factum
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   non
                   praestiterit
                   :
                   Nam
                   omnem
                   è
                   venis
                   amurcam
                   detergit
                   &
                   obstruentium
                   contumaciam
                   ,
                   dispergitque
                   apostematum
                   suscepta
                   conciliabula
                   .
                   De
                   hoc
                   salis
                   (
                   &
                   non
                   olei
                   )
                   spiritu
                   ,
                   verum
                   est
                   illud
                
                 Paracelsi
                 ,
                 
                   quod
                   quocunque
                   non
                   attigerit
                   vixalius
                   potentior
                   perveniet
                   .
                
                 These
                 passages
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 think
                 worth
                 transcribing
                 and
                 laying
                 together
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 find
                 that
                 besides
                 the
                 concurrent
                 Testimonies
                 of
                 
                   Helmont
                   ,
                   Paracelsus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Basilius
                 in
                 prase
                 of
                 this
                 Salt
                 ,
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 inquisitive
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 without
                 excepting
                 the
                 more
                 sober
                 and
                 judicious
                 ,
                 do
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 various
                 and
                 painfull
                 ,
                 though
                 fruitlesse
                 ,
                 attempts
                 they
                 have
                 made
                 to
                 Volatilize
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 conspire
                 in
                 acknowledging
                 it
                 a
                 thing
                 highly
                 worth
                 labouring
                 for
                 ;
                 nor
                 do
                 I
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 see
                 (
                 whatever
                 some
                 say
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 and
                 however
                 I
                 have
                 indeed
                 found
                 it
                 more
                 difficult
                 ,
                 then
                 perhaps
                 a
                 Novice
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 would
                 think
                 )
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 impossible
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 have
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 with
                 ease
                 enough
                 ,
                 made
                 Gold
                 it self
                 volatile
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 confessed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 fixest
                 body
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 more
                 fixt
                 then
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 an
                 open
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 in
                 time
                 made
                 to
                 flie
                 away
                 by
                 a
                 vehement
                 fire
                 ;
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 likewise
                 by
                 an
                 unusual
                 Method
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 elswhere
                 deliver'd
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 obtain'd
                 from
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 crude
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Mineral
                 bodies
                 good
                 store
                 of
                 true
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 could
                 see
                 no
                 just
                 cause
                 not
                 to
                 think
                 afforded
                 by
                 the
                 Tartar.
                 
                 But
                 I
                 consesse
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 rather
                 a
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 then
                 Salt
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 Alcali
                 )
                 of
                 Tartar
                 made
                 volatile
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 principal
                 thing
                 I
                 mention
                 it
                 for
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 Tartar
                 it self
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 unusual
                 way
                 of
                 management
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 b●ought
                 to
                 afford
                 an
                 unusuall
                 kind
                 of
                 Salt.
                 But
                 this
                 I
                 can
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 ingenious
                 acquaintance
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 whom
                 notwithstanding
                 my
                 wonted
                 distrusts
                 of
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 I
                 durst
                 credit
                 ,
                 affirm'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 himself
                 seen
                 a
                 true
                 and
                 real
                 
                   Sal
                   Tartari
                   volatile
                
                 made
                 of
                 Alcali
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 seen
                 strange
                 things
                 done
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 insomuch
                 that
                 he
                 believ'd
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 Helmont
                 delivers
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 am
                 inclin'd
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 volatile
                 ,
                 (
                 whether
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Sublimate
                 or
                 a
                 Liquor
                 )
                 by
                 more
                 wayes
                 then
                 one
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 neer
                 equally
                 good
                 :
                 and
                 whereas
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 (
                 if
                 not
                 the
                 very
                 best
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 volatilizing
                 it
                 ,
                 seems
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 principally
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 great
                 difficulty
                 of
                 that
                 way
                 consists
                 in
                 bringing
                 this
                 Spirit
                 to
                 associate
                 with
                 the
                 salt
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 that
                 passe
                 ,
                 which
                 great
                 Virtousi
                 have
                 long
                 in
                 vain
                 attempted
                 to
                 bring
                 it
                 unto
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 to
                 flow
                 readily
                 upon
                 a
                 red
                 hot
                 Iron
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 to
                 take
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 burn
                 with
                 a
                 conspicuous
                 flame
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 when
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 dry'd
                 by
                 a
                 smart
                 fire
                 to
                 drive
                 away
                 any
                 parts
                 that
                 did
                 not
                 firmly
                 adhere
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 yet
                 readily
                 dissolve
                 in
                 high
                 rectify'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 know
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 will
                 not
                 otherwise
                 do
                 ;
                 not
                 to
                 mention
                 the
                 change
                 of
                 its
                 Alcalizate
                 taste
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 lesser
                 alterations
                 ;
                 but
                 what
                 I
                 can
                 further
                 say
                 of
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 declare
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 Pyro
                 .
                 That
                 You
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 as
                 many
                 other
                 Virtousi
                 ,
                 discourag'd
                 from
                 labouring
                 for
                 noble
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 confident
                 perswasion
                 of
                 many
                 ,
                 who
                 believe
                 
                   Angelus
                   Sala
                   &
                   Guntherus
                   Billychius
                
                 (
                 whom
                 I
                 deny
                 not
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 Learned
                 
                 Men
                 ,
                 but
                 do
                 not
                 take
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 great
                 M●sters
                 of
                 Chymicall
                 Arcana
                 )
                 fit
                 to
                 determine
                 with
                 Autho●ity
                 ,
                 what
                 can
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 cannot
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 least
                 I
                 say
                 You
                 should
                 be
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 mens
                 inconsiderate
                 severitie
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 despair
                 of
                 ever
                 seeing
                 any
                 noble
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 sharpe
                 to
                 the
                 taste
                 ,
                 nor
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 three
                 peculiar
                 kinds
                 of
                 Saline
                 Liquor
                 .
                 (
                 Acid
                 as
                 Aquafortis
                 Urinous
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Animal
                 substances
                 ,
                 nor
                 Alcalizate
                 ,
                 as
                 Oyle
                 of
                 Tartar
                 
                   Per
                   deliquium
                
                 )
                 I
                 shall
                 assure
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 my
                 own
                 knowledg
                 there
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 that
                 consists
                 of
                 a
                 pure
                 Chryst●lline
                 substance
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 truely
                 Saline
                 as
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 it self
                 ,
                 which
                 strange
                 Salt
                 ,
                 though
                 well
                 purified
                 ,
                 and
                 readily
                 dissoluble
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 dephlegmed
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 as
                 common
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 totably
                 volatile
                 (
                 whence
                 you
                 may
                 guesse
                 of
                 how
                 Saline
                 a
                 nature
                 it
                 is
                 )
                 and
                 also
                 be
                 either
                 way
                 reducible
                 to
                 a
                 noble
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 does
                 really
                 tast
                 sweet
                 ;
                 I
                 mean
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Chymical
                 sense
                 ,
                 by
                 want
                 of
                 sowerness
                 (
                 as
                 when
                 they
                 say
                 that
                 the
                 Calces
                 of
                 corroded
                 and
                 precipitated
                 things
                 are
                 dulcify'd
                 by
                 frequent
                 ablutions
                 )
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 positive
                 sweetnesse
                 .
                 And
                 whereas
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Saline
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 alone
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 known
                 to
                 Sala
                 and
                 Billychius
                 )
                 are
                 so
                 specificated
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 express
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 an
                 Acid
                 Menstruum
                 dissolves
                 ,
                 an
                 Alcalizate
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Urinous
                 will
                 precipitate
                 ,
                 
                   &
                   è
                   converso
                
                 ;
                 And
                 whichsoever
                 you
                 choose
                 of
                 these
                 three
                 sorts
                 of
                 Menstruums
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 will
                 disarm
                 ,
                 and
                 destroy
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 found
                 by
                 tr●al
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 that
                 a
                 Red
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Glass
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 being
                 drawn
                 with
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 that
                 was
                 but
                 a
                 degree
                 to
                 this
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 precipitate
                 it
                 like
                 our
                 common
                 Tinctures
                 ,
                 either
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Alcalizate
                 Solution
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 for
                 more
                 considerable
                 )
                 though
                 it
                 would
                 readily
                 mix
                 with
                 Acid
                 
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 as
                 Oyle
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 with
                 Volatile
                 and
                 Urinous
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 as
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Urine
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 Alkalizate
                 Solutions
                 ;
                 yet
                 would
                 neither
                 of
                 these
                 three
                 make
                 any
                 Ebullition
                 at
                 all
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 seem
                 to
                 work
                 at
                 all
                 upon
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 such
                 Matters
                 no
                 more
                 at
                 present
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 IX
                 .
              
               
                 YOu
                 will
                 perhaps
                 expect
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 Treating
                 of
                 the
                 advantages
                 that
                 may
                 accrew
                 to
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 from
                 a
                 more
                 accurate
                 knowledg
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ;
                 I
                 should
                 tell
                 you
                 with
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 that
                 Chymistry
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 Physiology
                 in
                 its
                 full
                 extent
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 capable
                 of
                 improving
                 the
                 Pharmaceutical
                 part
                 or
                 Preparation
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ;
                 (
                 for
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 confessed
                 already
                 )
                 but
                 also
                 of
                 affording
                 us
                 a
                 new
                 and
                 much
                 better
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 ,
                 or
                 skill
                 of
                 using
                 the
                 Helps
                 ,
                 that
                 Nature
                 or
                 Art
                 hath
                 provided
                 against
                 Diseases
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 the
                 Physitians
                 Art
                 is
                 so
                 difficult
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 man
                 must
                 know
                 so
                 many
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 tolerably
                 ,
                 yet
                 perfectly
                 skilld
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 without
                 disparagement
                 to
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 be
                 thought
                 yet
                 capable
                 of
                 being
                 improved
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 of
                 being
                 reformed
                 .
                 Hippocrates
                 begins
                 his
                 Aphorismes
                 with
                 a
                 complaint
                 ,
                 that
                 Life
                 is
                 short
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Art
                 long
                 .
                 And
                 Paracelsus
                 himself
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 say
                 after
                 his
                 boasting
                 manner
                 ,
                 
                   Ars
                   est
                   longa
                   ,
                   vita
                   brevis
                   ,
                   ubi
                   autem
                   donum
                   finis
                
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 speaks
                 )
                 
                   est
                   ,
                   ibi
                   ars
                   est
                   brevis
                   ,
                   vita
                   verum
                   longa
                   si
                   arti
                   conferatur
                
                 :
                 Yet
                 expounding
                 the
                 same
                 words
                 a
                 little
                 above
                 ,
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 Itaque
                 Hippocrates
                 
                   meritò
                   de
                   eo
                   conqueritur
                   :
                   nam
                   &
                   asseclis
                   ipsius
                   idem
                   accidit
                   :
                   Ars
                   medica
                   consistit
                   in
                   Philosophia
                   ,
                   Astronomia
                   ,
                   Alchymia
                   &
                   Physica
                   ,
                   meritò
                   igitur
                   dici
                   potest
                   Artem
                   esse
                   longam
                   .
                   Multum
                   enim
                   requiritur
                   temporis
                   ,
                   ad
                   quatuor
                   has
                   Columnas
                   Medicinae
                   disscendas
                   
                   &
                   perscrutandas
                   .
                   Celsus
                   ,
                
                 who
                 hath
                 been
                 stiled
                 
                   Hippocrates
                   Latinorum
                
                 doth
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 call
                 Physick
                 a
                 
                   Conjectural
                   Art
                
                 ,
                 as
                 particularly
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 where
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   Est
                   enim
                   haec
                   ars
                   conjecturalis
                
                 ,
                 
                 
                   neque
                   respondet
                   ei
                   plerumque
                   non
                   solum
                   conjectura
                   sed
                   etiam
                   Experientia
                   .
                
                 And
                 well
                 might
                 these
                 great
                 men
                 acknowledg
                 their
                 Art
                 to
                 be
                 difficult
                 ,
                 
                 since
                 the
                 two
                 Instruments
                 (
                 as
                 Galen
                 calls
                 them
                 )
                 of
                 finding
                 Arts
                 ,
                 being
                 Judgment
                 and
                 Experience
                 ,
                 Hippocrates
                 gives
                 this
                 Character
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 Experience
                 may
                 be
                 uncertaine
                 without
                 the
                 Theory
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 he
                 that
                 so
                 much
                 builds
                 upon
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
                 himself
                 seems
                 to
                 confess
                 where
                 expounding
                 those
                 words
                 of
                 Hippocrates
                 ,
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   Hoc
                   modo
                   se
                   habuit
                   :
                   Medicina
                   in
                   Principio
                   ,
                   ut
                   nullam
                   Theoriam
                   habuerit
                   ,
                   sed
                   solum
                   Experientiam
                   hoc
                   laxare
                   ,
                   hoc
                   constipare
                   ,
                   quomodo
                   autem
                   &
                   cur
                   ,
                   id
                   ignoratum
                   fuit
                   :
                   ideo
                   unus
                   salvatus
                   est
                   ,
                   alter
                   perditus
                   ,
                   nunc
                   autem
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 concerning
                 the
                 Critical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 (
                 to
                 allude
                 to
                 Hippocrates
                 his
                 expression
                 )
                 Galen
                 who
                 exercised
                 his
                 reason
                 so
                 much
                 about
                 it
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Per
                   rationem
                   judicium
                   haud
                   quaquam
                   facile
                   existit
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   sed
                   ,
                   si
                   quid
                   aliud
                   ,
                   maximam
                   habet
                   difficultatem
                   .
                
                 And
                 to
                 confirm
                 the
                 difficulty
                 of
                 finding
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 of
                 employing
                 reason
                 to
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 Galen
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Arguments
                 ;
                 Let
                 me
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 having
                 told
                 us
                 how
                 difficult
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 rarely
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 is
                 that
                 reason
                 ,
                 which
                 considers
                 ,
                 and
                 determines
                 what
                 on
                 every
                 occasion
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 
                   Neque
                   enim
                
                 (
                 addes
                 he
                 )
                 
                   si
                   veritas
                   esset
                   inventu
                   facilis
                   ,
                   tot
                   ac
                   tanti
                   viri
                   in
                   ea
                   quaerenda
                   occupati
                   ,
                   in
                   tam
                   contrarias
                   sectas
                   fuissent
                   unquam
                   dispertiti
                   .
                
                 And
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 whatever
                 he
                 often
                 elsewhere
                 boastingly
                 affirmeth
                 of
                 himself
                 ,
                 yet
                 handsomely
                 enough
                 both
                 expresseth
                 and
                 confesseth
                 the
                 difficulty
                 of
                 being
                 a
                 good
                 Physician
                 ,
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Prefaces
                 to
                 the
                 Students
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                 where
                 he
                 saies
                 ,
                 
                   Non
                   Titulus
                   ,
                   non
                   Eloquentia
                   ,
                   non
                   Linguarum
                   peritia
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   nec
                   multorum
                   Librorum
                   lectio
                   (
                   &
                   si
                   hac
                   non
                   parum
                   exornant
                   )
                   in
                   Medico
                   consideranda
                   ,
                   sed
                   summa
                   rerum
                   ac
                   Mysteriorum
                   cognitio
                   ,
                   quae
                   una
                   facile
                   aliorum
                   omnium
                   vices
                   agit
                   .
                   Rhetoris
                   quidem
                   est
                   diserte
                   posse
                   loqui
                   ac
                   persuadere
                   atque
                   judicem
                   in
                   suam
                   sententiam
                   trahere
                   .
                   Medici
                   autem
                   affectuum
                   genera
                   ,
                   causas
                   ac
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   novisse
                   ,
                   &
                   iis
                   insuper
                   sagacitate
                   ac
                   industriâ
                   Pharmaca
                   applicare
                   ,
                   atque
                   pro
                   cujuslibet
                   ingenio
                   ac
                   ratione
                   vel
                   cunctis
                   mederi
                
                 :
                 But
                 though
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 acknowledgments
                 made
                 by
                 such
                 great
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 almost
                 insuperable
                 difficulty
                 of
                 their
                 Art
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 perhaps
                 think
                 it
                 no
                 great
                 presumption
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 should
                 attempt
                 to
                 innovate
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 :
                 Yet
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 much
                 too
                 young
                 ,
                 too
                 unlearned
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 unexperienced
                 ,
                 to
                 dare
                 to
                 be
                 dogmaticall
                 in
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 so
                 great
                 moment
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Physitians
                 are
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 to
                 whose
                 Learned
                 Writings
                 on
                 almost
                 all
                 subjects
                 ,
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 Learning
                 is
                 so
                 much
                 beholden
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 willingly
                 dissent
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 about
                 those
                 notions
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 profession
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 seem
                 generally
                 to
                 agree
                 ;
                 And
                 do
                 very
                 much
                 disapprove
                 the
                 indiscreet
                 practise
                 of
                 our
                 common
                 Chymists
                 and
                 Helmontians
                 ,
                 that
                 bitterly
                 and
                 indiscriminately
                 raile
                 at
                 the
                 Methodists
                 instead
                 of
                 candidly
                 acquiescing
                 in
                 those
                 manifest
                 Truths
                 ,
                 their
                 Observations
                 have
                 enricht
                 us
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 civilly
                 ,
                 and
                 modestly
                 shewing
                 them
                 their
                 Errors
                 where
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 mistaken
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 Since
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 eminentest
                 Methodists
                 themselves
                 have
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 ingeniously
                 acknowledged
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 seriously
                 deplored
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 the
                 incompleatnesse
                 of
                 their
                 Art
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 perhaps
                 made
                 (
                 that
                 Learned
                 Prince
                 )
                 the
                 Late
                 King
                 tell
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 at
                 best
                 but
                 good
                 guessers
                 )
                 and
                 since
                 about
                 divers
                 particular
                 dise●s●●
                 we
                 
                 have
                 observed
                 ,
                 the
                 Method
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 reputed
                 Doctors
                 in
                 England
                 (
                 which
                 yet
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 is
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 as
                 well
                 stored
                 with
                 Learned
                 Men
                 of
                 that
                 profession
                 ,
                 as
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 Europe
                 )
                 not
                 only
                 very
                 differing
                 ,
                 but
                 repugnant
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 ;
                 I
                 suppose
                 we
                 may
                 without
                 disrespect
                 to
                 their
                 profession
                 ,
                 dissent
                 from
                 the
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 about
                 those
                 cases
                 ,
                 about
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 reduced
                 to
                 disagree
                 so
                 much
                 among
                 themselves
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 worth
                 an
                 impartial
                 disquisition
                 ,
                 whether
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 grounded
                 on
                 and
                 accommodated
                 to
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 the
                 new
                 Anatomical
                 discoveries
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 not
                 yet
                 publish'd
                 do
                 not
                 by
                 innovating
                 divers
                 things
                 in
                 Pathology
                 ,
                 require
                 some
                 alterations
                 &
                 amendments
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   Medendi
                
                 ?
                 But
                 in
                 this
                 particular
                 ,
                 I
                 dare
                 yet
                 affirme
                 nothing
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 shall
                 proceed
                 to
                 observe
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 unusual
                 efficacies
                 of
                 new
                 remedies
                 ,
                 may
                 probably
                 make
                 the
                 Method
                 of
                 curing
                 more
                 compendious
                 ,
                 because
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 lately
                 also
                 intimated
                 )
                 one
                 Medicine
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 richly
                 Qualified
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 answer
                 several
                 intentions
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 common
                 way
                 ,
                 require
                 diversity
                 of
                 Helps
                 and
                 Remedies
                 .
                 Thus
                 ,
                 for
                 instance
                 in
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 the
                 Kings-Evil
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 received
                 Method
                 ,
                 the
                 Physitian
                 must
                 propose
                 to
                 himself
                 several
                 scopes
                 (
                 suited
                 to
                 several
                 indications
                 )
                 and
                 prosecute
                 them
                 successively
                 with
                 distinct
                 and
                 appropriated
                 Remedies
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 have
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 formerly
                 also
                 told
                 you
                 to
                 another
                 purpose
                 )
                 known
                 a
                 single
                 Specifique
                 Simple
                 ,
                 given
                 only
                 in
                 small
                 Beer
                 ,
                 in
                 not
                 very
                 many
                 daies
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 sensible
                 Evacuation
                 ,
                 wast
                 the
                 peccant
                 humor
                 ,
                 appease
                 the
                 pains
                 (
                 which
                 before
                 were
                 very
                 great
                 )
                 and
                 discusse
                 the
                 unbroken
                 Tumours
                 ,
                 and
                 heal
                 the
                 broken
                 ones
                 .
                 Thus
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 known
                 Method
                 ,
                 the
                 great
                 Remedy
                 in
                 Plurisies
                 is
                 copious
                 Blood-letting
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 strictly
                 prescribed
                 even
                 to
                 Aged
                 persons
                 and
                 teeming
                 Women
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 famousest
                 
                 of
                 our
                 Practitioners
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 not
                 irrationally
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Physician
                 is
                 furnisht
                 but
                 with
                 vulgar
                 Remedies
                 :
                 and
                 yet
                 by
                 some
                 Helmontian
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 known
                 Plurisies
                 cured
                 even
                 in
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 without
                 Phlebotomy
                 ,
                 and
                 our selves
                 some
                 while
                 since
                 made
                 a
                 succesful
                 trial
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 in
                 a
                 young
                 Gentleman
                 not
                 unknown
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 mention
                 not
                 ,
                 with
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 to
                 reject
                 or
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 disparage
                 Phlebotomy
                 in
                 this
                 disease
                 (
                 for
                 so
                 it
                 be
                 moderate
                 and
                 seasonable
                 Experience
                 shewes
                 it
                 frequently
                 proves
                 useful
                 )
                 nor
                 as
                 if
                 we
                 had
                 observed
                 all
                 Helmonts
                 boasted
                 Remedies
                 (
                 though
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 good
                 ones
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 constantly
                 succesful
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 an
                 instance
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 was
                 saying
                 before
                 ,
                 That
                 new
                 and
                 more
                 generous
                 Remedies
                 may
                 so
                 far
                 alter
                 the
                 received
                 
                   Methodus
                   Medendi
                
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 divers
                 of
                 its
                 prescriptions
                 unnecessary
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 truth
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 another
                 instance
                 might
                 be
                 afforded
                 us
                 by
                 the
                 Rickets
                 ,
                 a
                 new
                 and
                 abstruse
                 Disease
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 as
                 is
                 supposed
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 so
                 stubborn
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 famousest
                 Physicians
                 in
                 Europe
                 ,
                 (
                 whom
                 I
                 think
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 )
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 able
                 of
                 late
                 to
                 cure
                 it
                 in
                 several
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Children
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 I
                 suppose
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 heard
                 that
                 Excellent
                 Person
                 your
                 Mother
                 ,
                 several
                 times
                 mention
                 her
                 having
                 performed
                 divers
                 cures
                 (
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 improbable
                 enough
                 )
                 of
                 this
                 Disease
                 ,
                 barely
                 by
                 that
                 slight
                 preparation
                 of
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 lately
                 taught
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 presented
                 Her
                 by
                 us
                 ;
                 And
                 by
                 which
                 (
                 we
                 having
                 made
                 and
                 distributed
                 ,
                 at
                 Her
                 desire
                 ,
                 a
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 of
                 it
                 )
                 several
                 other
                 Persons
                 have
                 freed
                 Children
                 from
                 that
                 disfiguring
                 Sickness
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 ,
                 but
                 few
                 Moneths
                 since
                 ,
                 your
                 little
                 Cousin
                 D.
                 being
                 sick
                 almost
                 past
                 hope
                 ,
                 vvas
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 brought
                 out
                 of
                 danger
                 ,
                 by
                 Gods
                 blessing
                 upon
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 we
                 presented
                 her
                 Mother
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 our
                 perswasions
                 to
                 try
                 it
                 on
                 her
                 own
                 Child
                 ,
                 as
                 she
                 
                 had
                 successfully
                 done
                 on
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 divers
                 others
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 this
                 Remedie
                 (
                 to
                 adde
                 that
                 upon
                 the
                 By
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 something
                 to
                 be
                 said
                 anon
                 )
                 works
                 almost
                 insensibly
                 ,
                 save
                 that
                 in
                 many
                 bodies
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 especially
                 at
                 first
                 ,
                 diaphoretique
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 property
                 of
                 ●●at
                 Remedie
                 minds
                 me
                 to
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 amiss
                 for
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 to
                 consider
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 (
                 However
                 ,
                 Bleeding
                 ,
                 Purging
                 ,
                 Vomiting
                 ,
                 Issues
                 ,
                 Glisters
                 ,
                 Scarifications
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 other
                 painful
                 wayes
                 of
                 Evacuation
                 be
                 not
                 (
                 however
                 Chymists
                 are
                 too
                 bitterly
                 and
                 unreservedly
                 wont
                 to
                 reject
                 them
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 altogether
                 condemned
                 and
                 laid
                 aside
                 ,
                 yet
                 )
                 there
                 may
                 not
                 in
                 some
                 particular
                 diseases
                 and
                 bodies
                 be
                 found
                 more
                 gentle
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 effectual
                 waies
                 of
                 discharging
                 Nature
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 offends
                 her
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 painful
                 and
                 debilitating
                 ones
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 mentioned
                 (
                 without
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 which
                 namely
                 Phlebotomy
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 almost
                 all
                 kind
                 of
                 Diseases
                 are
                 cured
                 in
                 Children
                 .
                 )
                 The
                 contributing
                 to
                 render
                 the
                 waies
                 of
                 Cure
                 less
                 painful
                 and
                 weakning
                 ,
                 would
                 gratifie
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 may
                 need
                 Physick
                 ,
                 th●t
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 easily
                 pardon
                 my
                 spending
                 some
                 Pages
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
                 I
                 consider
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 oftentimes
                 the
                 peccant
                 matter
                 ,
                 though
                 very
                 offensive
                 by
                 its
                 qualities
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 lesser
                 then
                 is
                 supposed
                 ,
                 in
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 were
                 but
                 Masters
                 of
                 Specifique
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 either
                 be
                 breathed
                 out
                 by
                 insensible
                 transpiration
                 ,
                 or
                 carried
                 off
                 by
                 Sweat
                 or
                 Urine
                 ,
                 without
                 tormenting
                 ,
                 or
                 weakning
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 other
                 copious
                 Evacuations
                 of
                 grosser
                 Matter
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 alwaies
                 troublesome
                 and
                 painful
                 enough
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 alwaies
                 effectual
                 :
                 Nay
                 that
                 even
                 in
                 Chirurgery
                 it self
                 ,
                 if
                 those
                 that
                 practise
                 it
                 were
                 as
                 knowing
                 as
                 Nature
                 has
                 been
                 bountifull
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 often
                 a
                 necessity
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 commonly
                 supposed
                 there
                 is
                 of
                 mutilating
                 or
                 tormenting
                 the
                 Patient
                 to
                 recover
                 him
                 .
                 You
                 cannot
                 doubt
                 ,
                 unless
                 
                 You
                 will
                 denie
                 what
                 
                   Gulielmus
                   Piso
                
                 affirmes
                 ,
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 Observation
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Cures
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 illiterate
                 Indian
                 Empericks
                 .
                 The
                 passage
                 You
                 have
                 seen
                 already
                 ;
                 But
                 to
                 it
                 he
                 adds
                 so
                 notable
                 and
                 ingenious
                 an
                 acknowledgment
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 honour
                 him
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 willing
                 to
                 make
                 way
                 for
                 the
                 Credibility
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 part
                 of
                 what
                 we
                 are
                 hereafter
                 to
                 deliver
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 discourse
                 ,
                 by
                 premising
                 it
                 .
                 Immo
                 (
                 continues
                 he
                 )
                 
                   ex
                   venenatorum
                   fungorum
                   aliorumque
                   toxicorum
                   esu
                   ,
                   solo
                   potu
                   infusi
                   recentis
                   radicis
                   Jaborandi
                   in
                   instanti
                   à
                   letho
                   vindicatos
                   ,
                   me
                   aliisque
                   Galeni
                   Nepotibus
                   haud
                   parum
                   pudore
                   suffusis
                   ,
                   post
                   tot
                   alexipharmacorum
                   &
                   theriacalium
                   Antidotalium
                   irritos
                   conatus
                   .
                   Ita
                   ut
                   postea
                   ejusmodi
                   collegas
                   barbaros
                   subinde
                   mihi
                   adjungi
                   passus
                   sim
                   ,
                   non
                   adeo
                   quidem
                   nostratium
                   valetudinem
                   ad
                   tactum
                   arteriarum
                   moderari
                   quam
                   dictis
                   modis
                   consilii
                   copiam
                   praebere
                   solitos
                   .
                
                 Thus
                 farre
                 he
                 :
                 Which
                 premis'd
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 proceed
                 to
                 consider
                 ,
                 more
                 particularly
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 less
                 painful
                 wayes
                 of
                 freeing
                 men
                 from
                 Diseases
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 X.
                 
              
               
                 THat
                 great
                 Cures
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 bare
                 outward
                 Applications
                 ,
                 You
                 will
                 scarce
                 deny
                 ,
                 
                 if
                 you
                 dis-believe
                 not
                 the
                 Relations
                 which
                 are
                 made
                 us
                 ,
                 by
                 Learned
                 Men
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Nephriticus
                
                 ,
                 only
                 ,
                 bound
                 upon
                 the
                 Pulses
                 of
                 the
                 Wrist's
                 (
                 chiefly
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 left
                 Hand
                 )
                 against
                 that
                 stuborn
                 and
                 anomulous
                 Disease
                 
                   the
                   Stone
                
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 which
                 gives
                 the
                 more
                 credit
                 to
                 these
                 Relations
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Judicious
                 (a)
                 
                   Anselmus
                   Boetius
                   de
                   Boot
                
                 seems
                 to
                 prize
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Famous
                 Monardes
                 professeth
                 Himself
                 not
                 to
                 write
                 by
                 Hear-say
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Vertues
                 of
                 this
                 Indian
                 Stone
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 made
                 tryal
                 of
                 it
                 Himself
                 upon
                 persons
                 of
                 very
                 high
                 
                 Quality
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 related
                 by
                 (b)
                 Monardes
                 is
                 much
                 less
                 strange
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 almost
                 incredible
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 with
                 many
                 ci●cumstances
                 delivered
                 of
                 that
                 Stone
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Learned
                 Chymist
                 (c)
                 Untzerus
                 .
                 And
                 although
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 acknowledged
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 Stones
                 ,
                 that
                 go
                 under
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 ineffectually
                 applied
                 in
                 Nephritick
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 Yet
                 the
                 accurate
                 
                   Johannes
                   de
                   Laet
                
                 Himself
                 ,
                 furnisheth
                 us
                 with
                 an
                 Answer
                 to
                 that
                 Objection
                 ,
                 informing
                 us
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 those
                 Nephritick
                 Stones
                 (
                 which
                 differ
                 much
                 in
                 Colour
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 best
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 greenish
                 )
                 although
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 Counterfeited
                 ,
                 or
                 Sophisticated
                 ,
                 are
                 of
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 Vertue
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 yet
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 others
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 can
                 scarce
                 be
                 d●stinguished
                 from
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 tryal
                 upon
                 Nephritick
                 persons
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 wonderful
                 Efficacy
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 Himself
                 hath
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 tryed
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Wife
                 .
                 
                   Garcias
                   ab
                   Orta
                   (
                   lib
                
                 :
                 1.
                 cap
                 :
                 53.
                 )
                 mentions
                 a
                 Stone
                 ,
                 found
                 in
                 Balagat
                 ,
                 
                 call'd
                 Alaqueca
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 cheap
                 ,
                 
                   Hujus
                   tamen
                   virtus
                
                 (
                 to
                 use
                 his
                 own
                 words
                 )
                 
                   reliquarum
                   Gemmarum
                   facultates
                   exuperat
                   ,
                   quippe
                   qui
                   sanguinem
                   undiquaque
                   fluentem
                   illico
                   sistat
                   .
                   Monardes
                   (
                   cap
                
                 :
                 35.
                 )
                 relates
                 the
                 great
                 Vertues
                 of
                 a
                 Stone
                 against
                 Hystericall
                 Suffocations
                 ,
                 and
                 concludes
                 ,
                 
                   Cum
                   uteri
                   Suffocationem
                   imminentem
                   praesentiunt
                   ,
                   adhibito
                   lapide
                   subito
                   levantur
                   ,
                   &
                   si
                   eum
                   perpetuo
                   gestant
                   (
                   Hysterici
                   )
                   nunquam
                   simili
                   morbo
                   corripiuntur
                   ,
                   exempla
                   hujusmodi
                   faciunt
                   ut
                   his
                   rebus
                   fidem
                   adhibeam
                   .
                
                 The
                 same
                 Author
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 treating
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Sanguinaris
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Blood
                 Stone
                 ,
                 found
                 in
                 new
                 Spain
                 ,
                 (
                 having
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Indians
                 do
                 most
                 confidently
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Flesh
                 of
                 any
                 Bleeding
                 part
                 be
                 touched
                 with
                 this
                 Stone
                 ,
                 the
                 Bleeding
                 will
                 thereby
                 be
                 stanched
                 )
                 adds
                 this
                 memorable
                 Observation
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 
                   Vidimus
                   nonnullos
                   haemorrhoidum
                   fluxu
                   afflictos
                   remedium
                   sensisse
                   ,
                   annulos
                   ex
                   hoc
                   
                   lapide
                   confectos
                   in
                   digito
                   continue
                   gestando
                   ;
                   nec
                   non
                   &
                   Menstruum
                   fluxum
                   sisti
                   .
                
                 And
                 of
                 the
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 
                   Lapis
                   Porcinus
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Experienced
                 Bontius
                 (
                 having
                 mentioned
                 how
                 the
                 Indians
                 give
                 the
                 Wine
                 wherein
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 steeped
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Disease
                 called
                 Cholera
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 and
                 as
                 justly
                 feared
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Islanders
                 of
                 Java
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Plague
                 is
                 in
                 Holland
                 )
                 adds
                 this
                 memorable
                 passage
                 ,
                 
                   Pragnantibus
                   tamen
                   hic
                   lapis
                   non
                   bene
                   datur
                   ;
                   nam
                   abortum
                   provocare
                   adeo
                   certum
                   est
                   ,
                   ut
                   foeminae
                   Malaicae
                   mihi
                   retulerint
                   ut
                   si
                   quando
                   Menstrua
                   eorum
                   purgatio
                   non
                   bene
                   procedat
                   ,
                   si
                   saltem
                   hunc
                   lapidem
                   manu
                   gestent
                   juvamentum
                   se
                   inde
                   sentire
                   .
                
                 And
                 the
                 relations
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 present
                 You
                 with
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 wonderful
                 Stone
                 ,
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 your
                 Grandfather
                 performed
                 such
                 eminent
                 Cures
                 ,
                 (
                 particularly
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 Falkland
                 ,
                 then
                 Deputy
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 whose
                 Backs
                 it
                 was
                 applyed
                 )
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 make
                 You
                 the
                 more
                 readily
                 give
                 credit
                 to
                 the
                 Relations
                 of
                 the
                 Authors
                 we
                 have
                 newly
                 mention'd
                 .
                 What
                 Monardes
                 mentions
                 of
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Sanguinaris
                
                 ,
                 to
                 Cure
                 Haemorrhoidal
                 Fluxes
                 ,
                 puts
                 me
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 a
                 yet
                 much
                 stranger
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 Helmont
                 affirmes
                 ,
                 
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 could
                 make
                 a
                 Mettal
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 Ring
                 were
                 worn
                 ,
                 the
                 pain
                 of
                 the
                 Haemorrhoids
                 would
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 little
                 time
                 requisite
                 to
                 recite
                 the
                 Lords
                 prayer
                 ;
                 and
                 within
                 twenty
                 four
                 Hours
                 the
                 Haemorrhoids
                 themselves
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 internal
                 as
                 external
                 ,
                 how
                 protuberant
                 so
                 ever
                 ,
                 would
                 vanish
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 restagnant
                 Blood
                 would
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 speaks
                 )
                 be
                 received
                 again
                 into
                 favour
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 restored
                 to
                 a
                 good
                 condition
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 Ring
                 he
                 also
                 commends
                 in
                 the
                 suffocation
                 and
                 irregular
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Womb
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Diseases
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 Paracelsus
                 be
                 in
                 any
                 case
                 to
                 be
                 credited
                 in
                 an
                 unlikely
                 matter
                 ,
                 We
                 may
                 think
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 very
                 solemn
                 Protestations
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 he
                 speaks
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 experience
                 ;
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Ring
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 Metalline
                 substance
                 ,
                 by
                 him
                 called
                 Electrum
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 description
                 ,
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Mettals
                 joyn'd
                 together
                 under
                 certain
                 Constellations
                 )
                 which
                 was
                 of
                 far
                 greater
                 Vertue
                 then
                 this
                 of
                 Helmont
                 ;
                 For
                 ,
                 
                   hoc
                   loco
                
                 (
                 sayes
                 he
                 )
                 
                   non
                   possum
                   non
                   indicare
                   admirandas
                   quasdam
                   vires
                   virtutesque
                   electri
                   nostri
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   quas
                   fieri
                   his
                   nostris
                   oculis
                   vidimus
                   ,
                   adeoque
                   cum
                   bona
                   veritatis
                   conscientia
                   proferre
                   attestarique
                   possumus
                   .
                   Vidimus
                   enim
                   hujus
                   generis
                   annulos
                   ,
                   quos
                   qui
                   induit
                   ,
                   hunc
                   nec
                   spasmus
                   convulsit
                   ,
                   nec
                   Paralysis
                   corripuit
                   ,
                   nec
                   dolor
                   ullus
                   torsit
                   ,
                   similiter
                   nec
                   apoplexia
                   ,
                   nec
                   epilepsia
                   invasit
                   .
                   Et
                   si
                   annulus
                   hujusmodi
                   Epileptici
                   digito
                   annulari
                   ,
                   etiam
                   in
                   paroxysmo
                   saevissimo
                   ,
                   insertus
                   fuit
                   ,
                   remittente
                   ilico
                   paeroxismo
                   ,
                   aeger
                   à
                   lapsu
                   ilico
                   resurrexit
                   .
                   &c.
                
                 But
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 outward
                 Remedies
                 .
                 To
                 our
                 present
                 Theme
                 belongs
                 that
                 noble
                 Cure
                 ,
                 
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 Famous
                 and
                 experienced
                 
                   Fabritius
                   ab
                   Aquape●dente
                
                 ;
                 who
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 Cured
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Scirrhus
                   Lienis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Dropsy
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 long
                 use
                 of
                 Sponges
                 ,
                 moistned
                 with
                 strong
                 common
                 Lime
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 expressed
                 and
                 worne
                 upon
                 the
                 Spleen
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Muscles
                 of
                 the
                 Abdomen
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 parts
                 that
                 ly
                 betwixt
                 the
                 applyed
                 Spong
                 and
                 the
                 part
                 affected
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 this
                 we
                 may
                 adde
                 ,
                 the
                 strange
                 Cures
                 mention'd
                 by
                 Kircherus
                 ;
                 and
                 confirmed
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Learned
                 Eye
                 witness
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 frequently
                 performed
                 of
                 very
                 dangerous
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 Cave
                 ,
                 neer
                 Rome
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Patients
                 being
                 exposed
                 stark
                 naked
                 ,
                 and
                 tyed
                 Hand
                 and
                 Foot
                 ,
                 upon
                 Beds
                 of
                 Straw
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 by
                 the
                 Sulphureous
                 vapour
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 and
                 sometimes
                 their
                 own
                 fear
                 ,
                 cast
                 into
                 a
                 sweat
                 ,
                 are
                 lick'd
                 well
                 by
                 a
                 great
                 number
                 of
                 peculiar
                 kind
                 of
                 Serpents
                 that
                 inhabit
                 that
                 Grotta
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 We
                 oftentimes
                 see
                 Agues
                 Cured
                 by
                 Amulets
                 and
                 Applications
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Wrists
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 my self
                 was
                 ,
                 about
                 two
                 Years
                 since
                 ,
                 strangely
                 Cured
                 of
                 a
                 violent
                 Quotidian
                 ,
                 which
                 all
                 the
                 wonted
                 Method
                 of
                 Physick
                 had
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 abated
                 ,
                 by
                 applying
                 to
                 my
                 Wrists
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 two
                 handfuls
                 of
                 Bay-Salt
                 ,
                 two
                 handfuls
                 of
                 the
                 freshest
                 English
                 Hops
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 Pound
                 of
                 blew
                 Currants
                 very
                 diligently
                 beaten
                 into
                 a
                 brittle
                 Mass
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 moist
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 spread
                 upon
                 Linen
                 Cloth
                 and
                 tyed
                 about
                 the
                 Wrists
                 .
                 And
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Remedies
                 (
                 which
                 yet
                 we
                 have
                 observed
                 sometimes
                 to
                 fail
                 )
                 have
                 divers
                 others
                 been
                 cured
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 Quotidian
                 and
                 Tertian
                 Agues
                 :
                 Nay
                 an
                 Eminent
                 Physitian
                 gave
                 me
                 ,
                 lately
                 ,
                 thanks
                 for
                 the
                 great
                 Effects
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 continual
                 Feavers
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 here
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 scruple
                 to
                 acquaint
                 You
                 ,
                 with
                 my
                 having
                 sometimes
                 wished
                 ,
                 That
                 Physitians
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 little
                 mo●e
                 curious
                 to
                 make
                 Observations
                 and
                 Tryals
                 of
                 the
                 distinct
                 Operations
                 of
                 various
                 Bodies
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 consider
                 that
                 ,
                 in
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 subtle
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 seem
                 to
                 insinuate
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 Pores
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 into
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 with
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 alteration
                 )
                 have
                 much
                 the
                 like
                 Operations
                 with
                 the
                 Body
                 whence
                 they
                 exhale
                 ,
                 taken
                 in
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 .
                 As
                 we
                 see
                 in
                 some
                 Preparations
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 which
                 have
                 like
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 inwardly
                 given
                 and
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ;
                 and
                 more
                 manifestly
                 in
                 Cantharides
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 ,
                 by
                 external
                 application
                 ,
                 to
                 work
                 strangly
                 upon
                 the
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 they
                 excoriated
                 it
                 when
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ;
                 &
                 yet
                 more
                 manifestly
                 in
                 Quick-silver
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 inunction
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 Salivate
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 swallow'd
                 down
                 .
                 And
                 an
                 eminent
                 Physitian
                 lately
                 complain'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 washing
                 a
                 Childs
                 scabby
                 Head
                 with
                 a
                 Decoction
                 of
                 Tobacco
                 ,
                 to
                 kill
                 and
                 dry
                 up
                 the
                 Scabs
                 ,
                 the
                 Boy
                 was
                 made
                 thereby
                 both
                 
                 sick
                 and
                 drunk
                 :
                 And
                 Learned
                 Men
                 assure
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 Catharticks
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ,
                 those
                 may
                 be
                 purg'd
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 swallow
                 Physick
                 .
                 But
                 other
                 Medicines
                 there
                 are
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 get
                 into
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 are
                 much
                 alter'd
                 ;
                 either
                 in
                 straining
                 through
                 the
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Membranes
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Digestions
                 they
                 pass
                 through
                 in
                 the
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 :
                 And
                 these
                 may
                 have
                 very
                 differing
                 Effects
                 ,
                 inwardly
                 given
                 and
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ;
                 as
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 instance
                 of
                 Hops
                 ,
                 Currans
                 and
                 Salt
                 ,
                 neither
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 inwardly
                 given
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 mixture
                 hath
                 been
                 (
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 )
                 noted
                 for
                 any
                 Febrifugal
                 Vertues
                 .
                 So
                 likewise
                 Turpentine
                 and
                 Soot
                 that
                 inwardly
                 taken
                 are
                 good
                 for
                 quite
                 other
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 Plurisies
                 ,
                 and
                 Obstructions
                 of
                 the
                 Kidneys
                 )
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 are
                 the
                 main
                 Ingredients
                 of
                 Pericarpiums
                 ,
                 extoll'd
                 against
                 Agues
                 .
                 And
                 Mille-folium
                 or
                 Yarrow
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 Vertues
                 it
                 hath
                 inwardly
                 against
                 Diseases
                 of
                 quite
                 other
                 Natures
                 ,
                 being
                 worn
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 Bag
                 upon
                 the
                 tip
                 of
                 the
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 was
                 (
                 as
                 Himself
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 )
                 the
                 Secret
                 ,
                 against
                 Agues
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Lord
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 very
                 curious
                 of
                 Receipts
                 and
                 would
                 sometimes
                 purchase
                 them
                 at
                 very
                 great
                 Rates
                 ;
                 And
                 a
                 very
                 famous
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 did
                 since
                 inform
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 used
                 it
                 with
                 strange
                 success
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 also
                 a
                 very
                 happy
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 who
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 hath
                 very
                 often
                 cured
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 himself
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 the
                 Chilblains
                 when
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 ,
                 by
                 barely
                 strowing
                 on
                 the
                 sore
                 parts
                 the
                 fine
                 powder
                 of
                 Quinces
                 thinly
                 slic'd
                 and
                 dryed
                 .
                 And
                 who
                 knows
                 what
                 unexpected
                 Operations
                 divers
                 other
                 Bodies
                 may
                 have
                 ,
                 when
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ,
                 if
                 various
                 Trials
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 were
                 skilfully
                 made
                 ;
                 especially
                 ,
                 since
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 (
                 for
                 reasons
                 elsewhere
                 to
                 be
                 considered
                 )
                 some
                 Bodies
                 seem
                 to
                 have
                 quite
                 contrary
                 Operations
                 ,
                 when
                 outwardly
                 
                 applyed
                 and
                 inwardly
                 taken
                 .
                 For
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 does
                 ,
                 in
                 several
                 cases
                 ,
                 allay
                 the
                 inflammation
                 of
                 the
                 external
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 given
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 would
                 quickly
                 inflame
                 the
                 body
                 .
                 And
                 our
                 often
                 commended
                 Piso
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 a
                 choise
                 Remedy
                 for
                 those
                 Distempers
                 of
                 the
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 that
                 used
                 to
                 trouble
                 Men
                 in
                 Brasil
                 ,
                 addes
                 ,
                 
                   Idem
                   quoque
                   praestat
                   manipahera
                   ,
                   ex
                   radice
                   Mandihoca
                   ,
                   quae
                   licet
                   pota
                   venenosa
                   habeatur
                
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 formerly
                 noted
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 and
                 other
                 Testimonies
                 )
                 
                   oculis
                   tamen
                   prodest
                   ,
                   visumque
                   emendat
                   .
                
                 And
                 if
                 the
                 Simples
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 outwardly
                 applied
                 ,
                 be
                 skilfully
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 That
                 may
                 much
                 vary
                 and
                 improve
                 their
                 operations
                 .
                 As
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 Copper
                 ,
                 or
                 Iron
                 corroded
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 Coagulated
                 with
                 Acid
                 Salts
                 ,
                 hath
                 outwardly
                 divers
                 Vertues
                 which
                 crude
                 Copper
                 has
                 not
                 ,
                 either
                 outwardly
                 or
                 inwardly
                 .
                 And
                 Gold
                 D●ssolved
                 in
                 
                   Aqua
                   R●gis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 precipitated
                 vvith
                 Oyle
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 is
                 invvardly
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 discover
                 ,
                 gently
                 Purgative
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 same
                 
                   Aurum
                   fulminans
                
                 being
                 calcin'd
                 vvith
                 tvvice
                 or
                 thrice
                 it
                 's
                 weight
                 of
                 Flovvers
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Flores
                 be
                 burnt
                 away
                 ,
                 is
                 known
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 commended
                 by
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 Diaphoretick
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 any
                 outward
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Powder
                 ,
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Chymists
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 silent
                 ,
                 yet
                 probably
                 it
                 may
                 have
                 very
                 great
                 ones
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 quite
                 differing
                 from
                 those
                 it
                 has
                 ,
                 being
                 taken
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Person
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 grievously
                 tormented
                 with
                 exulcerated
                 Haemorrhoides
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 expert
                 Chymist
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 what
                 else
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 part
                 affected
                 ,
                 an
                 Oyntment
                 consisting
                 onely
                 of
                 
                   Aurum
                   fulminans
                
                 prepared
                 and
                 fixed
                 by
                 a
                 slight
                 and
                 familiar
                 way
                 (
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 command
                 )
                 and
                 made
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 Oyle
                 of
                 sweet
                 Almonds
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 requisite
                 consistence
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 presently
                 upon
                 the
                 application
                 of
                 the
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 the
                 pain
                 for
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 an
                 
                 Houre
                 hugely
                 increased
                 ,
                 yet
                 soon
                 after
                 it
                 abated
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Hemorrhoids
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 were
                 closed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 day
                 after
                 went
                 away
                 ;
                 Nor
                 has
                 the
                 Patient
                 ever
                 since
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 Years
                 )
                 been
                 troubled
                 with
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 Relapse
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Physician
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 Remedy
                 he
                 has
                 found
                 a
                 strange
                 effect
                 in
                 Venereal
                 Ulcers
                 .
                 And
                 perhaps
                 to
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 referred
                 what
                 has
                 been
                 found
                 by
                 some
                 friends
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 that
                 Phlegm
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Saccharum
                   Saturni
                
                 ,
                 which
                 not
                 only
                 inwardly
                 given
                 are
                 said
                 much
                 to
                 cool
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 but
                 outwardly
                 applied
                 are
                 good
                 for
                 Burns
                 and
                 hot
                 Humours
                 ,
                 do
                 yet
                 potently
                 discusse
                 cold
                 Tumours
                 .
                 But
                 least
                 you
                 should
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 diversity
                 may
                 proceed
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 part
                 )
                 from
                 the
                 Corpuscles
                 of
                 differing
                 Natures
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 imagined
                 in
                 the
                 forementioned
                 Medicines
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 return
                 to
                 what
                 I
                 was
                 discoursing
                 of
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 external
                 Remedies
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 Since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 this
                 ESSAY
                 ,
                 I
                 saw
                 a
                 lusty
                 and
                 very
                 sprightful
                 Boy
                 ,
                 Child
                 to
                 a
                 Famous
                 Chymical
                 Writer
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Father
                 assu●'d
                 me
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 being
                 by
                 some
                 Enemies
                 of
                 this
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 yet
                 an
                 Infant
                 ,
                 so
                 bewitcht
                 that
                 he
                 constantly
                 lay
                 in
                 miserable
                 torment
                 ,
                 and
                 still
                 refusing
                 the
                 Breast
                 ,
                 was
                 reduc'd
                 by
                 pain
                 and
                 want
                 of
                 food
                 to
                 a
                 desperate
                 condition
                 ,
                 the
                 experienc'd
                 Relater
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 remembring
                 that
                 Helmont
                 attributes
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Electum
                   Minerale
                   immaturum
                   Paracelsi
                
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 relieving
                 those
                 whose
                 distempers
                 come
                 from
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 did
                 according
                 to
                 Helmonts
                 prescription
                 hang
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 this
                 Noble
                 Mineral
                 about
                 the
                 Infants
                 Neck
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 touch
                 the
                 Pit
                 of
                 the
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 presently
                 the
                 Child
                 ,
                 that
                 could
                 not
                 rest
                 in
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Daies
                 and
                 Nights
                 before
                 ,
                 fell
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 a
                 sleep
                 ,
                 and
                 waking
                 well
                 ,
                 cry'd
                 for
                 the
                 Teat
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 greedily
                 suck'd
                 ,
                 from
                 thenceforth
                 hastily
                 recovering
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 wonder
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 his
                 Parents
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 others
                 that
                 were
                 astonish'd
                 at
                 so
                 great
                 and
                 quick
                 a
                 change
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 forward
                 to
                 impute
                 all
                 those
                 Diseases
                 to
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 which
                 even
                 Learned
                 Men
                 Father
                 upon
                 it
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 s
                 considerable
                 in
                 our
                 present
                 case
                 ,
                 that
                 whatsoever
                 were
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 the
                 Distemper
                 was
                 very
                 great
                 and
                 almost
                 hopeless
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 cure
                 suddenly
                 perform'd
                 by
                 an
                 outward
                 application
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Mineral
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 compacted
                 sort
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 the
                 finer
                 parts
                 are
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 lock'd
                 up
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 Among
                 the
                 proofs
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 appended
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 not
                 pretermit
                 the
                 memorable
                 Examples
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 deliver'd
                 by
                 the
                 Judicious
                 
                   Boëtius
                   de
                   Boot
                
                 ,
                 
                 concerning
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 that
                 sort
                 of
                 Jasper
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 blood
                 red
                 throughout
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 mingled
                 with
                 any
                 Colour
                 :
                 
                   Testari
                   possum
                
                 (
                 saies
                 he
                 )
                 
                   me
                   ,
                   qui
                   alias
                   lapidibus
                   &
                   geminis
                   tantas
                   vires
                   ,
                   quantas
                   vulgus
                   solet
                   ,
                   non
                   tribuo
                   ,
                   credibile
                   vix
                   ,
                   de
                   Jaspidis
                   viribus
                   ,
                   observasse
                   .
                   Nam
                   cum
                   ancilla
                   fluxu
                   menstruorum
                   ita
                   laborasset
                   per
                   aliquot
                   dies
                   ,
                   ut
                   nullo
                   modo
                   sisti
                   posset
                   ,
                   Jaspidem
                   rubram
                   impolitam
                   &
                   rudem
                   femori
                   alligari
                   jussi
                   .
                   Alius
                   (
                   in
                   eadem
                   Domo
                   )
                   cum
                   in
                   pede
                   vulneratus
                   esset
                   ,
                   nec
                   sanguinis
                   fluxus
                   cohiberi
                   posset
                   ,
                   admoto
                   lapide
                   ,
                   extemplo
                   impeditus
                   fuit
                   ,
                   licet
                   vulnus
                   non
                   tegeretur
                   .
                
                 To
                 these
                 he
                 adjoynes
                 a
                 much
                 more
                 memorable
                 Example
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Maid
                 he
                 cur'd
                 at
                 Prague
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 for
                 six
                 Years
                 sick
                 of
                 an
                 Hemorrhagy
                 so
                 vehement
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 scarce
                 ever
                 pass'd
                 a
                 Week
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 several
                 times
                 Bleed
                 ,
                 neither
                 could
                 she
                 be
                 reliev'd
                 by
                 any
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 though
                 she
                 had
                 long
                 us'd
                 them
                 ,
                 till
                 she
                 was
                 quite
                 tired
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 wherefore
                 our
                 Author
                 setting
                 them
                 all
                 aside
                 ,
                 lent
                 her
                 a
                 Jasper
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Vertues
                 in
                 such
                 cases
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 good
                 trial
                 ,
                 to
                 hang
                 about
                 her
                 Neck
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 she
                 did
                 ,
                 the
                 flux
                 of
                 Blood
                 presently
                 ceas'd
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 afterwards
                 
                 for
                 curiosity
                 sake
                 ,
                 oftentimes
                 laying
                 aside
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 often
                 as
                 she
                 needed
                 it
                 ,
                 applying
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 That
                 whereas
                 the
                 flux
                 of
                 Blood
                 did
                 not
                 presently
                 return
                 upon
                 the
                 absence
                 of
                 the
                 Jasper
                 ,
                 but
                 after
                 divers
                 Weeks
                 ,
                 yet
                 upon
                 the
                 hanging
                 it
                 on
                 again
                 it
                 would
                 presently
                 be
                 stopt
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 ascribe
                 the
                 relief
                 to
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 our
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 length
                 she
                 was
                 quite
                 cur'd
                 :
                 And
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 praises
                 given
                 by
                 others
                 to
                 Green
                 Iasper
                 speckled
                 with
                 Red
                 ,
                 he
                 concludes
                 ,
                 
                   Sed
                   ego
                   ,
                   quod
                   multoties
                   expertus
                   sum
                   ,
                   refero
                   .
                
                 But
                 amongst
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 outwardly
                 appended
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 scarce
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 stranger
                 then
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Experienc'd
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 ,
                 mentions
                 in
                 the
                 fourteenth
                 of
                 those
                 Observations
                 which
                 he
                 truely
                 stiles
                 Rare
                 ,
                 
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 by
                 an
                 unskilful
                 Mid-wife
                 the
                 Bladder
                 Lacerated
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 been
                 subject
                 to
                 a
                 perpetual
                 
                   Incontinentia
                   Vrinae
                
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 been
                 reduc'd
                 constantly
                 to
                 wear
                 a
                 Silver
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 was
                 perfectly
                 help'd
                 ,
                 by
                 wearing
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Gypsie
                 had
                 taught
                 her
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 Bag
                 hung
                 about
                 her
                 Neck
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 Powder
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 live
                 Toad
                 ,
                 burnt
                 in
                 a
                 New
                 Pot
                 :
                 Which
                 relation
                 I
                 the
                 rather
                 mention
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 because
                 the
                 Author
                 having
                 try'd
                 the
                 Remedy
                 upon
                 a
                 Merchant
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 an
                 unskilful
                 Lythotomist
                 had
                 left
                 the
                 like
                 Disease
                 ,
                 found
                 it
                 presently
                 to
                 succeed
                 ;
                 But
                 because
                 having
                 been
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 have
                 further
                 trial
                 made
                 of
                 so
                 odd
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 curious
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 he
                 lately
                 gave
                 me
                 this
                 Account
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 in
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 it
                 had
                 fail'd
                 ,
                 yet
                 having
                 given
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 to
                 an
                 inquisitive
                 Person
                 ,
                 known
                 to
                 us
                 both
                 ,
                 he
                 assur'd
                 him
                 it
                 had
                 succeeded
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 .
                 (
                 and
                 the
                 Disease
                 is
                 too
                 unfrequent
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 occasion
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Remedy
                 often
                 tried
                 )
                 And
                 the
                 Physitian
                 adds
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 Patiens
                 tels
                 him
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Physitian
                 )
                 That
                 though
                 her
                 infirmity
                 were
                 occasion'd
                 by
                 a
                 
                   Laceratio
                   Vesicae
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 
                 yet
                 the
                 Remedy
                 helps
                 her
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 she
                 wears
                 it
                 about
                 her
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 she
                 renew
                 the
                 Powder
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 it
                 begins
                 to
                 decay
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 remarkable
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 )
                 if
                 she
                 leaves
                 it
                 off
                 awhile
                 ,
                 she
                 findes
                 the
                 Disease
                 return
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 ,
                 among
                 his
                 freshly
                 commended
                 Observations
                 ,
                 hath
                 another
                 of
                 a
                 little
                 Lady
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 concludes
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 cast
                 into
                 the
                 strange
                 and
                 terrible
                 D●stemper
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 there
                 p●rticularly
                 Records
                 ,
                 by
                 Witchcraft
                 .
                 Upon
                 so
                 severe
                 an
                 examination
                 of
                 the
                 Symptoms
                 made
                 by
                 himself
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 House
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 his
                 solemn
                 Professions
                 of
                 veracity
                 ,
                 he
                 mis-relate
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 wonder
                 he
                 should
                 confidently
                 impute
                 so
                 prodigious
                 a
                 Disease
                 to
                 some
                 supernatural
                 cause
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 the
                 Observation
                 ,
                 with
                 its
                 various
                 Circumstances
                 ,
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 worth
                 your
                 perusing
                 ;
                 yet
                 that
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 here
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 adds
                 about
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 concerning
                 his
                 having
                 cured
                 her
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 despair
                 of
                 her
                 Recovery
                 sent
                 her
                 back
                 to
                 her
                 Parents
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 outward
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 an
                 Ointment
                 which
                 he
                 found
                 extoll'd
                 against
                 Pains
                 produc'd
                 by
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Dutch
                 Book
                 of
                 Carrichter's
                 :
                 (
                 where
                 also
                 I
                 remember
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 it
                 set
                 down
                 a
                 little
                 differently
                 from
                 what
                 he
                 delivers
                 )
                 Of
                 which
                 wonderful
                 Ointment
                 ,
                 the
                 Ingredient
                 that
                 he
                 found
                 so
                 extreamly
                 difficult
                 to
                 procure
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 The
                 Misseltoe
                 of
                 Hazel
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 England
                 not
                 so
                 rare
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 got
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 intimates
                 ,
                 very
                 green
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 what
                 he
                 mentions
                 not
                 )
                 extreamly
                 bitter
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 wish
                 that
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 the
                 opportunity
                 would
                 make
                 tryal
                 .
                 For
                 besides
                 what
                 Carrichter
                 deliv●rs
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Author
                 relates
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 a
                 Learned
                 Physitian
                 did
                 highly
                 commend
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Judicious
                 
                   Gregorius
                   Horsius
                
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 allow
                 it
                 to
                 cure
                 bewitch'd
                 Patients
                 ,
                 the
                 vertue
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 in
                 external
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 made
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 more
                 
                 conspicuous
                 ;
                 yet
                 supposing
                 the
                 Diseases
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 though
                 strange
                 ,
                 yet
                 but
                 natural
                 ,
                 we
                 cannot
                 but
                 allow
                 that
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 wonderful
                 efficacy
                 in
                 an
                 outward
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 was
                 able
                 ,
                 onely
                 by
                 anointing
                 the
                 Joints
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 pained
                 parts
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 cure
                 a
                 radicated
                 Disease
                 ,
                 attended
                 with
                 such
                 wonderful
                 and
                 horrid
                 Symptoms
                 .
                 And
                 after
                 this
                 it
                 may
                 seem
                 but
                 little
                 ,
                 what
                 else
                 would
                 appear
                 a
                 strange
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 Helmont
                 affirms
                 of
                 a
                 Plaister
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 
                 wherewith
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 safely
                 cur'd
                 hundreds
                 of
                 Quartans
                 ,
                 even
                 Autumnal
                 ,
                 without
                 relapse
                 :
                 elsewhere
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 made
                 this
                 Plaister
                 ,
                 for
                 by
                 the
                 Circumstances
                 I
                 presume
                 he
                 means
                 no
                 other
                 ,
                 
                   of
                   a
                   few
                   resolving
                   and
                   abstersive
                   things
                
                 ;
                 and
                 adds
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 it
                 never
                 fail'd
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 that
                 in
                 fat
                 Persons
                 it
                 succeeded
                 more
                 slowly
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 in
                 these
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ways
                 of
                 curing
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 though
                 approv'd
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 also
                 commended
                 ,
                 by
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 both
                 Ancient
                 and
                 Modern
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 sensible
                 evacuation
                 made
                 of
                 peccant
                 Humors
                 ,
                 which
                 perhaps
                 materially
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Effluvia
                 of
                 these
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 be
                 deprived
                 of
                 their
                 former
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 so
                 far
                 obsequious
                 to
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 is
                 able
                 ,
                 if
                 need
                 be
                 ,
                 to
                 ease
                 her self
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 or
                 undiscerned
                 transpiration
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 peccant
                 Humors
                 remaining
                 for
                 awhile
                 materially
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 the
                 Disease
                 may
                 sometimes
                 be
                 removed
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 Cures
                 which
                 we
                 see
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 performed
                 of
                 Agues
                 by
                 suddain
                 frights
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 no
                 discernable
                 evacuation
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 Humors
                 ,
                 though
                 probably
                 some
                 considerable
                 change
                 be
                 thereby
                 produced
                 in
                 the
                 temper
                 of
                 the
                 mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Texture
                 of
                 the
                 Morbifick
                 Matter
                 :
                 (
                 as
                 Physitians
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 As
                 seems
                 probable
                 both
                 from
                 divers
                 other
                 things
                 mention'd
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 in
                 this
                 Essay
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 from
                 the
                 lately
                 recited
                 Passage
                 of
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 where
                 
                 he
                 takes
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 rectifying
                 of
                 the
                 peccant
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 by
                 Nature
                 ,
                 rejected
                 Blood
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 sensible
                 evacuation
                 upon
                 the
                 wearing
                 of
                 His
                 Ring
                 .
                 I
                 knew
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 a
                 strong
                 and
                 a
                 resolute
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 a
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 and
                 attained
                 the
                 highest
                 sort
                 of
                 Military
                 Employments
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 which
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 strangely
                 fearful
                 of
                 Rats
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 endure
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 This
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 long
                 troubled
                 with
                 an
                 obstinate
                 Quartan
                 ,
                 and
                 travelled
                 with
                 it
                 into
                 several
                 Countries
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 finde
                 any
                 Cure
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 coming
                 at
                 length
                 accidentally
                 and
                 suddenly
                 into
                 a
                 place
                 where
                 a
                 great
                 Rat
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 corner
                 ,
                 whence
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 flie
                 from
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 he
                 furiously
                 leap'd
                 upon
                 him
                 (
                 yet
                 without
                 biting
                 him
                 )
                 and
                 thereby
                 put
                 him
                 into
                 a
                 fright
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 freed
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 Ague
                 that
                 had
                 so
                 long
                 importuned
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 experienced
                 Salmuth
                 tells
                 us
                 a
                 pleasant
                 Observation
                 ,
                 of
                 one
                 who
                 was
                 cured
                 even
                 of
                 the
                 Gout
                 by
                 a
                 fright
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 Man
                 having
                 his
                 Feet
                 and
                 Hands
                 covered
                 with
                 a
                 Poultis
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 Turneps
                 ,
                 Flower
                 and
                 Milk
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 left
                 in
                 his
                 Chair
                 in
                 a
                 low
                 Room
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 his
                 Servants
                 were
                 all
                 gone
                 into
                 the
                 Garden
                 ,
                 assaulted
                 by
                 a
                 Sow
                 ,
                 who
                 finding
                 the
                 Door
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 invited
                 by
                 the
                 smell
                 of
                 the
                 Cataplasm
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 devour
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 striving
                 to
                 do
                 so
                 ,
                 flung
                 the
                 sick
                 Man
                 and
                 the
                 Chair
                 to
                 the
                 Ground
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 him
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 fright
                 ,
                 that
                 our
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 that
                 very
                 Day
                 his
                 Pains
                 decreased
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 lessening
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 till
                 at
                 length
                 they
                 wholly
                 left
                 him
                 ,
                 without
                 ever
                 returning
                 to
                 trouble
                 him
                 again
                 .
                 There
                 are
                 divers
                 Instances
                 that
                 discover
                 what
                 great
                 changes
                 may
                 be
                 produced
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 without
                 taking
                 in
                 any
                 thing
                 visibly
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 .
                 And
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 a
                 good
                 Air
                 alone
                 doth
                 often
                 ,
                 in
                 Consumptions
                 and
                 other
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 perform
                 what
                 hath
                 in
                 vain
                 been
                 expected
                 from
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 emptying
                 Physick
                 .
                 It
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 wished
                 that
                 we
                 
                 had
                 ,
                 among
                 our
                 European
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 the
                 Physick
                 Books
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 China
                 ;
                 For
                 though
                 our
                 Doctors
                 are
                 much
                 more
                 Learned
                 Men
                 then
                 theirs
                 ,
                 yet
                 probably
                 their
                 Writings
                 and
                 their
                 Practise
                 may
                 teach
                 us
                 something
                 that
                 is
                 new
                 ,
                 and
                 something
                 making
                 for
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 famous
                 Jesuite
                 Semedo
                 informs
                 us
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Books
                 of
                 our
                 Physitians
                 having
                 not
                 yet
                 been
                 brought
                 to
                 China
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 instructed
                 in
                 their
                 Art
                 by
                 abundance
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Writers
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 though
                 in
                 their
                 practise
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 let
                 Blood
                 (
                 as
                 th●
                 Learned
                 Varenius
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 neither
                 do
                 the
                 Japonian
                 Doctors
                 )
                 or
                 set
                 Cupping-glasses
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 use
                 no
                 Syrrups
                 ,
                 nor
                 Potions
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 Issues
                 ,
                 but
                 are
                 onely
                 Herbarists
                 ,
                 using
                 nothing
                 but
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 Roots
                 ,
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 &c.
                 yet
                 Physick
                 (
                 to
                 use
                 our
                 Authors
                 Words
                 )
                 
                   is
                   in
                   a
                   very
                   good
                   condition
                   in
                   China
                   .
                
                 
                 (
                 as
                 Almeida
                 also
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Physitians
                 are
                 much
                 esteemed
                 in
                 Japan
                 )
                 And
                 of
                 the
                 skill
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Chineses
                 in
                 that
                 Art
                 ,
                 he
                 gives
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Chapter
                 some
                 considerable
                 Instances
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 said
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 likely
                 that
                 their
                 Doctors
                 are
                 much
                 inferior
                 ,
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 Le●rning
                 to
                 ours
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 considerable
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 so
                 vast
                 ,
                 so
                 civiliz'd
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 poulous
                 a
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 Physick
                 can
                 be
                 practised
                 with
                 reputation
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 those
                 Evacuations
                 which
                 are
                 here
                 so
                 frequently
                 made
                 by
                 Phlebotomy
                 ,
                 Potions
                 and
                 Issues
                 .
                 Nor
                 should
                 we
                 onely
                 expect
                 some
                 improvement
                 to
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Writings
                 of
                 s●
                 ingenious
                 People
                 as
                 the
                 Chineses
                 ;
                 but
                 probably
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Physitians
                 might
                 be
                 not
                 inconsiderably
                 increased
                 ,
                 if
                 Men
                 were
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 curious
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 Observations
                 and
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 suggested
                 partly
                 by
                 the
                 practise
                 of
                 Midwives
                 ,
                 Barbers
                 ,
                 old
                 Women
                 ,
                 Empericks
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 that
                 illiterate
                 crue
                 ,
                 that
                 presume
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 Physick
                 among
                 our selves
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 by
                 the
                 Indians
                 and
                 other
                 barbarous
                 
                 Nations
                 ,
                 without
                 excepting
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 such
                 part
                 of
                 Europe
                 it self
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Men
                 is
                 so
                 illiterate
                 and
                 poor
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 live
                 without
                 Physitians
                 .
                 For
                 where
                 Physick
                 is
                 practised
                 by
                 Persons
                 that
                 never
                 studyed
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 Schools
                 or
                 Books
                 ,
                 many
                 things
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 rashly
                 done
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 perhaps
                 prejudicial
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 fatal
                 to
                 those
                 on
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 tryed
                 ,
                 may
                 afford
                 very
                 good
                 Hints
                 to
                 a
                 Learned
                 and
                 Judicious
                 Observer
                 :
                 Besides
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Practitioners
                 of
                 Physick
                 are
                 altogether
                 illite●ate
                 ,
                 there
                 oftentimes
                 Specificks
                 ;
                 may
                 be
                 best
                 met
                 with
                 .
                 For
                 such
                 Persons
                 ,
                 being
                 wont
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 skill
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 part●cularly
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 m●xing
                 Simples
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 of
                 varying
                 their
                 Remedies
                 according
                 to
                 Circumstances
                 ,
                 do
                 almost
                 wholly
                 rely
                 upon
                 Specificks
                 ;
                 whose
                 Ve●tues
                 ,
                 from
                 their
                 practise
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 sometimes
                 better
                 gathered
                 ,
                 then
                 from
                 that
                 of
                 skilful
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 that
                 those
                 Empericks
                 (
                 besides
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 assist
                 not
                 with
                 any
                 skill
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 their
                 Remedies
                 )
                 are
                 wont
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Reasons
                 newly
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 obstinately
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 uttermost
                 ,
                 the
                 eff●cts
                 of
                 their
                 few
                 specificks
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 nature
                 o●
                 their
                 Medicines
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 better
                 known
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 blend
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 Learned
                 Men
                 but
                 too
                 often
                 do
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 whose
                 Mixture
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 formerly
                 noted
                 ,
                 either
                 alters
                 their
                 nature
                 ,
                 or
                 makes
                 it
                 difficult
                 to
                 determine
                 (
                 as
                 Galen
                 himself
                 in
                 a
                 like
                 case
                 confesseth
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Nam
                   ut
                   verum
                   fateamur
                   haec
                   difficilis
                   quoque
                   res
                   est
                   &
                   rara
                   inventu
                   cùm
                   post
                   multa
                   remedia
                   adhibita
                   agrotanti
                   quod
                   ex
                   iis
                   in
                   causa
                   fuisse
                   dicitur
                   ut
                   melius
                   pejusve
                   habeat
                
                 )
                 whether
                 the
                 effect
                 be
                 to
                 be
                 ascribed
                 to
                 what
                 is
                 given
                 for
                 the
                 specifick
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Compound
                 as
                 such
                 .
                 The
                 experienced
                 Bontius
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 excellent
                 little
                 Tract
                 
                   De
                   Medicina
                   Indorum
                
                 ,
                 doth
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 confess
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 undeservedly
                 that
                 the
                 Europeans
                 
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   East
                   Indians
                
                 as
                 Barbarians
                 .
                 
                 And
                 even
                 of
                 those
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 ignorant
                 of
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 this
                 Passage
                 ,
                 
                   Hinc
                   etiam
                   fit
                   quod
                   homines
                   caeteris
                   rebu●
                   idiotae
                   tam
                   exactam
                   herbarum
                   &
                   stirpium
                   nanciscantur
                   scientiam
                   ut
                   si
                   vel
                   Doctissimus
                   Pawius
                   ,
                   nostri
                   avi
                   Botanicorum
                   princeps
                   è
                   mortuis
                   resurgens
                   huc
                   veniret
                   ,
                   miraretur
                   se
                   ab
                   hisce
                   hominibus
                   barbaris
                   doceri
                   posse
                   .
                
                 And
                 Linschoten
                 in
                 his
                 Voyages
                 ,
                 
                 speaking
                 of
                 th●t
                 F●mous
                 Mart
                 of
                 the
                 
                   East
                   Indies
                
                 ,
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Goa
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Viceroy
                 and
                 the
                 Arch-Bishop
                 resided
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 himself
                 lived
                 :
                 These
                 Heathenish
                 Physitians
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 mentioning
                 those
                 of
                 Goa
                 )
                 do
                 not
                 onely
                 cu●e
                 their
                 own
                 Nation
                 and
                 Country-men
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 the
                 Portugals
                 also
                 ;
                 for
                 even
                 the
                 Viceroy
                 himself
                 ,
                 the
                 A●ch-Bishop
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Monks
                 and
                 Fryers
                 ,
                 do
                 put
                 more
                 trust
                 in
                 them
                 then
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Country-men
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 get
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 Money
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 much
                 honored
                 and
                 esteemed
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 now
                 the
                 leisure
                 to
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 what
                 I
                 might
                 alledge
                 ,
                 to
                 confirm
                 this
                 truth
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 practises
                 of
                 the
                 illiterate
                 Natives
                 of
                 some
                 not
                 yet
                 sufficiently
                 civiliz'd
                 parts
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 places
                 where
                 Physitians
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 setled
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 minde
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Confession
                 of
                 Celsus
                 ,
                 where
                 speaking
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                   Haec
                   nunquam
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   non
                   est
                   :
                   siquidem
                   etiam
                   imperitissimae
                   gentes
                   herbas
                   aliaque
                   prompta
                   in
                   auxilium
                   vulnerum
                   morborumque
                   noverunt
                   .
                
                 
                 And
                 I
                 wish
                 that
                 other
                 Learned
                 Men
                 would
                 imitate
                 the
                 commendable
                 example
                 not
                 onely
                 of
                 
                   Prosper
                   Alpinus
                
                 ,
                 who
                 Writ
                 a
                 Treatise
                 
                   De
                   Medicinâ
                   Aegyptiorum
                
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 
                   Jacobus
                   Bontius
                
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Medicina
                   Indorum
                
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 
                   Gulielmus
                   Piso
                
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 lately
                 presented
                 the
                 World
                 with
                 the
                 rude
                 ways
                 of
                 curing
                 ,
                 used
                 by
                 the
                 Brasilians
                 themselves
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 new
                 and
                 curious
                 Books
                 
                   De
                   Medicina
                   Brasiliensi
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 he
                 much
                 confirms
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 delivering
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 ensuing
                 
                 Passage
                 :
                 
                 
                   Quemadmodum
                   multa
                   in
                   tam
                   crassa
                   Barbarie
                   cruda
                   vel
                   corrupta
                   arteque
                   Hippocraticâ
                   indigna
                   reperiuntur
                   ;
                   sic
                   etia●
                   non
                   pauca
                   utilissima
                   antiquitatem
                   redolentia
                   :
                   quae
                   vel
                   eruditissimos
                   medicos
                   ad
                   urnas
                   medicinae
                   subjiciunt
                   ,
                   observanda
                   occurunt
                   .
                   Quippe
                   cum
                   multarum
                   Artium
                   rudimenta
                   vel
                   ab
                   ipsis
                   Animantibus
                   brutis
                   (
                   quibus
                   benigna
                   mater
                   Natura
                   arte
                   insita
                   imprimis
                   curandis
                   morbis
                   destitui
                   noluit
                   )
                   ad
                   nos
                   redundare
                   fatendum
                   sit
                   ;
                   Quis
                   dubitet
                   ab
                   his
                   mortalibus
                   ,
                   licet
                   remotissimis
                   à
                   dogmaticâ
                   &
                   rationali
                   medendi
                   arte
                   ,
                   non
                   plurima
                   nobilissima
                   at
                   secreta
                   remedia
                   atque
                   antidota
                   ,
                   medendi
                   morbos
                   veteribus
                   incognitos
                   quotidiè
                   ad
                   posteros
                   derivari
                   ?
                   quibus
                   paulatim
                   ad
                   manum
                   traditis
                   &
                   tandem
                   quasi
                   in
                   succum
                   &
                   sanguinem
                   à
                   rationalibus
                   conversis
                   doctorum
                   scholae
                   &
                   libri
                   superbiunt
                   ?
                
                 And
                 to
                 this
                 agrees
                 very
                 well
                 that
                 grave
                 saying
                 of
                 our
                 experienc'd
                 Harvey
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 Learned
                 Doctor
                 Ent
                 :
                 
                 
                   Nulla
                   gens
                   tam
                   Barbara
                   est
                   quae
                   non
                   aut
                   fortuitò
                   ,
                   aut
                   inevitabili
                   quadam
                   necessitate
                   coacta
                   ,
                   aliquid
                   in
                   usum
                   communem
                   adinvenerit
                   quod
                   Nationes
                   alias
                   humaniores
                   latuit
                   .
                
                 Nor
                 should
                 we
                 disdain
                 the
                 Remedies
                 of
                 such
                 illiterate
                 People
                 ,
                 onely
                 because
                 of
                 their
                 being
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 our
                 Theory
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 old
                 Empericks
                 wittily
                 enough
                 did
                 in
                 that
                 Passage
                 of
                 
                   Celsus
                   ,
                   Requirere
                   etiam
                   ,
                   ratio
                   idem
                   doceat
                   quod
                   experientia
                   ,
                   an
                   aliud
                   ?
                   Si
                   idem
                   supervacuum
                   esse
                   ,
                   si
                   aliud
                   etiam
                   contrarium
                   .
                
                 But
                 lest
                 we
                 should
                 ,
                 by
                 too
                 great
                 reliance
                 on
                 the
                 Galenical
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 ancient
                 Opinions
                 ,
                 neglect
                 useful
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 because
                 presented
                 by
                 Persons
                 that
                 ignore
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 too
                 ,
                 hold
                 Opinions
                 contrary
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 leave
                 you
                 to
                 consider
                 what
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Emperical
                 Sect
                 ,
                 represented
                 by
                 Celsus
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 spoken
                 of
                 the
                 darkness
                 of
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 Things
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 uncertainty
                 of
                 the
                 Theorems
                 of
                 Physick
                 :
                 
                   Ac
                   nihil
                   istas
                   cogitationes
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   ad
                   Medicinam
                   pertinere
                   ,
                   eo
                   quoque
                   disci
                   ,
                   quod
                   qui
                   diversa
                   
                   de
                   his
                   senserint
                   ad
                   eandem
                   tamen
                   sanitatem
                   homines
                   perduxerint
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Id
                   enim
                   fecisse
                   ,
                   quia
                   non
                   ab
                   obscuris
                   causis
                   neque
                   à
                   naturalibus
                   actionibus
                   ,
                   quae
                   apud
                   eos
                   diversae
                   erant
                   :
                   sed
                   ab
                   Experimentis
                   ,
                   prout
                   cuique
                   respondeant
                   ,
                   medendi
                   vias
                   traxerint
                   ,
                   ne
                   inter
                   initia
                   quidem
                   ab
                   istis
                   quaestionibus
                   deductam
                   esse
                   medicinam
                   sed
                   ab
                   Experimentis
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 For
                 though
                 this
                 Sentence
                 ascribes
                 too
                 little
                 to
                 reason
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 is
                 something
                 in
                 it
                 that
                 deserves
                 to
                 be
                 considered
                 :
                 Especially
                 since
                 we
                 observe
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 late
                 Anatomical
                 Discoveries
                 of
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Chyle
                 and
                 Limphatick
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 by
                 formerly
                 unknown
                 ways
                 ,
                 in
                 newly
                 detected
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 hath
                 yet
                 made
                 Men
                 cure
                 Diseases
                 much
                 better
                 then
                 before
                 .
                 Not
                 that
                 I
                 think
                 that
                 Anatomical
                 and
                 Pathological
                 Discoveries
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 in
                 process
                 of
                 time
                 (
                 when
                 the
                 
                   Historia
                   facti
                
                 shall
                 be
                 fully
                 and
                 indisputably
                 made
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Theories
                 thereby
                 suggested
                 ,
                 clearly
                 establish'd
                 )
                 highly
                 conduce
                 to
                 the
                 improvement
                 of
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ;
                 but
                 yet
                 this
                 Observation
                 may
                 make
                 it
                 the
                 more
                 reasonable
                 to
                 beware
                 of
                 relying
                 so
                 much
                 upon
                 the
                 yet
                 disputable
                 Opinions
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 despise
                 all
                 Practises
                 ,
                 though
                 usually
                 successful
                 ,
                 th●t
                 agree
                 not
                 with
                 them
                 :
                 For
                 of
                 such
                 our
                 Author
                 speaks
                 well
                 ,
                 
                   In
                   omnibus
                   ejusmodi
                   cogitationibus
                   in
                   utramque
                   partem
                   disseri
                   posse
                   ,
                   itaque
                   ingenium
                   &
                   facundiam
                   vincere
                   :
                   morbos
                   autem
                   non
                   eloquentiâ
                   sed
                   remediis
                   curari
                   ;
                   quae
                   si
                   quis
                   elinguis
                   usu
                   discreta
                   benè
                   nôrit
                   ,
                   hunc
                   aliquanto
                   majorem
                   medicum
                   futurum
                   quam
                   si
                   ,
                   sine
                   usu
                   ,
                   linguam
                   suam
                   excoluerit
                   .
                
                 And
                 Paracelsus
                 spoke
                 well
                 too
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 spoke
                 truly
                 ,
                 when
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Prefaces
                 ,
                 speaking
                 to
                 those
                 whom
                 he
                 invited
                 to
                 hear
                 him
                 expound
                 his
                 Books
                 of
                 Phyfick
                 and
                 Chyrurgery
                 at
                 
                   Basil
                   ,
                   Illos
                   tamen
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 of
                 the
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 Books
                 )
                 
                   non
                   aliorum
                   mo●e
                   ex
                   Hippocrate
                   aut
                   Galeno
                   ,
                   aut
                   quibuslibet
                   emendicatus
                   ,
                   sed
                   quos
                   summa
                   rerum
                   doctrina
                   ,
                   experientia
                   atque
                   labore
                   assequut
                   us
                   sum
                   ,
                   proinde
                   si
                   quid
                   probaturus
                   
                   experimenta
                   ,
                   ac
                   ratio
                   ,
                   auctorum
                   loco
                   ,
                   mihi
                   suffragantur
                   .
                
              
               
                 It
                 would
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 ,
                 be
                 tedious
                 to
                 trouble
                 you
                 here
                 with
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 good
                 Authors
                 applicable
                 to
                 my
                 present
                 subject
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Design
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 prosecuting
                 in
                 favor
                 of
                 external
                 Remedies
                 :
                 But
                 yet
                 one
                 Passage
                 there
                 is
                 ,
                 which
                 doth
                 so
                 notably
                 confirm
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 deliver'd
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 touching
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 simple
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 great
                 cures
                 that
                 may
                 ,
                 in
                 divers
                 cases
                 ,
                 be
                 perform'd
                 by
                 outward
                 Applications
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 here
                 omit
                 the
                 mentioning
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Epistle
                 Written
                 out
                 of
                 Peru
                 to
                 the
                 inquisitive
                 Monardes
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 words
                 :
                 
                   In
                   urbe
                   Posto
                
                 ,
                 
                 
                   ubi
                   aliquot
                   annis
                   vixi
                   ,
                   omnis
                   generis
                   morbos
                   Indus
                   quidam
                   curabat
                   solo
                   cujusdam
                   Plantae
                   succo
                   artubus
                   &
                   parti
                   affectae
                   illito
                   .
                   Aegros
                   deinde
                   stragulis
                   egregiè
                   tegebat
                   ad
                   sudorem
                   provocandum
                   :
                   Sudor
                   è
                   partibus
                   illitis
                   emanans
                   ,
                   merus
                   sanguis
                   erat
                   ,
                   quem
                   lineis
                   pannis
                   abstergebat
                   ,
                   atque
                   ita
                   in
                   curatione
                   pergebat
                   ,
                   donec
                   satis
                   sudasse
                   putaret
                   ,
                   optimis
                   interea
                   cibis
                   eos
                   alens
                   .
                   Eo
                   Remedio
                   multi
                   morbi
                   deplorati
                   curabantur
                   ,
                   imò
                   agri
                   juniores
                   &
                   robustiores
                   ab
                   ejus
                   usu
                   fieri
                   videbantur
                   ;
                   sed
                   neque
                   pretio
                   ,
                   neque
                   precibus
                   ,
                   neque
                   minis
                   unquam
                   ●fficere
                   potuimus
                   ,
                   ut
                   eam
                   plantam
                   nobis
                   demonstraret
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XI
                 .
              
               
                 BUt
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 besides
                 such
                 external
                 Medicines
                 as
                 work
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 those
                 I
                 have
                 heretofore
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 possibly
                 without
                 absurdity
                 ,
                 provided
                 we
                 do
                 it
                 without
                 cre●ulity
                 ,
                 enquire
                 ,
                 Whether
                 there
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 others
                 that
                 operate
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 wonderful
                 and
                 extraordinary
                 way
                 ?
                 And
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 perhaps
                 be
                 altogether
                 unworthy
                 the
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 not
                 sometimes
                 be
                 performed
                 ,
                 such
                 cures
                 as
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 either
                 for
                 
                 Fabulous
                 or
                 Magical
                 ;
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 without
                 exhibiting
                 ,
                 or
                 applying
                 any
                 thing
                 immediatly
                 to
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 by
                 some
                 such
                 unknown
                 wayes
                 as
                 those
                 which
                 Chymists
                 call
                 ,
                 either
                 Magnetism
                 ,
                 or
                 Transplantation
                 :
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 the
                 cures
                 reported
                 to
                 be
                 perform'd
                 by
                 the
                 Weapon-salve
                 ,
                 and
                 Sympathetick
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 is
                 that
                 cure
                 of
                 the
                 Yellow
                 Jaundice
                 (
                 mention'd
                 with
                 some
                 variation
                 by
                 Paracelsus
                 )
                 wh●rein
                 seven
                 or
                 nine
                 cakes
                 (
                 for
                 it
                 must
                 ,
                 forsooth
                 ,
                 be
                 an
                 odde
                 number
                 )
                 are
                 made
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 newly
                 emitted
                 and
                 warm
                 Urine
                 of
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ashes
                 of
                 Ashwood
                 ,
                 and
                 buried
                 for
                 some
                 daies
                 in
                 a
                 Dunghil
                 .
                 For
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 easie
                 and
                 superstitious
                 vulgar
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 performing
                 such
                 cures
                 ,
                 by
                 transplantation
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 Magnetical
                 way
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 hath
                 been
                 believed
                 ;
                 For
                 within
                 the
                 compasse
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 slender
                 reading
                 ,
                 I
                 find
                 that
                 divers
                 Eminent
                 Physicians
                 ,
                 have
                 both
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 commended
                 Magnetical
                 Remedies
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 thought
                 of
                 the
                 Sympathetick
                 Powder
                 ;
                 I
                 confesse
                 I
                 am
                 as
                 yet
                 in
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 however
                 I
                 shall
                 take
                 this
                 occasion
                 to
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 very
                 honest
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 whom
                 his
                 Pen
                 has
                 made
                 known
                 to
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Learned
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 Virtuosi
                 in
                 Europe
                 ,
                 complaining
                 often
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 much
                 troubled
                 with
                 ,
                 that
                 sad
                 disease
                 ,
                 the
                 Stone
                 in
                 the
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 was
                 more
                 incessantly
                 tormented
                 with
                 an
                 Ulcer
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 part
                 (
                 all
                 the
                 searching
                 Medicines
                 that
                 he
                 took
                 to
                 dissolve
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 hop'd
                 ,
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 exasperating
                 the
                 Ulcer
                 :
                 )
                 I
                 one
                 day
                 advis'd
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 trial
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 of
                 Sympathy
                 ,
                 upon
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Ulcerous
                 Matter
                 he
                 voided
                 with
                 his
                 Urine
                 ;
                 the
                 Remedy
                 being
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 a
                 Magnetick
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 might
                 do
                 him
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 none
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 prejudice
                 him
                 ;
                 a
                 while
                 after
                 ,
                 I
                 receiv'd
                 both
                 from
                 him
                 in
                 a
                 Letter
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 his
                 
                 Physician
                 very
                 great
                 thanks
                 for
                 the
                 advice
                 ;
                 the
                 Patient
                 having
                 since
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 ,
                 been
                 eas'd
                 of
                 the
                 distinct
                 pain
                 he
                 was
                 put
                 to
                 by
                 the
                 Ulcer
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 relief
                 lasted
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 misremember
                 not
                 ,
                 above
                 a
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 much
                 longer
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 insist
                 either
                 upon
                 this
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 the
                 Testimonies
                 and
                 Relations
                 of
                 
                   Paracelsus
                   ,
                   Helmont
                   ,
                   Goclenius
                   ,
                   Burgravius
                   ,
                
                 nor
                 even
                 the
                 modern
                 Roman
                 Doctor
                 Servius
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Authors
                 that
                 do
                 professedly
                 take
                 upon
                 them
                 the
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 Weapon-Salve
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 elsewhere
                 to
                 Write
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Examination
                 of
                 that
                 Salve
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sympathetick
                 Powder
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 deny
                 not
                 in
                 some
                 Trials
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 them
                 unavailable
                 ;
                 Yet
                 besides
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 newly
                 related
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 sometimes
                 something
                 follow
                 upon
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Symathetick
                 Powder
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 incline
                 me
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 sometimes
                 it
                 might
                 work
                 Cures
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 alleadg
                 something
                 of
                 more
                 unsuspected
                 credit
                 ,
                 and
                 first
                 
                   Dominicus
                   Panarola
                
                 now
                 Professor
                 of
                 Physick
                 at
                 Rome
                 in
                 his
                 newly
                 divulged
                 
                   Fasciculus
                   Arcanorum
                
                 presents
                 us
                 two
                 instances
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 these
                 wor●s
                 .
                 Mira
                 (
                 say's
                 he
                 )
                 
                   quotidie
                   reperiuntur
                   in
                   Medicina
                   ad
                   confirmationem
                   operis
                   quod
                   Doctissimus
                   Physicus
                   ,
                   Petrus
                   Servius
                
                 (
                 the
                 same
                 we
                 lat●ly
                 mentioned
                 )
                 
                   complevit
                   de
                   unguento
                   armario
                   ,
                   sciendum
                   ●st
                   ,
                   quòd
                   petia
                   sanguine
                   imbuta
                   sub
                   cineribus
                   calidis
                   posita
                   menses
                   sistit
                   experimento
                   pluries
                   comprobata
                   :
                   quin
                   etiam
                   Magister
                   meus
                   Petrus
                   Castellus
                
                 whose
                 name
                 his
                 late
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 the
                 Civet
                 Cat
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Writings
                 have
                 made
                 Famous
                 )
                 
                   ajebat
                   se
                   expertum
                   fuisse
                   Hemorrihoides
                   ,
                   si
                   tangantur
                   tuberosa
                   radice
                   Chondrilla
                   ,
                   siccari
                   ,
                   si
                   Chondrilla
                   siccetur
                   ;
                   corrumpi
                   vero
                   si
                   corrumpatur
                
                 :
                 
                 
                   quapropter
                   sub
                   Camino
                   exsiccanda
                   ponitur
                   ,
                   post
                   hujusmodi
                   tactum
                   Chondrilla
                   tuberosa
                   .
                
                 The
                 Learned
                 Salmuth
                 in
                 his
                 Observations
                 furnishes
                 us
                 with
                 an
                 Example
                 of
                 a
                 most
                 violent
                 pain
                 of
                 the
                 Arme
                 ,
                 removed
                 by
                 
                 Transplantation
                 :
                 They
                 did
                 beat
                 up
                 Red
                 Corals
                 with
                 Oaken
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 kept
                 them
                 on
                 the
                 part
                 affected
                 ,
                 till
                 suppuration
                 ;
                 they
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 put
                 this
                 mixture
                 into
                 an
                 Hole
                 bored
                 with
                 an
                 Auger
                 in
                 the
                 Root
                 of
                 an
                 Oak
                 ,
                 respecting
                 the
                 East
                 ,
                 and
                 stopt
                 up
                 this
                 Hole
                 with
                 a
                 Peg
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Tree
                 ,
                 from
                 thenceforth
                 the
                 pain
                 did
                 altogether
                 cease
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 took
                 out
                 the
                 Amulet
                 ,
                 immediately
                 the
                 torments
                 returned
                 sharper
                 then
                 before
                 .
                 A
                 great
                 and
                 excellent
                 Lady
                 (
                 a
                 near
                 Kinsvvoman
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 of
                 yours
                 and
                 mine
                 )
                 and
                 very
                 far
                 from
                 credulous
                 ,
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 did
                 her
                 servants
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 the
                 above
                 mentioned
                 Remedie
                 of
                 Ashes
                 and
                 Urine
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 only
                 once
                 cured
                 of
                 the
                 Yellow
                 Jaundice
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Friend
                 of
                 hers
                 that
                 had
                 observed
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 fruitlesly
                 vexed
                 by
                 a
                 Tedious
                 course
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 prescribed
                 by
                 the
                 famousest
                 Doctor
                 then
                 in
                 England
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 afterwards
                 relapsing
                 into
                 that
                 same
                 Disease
                 she
                 had
                 cured
                 her self
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 .
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 some
                 years
                 since
                 brought
                 almost
                 to
                 the
                 brink
                 of
                 the
                 Grave
                 by
                 a
                 suddain
                 effusion
                 of
                 Blood
                 within
                 my
                 Body
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 without
                 a
                 signal
                 mercy
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 recovered
                 ,
                 among
                 other
                 men
                 skilled
                 in
                 Physick
                 that
                 came
                 to
                 assist
                 me
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 danger
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 visited
                 by
                 a
                 Galenist
                 of
                 much
                 repute
                 ,
                 whose
                 pale
                 looks
                 inviting
                 me
                 to
                 enquire
                 what
                 it
                 was
                 that
                 ailed
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 answered
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 been
                 desperately
                 sick
                 of
                 an
                 obstinate
                 Marasmus
                 ,
                 which
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 the
                 Remedies
                 he
                 could
                 use
                 ,
                 did
                 daily
                 so
                 consume
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 appeared
                 but
                 a
                 Skeleton
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 having
                 found
                 the
                 uneffectualness
                 of
                 ordinary
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 hopeless
                 of
                 being
                 relieved
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 try
                 a
                 Sympathetick
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 remember
                 my self
                 to
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 Hartman
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 then
                 an
                 Egge
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 boiled
                 it
                 hard
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 warme
                 Urine
                 ,
                 he
                 with
                 a
                 Bodkin
                 perforated
                 
                 the
                 shell
                 in
                 many
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 buried
                 it
                 in
                 an
                 Anthil
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 left
                 to
                 be
                 devour'd
                 by
                 the
                 Emmets
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 they
                 wasted
                 the
                 Egge
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 his
                 distemper
                 to
                 lessen
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 strength
                 to
                 encrease
                 ,
                 insomuch
                 that
                 he
                 now
                 conceived
                 his
                 Disease
                 to
                 have
                 quite
                 left
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Experienc'd
                 Riverius
                 in
                 his
                 last
                 Observations
                 (
                 newly
                 publish'd
                 since
                 his
                 Death
                 )
                 has
                 two
                 notable
                 Examples
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 .
                 For
                 (a)
                 first
                 ,
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 eldest
                 Daughter
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Officer
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 tormented
                 with
                 a
                 Paronychia
                 for
                 four
                 daies
                 together
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 pain
                 made
                 her
                 passe
                 the
                 night
                 sleepless
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 having
                 by
                 Riverius
                 his
                 order
                 ,
                 put
                 her
                 Finger
                 into
                 a
                 Cats
                 Eare
                 ,
                 within
                 two
                 houres
                 she
                 was
                 deliver'd
                 from
                 her
                 Pain
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 whole
                 hand
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 was
                 Tumid
                 ,
                 unswell'd
                 again
                 ;
                 except
                 the
                 Finger
                 ,
                 which
                 it self
                 was
                 out
                 of
                 Pain
                 .
                 (b)
                 The
                 other
                 case
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 Counsellors
                 Wife
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 was
                 cured
                 of
                 a
                 Panaritium
                 (
                 which
                 had
                 for
                 four
                 daies
                 vex'd
                 her
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 much
                 shorter
                 time
                 then
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 namely
                 within
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 an
                 Houre
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 chiefly
                 makes
                 these
                 stories
                 pertinent
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 occasion
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 notable
                 Circumstance
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 both
                 these
                 cases
                 ,
                 the
                 Cat
                 was
                 so
                 manifestly
                 put
                 to
                 pain
                 ,
                 that
                 Riverius
                 thought
                 it
                 had
                 attracted
                 to
                 it selfe
                 the
                 morbifick
                 matter
                 from
                 which
                 it
                 freed
                 the
                 Patient
                 ;
                 For
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 cases
                 ,
                 the
                 Cat
                 loudly
                 complain'd
                 of
                 the
                 pain
                 he
                 felt
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 short
                 time
                 the
                 cure
                 was
                 in
                 performing
                 ,
                 put
                 to
                 so
                 much
                 pain
                 in
                 his
                 Eare
                 ,
                 that
                 two
                 men
                 were
                 hardly
                 able
                 to
                 hold
                 him
                 fast
                 ,
                 he
                 struggl'd
                 so
                 forcibly
                 .
                 And
                 these
                 two
                 relati●ns
                 of
                 Riverius
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 though
                 there
                 be
                 some
                 disparity
                 in
                 the
                 cases
                 ,
                 give
                 some
                 countenance
                 to
                 what
                 might
                 otherwise
                 be
                 distrusted
                 in
                 the
                 Observations
                 of
                 the
                 Industrious
                 (c)
                 
                   Petrus
                   Borellus
                
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 saies
                 ,
                 
                   Podagra
                   mirè
                   levatur
                   ,
                   si
                   catelli
                   cumpodagrico
                   recumbant
                   ,
                   morbum
                   enim
                   contrahunt
                   
                   adeo
                   ut
                   vix
                   incedere
                   queant
                   ;
                   Aeger
                   verò
                   levamen
                   suscipit
                   .
                
                 Which
                 perhaps
                 he
                 may
                 have
                 been
                 induced
                 to
                 write
                 by
                 the
                 story
                 that
                 goes
                 of
                 ,
                 that
                 odde
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 
                   Robert
                   Fludd's
                
                 having
                 transplanted
                 the
                 Gout
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Patients
                 ,
                 by
                 making
                 him
                 often
                 sleep
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Dog
                 that
                 was
                 fond
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 thereby
                 became
                 afterwards
                 subject
                 to
                 such
                 periodical
                 fits
                 of
                 the
                 Gout
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Master
                 had
                 been
                 troubled
                 with
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 And
                 since
                 I
                 begun
                 this
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 and
                 met
                 with
                 these
                 Observations
                 ,
                 discoursing
                 of
                 this
                 matter
                 with
                 a
                 judicious
                 person
                 ,
                 well
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 whom
                 his
                 learned
                 Writings
                 have
                 made
                 Eminent
                 ,
                 He
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 very
                 many
                 Months
                 since
                 ,
                 seen
                 a
                 Cure
                 by
                 Transplantation
                 ,
                 perform'd
                 on
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 Chymical
                 Vessels
                 for
                 me
                 :
                 and
                 because
                 the
                 Observation
                 is
                 considerable
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 no
                 mistake
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 set
                 it
                 me
                 down
                 in
                 writing
                 (
                 attested
                 with
                 his
                 annexed
                 name
                 )
                 which
                 enables
                 me
                 to
                 present
                 it
                 you
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 words
                 ,
                 namely
                 :
                 
                   N.
                   N.
                
                 of
                 
                   N.
                   Potter
                
                 ,
                 had
                 a
                 Sonne
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 long
                 sick
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Evil
                 ,
                 which
                 swell'd
                 much
                 ,
                 and
                 broek
                 into
                 sores
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 by
                 no
                 ordinary
                 means
                 heale
                 .
                 The
                 old
                 Man
                 had
                 then
                 a
                 Dog
                 ,
                 which
                 took
                 an
                 use
                 of
                 licking
                 the
                 soares
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Dog
                 continued
                 so
                 long
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 w●sted
                 the
                 ve●y
                 kernels
                 of
                 the
                 Ulcers
                 th●t
                 were
                 knit
                 in
                 with
                 the
                 Veins
                 ,
                 and
                 perfectly
                 cur'd
                 the
                 sore
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 the
                 swelling
                 transplanted
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 hereupon
                 a
                 great
                 swelling
                 ,
                 that
                 a●ose
                 and
                 continued
                 on
                 his
                 Throat
                 .
                 The
                 Lad
                 was
                 hereby
                 freed
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 continu'd
                 to
                 be
                 till
                 1660
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 ought
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 is
                 so
                 this
                 day
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 saw
                 being
                 there
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 to
                 view
                 the
                 Clayes
                 ,
                 and
                 bespeak
                 Retorts
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 man.
                 *
                 ]
              
               
               
                 And
                 to
                 confirm
                 the
                 credibility
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 increase
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 our
                 magnetical
                 waies
                 of
                 cure
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 St
                 
                   Francis
                   Bacon
                
                 himself
                 Records
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 solemnity
                 ,
                 
                 his
                 own
                 having
                 been
                 freed
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 from
                 very
                 many
                 new
                 warts
                 ,
                 but
                 from
                 one
                 almost
                 as
                 old
                 as
                 he
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Lard
                 ,
                 vvith
                 the
                 skin
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 having
                 rub'd
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 was
                 exposed
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Southern
                 Window
                 to
                 putrifie
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 vanity
                 and
                 superstition
                 of
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Authors
                 that
                 speak
                 of
                 Magnetick
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 impertinent
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 usually
                 prescribed
                 ,
                 as
                 necessary
                 to
                 their
                 effectualness
                 ,
                 do
                 generally
                 ,
                 and
                 justly
                 enough
                 ,
                 make
                 sober
                 men
                 despise
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 suspect
                 such
                 unlikely
                 waies
                 of
                 cure
                 ;
                 yet
                 in
                 consideration
                 of
                 the
                 instances
                 lately
                 produced
                 (
                 to
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 perhaps
                 elsewhere
                 adde
                 some
                 others
                 )
                 and
                 because
                 divers
                 men
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 Physitians
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 have
                 seriously
                 assured
                 me
                 of
                 their
                 having
                 been
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 eye-witnesses
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 p●rformers
                 of
                 such
                 cures
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 fit
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 a
                 severe
                 indeed
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 further
                 trial
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 Physical
                 Experiments
                 of
                 this
                 kind
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 commend
                 the
                 curiosity
                 of
                 Dr
                 Harvey
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 rigid
                 a
                 Naturalist
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 ,
                 scrupled
                 not
                 often
                 to
                 try
                 the
                 Experiment
                 mentioned
                 by
                 H●lmont
                 ,
                 of
                 curing
                 some
                 Tumors
                 or
                 Excrescencies
                 ,
                 by
                 holding
                 on
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 (
                 that
                 the
                 cold
                 may
                 throughly
                 penetrate
                 )
                 the
                 Hand
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 dead
                 of
                 a
                 lingring
                 disease
                 ;
                 which
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 the
                 Doctor
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 ,
                 pleased
                 to
                 tell
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 sometimes
                 try'd
                 fruitlesly
                 ,
                 but
                 often
                 with
                 good
                 successe
                 .
                 N●r
                 doth
                 the
                 grand
                 Objection
                 against
                 such
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 person
                 ,
                 having
                 once
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 found
                 them
                 not
                 succeed
                 ,
                 seem
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 alone
                 ,
                 of
                 weight
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 such
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 other
                 improbable
                 ones
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 totally
                 rejected
                 :
                 Because
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 
                 really
                 do
                 sometimes
                 succeed
                 ,
                 though
                 sometimes
                 they
                 chance
                 to
                 fail
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 possibility
                 of
                 their
                 succeeding
                 may
                 sufficiently
                 evince
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 really
                 in
                 Nature
                 Medicines
                 that
                 worke
                 after
                 that
                 extraordinary
                 manner
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 see
                 no
                 reason
                 ,
                 why
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 more
                 required
                 of
                 those
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 that
                 work
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 from
                 the
                 Patient
                 (
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 are
                 not
                 t●ken
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 or
                 injected
                 otherwhere
                 )
                 only
                 by
                 subtle
                 Effluvia
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 alwaies
                 cure
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 exacted
                 of
                 vulgar
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 we
                 might
                 reasonably
                 expect
                 more
                 const●nt
                 effects
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 their
                 being
                 either
                 inwardly
                 given
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 immediately
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 more
                 durably
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 Patient
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 Rubarb
                 be
                 ,
                 justly
                 affirmed
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 excellent
                 medicine
                 in
                 Loosenesses
                 ,
                 though
                 we
                 daily
                 in
                 Ireland
                 see
                 many
                 swept
                 away
                 those
                 diseases
                 ,
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Rubarb
                 and
                 Mirabolans
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 ast●ingent
                 Remedies
                 to
                 boot
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 quiksilver
                 be
                 ,
                 not
                 un●easonably
                 ,
                 by
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Physitians
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 and
                 employed
                 as
                 an
                 effectual
                 Remedy
                 against
                 Venereal
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 sometimes
                 removes
                 them
                 ;
                 though
                 
                   Fernelius
                   ,
                   Montanus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 Learned
                 Authors
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 say
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 experience
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 though
                 it
                 often
                 palliate
                 those
                 distempers
                 )
                 it
                 very
                 sesdome
                 cures
                 them
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 Diaphoreticks
                 are
                 still
                 esteemed
                 such
                 by
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 though
                 few
                 Sudor●ficks
                 will
                 cause
                 sweat
                 in
                 all
                 bodie
                 ,
                 and
                 scarce
                 any
                 in
                 some
                 bodies
                 ,
                 I
                 see
                 not
                 ,
                 why
                 these
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 wo●k
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 by
                 Emanation
                 ,
                 may
                 not
                 deserve
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 sometimes
                 unquestionably
                 succeed
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 alwaies
                 prove
                 successful
                 ones
                 ;
                 Nor
                 why
                 they
                 should
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 their
                 sometimes
                 not
                 succeeding
                 be
                 laid
                 asi●e
                 ,
                 especially
                 since
                 these
                 sympathetical
                 wayes
                 of
                 cure
                 are
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 so
                 safe
                 and
                 innocent
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 though
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 real
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 do
                 much
                 good
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 prove
                 fictions
                 they
                 can
                 do
                 no
                 harme
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 unlesse
                 by
                 accident
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 Patient
                 should
                 so
                 singly
                 rely
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 neglect
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 need
                 not
                 )
                 all
                 other
                 helps
                 to
                 recover
                 .
                 )
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XII
                 .
              
               
                 BUt
                 you
                 will
                 now
                 perhaps
                 demand
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 how
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 ,
                 as
                 such
                 ,
                 can
                 contribute
                 to
                 the
                 Credit
                 or
                 Advancement
                 of
                 the
                 mentioned
                 ways
                 of
                 curing
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 wonted
                 weakning
                 and
                 painful
                 Evacuations
                 ?
                 In
                 answer
                 to
                 this
                 Question
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 minde
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 no
                 new
                 thing
                 for
                 Naturalists
                 ,
                 not
                 professedly
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 this
                 subject
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 afford
                 good
                 Hints
                 to
                 the
                 Practitioner
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 both
                 upon
                 divers
                 other
                 accounts
                 already
                 touch'd
                 upon
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 trying
                 on
                 Bruits
                 variety
                 of
                 hitherto
                 untryed
                 Medicaments
                 or
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 suggesting
                 to
                 him
                 both
                 the
                 Events
                 of
                 such
                 Tryals
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 what
                 hath
                 been
                 already
                 observed
                 about
                 the
                 cures
                 of
                 the
                 Diseases
                 incident
                 to
                 Beasts
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 formerly
                 told
                 you
                 )
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 equally
                 Poysonous
                 ,
                 as
                 others
                 not
                 equally
                 Safe
                 ,
                 to
                 Man
                 and
                 to
                 some
                 Bruits
                 ;
                 yet
                 there
                 are
                 other
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 especially
                 Dogs
                 and
                 Monkeys
                 ,
                 whose
                 Bodies
                 are
                 ,
                 by
                 many
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 affected
                 almost
                 like
                 those
                 of
                 Men
                 :
                 And
                 since
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Rule
                 ,
                 
                   Periculum
                   faciendum
                   est
                   in
                   vili
                   animâ
                   ,
                
                 many
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 tryed
                 on
                 such
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 dare
                 not
                 at
                 first
                 venture
                 to
                 try
                 on
                 Men.
                 We
                 may
                 give
                 Dogs
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 onely
                 to
                 try
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 our
                 Antidotes
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 may
                 give
                 them
                 Wounds
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 tryal
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 Weapon-salve
                 and
                 Sympathetick
                 Pow●er
                 :
                 Since
                 divers
                 of
                 my
                 Friends
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 intimated
                 above
                 )
                 assure
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 have
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 seen
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 performed
                 cures
                 of
                 Horses
                 ,
                 lam'd
                 by
                 pricking
                 ,
                 by
                 sticking
                 the
                 Nails
                 that
                 hurt
                 
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 Weapon-salve
                 ;
                 which
                 for
                 that
                 very
                 use
                 ,
                 among
                 others
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 carry
                 about
                 them
                 in
                 Silver
                 Boxes
                 .
                 When
                 Oxen
                 ,
                 and
                 such-like
                 Cattle
                 ,
                 are
                 troubled
                 with
                 that
                 Disease
                 which
                 makes
                 them
                 continually
                 turn
                 about
                 in
                 one
                 place
                 (
                 and
                 is
                 therefore
                 called
                 
                   The
                   turning
                   Evil
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Sturdy
                 )
                 a
                 common
                 Remedy
                 here
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 ●s
                 Grasiers
                 that
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 inform
                 me
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 cast
                 down
                 and
                 tye
                 fast
                 the
                 sick
                 Beast
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 open
                 his
                 Skull
                 a
                 good
                 way
                 (
                 or
                 ,
                 if
                 need
                 be
                 ,
                 take
                 off
                 a
                 round
                 piece
                 of
                 it
                 over
                 the
                 place
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 affected
                 )
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 open
                 place
                 to
                 take
                 out
                 a
                 little
                 Bag
                 or
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 usually
                 found
                 to
                 lye
                 near
                 the
                 Membranes
                 of
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 full
                 of
                 Water
                 and
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 leisurely
                 to
                 heal
                 up
                 the
                 hurt
                 :
                 And
                 this
                 cure
                 is
                 much
                 commended
                 ,
                 as
                 both
                 common
                 and
                 easie
                 ,
                 by
                 our
                 experienced
                 Markham
                 .
                 In
                 Goates
                 likewise
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 much
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 the
                 Husband-man
                 ventures
                 to
                 slit
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 out
                 the
                 Water
                 under
                 the
                 Shoulder
                 .
                 
                 And
                 divers
                 hazardous
                 Operations
                 in
                 Chirurgery
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 Arteriotomy
                 ,
                 the
                 Exsection
                 of
                 the
                 Spleen
                 and
                 other
                 parts
                 ,
                 were
                 ,
                 or
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 first
                 attempted
                 upon
                 Bruits
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 practised
                 on
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 imitation
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 likely
                 that
                 divers
                 other
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 of
                 good
                 use
                 in
                 Chirurgery
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 discovered
                 for
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 without
                 Endangering
                 him
                 in
                 prosecuting
                 such
                 Discoveries
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 say
                 nothing
                 of
                 the
                 known
                 practice
                 of
                 splaying
                 Swine
                 and
                 Bitches
                 ;
                 In
                 the
                 Neighborhood
                 of
                 a
                 Country
                 House
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 probably
                 in
                 divers
                 other
                 parts
                 ,
                 some
                 experienc'd
                 Shepheards
                 have
                 an
                 odde
                 way
                 of
                 castrating
                 male
                 Sheep
                 ,
                 especially
                 Lambs
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 grown
                 so
                 old
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 thought
                 dangerous
                 to
                 geld
                 them
                 the
                 common
                 way
                 .
                 A
                 Servant
                 of
                 mine
                 that
                 deals
                 much
                 in
                 Cattle
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 lately
                 divers
                 Sheep
                 swigg'd
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 ,
                 tells
                 me
                 that
                 is
                 thus
                 done
                 :
                 The
                 Beast
                 ,
                 on
                 whom
                 the
                 Operation
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 performed
                 ,
                 
                 being
                 held
                 by
                 a
                 strong
                 Man
                 with
                 his
                 Belly
                 upwards
                 ,
                 another
                 strong
                 Man
                 draws
                 a
                 string
                 ,
                 as
                 firmly
                 as
                 he
                 can
                 (
                 tying
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 knot
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 its
                 yielding
                 or
                 slipping
                 off
                 )
                 about
                 the
                 Testicles
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 meant
                 by
                 drawing
                 that
                 string
                 ,
                 to
                 cut
                 them
                 off
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 anointing
                 the
                 part
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 fresh
                 Butter
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 such
                 like
                 thing
                 ,
                 he
                 lets
                 the
                 Ram
                 goe
                 to
                 feed
                 ;
                 which
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 (
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 anguish
                 of
                 this
                 Ligature
                 )
                 he
                 will
                 begin
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 :
                 And
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 the
                 Testicles
                 being
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 strict
                 Ligature
                 ,
                 denyed
                 the
                 Nutriment
                 and
                 Spirits
                 that
                 were
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 conveyed
                 to
                 them
                 will
                 grow
                 so
                 rotten
                 as
                 either
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 string
                 ,
                 to
                 fall
                 off
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 very
                 easily
                 pull'd
                 off
                 ,
                 sometime
                 stinking
                 very
                 rankly
                 like
                 Carrion
                 .
                 And
                 even
                 among
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 already
                 practised
                 by
                 Farriers
                 ,
                 Shepherds
                 and
                 Graziers
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 newly
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 serve
                 either
                 to
                 enrich
                 or
                 illustrate
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 curing
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 :
                 Their
                 ignorance
                 and
                 credulousness
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 liberty
                 and
                 meaness
                 of
                 those
                 Creatures
                 they
                 physick
                 ,
                 gives
                 them
                 leave
                 to
                 venture
                 on
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 them
                 try
                 upon
                 Horses
                 and
                 Cattle
                 ,
                 many
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 Physitians
                 dare
                 not
                 try
                 upon
                 Men
                 and
                 Women
                 .
                 And
                 among
                 those
                 many
                 extravagant
                 things
                 ,
                 some
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 oftens
                 happens
                 ,
                 have
                 succeeded
                 so
                 prosperously
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 considered
                 by
                 the
                 skilfullest
                 Physitians
                 ;
                 Some
                 of
                 whom
                 might
                 ,
                 without
                 disparagement
                 to
                 their
                 Profession
                 ,
                 do
                 it
                 an
                 useful
                 piece
                 of
                 service
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 collect
                 and
                 digest
                 all
                 the
                 approved
                 Experiments
                 and
                 Practices
                 of
                 the
                 Farriers
                 ,
                 Graziers
                 ,
                 Butchers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Ancients
                 did
                 not
                 despise
                 ,
                 but
                 honored
                 with
                 the
                 Titles
                 of
                 Hippiatrica
                 and
                 Veterinaria
                 :
                 And
                 among
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 leisure
                 ,
                 divers
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 serve
                 to
                 illustrate
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 but
                 
                 one
                 Instance
                 which
                 lately
                 occurred
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 The
                 Usefulness
                 of
                 letting
                 Blood
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 ,
                 Which
                 is
                 so
                 severely
                 condemned
                 by
                 many
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 a
                 small
                 ,
                 if
                 seasonable
                 ,
                 Evacuation
                 ,
                 which
                 can
                 scarce
                 be
                 conceiv'd
                 to
                 do
                 more
                 then
                 alter
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 Staggers
                 in
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 a
                 Coach-horse
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 drop
                 down
                 dead
                 of
                 his
                 Disease
                 upon
                 the
                 High-way
                 ,
                 by
                 having
                 his
                 Gums
                 rubb'd
                 with
                 the
                 Coach-whip
                 till
                 the
                 Blood
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 relieved
                 almost
                 in
                 a
                 moment
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 not
                 well
                 able
                 to
                 stand
                 before
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 was
                 immediatly
                 able
                 to
                 go
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 draw
                 the
                 Coach
                 with
                 his
                 fellows
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XIII
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 next
                 thing
                 we
                 are
                 to
                 observe
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 which
                 its
                 nature
                 and
                 importance
                 will
                 engage
                 us
                 somewhat
                 long
                 to
                 insist
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Handling
                 of
                 Physical
                 matters
                 was
                 Antiently
                 thought
                 to
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 clearly
                 informed
                 by
                 the
                 judicious
                 Celsus
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 memorable
                 Passage
                 ,
                 where
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 Origin
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 Primo
                 (
                 saies
                 he
                 )
                 
                   medendi
                   scientia
                   Sapientiae
                   pars
                   habebatur
                
                 ;
                 
                 
                   ut
                   &
                   morborum
                   curatio
                   &
                   rerum
                   naturae
                   contemplatio
                   sub
                   iisdem
                   Authoribus
                   nata
                   sit
                   :
                   Scilicet
                   his
                   hanc
                   maxime
                   requirentibus
                   ,
                   qui
                   corporum
                   suorum
                   robora
                   ,
                   inquieta
                   cogitatione
                   nocturnaque
                   vigiliâ
                   ,
                   minuerant
                   .
                
                 He
                 adds
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Professors
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 were
                 skilful
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 especially
                 
                   Pythagoras
                   ,
                   Empedocles
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Democritus
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Hippocrates
                 (
                 whom
                 some
                 think
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 disciple
                 of
                 this
                 last
                 nam'd
                 )
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 who
                 severd
                 Physick
                 from
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 it
                 a
                 distinct
                 Discipline
                 ,
                 And
                 this
                 Apologie
                 for
                 the
                 ensuing
                 discourse
                 being
                 thus
                 premised
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 further
                 Answer
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 perhaps
                 be
                 obliged
                 to
                 exceed
                 the
                 limits
                 of
                 an
                 ESSAY
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 in
                 this
                 Discourse
                 insist
                 on
                 every
                 thing
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 account
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 barely
                 a
                 Medicus
                 to
                 cure
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 which
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 the
                 more
                 readily
                 believe
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 Select
                 and
                 prosecute
                 some
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 in
                 the
                 remaining
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 ESSAY
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 first
                 I
                 shall
                 represent
                 to
                 you
                 on
                 this
                 subject
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 account
                 upon
                 which
                 Physitians
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 reject
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 deride
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 such
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 as
                 seem
                 to
                 work
                 after
                 a
                 secret
                 and
                 unknown
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 by
                 visibly
                 Evacuating
                 peccant
                 humours
                 (
                 or
                 by
                 other
                 supposedly
                 manifest
                 qualities
                 )
                 being
                 generally
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 see
                 not
                 how
                 the
                 promis'd
                 Effects
                 can
                 well
                 be
                 produced
                 by
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 that
                 must
                 work
                 after
                 so
                 peculiar
                 and
                 undiscerned
                 a
                 manner
                 ;
                 This
                 being
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 great
                 thing
                 that
                 hinders
                 Physitians
                 from
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 find
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 ,
                 being
                 willing
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 Remedies
                 of
                 this
                 sort
                 ,
                 the
                 Naturalists
                 may
                 do
                 much
                 towards
                 the
                 removal
                 of
                 this
                 Impediment
                 ,
                 by
                 shewing
                 out
                 of
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 or
                 performed
                 within
                 the
                 Macrocosme
                 ,
                 That
                 such
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 as
                 strange
                 operations
                 as
                 are
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 these
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 without
                 Example
                 in
                 Nature
                 ;
                 and
                 consequently
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 rejected
                 ,
                 barely
                 as
                 being
                 impossible
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 the
                 Physiologie
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 Physitians
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 imbu'd
                 in
                 the
                 Schools
                 ,
                 has
                 done
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 no
                 small
                 Disservice
                 by
                 ,
                 accustoming
                 them
                 to
                 grosse
                 apprenhensions
                 of
                 Natures
                 wayes
                 of
                 working
                 .
                 Whence
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 passe
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 a
                 few
                 ev'n
                 Learned
                 Doctors
                 will
                 never
                 expect
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 great
                 matter
                 should
                 be
                 performed
                 in
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 Remedies
                 as
                 are
                 neither
                 obvious
                 to
                 the
                 sence
                 ,
                 nor
                 Evacuate
                 any
                 grosse
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 sensible
                 matter
                 .
                 Whereas
                 ,
                 very
                 great
                 alterations
                 may
                 be
                 
                 wrought
                 in
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 Liquid
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 the
                 Blood
                 and
                 peccant
                 Humour
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 Ingresse
                 or
                 Egresse
                 of
                 any
                 visible
                 matter
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 intestine
                 commotion
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 body
                 acting
                 upon
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 acquiring
                 a
                 differing
                 Motion
                 ,
                 Location
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 speak
                 )
                 or
                 Figure
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 Qualities
                 and
                 Effects
                 resulting
                 thence
                 ,
                 may
                 alter
                 the
                 motion
                 and
                 Texture
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 produce
                 great
                 changes
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 that
                 Harbours
                 it
                 .
                 How
                 much
                 an
                 unperceiv'd
                 recesse
                 of
                 a
                 few
                 subtile
                 Parts
                 of
                 a
                 Liquor
                 may
                 alter
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 guess'd
                 at
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 obvious
                 change
                 of
                 Wine
                 into
                 Vineger
                 ;
                 wherein
                 upon
                 the
                 Avolation
                 (
                 or
                 perhaps
                 but
                 the
                 misplacing
                 )
                 of
                 so
                 little
                 of
                 the
                 Spirituous
                 and
                 Sulphureous
                 part
                 ,
                 that
                 it's
                 Presence
                 ,
                 Absence
                 ,
                 or
                 new
                 Combination
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 Parts
                 is
                 not
                 discernable
                 to
                 the
                 Eye
                 ,
                 the
                 scarce
                 decreased
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 becomes
                 of
                 a
                 quite
                 differing
                 Nature
                 from
                 what
                 it
                 was
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 in
                 England
                 this
                 Degeneration
                 be
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 suddenly
                 perform'd
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 coldness
                 of
                 the
                 Climate
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 hotter
                 Count●ies
                 the
                 change
                 is
                 much
                 more
                 speedily
                 made
                 .
                 As
                 in
                 Brasil
                 ,
                 the
                 above
                 mentioned
                 Piso
                 informes
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 expressed
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 Suger
                 Canes
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 Coction
                 ,
                 ●nd
                 farther
                 ordering
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 certainly
                 brought
                 to
                 Suger
                 ,
                 will
                 of
                 it self
                 keep
                 sweet
                 but
                 about
                 four
                 and
                 twenty
                 Houres
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 begin
                 to
                 sowre
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 be
                 altogether
                 unfit
                 to
                 make
                 Suger
                 of
                 ,
                 though
                 very
                 fit
                 to
                 turne
                 into
                 good
                 Vinegar
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 I
                 find
                 confirm'd
                 by
                 a
                 Modern
                 and
                 applauded
                 French
                 Writer
                 in
                 his
                 Description
                 ,
                 of
                 some
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 West
                 Indies
                 ,
                 inhabited
                 by
                 his
                 Nation
                 :
                 And
                 relations
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 sort
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 hasty
                 sowring
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 Liquors
                 in
                 America
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 from
                 our
                 English
                 Travellers
                 and
                 Planters
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 East
                 -
                 
                   Indies
                   ,
                   Linschoten
                
                 tells
                 us
                 of
                 a
                 change
                 much
                 more
                 suddain
                 :
                 For
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 
                 Sura
                 or
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 afforded
                 by
                 the
                 wounded
                 Coc●-tree
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 Water
                 (
                 sayes
                 he
                 )
                 standing
                 but
                 one
                 Houre
                 in
                 the
                 Sunne
                 is
                 very
                 good
                 Vineger
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 in
                 India
                 they
                 have
                 none
                 other
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 even
                 very
                 hurtful
                 Liquors
                 (
                 and
                 why
                 not
                 then
                 some
                 peccant
                 matter
                 in
                 the
                 body
                 ?
                 )
                 may
                 after
                 the
                 like
                 manner
                 change
                 their
                 Nature
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 unanimously
                 affirm'd
                 by
                 credible
                 Writers
                 of
                 several
                 Nations
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Mandioca
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 Poyson
                 ,
                 
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 first
                 express'd
                 do's
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 houres
                 by
                 Fermentation
                 ,
                 purge
                 its
                 selfe
                 and
                 loose
                 its
                 pernicious
                 Nature
                 .
                 That
                 also
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 Ingresse
                 of
                 some
                 Subtile
                 and
                 not
                 visible
                 Matter
                 ,
                 such
                 intestine
                 Commotions
                 may
                 be
                 excited
                 in
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 sowring
                 which
                 has
                 been
                 often
                 observed
                 upon
                 great
                 Thunders
                 to
                 happen
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 to
                 wines
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 other
                 Vinous
                 Liquors
                 also
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 lately
                 received
                 from
                 a
                 great
                 Master
                 of
                 variety
                 of
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 a
                 complaint
                 that
                 by
                 some
                 Thunder
                 ,
                 which
                 happen'd
                 here
                 a
                 few
                 weeks
                 since
                 ,
                 almost
                 all
                 the
                 Beer
                 and
                 Ale
                 in
                 the
                 neighbourhood
                 was
                 spoil'd
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 I
                 return'd
                 out
                 of
                 Italy
                 thorow
                 Geneva
                 ,
                 there
                 happen'd
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 an
                 Earthquake
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 ,
                 the
                 Citizens
                 complaind
                 ,
                 that
                 much
                 of
                 their
                 wine
                 was
                 sowr'd
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 that
                 lodg'd
                 in
                 the
                 highest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 saw
                 nothing
                 to
                 make
                 me
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 bare
                 Succussion
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 was
                 capable
                 to
                 produce
                 so
                 great
                 and
                 suddain
                 an
                 alteration
                 in
                 the
                 Wine
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 such
                 invisible
                 Corpuscles
                 may
                 passe
                 from
                 Amulets
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 external
                 Remedies
                 into
                 the
                 Blood
                 and
                 Humours
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 produce
                 great
                 changes
                 ,
                 will
                 scarce
                 seem
                 improbable
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 considers
                 how
                 perspirable
                 according
                 to
                 Hippocrates
                 a
                 living
                 body
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Vegetable
                 and
                 Animal
                 Body's
                 ,
                 whose
                 Texture
                 is
                 more
                 loose
                 and
                 open
                 ,
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 send
                 forth
                 Expirations
                 ,
                 since
                 even
                 divers
                 Minerals
                 are
                 
                 found
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 ;
                 as
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 odorable
                 steames
                 of
                 rub'd
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 and
                 Amber
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 which
                 performe
                 the
                 Magnetick
                 Operations
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Emetick
                 Quality
                 imparted
                 to
                 Liquors
                 by
                 the
                 Glasse
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 barely
                 infus'd
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 without
                 sensibly
                 loosing
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 their
                 bulk
                 or
                 weight
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 killing
                 Wormes
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 Water
                 has
                 been
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 divers
                 other
                 Physitians
                 observed
                 to
                 be
                 enrich'd
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 Quantity
                 of
                 Quicksilver
                 has
                 been
                 for
                 some
                 Houres
                 sh●ken
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 without
                 any
                 sensible
                 deperdition
                 of
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 Mercury
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 I
                 have
                 somewhat
                 wondred
                 that
                 many
                 Learned
                 moderne
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 either
                 out
                 of
                 an
                 affected
                 Severity
                 ,
                 or
                 perhaps
                 Animosity
                 against
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 ov●rlook
                 or
                 even
                 deride
                 all
                 operations
                 of
                 this
                 Nature
                 ;
                 Since
                 I
                 remember
                 Galen
                 himself
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 confirmes
                 the
                 like
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Reasons
                 and
                 Authority
                 ,
                 but
                 delivers
                 a
                 very
                 strang
                 Example
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                 under
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Glychysida
                 ,
                 Treating
                 of
                 Peony
                 ,
                 He
                 thus
                 Discourses
                 ,
                 
                   Est
                   praeterea
                   omnino
                   resiccatoria
                   :
                   Ea
                   propter
                   haud
                   desperaverim
                   eam
                   ex
                   collo
                   pueris
                   suspensam
                   merito
                   Comitialem
                   morbum
                   sanare
                   .
                   Equidem
                   vidi
                   puellum
                   quandoque
                   octo
                   totis
                   mensibus
                   morbo
                   Comitiali
                   liberum
                   ,
                   ac
                   postea
                   fortuna
                   cum
                   quod
                   à
                   collo
                   suspensum
                   erat
                   decidisset
                   ,
                   protinus
                   denuo
                   convulsione
                   correptum
                   ;
                   rursusque
                   suspenso
                   in
                   locum
                   illius
                   alio
                   ,
                   inculpate
                   postea
                   egisse
                   ,
                   Porro
                   visum
                   est
                   mihi
                   satius
                   esse
                   rursum
                   id
                   collo
                   detrahere
                   ,
                   certioris
                   experientiae
                   gratia
                   :
                   id
                   cum
                   fecissem
                   ,
                   ac
                   puer
                   iterum
                   esset
                   convulsus
                   ,
                   magnam
                   recentis
                   radicis
                   partem
                   ex
                   collo
                   ejus
                   suspendimus
                   ,
                   ac
                   deinceps
                   prorsum
                   sanus
                   effectus
                   est
                   puer
                   ,
                   nec
                   postea
                   convulsus
                   est
                   .
                   Rationabile
                   itaque
                   erat
                   ,
                   aut
                   partes
                   quaspiam
                   à
                   radice
                   d●fluentes
                   ,
                   ac
                   deinde
                   per
                   inspirationem
                   attractas
                   ,
                   affectos
                   ita
                   locos
                   curare
                   ,
                   aut
                   Aerem
                   à
                   radice
                   assidue
                   mutari
                   &
                   alterari
                   .
                   Nam
                   hoc
                   pacto
                   
                   Succus
                   Cyrenaicus
                   collumellam
                   plegmone
                   affectam
                   juvat
                   &
                   Melanthion
                   frictum
                   palam
                   Catarrhos
                   &
                   Coryzas
                   desiccat
                   ,
                   Si
                   quis
                   id
                   in
                   calidum
                   linteum
                   ,
                   rarum
                   ,
                   liget
                   assidueque
                   calorem
                   ex
                   eo
                   per
                   inspirationem
                   in
                   nares
                   attrahat
                   .
                   Quin
                   etiam
                   si
                   pluribus
                   linis
                   ,
                   &
                   maximè
                   marinae
                   purpurae
                   ,
                   collo
                   viperae
                   injectis
                   ,
                   illis
                   viperam
                   praefoces
                   ,
                   eaque
                   postea
                   cujuspiam
                   collo
                   obvincias
                   ,
                   mirifice
                   profueris
                   tum
                   Paristhmiis
                   tum
                   omnibus
                   iis
                   quae
                   in
                   collo
                   expullulant
                   .
                
                 Nay
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 invisible
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 by
                 passing
                 thorough
                 grosser
                 ones
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 changing
                 the
                 Motion
                 and
                 nexus
                 or
                 Juncture
                 of
                 their
                 parts
                 ,
                 may
                 produce
                 lasting
                 alterations
                 in
                 their
                 Textures
                 (
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 Paradox
                 )
                 seems
                 not
                 to
                 me
                 at
                 all
                 impossible
                 .
                 For
                 we
                 find
                 the
                 most
                 fluid
                 Body
                 of
                 Quicksilver
                 
                   has
                   been
                
                 sometimes
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 say
                 sometimes
                 )
                 and
                 therefore
                 may
                 ,
                 without
                 sensible
                 increase
                 of
                 Bulke
                 ,
                 be
                 coagulated
                 by
                 a
                 Metalline
                 Exhalation
                 so
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 like
                 Lead
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 retain
                 that
                 solidity
                 ,
                 'till
                 by
                 some
                 Art
                 or
                 other
                 it
                 be
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 its
                 pristine
                 Fluidnesse
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 be
                 inclin'd
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 hard
                 and
                 solid
                 Body
                 of
                 Iron
                 has
                 a
                 permanent
                 alteration
                 made
                 in
                 it's
                 Texture
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 hold
                 a
                 Needle
                 during
                 a
                 competent
                 time
                 neer
                 the
                 Pole
                 of
                 a
                 Vigorous
                 Loadstone
                 without
                 touching
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Magnetical
                 Effluvia
                 (
                 as
                 may
                 very
                 probably
                 be
                 conceiv'd
                 )
                 will
                 so
                 dispose
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 nearest
                 extream
                 of
                 the
                 Needle
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 they
                 shall
                 admit
                 the
                 steames
                 that
                 come
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Poles
                 of
                 the
                 Load-stone
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 those
                 that
                 come
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 :
                 whereas
                 by
                 skilfully
                 holding
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 Pole
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Stone
                 ,
                 the
                 internal
                 Pores
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 the
                 Texture
                 of
                 the
                 Needle
                 ,
                 will
                 presently
                 be
                 quite
                 otherwise
                 disposed
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 the
                 Magnetical
                 Effluvia
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 more
                 fully
                 declare
                 in
                 another
                 ESSAY
                 ,
                 where
                 we
                 shall
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 also
                 perswade
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Effects
                 of
                 the
                 Load-stone
                 are
                 performed
                 by
                 subtil
                 Bodies
                 issuing
                 from
                 ,
                 or
                 passing
                 through
                 it
                 .
                 What
                 
                 we
                 have
                 in
                 a
                 former
                 discourse
                 told
                 you
                 concerning
                 our
                 having
                 at
                 pleasure
                 changed
                 the
                 Poles
                 of
                 a
                 Load-stone
                 ,
                 by
                 help
                 of
                 the
                 Magnetica
                 Effluvia
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 may
                 let
                 you
                 see
                 that
                 in
                 Stones
                 ,
                 also
                 such
                 alterations
                 are
                 possible
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 ESSAY
                 save
                 one
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 another
                 Instance
                 ,
                 pertinent
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 you
                 heat
                 a
                 slender
                 piece
                 of
                 Steel
                 (
                 as
                 a
                 graver
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 )
                 red
                 hot
                 ,
                 and
                 suffer
                 it
                 to
                 cool
                 leisurely
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 continue
                 flexible
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 so
                 soft
                 a
                 Texture
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 easily
                 make
                 impressions
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 any
                 hardned
                 Steel
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 cooling
                 it
                 thus
                 slowly
                 ,
                 you
                 knock
                 it
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 dry
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 shall
                 there
                 name
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 immediately
                 grow
                 so
                 hard
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 brittle
                 .
                 Which
                 alteration
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 resolved
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 particular
                 Effluvia
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 into
                 which
                 it
                 is
                 knocked
                 ,
                 or
                 barely
                 from
                 the
                 ingresse
                 of
                 the
                 Corpuscles
                 of
                 Cold
                 ;
                 (
                 if
                 any
                 such
                 there
                 be
                 )
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 however
                 an
                 Instance
                 not
                 unfit
                 for
                 our
                 purpose
                 .
                 And
                 those
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 conversant
                 in
                 Glass
                 houses
                 ,
                 may
                 easily
                 observe
                 ,
                 that
                 Glass
                 acquires
                 a
                 more
                 or
                 lesse
                 brittle
                 Texture
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 (
                 to
                 speak
                 in
                 the
                 Glass-mens
                 language
                 )
                 it
                 is
                 baked
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 after
                 Glasses
                 are
                 blown
                 ,
                 they
                 be
                 quickly
                 carried
                 into
                 the
                 open
                 Air
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 more
                 subject
                 to
                 break
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 fashioned
                 are
                 placed
                 in
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 very
                 long
                 Oven
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 built
                 over
                 ●he
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 materials
                 ,
                 whereof
                 the
                 Glass
                 is
                 made
                 are
                 kept
                 in
                 Fusion
                 )
                 and
                 are
                 by
                 slow
                 degrees
                 refrigerated
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 'till
                 after
                 some
                 houres
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 open
                 Air
                 :
                 For
                 whether
                 this
                 difference
                 of
                 Brittleness
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 of
                 Texture
                 ,
                 be
                 ascribed
                 to
                 the
                 interrupted
                 Transcursion
                 of
                 some
                 Etherial
                 matter
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 Pores
                 of
                 the
                 Glasse
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 insinuations
                 of
                 the
                 Atoms
                 of
                 the
                 Cold
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Particles
                 of
                 the
                 Glasse
                 agitated
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 were
                 surpriz'd
                 by
                 the
                 Cold
                 ,
                 
                 before
                 they
                 could
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 those
                 Motions
                 which
                 were
                 requisite
                 to
                 their
                 disposing
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 most
                 durable
                 Texture
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 evident
                 enough
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 by
                 no
                 gross
                 or
                 visible
                 Body
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 permanent
                 difference
                 of
                 Texture
                 is
                 produced
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 like
                 to
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 give
                 you
                 Examples
                 ,
                 in
                 some
                 other
                 Concretes
                 .
                 That
                 also
                 in
                 an
                 human
                 Body
                 ,
                 great
                 alterations
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 by
                 very
                 subtil
                 Effluvia
                 ,
                 appeares
                 evidently
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 instances
                 we
                 have
                 formerly
                 given
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 some
                 outwardly
                 applied
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 divers
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 many
                 are
                 purged
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 Odor
                 of
                 Potions
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 assured
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 Observation
                 by
                 the
                 experienced
                 Town
                 Physician
                 of
                 Plimmouth
                 Dr
                 D.
                 And
                 of
                 which
                 Salmuth
                 in
                 his
                 Observations
                 ,
                 gives
                 us
                 an
                 instance
                 in
                 a
                 young
                 Gentlewoman
                 ,
                 
                 whom
                 he
                 saw
                 more
                 happily
                 purged
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Odor
                 of
                 a
                 Potion
                 ,
                 drunk
                 by
                 her
                 Sister
                 ,
                 then
                 she
                 was
                 that
                 took
                 the
                 Medicine
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 
                 of
                 one
                 Dr
                 Pfeil
                 an
                 eminent
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 wont
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 be
                 Purged
                 ,
                 to
                 goe
                 into
                 some
                 Apothecaries
                 shop
                 ,
                 where
                 Electuaries
                 electively
                 purging
                 were
                 preparing
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 having
                 a
                 while
                 smelt
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 by
                 their
                 Odour
                 ,
                 after
                 his
                 return
                 home
                 ,
                 work
                 with
                 him
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 times
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 swallowed
                 the
                 Medicine
                 it self
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 twenty
                 ninth
                 of
                 his
                 formly
                 commended
                 Observations
                 ,
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 Of
                 a
                 Woman
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 copiously
                 purg'd
                 by
                 drinking
                 Bief-broth
                 ,
                 but
                 having
                 by
                 a
                 fall
                 broken
                 her
                 Leg
                 ,
                 us'd
                 no
                 other
                 Cathartick
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 bare
                 Odor
                 of
                 that
                 sort
                 of
                 Broth.
                 And
                 very
                 Observable
                 to
                 our
                 purpose
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 all
                 along
                 the
                 ridg
                 of
                 the
                 high
                 mountaine
                 in
                 Peru
                 ,
                 called
                 Pariacaca
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Learned
                 Jesuite
                 
                   Joseph
                   Acosta
                
                 relates
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 he
                 went
                 as
                 well
                 prepared
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 withstand
                 the
                 Operations
                 usually
                 produc'd
                 in
                 Travails
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 
                 piercing
                 Air
                 ,
                 yet
                 when
                 he
                 approached
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Mountain
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 (
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 his
                 Provision
                 )
                 surpriz'd
                 with
                 such
                 fits
                 ,
                 and
                 pangs
                 ,
                 of
                 striving
                 and
                 casting
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 thought
                 he
                 should
                 cast
                 up
                 his
                 Heart
                 too
                 ;
                 having
                 after
                 meat
                 ,
                 Phlegme
                 ,
                 and
                 Choler
                 ,
                 both
                 yellow
                 and
                 green
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 with
                 over
                 striving
                 cast
                 up
                 Blood
                 ;
                 and
                 continued
                 thus
                 sick
                 for
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 houres
                 ,
                 'till
                 he
                 had
                 passed
                 into
                 a
                 more
                 temperate
                 Air
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Mountain
                 ;
                 which
                 runn's
                 about
                 500
                 Leagues
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 every
                 where
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 equ●lly
                 this
                 discomposing
                 property
                 ,
                 having
                 operated
                 upon
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 companions
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 downwards
                 as
                 upwards
                 .
                 A
                 greater
                 proof
                 of
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 Steams
                 upon
                 the
                 Body
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 propagation
                 of
                 Infectious
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 conveyed
                 by
                 insensible
                 Effluvia
                 ,
                 from
                 a
                 sick
                 into
                 a
                 healthy
                 Body
                 ,
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 disorder
                 the
                 whole
                 Oeconomy
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 act
                 those
                 sad
                 Tragedies
                 ,
                 which
                 Physitians
                 do
                 so
                 often
                 unsuccesfully
                 indeavour
                 to
                 hinder
                 .
                 But
                 you
                 will
                 cease
                 to
                 doubt
                 ,
                 that
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 though
                 so
                 small
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 below
                 the
                 sense
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 performe
                 great
                 matters
                 upon
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 consider
                 what
                 alterations
                 may
                 be
                 therein
                 produced
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 actions
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 upon
                 one
                 another
                 .
                 This
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 effects
                 of
                 several
                 Passions
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 often
                 excited
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 ,
                 if
                 attentive
                 ,
                 thoughts
                 of
                 absent
                 things
                 .
                 In
                 obstinate
                 grief
                 and
                 Melancholy
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 that
                 alteration
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 disposition
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 some
                 other
                 parts
                 by
                 wh●ch
                 the
                 Blood
                 is
                 to
                 Circulate
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 lively
                 motion
                 of
                 that
                 liquor
                 is
                 thereby
                 disturbed
                 ,
                 and
                 obstructions
                 and
                 other
                 not
                 easily
                 remov'd
                 distempers
                 are
                 occasion'd
                 .
                 The
                 bare
                 remembrance
                 of
                 a
                 loathsome
                 Potion
                 ,
                 does
                 oftentimes
                 produce
                 in
                 me
                 (
                 and
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 like
                 thought
                 may
                 have
                 the
                 like
                 Operation
                 in
                 many
                 others
                 )
                 a
                 Horror
                 ,
                 attended
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 sensible
                 Commotion
                 of
                 divers
                 parts
                 of
                 
                 my
                 Body
                 ,
                 especially
                 with
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 convulsive
                 motion
                 ,
                 in
                 or
                 about
                 the
                 Stomack
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 power
                 the
                 Passions
                 have
                 to
                 alter
                 and
                 determine
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 yet
                 more
                 manifestly
                 in
                 modest
                 and
                 bashful
                 persons
                 ,
                 especially
                 Women
                 ,
                 when
                 meerly
                 upon
                 the
                 remembrance
                 or
                 thought
                 of
                 an
                 unchast
                 ,
                 or
                 undecent
                 thing
                 ,
                 mentioned
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 will
                 be
                 so
                 determin'd
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 passe
                 suddenly
                 and
                 plentifully
                 enough
                 into
                 the
                 Cheeks
                 (
                 and
                 sometimes
                 other
                 parts
                 )
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 immediatly
                 wear
                 that
                 livery
                 of
                 Vertue
                 (
                 as
                 an
                 Old
                 Philosopher
                 styl'd
                 it
                 )
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 a
                 Blush
                 .
                 And
                 even
                 by
                 joy
                 ,
                 if
                 great
                 and
                 sudden
                 ,
                 I
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 saw
                 in
                 persons
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Cheeks
                 and
                 Forehead
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 left
                 (
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 )
                 even
                 the
                 Neck
                 and
                 Shoulders
                 Died
                 of
                 that
                 Colour
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 Passions
                 ,
                 may
                 not
                 only
                 alter
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 Juyces
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 but
                 likewise
                 make
                 some
                 separation
                 and
                 evacuation
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 in
                 grief
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 wont
                 especially
                 in
                 Women
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 the
                 Commotions
                 requisite
                 to
                 weeping
                 :
                 whereby
                 oftentimes
                 a
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 of
                 Briny
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 is
                 excluded
                 at
                 the
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 forme
                 of
                 Tears
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 divers
                 (
                 especially
                 Hysterical
                 )
                 Persons
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 find
                 themselves
                 much
                 refreshed
                 ,
                 though
                 with
                 some
                 it
                 fares
                 otherwise
                 in
                 teeming
                 Women
                 .
                 Also
                 that
                 vehement
                 desire
                 we
                 call
                 Longing
                 ,
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 produce
                 great
                 alterations
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 which
                 leaves
                 such
                 strange
                 and
                 lasting
                 impressions
                 upon
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Infant
                 ;
                 since
                 't
                 is
                 the
                 Mother
                 only
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 the
                 Infant
                 that
                 conceives
                 those
                 importunate
                 desires
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 XIV
                 .
              
               
                 THere
                 are
                 many
                 Instances
                 to
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 Physitians
                 Books
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 that
                 Imagination
                 is
                 able
                 so
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 Imagining
                 person's
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 work
                 such
                 a
                 disposition
                 in
                 the
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 Blood
                 and
                 Humors
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 produce
                 the
                 determinate
                 Disease
                 that
                 is
                 excessively
                 feared
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 soon
                 after
                 the
                 last
                 Fair
                 Lady
                 R.
                 Died
                 of
                 the
                 Small
                 Pox
                 ,
                 I
                 chanced
                 to
                 meet
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 Sisters
                 with
                 her
                 Mask
                 on
                 amongst
                 some
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 High
                 Quality
                 ,
                 and
                 wondring
                 to
                 see
                 her
                 sit
                 Maskt
                 in
                 such
                 Company
                 ,
                 her
                 Husband
                 (
                 who
                 was
                 present
                 )
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 his
                 Wife
                 having
                 been
                 happily
                 brought
                 to
                 Bed
                 some
                 while
                 before
                 her
                 Sister
                 fell
                 sick
                 ;
                 he
                 had
                 carefully
                 kept
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 her
                 sicknesse
                 from
                 his
                 Wife
                 ;
                 least
                 the
                 kindnesse
                 that
                 was
                 betwixt
                 them
                 two
                 might
                 prejudice
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 condition
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 after
                 ,
                 a
                 while
                 a
                 Lady
                 unawares
                 making
                 mention
                 in
                 her
                 hearing
                 of
                 her
                 Sisters
                 sickness
                 ,
                 she
                 immediatly
                 fancied
                 ,
                 That
                 she
                 should
                 have
                 it
                 too
                 ,
                 and
                 accordingly
                 fell
                 sick
                 of
                 that
                 disfiguring
                 Disease
                 ,
                 whose
                 Marks
                 obliged
                 her
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 to
                 weare
                 a
                 Mask
                 .
                 Nor
                 is
                 it
                 in
                 Women
                 only
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 in
                 Men
                 ,
                 that
                 conceit
                 may
                 produce
                 such
                 real
                 and
                 lasting
                 effects
                 .
                 For
                 many
                 authentick
                 Histories
                 record
                 examples
                 of
                 those
                 in
                 whom
                 excessive
                 Grief
                 or
                 Fear
                 has
                 made
                 such
                 a
                 change
                 in
                 the
                 Colour
                 of
                 their
                 Hair
                 in
                 a
                 Night
                 ,
                 as
                 Nature
                 would
                 otherwise
                 have
                 scarce
                 made
                 in
                 divers
                 Years
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 about
                 four
                 or
                 six
                 Years
                 since
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Cork
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Irish
                 Captain
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 middle
                 Age
                 and
                 Stature
                 ,
                 who
                 coming
                 with
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 followers
                 to
                 render
                 himself
                 to
                 your
                 Uncle
                 Broghill
                 ,
                 who
                 then
                 commanded
                 the
                 English
                 Forces
                 in
                 those
                 parts
                 upon
                 a
                 publick
                 profer
                 of
                 pardon
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Irish
                 that
                 would
                 then
                 lay
                 down
                 Arms
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 casually
                 in
                 a
                 suspicious
                 Place
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 by
                 a
                 party
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 and
                 intercepted
                 .
                 And
                 my
                 Brother
                 being
                 then
                 absent
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 designe
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 apprehensive
                 of
                 being
                 put
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 inferiour
                 officers
                 ,
                 before
                 your
                 Uncles
                 returne
                 ,
                 that
                 that
                 Anxiety
                 of
                 mind
                 quickly
                 changed
                 the
                 Colour
                 of
                 his
                 Hair
                 after
                 a
                 peculiar
                 manner
                 :
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 being
                 then
                 at
                 that
                 Castle
                 of
                 your
                 Unkles
                 whereunto
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 )
                 had
                 quickly
                 notice
                 given
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 the
                 Curiosity
                 to
                 examine
                 this
                 Captain
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 Hair
                 of
                 his
                 H●ad
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 (
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 instances
                 I
                 had
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 Histories
                 )
                 uniformely
                 changed
                 its
                 Colour
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 certain
                 peculiar
                 Tufts
                 and
                 locks
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 whose
                 Bases
                 might
                 be
                 about
                 an
                 inch
                 in
                 Diameter
                 were
                 thus
                 suddenly
                 turned
                 White
                 all
                 over
                 :
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Hair
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 you
                 know
                 the
                 Irish
                 use
                 to
                 weare
                 good
                 store
                 )
                 retaining
                 it's
                 former
                 Reddish
                 Colour
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 You
                 will
                 mistake
                 my
                 design
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 conclude
                 from
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 Effluvia
                 ,
                 to
                 work
                 upon
                 the
                 Body
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 either
                 so
                 much
                 an
                 Helmontian
                 as
                 to
                 condemne
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 Remedies
                 that
                 make
                 such
                 more
                 grosse
                 Evacuations
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 them
                 )
                 as
                 are
                 made
                 by
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 Seige
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ;
                 or
                 that
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 you
                 ,
                 or
                 am
                 my self
                 so
                 credulous
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 believe
                 all
                 the
                 Vertues
                 that
                 are
                 ,
                 ev'n
                 by
                 Eminent
                 Writers
                 ascribed
                 to
                 the
                 Remedies
                 called
                 Specificks
                 :
                 For
                 (
                 to
                 mention
                 here
                 but
                 this
                 )
                 we
                 have
                 observed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 hopes
                 built
                 upon
                 ev'n
                 excellent
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 they
                 be
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 resolving
                 and
                 abstersive
                 Nature
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 way
                 for
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 Recesses
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 are
                 oftentimes
                 disappointed
                 ,
                 where
                 some
                 Emetick
                 or
                 Cathartick
                 Remedy
                 has
                 not
                 been
                 first
                 us'd
                 to
                 free
                 the
                 Stomack
                 and
                 Guts
                 from
                 those
                 viscous
                 Humours
                 ,
                 which
                 obstructing
                 the
                 first
                 passages
                 much
                 enervate
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 altogether
                 deny
                 it
                 accesse
                 to
                 the
                 innermost
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 That
                 then
                 which
                 I
                 aim
                 at
                 ,
                 is
                 first
                 to
                 keep
                 you
                 from
                 being
                 prejudiced
                 by
                 the
                 Confidence
                 of
                 some
                 Learned
                 Doctors
                 ,
                 who
                 laugh
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 name
                 of
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 allow
                 any
                 Disease
                 to
                 be
                 curable
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 visible
                 Evacuations
                 of
                 store
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 call
                 peccant
                 Matter
                 ;
                 And
                 next
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 cause
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 such
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 as
                 men
                 of
                 judgment
                 and
                 credit
                 do
                 recommend
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Experience
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 rejected
                 without
                 Trial
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 account
                 of
                 their
                 not
                 being
                 either
                 Laxative
                 or
                 Vomitive
                 ,
                 Sudorifick
                 ,
                 or
                 Diuretical
                 ;
                 Nay
                 ,
                 nor
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 for
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 endow'd
                 with
                 any
                 Eminent
                 Degree
                 of
                 any
                 manifest
                 Quality
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 Heat
                 ,
                 Cold
                 ,
                 Drinesse
                 ,
                 Odor
                 ,
                 Tast
                 ,
                 Astriction
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ;
                 nor
                 able
                 perchance
                 to
                 work
                 any
                 considerable
                 alteration
                 in
                 a
                 healthy
                 Human
                 Body
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 consider
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 a
                 living
                 man
                 ,
                 not
                 as
                 a
                 rude
                 heap
                 of
                 Limbs
                 and
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 an
                 Engine
                 consisting
                 of
                 several
                 parts
                 so
                 set
                 together
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 strange
                 and
                 conspiring
                 communication
                 betwixt
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 vertue
                 whereof
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 weak
                 and
                 inconsiderable
                 Impression
                 of
                 adventitious
                 matter
                 upon
                 some
                 one
                 part
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 work
                 on
                 some
                 other
                 distant
                 part
                 ,
                 or
                 perhaps
                 on
                 the
                 whole
                 Engine
                 ,
                 a
                 change
                 far
                 exceeding
                 what
                 the
                 same
                 adventitious
                 Body
                 could
                 do
                 upon
                 a
                 Body
                 not
                 so
                 contriv'd
                 .
                 The
                 faint
                 motion
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 little
                 Finger
                 upon
                 a
                 small
                 piece
                 of
                 Iron
                 that
                 were
                 no
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 Engine
                 ,
                 would
                 produce
                 no
                 considerable
                 Effect
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 a
                 Musket
                 is
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 Shot
                 off
                 ,
                 then
                 such
                 a
                 Motion
                 being
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 Trigger
                 by
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 cont●ivance
                 of
                 the
                 Engine
                 ,
                 the
                 Spring
                 is
                 immediatly
                 let
                 loose
                 the
                 Cock
                 falls
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 knocks
                 the
                 flint
                 against
                 the
                 Steel
                 ,
                 opens
                 the
                 Pan
                 ,
                 strikes
                 Fire
                 upon
                 the
                 Powder
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 Touch-hole
                 Fires
                 the
                 Powder
                 in
                 the
                 Barrel
                 and
                 that
                 
                 with
                 great
                 noise
                 throw's
                 out
                 the
                 ponderous
                 Leaden
                 Bullet
                 with
                 violence
                 enough
                 to
                 kill
                 a
                 Man
                 at
                 Seven
                 or
                 Eight
                 hundred
                 Foot
                 distance
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 also
                 the
                 Engine
                 of
                 a
                 Humane
                 Body
                 is
                 so
                 fram'd
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 capable
                 of
                 receiving
                 great
                 alterations
                 from
                 seemingly
                 slight
                 Impressions
                 of
                 outward
                 Objects
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 account
                 of
                 its
                 particular
                 contrivance
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 several
                 instances
                 beside
                 those
                 which
                 may
                 belong
                 to
                 this
                 Argument
                 in
                 the
                 foregoing
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 ESSAY
                 .
                 When
                 a
                 man
                 goes
                 suddenly
                 out
                 into
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 it
                 often
                 happens
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 beames
                 which
                 light
                 upon
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 not
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 have
                 any
                 discernable
                 effect
                 on
                 the
                 least
                 Hair
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 do
                 allmost
                 in
                 a
                 moment
                 produce
                 that
                 strange
                 and
                 violent
                 motion
                 in
                 the
                 head
                 and
                 almost
                 all
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 Sneezing
                 .
                 Men
                 that
                 from
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 some
                 Pinacle
                 or
                 other
                 high
                 and
                 steep
                 place
                 do
                 look
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 bottome
                 of
                 it
                 are
                 at
                 first
                 very
                 apt
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 prospect
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 yet
                 convey's
                 nothing
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 but
                 those
                 images
                 ,
                 if
                 yet
                 there
                 intervene
                 corporeal
                 ones
                 in
                 sensation
                 of
                 visible
                 Objects
                 that
                 enter
                 at
                 the
                 Eye
                 )
                 to
                 become
                 so
                 giddy
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 reduced
                 to
                 turne
                 away
                 their
                 Eyes
                 from
                 the
                 Praecipice
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 stand
                 upon
                 their
                 Leggs
                 .
                 And
                 many
                 that
                 look'd
                 fixedly
                 upon
                 a
                 Whirle
                 poole
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 a
                 very
                 swift
                 stream
                 have
                 had
                 such
                 a
                 Vertiginous
                 Motion
                 thereby
                 impressed
                 on
                 their
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 unable
                 to
                 keep
                 their
                 Bodies
                 upright
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 fallen
                 into
                 the
                 Water
                 they
                 gazed
                 on
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 lesse
                 rem●rkable
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 a
                 man
                 is
                 somewhat
                 discompos'd
                 at
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 not
                 enough
                 to
                 Vomit
                 freely
                 ;
                 the
                 Seamen
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 advise
                 him
                 to
                 look
                 from
                 the
                 si●e
                 of
                 the
                 Ship
                 upon
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 which
                 seeming
                 swiftly
                 to
                 passe
                 by
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 has
                 upon
                 the
                 gazer
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 a
                 rapid
                 stream
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 making
                 him
                 giddy
                 hastens
                 and
                 facilitates
                 his
                 Vomiting
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 h●ve
                 somet●m●s
                 t●ied
                 
                 upon
                 my self
                 when
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 for
                 healths
                 sake
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 fit
                 of
                 Sea
                 sicknesse
                 .
                 If
                 a
                 person
                 be
                 very
                 Ticklish
                 and
                 you
                 but
                 gently
                 stroke
                 the
                 Sole
                 of
                 his
                 Foot
                 with
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 a
                 Feather
                 ,
                 that
                 languid
                 Impression
                 on
                 the
                 bottome
                 of
                 the
                 foot
                 shall
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 will
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 put
                 all
                 those
                 Muscles
                 and
                 other
                 parts
                 into
                 motion
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 requisite
                 to
                 make
                 that
                 noise
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 exhibite
                 that
                 shape
                 of
                 the
                 Face
                 (
                 so
                 farre
                 distant
                 from
                 the
                 feet
                 )
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 Laughing
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 gentle
                 Motion
                 of
                 a
                 straw
                 tickling
                 the
                 Nostrils
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 excite
                 Sneezing
                 .
                 Most
                 men
                 may
                 observe
                 in
                 themselves
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 such
                 noises
                 as
                 those
                 ma●e
                 by
                 the
                 grating
                 of
                 an
                 ungreas'd
                 Cart-wheele
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   Axle
                   tree
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 tearing
                 of
                 course
                 Paper
                 which
                 are
                 capable
                 of
                 ●etting
                 the
                 Teeth
                 on
                 edge
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 cannot
                 be
                 done
                 without
                 exciting
                 a
                 peculiar
                 Motion
                 in
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Head.
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 servant
                 ,
                 who
                 sometimes
                 complained
                 to
                 me
                 of
                 a
                 much
                 more
                 rem●●kable
                 and
                 unfrequent
                 disorder
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 put
                 to
                 whet
                 a
                 Knife
                 ,
                 that
                 stridulous
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Gummes
                 bleed
                 .
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 (
                 in
                 his
                 Twenty
                 n●nth
                 Observation
                 )
                 Records
                 a
                 Story
                 of
                 a
                 Lady
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 sent
                 for
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 the
                 hearing
                 of
                 the
                 sound
                 of
                 a
                 B●ll
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 loud
                 noise
                 ,
                 though
                 Singing
                 ,
                 would
                 fall
                 into
                 fits
                 of
                 Soun●ing
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 scarce
                 distinguish●ble
                 from
                 Death
                 ;
                 an●
                 we
                 may
                 confirm
                 that
                 this
                 disposition
                 depended
                 upon
                 the
                 Texture
                 of
                 her
                 Body
                 in
                 r●ference
                 to
                 M●terial
                 sounds
                 by
                 wh●t
                 he
                 subjoyns
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 well
                 purg'd
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 given
                 her
                 for
                 two
                 Months
                 the
                 Spaa-waters
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 app●op●iate
                 Remedies
                 he
                 throughly
                 cur'd
                 her
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 often
                 enough
                 happens
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 a
                 Woman
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 Fit
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 another
                 H●sterical
                 person
                 standing
                 by
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 a
                 peculiar
                 Disposition
                 of
                 her
                 Body
                 ,
                 soon
                 infected
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 strange
                 discomposure
                 .
                 
                 And
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 distemper'd
                 Body
                 is
                 both
                 an
                 Engine
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 an
                 Engine
                 disposed
                 to
                 receive
                 alterations
                 from
                 such
                 Impressions
                 as
                 will
                 make
                 none
                 on
                 a
                 sound
                 body
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 mind
                 that
                 those
                 subtile
                 Ste●mes
                 that
                 wander
                 through
                 the
                 Air
                 before
                 considerable
                 changes
                 of
                 Weather
                 disclose
                 themselves
                 ,
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 painfully
                 felt
                 by
                 many
                 sickly
                 Persons
                 and
                 more
                 constantly
                 by
                 men
                 that
                 have
                 had
                 great
                 Bruises
                 or
                 Wounds
                 in
                 the
                 parts
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 so
                 hurt
                 ;
                 though
                 neither
                 are
                 healthy
                 men
                 at
                 all
                 incommodated
                 thereby
                 ,
                 nor
                 do
                 those
                 themselves
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 hurt
                 ,
                 feel
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 those
                 sound
                 parts
                 ,
                 whose
                 Tone
                 or
                 Texture
                 has
                 not
                 been
                 alter'd
                 or
                 enfeebl'd
                 by
                 outward
                 violence
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 several
                 also
                 (
                 and
                 the
                 thing
                 is
                 obvious
                 )
                 whose
                 body's
                 and
                 Humours
                 are
                 so
                 fram'd
                 and
                 constituted
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 (
                 as
                 men
                 commonly
                 speak
                 )
                 they
                 ride
                 backward
                 in
                 a
                 Coach
                 ,
                 that
                 Motion
                 will
                 m●ke
                 them
                 giddy
                 ,
                 and
                 force
                 them
                 to
                 Vomit
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 ordinary
                 for
                 Hysterical
                 Women
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 such
                 Fits
                 as
                 counterfeit
                 Epilepsies
                 ,
                 Convulsions
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 violent
                 distempers
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 smell
                 of
                 Musk
                 and
                 Amber
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 strong
                 perfumes
                 ,
                 whose
                 steames
                 are
                 yet
                 so
                 farre
                 from
                 having
                 great
                 ,
                 much
                 lesse
                 such
                 Effects
                 in
                 other
                 Humane
                 body's
                 ,
                 that
                 almost
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 generality
                 ev'n
                 of
                 healthy
                 Women
                 are
                 not
                 affected
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 unless
                 with
                 some
                 innocent
                 delight
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 even
                 on
                 men
                 Odours
                 (
                 how
                 minute
                 and
                 invisible
                 bodies
                 soever
                 )
                 may
                 sometimes
                 have
                 very
                 great
                 power
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 gathered
                 from
                 the
                 story
                 told
                 us
                 by
                 
                   Zacutus
                   Lucitanus
                
                 ,
                 
                 of
                 a
                 Fisherman
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 spent
                 all
                 his
                 life
                 at
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 grown
                 Old
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 coming
                 to
                 gaze
                 upon
                 a
                 solemne
                 reception
                 ,
                 made
                 in
                 a
                 Maritine
                 Town
                 ,
                 to
                 Sebastian
                 King
                 of
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 perfumes
                 plentifully
                 Burnt
                 ,
                 to
                 welcome
                 the
                 King
                 immediatly
                 cast
                 upon
                 the
                 ground
                 thereby
                 into
                 a
                 F●t
                 which
                 two
                 Physicians
                 judg'd
                 Apoplectical
                 ,
                 and
                 Physi●k'd
                 
                 him
                 accordingly
                 'till
                 three
                 daies
                 after
                 the
                 Kings
                 chiefe
                 Physician
                 
                   Thomas
                   à
                   Vega
                
                 guessing
                 at
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 disease
                 commanded
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 remov'd
                 to
                 the
                 Sea
                 side
                 and
                 cover'd
                 with
                 Sea
                 Weeds
                 ,
                 where
                 within
                 four
                 Houres
                 the
                 Maritime
                 Air
                 and
                 steames
                 began
                 to
                 open
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 know
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 about
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 within
                 not
                 many
                 Dayes
                 restor'd
                 him
                 to
                 health
                 .
                 We
                 may
                 also
                 conjecture
                 how
                 much
                 the
                 alteration
                 produced
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 by
                 sickness
                 m●y
                 dispose
                 it
                 to
                 receive
                 strong
                 Impressions
                 from
                 things
                 that
                 would
                 not
                 otherwise
                 much
                 affect
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 even
                 a
                 man
                 in
                 perfect
                 health
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 Drink
                 cold
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 harme
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 has
                 much
                 heated
                 himself
                 by
                 exercise
                 be
                 cast
                 by
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 cold
                 Drink
                 into
                 such
                 sudden
                 ,
                 formidable
                 ,
                 and
                 dangerous
                 di●tempers
                 as
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 daily
                 Experience
                 convince
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 scarce
                 think
                 possible
                 to
                 be
                 produc'd
                 in
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 free
                 from
                 Morbid
                 Humours
                 by
                 so
                 familiar
                 a
                 thing
                 as
                 a
                 cup
                 of
                 small
                 bear
                 or
                 water
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 th●t
                 Benivenius
                 relates
                 a
                 Story
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 too
                 vehement
                 exercise
                 Drinking
                 a
                 Glasse
                 of
                 very
                 cold
                 Water
                 fell
                 into
                 a
                 swoun
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 quickly
                 succeeded
                 by
                 Death
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 ,
                 to
                 adde
                 that
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 in
                 Bodies
                 otherwise
                 dispos'd
                 a
                 large
                 draught
                 of
                 cold
                 Water
                 ,
                 Drunk
                 even
                 without
                 thirst
                 ,
                 may
                 v●ry
                 much
                 relieve
                 the
                 D●incker
                 ,
                 and
                 prevent
                 great
                 Fit●
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 of
                 the
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 especially
                 upon
                 sudd●in
                 f●ights
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 purposes
                 I
                 know
                 some
                 Hyste●ical
                 Ladies
                 that
                 find
                 in
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 as
                 themselves
                 assure
                 me
                 more
                 advantage
                 then
                 one
                 wo●ld
                 easily
                 imagine
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 (
                 further
                 )
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 that
                 the
                 Engine
                 we
                 are
                 speaking
                 of
                 is
                 alt●rable
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 worse
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 Motions
                 of
                 outward
                 Bodies
                 as
                 in
                 themselves
                 consider'd
                 ,
                 are
                 languid
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 may
                 seem
                 despicable
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 sickness
                 or
                 recovery
                 ;
                 Let
                 me
                 call
                 upon
                 
                 you
                 to
                 consider
                 a
                 few
                 ,
                 not
                 unobvious
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 also
                 serve
                 to
                 confirme
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 what
                 has
                 hitherto
                 been
                 deliver'd
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 The
                 true
                 Mosse
                 growing
                 upon
                 a
                 Humane
                 Skull
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 find
                 Experience
                 warrant
                 all
                 the
                 strange
                 things
                 some
                 Chymical
                 Writers
                 attribute
                 to
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 stanching
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 deny
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 some
                 Bodies
                 it
                 does
                 it
                 wonderfull
                 enough
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 very
                 well
                 know
                 an
                 Eminent
                 Virtuoso
                 who
                 has
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Physitian
                 likewise
                 has
                 done
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 finds
                 the
                 Effects
                 of
                 this
                 Moss
                 so
                 considerable
                 upon
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 having
                 been
                 let
                 Blood
                 ,
                 his
                 Arm
                 falling
                 to
                 Bleed
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 apprehending
                 the
                 consequences
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 his
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 who
                 chanc'd
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 ,
                 put
                 a
                 little
                 of
                 the
                 abovemention'd
                 Mosse
                 into
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 which
                 barely
                 held
                 there
                 ,
                 did
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Patients
                 wonder
                 ,
                 stanch
                 his
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 him
                 the
                 cu●iosity
                 to
                 lay
                 it
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 whether
                 that
                 Mosse
                 were
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 the
                 Bloods
                 so
                 oddly
                 stopping
                 its
                 course
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 his
                 Arm
                 after
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 ,
                 beginning
                 to
                 Bleed
                 afresh
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 Mosse
                 again
                 into
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 presently
                 stanch'd
                 his
                 Bleeding
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 I
                 misremember
                 not
                 ,
                 he
                 added
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 repeated
                 the
                 Experiment
                 once
                 more
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 successe
                 .
                 The
                 smoak
                 of
                 burnt
                 feathers
                 ,
                 or
                 Tobacco
                 blown
                 upon
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 an
                 Hysterical
                 Woman
                 ,
                 does
                 oftentimes
                 almost
                 as
                 suddenly
                 recover
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 Fits
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 odour
                 of
                 per●umes
                 did
                 cast
                 them
                 thereinto
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 speak
                 of
                 Cu●es
                 performable
                 by
                 fumes
                 ,
                 it
                 brings
                 into
                 my
                 mind
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 yours
                 and
                 mine
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 great
                 Veracity
                 professes
                 to
                 have
                 strangly
                 cur'd
                 Dysenteries
                 by
                 a
                 way
                 unusual
                 enough
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Patient
                 sit
                 over
                 a
                 Chair
                 or
                 Stool
                 close
                 on
                 the
                 sides
                 ,
                 and
                 perforated
                 below
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Anus
                 and
                 the
                 neighbouring
                 parts
                 may
                 be
                 expos'd
                 to
                 the
                 fumes
                 of
                 Ginger
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 
                 thrown
                 upon
                 a
                 Pan
                 of
                 Embers
                 ,
                 plac'd
                 just
                 under
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 to
                 continue
                 in
                 that
                 posture
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 Fume
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 he
                 can
                 endure
                 it
                 without
                 too
                 much
                 fainting
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 I
                 mention'd
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Cures
                 that
                 was
                 thus
                 perform'd
                 ,
                 to
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 a
                 Master
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Arcana
                 against
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 he
                 preferr'd
                 before
                 it
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 saies
                 upon
                 experience
                 )
                 the
                 shavings
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 us'd
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Remedy
                 seems
                 not
                 irrational
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 in
                 this
                 distemper
                 ,
                 the
                 Actual
                 heat
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 abovemention'd
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 concurre
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 Effect
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 too
                 ,
                 warrantably
                 enough
                 ,
                 adde
                 that
                 Cures
                 may
                 be
                 perform'd
                 by
                 far
                 more
                 minute
                 corpuscles
                 then
                 those
                 of
                 smoke
                 ,
                 insinuating
                 themselves
                 from
                 without
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 very
                 dextrous
                 Goldsmith
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 over
                 heats
                 himself
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 often
                 unawares
                 does
                 at
                 hammering
                 of
                 Plate
                 ,
                 is
                 subject
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 Gripings
                 of
                 the
                 Belly
                 ,
                 which
                 lead
                 to
                 Fluxes
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 usual
                 and
                 ready
                 Cure
                 is
                 ,
                 assoon
                 as
                 conveniently
                 he
                 can
                 ,
                 to
                 heat
                 his
                 Anvil
                 ,
                 and
                 sit
                 upon
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 great
                 while
                 together
                 ,
                 heating
                 it
                 hot
                 again
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 need
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 our
                 Medicinal
                 Smoaks
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 known
                 that
                 some
                 find
                 more
                 good
                 against
                 the
                 Fits
                 of
                 the
                 Colick
                 ,
                 by
                 Glysters
                 of
                 the
                 Smoak
                 of
                 Tobacco
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 Physick
                 they
                 take
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 wealthy
                 persons
                 ,
                 that
                 relying
                 upon
                 the
                 benefit
                 they
                 find
                 by
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 have
                 left
                 off
                 sending
                 for
                 their
                 Physitians
                 to
                 ease
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 Colick
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 consider
                 what
                 an
                 odde
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 even
                 common
                 Soot
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 many
                 Concretes
                 by
                 being
                 resolv'd
                 into
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 e●ther
                 more
                 or
                 otherwise
                 unlock'd
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 by
                 the
                 Stomack
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 (
                 so
                 th●t
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 entertain
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 heightning
                 of
                 some
                 Emetick
                 and
                 Cathartick
                 Simples
                 in
                 their
                 operation
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 being
                 reduc'd
                 into
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 )
                 and
                 that
                 also
                 probably
                 the
                 Operation
                 of
                 some
                 Fumes
                 and
                 Odours
                 
                 may
                 be
                 much
                 chang'd
                 and
                 improv'd
                 by
                 their
                 not
                 getting
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 by
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 but
                 other
                 parts
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 inclinable
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 further
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 Physi●ians
                 pleas'd
                 ,
                 then
                 hitherto
                 has
                 been
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 such
                 trial
                 of
                 the
                 Vertue
                 of
                 Sulphureous
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 to
                 preserve
                 some
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 much
                 pleas'd
                 with
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 only
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 but
                 Helmont
                 highly
                 extol
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 grand
                 Specifick
                 in
                 fits
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 the
                 Smoak
                 of
                 the
                 Warts
                 that
                 grow
                 upon
                 the
                 Legs
                 of
                 Horses
                 ,
                 conveigh'd
                 to
                 the
                 parts
                 suppos'd
                 to
                 be
                 primarily
                 affected
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 lately
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 curious
                 and
                 intelligent
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 himself
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 Scurvy
                 and
                 ill
                 condition'd
                 Ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 obstinate
                 distempers
                 brought
                 so
                 low
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 scarce
                 able
                 to
                 turn
                 himself
                 freely
                 in
                 his
                 Bed
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 resolv'd
                 against
                 taking
                 any
                 more
                 Physick
                 ,
                 partly
                 out
                 of
                 despair
                 of
                 recovery
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 out
                 of
                 wearinesse
                 of
                 the
                 tedious
                 courses
                 of
                 Physick
                 the
                 Doctors
                 had
                 in
                 vain
                 made
                 him
                 passe
                 thorow
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 some
                 o●
                 his
                 Friends
                 b●inging
                 him
                 a
                 certain
                 Surgeon
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 affirm'd
                 to
                 have
                 strangly
                 cur'd
                 many
                 desperate
                 dist●mpers
                 ,
                 by
                 wa●es
                 very
                 unusu●l
                 and
                 not
                 troublesome
                 to
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 was
                 content
                 to
                 put
                 himself
                 into
                 his
                 Hands
                 ,
                 the
                 Surgeon
                 promising
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 give
                 him
                 any
                 other
                 Physick
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 a
                 Cup
                 of
                 Sack
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Cord●al
                 ;
                 his
                 way
                 of
                 Cure
                 being
                 to
                 fumigate
                 the
                 Patient
                 very
                 well
                 ●very
                 Morning
                 with
                 a
                 certain
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 which
                 th●t
                 Gentleman
                 th●nks
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 he
                 took
                 n●tice
                 of
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Pow●er
                 that
                 yeel●●d
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 some
                 Vegetable
                 substance
                 .
                 And
                 with
                 this
                 Remedy
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 he
                 grew
                 perfectly
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 home
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 in
                 very
                 good
                 health
                 from
                 a
                 Voyage
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 confusions
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Country
                 invited
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 the
                 East-Indies
                 .
                 This
                 Surgeon
                 ,
                 whose
                 name
                 I
                 cannot
                 hit
                 upon
                 ,
                 dying
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 his
                 secret
                 
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 try'd
                 upon
                 divers
                 others
                 besides
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 )
                 is
                 for
                 ought
                 we
                 yet
                 know
                 ,
                 dead
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 But
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 efficacy
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 appropriated
                 Fumes
                 and
                 Steams
                 .
                 We
                 have
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 by
                 barely
                 unstopping
                 and
                 holding
                 under
                 her
                 Nose
                 a
                 smal
                 Phial
                 of
                 highly
                 rectified
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal
                 Armoniack
                 ,
                 or
                 even
                 of
                 Hartshorn
                 almost
                 presently
                 recover'd
                 a
                 Young
                 Beauty
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 to
                 You
                 ;
                 out
                 of
                 strange
                 Fits
                 that
                 were
                 wont
                 to
                 take
                 her
                 more
                 suddenly
                 then
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Falling
                 Sicknesse
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 Epileptical
                 ,
                 though
                 perchance
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 meerly
                 so
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Lady
                 that
                 both
                 You
                 Pyrophilus
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 and
                 love
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 though
                 she
                 have
                 been
                 long
                 subject
                 to
                 violent
                 and
                 tedious
                 Fits
                 of
                 the
                 Head-ach
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 that
                 distemper
                 have
                 since
                 been
                 much
                 increas'd
                 by
                 a
                 great
                 concussion
                 of
                 her
                 Head
                 ,
                 occasion'd
                 by
                 the
                 overturning
                 of
                 a
                 Coach
                 ,
                 yet
                 she
                 is
                 wont
                 presently
                 to
                 be
                 relieved
                 ,
                 barely
                 by
                 holding
                 her
                 Head
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 over
                 a
                 strong
                 decoction
                 of
                 Thee
                 ,
                 and
                 breathing
                 in
                 the
                 Steams
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 discoursing
                 of
                 Cures
                 made
                 by
                 Steams
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 seemingly
                 slight
                 means
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 pretermit
                 a
                 thing
                 so
                 remarkable
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 more
                 generally
                 known
                 in
                 Europe
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 think
                 it
                 somewh●t
                 strange
                 to
                 find
                 it
                 so
                 little
                 reflected
                 on
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 constant
                 and
                 almost
                 suddain
                 ceasing
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 how
                 raging
                 soever
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 almost
                 incredibly
                 populous
                 City
                 of
                 
                   Grand
                   Cayro
                
                 in
                 Aegypt
                 towards
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 about
                 which
                 time
                 in
                 most
                 Countries
                 in
                 our
                 Hemisphere
                 it
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 spread
                 fastest
                 and
                 be
                 most
                 rife
                 .
                 The
                 t●uth
                 of
                 this
                 is
                 attested
                 by
                 so
                 many
                 Travellers
                 of
                 several
                 Nations
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 were
                 injurious
                 to
                 doubt
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Dexterous
                 Mr
                 R.
                 whom
                 y●u
                 well
                 know
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 lived
                 at
                 Cayro
                 has
                 confir'md
                 to
                 me
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 
                 But
                 the
                 Learned
                 
                   Prosper
                   Alpinus
                
                 ,
                 who
                 both
                 was
                 an
                 excellent
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 and
                 spent
                 many
                 Years
                 in
                 Aegypt
                 ,
                 
                 gives
                 us
                 this
                 particular
                 account
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   Pestis
                   Cayri
                   atque
                   in
                   omnibus
                   locis
                   Aegypti
                   invadere
                   eos
                   populos
                   solet
                   ineunte
                   Sept●mbri
                   mense
                   ,
                   usque
                   ad
                   Junium
                   :
                   his
                   enim
                   omnibus
                   mensibus
                   ,
                   à
                   S●ptembri
                   ad
                   Junium
                   usque
                   ,
                   Pestis
                   aliunde
                   per
                   contagium
                   illuc
                   asportata
                   eam
                   gentem
                   invadere
                   solet
                
                 :
                 And
                 after
                 a
                 few
                 Lines
                 ,
                 
                   Junio
                   vero
                   mense
                   ,
                   qualiscunque
                   &
                   quantacunque
                   sit
                   ibi
                   Pestilentia
                   ,
                   Sole
                   primam
                   Caneri
                   partem
                   ingrediente
                   omnino
                   tollitur
                   ,
                   quod
                   multis
                   plane
                   divinum
                   esse
                   non
                   immerito
                   videtur
                   :
                   Sed
                   quod
                   etiam
                   valde
                   mirabile
                   creditur
                   ,
                   omnia
                   suppellectilia
                   ,
                   Pestifero
                   contagio
                   infecta
                   ,
                   tunc
                   nullum
                   Contagii
                   effectum
                   in
                   eam
                   gentem
                   edunt
                   ;
                   ita
                   ut
                   tunc
                   ea
                   vobis
                   in
                   tutissimo
                   &
                   tranquillissimo
                   statu
                   reducatur
                   ,
                   ex
                   summe
                   morboso
                   :
                   atque
                   morbi
                   particulares
                   ,
                   sporadici
                   ,
                   à
                   Graecis
                   vovati
                   tunc
                   apparere
                   incipiunt
                   ,
                   qui
                   nusquam
                   gentium
                   tempore
                   Pestis
                   apparcbant
                   .
                
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 inquiring
                 at
                 large
                 into
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 this
                 Wonder
                 ,
                 he
                 denys
                 it
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 increase
                 of
                 the
                 Nile
                 ,
                 which
                 happens
                 to
                 be
                 coincident
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 time
                 with
                 the
                 extinction
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 because
                 that
                 the
                 Infection
                 ceaseth
                 before
                 the
                 swelling
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 is
                 considerable
                 ;
                 and
                 ascribeth
                 it
                 rather
                 to
                 the
                 alteration
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 produc'd
                 by
                 the
                 Northernly
                 Winds
                 which
                 then
                 begin
                 to
                 blow
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Circumstances
                 :
                 speaking
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 Haec
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   per
                   id
                   temporis
                   incipiunt
                   observari
                   à
                   quibus
                   fortasse
                   non
                   immerito
                   causam
                   extinctionis
                   Pestis
                   morbosique
                   in
                   salubrem
                   statum
                   mutationis
                   pendere
                   arbitror
                
                 :
                 
                 
                   quando
                   nulla
                   alia
                   ex
                   conservatricibus
                   causis
                   ,
                   quas
                   vulgus
                   medicorum
                   res
                   non
                   naturales
                   appellat
                   ,
                   aëre
                   excepto
                   ,
                   ibi
                   eo
                   tempore
                   appareat
                   ,
                   in
                   quam
                   morbosi
                   status
                   in
                   salubrem
                   mutationem
                   referre
                   possumus
                   :
                   ideo
                   necessartum
                   erit
                   hujusce
                   mutationis
                   causam
                   Aëris
                   mutationi
                   acceptam
                   referre
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 Upon
                 this
                 Instance
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 h●ve
                 presum'd
                 the
                 longer
                 to
                 insist
                 ,
                 because
                 
                 (
                 if
                 you
                 duly
                 reflect
                 on
                 it
                 )
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 ,
                 discern
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 much
                 credits
                 and
                 elucidates
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 what
                 hath
                 been
                 delivered
                 in
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 foregoing
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 Natures
                 doing
                 great
                 matters
                 against
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 gross
                 and
                 sensible
                 Evacuations
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XV.
                 
              
               
                 ANd
                 since
                 we
                 have
                 represented
                 a
                 humane
                 Body
                 as
                 an
                 Engine
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 altered
                 both
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 worse
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 bare
                 motions
                 or
                 impulses
                 of
                 external
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 as
                 act
                 but
                 in
                 a
                 gross
                 and
                 confessedly
                 Mechanical
                 manner
                 :
                 For
                 't
                 is
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 out
                 of
                 such
                 speedily
                 killing
                 ,
                 unless
                 seasonably
                 remedy'd
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 as
                 Fits
                 of
                 Swounding
                 ,
                 Patients
                 of
                 either
                 Sex
                 are
                 often
                 recovered
                 without
                 any
                 inward
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 barely
                 pinch'd
                 in
                 several
                 places
                 .
                 I
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 endured
                 great
                 and
                 dangerous
                 Sicknesses
                 ,
                 have
                 scarce
                 ever
                 found
                 any
                 so
                 violent
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 bare
                 motion
                 and
                 smell
                 of
                 a
                 Ship
                 and
                 Sea
                 Air
                 hath
                 put
                 me
                 into
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 rough
                 weather
                 ,
                 till
                 I
                 was
                 somewhat
                 accustomed
                 to
                 Navigation
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 this
                 violent
                 and
                 weakning
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 produced
                 by
                 any
                 peccant
                 Humor
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 was
                 quickly
                 removed
                 by
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 Quiet
                 of
                 the
                 Shore
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 like
                 may
                 be
                 observed
                 more
                 suddenly
                 in
                 the
                 newly
                 mentioned
                 Instances
                 of
                 those
                 in
                 whom
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 bare
                 agitation
                 of
                 a
                 Coach
                 will
                 produce
                 such
                 violent
                 Fits
                 of
                 Vomiting
                 and
                 such
                 Faintness
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 apprehend
                 they
                 should
                 presently
                 die
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 bare
                 cessation
                 of
                 that
                 discomposing
                 motion
                 soon
                 relieved
                 them
                 .
                 We
                 see
                 in
                 our
                 Stables
                 ,
                 what
                 operation
                 ,
                 the
                 currying
                 of
                 them
                 carefully
                 ,
                 hath
                 upon
                 
                 our
                 Horses
                 .
                 And
                 Helmont
                 somewhere
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 himself
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 could
                 by
                 the
                 Milk
                 of
                 an
                 Ass
                 ,
                 tell
                 whether
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 that
                 day
                 diligently
                 curryed
                 or
                 no
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 considerable
                 an
                 alteration
                 in
                 Milk
                 should
                 ,
                 me
                 thinks
                 ,
                 strongly
                 argue
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 one
                 in
                 the
                 Blood
                 or
                 other
                 Juice
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Blood
                 is
                 elaborated
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 in
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 must
                 have
                 preceded
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 prefer
                 our
                 consideration
                 from
                 the
                 Bodies
                 of
                 Beasts
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 remarkable
                 what
                 Piso
                 confesseth
                 ,
                 the
                 illiterate
                 Brasilian
                 Empericks
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 perform
                 with
                 Frictions
                 ,
                 even
                 as
                 unskilfully
                 as
                 they
                 order
                 them
                 :
                 
                   Mira
                   equidem
                
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   tum
                   tuendae
                   sanitatis
                   ergo
                
                 ,
                 
                 
                   cum
                   in
                   plerisque
                   morbis
                   sanandis
                   ,
                   f●ictione
                   &
                   unctione
                   frequenti
                   incolae
                   praestant
                   ,
                   illam
                   in
                   frigidioribus
                   ,
                   &
                   chronicis
                   ,
                   hanc
                   in
                   acutioribus
                   adhibentes
                   .
                   Quae
                   remedia
                   lubenter
                   advenae
                   imitantur
                   ,
                   &
                   ut
                   par
                   est
                   ,
                   ex
                   legibus
                   artis
                   haec
                   &
                   plura
                   medendi
                   Empiricorum
                   genera
                   moderantur
                   .
                
                 And
                 as
                 Galen
                 himself
                 highly
                 extols
                 a
                 skilful
                 Application
                 of
                 Cupping-glasses
                 in
                 the
                 Colick
                 ;
                 so
                 in
                 Brasil
                 they
                 finde
                 that
                 the
                 like
                 Remedy
                 is
                 strangely
                 successful
                 :
                 For
                 
                   Cholera
                   sicca
                
                 ,
                 saith
                 our
                 candid
                 Piso
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 
                 
                   eisdem
                   fere
                   Remediis
                
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 speaking
                 )
                 
                   curatur
                   ,
                   maxime
                   si
                   regioni
                   hepatis
                   corneae
                   cucurbitulae
                   applicentur
                   .
                   De
                   quibus
                   merito
                   hoc
                   testor
                   ,
                   quod
                   Galenus
                   de
                   suis
                   cucurbitulis
                   ,
                   quas
                   in
                   Colico
                   affectu
                   incantamenti
                   instar
                   operari
                   tradidit
                   .
                
              
               
                 We
                 shall
                 adde
                 ,
                 for
                 further
                 confirmation
                 ,
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 the
                 horrid
                 Symptomes
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 ensue
                 upon
                 the
                 biting
                 of
                 that
                 Poysonous
                 Spider
                 ,
                 the
                 Tarantula
                 ,
                 that
                 lasting
                 and
                 formidable
                 Disease
                 ,
                 which
                 often
                 mocks
                 all
                 other
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 nothing
                 so
                 successfully
                 oppos'd
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 Musick
                 .
                 Some
                 determinate
                 tune
                 or
                 other
                 which
                 proves
                 suitable
                 to
                 the
                 particular
                 Nature
                 of
                 the
                 Patients
                 Body
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Poyson
                 producing
                 there
                 such
                 a
                 motion
                 ,
                 or
                 determination
                 of
                 some
                 former
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Humors
                 ,
                 or
                 both
                 ;
                 as
                 by
                 conducting
                 the
                 Spirits
                 into
                 the
                 Ne●ves
                 and
                 Muscles
                 inservient
                 to
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Limbs
                 ,
                 doth
                 make
                 the
                 Patient
                 leap
                 and
                 dance
                 till
                 he
                 have
                 put
                 himself
                 into
                 a
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 that
                 breaths
                 out
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 virulent
                 Matter
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 probably
                 fitted
                 for
                 expulsion
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 change
                 wrought
                 in
                 its
                 Texture
                 or
                 Motion
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Musick
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 Sweat
                 and
                 Exercise
                 ,
                 as
                 such
                 ,
                 were
                 all
                 that
                 relieved
                 him
                 ,
                 why
                 might
                 not
                 Sudorificks
                 ,
                 or
                 le●ping
                 without
                 Musick
                 ,
                 excuse
                 the
                 Need
                 of
                 Fidlers
                 ?
                 which
                 yet
                 is
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 Kircher
                 informs
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Apulian
                 Magistrates
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 give
                 Stipends
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 publick
                 charge
                 ,
                 to
                 such
                 to
                 relieve
                 the
                 Poor
                 by
                 their
                 playing
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 onely
                 He
                 hath
                 a
                 memorable
                 Story
                 of
                 
                   Robertus
                   Pantarus
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tarantine
                 Nobleman
                 ,
                 whose
                 Disease
                 being
                 not
                 known
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 biting
                 of
                 a
                 Spider
                 ,
                 could
                 by
                 no
                 Remedies
                 be
                 cured
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 length
                 ,
                 even
                 upon
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 death
                 ,
                 suddenly
                 rel●ev'd
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 degrees
                 restored
                 to
                 perfect
                 health
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Musick
                 :
                 But
                 
                   Epiphanius
                   Ferdinandus
                
                 ,
                 in
                 h●s
                 accurate
                 Observations
                 concerning
                 those
                 bitten
                 with
                 the
                 Tarantula
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 Mathiolus
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Authors
                 be●r
                 witness
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 by
                 resembling
                 Narratives
                 .
                 Now
                 that
                 a
                 Sound
                 (
                 not
                 barely
                 as
                 a
                 sound
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 so
                 modified
                 )
                 may
                 powerfully
                 operate
                 upon
                 the
                 Blood
                 and
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 I
                 ,
                 who
                 am
                 very
                 Musically
                 given
                 ,
                 have
                 divers
                 times
                 observ'd
                 in
                 my self
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 hea●ing
                 of
                 certain
                 Notes
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 probable
                 ,
                 both
                 by
                 that
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 formerly
                 said
                 of
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 skreaking
                 upon
                 the
                 Teeth
                 and
                 Gums
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Dancing
                 Fit
                 ,
                 into
                 which
                 not
                 every
                 Musical
                 Sound
                 ,
                 though
                 never
                 so
                 loud
                 ,
                 but
                 some
                 determinate
                 Tune
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 bitten
                 
                 Patien●
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 m●y
                 be
                 more
                 manifestly
                 prov'd
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 following
                 testimony
                 of
                 our
                 inquisitive
                 Jesuite
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 affirms
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Spiders
                 themselves
                 may
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 they
                 have
                 bitten
                 ,
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 Dance
                 by
                 Tunes
                 ,
                 suited
                 to
                 their
                 peculiar
                 Constitutions
                 .
                 †
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 I
                 the
                 less
                 wonder
                 at
                 ,
                 because
                 
                   Epiphanius
                   Ferdinandus
                
                 himself
                 ,
                 
                 not
                 onely
                 tells
                 us
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 94
                 Years
                 of
                 age
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 weak
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 go
                 ,
                 unless
                 supported
                 by
                 his
                 Staff
                 ,
                 who
                 did
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 hearing
                 of
                 Musick
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 bitten
                 ,
                 immediately
                 tall
                 a
                 dancing
                 and
                 capering
                 like
                 a
                 Kid
                 ;
                 and
                 affirms
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Tarantula's
                 themselves
                 may
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 leap
                 and
                 dance
                 at
                 the
                 sound
                 of
                 Lutes
                 ,
                 small
                 Drums
                 ,
                 Bagpipes
                 ,
                 Fiddles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 but
                 challenges
                 those
                 that
                 believe
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 try
                 ,
                 promising
                 them
                 an
                 Ocular
                 Conviction
                 :
                 and
                 adds
                 what
                 is
                 very
                 memorable
                 and
                 pleasant
                 ,
                 That
                 not
                 onely
                 Men
                 ,
                 in
                 whom
                 much
                 may
                 be
                 ascribed
                 to
                 fancy
                 ,
                 but
                 other
                 Animals
                 being
                 bitten
                 may
                 likewise
                 ,
                 by
                 Musick
                 ,
                 be
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 leap
                 or
                 dance
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 He
                 saw
                 a
                 Wasp
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 bitten
                 by
                 a
                 Tarantula
                 whil'st
                 a
                 Lutanist
                 chanc'd
                 to
                 be
                 by
                 ;
                 the
                 Musician
                 playing
                 on
                 his
                 Instrument
                 ,
                 gave
                 them
                 the
                 sport
                 of
                 seeing
                 both
                 the
                 Wasp
                 and
                 Spider
                 begin
                 to
                 dance
                 :
                 annexing
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 bitten
                 Cock
                 did
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 XVI
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 Might
                 also
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 confirm
                 what
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 Sickness
                 may
                 produce
                 such
                 an
                 alteration
                 in
                 the
                 Fabrick
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 capable
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 much
                 affected
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 worse
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 things
                 that
                 would
                 not
                 scarce
                 at
                 all
                 affect
                 it
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 sound
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 consideration
                 of
                 those
                 many
                 and
                 strange
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Peculiarities
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 some
                 Persons
                 in
                 Sickness
                 and
                 in
                 Health
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 many
                 of
                 these
                 differences
                 between
                 healthy
                 Men
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 greater
                 then
                 may
                 be
                 observ'd
                 between
                 the
                 same
                 Man
                 when
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 himself
                 as
                 the
                 Oeconomy
                 of
                 his
                 Body
                 may
                 be
                 dis-compos'd
                 by
                 some
                 Distemper
                 ;
                 yet
                 we
                 often
                 see
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Persons
                 have
                 the
                 Engine
                 of
                 their
                 Body
                 so
                 fram'd
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 wonderfully
                 disordered
                 by
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 either
                 work
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 on
                 others
                 ,
                 or
                 work
                 otherwise
                 on
                 them
                 :
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 common
                 enough
                 for
                 Men
                 to
                 be
                 hugely
                 disturb'd
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 Fits
                 of
                 trembling
                 or
                 swooning
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 sight
                 or
                 hearing
                 of
                 a
                 Cat.
                 And
                 to
                 such
                 an
                 affection
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 very
                 eminent
                 Commander
                 obnoxious
                 ,
                 Your
                 late
                 Unkle
                 ,
                 the
                 last
                 Earl
                 of
                 Barrymore
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 gallant
                 Noble
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 did
                 his
                 Country
                 great
                 Service
                 in
                 the
                 Irish
                 Wars
                 ,
                 had
                 the
                 like
                 apprehension
                 for
                 Tansey
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 see
                 a
                 Spider
                 near
                 me
                 ,
                 without
                 feeling
                 a
                 notable
                 commotion
                 in
                 my
                 Blood
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 never
                 received
                 harm
                 from
                 that
                 sort
                 of
                 Creature
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 no
                 such
                 abhorring
                 against
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 Toads
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 venomous
                 Animals
                 .
                 You
                 know
                 an
                 excellent
                 Lady
                 (
                 marryed
                 to
                 a
                 Great
                 Person
                 that
                 hath
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 govern'd
                 Ireland
                 )
                 whose
                 Antipathy
                 to
                 Hony
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 much
                 talked
                 of
                 in
                 that
                 Country
                 ,
                 hath
                 display'd
                 it self
                 upon
                 several
                 occasions
                 :
                 notwithstanding
                 
                 which
                 ,
                 her
                 experienc'd
                 Physitian
                 imagining
                 that
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 something
                 of
                 conceipt
                 in
                 her
                 Aversion
                 ,
                 took
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 satisfie
                 himself
                 ,
                 by
                 mixing
                 a
                 little
                 Hony
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Remedy
                 which
                 he
                 applyed
                 to
                 a
                 very
                 slight
                 and
                 inconsiderable
                 cut
                 or
                 scratch
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 chanced
                 to
                 get
                 on
                 h●r
                 Foot
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 soon
                 repented
                 of
                 his
                 Curiosity
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 strange
                 and
                 unexpected
                 disorder
                 which
                 his
                 (
                 in
                 other
                 cases
                 innocent
                 )
                 Medicine
                 produc'd
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 ceasing
                 upon
                 the
                 removal
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 application
                 of
                 other
                 ordinary
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 satisfied
                 him
                 ,
                 That
                 those
                 Symptomes
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 imputed
                 to
                 the
                 Hony
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 the
                 bare
                 hurt
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 excellent
                 Lady
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 complained
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 when
                 she
                 was
                 troubled
                 with
                 Coughs
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Vulgar
                 ,
                 Pectoral
                 and
                 Pulmoniack
                 Remedies
                 did
                 her
                 no
                 good
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 she
                 could
                 find
                 relief
                 in
                 nothing
                 but
                 either
                 the
                 Fume
                 of
                 powdred
                 Amber
                 ,
                 taken
                 with
                 convenient
                 Hearbs
                 in
                 a
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 
                   Balsamum
                   Sulphuris
                
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 already
                 taught
                 you
                 in
                 this
                 Essay
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Quality
                 ,
                 tall
                 and
                 strongly
                 made
                 ,
                 who
                 lately
                 asked
                 my
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 Whether
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 need
                 of
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 continue
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 Cauphy
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 it
                 wrought
                 so
                 violently
                 with
                 him
                 :
                 This
                 gave
                 me
                 the
                 occasion
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 of
                 enquiring
                 particularly
                 both
                 of
                 Himself
                 and
                 his
                 Lady
                 ,
                 concerning
                 this
                 odde
                 Operation
                 of
                 Cauphy
                 upon
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 told
                 ,
                 That
                 an
                 ordinary
                 Wine-glass
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 usual
                 warm
                 decoction
                 of
                 Cauphy
                 ,
                 boyl'd
                 in
                 common
                 Water
                 ,
                 was
                 wont
                 ,
                 within
                 about
                 two
                 hours
                 ,
                 to
                 prove
                 emetick
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 Noon
                 did
                 give
                 him
                 eight
                 ,
                 ten
                 ,
                 or
                 sometimes
                 twelve
                 Vomits
                 ,
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 violence
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 less
                 affected
                 by
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 
                   Crocus
                   metallorum
                
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 usual
                 emeticks
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 was
                 deliberating
                 whether
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 change
                 Cauphy
                 for
                 
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 though
                 finding
                 its
                 Operation
                 very
                 certain
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 for
                 some
                 Years
                 accustomed
                 himself
                 to
                 take
                 that
                 Vomit
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 also
                 remarkable
                 in
                 this
                 m●tter
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 tells
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 scarce
                 any
                 Vomit
                 is
                 more
                 troublesome
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 take
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 above-mentioned
                 ●s
                 grown
                 of
                 late
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 even
                 the
                 odour
                 of
                 Cauphy
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 passeth
                 by
                 Cauphy-houses
                 in
                 the
                 Street
                 ,
                 doth
                 make
                 him
                 sick
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 that
                 Simple
                 is
                 to
                 most
                 Men
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 being
                 Vomitive
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 by
                 eminent
                 Physiti●ns
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 not
                 without
                 cause
                 ,
                 much
                 extoll'd
                 as
                 a
                 strengthner
                 of
                 the
                 Stomack
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 very
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 himself
                 ,
                 used
                 it
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 against
                 the
                 Fumes
                 that
                 offended
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 without
                 finding
                 any
                 Vomitive
                 Quality
                 at
                 all
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 The
                 Books
                 of
                 sober
                 and
                 learned
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 afford
                 us
                 Examples
                 of
                 divers
                 such
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 much
                 more
                 strange
                 Peculiarities
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 of
                 such
                 Persons
                 who
                 having
                 desires
                 of
                 certain
                 things
                 very
                 extravagant
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 absur'd
                 (
                 ordinarily
                 not
                 onely
                 improper
                 ,
                 but
                 hurtful
                 to
                 their
                 Distempe●s
                 )
                 have
                 been
                 cured
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 very
                 dangerous
                 and
                 sometimes
                 hopeless
                 Diseases
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 kinde
                 of
                 Cures
                 I
                 may
                 also
                 elsewhere
                 tell
                 you
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 observed
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 credit
                 may
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 such
                 Relations
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 we
                 ordinarily
                 see
                 more
                 greedily
                 devoured
                 (
                 without
                 much
                 harm
                 )
                 by
                 longing
                 Women
                 ,
                 and
                 Maids
                 troubled
                 with
                 the
                 Green-sickness
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 now
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 Engine
                 of
                 an
                 humane
                 Body
                 thus
                 appears
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 fram'd
                 ,
                 th●t
                 it
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 receiving
                 great
                 alterations
                 from
                 such
                 unlikely
                 things
                 as
                 those
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 mentioning
                 ,
                 Why
                 should
                 we
                 h●stily
                 conclude
                 against
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 account
                 of
                 their
                 not
                 operating
                 by
                 any
                 obvious
                 quality
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 recommended
                 unto
                 u●
                 ,
                 upon
                 th●ir
                 own
                 experience
                 
                 by
                 s●ber
                 and
                 faithful
                 Persons
                 ?
                 And
                 that
                 scarce
                 sensible
                 quantities
                 of
                 M●tter
                 ,
                 having
                 once
                 obtained
                 access
                 to
                 the
                 mas●
                 of
                 Blood
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 easily
                 d●ne
                 by
                 the
                 Circulation
                 )
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 contrary
                 and
                 swift
                 motion
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 Corpusc●es
                 it
                 consists
                 of
                 ,
                 give
                 such
                 a
                 new
                 and
                 unnatural
                 impe●iment
                 or
                 determination
                 to
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 dis-compose
                 either
                 its
                 Texture
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 Brain
                 ,
                 Liver
                 ,
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 such
                 principal
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 (
                 as
                 a
                 spark
                 of
                 Fire
                 reduceth
                 a
                 whole
                 Barrel
                 of
                 Gun-powder
                 ,
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 its
                 motion
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 Fire
                 too
                 ;
                 or
                 as
                 a
                 little
                 Leaven
                 is
                 able
                 ,
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 to
                 turn
                 the
                 greatest
                 lump
                 of
                 Dow
                 into
                 Leaven
                 )
                 need
                 be
                 manifested
                 by
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 such
                 Poysons
                 as
                 work
                 not
                 by
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 (
                 which
                 Physitians
                 are
                 pleased
                 to
                 call
                 )
                 
                   Manifest
                   Qualities
                
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 I
                 much
                 fear
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 th●t
                 have
                 written
                 concerning
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 supposing
                 that
                 M●n
                 would
                 rather
                 believe
                 then
                 try
                 what
                 they
                 relate
                 ,
                 have
                 allowed
                 themselv●s
                 to
                 deliver
                 many
                 things
                 more
                 strange
                 then
                 true
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 known
                 effects
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 Opium
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Arsenick
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 scarce
                 discernable
                 hurt
                 made
                 by
                 ●
                 Vipers
                 Tooth
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 of
                 the
                 biting
                 of
                 a
                 mad
                 Dog
                 (
                 which
                 sometimes
                 ,
                 by
                 less
                 of
                 his
                 Spittle
                 then
                 would
                 weigh
                 half
                 a
                 Grain
                 ,
                 subdues
                 a
                 whole
                 great
                 Ox
                 into
                 the
                 like
                 m●dness
                 ,
                 and
                 produceth
                 truly-wonderful
                 Symptomes
                 both
                 in
                 Mens
                 Bodies
                 and
                 Beasts
                 )
                 are
                 sufficient
                 to
                 evince
                 what
                 we
                 p●oposed
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 that
                 Man's
                 Body
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 well
                 sometimes
                 cured
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 it
                 too
                 often
                 discompos'd
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 little
                 proportions
                 of
                 M●tt●r
                 ,
                 m●y
                 (
                 not
                 now
                 to
                 mention
                 the
                 questionable
                 Vertu●s
                 ●scrib'd
                 to
                 many
                 Antidotes
                 )
                 be
                 gathered
                 from
                 that
                 Expe●iment
                 ,
                 so
                 common
                 in
                 Italy
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 ,
                 of
                 curing
                 the
                 invenom'd
                 biting
                 of
                 Scorpions
                 ,
                 by
                 anointing
                 the
                 bitten
                 and
                 
                 tumid
                 place
                 with
                 common
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 wherein
                 store
                 of
                 Scorpions
                 have
                 been
                 drown'd
                 and
                 steep'd
                 .
                 And
                 a
                 resembling
                 Example
                 of
                 the
                 Antidotal
                 Vertue
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 Nature
                 hath
                 enrich'd
                 some
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 is
                 given
                 us
                 by
                 the
                 above-commended
                 Piso
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Medicina
                   Brasiliensis
                
                 ,
                 
                 where
                 (
                 treating
                 of
                 the
                 Antidotal
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 famous
                 Brasilian
                 Herb
                 Nhanby
                 ,
                 eaten
                 upon
                 an
                 empty
                 Stomack
                 )
                 he
                 adds
                 this
                 memorable
                 Story
                 ;
                 That
                 he
                 himself
                 saw
                 a
                 Brasilian
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 caught
                 an
                 over-grown
                 Toad
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 swell'd
                 with
                 Poyson
                 (
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 Brasilians
                 call
                 Cururu
                 )
                 which
                 useth
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 big
                 again
                 as
                 the
                 European
                 Toad
                 ,
                 and
                 desperately
                 venomous
                 (
                 which
                 perhaps
                 our
                 Toads
                 are
                 not
                 )
                 he
                 presently
                 killed
                 him
                 ,
                 by
                 dropping
                 on
                 his
                 back
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 and
                 Leaves
                 of
                 that
                 admirable
                 Plant.
                 And
                 you
                 may
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 formerly
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 in
                 effect
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 great
                 and
                 salutary
                 changes
                 may
                 be
                 produced
                 even
                 in
                 humane
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 relates
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 known
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 eaten
                 several
                 sorts
                 of
                 Poyson
                 ,
                 Snatch'd
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 trice
                 ,
                 from
                 imminent
                 death
                 ,
                 by
                 onely
                 drinking
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Infusion
                 of
                 the
                 Root
                 he
                 calls
                 Jaborandi
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 ,
                 after
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Alexipharmaca
                 and
                 Theriacal
                 Antidotes
                 had
                 been
                 fruitlesly
                 administred
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 will
                 perchance
                 tell
                 me
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 last
                 Instances
                 are
                 of
                 Poysonous
                 Distempers
                 and
                 their
                 Antidotes
                 ;
                 not
                 of
                 ordinary
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Specifick
                 Remedies
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 th●s
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 double
                 Answer
                 :
                 and
                 First
                 ,
                 Many
                 of
                 those
                 Distempers
                 that
                 proceed
                 from
                 Poyson
                 ,
                 are
                 really
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 both
                 call'd
                 by
                 that
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 treated
                 of
                 ,
                 as
                 such
                 ,
                 by
                 Physitians
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 they
                 may
                 well
                 look
                 upon
                 them
                 but
                 as
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 exasperated
                 by
                 a
                 virulent
                 Malignity
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 appears
                 to
                 be
                 not
                 always
                 easily
                 distinguishable
                 from
                 that
                 of
                 Diseases
                 that
                 proceed
                 not
                 from
                 Poyson
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 otherwise
                 the
                 Physitians
                 of
                 Princes
                 and
                 great
                 Men
                 ,
                 if
                 after
                 having
                 
                 considered
                 all
                 the
                 inward
                 Parts
                 of
                 their
                 dis-bowell'd
                 Patients
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 so
                 often
                 doubt
                 and
                 dispute
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 do
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 Poyson
                 were
                 accessary
                 to
                 their
                 death
                 .
                 And
                 Piso
                 (
                 who
                 learn'd
                 divers
                 of
                 their
                 detestable
                 Secrets
                 from
                 the
                 Brasilians
                 )
                 relates
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 so
                 skilful
                 in
                 the
                 cursed
                 Art
                 of
                 tempering
                 and
                 allaying
                 their
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 often
                 hinder
                 them
                 from
                 disclosing
                 their
                 deleterial
                 Nature
                 for
                 so
                 long
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 subtle
                 Murtherers
                 do
                 as
                 unsuspectedly
                 as
                 fatally
                 ,
                 execute
                 their
                 Malice
                 or
                 Revenge
                 .
                 These
                 Diseases
                 indeed
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 differ
                 in
                 this
                 from
                 Surfeits
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 resembling
                 ordinary
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 the
                 venomous
                 matter
                 that
                 produceth
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 is
                 at
                 first
                 much
                 more
                 small
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 the
                 morbifick
                 Matter
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 activity
                 of
                 this
                 little
                 quantity
                 of
                 hostile
                 Matter
                 doth
                 make
                 it
                 so
                 pernicious
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Disorders
                 it
                 produceth
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 being
                 much
                 greater
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 ordinary
                 Sicknesses
                 is
                 ;
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 such
                 Distempers
                 is
                 the
                 fitter
                 to
                 manifest
                 how
                 powerfully
                 Nature
                 may
                 be
                 succour'd
                 ,
                 by
                 Remedies
                 that
                 work
                 not
                 by
                 first
                 or
                 second
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 since
                 such
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 deliver
                 Her
                 from
                 Diseases
                 heightned
                 by
                 a
                 peculiar
                 and
                 venomous
                 malignity
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 this
                 first
                 I
                 shall
                 subjoyn
                 my
                 next
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 divers
                 Passages
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 Discourse
                 (
                 especially
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 related
                 concerning
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 Agues
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Rickets
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Kings-Evil
                 )
                 may
                 satisfie
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 even
                 of
                 ordinary
                 Diseases
                 (
                 some
                 at
                 least
                 )
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 well
                 cured
                 by
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 produced
                 by
                 Poyson
                 are
                 by
                 Antidotes
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 may
                 also
                 say
                 ,
                 
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   But
                   what
                   if
                   a
                   recommended
                   Sp●cifick
                   do
                   not
                   onely
                   seem
                   unable
                   to
                   produce
                   the
                   promised
                   Eff●ct
                   ,
                   but
                   have
                   Qualities
                   ,
                   which
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   Notions
                   of
                   the
                   nature
                   of
                   the
                   Disease
                   ,
                   seem
                   likely
                   to
                   conspire
                   with
                   it
                   and
                   increase
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
               
                 I
                 Answer
                 ,
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 it
                 is
                 better
                 for
                 a
                 Patient
                 to
                 be
                 cured
                 by
                 a
                 rashly
                 an●
                 unskilfully
                 given
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 die
                 under
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 skilfully
                 administred
                 Physick
                 ;
                 yet
                 that
                 the
                 Physitian
                 who
                 looseth
                 h●s
                 Patient
                 ,
                 a●ter
                 having
                 done
                 all
                 that
                 his
                 Art
                 prescribed
                 to
                 save
                 him
                 ,
                 deserves
                 more
                 commendation
                 then
                 he
                 th●t
                 luckily
                 ch●nceth
                 to
                 cure
                 his
                 Patient
                 by
                 an
                 irrational
                 course
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 case
                 as
                 you
                 put
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 satisfied
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 venture
                 to
                 try
                 such
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 more
                 ordinary
                 and
                 unsuspected
                 means
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 imploye●
                 and
                 found
                 ineffectual
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 one
                 lucky
                 Cure
                 that
                 ought
                 to
                 recommend
                 to
                 a
                 wary
                 Physitian
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 whose
                 dangerous
                 Qual●ty
                 seems
                 obvious
                 ,
                 whereas
                 its
                 vertue
                 must
                 be
                 credited
                 upon
                 Report
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 then
                 secon●ly
                 ,
                 If
                 the
                 Physiti●n
                 be
                 duly
                 s●tisfied
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 co●petent
                 number
                 and
                 variety
                 of
                 Patients
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 he
                 m●y
                 ,
                 without
                 ●ashness
                 ,
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 such
                 Remedies
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 where
                 ordinary
                 Medicines
                 have
                 been
                 already
                 fruitlesly
                 try'd
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XVIII
                 .
              
               
                 THat
                 you
                 may
                 cease
                 to
                 wonder
                 at
                 my
                 daring
                 to
                 say
                 this
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 offer
                 to
                 you
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Particulars
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 manifest
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 inqu●sitive
                 ,
                 Th●t
                 the
                 true
                 Nature
                 an●
                 Causes
                 of
                 several
                 Dise●ses
                 ,
                 are
                 much
                 less
                 certain
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 disputed
                 of
                 among
                 the
                 Doctors
                 themselves
                 ,
                 then
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 inquisitive
                 imagine
                 :
                 Nor
                 is
                 the
                 method
                 of
                 curing
                 divers
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 
                 more
                 setled
                 &
                 agreed
                 on
                 ,
                 that
                 depending
                 chiefly
                 upon
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 those
                 C●uses
                 ,
                 which
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 saying
                 ,
                 are
                 controverted
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 either
                 an
                 Enemy
                 to
                 Method
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Undervaluer
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 fear
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Physiti●ns
                 for
                 I
                 intend
                 not
                 ,
                 nor
                 need
                 not
                 all
                 along
                 this
                 Essay
                 speak
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 have
                 as
                 yet
                 but
                 an
                 imperfect
                 Method
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 narrow
                 P●inciples
                 they
                 were
                 taught
                 in
                 the
                 Schools
                 ,
                 been
                 perswaded
                 to
                 frame
                 their
                 Method
                 rather
                 to
                 the
                 barren
                 Principles
                 of
                 the
                 Pe●ipatetick
                 School
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 full
                 amplitude
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
                 Nor
                 do
                 I
                 finde
                 that
                 Physitians
                 have
                 yet
                 done
                 so
                 fit
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 as
                 seriously
                 (
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 attention
                 which
                 the
                 impo●tance
                 of
                 the
                 thing
                 deserves
                 )
                 on
                 the
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 to
                 enumerate
                 and
                 distinguish
                 the
                 several
                 Causes
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 any
                 whit
                 probably
                 be
                 assign'd
                 ,
                 how
                 the
                 Phaenomena
                 of
                 that
                 disordered
                 state
                 of
                 the
                 humane
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 a
                 Disease
                 ,
                 or
                 its
                 Symptomes
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 produced
                 .
                 And
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 by
                 how
                 many
                 and
                 how
                 differing
                 ways
                 the
                 Phaenomena
                 may
                 be
                 removed
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 D●seases
                 they
                 belong
                 to
                 destroy'd
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 this
                 were
                 analytically
                 and
                 carefully
                 done
                 ,
                 I
                 little
                 doubt
                 but
                 that
                 Mens
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 Causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ways
                 of
                 curing
                 them
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 less
                 circumscrib'd
                 and
                 more
                 ●ff●ctu●l
                 then
                 now
                 it
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 Methodists
                 would
                 then
                 finde
                 that
                 there
                 divers
                 probable
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 promising
                 Methods
                 (
                 proper
                 to
                 divers
                 ca●es
                 )
                 whi●h
                 Ways
                 they
                 yet
                 over-look
                 :
                 And
                 though
                 in
                 a
                 right
                 sense
                 it
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Physitian
                 is
                 but
                 Natures
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 Her
                 ,
                 who
                 aims
                 always
                 at
                 the
                 best
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 we
                 take
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 sense
                 those
                 Expressions
                 are
                 vulgarly
                 used
                 in
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 acquaint
                 You
                 with
                 my
                 Exceptions
                 at
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 confess
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 whether
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 done
                 harm
                 ,
                 and
                 hindred
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 fascinating
                 the
                 mindes
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 keeping
                 them
                 from
                 those
                 effectual
                 Courses
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 may
                 potently
                 alter
                 the
                 Engine
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 rectifying
                 the
                 Motion
                 and
                 Texture
                 of
                 its
                 Parts
                 ,
                 both
                 consistent
                 and
                 fluid
                 ,
                 may
                 bring
                 Nature
                 to
                 their
                 bent
                 ,
                 and
                 accustom
                 Her
                 to
                 such
                 convenient
                 Courses
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 and
                 other
                 Juices
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 fit
                 times
                 and
                 ways
                 of
                 evacuating
                 (
                 what
                 is
                 noxious
                 or
                 superfluous
                 &c.
                 )
                 as
                 may
                 prevent
                 or
                 cure
                 divers
                 stubborn
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 more
                 happily
                 then
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Methodists
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 indeed
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 scarce
                 to
                 be
                 expected
                 ,
                 that
                 till
                 men
                 have
                 a
                 better
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 Principles
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 without
                 which
                 't
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 arrive
                 at
                 a
                 more
                 comprehensive
                 Theory
                 of
                 the
                 various
                 possible
                 causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 contrivance
                 and
                 uses
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 the
                 Method
                 which
                 supposes
                 this
                 Knowledg
                 should
                 be
                 other
                 then
                 in
                 many
                 things
                 defective
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 erroneous
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Method
                 may
                 be
                 shewn
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 to
                 some
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 I
                 may
                 perhaps
                 elsewhere
                 acquaint
                 you
                 more
                 particularly
                 with
                 my
                 suspicions
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 only
                 mention
                 the
                 last
                 Observation
                 of
                 this
                 kind
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 You
                 and
                 I
                 very
                 well
                 know
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 for
                 some
                 Months
                 much
                 troubled
                 with
                 a
                 difficulty
                 of
                 breathing
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 been
                 unsuccesfully
                 treated
                 for
                 it
                 by
                 very
                 Eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 we
                 at
                 last
                 suspected
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Nerves
                 that
                 serv'd
                 to
                 move
                 the
                 Diaphragme
                 and
                 other
                 Organs
                 of
                 respiration
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 distemper
                 this
                 suppos'd
                 Asthma
                 depended
                 ,
                 and
                 accordingly
                 by
                 a
                 taking
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 a
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 friendly
                 to
                 the
                 
                   genus
                   Nervosum
                
                 ,
                 he
                 vvas
                 quickly
                 freed
                 from
                 his
                 trouble
                 some
                 distemper
                 ,
                 which
                 afterwards
                 he
                 was
                 fully
                 perswaded
                 did
                 not
                 proceed
                 from
                 any
                 stuffing
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 Lungs
                 .
                 To
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 esteem
                 soever
                 
                 we
                 have
                 for
                 Method
                 ,
                 yet
                 since
                 that
                 it self
                 and
                 the
                 Theories
                 whereon
                 men
                 ground
                 it
                 ,
                 are
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 divers
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 so
                 hotly
                 disputed
                 of
                 ;
                 even
                 among
                 Eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 many
                 cases
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 discerne
                 more
                 probability
                 of
                 the
                 successe
                 of
                 the
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 then
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 the
                 received
                 Notion
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 ;
                 In
                 such
                 abstruse
                 cases
                 me-thinks
                 it
                 were
                 not
                 amiss
                 to
                 reflect
                 upon
                 that
                 reasoning
                 of
                 the
                 auncient
                 Empericks
                 (
                 though
                 on
                 a
                 somewhat
                 differing
                 occasion
                 )
                 which
                 is
                 thus
                 somewhere
                 express'd
                 by
                 
                   Celsus
                   :
                   Neque
                   se
                   dicere
                   consilio
                   medicum
                   non
                   egere
                   ,
                   &
                   irrationabile
                   Animal
                   hanc
                   artem
                   posse
                   praestare
                   ,
                   sed
                   has
                   latentium
                   rerum
                   conjecturas
                   ad
                   rem
                   non
                   pert
                   nere
                   ;
                   Quia
                   non
                   intersit
                   ,
                   quid
                   morbum
                   faciat
                   ,
                   sed
                   quid
                   tollat
                   .
                
                 And
                 as
                 the
                 controverted
                 Method
                 in
                 the
                 abovemention'd
                 Diseases
                 is
                 not
                 yet
                 establish'd
                 or
                 agreed
                 on
                 in
                 the
                 Schools
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 divers
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 wholly
                 strangers
                 to
                 those
                 Schools
                 ,
                 do
                 yet
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Experience
                 and
                 good
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Method
                 their
                 Mother-wit
                 does
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 emergencies
                 ,
                 prompt
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 ,
                 perform
                 such
                 considerable
                 cures
                 ,
                 that
                 Piso
                 sticks
                 not
                 to
                 give
                 this
                 Testimony
                 to
                 the
                 utterly
                 Unlearned
                 Brasilian
                 Empericks
                 .
                 Interim
                 ,
                 
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   seniores
                   &
                   exercitatiores
                   eximii
                   sunt
                   Botanici
                   ,
                   facilique
                   negotio
                   omnis
                   generis
                   medicamina
                   ex
                   undiquaque
                   in
                   sylvis
                   conquisitis
                   conficiunt
                   .
                   Quae
                   tanta
                   sagacitate
                   internè
                   &
                   externè
                   illos
                   adhibere
                   videas
                   ,
                   praecipuè
                   in
                   morbis
                   à
                   veneno
                   natis
                   ,
                   ut
                   quis
                   illorum
                   manibus
                   tutius
                   &
                   securius
                   se
                   tradat
                   ,
                   quam
                   medicastris
                   nostris
                   sciolis
                   ,
                   qui
                   secreta
                   quaedam
                   in
                   umbra
                   nata
                   atque
                   educata
                   crepant
                   perpetuo
                   ,
                   &
                   ob
                   has
                   Rationales
                   dici
                   volunt
                   .
                
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 There
                 are
                 divers
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 they
                 want
                 not
                 some
                 one
                 quality
                 or
                 other
                 proper
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 Disease
                 against
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 administr'd
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 confidently
                 us'd
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 judicious
                 Doctors
                 ,
                 because
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 also
                 inrich'd
                 with
                 other
                 qualities
                 ,
                 whereby
                 they
                 may
                 
                 do
                 much
                 more
                 good
                 then
                 their
                 noxious
                 quality
                 can
                 do
                 harm
                 ;
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 Malignant
                 Fe●ver
                 ,
                 t●ough
                 the
                 distemper
                 be
                 Hot
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 Treacle
                 an●
                 s●●e
                 other
                 Antidotal
                 Su●or
                 ficks
                 be
                 hot
                 also
                 ,
                 y●t
                 they
                 are
                 usefu●●y
                 admin●stred
                 in
                 such
                 Dise●s●s
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 reliefe
                 they
                 bring
                 th●
                 p●tient
                 by
                 oppugning
                 the
                 Malignity
                 of
                 the
                 pecc●nt
                 matter
                 ,
                 an●
                 perhaps
                 by
                 easing
                 him
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 sweat
                 ,
                 is
                 more
                 consi●erable
                 then
                 the
                 h●rm
                 they
                 can
                 do
                 him
                 ,
                 by
                 encreasing
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 his
                 He●t
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 very
                 experienced
                 Bontius
                 ,
                 Chief
                 Physiti●n
                 to
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Plantation
                 in
                 the
                 East
                 -
                 Indies
                 ;
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                   Indica
                
                 ,
                 
                 Treating
                 of
                 the
                 Spasmus
                 ,
                 which
                 (
                 though
                 here
                 unfrequent
                 )
                 he
                 reckons
                 among
                 the
                 Endemial
                 Diseases
                 of
                 the
                 Indies
                 ,
                 commends
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 Quercetanus's
                 Laudanum
                 ,
                 of
                 Philonium
                 ,
                 and
                 principally
                 of
                 an
                 Extract
                 of
                 Opium●nd
                 ●nd
                 Safron
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 describes
                 and
                 much
                 Extols
                 ;
                 and
                 le●st
                 h●s
                 Readers
                 should
                 scruple
                 at
                 so
                 strange
                 a
                 prescription
                 ,
                 he
                 a●●s
                 this
                 memorable
                 passage
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 pu●pose
                 .
                 Fortaf●●s
                 (
                 sues
                 he
                 )
                 
                   Sciolus
                   quispiam
                   negabit
                   his
                   remediis
                   ,
                   propter
                   vim
                   stupefactivam
                   ac
                   narcoticum
                   nervisque
                   inimicam
                   ,
                   esse
                   utendum
                   .
                   Speciosa
                   quidem
                   haec
                   prima
                   fronte
                   videntur
                   sed
                   tamen
                   vana
                   s●nt
                   .
                   Nam
                   praeterquam
                   quod
                   calidissima
                   hujus
                   Climatis
                   t●mp●r●es
                   non
                   requirat
                   ,
                   certissimum
                   est
                   in
                   tali
                   necessitate
                   :
                   sine
                   his
                   aeg●um
                   evadere
                   non
                   posse
                   .
                   Adde
                   quod
                   nos
                   tam
                   rite
                   Opium
                   hic
                   praeparamus
                   ut
                   vel
                   infanti
                   innoxie
                   detur
                   :
                   &
                   sane
                   ut
                   verbo
                   ab●●lvam●
                   si
                   Opiata
                   hic
                   nobis
                   de●ssent
                   in
                   morbis
                   calidis
                   hic
                   grass●ntibus
                   frustra
                   remedia
                   adhiberemus
                   quod
                   etsi
                   imperitis
                   durum
                   ,
                   ex
                   progr●ssu
                   tamen
                   me
                   nihil
                   tem●re
                   dix●sse
                   pat●bit
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 drincking
                 freely
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 the
                 Dr●nk
                 be
                 cold
                 Water
                 ,
                 is
                 usually
                 (
                 and
                 in
                 most
                 c●ses
                 ,
                 nor
                 w●thout
                 much
                 reason
                 :
                 )
                 strictly
                 forbidden
                 ,
                 as
                 very
                 hurtful
                 for
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 those
                 that
                 frequent
                 the
                 Spaa
                 ,
                 tell
                 us
                 of
                 great
                 cures
                 perform'd
                 by
                 pouring
                 in
                 plenty
                 of
                 Waters
                 ●nto
                 the
                 Patients
                 already
                 
                 distended
                 Belly
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 great
                 Quality
                 ,
                 and
                 Vertue
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 by
                 an
                 obstinate
                 Dropsy
                 ,
                 besides
                 a
                 complic●tion
                 of
                 other
                 formidable
                 diseases
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 a
                 desperate
                 condition
                 ,
                 was
                 advis'd
                 to
                 Drink
                 
                   Tunbridg
                   Waters
                
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 happn'd
                 to
                 be
                 there
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 very
                 skilful
                 Physitian
                 :
                 Who
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Doctors
                 having
                 done
                 all
                 their
                 Art
                 could
                 direct
                 them
                 unto
                 in
                 vain
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 be
                 cur'd
                 by
                 Death
                 ,
                 if
                 she
                 were
                 not
                 by
                 these
                 Waters
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 (
                 the
                 weather
                 proving
                 very
                 seasonable
                 for
                 that
                 sort
                 of
                 Physick
                 )
                 she
                 return'd
                 in
                 so
                 prosperous
                 a
                 condition
                 of
                 recovery
                 ,
                 as
                 exacted
                 both
                 his
                 and
                 my
                 wonder
                 .
                 That
                 the
                 Decoction
                 of
                 so
                 heating
                 a
                 Simple
                 as
                 Guajacum
                 ;
                 would
                 be
                 lookt
                 upon
                 by
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 both
                 Galenists
                 and
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 dangerous
                 Medicine
                 in
                 P●hisical
                 and
                 other
                 consumptions
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 easily
                 grant
                 :
                 and
                 yet
                 some
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 particularly
                 Spaniards
                 )
                 tell
                 us
                 of
                 wonderful
                 cures
                 they
                 have
                 perform'd
                 in
                 desperate
                 Ulcers
                 of
                 the
                 Lungs
                 by
                 the
                 long
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 Decoction
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 it
                 s
                 manifestly
                 and
                 troublesomely
                 heating
                 Quality
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Physitian
                 eminently
                 learn'd
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 a
                 Methodist
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 who
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 this
                 unlikely
                 way
                 of
                 curing
                 Consumptions
                 with
                 a
                 successe
                 that
                 has
                 much
                 recommended
                 these
                 Paradoxical
                 Spaniards
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 also
                 believ'd
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 without
                 cause
                 ,
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 Mercury
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 prove
                 a
                 great
                 enemy
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Genus
                   nervosum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 often
                 produces
                 Palseys
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 distempers
                 of
                 the
                 Brain
                 and
                 Nerves
                 :
                 and
                 yet
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 exactest
                 and
                 happiest
                 Methodists
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 has
                 confess'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 Mercurial
                 preparations
                 are
                 those
                 which
                 he
                 uses
                 the
                 most
                 succesfully
                 in
                 Paralytical
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 distempers
                 of
                 what
                 Physitians
                 call
                 the
                 
                   Genus
                   nervosum
                
                 .
                 And
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Gentlewoman
                 being
                 confin'd
                 to
                 her
                 Bed
                 by
                 a
                 Dead
                 Palsey
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 seis'd
                 on
                 on●
                 side
                 of
                 
                 her
                 Body
                 ,
                 a
                 Physitian
                 eminent
                 for
                 his
                 Books
                 and
                 Cures
                 ,
                 giving
                 her
                 a
                 dose
                 of
                 a
                 certain
                 Preparation
                 of
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 corrected
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 Gold
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 put
                 into
                 his
                 hands
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 was
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 bring
                 me
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 first
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 ,
                 which
                 wrought
                 but
                 gently
                 by
                 Siege
                 ,
                 without
                 either
                 Vomits
                 or
                 Salivation
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 enabled
                 the
                 same
                 or
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 to
                 quit
                 her
                 Bed
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 about
                 the
                 Room
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 things
                 which
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 against
                 reason
                 whilst
                 they
                 are
                 barely
                 propos'd
                 and
                 not
                 prov'd
                 for
                 which
                 we
                 afterwards
                 discerne
                 very
                 good
                 reason
                 :
                 when
                 experience
                 ,
                 having
                 satisfied
                 us
                 they
                 are
                 really
                 true
                 ,
                 has
                 both
                 invited
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 assisted
                 us
                 to
                 enquire
                 into
                 their
                 causes
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 we
                 have
                 elsewhere
                 given
                 divers
                 not
                 Medical
                 Instances
                 in
                 our
                 ESSAY
                 
                   Concerning
                   improbable
                   Truths
                
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 coul●
                 easily
                 enough
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 du●st
                 be
                 tedious
                 ,
                 give
                 you
                 some
                 Medical
                 Illustrations
                 of
                 the
                 s●me
                 truth
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 dare
                 now
                 only
                 invite
                 you
                 to
                 consider
                 th●s
                 one
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 of
                 g●eat
                 use
                 to
                 explicate
                 many
                 others
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Physick
                 too
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 Th●t
                 ●here
                 are
                 divers
                 Concretes
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 to
                 Sense
                 ,
                 Similar
                 ,
                 or
                 Homogeneous
                 ,
                 whose
                 differing
                 parts
                 are
                 endow'd
                 with
                 very
                 differing
                 and
                 sometimes
                 contrary
                 Qualities
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 not
                 only
                 appeares
                 in
                 the
                 Chymical
                 Analysis
                 of
                 Bodies
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 fi●e
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 difference
                 of
                 what
                 Chym●sts
                 call
                 the
                 separate●
                 Principles
                 of
                 Concretes
                 is
                 often
                 ve●y
                 manifest
                 and
                 g●eat
                 ,
                 but
                 ev'n
                 in
                 divers
                 Bodies
                 that
                 h●ve
                 not
                 been
                 resolv'd
                 by
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ;
                 as
                 is
                 evident
                 in
                 Rhubarb
                 taken
                 in
                 substance
                 ,
                 whose
                 subtiler
                 parts
                 are
                 purging
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 terrestrial
                 astringent
                 :
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 those
                 parts
                 which
                 do
                 in
                 much
                 the
                 lesse
                 quantity
                 concurre
                 to
                 the
                 constitution
                 of
                 the
                 concrete
                 do
                 but
                 meet
                 with
                 a
                 Body
                 dispos'd
                 to
                 receive
                 their
                 Impressions
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 possible
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 work
                 more
                 powerfully
                 on
                 it
                 then
                 the
                 other
                 Parts
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Eye
                 judgeth
                 it
                 altogether
                 to
                 consist
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 out
                 to
                 some
                 ingenious
                 Men
                 ,
                 by
                 shewing
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 Sallet
                 Oyl
                 be
                 generally
                 reputed
                 to
                 consist
                 of
                 Fat
                 and
                 Unctuous
                 Particles
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 resister
                 of
                 Corrosion
                 ;
                 yet
                 it
                 containes
                 in
                 it
                 sharp
                 and
                 piercing
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 meeting
                 with
                 a
                 disposed
                 subject
                 ,
                 do
                 more
                 powerfully
                 operate
                 then
                 the
                 more
                 purely
                 Oleaginous
                 ones
                 .
                 As
                 we
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 evince
                 by
                 keeping
                 for
                 a
                 short
                 while
                 in
                 a
                 gentle
                 warmth
                 ,
                 some
                 pure
                 Oyl-Olive
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 Filings
                 of
                 ev'n
                 crude
                 Copper
                 :
                 For
                 from
                 them
                 the
                 Liquor
                 extracted
                 an
                 high
                 Tincture
                 betwixt
                 Green
                 and
                 Blew
                 ,
                 like
                 that
                 which
                 such
                 Filings
                 would
                 have
                 given
                 to
                 Distill'd
                 Vineger
                 ,
                 which
                 according
                 to
                 Chymists
                 Notions
                 obtains
                 that
                 Colour
                 ,
                 by
                 making
                 with
                 its
                 Acid
                 and
                 Corrosive
                 Salt
                 a
                 real
                 solution
                 of
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Copper
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 recoverablenesse
                 of
                 the
                 metal
                 out
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 Another
                 proof
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Acrimony
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 Oyl
                 we
                 may
                 elswhere
                 give
                 you
                 .
                 But
                 now
                 we
                 shall
                 rather
                 confirme
                 our
                 Answer
                 to
                 your
                 Question
                 ,
                 by
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Examples
                 of
                 Cures
                 perform'd
                 by
                 unlikely
                 Remedies
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 went
                 once
                 to
                 visit
                 an
                 Ingenious
                 Helmontian
                 ,
                 whom
                 I
                 found
                 Sick
                 on
                 his
                 Bed
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 by
                 the
                 Symptomes
                 of
                 his
                 Disease
                 ,
                 discern'd
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Pleurisy
                 ,
                 I
                 talk'd
                 with
                 him
                 of
                 seasonably
                 opening
                 a
                 Veine
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 resolv'd
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 would
                 cure
                 himself
                 by
                 a
                 remedy
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 first
                 seems
                 as
                 likely
                 to
                 encrease
                 such
                 a
                 disease
                 as
                 Phlebotomy
                 is
                 to
                 cure
                 it
                 ,
                 namely
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Helmonts
                 
                   Laudanum
                   Opiatum
                
                 which
                 in
                 effect
                 did
                 in
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 daies
                 cure
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 he
                 without
                 Blood
                 letting
                 cur'd
                 some
                 others
                 with
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 the
                 lesse
                 wonder
                 at
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 my
                 having
                 observ'd
                 
                 that
                 Opium
                 (
                 with
                 which
                 unskilful
                 men
                 seldome
                 tamper
                 without
                 danger
                 )
                 if
                 duely
                 corrected
                 and
                 prepared
                 proves
                 sometimes
                 a
                 great
                 resolver
                 ,
                 and
                 commonly
                 a
                 great
                 Sudorifick
                 insomuch
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 it
                 make
                 a
                 person
                 copiously
                 sweat
                 ,
                 who
                 often
                 complain'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 other
                 Diaphoreticks
                 had
                 no
                 such
                 operation
                 on
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 oftentimes
                 seen
                 Coughs
                 strangly
                 abated
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 a
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 how
                 I
                 prepare
                 :
                 and
                 with
                 which
                 (
                 I
                 remember
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 pretty
                 Child
                 you
                 (
                 Pyrophilus
                 )
                 know
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 is
                 now
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 so
                 happy
                 as
                 to
                 represse
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 Houres
                 a
                 violent
                 Cough
                 ,
                 that
                 threatned
                 her
                 with
                 Speedy
                 Death
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 this
                 Medicine
                 has
                 so
                 eminent
                 a
                 saltnesse
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Tongue
                 can
                 scarce
                 suffer
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 how
                 much
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Salt
                 things
                 is
                 by
                 many
                 Physitians
                 condem'd
                 in
                 Coughs
                 (
                 and
                 indeed
                 in
                 many
                 cases
                 not
                 without
                 Reason
                 )
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 tell
                 You.
                 And
                 with
                 exceedingly
                 piercing
                 Essence
                 or
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Mans
                 Blood
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 its
                 being
                 very
                 Saline
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 s
                 manifestly
                 heating
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 especially
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 Four
                 or
                 Five
                 daies
                 ,
                 strange
                 things
                 perform'd
                 even
                 in
                 a
                 deplorable
                 and
                 hereditary
                 Consumption
                 .
                 This
                 Pyrophilus
                 brings
                 into
                 my
                 mind
                 ,
                 something
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 think
                 odde
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 hav●ng
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 advise
                 for
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 high
                 quality
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 ancient
                 Galenist
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Country
                 was
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 almost
                 an
                 Oracle
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 Phthisical
                 Consumptions
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 there
                 a
                 vulgar
                 Disease
                 ,
                 He
                 confessed
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 his
                 having
                 fallen
                 into
                 it
                 himself
                 ,
                 made
                 him
                 very
                 solicitous
                 to
                 find
                 a
                 cure
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 his
                 long
                 and
                 various
                 practise
                 ,
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 great
                 variety
                 of
                 Methods
                 and
                 Remedies
                 for
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 that
                 Disease
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 cur'd
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 his
                 chief
                 Patiens
                 was
                 principally
                 Sulphur
                 
                 melted
                 ,
                 and
                 mingled
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 certain
                 proportion
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 with
                 beaten
                 Amber
                 or
                 a
                 Cephalick
                 Herb.
                 The
                 particular
                 circumstances
                 of
                 his
                 Method
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 now
                 set
                 you
                 down
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 by
                 me
                 the
                 Paper
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 Noted
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 I
                 mistake
                 not
                 the
                 Herb
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 mingl'd
                 the
                 Brimstone
                 or
                 Flower
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 was
                 Coltsfoot
                 or
                 Betony
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 well
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 he
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 the
                 chief
                 and
                 specifick
                 Remedy
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 of
                 curing
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 smoak
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 ingredients
                 being
                 added
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 for
                 their
                 being
                 proper
                 enough
                 for
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 helping
                 to
                 fill
                 the
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 to
                 allay
                 the
                 pungency
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 the
                 Smoak
                 ,
                 if
                 afforded
                 by
                 a
                 Pipe
                 fill'd
                 with
                 Brimstone
                 alone
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 qualify'd
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 this
                 Sulphureous
                 Smoak
                 is
                 so
                 predominant
                 in
                 the
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 us'd
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Syrrup
                 in
                 readiness
                 to
                 ●elieve
                 those
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Acrimony
                 of
                 the
                 Fumes
                 should
                 make
                 very
                 sore
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 blister
                 on
                 the
                 one
                 side
                 of
                 their
                 Mouthes
                 ,
                 or
                 Throats
                 ,
                 which
                 accident
                 he
                 provided
                 for
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 cooling
                 and
                 healing
                 Syrrup
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 thereby
                 discourag'd
                 from
                 prosecuting
                 the
                 cure
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 ;
                 wherewith
                 a
                 person
                 very
                 Curious
                 and
                 Rich
                 ,
                 has
                 solemnly
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 himself
                 has
                 cur'd
                 divers
                 Consumptions
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 in
                 a
                 Lady
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 health
                 very
                 Lean
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 nam'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 one
                 I
                 then
                 knew
                 .
                 Now
                 we
                 know
                 that
                 Physitians
                 generally
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 most
                 cases
                 justly
                 ,
                 forbid
                 Acid
                 things
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 exulcerated
                 or
                 tender
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 highly
                 Acid
                 and
                 piercing
                 the
                 Smoak
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Chymists
                 can
                 best
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 catching
                 it
                 and
                 condensing
                 it
                 in
                 Glasses
                 shap'd
                 almost
                 like
                 Bells
                 obtain
                 from
                 it
                 that
                 very
                 corrosive
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 which
                 readily
                 dissolves
                 Iron
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 that
                 is
                 commonly
                 call'd
                 
                   Oleum
                   Sulphuris
                   per
                   campanam
                
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 it
                 seems
                 that
                 either
                 the
                 Theory
                 of
                 Consumptions
                 is
                 misunderstood
                 ,
                 or
                 
                 that
                 the
                 drying
                 quality
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphureous
                 steam
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 great
                 power
                 to
                 resist
                 putrefaction
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 embalm
                 the
                 Lungs
                 and
                 season
                 the
                 Blood
                 are
                 considerable
                 enough
                 to
                 account
                 for
                 the
                 Harm
                 which
                 its
                 Acidity
                 may
                 do
                 .
              
               
                 Eeles
                 are
                 so
                 commonly
                 eaten
                 by
                 Persons
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 without
                 being
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 for
                 any
                 Quality
                 ,
                 except
                 their
                 Crudity
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 would
                 scarce
                 believe
                 such
                 a
                 stinking
                 and
                 odious
                 Medicine
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 their
                 Livers
                 and
                 Galls
                 dried
                 slowly
                 in
                 an
                 Oven
                 should
                 be
                 more
                 proper
                 for
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 taker
                 Vomit
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 Helmont
                 in
                 divers
                 places
                 speaks
                 of
                 this
                 Medicine
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 ke●t
                 multitudes
                 of
                 Women
                 from
                 dying
                 of
                 hard
                 Labour
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 him
                 ,
                 Panarola
                 in
                 his
                 New
                 Observations
                 highly
                 extols
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 knew
                 a
                 very
                 famous
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 very
                 few
                 other
                 Secrets
                 ,
                 and
                 scarce
                 any
                 one
                 so
                 great
                 to
                 get
                 Reputation
                 and
                 Mony
                 by
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 also
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 years
                 since
                 I
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Wife
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 ingenious
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 the
                 Midwives
                 and
                 her
                 Husband
                 almost
                 despair'd
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 as
                 she
                 afterwards
                 told
                 me
                 her self
                 )
                 each
                 Dose
                 made
                 her
                 throwes
                 (
                 which
                 before
                 had
                 left
                 her
                 )
                 returne
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 length
                 she
                 was
                 safely
                 delivered
                 she
                 scarce
                 knew
                 how
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 found
                 double
                 the
                 Dose
                 prescrib'd
                 by
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 requisite
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 at
                 last
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Walnut
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 of
                 these
                 Livers
                 given
                 in
                 Rhenish
                 or
                 White-wine
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 Stomack
                 was
                 most
                 empty
                 ,
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 such
                 a
                 case
                 required
                 .
              
               
                 Scorpions
                 being
                 Venomous
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 to
                 suffocate
                 and
                 infuse
                 them
                 in
                 Oyl
                 might
                 seem
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 Poysonous
                 ,
                 if
                 experience
                 did
                 not
                 assure
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 th●s
                 Oyl
                 is
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 being
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 Cures
                 the
                 invenom'd
                 bitings
                 of
                 Scorpions
                 ,
                 which
                 effect
                 now
                 that
                 Physitians
                 find
                 it
                 upon
                 trial
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 they
                 confesse
                 to
                 be
                 rational
                 ,
                 and
                 ascribe
                 it
                 ,
                 how
                 
                 justly
                 I
                 now
                 examine
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 attraction
                 of
                 the
                 Poyson
                 received
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 outwardly
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 hurt
                 .
                 And
                 Piso
                 informes
                 us
                 that
                 amongst
                 the
                 Brasilians
                 ,
                 whose
                 country
                 is
                 so
                 much
                 infested
                 with
                 Venomous
                 Creatures
                 't
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 general
                 Cure
                 to
                 draw
                 out
                 the
                 Poyson
                 by
                 applying
                 to
                 the
                 hurt
                 the
                 beaten
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Beast
                 that
                 gave
                 it
                 .
                 As
                 likewise
                 in
                 Italy
                 ,
                 they
                 account
                 the
                 crushing
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 Scorpion
                 that
                 has
                 bit
                 a
                 Man
                 upon
                 the
                 bitten
                 place
                 for
                 a
                 most
                 speedy
                 and
                 effectual
                 Remedy
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 here
                 in
                 England
                 the
                 Old
                 man
                 ,
                 whom
                 you
                 have
                 seen
                 going
                 about
                 with
                 
                   Vipers
                   ,
                   Toads
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 to
                 sell
                 ,
                 tol'd
                 me
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 dangerously
                 bitten
                 by
                 a
                 Viper
                 and
                 all
                 swel'd
                 by
                 the
                 Poyson
                 of
                 it
                 a
                 g●eat
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 cure
                 was
                 the
                 outward
                 application
                 of
                 Venomous
                 Creatures
                 stamp'd
                 'till
                 they
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 a
                 Consistence
                 fit
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 Fluxes
                 are
                 the
                 general
                 and
                 Endemical
                 Diseases
                 in
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 tell
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 occasion
                 to
                 consult
                 the
                 ancientest
                 and
                 most
                 experienc'd
                 Physitian
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 Dr
                 F.
                 about
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 during
                 his
                 very
                 long
                 Practice
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 divers
                 Remedies
                 very
                 prosperous
                 ,
                 some
                 on
                 one
                 sort
                 of
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 on
                 another
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Medicine
                 he
                 most
                 relied
                 on
                 ,
                 was
                 this
                 .
                 To
                 take
                 unsalted
                 Butter
                 ,
                 and
                 boil
                 it
                 gently
                 'till
                 a
                 pretty
                 part
                 were
                 consum'd
                 ,
                 Skimming
                 it
                 diligently
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 it
                 stands
                 over
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 this
                 Butter
                 melted
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 a
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 the
                 Patient
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 bare
                 it
                 .
                 A
                 Remedy
                 which
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 proposal
                 may
                 seem
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 put
                 a
                 man
                 into
                 a
                 Flux
                 then
                 to
                 cure
                 him
                 of
                 one
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 which
                 he
                 suppos'd
                 to
                 benefit
                 by
                 mitigating
                 the
                 sharp
                 humours
                 and
                 preserving
                 the
                 Entrals
                 from
                 their
                 Corrosion
                 was
                 afterwards
                 much
                 commended
                 to
                 me
                 by
                 
                 another
                 antient
                 Irish
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 esteemed
                 among
                 the
                 Doctors
                 the
                 next
                 in
                 Eminency
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 named
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 CAP.
                 XIX
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 Should
                 not
                 here
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 adde
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 allready
                 said
                 above
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 even
                 odde
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 finding
                 at
                 every
                 turn
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 main
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 does
                 (
                 really
                 or
                 in
                 pretence
                 )
                 prevail
                 with
                 many
                 Learned
                 Physitians
                 (
                 especially
                 in
                 a
                 famous
                 University
                 You
                 have
                 visited
                 abroad
                 )
                 to
                 reject
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 cannot
                 clearly
                 conceive
                 the
                 distinct
                 manner
                 of
                 the
                 Specificks
                 working
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 it
                 utterly
                 improbable
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 a
                 Medicine
                 which
                 must
                 passe
                 through
                 Digestions
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 whirl'd
                 about
                 with
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 ,
                 should
                 ,
                 neglecting
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 shew
                 it self
                 Friendly
                 to
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 and
                 fall
                 upon
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 Juyce
                 or
                 Humor
                 ,
                 rather
                 then
                 any
                 other
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 this
                 Objection
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 propos'd
                 as
                 plausible
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 readily
                 make
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 at
                 present
                 but
                 briefly
                 offer
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 what
                 has
                 been
                 hitherto
                 discours'd
                 ,
                 these
                 two
                 things
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 First
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 demand
                 of
                 these
                 Objectors
                 a
                 clear
                 and
                 satisfactory
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 an
                 intelligible
                 explication
                 of
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 working
                 of
                 divers
                 other
                 Medicaments
                 that
                 do
                 not
                 passe
                 for
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 as
                 how
                 Rhubarb
                 Purges
                 Choler
                 ,
                 and
                 Hellebor
                 Melancholly
                 rather
                 then
                 other
                 Humou●s
                 ,
                 how
                 some
                 Medicines
                 that
                 have
                 endur'd
                 a
                 strong
                 fire
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Antimonium
                   Diaphoreticum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Bezoardicum
                   minerale
                
                 well
                 made
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 oftentimes
                 strongly
                 Sudoririck
                 ;
                 why
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 or
                 of
                 Glasse
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 acquire
                 no
                 pungent
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 manifest
                 t●st
                 ,
                 whereby
                 to
                 velicate
                 
                 the
                 Palat
                 or
                 the
                 Tongue
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 violently
                 both
                 Vomitive
                 and
                 Cath●rtick
                 ;
                 And
                 how
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 
                   innoxiously
                   given
                   in
                   many
                   cases
                
                 Crude
                 to
                 Women
                 in
                 labour
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 does
                 e●sily
                 acquire
                 ,
                 besides
                 many
                 other
                 more
                 abstruse
                 Medicinal
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 an
                 Emetick
                 and
                 Purgative
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 Salivating
                 faculty
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 confesse
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 even
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Operations
                 of
                 common
                 Drugs
                 seem
                 not
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 h●therto
                 intelligibly
                 explain'd
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 yet
                 ,
                 for
                 ought
                 I
                 have
                 observ'd
                 ,
                 to
                 seek
                 for
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 manner
                 ,
                 how
                 Diureticks
                 ,
                 how
                 Sudorificks
                 ,
                 how
                 Sarcoticks
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 many
                 other
                 familiar
                 sorts
                 of
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 which
                 those
                 that
                 consider
                 them
                 but
                 slightly
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 think
                 they
                 understand
                 throughly
                 ,
                 perform
                 their
                 operations
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 I
                 much
                 question
                 ,
                 whether
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 Physitians
                 can
                 yet
                 give
                 us
                 a
                 satisfactory
                 account
                 ,
                 why
                 any
                 sort
                 of
                 Medicine
                 purges
                 in
                 general
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 that
                 in
                 particular
                 will
                 shew
                 me
                 ,
                 where
                 either
                 the
                 Peripatetick
                 or
                 Galenical
                 Schools
                 ,
                 have
                 intelligibly
                 made
                 out
                 ,
                 why
                 Rhubarb
                 does
                 particularly
                 purge
                 Choler
                 ,
                 and
                 Senna
                 more
                 peculiarly
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 
                   Erit
                   mihi
                   magnus
                   Apollo
                
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 see
                 not
                 how
                 from
                 those
                 narrow
                 and
                 barren
                 Principles
                 of
                 the
                 four
                 Elements
                 ,
                 the
                 four
                 Humours
                 ,
                 the
                 four
                 first
                 Qualities
                 (
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ;
                 )
                 Effects
                 ,
                 far
                 lesse
                 abstruse
                 then
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 Purging
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 can
                 satisfactorily
                 be
                 deduc'd
                 .
                 Nor
                 can
                 I
                 find
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 thing
                 makes
                 those
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Philosophy
                 that
                 explains
                 things
                 by
                 the
                 Motions
                 ,
                 Siz●s
                 ,
                 and
                 Figures
                 of
                 little
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 imagine
                 they
                 understand
                 the
                 account
                 upon
                 which
                 some
                 Medicines
                 are
                 Purgative
                 ,
                 others
                 Emetick
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 some
                 Purgative
                 in
                 some
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 Vomitive
                 in
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 both
                 Purgative
                 and
                 Vomitive
                 in
                 most
                 ;
                 but
                 because
                 they
                 never
                 attentively
                 enquire
                 into
                 it
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 next
                 thing
                 I
                 have
                 to
                 represent
                 )
                 if
                 we
                 duely
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 those
                 fertile
                 and
                 comprehensive
                 Principles
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 the
                 Motions
                 ,
                 Shapes
                 ,
                 Magnitudes
                 and
                 Textures
                 of
                 the
                 Minute
                 parts
                 of
                 Matter
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 perhaps
                 be
                 more
                 difficult
                 to
                 shew
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 that
                 Specificks
                 may
                 have
                 such
                 Operations
                 ,
                 as
                 are
                 by
                 the
                 judicious
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 acquiesce
                 in
                 the
                 vulgar
                 Principles
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 and
                 Physick
                 ,
                 to
                 render
                 the
                 true
                 Reasons
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 obvious
                 and
                 familiar
                 operations
                 of
                 Medicines
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 the
                 same
                 Objection
                 that
                 is
                 urg'd
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 Specifick
                 cannot
                 befriend
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 for
                 Example
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Throat
                 ,
                 rather
                 then
                 any
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 lies
                 against
                 the
                 noxiousness
                 of
                 Poysons
                 to
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 determinate
                 part
                 ;
                 Yet
                 experience
                 manifests
                 that
                 some
                 Poysons
                 do
                 respect
                 some
                 particular
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 without
                 equally
                 (
                 if
                 at
                 all
                 sensibly
                 )
                 offending
                 the
                 rest
                 :
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 Cantharides
                 in
                 a
                 certain
                 Dose
                 are
                 noxious
                 to
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 and
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 Quicksilver
                 to
                 the
                 Throat
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 glanduls
                 thereabouts
                 ,
                 Strammoneum
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 and
                 Opium
                 to
                 the
                 Animal
                 Spirits
                 and
                 
                   Genus
                   Nervosum
                
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 You
                 call
                 to
                 mind
                 ,
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 formerly
                 deduc'd
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 Humane
                 Body
                 is
                 an
                 Engine
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Medicines
                 operate
                 in
                 it
                 as
                 finding
                 it
                 so
                 ;
                 we
                 need
                 not
                 think
                 it
                 so
                 strange
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 being
                 many
                 Strainers
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 differing
                 Textures
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 and
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 divers
                 local
                 Ferments
                 residing
                 in
                 particular
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 continually
                 streaming
                 through
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 a
                 Medicine
                 may
                 be
                 quickly
                 by
                 the
                 Blood
                 carried
                 from
                 any
                 one
                 part
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 Humour
                 mingl'd
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 easily
                 carried
                 to
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 in
                 what
                 parts
                 soever
                 it
                 be
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 the
                 Remedy
                 thus
                 admitted
                 into
                 the
                 Masse
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 may
                 in
                 its
                 passage
                 through
                 the
                 Strainers
                 ,
                 be
                 so
                 alter'd
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 leaving
                 some
                 of
                 its
                 parts
                 there
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 having
                 them
                 alter'd
                 by
                 the
                 abovemention'd
                 Ferments
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 being
                 associated
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 meet
                 within
                 its
                 passage
                 ;
                 whereby
                 the
                 Size
                 ,
                 or
                 Figure
                 ,
                 or
                 Motion
                 of
                 its
                 small
                 parts
                 may
                 be
                 chang'd
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 a
                 word
                 it
                 may
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 many
                 other
                 waies
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 ,
                 if
                 this
                 ESSAY
                 were
                 not
                 too
                 Prolix
                 already
                 ,
                 be
                 propos'd
                 ,
                 and
                 deduc'd
                 ,
                 receive
                 so
                 great
                 an
                 Alteration
                 ,
                 in
                 reference
                 either
                 to
                 some
                 or
                 other
                 of
                 the
                 Strainers
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 firmer
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 distemper'd
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 fluid
                 and
                 peccant
                 matter
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 needs
                 not
                 seem
                 impossible
                 ,
                 That
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 the
                 Medicine
                 (
                 crumbl'd
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 into
                 Minute
                 Corpuscles
                 )
                 arrives
                 at
                 the
                 part
                 or
                 humour
                 to
                 be
                 wrought
                 upon
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 have
                 a
                 notable
                 Operation
                 there
                 .
                 I
                 mean
                 
                   Part
                   as
                   well
                
                 as
                 Humour
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Motion
                 ,
                 Size
                 ,
                 or
                 Shape
                 of
                 the
                 Medicinal
                 Corpuscles
                 in
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 by
                 sense
                 distinguishable
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 they
                 help
                 to
                 compose
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 conveniently
                 qualify'd
                 as
                 to
                 shape
                 ,
                 bulk
                 ,
                 and
                 motion
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 restore
                 the
                 Strainers
                 to
                 their
                 right
                 Tone
                 or
                 Texture
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Blood
                 to
                 its
                 free
                 and
                 Natural
                 course
                 ,
                 by
                 resolving
                 and
                 carrying
                 away
                 with
                 them
                 such
                 tenacious
                 matter
                 ,
                 as
                 stuff'd
                 ,
                 or
                 choak'd
                 up
                 the
                 slender
                 passages
                 of
                 the
                 Strainer
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 Straitned
                 its
                 pores
                 ,
                 or
                 vitiated
                 their
                 Figure
                 ;
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Sanative
                 Corpuscles
                 may
                 perchance
                 be
                 also
                 fitted
                 to
                 stick
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 to
                 strengthen
                 such
                 Fibres
                 of
                 the
                 Strainers
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 other
                 firmer
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 need
                 congruous
                 Corpuscles
                 to
                 fill
                 up
                 their
                 little
                 unsupply'd
                 C●vities
                 .
              
               
                 Meats
                 that
                 are
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 Ta●tareous
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 are
                 whirled
                 about
                 in
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 may
                 by
                 the
                 other
                 part
                 of
                 th●t
                 Vital
                 Liquor
                 be
                 so
                 diluted
                 and
                 kept
                 asunder
                 so
                 ,
                 as
                 no●
                 to
                 be
                 offensive
                 
                 to
                 any
                 part
                 :
                 When
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 separated
                 by
                 the
                 Parenchyma
                 of
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 sweet●r
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 before
                 temper
                 and
                 allay
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 easily
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Saline
                 pungency
                 ,
                 offend
                 the
                 tender
                 Ureters
                 and
                 Membranous
                 Bladders
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 troubl'd
                 with
                 the
                 Stone
                 or
                 Strangurie
                 .
                 And
                 perchance
                 't
                 is
                 upon
                 some
                 such
                 account
                 ,
                 that
                 Cantharides
                 are
                 more
                 noxious
                 to
                 the
                 Bladder
                 then
                 to
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 S●lt
                 meat
                 thus
                 growes
                 peculiarly
                 offensive
                 to
                 the
                 Reins
                 and
                 Bladder
                 ;
                 so
                 a
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 dispos'd
                 to
                 be
                 dissolv'd
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 peculiar
                 manner
                 ,
                 may
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 either
                 preserve
                 or
                 acquire
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 its
                 Minute
                 parts
                 ,
                 a
                 friendly
                 congruity
                 to
                 the
                 Pores
                 of
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 Liver
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Strainers
                 equally
                 ,
                 when
                 distemper'd
                 ;
                 as
                 I
                 formerly
                 observ'd
                 to
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 New-milk
                 sweetned
                 with
                 Sugar-candy
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 wont
                 sensibly
                 to
                 affect
                 ●ny
                 other
                 p●rt
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ;
                 nor
                 would
                 have
                 sensibly
                 affected
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 themselve●
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 not
                 been
                 d●sorder'd
                 ,
                 yet
                 after
                 the
                 t●oublesome
                 operation
                 of
                 Cantharides
                 ,
                 it
                 ha●
                 a
                 very
                 friendly
                 effect
                 upon
                 the
                 distemper'd
                 Parts
                 ;
                 Thus
                 a
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 for
                 one
                 Disease
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 resolved
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 into
                 Minute
                 particles
                 of
                 ●uch
                 Figure
                 and
                 Motion
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 fit
                 to
                 stick
                 to
                 other
                 Corpuscles
                 of
                 peccant
                 matter
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 vehement
                 agitation
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 offensive
                 qualities
                 di●compose
                 the
                 Body
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 Feavouri●h
                 ,
                 may
                 allay
                 their
                 vehement
                 Motion
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 altering
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 bigness
                 and
                 shape
                 ,
                 give
                 them
                 new
                 and
                 innocent
                 qualities
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 those
                 noxious
                 ones
                 they
                 had
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Another
                 Specifick
                 may
                 dissolve
                 the
                 Gross
                 and
                 Slimy
                 Humours
                 that
                 obstruct
                 the
                 narrow
                 passages
                 of
                 the
                 Veins
                 ;
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 observ'd
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 wh●ch
                 powerfully
                 opens
                 other
                 obstructions
                 ,
                 and
                 resolves
                 stuffing
                 Phlegm
                 in
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 will
                 also
                 ,
                 though
                 more
                 slowly
                 ,
                 resolve
                 prepar'd
                 
                 Flowers
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 crude
                 Copper
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Bodies
                 ;
                 and
                 also
                 it
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 mortifying
                 the
                 Acid
                 Spirit
                 that
                 oftentimes
                 causes
                 coagulations
                 in
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 restore
                 that
                 Vital
                 Liquor
                 to
                 its
                 Fluidity
                 and
                 free
                 Circulation
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 remove
                 divers
                 formidable
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 Coagulation
                 ,
                 or
                 Ropinesse
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 the
                 Minute
                 parts
                 of
                 some
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 against
                 a
                 contrary
                 Disease
                 ,
                 may
                 somewhat
                 thicken
                 and
                 fix
                 the
                 two
                 thin
                 and
                 agitated
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 some
                 peccant
                 matter
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 associating
                 themselves
                 therewith
                 :
                 as
                 the
                 nimble
                 parts
                 of
                 pu●e
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 high
                 rectify'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 will
                 concoagulate
                 into
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 bigger
                 and
                 far
                 less
                 Agile
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 it self
                 ,
                 with
                 another
                 Liquor
                 I
                 make
                 ,
                 will
                 presently
                 concoagulate
                 into
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 soft
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 fluid
                 Substance
                 .
                 Nor
                 is
                 it
                 so
                 hard
                 to
                 conce●ve
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Specifick
                 may
                 work
                 upon
                 a
                 determinate
                 Part
                 or
                 Humour
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 the
                 others
                 alone
                 :
                 as
                 if
                 you
                 put
                 ,
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 an
                 Egge
                 into
                 strong
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 the
                 Liquor
                 will
                 operate
                 upon
                 and
                 dissolve
                 all
                 the
                 hard
                 shell
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 leave
                 the
                 tender
                 skin
                 untouch'd
                 ;
                 And
                 if
                 you
                 cast
                 Coral
                 into
                 the
                 common
                 rectify'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 the
                 far
                 greater
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 though
                 strong
                 and
                 spirituous
                 ,
                 will
                 remain
                 unalter'd
                 thereby
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 
                   integris
                   viribus
                
                 ,
                 abstracted
                 from
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Coral
                 will
                 presently
                 find
                 out
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 be
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 Acid
                 or
                 Acetuous
                 Particles
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 incorporating
                 it self
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 take
                 aw●y
                 their
                 sharpness
                 :
                 as
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 Coral
                 has
                 been
                 observ'd
                 to
                 do
                 to
                 Sower
                 Humours
                 abounding
                 in
                 Humane
                 Bo●ies
                 ,
                 those
                 Humours
                 being
                 easily
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Circulating
                 Blood
                 ,
                 brought
                 (
                 in
                 their
                 passage
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 Coral
                 ,
                 whilst
                 it
                 perhaps
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 Stomack
                 or
                 Guts
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 the
                 Circulation
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 be
                 sufficient
                 to
                 bring
                 ,
                 little
                 by
                 little
                 ,
                 the
                 Acid
                 Particles
                 of
                 that
                 Liquor
                 in
                 its
                 passage
                 through
                 
                 the
                 Vessels
                 to
                 work
                 upon
                 Coral
                 ;
                 yet
                 in
                 other
                 Medicines
                 the
                 Operation
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 nimble
                 :
                 The
                 Remedy
                 quickly
                 diffusing
                 it self
                 through
                 the
                 Mass
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 to
                 seek
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 destroy
                 the
                 Acid
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 meets
                 with
                 blended
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ;
                 as
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 being
                 instead
                 of
                 Coral
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 above
                 mention'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Tartar
                 will
                 not
                 (
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 observ'd
                 )
                 fasten
                 it self
                 to
                 the
                 Spirituous
                 nor
                 the
                 Phlegmatick
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 to
                 the
                 Acid
                 ones
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 will
                 Mortifie
                 or
                 deprive
                 of
                 their
                 Sowerness
                 by
                 concoagulating
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 see
                 not
                 why
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 more
                 inconceivable
                 that
                 a
                 Specifick
                 should
                 have
                 a
                 peculiar
                 Vertue
                 to
                 free
                 the
                 Body
                 from
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 peccant
                 Humour
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 benign
                 congruity
                 to
                 the
                 distemper'd
                 Spleen
                 or
                 Liver
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 some
                 Cathartick
                 should
                 purge
                 Electively
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Antidotes
                 have
                 peculiar
                 Vertues
                 against
                 such
                 Poysons
                 ,
                 whose
                 Malignity
                 particularly
                 invades
                 the
                 Brain
                 or
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 determinate
                 part
                 :
                 the
                 former
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 we
                 reason
                 with
                 ,
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 teach
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 which
                 is
                 taught
                 us
                 not
                 by
                 them
                 only
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 Experience
                 too
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 Of
                 the
                 credibility
                 of
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 even
                 of
                 some
                 unlikely
                 ones
                 ,
                 we
                 might
                 easily
                 enough
                 present
                 You
                 with
                 more
                 Proofs
                 and
                 Examples
                 :
                 But
                 these
                 may
                 possibly
                 be
                 sufficient
                 for
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 ;
                 especially
                 if
                 you
                 duely
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 Pysick
                 has
                 ow'd
                 its
                 beginning
                 to
                 Experience
                 ,
                 so
                 those
                 that
                 practise
                 it
                 must
                 enlarge
                 and
                 rectifie
                 their
                 Principles
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 new
                 discoveries
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 made
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Operations
                 and
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 productions
                 ,
                 whether
                 of
                 Nature
                 or
                 of
                 Art.
                 This
                 consideration
                 I
                 thought
                 to
                 insist
                 upon
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Expressions
                 ;
                 but
                 finding
                 lately
                 the
                 same
                 Notion
                 which
                 I
                 had
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 long
                 since
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 ancient
                 Empericks
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 summe
                 up
                 what
                 
                 I
                 meant
                 to
                 say
                 in
                 their
                 words
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 them
                 wittily
                 deliver'd
                 by
                 Celsus
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 excellent
                 Preface
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 spoken
                 in
                 their
                 Sense
                 of
                 the
                 Origin
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 He
                 continues
                 
                   Sic
                   Medicinam
                   ortam
                   ,
                   subinde
                   aliorum
                   salute
                   aliorum
                   interitu
                   perniciosa
                   discernentem
                   a
                   salutaribus
                   :
                   Repertis
                   deinde
                   Medicinae
                   remediis
                   ,
                   hom●nes
                   de
                   rationibus
                   eorum
                   disserere
                   caepisse
                   ;
                   nec
                   post
                   Rationem
                   ,
                   Medicinam
                   esse
                   inventam
                   ,
                   sed
                   post
                   inventam
                   Medicinam
                   ,
                   Rationem
                   esse
                   quaesitam
                   .
                
                 And
                 least
                 the
                 mistaken
                 name
                 of
                 Emperick
                 should
                 make
                 you
                 undervalue
                 so
                 useful
                 a
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 which
                 not
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 their
                 Sect
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 thing
                 ,
                 suggested
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 deliver'd
                 concerning
                 experienced
                 ,
                 though
                 otherwise
                 unlikely
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 sentence
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 Aristotle
                 (
                 and
                 in
                 my
                 opinion
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 that
                 is
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 )
                 
                   libires
                   constat
                   ,
                   si
                   opinio
                   adversetur
                   rei
                   ,
                   quaerendam
                   rationem
                   non
                   rem
                   ignorandam
                   .
                
                 ]
              
               
                 And
                 certainly
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 though
                 there
                 be
                 scarce
                 any
                 sort
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 whose
                 credulity
                 may
                 do
                 the
                 World
                 more
                 mischief
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ;
                 yet
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 neither
                 nature
                 nor
                 mankind
                 is
                 much
                 beholden
                 to
                 those
                 ,
                 that
                 too
                 rigidly
                 ,
                 or
                 narrowly
                 ,
                 circumscribe
                 ,
                 or
                 confine
                 th●
                 operations
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 allow
                 themselves
                 or
                 others
                 to
                 try
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 possible
                 for
                 Nature
                 excited
                 and
                 manag'd
                 by
                 Art
                 to
                 performe
                 divers
                 things
                 which
                 they
                 never
                 yet
                 saw
                 done
                 ,
                 or
                 work
                 by
                 divers
                 waies
                 ,
                 differing
                 from
                 any
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 common
                 Principles
                 that
                 are
                 yet
                 taught
                 in
                 the
                 Schools
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 satisfactory
                 account
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 the
                 many
                 things
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 apply
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 precedent
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 divers
                 others
                 may
                 be
                 added
                 ,
                 if
                 without
                 tiring
                 you
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 now
                 insisted
                 on
                 .
                 It
                 would
                 scarce
                 have
                 been
                 believed
                 some
                 ages
                 since
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 knew
                 no
                 other
                 then
                 Vegetable
                 Purges
                 and
                 
                 and
                 Vomits
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Cup
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 Concret
                 ,
                 insu●erable
                 by
                 the
                 Heat
                 of
                 Humane
                 Stom●cks
                 should
                 ,
                 by
                 having
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 Wine
                 or
                 any
                 such
                 other
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 b●rely
                 powr'd
                 on
                 it
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 infusion
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 sensible
                 diminution
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 bulk
                 or
                 weight
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 sensible
                 alteration
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Colour
                 ,
                 Tast
                 ,
                 or
                 Smell
                 of
                 the
                 Wine
                 ,
                 communicate
                 to
                 it
                 a
                 strongly
                 Emetick
                 and
                 Cathartick
                 Ve●tue
                 ,
                 and
                 prov●
                 oftentimes
                 Vomitive
                 ,
                 ev'n
                 when
                 put
                 up
                 in
                 Clysters
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 performable
                 by
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 slightly
                 prepared
                 with
                 Salt-peter
                 ,
                 or
                 without
                 addition
                 ,
                 melted
                 into
                 a
                 Transparent
                 Glasse
                 ,
                 is
                 commonly
                 known
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 Strangers
                 to
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 the
                 Antimonial
                 Cup
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Mineral
                 .
                 And
                 much
                 more
                 strange
                 is
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 affirmed
                 by
                 inquisitive
                 Physitians
                 upon
                 their
                 own
                 Trial
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 ,
                 or
                 somewhat
                 corrected
                 Antimony
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 sold
                 in
                 Shops
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 few
                 Drachmes
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 infus'd
                 into
                 some
                 ounces
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 will
                 make
                 the
                 Liquor
                 work
                 so
                 strongly
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 six
                 or
                 eight
                 times
                 the
                 quantity
                 had
                 been
                 steep'd
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 that
                 believe
                 that
                 all
                 Diaphoreticks
                 must
                 consist
                 of
                 subtle
                 ,
                 sapid
                 and
                 fugitive
                 part●●
                 as
                 if
                 only
                 such
                 were
                 easily
                 separated
                 form
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 agitated
                 by
                 the
                 gentle
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 Humane
                 body
                 ,
                 will
                 scarce
                 expect
                 that
                 any
                 body
                 could
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 moderate
                 Dose
                 ,
                 be
                 a
                 good
                 Sudorifick
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 so
                 fixt
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 persist
                 divers
                 hours
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 Fire
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 that
                 
                   Antimoniu●
                   Diaphoreticum
                
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 is
                 now
                 very
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 many
                 besides
                 Chymists
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 a
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Stone
                 too
                 so
                 fixed
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 sustaine
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 reverberated
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 consequently
                 very
                 unlike
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 wrought
                 upon
                 ,
                 or
                 digested
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 Humane
                 Stomach
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 capable
                 of
                 agglutinating
                 together
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 broken
                 bones
                 ,
                 would
                 seem
                 impossible
                 
                 to
                 many
                 ,
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 made
                 tryal
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Ossifragus
                
                 :
                 for
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 wondred
                 at
                 the
                 Fixtness
                 of
                 this
                 Stone
                 ,
                 above
                 others
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 yet
                 being
                 for
                 some
                 days
                 successively
                 drunk
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Aqua
                   Symphyti
                
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 about
                 half
                 a
                 Drachme
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 so
                 wonderfully
                 cement
                 together
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 broke
                 and
                 well-set
                 Bones
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 deserves
                 the
                 name
                 it
                 commonly
                 hath
                 in
                 the
                 Shops
                 of
                 Osteocollae
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 wonders
                 related
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 several
                 eminent
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 Chymical
                 ,
                 but
                 Galenical
                 Writers
                 .
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 almost
                 incredible
                 what
                 Quercetane
                 relates
                 of
                 what
                 himself
                 saw
                 done
                 with
                 it
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 broken
                 Bones
                 ,
                 without
                 much
                 pain
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 usual
                 grievous
                 Symptoms
                 ,
                 within
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 days
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 to
                 the
                 stupendous
                 Vertue
                 he
                 ascribes
                 to
                 this
                 Stone
                 ,
                 both
                 inwardly
                 given
                 and
                 outwardly
                 applyed
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Poultis
                 ,
                 with
                 onely
                 beaten
                 Geranium
                 and
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Roses
                 or
                 Olives
                 ,
                 he
                 thinks
                 fit
                 to
                 annex
                 these
                 words
                 :
                 
                   Quod
                   incredibile
                   videri
                   posset
                   ,
                   nisi
                   praeter
                   me
                   innumerabiles
                   alii
                   oculati
                   &
                   idonei
                   testes
                   extarent
                   .
                
                 And
                 indeed
                 these
                 need
                 good
                 proof
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 wary
                 Man
                 believe
                 so
                 strange
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 since
                 Chirurgions
                 observe
                 ,
                 That
                 Nature
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 forty
                 days
                 in
                 producing
                 a
                 Callus
                 to
                 fasten
                 together
                 the
                 pieces
                 of
                 a
                 broken
                 Bone.
                 But
                 to
                 make
                 this
                 the
                 more
                 credible
                 by
                 the
                 testimony
                 of
                 Authors
                 more
                 Galenically
                 inclin'd
                 ,
                 Matthiolus
                 relates
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 many
                 the
                 Bones
                 having
                 been
                 very
                 well
                 set
                 (
                 Which
                 Circumstance
                 he
                 requires
                 as
                 necessary
                 )
                 have
                 had
                 their
                 broken
                 Parts
                 conglutinated
                 within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 :
                 
                 And
                 not
                 only
                 that
                 most
                 experienced
                 Chirurgion
                 
                   Fabricius
                   Hildanus
                
                 us'd
                 it
                 much
                 in
                 Fractures
                 ,
                 with
                 onely
                 a
                 little
                 Cinnamon
                 and
                 Suger
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 pleasant
                 ;
                 
                 but
                 the
                 Learned
                 Sennertus
                 ,
                 who
                 somewhere
                 calls
                 its
                 Vertue
                 admirable
                 ,
                 thinks
                 it
                 requisite
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Chirurgery
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 us
                 this
                 caution
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 
                 
                   Verum
                   in
                   juvenibus
                   &
                   iis
                   qui
                   boni
                   sunt
                   habitus
                   callum
                   nimis
                   auget
                   :
                   Quapropter
                   caute
                   &
                   non
                   nisi
                   in
                   adultioribus
                   exhibendus
                   :
                
                 The
                 warrantableness
                 of
                 which
                 caution
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 the
                 strange
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Osteocolla
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 confi●m'd
                 to
                 me
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 by
                 a
                 skilful
                 Physitian
                 who
                 hath
                 particularly
                 studyed
                 its
                 nature
                 ;
                 and
                 related
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 some
                 Years
                 since
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 having
                 by
                 a
                 fall
                 broken
                 her
                 Leg
                 near
                 the
                 Knee
                 ,
                 had
                 too
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 over-much
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 Stone
                 ,
                 a
                 Callus
                 produced
                 in
                 the
                 part
                 much
                 bigger
                 then
                 he
                 expected
                 or
                 desired
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 that
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 salivating
                 Property
                 of
                 Mercury
                 was
                 discovered
                 ,
                 should
                 have
                 told
                 Physitians
                 of
                 the
                 ●espondent
                 temper
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 now
                 discoursing
                 with
                 ,
                 that
                 besides
                 the
                 known
                 ways
                 of
                 disburthening
                 Nature
                 (
                 namely
                 by
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 Siege
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 insensible
                 Transpiration
                 )
                 there
                 were
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 very
                 large
                 Evacuations
                 by
                 Spittle
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 cure
                 divers
                 stubborn
                 Diseases
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 found
                 refractory
                 to
                 all
                 ordinary
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 would
                 certainly
                 have
                 been
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 derided
                 ,
                 then
                 believe
                 by
                 them
                 ;
                 since
                 no
                 known
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 besides
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 observed
                 to
                 work
                 regularly
                 by
                 Salivation
                 :
                 (
                 for
                 though
                 Ceruss
                 of
                 Antimony
                 have
                 been
                 observed
                 to
                 make
                 Men
                 ,
                 of
                 some
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 apt
                 to
                 spit
                 much
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 works
                 that
                 way
                 too
                 languidly
                 ,
                 to
                 deserve
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 a
                 Salivating
                 Remedy
                 ;
                 and
                 probably
                 oweth
                 the
                 quality
                 it
                 hath
                 of
                 enclining
                 to
                 spit
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Mercurial
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 the
                 Regulus
                 it
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 abounds
                 )
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 greater
                 their
                 experience
                 of
                 the
                 Effects
                 of
                 Medicinal
                 Operations
                 should
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 the
                 greater
                 indisposition
                 it
                 would
                 give
                 them
                 to
                 credit
                 so
                 unallyed
                 a
                 Truth
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 the
                 reality
                 of
                 this
                 Fluxing
                 Property
                 of
                 Quick-silver
                 is
                 long
                 since
                 grown
                 past
                 question
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 
                 been
                 found
                 so
                 useful
                 in
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 radicated
                 and
                 obst●●●te
                 Venereal
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 somewhat
                 wonder
                 those
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 that
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 employ
                 as
                 boisterous
                 ways
                 of
                 Cure
                 ,
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 applyed
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 extirpation
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 as
                 Ulcers
                 of
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 Consumptions
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 Palsies
                 ,
                 &c.
                 wherein
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 effectual
                 as
                 in
                 those
                 produced
                 by
                 Lust
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 effectual
                 then
                 vulgar
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 provided
                 that
                 the
                 exceeding
                 troublesome
                 way
                 of
                 working
                 of
                 salivating
                 Medicines
                 be
                 better
                 corrected
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Medicines
                 employed
                 to
                 produce
                 Salivation
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 do
                 with
                 such
                 tormenting
                 Symptomes
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 scarcely
                 supportable
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 purified
                 Quick-silver
                 be
                 dexterously
                 precipitated
                 by
                 a
                 long
                 and
                 competent
                 digestion
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 due
                 proportion
                 of
                 refined
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Experience
                 hath
                 informed
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 salivating
                 Operation
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 performed
                 with
                 much
                 less
                 uneasiness
                 to
                 the
                 Patient
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 such
                 Mercurial
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Quick-silver
                 is
                 well
                 corrected
                 by
                 Gold
                 ,
                 may
                 produce
                 more
                 then
                 ordinary
                 effects
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 enclined
                 to
                 believe
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 tryals
                 which
                 we
                 procured
                 by
                 Learned
                 Physitians
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 in
                 other
                 then
                 Venereal
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 gently
                 working
                 precipitate
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 set
                 you
                 down
                 the
                 Process
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 upon
                 the
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 peculiar
                 Operations
                 of
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 unusual
                 ways
                 of
                 Evacuation
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 tempted
                 to
                 subjoyn
                 an
                 odde
                 Story
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 afford
                 notable
                 h●nts
                 to
                 a
                 speculative
                 Man
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 related
                 to
                 me
                 both
                 in
                 private
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 Illustrious
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 formerly
                 commended
                 Chymist
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 :
                 He
                 told
                 me
                 then
                 awhile
                 since
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 yet
                 living
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Quality
                 ,
                 by
                 name
                 
                   Monsieur
                   de
                   Vatteville
                
                 ,
                 well
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 Command
                 he
                 hath
                 or
                 had
                 of
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Swissers
                 in
                 
                 France
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 many
                 Years
                 ago
                 following
                 the
                 Wars
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Low
                   Countries
                
                 ,
                 fell
                 into
                 a
                 violent
                 Distemper
                 of
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 what
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Chirurgions
                 could
                 do
                 ,
                 did
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 Moneths
                 so
                 increase
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 lost
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 both
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 languish'd
                 long
                 in
                 a
                 confirm'd
                 Blindness
                 ;
                 which
                 continued
                 till
                 he
                 heard
                 of
                 a
                 certain
                 Emperick
                 at
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 commonly
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Adrian
                   Glasmaker
                
                 (
                 for
                 indeed
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Glasier
                 )
                 who
                 being
                 cry'd
                 up
                 for
                 prodigious
                 Cures
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 with
                 a
                 certain
                 Powder
                 ,
                 this
                 Colonel
                 resorted
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Emperick
                 having
                 discours'd
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 undertook
                 his
                 Recovery
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 undergo
                 the
                 torment
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 Colonel
                 having
                 undertaken
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 made
                 him
                 snuff
                 up
                 into
                 each
                 Nostril
                 ,
                 about
                 a
                 Grain
                 of
                 a
                 certain
                 Mercurial
                 Powder
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 strangely
                 violent
                 manner
                 ,
                 quickly
                 wrought
                 with
                 him
                 almost
                 all
                 imaginable
                 ways
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 Siege
                 ,
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 Spitting
                 and
                 Tears
                 ,
                 within
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 hours
                 that
                 this
                 Operation
                 lasted
                 ,
                 making
                 his
                 Head
                 also
                 to
                 swell
                 very
                 much
                 :
                 But
                 within
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 after
                 this
                 single
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 Drastick
                 Medicine
                 had
                 done
                 working
                 ,
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 recover
                 some
                 degree
                 of
                 Sight
                 ,
                 and
                 within
                 a
                 Fortnight
                 attained
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 ,
                 that
                 himself
                 assur'd
                 the
                 Relater
                 ,
                 He
                 never
                 was
                 so
                 Sharp-sighted
                 before
                 his
                 Blindness
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Relater
                 assured
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 pleasure
                 to
                 observe
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 his
                 familiar
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 would
                 discern
                 Objects
                 farther
                 and
                 clearer
                 then
                 most
                 other
                 Men.
                 He
                 added
                 ,
                 That
                 
                   Monsieur
                   de
                   Vatteville
                
                 told
                 the
                 Relater
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 purchas'd
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 this
                 Powder
                 of
                 the
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 given
                 it
                 to
                 an
                 eminent
                 Chirurgion
                 ,
                 one
                 Benoest
                 (
                 an
                 Acquaintance
                 of
                 the
                 Relaters
                 )
                 by
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 cured
                 of
                 a
                 Musket-shot
                 that
                 had
                 broken
                 his
                 Thigh-bone
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 other
                 Chirurgions
                 would
                 have
                 proceeded
                 to
                 amputation
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 Benoest
                 had
                 with
                 this
                 Powder
                 ,
                 administred
                 as
                 before
                 is
                 related
                 ,
                 cur'd
                 a
                 Gentlewoman
                 of
                 a
                 Cancer
                 in
                 the
                 Breast
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 ,
                 was
                 confirm'd
                 to
                 the
                 Relater
                 by
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 himself
                 .
                 But
                 in
                 what
                 other
                 stubborn
                 and
                 deplorable
                 Cases
                 they
                 use
                 this
                 Powder
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 particularly
                 remember
                 .
                 The
                 Preparation
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 a
                 Chymist
                 did
                 me
                 the
                 favor
                 to
                 tell
                 me
                 by
                 word
                 of
                 mouth
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 himself
                 had
                 also
                 made
                 ,
                 was
                 in
                 short
                 this
                 :
                 That
                 the
                 Remedy
                 was
                 made
                 by
                 precipitating
                 Quick-silver
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 making
                 a
                 Turbith
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 afterwards
                 to
                 be
                 dulcified
                 by
                 abstracting
                 twenty
                 ,
                 or
                 twenty
                 five
                 ,
                 times
                 from
                 it
                 pure
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 fresh
                 must
                 be
                 taken
                 at
                 every
                 abstraction
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 advise
                 you
                 to
                 recommend
                 so
                 furious
                 a
                 Powder
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 very
                 skilful
                 Chymist
                 and
                 Physitian
                 too
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 know
                 the
                 exact
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 and
                 particular
                 uses
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 my
                 mentioning
                 it
                 here
                 ,
                 being
                 but
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 expressed
                 at
                 the
                 entrance
                 upon
                 this
                 Narrative
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 XX.
                 
              
               
                 YOu
                 will
                 perchance
                 wonder
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 had
                 so
                 fair
                 an
                 opportunity
                 as
                 the
                 subject
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 afforded
                 me
                 ,
                 of
                 discoursing
                 to
                 you
                 about
                 the
                 Universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 many
                 
                   Paracelsians
                   ,
                   Helmontians
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Chymists
                 talk
                 of
                 so
                 confidently
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 nothing
                 concerning
                 the
                 existence
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 till
                 I
                 be
                 better
                 satisfied
                 about
                 those
                 Particulars
                 then
                 yet
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 unwilling
                 either
                 to
                 seem
                 to
                 believe
                 what
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 yet
                 convinced
                 of
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 assert
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 tend
                 to
                 discourage
                 Humane
                 Industry
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 venture
                 to
                 adde
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 fear
                 we
                 do
                 somewhat
                 
                 too
                 much
                 confine
                 our
                 hopes
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 generous
                 Remedy
                 can
                 scarce
                 be
                 effectual
                 in
                 several
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 if
                 their
                 causes
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 little
                 differing
                 .
                 For
                 ,
                 the
                 Theory
                 of
                 Diseases
                 is
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 ,
                 so
                 accurate
                 and
                 certain
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 fit
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 neglect
                 the
                 manifest
                 or
                 hopeful
                 Vertues
                 of
                 noble
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 where
                 ever
                 we
                 cannot
                 reconcile
                 them
                 to
                 that
                 Theory
                 .
                 He
                 that
                 considers
                 what
                 not
                 unfrequently
                 happens
                 in
                 distempered
                 Bodies
                 by
                 the
                 Metastasis
                 of
                 the
                 Morbifique
                 matter
                 (
                 as
                 for
                 instance
                 ,
                 how
                 that
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 Lungs
                 caused
                 a
                 violent
                 cough
                 removed
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 head
                 may
                 produce
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 observed
                 )
                 a
                 quick
                 decay
                 of
                 Memory
                 and
                 Ratiocination
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Palsie
                 in
                 the
                 Hands
                 and
                 other
                 Limbs
                 )
                 may
                 enough
                 discerne
                 that
                 Diseases
                 that
                 appear
                 very
                 differing
                 ,
                 may
                 easily
                 be
                 produced
                 by
                 a
                 peccant
                 matter
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 only
                 variously
                 determined
                 in
                 its
                 operations
                 by
                 the
                 constitution
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 where
                 it
                 setleth
                 :
                 and
                 consequently
                 it
                 may
                 seem
                 probable
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 searching
                 Medicine
                 being
                 endowed
                 with
                 qualities
                 destructive
                 to
                 the
                 texture
                 of
                 that
                 Morbifique
                 matter
                 ,
                 where
                 ever
                 it
                 finds
                 it
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 cure
                 either
                 all
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Diseases
                 which
                 the
                 various
                 translation
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Matter
                 ha●h
                 been
                 observed
                 to
                 beget
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 it
                 oftentimes
                 happens
                 that
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 that
                 seem
                 of
                 a
                 contrary
                 nature
                 ,
                 may
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 cause
                 variously
                 circumstantiated
                 ;
                 or
                 (
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 )
                 that
                 of
                 divers
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 both
                 seem
                 primary
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 is
                 but
                 Symptomatical
                 or
                 at
                 most
                 Secundary
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 as
                 a
                 Dropsy
                 and
                 a
                 slow
                 Feaver
                 may
                 ,
                 to
                 unskilfull
                 men
                 ,
                 seem
                 Diseases
                 of
                 a
                 quite
                 contrary
                 nature
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 one
                 being
                 reputed
                 a
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 a
                 cold
                 and
                 moist
                 Distemper
                 )
                 though
                 expert
                 Physitians
                 know
                 they
                 may
                 both
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 cured
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Remedy
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 women
                 experience
                 manifests
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 variety
                 
                 of
                 differing
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 unskilful
                 Physitians
                 have
                 been
                 adjudged
                 distinct
                 and
                 primary
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 been
                 ,
                 as
                 such
                 ,
                 unsuccessfully
                 dealt
                 with
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 may
                 really
                 be
                 but
                 disguised
                 Symptomes
                 of
                 the
                 distempers
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 or
                 
                   Genus
                   Nervosum
                
                 ;
                 and
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 Remedies
                 reputed
                 Antihysterical
                 ,
                 be
                 happily
                 removed
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 purpose
                 I
                 might
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 Pyro
                 .
                 That
                 I
                 ,
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 ,
                 knew
                 a
                 Practitioner
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 great
                 success
                 used
                 the
                 same
                 Remedies
                 (
                 which
                 were
                 chiefly
                 Volatile
                 and
                 Resolving
                 Salts
                 )
                 in
                 Dropsies
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 (
                 not
                 ,
                 Symptomatical
                 ,
                 but
                 )
                 Essential
                 Feavers
                 .
                 And
                 our selves
                 have
                 lately
                 made
                 some
                 Experiments
                 of
                 not
                 much
                 unlike
                 nature
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 preparation
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 of
                 equal
                 use
                 in
                 Feavers
                 and
                 Coughs
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 primary
                 .
                 I
                 might
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 recur
                 to
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 in
                 several
                 places
                 of
                 this
                 Essay
                 ;
                 since
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 have
                 been
                 found
                 effectual
                 against
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 our
                 common
                 Theory
                 ,
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 little
                 of
                 kin
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 :
                 And
                 by
                 telling
                 you
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 observed
                 concerning
                 the
                 various
                 operations
                 of
                 Helmont's
                 Laudanum
                 ,
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 of
                 a
                 Medicine
                 devised
                 by
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 the
                 Lady
                 Kents
                 Powder
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 illustrate
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 lately
                 delivered
                 :
                 But
                 it
                 is
                 high
                 time
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 pass
                 on
                 to
                 another
                 Subject
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 rather
                 desire
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 to
                 consider
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 several
                 Differing
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 ev'n
                 some
                 commonly
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 contrary
                 natures
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 yearly
                 cured
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Spaa
                   waters
                
                 in
                 Germany
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 to
                 assist
                 you
                 in
                 this
                 Enquiry
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 address
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 
                   rare
                   Observations
                
                 of
                 the
                 famous
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 his
                 Spadacrene
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 8
                 ●h
                 Chapter
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 reckons
                 among
                 the
                 Diseases
                 which
                 those
                 Waters
                 cure
                 ,
                 Catarrhs
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 which
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 him
                 )
                 spring
                 from
                 thence
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Palsie
                 ,
                 Trembling
                 of
                 the
                 Joints
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 other
                 Diseases
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 these
                 ,
                 Convulsions
                 ,
                 Cephalalgiae
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 name
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 order
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 finde
                 them
                 set
                 down
                 )
                 
                   Hemicraniae
                   ,
                   Vertigo
                
                 ,
                 Redness
                 of
                 the
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Face
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Erysipelata
                   ,
                   Ructus
                   continui
                   ,
                   Vomitus
                   ,
                   Singultus
                   ,
                
                 Obstructions
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 Scyrhus's
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 inveterate
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 and
                 Spleen
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Diseases
                 springing
                 thence
                 ;
                 the
                 Yellow
                 Jaundise
                 ,
                 
                   Melancholia
                   flatulenta
                   seu
                   Hypochondriaca
                
                 ,
                 Dropsies
                 ,
                 Gravel
                 ,
                 Ulcers
                 of
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Carunculae
                   in
                   meatu
                   urinario
                   ,
                   Gonorrhoeas
                   ,
                
                 and
                 resembling
                 affections
                 ,
                 Elephantiasis
                 or
                 the
                 Leprosie
                 ,
                 
                   fluor
                   albus
                   mulierum
                
                 ,
                 Cancers
                 and
                 Scyrrhus's
                 of
                 the
                 Womb
                 ,
                 Fluxes
                 and
                 even
                 Dysenteries
                 ,
                 the
                 Worms
                 (
                 though
                 very
                 obstinate
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 so
                 copious
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 voided
                 in
                 his
                 presence
                 ,
                 even
                 with
                 the
                 Urine
                 )
                 Sterility
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 onely
                 the
                 Scabies
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 and
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 and
                 clammy
                 pituitous
                 Matter
                 collected
                 therein
                 ,
                 besides
                 Ulcers
                 in
                 the
                 Sphyncter
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 relates
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 repeated
                 Testimony
                 of
                 an
                 eminent
                 Person
                 that
                 he
                 names
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 whom
                 he
                 stiles
                 
                   Vir
                   omni
                   fide
                   dignissimus
                
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Party
                 being
                 troubled
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 Stone
                 in
                 his
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 had
                 it
                 search'd
                 by
                 divers
                 Lythotomists
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Spaa
                 ,
                 did
                 ,
                 by
                 very
                 copiously
                 drinking
                 these
                 Waters
                 ,
                 finde
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 second
                 search
                 made
                 by
                 those
                 Artists
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Stone
                 was
                 much
                 dimin●shed
                 the
                 first
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 way
                 of
                 tryal
                 )
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 so
                 the
                 second
                 Year
                 .
                 And
                 of
                 the
                 Cures
                 of
                 these
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 the
                 Physitian
                 mentions
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 particular
                 and
                 remarkable
                 Instances
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 next
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 having
                 told
                 his
                 Readers
                 that
                 he
                 expects
                 they
                 should
                 scarce
                 believe
                 these
                 Waters
                 can
                 have
                 such
                 variety
                 of
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 Caeterum
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   si
                   in
                
                 Spaa
                 
                   maturè
                   &
                   constantibus
                   naturalibus
                   ,
                   vitalibusque
                   facultatibus
                   venerint
                   ;
                   aquasque
                   quo
                   dicemus
                   modo
                   biberint
                   ,
                   indubiè
                   quae
                   dixi
                   ,
                   vera
                   esse
                   fatebuntur
                
                 :
                 And
                 
                 though
                 we
                 be
                 not
                 bound
                 to
                 believe
                 (
                 nor
                 doth
                 he
                 ●ffirm
                 it
                 )
                 that
                 the
                 Spaa-waters
                 do
                 universally
                 cure
                 all
                 the
                 afore-mention'd
                 Distempers
                 ;
                 y●t
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 much
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 much
                 for
                 our
                 present
                 purp●se
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 in
                 so
                 many
                 Patients
                 cure
                 most
                 of
                 these
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 and
                 lessen
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 cure
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 And
                 we
                 may
                 somewhat
                 the
                 better
                 credit
                 him
                 ,
                 because
                 even
                 where
                 he
                 reckons
                 up
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Spaa
                 ,
                 he
                 denys
                 it
                 some
                 ,
                 which
                 other
                 Physitians
                 ascribe
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 considerable
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 subjoyns
                 in
                 these
                 words
                 :
                 
                   Paucissimos
                   enim
                   vel
                   nullos
                   Spadae
                   Incolas
                   Capitis
                   doloribus
                   ,
                   Cardialgiâ
                   ,
                   Cal●ulo
                   ,
                   Obstructionibus
                   renum
                   ,
                   Hepatis
                   ,
                   Lienis
                   ,
                   Mesaraicarum
                   ,
                   laborantes
                   invenies
                   ,
                   Ictericos
                   ,
                   Hydropicos
                   ,
                   Podagricos
                   ,
                   Scabiosos
                   ,
                   Epilepticos
                   ,
                   quod
                   sciam
                   ,
                   nullos
                   .
                
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 most
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 besides
                 all
                 the
                 above-mention'd
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 I
                 finde
                 that
                 he
                 ascribes
                 to
                 these
                 Waters
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 curing
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 counted
                 of
                 a
                 contrary
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 thought
                 to
                 require
                 contrary
                 Remedies
                 :
                 For
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 he
                 expresly
                 affirms
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 eighth
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 That
                 these
                 Waters
                 being
                 endow'd
                 with
                 the
                 Ve●tues
                 both
                 of
                 hot
                 and
                 cold
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 they
                 cure
                 both
                 hot
                 and
                 cold
                 affections
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 d●ffering
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 contrary
                 Effects
                 are
                 performed
                 by
                 them
                 :
                 He
                 hath
                 ,
                 after
                 some
                 Pages
                 ,
                 this
                 passage
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 go
                 for
                 an
                 Illustrious
                 Proof
                 of
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 asserted
                 :
                 
                   Inter
                   caetera
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 Spaa-Waters
                 )
                 
                   Mensibus
                   movendis
                   imprimis
                   idonea
                   ,
                   quod
                   millies
                   experientia
                   comprobavit
                   .
                   Et
                   tamen
                   nimium
                   eorum
                   fluxum
                   quovis
                   alio
                   medicamento
                   felicius
                   sistit
                   .
                
              
               
                 These
                 Testimonies
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 of
                 our
                 experienc'd
                 Author
                 ,
                 would
                 perhaps
                 obtain
                 the
                 more
                 credit
                 with
                 You
                 ,
                 if
                 You
                 had
                 seen
                 what
                 I
                 la●ely
                 had
                 the
                 opportunity
                 to
                 observe
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 and
                 dry
                 Season
                 ,
                 at
                 ou●
                 own
                 Tunbridge-Waters
                 in
                 Kent
                 ,
                 when
                 
                 I
                 was
                 there
                 to
                 drink
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 again
                 invite
                 You
                 not
                 onely
                 to
                 consider
                 ,
                 Whether
                 one
                 potent
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 cure
                 variety
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 suppos'd
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 contrary
                 natures
                 ?
                 But
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 divers
                 Persons
                 ,
                 on
                 whom
                 the
                 received
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 hath
                 been
                 long
                 and
                 fruitlesly
                 employ'd
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 by
                 their
                 tyred
                 and
                 despondent
                 Physitians
                 themselves
                 sent
                 thither
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 cur'd
                 of
                 their
                 abstruse
                 and
                 obstinate
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 by
                 Remedies
                 prepar'd
                 by
                 Nature
                 without
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 Art
                 ?
                 For
                 if
                 you
                 duly
                 reflect
                 on
                 this
                 conspicuous
                 Observation
                 ,
                 and
                 consider
                 how
                 much
                 it
                 is
                 possible
                 for
                 Art
                 to
                 meliorate
                 and
                 improve
                 most
                 (
                 especially
                 Mineral
                 )
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 afforded
                 us
                 by
                 Nature
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 probably
                 dare
                 to
                 hope
                 ,
                 That
                 Medicines
                 might
                 be
                 prepared
                 of
                 greater
                 Efficacy
                 ,
                 and
                 applicable
                 to
                 more
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 who
                 think
                 the
                 more
                 received
                 Theory
                 of
                 Diseases
                 (
                 from
                 which
                 yet
                 very
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 in
                 divers
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 recede
                 )
                 incapable
                 of
                 being
                 rectified
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 judge
                 of
                 all
                 Remedies
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 publickly
                 Venal
                 in
                 Apothecaries
                 Shops
                 ,
                 will
                 allow
                 thems●lves
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 hope
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 now
                 You
                 demand
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 think
                 that
                 every
                 Particular
                 which
                 hath
                 contributed
                 to
                 swell
                 this
                 Discourse
                 into
                 a
                 bulk
                 so
                 disproportionate
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 an
                 Essay
                 promised
                 ,
                 do
                 directly
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Physick
                 ?
                 I
                 shall
                 leave
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Judicious
                 Celsus
                 (
                 whom
                 Le●rned
                 Men
                 have
                 stiled
                 
                   The
                   Roman
                   Hippocrates
                
                 )
                 to
                 answer
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 
                   Quanquam
                   multa
                   sint
                   ad
                   ipsas
                   artes
                   non
                   pertinentia
                   ,
                   tamen
                   eas
                   adjuvant
                   excitando
                   artificis
                   ingenium
                   .
                
                 I
                 suppose
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 remind
                 You
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 my
                 design
                 ,
                 in
                 what
                 h●th
                 been
                 represented
                 ,
                 to
                 subvert
                 those
                 Principles
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 no
                 sober
                 Physitians
                 themselves
                 recede
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 unanimously
                 
                 acquiess
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 I
                 much
                 less
                 intend
                 to
                 countenance
                 those
                 venturous
                 Empericks
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 competent
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Anatomy
                 ,
                 Botanicks
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 think
                 Receipts
                 or
                 Processes
                 alone
                 can
                 enable
                 them
                 to
                 cure
                 the
                 Sicknesses
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 would
                 perswade
                 Men
                 to
                 lay
                 by
                 ,
                 as
                 needless
                 ,
                 a
                 Profession
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Usefulness
                 to
                 Mankinde
                 we
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 discourse
                 .
                 No
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 without
                 peremptorily
                 asserting
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 but
                 barely
                 represented
                 the
                 Notions
                 I
                 have
                 mention'd
                 concerning
                 the
                 
                   Methodus
                   medendi
                
                 ,
                 as
                 things
                 probable
                 enough
                 to
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 impartially
                 considered
                 ;
                 That
                 in
                 ●ase
                 they
                 prove
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 declin'd
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 appear
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 rejected
                 not
                 by
                 our
                 superciliousness
                 or
                 laziness
                 ,
                 but
                 (
                 after
                 a
                 fair
                 tryal
                 )
                 by
                 our
                 experience
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 seem
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 approved
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 prove
                 additional
                 Instances
                 of
                 the
                 Usefulness
                 of
                 
                   Natural
                   Philosophy
                
                 to
                 Physick
                 .
                 Which
                 Usefulness
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 have
                 in
                 any
                 considerable
                 measure
                 been
                 so
                 happy
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 out
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 think
                 the
                 time
                 (
                 and
                 much
                 less
                 the
                 pains
                 )
                 I
                 have
                 bestow'd
                 upon
                 that
                 Theme
                 ,
                 mis-spent
                 .
                 For
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 confess
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 me
                 it
                 seems
                 ,
                 that
                 few
                 things
                 ought
                 more
                 to
                 endear
                 to
                 us
                 the
                 Study
                 of
                 
                   Natural
                   Philosophy
                
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Judicious
                 Sentence
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Celsus
                   ,
                   Rerum
                   Naturae
                   contemplatio
                
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   quam
                   vis
                   non
                   faciat
                   Medicum
                   ,
                   aptiorem
                   tamen
                   Medicinae
                   reddit
                
                 )
                 a
                 deeper
                 insight
                 into
                 Nature
                 may
                 enable
                 Men
                 to
                 apply
                 the
                 Physiological
                 Discoveries
                 made
                 by
                 it
                 (
                 though
                 some
                 more
                 immediately
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 less
                 directly
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 Advancement
                 and
                 Improvement
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 I
                 well
                 enough
                 know
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 instead
                 of
                 Writing
                 this
                 Essay
                 to
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 as
                 You
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 Write
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 more
                 critical
                 and
                 severer
                 sort
                 of
                 Readers
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 both
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 impertinent
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 who
                 do
                 not
                 
                 profess
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 prolixly
                 of
                 Matters
                 Medicinal
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 appear
                 somewhat
                 below
                 me
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Book
                 ,
                 whose
                 Title
                 seems
                 to
                 promise
                 you
                 Philosophical
                 Matters
                 ,
                 to
                 insert
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 many
                 Receipts
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 scruple
                 to
                 tell
                 such
                 a
                 Person
                 as
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 That
                 since
                 my
                 Method
                 requir'd
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 something
                 to
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physi●k
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 that
                 Christianity
                 and
                 Humanity
                 it self
                 ,
                 oblig'd
                 me
                 not
                 to
                 conceal
                 those
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 how
                 despicable
                 soever
                 they
                 may
                 seem
                 to
                 aspeculative
                 Philosopher
                 ,
                 are
                 yet
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 perhaps
                 afford
                 improveable
                 Hints
                 touching
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 also
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 Experience
                 hath
                 encouraged
                 me
                 to
                 hope
                 ,
                 that
                 others
                 may
                 prove
                 useful
                 to
                 the
                 sick
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 inserting
                 of
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 Books
                 of
                 Philosophical
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 done
                 it
                 altogether
                 without
                 example
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 onely
                 Pliny
                 ,
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 great
                 Dignity
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Parts
                 ,
                 and
                 Friend
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Roman
                 Emperors
                 ,
                 hath
                 left
                 us
                 in
                 a
                 Book
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 handles
                 many
                 Philosophical
                 Matters
                 ,
                 store
                 of
                 particular
                 Receipts
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 great
                 Chancellor
                 ,
                 The
                 Lord
                 Verulam
                 ,
                 hath
                 not
                 disdain'd
                 to
                 Record
                 some
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 that
                 Industrious
                 Benefactor
                 to
                 Experimental
                 Knowledge
                 ,
                 the
                 Learned
                 and
                 Pious
                 Mersennus
                 ,
                 his
                 Charity
                 made
                 him
                 much
                 more
                 fearful
                 to
                 neglect
                 the
                 doing
                 what
                 good
                 he
                 could
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 venture
                 to
                 lessen
                 his
                 Reputation
                 by
                 an
                 Indecorum
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 a
                 Mathematical
                 Book
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 Chapter
                 of
                 Arithmetical
                 Combinations
                 ,
                 he
                 brings
                 in
                 not
                 onely
                 a
                 Remedy
                 against
                 the
                 Erysipelas
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 a
                 Medicine
                 for
                 Corns
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 ,
                 by
                 applying
                 and
                 daily
                 renewing
                 for
                 ten
                 days
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 fortnight
                 ,
                 the
                 middle
                 Stalk
                 that
                 grows
                 between
                 the
                 Blade
                 and
                 the
                 Root
                 (
                 for
                 that
                 I
                 suppose
                 he
                 means
                 by
                 the
                 unusual
                 Word
                 Thallum
                 )
                 of
                 Garlick
                 ,
                 bruis'd
                 .
                 Nor
                 is
                 
                 it
                 without
                 Examples
                 ,
                 though
                 somewhat
                 contrary
                 to
                 my
                 Custom
                 in
                 my
                 other
                 Writings
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 four
                 precedent
                 Essays
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 frequently
                 enough
                 alledged
                 the
                 Testimonies
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 times
                 set
                 down
                 Processes
                 or
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 not
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 devising
                 .
                 For
                 even
                 among
                 professed
                 and
                 learned
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 scarce
                 any
                 thing
                 is
                 more
                 common
                 ,
                 then
                 on
                 Subjects
                 far
                 less
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 Paradoxes
                 ,
                 then
                 most
                 of
                 those
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 discoursing
                 of
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Testimonies
                 and
                 Observations
                 of
                 other
                 approved
                 Writers
                 ,
                 to
                 confirm
                 what
                 they
                 teach
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 now
                 to
                 mention
                 the
                 voluminous
                 Books
                 of
                 Schenkius
                 and
                 Scolzius
                 ,
                 that
                 famous
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 Practitioner
                 Riverius
                 himself
                 ,
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 ashamed
                 to
                 publish
                 together
                 a
                 good
                 number
                 of
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 given
                 him
                 by
                 others
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 very
                 Title
                 of
                 
                   Observationes
                   communicatae
                
                 :
                 And
                 
                   Henricus
                   ab
                   Heer
                
                 ,
                 hath
                 ,
                 among
                 his
                 
                   Observationes
                   oppido
                   rarae
                
                 ,
                 divers
                 Receipts
                 that
                 came
                 from
                 Mountebancks
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 Gypsies
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 hope
                 that
                 you
                 ,
                 who
                 know
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 after
                 every
                 Body
                 that
                 I
                 would
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 relate
                 an
                 Observation
                 ,
                 or
                 mention
                 a
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 as
                 thinking
                 them
                 probable
                 ,
                 will
                 easily
                 excuse
                 one
                 that
                 hath
                 much
                 fewer
                 Opportunities
                 then
                 a
                 profess'd
                 Physitian
                 to
                 try
                 Remedies
                 himself
                 ;
                 if
                 treating
                 of
                 Subjects
                 not
                 so
                 familiar
                 ,
                 I
                 choose
                 to
                 countenance
                 what
                 I
                 deliver
                 by
                 the
                 Testimonies
                 of
                 skilful
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 I
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 preserve
                 in
                 these
                 Papers
                 some
                 not
                 despicable
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 of
                 abler
                 Men
                 as
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 ,
                 that
                 otherwise
                 would
                 probably
                 be
                 lost
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 this
                 Practise
                 I
                 may
                 elsewhere
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 more
                 full
                 Apology
                 ,
                 by
                 shewing
                 how
                 much
                 it
                 may
                 conduce
                 to
                 the
                 enriching
                 and
                 advancement
                 of
                 Physick
                 ;
                 an
                 Art
                 ,
                 with
                 whose
                 praises
                 I
                 could
                 long
                 entertain
                 You
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 at
                 leisure
                 (
                 and
                 durst
                 allow
                 my self
                 )
                 to
                 exhaust
                 common
                 places
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 yet
                 give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 Man
                 is
                 so
                 noble
                 
                 a
                 Creature
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Health
                 to
                 requisite
                 to
                 his
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 relish
                 other
                 goods
                 ;
                 and
                 oftentimes
                 also
                 to
                 the
                 comfortable
                 performance
                 of
                 what
                 his
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 his
                 Family
                 ,
                 his
                 Necessities
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 his
                 allowable
                 Curiosi●●
                 challenge
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 wonder
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 at
                 those
                 Antient
                 Heathens
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 Polytheists
                 and
                 Idolaters
                 ,
                 thought
                 themselves
                 oblig'd
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 refer
                 so
                 useful
                 an
                 Art
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Gods
                 or
                 God-like
                 Persons
                 ;
                 or
                 to
                 adde
                 those
                 ,
                 that
                 excell'd
                 in
                 so
                 noble
                 a
                 Faculty
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 those
                 they
                 worshipp'd
                 .
                 For
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 tender
                 and
                 sickly
                 Constitution
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 ,
                 much
                 (
                 impair'd
                 by
                 such
                 unhappy
                 Accidents
                 as
                 Falls
                 ,
                 Bruises
                 ,
                 &c.
                 )
                 hath
                 ,
                 besides
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 hope
                 )
                 better
                 motives
                 of
                 Compassion
                 ,
                 given
                 me
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 sense
                 of
                 the
                 uneasinesses
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 attend
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 study
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 much
                 out
                 of
                 hope
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 usefully
                 imploy'd
                 against
                 stubborn
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 relieve
                 some
                 languishing
                 Patients
                 with
                 less
                 pain
                 and
                 trouble
                 ,
                 then
                 otherwise
                 they
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 undergoe
                 for
                 Recovery
                 .
                 And
                 really
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 unless
                 we
                 will
                 too
                 grosly
                 flatter
                 our selves
                 ,
                 we
                 can
                 scarce
                 avoid
                 both
                 discerning
                 and
                 deploring
                 the
                 ineffectualness
                 of
                 our
                 vulgar
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 Galenical
                 ,
                 but
                 Chymical
                 ;
                 (
                 for
                 an
                 active
                 Body
                 may
                 yet
                 be
                 but
                 a
                 languid
                 Remedy
                 .
                 )
                 For
                 besides
                 that
                 many
                 that
                 recover
                 upon
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 endure
                 more
                 for
                 Health
                 ,
                 then
                 many
                 that
                 are
                 justly
                 reckon'd
                 among
                 Martyrs
                 ,
                 did
                 for
                 Religion
                 ;
                 Besides
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 we
                 daily
                 meet
                 with
                 but
                 too
                 many
                 in
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 that
                 bleeding
                 Woman
                 ,
                 mention'd
                 in
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 't
                 is
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 she
                 had
                 suffer'd
                 many
                 things
                 of
                 many
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 had
                 spent
                 all
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 nothing
                 better'd
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 grew
                 worse
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 reckon
                 the
                 investigation
                 and
                 divulging
                 of
                 useful
                 Truths
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 discovering
                 and
                 recommending
                 of
                 good
                 Remedies
                 among
                 the
                 greatest
                 and
                 
                 most
                 extensive
                 Acts
                 of
                 Charity
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 which
                 a
                 Man
                 may
                 really
                 more
                 oblige
                 Man-kinde
                 ,
                 and
                 relieve
                 more
                 distressed
                 Persons
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 he
                 built
                 an
                 Hospital
                 .
                 Which
                 perhaps
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 think
                 rashly
                 said
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 but
                 to
                 consider
                 ,
                 how
                 many
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Salivating
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 active
                 Properties
                 of
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 its
                 enmity
                 to
                 putrefaction
                 and
                 Distempers
                 springing
                 thence
                 ,
                 have
                 cur'd
                 of
                 several
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 how
                 many
                 more
                 Patients
                 ,
                 then
                 have
                 recover'd
                 in
                 the
                 greatest
                 Hospital
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 are
                 oblig'd
                 to
                 Carpus
                 and
                 those
                 others
                 ,
                 who
                 ever
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 that
                 were
                 the
                 first
                 discoverers
                 of
                 the
                 medical
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Quick-silver
                 .
                 And
                 for
                 my
                 own
                 particular
                 ,
                 Pyroph
                 .
                 though
                 my
                 Youth
                 and
                 Condition
                 forbid
                 me
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 my
                 unhappy
                 Constitution
                 of
                 Body
                 ,
                 kept
                 divers
                 Remedies
                 from
                 doing
                 me
                 the
                 same
                 good
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 others
                 ;
                 yet
                 having
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 ,
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 occasionally
                 had
                 opportunity
                 to
                 administer
                 ,
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 been
                 so
                 far
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 bless
                 on
                 others
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 Relieve
                 several
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 seem
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 )
                 to
                 have
                 snatch'd
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 almost
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 jaws
                 of
                 death
                 ;
                 I
                 esteem
                 my self
                 by
                 those
                 successes
                 alone
                 sufficiently
                 recompenc'd
                 for
                 any
                 toil
                 and
                 charge
                 my
                 Enquiries
                 into
                 Nature
                 may
                 have
                 cost
                 me
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 ignore
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 much
                 more
                 fashionable
                 and
                 celebrated
                 Practice
                 in
                 young
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 to
                 kill
                 men
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 cure
                 them
                 ;
                 And
                 that
                 ,
                 mistaken
                 Mortal●
                 think
                 it
                 the
                 noblest
                 Exercise
                 of
                 vertue
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 noblest
                 Workmanship
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 indeed
                 in
                 some
                 few
                 cases
                 the
                 requisiteness
                 and
                 danger
                 of
                 
                   ●estructive
                   valour
                
                 may
                 make
                 its
                 Actions
                 become
                 a
                 vertuous
                 Patriot
                 )
                 yet
                 when
                 I
                 consider
                 the
                 Character
                 ,
                 given
                 of
                 our
                 great
                 Master
                 and
                 Exemplar
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 which
                 says
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   he
                   went
                   about
                   doing
                   good
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   and
                   Healing
                   all
                   manner
                   ●f
                   Sickness
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   maner
                   of
                   Disease
                   among
                   the
                   people
                   ,
                
                 
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 think
                 such
                 an
                 Imployment
                 worthy
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 nobl●st
                 of
                 his
                 Disciples
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 w●re
                 allow'd
                 me
                 to
                 envy
                 creatures
                 so
                 much
                 above
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 are
                 the
                 Celestial
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 much
                 more
                 envy
                 that
                 welcome
                 Angels
                 Charitable
                 imployment
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 set
                 times
                 diffus'd
                 a
                 healing
                 vertue
                 through
                 the
                 troubled
                 waters
                 of
                 
                   Bet
                   esda
                
                 ,
                 
                 then
                 that
                 dreadful
                 Angels
                 fatal
                 imployment
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 one
                 night
                 destroy'd
                 above
                 a
                 hundred
                 and
                 fourscore
                 thousand
                 fighting
                 men
                 .
                 But
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Desireableness
                 of
                 the
                 skill
                 and
                 willingness
                 to
                 cure
                 the
                 sick
                 ,
                 and
                 relieve
                 not
                 only
                 those
                 that
                 languish
                 in
                 Hospitals
                 ,
                 but
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 enough
                 to
                 build
                 them
                 ,
                 having
                 elsewhere
                 purposely
                 discoursed
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 now
                 trouble
                 you
                 no
                 longer
                 on
                 this
                 Theme
                 ,
                 but
                 Implore
                 Your
                 much
                 needed
                 pardon
                 for
                 my
                 having
                 been
                 (
                 beyond
                 my
                 fi●st
                 intentions
                 )
                 so
                 troublesome
                 to
                 You
                 already
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               AN
               APPENDIX
               TO
               THE
               FIRST
               SECTION
               OF
               THE
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               
               
               
                 Advertisements
                 touching
                 the
                 following
                 APPENDIX
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 Scarce
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 exspected
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 annex
                 to
                 the
                 foregoing
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 those
                 Receipts
                 and
                 Processes
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 promis'd
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 But
                 I
                 desire
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 considered
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Passages
                 ,
                 which
                 an
                 unattentive
                 Reader
                 may
                 have
                 mistaken
                 for
                 absolute
                 Promises
                 ,
                 are
                 indeed
                 but
                 Profers
                 conditionally
                 made
                 to
                 a
                 particular
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 not
                 engaging
                 me
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 condition
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 his
                 desiring
                 the
                 things
                 mention'd
                 to
                 him
                 )
                 be
                 on
                 his
                 part
                 perform'd
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 every
                 Reader
                 may
                 suppose
                 to
                 be
                 promis'd
                 Him
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 at
                 hand
                 this
                 general
                 excuse
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 least
                 I
                 promis'd
                 nothing
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ;
                 whatever
                 promises
                 I
                 may
                 have
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 foregoing
                 ESSAYES
                 ,
                 having
                 together
                 with
                 them
                 been
                 address'd
                 to
                 a
                 private
                 Friend
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 have
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 special
                 Reasons
                 to
                 insist
                 on
                 this
                 Excuse
                 ,
                 for
                 divers
                 of
                 my
                 choicer
                 Books
                 and
                 Papers
                 ,
                 having
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 unhappily
                 miscarried
                 through
                 the
                 negligence
                 of
                 some
                 Men
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Fraud
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 now
                 possible
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 retrieve
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 I
                 was
                 Master
                 of
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 promis'd
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 to
                 revise
                 carefully
                 all
                 the
                 Papers
                 that
                 remain
                 in
                 my
                 hands
                 of
                 Affinity
                 with
                 the
                 past
                 Treatises
                 ,
                 would
                 take
                 up
                 more
                 time
                 then
                 is
                 allow'd
                 me
                 by
                 other
                 Studies
                 and
                 Employments
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 of
                 greater
                 moment
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 wherein
                 I
                 am
                 much
                 more
                 concern'd
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 give
                 this
                 Book
                 at
                 present
                 a
                 full
                 or
                 accurate
                 APPENDIX
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 though
                 I
                 might
                 upon
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Reasons
                 wholy
                 excuse
                 my self
                 from
                 the
                 trouble
                 of
                 adding
                 any
                 Appendix
                 ;
                 yet
                 because
                 the
                 communicating
                 of
                 good
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 work
                 of
                 Charity
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 unpolish'd
                 and
                 immethodical
                 Notes
                 that
                 may
                 perchance
                 disparage
                 an
                 Author
                 ,
                 may
                 yet
                 relieve
                 many
                 a
                 Patient
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 willing
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 my
                 occasions
                 will
                 permit
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 among
                 my
                 Papers
                 many
                 loose
                 Sheets
                 ,
                 concerning
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 Blood
                 ,
                 &c.
                 written
                 divers
                 years
                 since
                 to
                 a
                 Friend
                 ,
                 I
                 choose
                 rather
                 to
                 publish
                 them
                 just
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 them
                 with
                 Pyrophilus's
                 name
                 ,
                 employ'd
                 in
                 convenient
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 adde
                 some
                 unpromis'd
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 lost
                 ,
                 then
                 be
                 altogether
                 wanting
                 ,
                 to
                 what
                 may
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 me
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 what
                 I
                 deliver
                 concerning
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 following
                 Preparations
                 may
                 by
                 severer
                 Criticks
                 be
                 thought
                 somewhat
                 unaccurate
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 am
                 of
                 that
                 mind
                 my self
                 .
                 But
                 meeting
                 with
                 these
                 Collections
                 in
                 loose
                 Sheets
                 among
                 my
                 old
                 Papers
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 either
                 publish
                 them
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 take
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 Polish
                 and
                 Contract
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 require
                 more
                 time
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 can
                 at
                 present
                 afford
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 much
                 less
                 can
                 I
                 stay
                 to
                 subjoyn
                 the
                 Histories
                 of
                 the
                 particular
                 cures
                 perform'd
                 by
                 the
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 whose
                 preparations
                 I
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 though
                 divers
                 of
                 them
                 would
                 not
                 perhaps
                 appear
                 inconsiderable
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 I
                 find
                 by
                 the
                 entertainment
                 of
                 these
                 Papers
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 worth
                 while
                 to
                 revise
                 or
                 enlarge
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 ,
                 God
                 permitting
                 ,
                 be
                 invited
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 either
                 supply
                 the
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 here
                 deficient
                 out
                 of
                 After-observations
                 )
                 or
                 Papers
                 now
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 or
                 make
                 amends
                 for
                 their
                 omission
                 in
                 substituting
                 better
                 things
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 will
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 surprize
                 me
                 if
                 some
                 Readers
                 think
                 me
                 too
                 prolix
                 in
                 delivering
                 the
                 preparations
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 &c.
                 with
                 such
                 particular
                 and
                 circumstantial
                 Observations
                 .
                 But
                 my
                 design
                 being
                 to
                 gratifie
                 and
                 assist
                 those
                 
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 and
                 use
                 the
                 Remedies
                 I
                 recommend
                 :
                 The
                 Experience
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 difficulties
                 most
                 men
                 find
                 in
                 the
                 preparing
                 things
                 by
                 the
                 Direction
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Processes
                 not
                 very
                 expresly
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 makes
                 me
                 apt
                 to
                 hope
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 I
                 say
                 not
                 the
                 great
                 Physitians
                 or
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 who
                 may
                 if
                 they
                 please
                 ,
                 leave
                 them
                 unperus'd
                 ;
                 but
                 )
                 those
                 for
                 whom
                 I
                 principally
                 intend
                 my
                 Directions
                 will
                 think
                 my
                 having
                 made
                 them
                 so
                 particular
                 a
                 very
                 excusable
                 fault
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 make
                 the
                 lesse
                 difficulty
                 to
                 suffer
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 perhaps
                 I
                 judg
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 comparison
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 but
                 trifles
                 to
                 passe
                 abroad
                 ,
                 because
                 finding
                 of
                 late
                 Years
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 of
                 either
                 Sex
                 ,
                 who
                 scarce
                 read
                 any
                 other
                 then
                 English
                 Books
                 ,
                 have
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 hope
                 )
                 out
                 of
                 Charity
                 or
                 Curiosity
                 or
                 both
                 ,
                 begun
                 to
                 addict
                 themselves
                 to
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 and
                 venture
                 to
                 be
                 tampering
                 with
                 Spagirical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 unseasonable
                 to
                 supply
                 them
                 with
                 some
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 both
                 save
                 them
                 time
                 and
                 charges
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 them
                 upon
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 which
                 without
                 being
                 languid
                 ,
                 are
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 thing
                 discreetly
                 given
                 ,
                 safe
                 and
                 innocent
                 ,
                 and
                 wherein
                 a
                 little
                 Error
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 the
                 making
                 or
                 the
                 administring
                 will
                 be
                 far
                 lesse
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 the
                 sick
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 committed
                 in
                 the
                 more
                 vulgar
                 (
                 oftentimes
                 ,
                 either
                 falsly
                 or
                 obscurely
                 prescrib'd
                 )
                 preparations
                 they
                 〈◊〉
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 of
                 Acid
                 Salts
                 ,
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 whose
                 Activity
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 makes
                 them
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 skilfully
                 prepar'd
                 ,
                 and
                 judiciously
                 g●ven
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 To
                 the
                 Eightieth
                 Page
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Irish
                   Lithotomists
                
                 Receipt
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Stone
                 in
                 the
                 Bladder
                 .
              
               
                 REc.
                 Aquar
                 .
                 Melon
                 .
                 Citrullar
                 ,
                 Filipendulae
                 ,
                 Petroselin
                 ,
                 syr
                 .
                 è
                 5
                 radicibus
                 ,
                 syr
                 .
                 de
                 Bïsantiis
                 ,
                 ana
                 ,
                 unc
                 .
                 ij
                 Oxymelit
                 comp
                 .
                 unc
                 .
                 j.
                 misce
                 ,
                 quartam
                 mixti
                 partem
                 sumas
                 manè
                 jejunus
                 ,
                 &
                 postea
                 per
                 octo
                 horas
                 à
                 cibo
                 &
                 potu
                 abstineas
                 ,
                 aliam
                 sumas
                 partem
                 eodem
                 die
                 post
                 coenam
                 cum
                 lectum
                 intrare
                 volueris
                 ;
                 denique
                 sequenti
                 die
                 reliquae
                 sumantur
                 partes
                 ut
                 primae
                 ;
                 terti●
                 verò
                 die
                 .
              
               
                 Rec.
                 Elect.
                 lenit
                 .
                 dragm
                 .
                 iii.
                 syr
                 .
                 Rosat
                 .
                 solut
                 .
                 dragm
                 .
                 ij
                 .
                 pulp
                 .
                 Tamarind
                 .
                 dragm
                 .
                 j.
                 misceantur
                 ac
                 in
                 sevi
                 lactis
                 unc
                 .
                 iij.
                 dissolvantur
                 :
                 totum
                 bibas
                 mane
                 quatuor
                 horis
                 ante
                 jus
                 ,
                 quarto
                 die
                 suma●
                 mane
                 sequentis
                 pulv
                 .
                 dragm
                 .
                 j.
                 mixti
                 in
                 sequentis
                 Apozematis
                 unc
                 .
                 iiij
                 .
                 &
                 olei
                 Amygd
                 dulc
                 .
                 unc
                 .
                 sem
                 .
              
               
                 Rec.
                 Cinerum
                 vitri
                 *
                 ,
                 &
                 Scorpionum
                 pulveris
                 ,
                 Lapià
                 .
                 Spongiae
                 ,
                 &
                 lap
                 .
                 Judaici
                 ,
                 Acori
                 ,
                 sem
                 Altheae
                 ,
                 Millii
                 solis
                 ,
                 Saxifrag●i
                 ●na
                 dragm
                 .
                 i.
                 sem
                 lactucae
                 ,
                 4
                 sem
                 .
                 frigid
                 majorum
                 ana
                 dragm
                 .
                 sem
                 .
                 Trokiscor
                 .
                 Alkekengi
                 ,
                 rad
                 .
                 pimpinellae
                 ana
                 dragm
                 .
                 ii
                 ,
                 fiat
                 pulvi●
                 subtilis
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Apozema
                   .
                
                 
                   Rec.
                   Parietariae
                   ,
                   rad
                   Alth.
                   ana
                   Mj
                   sem
                   petrofelini
                   ,
                   Glychyrrhizae
                   ana
                   unc
                   sem
                   .
                   halicacabi
                   ,
                   unc
                   .
                   j.
                   Coqu
                   in
                   aq
                   .
                   pluviae
                   ,
                   sext
                   .
                   2.
                   &
                   vini
                   albissimi
                   sext
                   .
                   i.
                   ad
                   medietatis
                   consumptionem
                   ,
                   &
                   colatura
                   melle
                   hybernico
                   dulcoretur
                   .
                
                 
                   Tum
                   quarto
                   illo
                   die
                   passerculum
                   Trogloditem
                   sale
                   antea
                   conditum
                   edas
                   una
                   cum
                   caena
                   ,
                   Et
                   post
                   coenam
                   lumbi
                   ,
                   pubes
                   ,
                   &
                   tota
                   renum
                   regio
                   oleis
                   è
                   granis
                   Citri
                   &
                   scorpion
                   .
                   liniantur
                   ,
                   etsi
                   possibile
                   esset
                   praedicta
                   olea
                   per
                   meatum
                   urinar
                   .
                   in
                   vesicam
                   injiciantur
                   ,
                   sicque
                   deinde
                   pulvere
                   ,
                   Apozemate
                   ,
                   Troglodite
                   &
                   
                   oleis
                   omni
                   die
                   utere
                   ,
                   donec
                   arenula
                   aut
                   lap
                   .
                   fragmentae
                   ana
                   cum
                   expulsis
                   apparuerint
                   .
                
                 
                   Loco
                   cinerum
                   vitri
                   sumi
                   possunt
                   cineres
                   Camini
                   &
                   vires
                   cinerum
                   scorpionum
                   supplere
                   potest
                   pulvis
                   lumbricor
                   .
                   terrestr
                   .
                   probè
                   in
                   vino
                   lotorum
                   &
                   postea
                   exsiccatorum
                   .
                
                 
                   *
                   NB.
                   
                     [
                     As
                     far
                     as
                     I
                     could
                     conjecture
                     by
                     the
                     Discourse
                     I
                     had
                     with
                     the
                     owner
                     of
                     the
                     Receipt
                     ,
                     by
                     Ashes
                     of
                     Glass
                     he
                     meanes
                     the
                     superfluous
                     Saline
                     substance
                     ,
                     which
                     the
                     Glassemen
                     are
                     wont
                     to
                     call
                  
                   Sandiver
                   ;
                   
                     but
                     because
                     he
                     did
                     not
                     explain
                     himself
                     so
                     clearly
                     ,
                     and
                     we
                     know
                     not
                     yet
                     a
                     way
                     of
                     Burning
                     Glass
                     to
                     Ashes
                     ,
                     I
                     think
                     it
                     will
                     be
                     most
                     advisable
                     to
                     substitute
                     the
                     Wood
                     Ashes
                     ,
                     which
                     in
                     the
                     Receipt
                     it self
                     towards
                     the
                     close
                     of
                     it
                     are
                     appointed
                     for
                     a
                  
                   Succedaneum
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 and
                 Twentieth
                 Page
                 ;
                 [
                 Where
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Pilulae
                   Lunares
                
                 are
                 toucht
                 at
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 THe
                 great
                 benefit
                 that
                 has
                 redounded
                 to
                 many
                 patients
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Silver
                   Pils
                
                 ,
                 here
                 briefly
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 and
                 commended
                 ,
                 invites
                 me
                 to
                 communicate
                 as
                 a
                 considerable
                 thing
                 ,
                 the
                 preparation
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 pretend
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Inventer
                 ;
                 having
                 divers
                 years
                 since
                 ,
                 learnt
                 it
                 by
                 discoursing
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 Ancient
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 whose
                 name
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 mention
                 ,
                 will
                 perhaps
                 seem
                 somewhat
                 strange
                 to
                 those
                 Readers
                 that
                 have
                 observ'd
                 me
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 backward
                 in
                 acknowledging
                 my
                 Benefactors
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 hold
                 it
                 not
                 amiss
                 to
                 take
                 this
                 opportunity
                 of
                 declaring
                 once
                 for
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 t
                 were
                 oftentimes
                 more
                 prejudicial
                 then
                 grateful
                 to
                 one
                 that
                 makes
                 an
                 advantage
                 by
                 the
                 Practise
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 to
                 annex
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 
                 time
                 his
                 name
                 to
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 Receipts
                 or
                 Processes
                 ;
                 because
                 that
                 when
                 a
                 Man
                 has
                 once
                 got
                 a
                 repute
                 ,
                 for
                 having
                 a
                 Specifick
                 in
                 any
                 particular
                 Disease
                 or
                 Case
                 ,
                 his
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Friends
                 will
                 hardly
                 forbear
                 to
                 apply
                 themselves
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 that
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 same
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 known
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 by
                 a
                 stranger
                 ,
                 or
                 divulged
                 in
                 a
                 Printed
                 Book
                 .
                 Most
                 Patients
                 being
                 not
                 apt
                 to
                 rely
                 upon
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 that
                 come
                 onely
                 that
                 way
                 recommended
                 ;
                 whereas
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 known
                 that
                 the
                 Printed
                 Receipt
                 is
                 the
                 self
                 same
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Physitian
                 employs
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 other
                 Physitians
                 would
                 quickly
                 make
                 as
                 much
                 advantage
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 he
                 ,
                 but
                 many
                 Patients
                 would
                 think
                 themselves
                 by
                 that
                 discovery
                 dispens'd
                 with
                 ,
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 good
                 husbandry
                 ,
                 from
                 going
                 to
                 any
                 Physitian
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 as
                 knowing
                 before
                 hand
                 the
                 best
                 prescription
                 they
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 receive
                 from
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Process
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Pilulae
                   Lunares
                
                 is
                 this
                 ;
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 refined
                 Silver
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 You
                 please
                 ,
                 dissolve
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 cleans'd
                 spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 or
                 Aquafortis
                 ,
                 then
                 evaporating
                 away
                 the
                 superfluous
                 moysture
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 rest
                 shoot
                 into
                 thin
                 Chrystals
                 ;
                 these
                 you
                 may
                 in
                 some
                 open
                 mouth'd
                 Glass
                 place
                 in
                 sand
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 degree
                 of
                 Heat
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 very
                 frequently
                 stirring
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 loose
                 and
                 stinking
                 Spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 may
                 be
                 driven
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 the
                 remaining
                 Chrystals
                 not
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 Flow
                 :
                 These
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 you
                 must
                 counterpoise
                 with
                 an
                 equal
                 weight
                 of
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ;
                 and
                 first
                 dissolving
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 apart
                 in
                 distill'd
                 Rain-water
                 ,
                 You
                 must
                 afterwards
                 mingle
                 the
                 Solutions
                 ,
                 and
                 abstract
                 or
                 steam
                 away
                 the
                 superfluous
                 moysture
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 remaining
                 Mass
                 be
                 dry
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 must
                 keep
                 in
                 an
                 open
                 Glass
                 ,
                 expos'd
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 temperate
                 heat
                 of
                 Sand
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Matter
                 may
                 not
                 melt
                 (
                 which
                 you
                 must
                 be
                 very
                 careful
                 
                 of
                 )
                 and
                 that
                 yet
                 the
                 adhering
                 corrosive
                 Spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 might
                 be
                 driven
                 away
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 both
                 these
                 ends
                 You
                 must
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 stir
                 the
                 Mass
                 ,
                 that
                 new
                 parts
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 expos'd
                 to
                 the
                 Heat
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 ones
                 to
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 cannot
                 descry
                 in
                 the
                 remaining
                 white
                 Powder
                 any
                 offensive
                 scent
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 Aqua-Fortis
                 .
                 And
                 lastly
                 You
                 must
                 take
                 the
                 Crum
                 of
                 good
                 White-bread
                 ,
                 made
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 moysture
                 into
                 a
                 stiff
                 Past
                 ,
                 and
                 exactly
                 mingle
                 with
                 the
                 newly
                 mention'd
                 Magistery
                 or
                 Powder
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 this
                 Past
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 necessary
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 a
                 Mass
                 of
                 Pills
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 thence
                 form
                 at
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 preserve
                 in
                 a
                 well
                 stopp'd
                 Glass
                 for
                 use
                 .
              
               
                 NB.
                 First
                 the
                 Silver
                 employ'd
                 in
                 this
                 Operation
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 pure
                 and
                 more
                 exquisitely
                 refin'd
                 ,
                 then
                 much
                 of
                 that
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 which
                 here
                 in
                 England
                 is
                 bought
                 for
                 fine
                 Silver
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 the
                 Copper
                 wherewith
                 Silver-Coyns
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 alloy'd
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 carefully
                 separated
                 upon
                 the
                 Cupel
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 ,
                 being
                 turn'd
                 by
                 the
                 Acid
                 Menstruum
                 into
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 either
                 provoke
                 Vomits
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 discompose
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 2ly
                 ,
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 or
                 (
                 which
                 in
                 our
                 case
                 comes
                 almost
                 to
                 one
                 )
                 the
                 Aqua-fortis
                 that
                 is
                 us'd
                 about
                 this
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 clear'd
                 ,
                 as
                 our
                 Refiners
                 phrase
                 it
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Silver
                 be
                 put
                 in
                 ,
                 for
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 elsewhere
                 Note
                 )
                 in
                 Salt
                 Peter
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 oftentimes
                 an
                 undiscerned
                 Mixture
                 of
                 Sea-salt
                 ,
                 whose
                 Spirit
                 coming
                 over
                 in
                 Distillation
                 with
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 is
                 apt
                 to
                 precipitate
                 the
                 Silver
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nitre
                 has
                 dissolv'd
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 take
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Reason
                 of
                 that
                 practise
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Refiners
                 to
                 purifie
                 their
                 Aqua-fortis
                 ,
                 by
                 casting
                 in
                 some
                 small
                 piece
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 afterwards
                 securely
                 put
                 into
                 it
                 greater
                 Quantities
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Mettal
                 to
                 be
                 dissolv'd
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Saline
                 Spirits
                 fall
                 to
                 the
                 bottome
                 ,
                 together
                 
                 with
                 the
                 corroded
                 Silver
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 precipitate
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 there
                 is
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 Saline
                 Spirits
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 decanted
                 clear
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 you
                 had
                 put
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 Silver
                 then
                 needed
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 neither
                 does
                 harm
                 ,
                 nor
                 is
                 lost
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Aqua
                   fortis
                
                 preserving
                 none
                 unprecipitated
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 there
                 were
                 no
                 more
                 S●line
                 Spirits
                 to
                 work
                 upon
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 superfluous
                 Silver
                 put
                 in
                 is
                 already
                 dissolv'd
                 to
                 Your
                 hand
                 .
              
               
                 3dly
                 ,
                 The
                 dry
                 Mixture
                 obtain'd
                 from
                 the
                 Solutions
                 of
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Nitre
                 and
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 often
                 stirr'd
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 longer
                 in
                 the
                 Sand
                 ,
                 before
                 all
                 the
                 offensive
                 Spirits
                 will
                 be
                 driven
                 away
                 ,
                 then
                 till
                 Experience
                 had
                 inform'd
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 imagine
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 If
                 the
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 be
                 considerably
                 Blew
                 or
                 Green
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 sign
                 the
                 Silver
                 was
                 not
                 sufficiently
                 purg'd
                 from
                 Copper
                 ,
                 else
                 the
                 Mixture
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 speaking
                 of
                 ,
                 will
                 look
                 of
                 a
                 White
                 ,
                 good
                 enough
                 .
                 And
                 possibly
                 't
                 was
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 not
                 being
                 careful
                 to
                 take
                 sufficiently
                 Refin'd
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 not
                 knowing
                 how
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 those
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 how
                 to
                 free
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 stinking
                 and
                 Corrosive
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Aqua-fortis
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 come
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 there
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 Chymical
                 Writers
                 ,
                 Processes
                 not
                 very
                 unlike
                 this
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 have
                 been
                 censur'd
                 and
                 laid
                 aside
                 as
                 not
                 alwaies
                 safe
                 even
                 by
                 those
                 ,
                 who
                 otherwise
                 much
                 magnifie
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 those
                 they
                 us'd
                 .
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 When
                 You
                 are
                 about
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 this
                 Mixture
                 with
                 the
                 Crum
                 of
                 Bread
                 into
                 a
                 Mass
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 into
                 Pills
                 ,
                 't
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 amiss
                 to
                 dispatch
                 that
                 work
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 for
                 usually
                 it
                 leaves
                 an
                 ugly
                 Blackness
                 on
                 the
                 Fingers
                 ,
                 that
                 cannot
                 under
                 divers
                 daies
                 be
                 gotten
                 off
                 .
              
               
               
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 In
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 Pills
                 care
                 must
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 lapp'd
                 up
                 either
                 in
                 a
                 Wafer
                 wetted
                 with
                 Milk
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Pulp
                 of
                 a
                 Roasted
                 Apple
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 touch
                 the
                 Palat
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Throat
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 extreme
                 and
                 disgusting
                 bitterness
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 the
                 Chrystals
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 least
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 nicer
                 Persons
                 does
                 Blemish
                 these
                 Pills
                 .
              
               
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 The
                 Dose
                 is
                 somewhat
                 uncertain
                 ;
                 because
                 they
                 work
                 much
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Constitution
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 according
                 as
                 it
                 abounds
                 with
                 Serous
                 Humours
                 ;
                 Wherefore
                 't
                 is
                 adviseable
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Pills
                 of
                 the
                 size
                 of
                 very
                 small
                 Pease
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 one
                 given
                 at
                 Bedtime
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 sufficient
                 Dose
                 for
                 some
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 others
                 will
                 require
                 two
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 we
                 must
                 ascend
                 to
                 three
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 Patient
                 be
                 Hydropical
                 ,
                 o●
                 be
                 otherwise
                 much
                 molested
                 with
                 serous
                 Humours
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 observable
                 that
                 sometimes
                 one
                 Dose
                 will
                 work
                 two
                 Daies
                 ,
                 or
                 four
                 Daies
                 ,
                 (
                 may
                 be
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 )
                 successively
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 moderately
                 and
                 usually
                 ,
                 without
                 weakening
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 in
                 proportion
                 to
                 such
                 copious
                 Evacuations
                 .
              
               
                 Eighthly
                 ,
                 Besides
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 mention'd
                 this
                 Remedy
                 as
                 a
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 it
                 often
                 proves
                 very
                 available
                 in
                 other
                 Cases
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Men
                 are
                 troubled
                 with
                 Serous
                 Humours
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 first
                 distempers
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 heard
                 it
                 Magnified
                 for
                 ,
                 were
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Genus
                   Nervosum
                
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 Virtuoso
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 that
                 inherits
                 a
                 Disposition
                 to
                 the
                 Palsie
                 ,
                 has
                 several
                 times
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 when
                 he
                 begins
                 to
                 find
                 himself
                 disordered
                 ,
                 he
                 take
                 a
                 Dose
                 of
                 these
                 Pills
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 thereby
                 constantly
                 reliev'd
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 the
                 particular
                 Cases
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 opportunity
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 Effects
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 now
                 ,
                 but
                 may
                 perchance
                 another
                 time
                 have
                 leisure
                 to
                 entertain
                 You.
                 
              
               
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 That
                 skilful
                 and
                 succesful
                 Chymist
                 Dr
                 
                   N.
                   N.
                
                 who
                 doth
                 much
                 both
                 use
                 and
                 esteem
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 being
                 desir'd
                 by
                 me
                 to
                 let
                 me
                 know
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 any
                 Objections
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 informes
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 hath
                 given
                 these
                 Pills
                 oftentimes
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 intervalls
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 either
                 Salivate
                 or
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 or
                 much
                 weaken
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 would
                 at
                 last
                 be
                 attended
                 with
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Incipient
                 Leucophlegmatia
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 easily
                 prevents
                 by
                 intermitting
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Pills
                 ,
                 after
                 every
                 second
                 or
                 third
                 time
                 that
                 he
                 administers
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 giving
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 exspects
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 requisite
                 ,
                 some
                 
                   Crocus
                   Martis
                
                 ,
                 Extract
                 of
                 Juniper
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Astringent
                 or
                 Hepatick
                 Medicines
                 to
                 corroborate
                 the
                 Viscera
                 and
                 preserve
                 their
                 Tone
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Twenty
                 third
                 Page
                 .
                 (
                 Where
                 mention
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 one
                 concluded
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Gangrene
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 inward
                 Medicine
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 THe
                 Cure
                 mention'd
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 perform'd
                 by
                 that
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 from
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 that
                 Great
                 Commander
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Virtuoso
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 passes
                 under
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 Sr
                 
                   Walter
                   Rawleighs
                
                 Cordial
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 being
                 but
                 one
                 of
                 many
                 remarkable
                 (
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 ●hem
                 stupendous
                 )
                 Cures
                 which
                 have
                 been
                 wrought
                 by
                 it
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 late
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 more
                 us'd
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 induc'd
                 to
                 annex
                 here
                 the
                 yet
                 unpublish'd
                 Receipt
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 Receipts
                 that
                 are
                 each
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 true
                 ,
                 magnify'd
                 by
                 their
                 several
                 Possessors
                 ;
                 And
                 I
                 had
                 the
                 liberty
                 of
                 looking
                 it
                 out
                 in
                 a
                 Receipt
                 Book
                 ,
                 preserved
                 by
                 the
                 Authors
                 Son
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 because
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 affirm
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 skilfuller
                 or
                 more
                 promising
                 Composition
                 
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Ingredients
                 could
                 not
                 have
                 been
                 devised
                 ;
                 Yet
                 the
                 following
                 Receipt
                 has
                 been
                 abundantly
                 recommended
                 by
                 Experience
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 but
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 ,
                 a
                 Person
                 of
                 Note
                 having
                 sent
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 desire
                 a
                 taking
                 of
                 this
                 Cordial
                 for
                 a
                 certain
                 Knight
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 all
                 that
                 Skilful
                 Physitians
                 could
                 do
                 ,
                 had
                 long
                 lain
                 a
                 dying
                 ;
                 I
                 the
                 other
                 day
                 chanc'd
                 to
                 meet
                 this
                 Knight
                 at
                 White-hall
                 ,
                 well
                 ,
                 lively
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 Face
                 whose
                 Ruddiness
                 argued
                 a
                 perfect
                 Recovery
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 very
                 farre
                 from
                 seventy
                 Years
                 of
                 Age
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 before
                 he
                 grew
                 so
                 ill
                 ,
                 long
                 conflicted
                 with
                 a
                 tedious
                 Ague
                 ,
                 and
                 feaver
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 reduc'd
                 him
                 to
                 that
                 Extremity
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Cordial
                 was
                 brought
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 himself
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 neither
                 was
                 sensible
                 when
                 they
                 gave
                 it
                 him
                 ,
                 nor
                 had
                 known
                 what
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 was
                 done
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 during
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 several
                 dayes
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Sr
                     Walter
                     Rawleighs
                  
                   Cordial
                   ,
                   after
                   
                     Sr
                     R.
                     K.
                  
                   his
                   way
                   :
                   (
                   set
                   down
                   Verbatim
                   as
                   I
                   received
                   it
                   .
                   )
                
                 
                   TAke
                   Burrage-Flowers
                   ,
                   Rosemary-Flowers
                   ,
                   Marigold-Flowers
                   ,
                   Red
                   July-Flowers
                   ,
                   Rosa-Solis
                   ,
                   Elder-flowers
                   of
                   each
                   ,
                   one
                   Pottle
                   after
                   they
                   are
                   dried
                   in
                   the
                   Shade
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   also
                   of
                   Scordium
                   ,
                   Carduus
                   ,
                   Angelica
                   ,
                   Baulm
                   ,
                   Mint
                   ,
                   Marjoram
                   ,
                   Setwall
                   ,
                   Betony
                   ana
                   four
                   handfulls
                   ,
                   after
                   they
                   are
                   dry'd
                   in
                   the
                   Shade
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   also
                   of
                   the
                   Rinds
                   of
                   Sassafras
                   of
                   Virginia
                   ,
                   
                     Lignum
                     Aloës
                     ,
                     ana
                  
                   ,
                   four
                   ounces
                   beaten
                   to
                   Powder
                   ,
                   of
                   Kermes
                   ,
                   Cubebs
                   ,
                   Cardamoms
                   ,
                   Zedoary
                   ,
                   ana
                   ,
                   one
                   ounce
                   ,
                   of
                   Saffron
                   half
                   an
                   ounce-Juniper
                   Berries
                   ,
                   Tormentil
                   Roots
                   ,
                   Round
                   Birthwort
                   Roots
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   ounce
                   ,
                   of
                   Gentian
                   Roots
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
                 
                   Draw
                   the
                   Tincture
                   or
                   Extract
                   of
                   these
                   with
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   
                     in
                     Balneo
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   save
                   all
                   the
                   Ingredients
                   after
                   you
                   have
                   
                   t●ken
                   out
                   the
                   Tinctures
                   ,
                   and
                   Burn
                   them
                   and
                   put
                   their
                   Salt
                   into
                   their
                   Tinctures
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   six
                   ounces
                   of
                   the
                   Extracts
                   of
                   a●l
                   these
                   with
                   their
                   S●lt
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   thereto
                   of
                   the
                   Tincture
                   of
                   Coral
                   three
                   ounces
                   ,
                   
                     Terra
                     Sigillata
                  
                   four
                   ounces
                   ,
                   Pearl
                   prepar'd
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                   Bezar-stone
                   three
                   dragmes
                   ,
                   H●rts-horn
                   calcin'd
                   four
                   ounces
                   .
                   Amber-greese
                   four
                   dragmes
                   ,
                   Musk
                   gr
                   .
                   xxx
                   ,
                   Sugarcandy
                   one
                   pound
                   and
                   an
                   half-ground
                   very
                   fine
                   ,
                   and
                   searsed
                   through
                   a
                   fine
                   Searse
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   Musk
                   and
                   Amber
                   must
                   be
                   ground
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   little
                   and
                   little
                   mingl'd
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   more
                   you
                   grind
                   the
                   Amber
                   ,
                   the
                   better
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   put
                   to
                   the
                   Sugarcandy
                   all
                   the
                   dry
                   Materials
                   before
                   directed
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   all
                   as
                   small
                   as
                   possibly
                   You
                   can
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   upon
                   a
                   great
                   hallow
                   grinding
                   Stone
                   mingle
                   the
                   Tinctures
                   ,
                   and
                   dry
                   things
                   together
                   :
                   (
                   which
                   must
                   be
                   done
                   by
                   a
                   strong
                   man
                   used
                   to
                   that
                   work
                   :
                   )
                   and
                   whil'st
                   't
                   is
                   in
                   grinding
                   ▪
                   put
                   of
                   Syrrup
                   of
                   Limmons
                   ,
                   &
                   Syrrup
                   of
                   Red
                   Roses
                   equal
                   parts
                   into
                   it
                   ,
                   else
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   dry
                   ,
                   that
                   t
                   will
                   neither
                   grind
                   nor
                   mingle
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   How
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   Tincture
                   of
                   Coral
                   for
                   this
                   Cordial
                   .
                
                 
                 
                 
                   Let
                   it
                   boyl
                   without
                   intermission
                   twenty
                   four
                   Houres
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   time
                   the
                   Vinegar
                   will
                   become
                   red
                   ;
                   so
                   ,
                   when
                   't
                   is
                   cold
                   ,
                   pour
                   off
                   the
                   Vinegar
                   into
                   a
                   Glass-Bason
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   Bell-Glass
                   ,
                   and
                   vapor
                   away
                   all
                   the
                   Vinegar
                   
                     in
                     Balneo
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   gather
                   the
                   Coral
                   ,
                   being
                   perfectly
                   dry
                   ,
                   for
                   your
                   Use.
                   You
                   may
                   strike
                   down
                   Your
                   Pearl
                   with
                   Oyl
                   of
                   Vitriol
                   ,
                   and
                   Oyl
                   of
                   Sulphur
                   requal
                   parts
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   accounted
                   the
                   best
                   way
                   to
                   prepare
                   the
                   Pearl
                   .
                   But
                   Sr
                   
                     R.
                     K.
                  
                   did
                   use
                   to
                   prepare
                   his
                   Pearl
                   by
                   juyce
                   of
                   Limmons
                   .
                
                 
                   [
                   The
                   Dosis
                   for
                   a
                   Man
                   is
                   about
                   the
                   bignesse
                   of
                   a
                   small
                   Hasil-nut
                   ,
                   but
                   where
                   prevention
                   onely
                   is
                   aim'd
                   at
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   such
                   use
                   as
                   the
                   dissipating
                   the
                   Fumes
                   of
                   the
                   Spleen
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   call
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   bigness
                   of
                   an
                   ordinary
                   Pease
                   ,
                   may
                   suffice
                   ;
                   so
                   in
                   urgent
                   Cases
                   the
                   Dose
                   may
                   be
                   increas'd
                   to
                   the
                   quantity
                   of
                   a
                   Nutmeg
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   usually
                   given
                   by
                   it self
                   upon
                   an
                   empty
                   Stomack
                   (
                   the
                   Patient
                   being
                   kept
                   Warm
                   after
                   it
                   to
                   promote
                   Sweat
                   )
                   in
                   Feavers
                   ,
                   Want
                   of
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   violent
                   Fluxes
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   other
                   distempers
                   ,
                   where
                   Diaphoreticks
                   and
                   Antidotes
                   are
                   proper
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   especially
                   )
                   where
                   potent
                   Cordials
                   are
                   requir'd
                   .
                   ]
                
              
            
             
               
                 [
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Twenty
                 third
                 Page
                 ;
                 Where
                 a
                 Receipt
                 that
                 cur'd
                 Fistula's
                 is
                 mention'd
                 .
                 ]
                 A
                 Water
                 for
                 a
                 Fistula
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 VVounds
                 ,
                 and
                 swellings
                 ,
                 or
                 old
                 Ulcers
                 ,
                 Cankers
                 ,
                 Tetters
                 ,
                 Boils
                 ,
                 or
                 Scabbs
                 in
                 any
                 place
                 ,
                 or
                 Green
                 VVounds
                 .
              
               
                 TAke
                 of
                 Bole-Armoniack
                 four
                 ounces
                 ,
                 of
                 Camphire
                 one
                 ounce
                 ,
                 of
                 White
                 Vitriol
                 four
                 ounces
                 ;
                 Boyl
                 the
                 Camphire
                 and
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 together
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 Black
                 Earthen
                 Pot
                 till
                 they
                 become
                 thin
                 ,
                 stirring
                 them
                 together
                 till
                 they
                 
                 become
                 hard
                 in
                 setling
                 ;
                 then
                 Bruise
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Mortar
                 to
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 Beat
                 the
                 Bole-Armoniack
                 it self
                 to
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 mingle
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 the
                 Powder
                 in
                 a
                 Bladder
                 ,
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 You
                 use
                 it
                 ;
                 then
                 take
                 a
                 pottle
                 of
                 Running
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 it
                 on
                 the
                 Fire
                 till
                 it
                 begin
                 to
                 Seeth
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 three
                 good
                 Spoonfuls
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 into
                 that
                 Water
                 whilst
                 it
                 is
                 hot
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 put
                 the
                 Water
                 and
                 Powder
                 into
                 a
                 Glasse
                 ,
                 and
                 shake
                 it
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Water
                 strong
                 :
                 But
                 before
                 You
                 use
                 it
                 ,
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 well
                 setled
                 and
                 very
                 Clear
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 as
                 hot
                 as
                 the
                 Patient
                 can
                 well
                 suffer
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 lay
                 a
                 clean
                 Linnen
                 Cloath
                 ,
                 four
                 double
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Sore
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 wet
                 in
                 that
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 bind
                 it
                 fast
                 with
                 a
                 Rowler
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 warm
                 ,
                 do
                 it
                 Morning
                 and
                 Evening
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 whole
                 .
                 This
                 Water
                 must
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 an
                 Oyster-shel
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 Sawcer
                 when
                 you
                 dress
                 the
                 Sore
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Pewter
                 will
                 suck
                 it
                 up
                 .
                 Remember
                 You
                 put
                 three
                 as
                 good
                 Spoonfuls
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 presse
                 into
                 the
                 Spoon
                 .
                 Take
                 heed
                 no
                 one
                 Drink
                 of
                 this
                 Water
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 Poyson
                 .
                 To
                 make
                 it
                 stronger
                 ,
                 beat
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 Alom
                 to
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 mingle
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 Powders
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 Bole-armoniack
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 ,
                 White
                 Vitriol
                 one
                 ounce
                 ,
                 of
                 Camphire
                 2
                 ounces
                 ,
                 make
                 them
                 all
                 into
                 Powder
                 ;
                 then
                 take
                 a
                 Pottle
                 of
                 Smiths-water
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 Spring-water
                 ,
                 and
                 mingling
                 them
                 ,
                 set
                 thew
                 upon
                 the
                 Fire
                 assoon
                 as
                 it
                 begins
                 to
                 Seeth
                 ,
                 put
                 in
                 the
                 Powder
                 very
                 softly
                 ,
                 stirring
                 it
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 ,
                 assoon
                 as
                 the
                 Powder
                 is
                 in
                 ,
                 take
                 it
                 off
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 dresse
                 the
                 wound
                 with
                 it
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 laying
                 a
                 Cloath
                 folded
                 four
                 times
                 and
                 wetted
                 in
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 very
                 Hot
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 apply'd
                 to
                 the
                 Wound
                 .
              
               
                 
                   N
                   B.
                
                 [
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 Receipt
                 Verbatim
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 it
                 among
                 my
                 old
                 Papers
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 sure
                 that
                 among
                 those
                 I
                 cannot
                 now
                 come
                 by
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 something
                 concerning
                 a
                 way
                 
                 of
                 making
                 a
                 small
                 pliable
                 Tent
                 that
                 may
                 accommodate
                 it self
                 to
                 the
                 crooked
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 Cavity
                 of
                 many
                 Fistula's
                 .
                 For
                 methinks
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Chirurgion
                 prescrib'd
                 the
                 conveying
                 his
                 Medicine
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 flexible
                 tent
                 a
                 great
                 way
                 into
                 the
                 cavity
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Fistula
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 thereby
                 to
                 be
                 cleansed
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 fifty
                 first
                 Page
                 .
                 VVhere
                 Soot
                 is
                 mentioned
                 .
              
               
                 SOot
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 Production
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 whose
                 Nature
                 is
                 almost
                 as
                 Singular
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 its
                 being
                 produc'd
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 volatile
                 Extract
                 of
                 the
                 Wood
                 it
                 proceeds
                 from
                 ,
                 made
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 by
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 hastily
                 dissipating
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 it
                 acts
                 on
                 ,
                 hath
                 time
                 enough
                 to
                 sever
                 it
                 into
                 smaller
                 Particles
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 leisure
                 and
                 aptitude
                 to
                 reduce
                 it
                 into
                 such
                 differing
                 subst●nces
                 as
                 pass
                 for
                 Chymical
                 or
                 Peripatetick
                 Elements
                 ,
                 but
                 hastily
                 carries
                 up
                 the
                 more
                 volatile
                 p●rts
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 not
                 yet
                 sufficiently
                 free'd
                 from
                 the
                 more
                 fixt
                 ones
                 ,
                 take
                 them
                 up
                 along
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 sudden
                 flight
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Aqueous
                 ,
                 Spirituous
                 ,
                 Saline
                 ,
                 Oleaginous
                 and
                 Terrestrial
                 parts
                 ascending
                 confusedly
                 together
                 ,
                 do
                 fasten
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Chimney
                 in
                 that
                 loose
                 and
                 irregular
                 Form
                 of
                 Concretion
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 Soo●
                 :
                 An
                 enquiry
                 into
                 whose
                 Nature
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 consider'd
                 in
                 the
                 Survey
                 of
                 the
                 distinctions
                 of
                 Salts
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 elsewhere
                 look'd
                 for
                 ;
                 Our
                 mentioning
                 it
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 being
                 only
                 to
                 take
                 occasion
                 to
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 ill
                 scented
                 and
                 despis'd
                 a
                 Body
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 Hartman
                 ,
                 (
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 experienc'd
                 and
                 h●ppy
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Writers
                 )
                 scruples
                 not
                 to
                 reckon
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Oyle
                 of
                 it
                 among
                 
                 the
                 Noblest
                 Confortantia
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 prepar'd
                 Pearl
                 ,
                 Coral
                 ,
                 Ambergreese
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 eminent
                 Cherishers
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 His
                 preparation
                 is
                 for
                 substance
                 this
                 ;
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Soot
                 (
                 such
                 as
                 adheres
                 to
                 the
                 lower
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Chimney
                 ,
                 and
                 shines
                 almost
                 like
                 Jet
                 )
                 what
                 quantity
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 it
                 fill
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Neck
                 a
                 very
                 well
                 coated
                 Glass
                 Retort
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Earthen
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 luting
                 on
                 a
                 capacious
                 Receiver
                 distil
                 the
                 matter
                 in
                 an
                 open
                 fire
                 intended
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 whereby
                 you
                 will
                 drive
                 over
                 the
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 the
                 whitish
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Oyl
                 first
                 of
                 a
                 Yellow
                 Colour
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 of
                 a
                 Red
                 ,
                 separate
                 the
                 Phlegme
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 digest
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Oyle
                 together
                 ,
                 on
                 which
                 afterwards
                 put
                 half
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 Distil
                 them
                 several
                 times
                 ,
                 whereby
                 you
                 will
                 obtain
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 a
                 very
                 depurated
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 smelling
                 like
                 Camphire
                 .
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 Calcin'd
                 
                   Caput
                   mortuum
                
                 after
                 the
                 common
                 way
                 extract
                 a
                 Salt
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 Hartman
                 commends
                 as
                 a
                 most
                 excellent
                 curer
                 of
                 exulcerated
                 Cancers
                 ;
                 This
                 Salt
                 ,
                 saith
                 He
                 ,
                 is
                 drawn
                 with
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 Liquor
                 in
                 a
                 Cold
                 moist
                 place
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 again
                 Dissolv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 therewith
                 the
                 Cancerous
                 Ulcers
                 being
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 anointed
                 ,
                 the
                 venenosity
                 will
                 be
                 visibly
                 drawn
                 out
                 like
                 a
                 Vapour
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 foremention'd
                 Oyl
                 being
                 lightly
                 sprinkl'd
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 will
                 breed
                 on
                 it
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Crust
                 like
                 a
                 skin
                 ,
                 which
                 Spontaneously
                 coming
                 off
                 in
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 Days
                 ,
                 will
                 by
                 its
                 falling
                 off
                 ,
                 argue
                 the
                 Consolidation
                 of
                 the
                 Ulcer
                 .
                 What
                 this
                 so
                 extoll'd
                 Remedy
                 will
                 perform
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 having
                 never
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 nor
                 thinking
                 it
                 very
                 likely
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 bare
                 Alcalizate
                 Salt
                 should
                 have
                 such
                 
                   Specifick
                   Vertues
                
                 ,
                 nor
                 is
                 it
                 requisite
                 I
                 should
                 insist
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 being
                 here
                 to
                 discourse
                 to
                 You
                 of
                 the
                 distill'd
                 Liquors
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 which
                 design
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 Hartman
                 prescribes
                 the
                 administring
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 from
                 six
                 to
                 ten
                 Grains
                 ,
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 from
                 two
                 to
                 three
                 drops
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 convenient
                 Vehicle
                 ,
                 and
                 concerning
                 the
                 Oyl
                 he
                 adds
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 three
                 Drops
                 of
                 it
                 be
                 given
                 in
                 Vinegar
                 to
                 an
                 almost
                 gasping
                 Man
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 be
                 thereby
                 wonderfully
                 refesh'd
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 reviv'd
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 annexeth
                 this
                 Prognostick
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Remedy
                 produceth
                 Copious
                 Sweats
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 recover
                 the
                 Taker
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 Die.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 this
                 spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 describ'd
                 by
                 Hartman
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 very
                 good
                 Medicine
                 I
                 am
                 very
                 apt
                 to
                 think
                 ;
                 but
                 because
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 meer
                 spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 mixt
                 one
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 spirit
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 rather
                 chosen
                 to
                 proceed
                 with
                 the
                 Soot
                 (
                 of
                 Wood
                 )
                 without
                 addition
                 ,
                 both
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 distillation
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 the
                 Distill'd
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manners
                 to
                 be
                 mention'd
                 ere
                 long
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 shall
                 acquaint
                 You
                 with
                 our
                 preparations
                 of
                 Blood
                 and
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 You
                 please
                 to
                 apply
                 to
                 Soot
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 save
                 Your self
                 ,
                 and
                 me
                 ,
                 the
                 labour
                 of
                 Repetitions
                 .
                 Yet
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 not
                 amiss
                 to
                 advertise
                 You
                 here
                 of
                 two
                 things
                 :
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 You
                 employ
                 very
                 good
                 and
                 fat
                 Soot
                 ,
                 and
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 Retort
                 with
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Neck
                 ;
                 You
                 must
                 be
                 very
                 careful
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 Fire
                 orderly
                 ,
                 and
                 but
                 by
                 moderate
                 Degrees
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 you
                 may
                 chance
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 matter
                 Boil
                 over
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 into
                 the
                 Receiver
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 lately
                 happen'd
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 when
                 having
                 warily
                 order'd
                 the
                 Fire
                 for
                 several
                 Houres
                 we
                 thought
                 our selves
                 past
                 any
                 such
                 danger
                 ;
                 And
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Medicinal
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 now
                 particularize
                 them
                 ,
                 partly
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 save
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 because
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 well
                 enough
                 gather'd
                 from
                 their
                 affinity
                 to
                 the
                 Volatile
                 salts
                 and
                 spirits
                 of
                 animal
                 substances
                 hereafter
                 to
                 be
                 treat'd
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 what
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 perfuming
                 of
                 the
                 salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 towards
                 the
                 close
                 of
                 this
                 APPENDIX
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Fifty
                 third
                 Page
                 .
              
               
                 VRIN
                 is
                 a
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 as
                 homely
                 and
                 despis'd
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 may
                 by
                 skilful
                 wayes
                 of
                 ordering
                 it
                 ,
                 be
                 made
                 either
                 alone
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 Conjunction
                 with
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 to
                 afford
                 such
                 a
                 variety
                 of
                 useful
                 Substances
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 find
                 Reusnerus
                 publish'd
                 an
                 Entire
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 I
                 never
                 could
                 get
                 sight
                 of
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 
                   Synopsis
                   Remediorum
                   ex
                   Urina
                   praeparatorum
                
                 ,
                 besides
                 what
                 other
                 Chymists
                 have
                 since
                 divulg'd
                 on
                 the
                 same
                 Subject
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 forbear
                 to
                 mention
                 ;
                 because
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 try'd
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 others
                 I
                 think
                 scarce
                 worth
                 trying
                 .
                 But
                 because
                 even
                 all
                 our
                 own
                 Observations
                 concerning
                 the
                 Preparations
                 and
                 uses
                 of
                 things
                 afforded
                 by
                 Urine
                 ,
                 would
                 take
                 up
                 more
                 time
                 and
                 Room
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 can
                 now
                 allow
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 here
                 only
                 take
                 this
                 occasion
                 to
                 intimate
                 thus
                 much
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sp●rit
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urin
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 far
                 greater
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 then
                 Men
                 yet
                 are
                 prone
                 to
                 think
                 not
                 onely
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 I
                 durst
                 add
                 in
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 too
                 .
                 
                 And
                 though
                 Helmont
                 be
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 lavish
                 his
                 praises
                 upon
                 worthless
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 calls
                 it
                 
                   Nobile
                   ad
                   Icterum
                   ,
                   aliosque
                   morbos
                   ,
                   Remedium
                   .
                
                 And
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 Saline
                 Christals
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 this
                 Expression
                 :
                 
                   Quae
                   quanquam
                   ad
                   Veteres
                   Excrementerum
                   Oppilationes
                   conferunt
                   ,
                   nihil
                   tamen
                   adversus
                   Lithiasin
                   ,
                
                 which
                 seems
                 ,
                 by
                 denying
                 to
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 some
                 Vertues
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 it
                 by
                 many
                 other
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 some
                 credit
                 to
                 his
                 praises
                 of
                 it
                 (
                 And
                 indeed
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 that
                 has
                 try'd
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Jaundise
                 ,
                 affirms
                 it
                 to
                 deserve
                 the
                 Commendation
                 he
                 gives
                 it
                 in
                 that
                 Disease
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 fear
                 our
                 Author
                 Hyperbolizeth
                 ,
                 where
                 He
                 (
                 elsewhere
                 )
                 thus
                 writes
                 :
                 
                   Spernit
                   eos
                   sapientia
                
                 
                 (
                 he
                 means
                 sure
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 proper
                 to
                 the
                 Spagyrists
                 )
                 
                   qui
                   Materiam
                   ex
                   qua
                   dispositiones
                   ,
                   Contenta
                   ,
                   Proprietates
                   ,
                   Progressum
                   &
                   significationes
                   Lotii
                   addiscere
                   recusarunt
                   per
                   ignem
                
                 ;
                 Yet
                 perh●ps
                 the
                 Hyperbole
                 is
                 not
                 altogether
                 so
                 extravagant
                 as
                 most
                 Readers
                 will
                 think
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 while
                 ago
                 ,
                 conferring
                 with
                 the
                 Publick
                 Minister
                 of
                 a
                 Foreign
                 Prince
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 inquisitive
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 Person
                 ,
                 He
                 f●eely
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 he
                 had
                 Travelled
                 very
                 much
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 times
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 Capacity
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 greatest
                 Chymist
                 that
                 ever
                 he
                 could
                 make
                 acquaintance
                 with
                 ,
                 us'd
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 ,
                 th●t
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 was
                 so
                 precious
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 was
                 pitty
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 us'd
                 in
                 ordinary
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 But
                 what
                 his
                 Reasons
                 were
                 for
                 valuing
                 it
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 declare
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 lay
                 no
                 great
                 weight
                 upon
                 his
                 Testimony
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 particularly
                 declare
                 ,
                 upon
                 what
                 account
                 it
                 is
                 that
                 I
                 so
                 value
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Vertues
                 (
                 whilst
                 't
                 is
                 single
                 )
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 in
                 a
                 word
                 observe
                 to
                 you
                 now
                 (
                 what
                 is
                 pertinent
                 to
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 my
                 mentioning
                 it
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 )
                 namely
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 't
                 is
                 well
                 prepar'd
                 [
                 
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   w●y
                   plainly
                   enough
                   ,
                   though
                   but
                   very
                   briefly
                   couch'd
                   already
                
                 *
                 ]
                 it
                 differs
                 so
                 little
                 in
                 smell
                 ,
                 tast
                 ,
                 volatility
                 ,
                 penetrancy
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 manifest
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 Mans
                 Blood
                 ;
                 that
                 such
                 effects
                 ,
                 though
                 perhaps
                 somewhat
                 less
                 powerful
                 may
                 be
                 not
                 improbably
                 exspected
                 from
                 it
                 as
                 are
                 produc'd
                 by
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 To
                 the
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Fifty
                 fourth
                 Page
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Though
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   in
                   this
                   place
                   made
                   any
                   absolute
                   Promise
                   ,
                   of
                   annexing
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   more
                   particular
                   touching
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Blood
                   ,
                   and
                   though
                   I
                   cannot
                   now
                   find
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   fear
                   may
                   have
                   lost
                   those
                   of
                   my
                   Papers
                   concerning
                   that
                   subject
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   the
                   least
                   unaccurate
                   ;
                   Yet
                   ,
                   setting
                   aside
                   former
                   tryals
                   ,
                   a
                   recent
                   Account
                   brought
                   me
                   by
                   a
                   Physician
                   ,
                   whom
                   I
                   had
                   entrusted
                   with
                   some
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   represents
                   it
                   as
                   so
                   very
                   good
                   a
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   content
                   to
                   subjoyn
                   ,
                   what
                   particulars
                   I
                   have
                   lately
                   found
                   among
                   my
                   loose
                   Papers
                   concerning
                   it
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   many
                   years
                   agoe
                   sent
                   them
                   to
                   a
                   friend
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   I
                   the
                   rather
                   do
                   ,
                   because
                   there
                   being
                   annexed
                   to
                   the
                   Process
                   divers
                   Observations
                   of
                   general
                   Import
                   to
                   such
                   kind
                   of
                   Preparations
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   better
                   understood
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   then
                   without
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   now
                   the
                   leisure
                   to
                   new
                   mould
                   them
                   .
                   
                     Thus
                     then
                  
                
                 ;
              
               
                 —
                 TAke
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 an
                 healthy
                 Young
                 man
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 and
                 whilst
                 it
                 is
                 yet
                 warm
                 ,
                 adde
                 to
                 it
                 *
                 twice
                 its
                 weight
                 of
                 good
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 incorporating
                 them
                 well
                 together
                 ,
                 shut
                 them
                 carefully
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 Glass
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 matter
                 must
                 be
                 set
                 to
                 digest
                 
                   in
                   Balneo
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Horse-dung
                 ,
                 for
                 six
                 weeks
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ;
                 then
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 head
                 and
                 body
                 ,
                 placed
                 in
                 Ashes
                 or
                 Sand
                 ,
                 draw
                 off
                 with
                 a
                 gentle
                 Heat
                 as
                 much
                 Liquor
                 as
                 will
                 come
                 over
                 without
                 necessitating
                 you
                 to
                 impress
                 any
                 Empyreuma
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 remaining
                 matter
                 must
                 be
                 taken
                 out
                 and
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 strong
                 and
                 capacious
                 Retort
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 accommodated
                 with
                 a
                 large
                 Receiver
                 carefully
                 luted
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 matter
                 therein
                 lodged
                 must
                 be
                 gradually
                 pressed
                 with
                 a
                 vehement
                 
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 at
                 length
                 be
                 encreased
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 strong
                 enough
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 a
                 red
                 heat
                 .
                 There
                 will
                 first
                 come
                 over
                 (
                 after
                 perhaps
                 a
                 little
                 Phlegm
                 )
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 either
                 accompanied
                 or
                 closely
                 followed
                 by
                 a
                 copious
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 fastning
                 it selfe
                 to
                 the
                 sides
                 and
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Receiver
                 ;
                 and
                 much
                 about
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 there
                 will
                 also
                 come
                 over
                 an
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 or
                 two
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 observed
                 the
                 oleaginous
                 part
                 to
                 come
                 constantly
                 and
                 regularly
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 )
                 the
                 Receiver
                 being
                 taken
                 off
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 it
                 contains
                 may
                 be
                 poured
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 convenient
                 Vial
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 therein
                 digested
                 for
                 a
                 Moneth
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 :
                 or
                 otherwise
                 without
                 that
                 previous
                 digestion
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 wash
                 down
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 adhering
                 to
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Receiver
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Oyl
                 well
                 shaken
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 pour
                 altogether
                 into
                 a
                 large
                 Glass
                 Funnel
                 well
                 lined
                 with
                 Cap-paper
                 ,
                 first
                 moistned
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 or
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 through
                 which
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 and
                 the
                 Phlegm
                 can
                 dissolve
                 ,
                 will
                 pass
                 first
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 Oyl
                 behind
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Paper
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 seasonably
                 set
                 aside
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 Oyl
                 also
                 ,
                 though
                 more
                 slowly
                 ,
                 will
                 pass
                 through
                 the
                 Filtre
                 :
                 The
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 Salt
                 and
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 rectified
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 so
                 often
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Phlegm
                 be
                 perfectly
                 separated
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 leave
                 no
                 faces
                 :
                 The
                 Oyl
                 also
                 may
                 be
                 rectified
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 times
                 from
                 its
                 own
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 calcin'd
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 from
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 to
                 deprive
                 it
                 of
                 its
                 muddiness
                 .
                 The
                 Distempers
                 wherein
                 this
                 Arcanum
                 or
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Man's
                 blood
                 is
                 proper
                 ,
                 are
                 divers
                 ,
                 but
                 chiefely
                 Astmah's
                 ,
                 Epilepsies
                 ,
                 acute
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 Plurisies
                 and
                 Consumptions
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 my
                 present
                 haste
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 advertise
                 You
                 in
                 the
                 general
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 Remedies
                 to
                 be
                 s●bsequently
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 Them
                 I
                 must
                 refer
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 particular
                 Narratives
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 scarce
                 ,
                 if
                 You
                 seasonably
                 
                 desire
                 them
                 ,
                 refuse
                 You
                 :
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 because
                 these
                 volatile
                 Remedies
                 are
                 near
                 enough
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 adde
                 to
                 this
                 first
                 Process
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 at
                 least
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 noblest
                 of
                 them
                 )
                 some
                 Observations
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 general
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 being
                 applicable
                 to
                 divers
                 other
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 both
                 of
                 us
                 avoid
                 the
                 trouble
                 of
                 needless
                 Repetitions
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Observations
                   .
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   I
                   ignore
                   not
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   extant
                   in
                   
                     Burgravius
                     ,
                     Beguinus
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   other
                   Chymical
                   Authors
                   ,
                   very
                   pompous
                   and
                   promising
                   Processes
                   of
                   the
                   Essence
                   of
                   M●ns
                   Blood
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   they
                   ascribe
                   such
                   stupendous
                   Faculties
                   as
                   I
                   should
                   not
                   onely
                   wonder
                   to
                   finde
                   true
                   ,
                   but
                   admire
                   that
                   they
                   can
                   hope
                   the
                   Reader
                   should
                   believe
                   them
                   so
                   .
                   But
                   of
                   these
                   Preparations
                   ,
                   some
                   being
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   of
                   Burgravius
                   in
                   his
                   Biolychnium
                   ,
                   very
                   mystical
                   and
                   unlikely
                   ;
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   like
                   Beguinus
                   his
                   
                     Q.
                     E.
                     Sanguinis
                     humani
                  
                   ,
                   exceedingly
                   laborious
                   and
                   not
                   so
                   clear
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   never
                   put
                   my self
                   to
                   the
                   trouble
                   of
                   making
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   shall
                   be
                   very
                   forward
                   to
                   acknowledge
                   their
                   excellency
                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   Man
                   shall
                   vouchsafe
                   me
                   an
                   Experimental
                   Conviction
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   For
                   though
                   I
                   think
                   the
                   present
                   Preparation
                   of
                   Blood
                   no
                   bad
                   one
                   ,
                   yet
                   I
                   am
                   far
                   from
                   daring
                   to
                   affirm
                   there
                   cannot
                   be
                   a
                   better
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   He
                   that
                   intends
                   to
                   have
                   any
                   considerable
                   quantity
                   of
                   this
                   Spirit
                   and
                   Salt
                   ,
                   must
                   provide
                   himself
                   of
                   a
                   large
                   proportion
                   of
                   Blood
                   ,
                   or
                   else
                   he
                   is
                   like
                   to
                   fall
                   far
                   short
                   of
                   his
                   expectation
                   ;
                   because
                   as
                   full
                   of
                   Spirits
                   as
                   Blood
                   is
                   supposed
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   it
                   yields
                   commonly
                   (
                   at
                   least
                   the
                   best
                   I
                   have
                   hitherto
                   met
                   with
                   )
                   no
                   less
                   then
                   two
                   thirds
                   ,
                   or
                   more
                   ,
                   of
                   Ph●egm
                   ,
                   b●si●es
                   a
                   not
                   despicable
                   quantity
                   of
                   terrestrial
                   and
                   unservicea●le
                   Matt●r
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   3.
                   
                   It
                   is
                   requisite
                   ,
                   both
                   that
                   the
                   Retort
                   wherein
                   the
                   dryed
                   Blood
                   is
                   distilled
                   be
                   pretty
                   large
                   and
                   strong
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Fi●e
                   be
                   very
                   carefully
                   and
                   gradually
                   administred
                   ,
                   least
                   either
                   the
                   copious
                   Fumes
                   break
                   the
                   too
                   narrow
                   Vessels
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Matter
                   too
                   hastily
                   urged
                   boil
                   over
                   into
                   the
                   neck
                   of
                   the
                   Retort
                   or
                   the
                   Receiver
                   ;
                   both
                   which
                   dangers
                   this
                   Advertisement
                   may
                   help
                   you
                   to
                   avoid
                   at
                   a
                   cheaper
                   rate
                   ,
                   then
                   I
                   ,
                   who
                   h●ve
                   not
                   been
                   forewarn'd
                   of
                   them
                   but
                   by
                   unwelcome
                   Experience
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   There
                   is
                   a
                   Friend
                   of
                   mine
                   ,
                   an
                   excellent
                   Chymist
                   ,
                   whose
                   rare
                   Cures
                   first
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   value
                   for
                   Remedies
                   made
                   of
                   Blood
                   ,
                   who
                   us●th
                   (
                   as
                   himself
                   assureth
                   me
                   )
                   to
                   mingle
                   with
                   the
                   Spirit
                   that
                   other
                   Liquor
                   ,
                   drawn
                   over
                   at
                   first
                   in
                   a
                   Head
                   and
                   Bo●y
                   ,
                   and
                   twice
                   or
                   thrice
                   rectified
                   by
                   it self
                   .
                   But
                   that
                   Liquor
                   consisting
                   almost
                   totally
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   not
                   over-grateful
                   Phlegm
                   of
                   the
                   Blood
                   ,
                   though
                   there
                   may
                   pe●haps
                   be
                   passed
                   into
                   it
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   more
                   fugitive
                   Particles
                   of
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   :
                   Yet
                   they
                   being
                   so
                   few
                   as
                   are
                   scarce
                   discernable
                   ,
                   this
                   Liquor
                   seems
                   fitter
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   a
                   Vehicle
                   ,
                   then
                   an
                   associate
                   of
                   our
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   perhaps
                   too
                   is
                   not
                   in
                   all
                   cases
                   the
                   most
                   proper
                   Vehicle
                   in
                   which
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   administred
                   :
                   (
                   though
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   not
                   for
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   somewhat
                   suspect
                   that
                   the
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   though
                   so
                   destitute
                   of
                   the
                   more
                   active
                   Ingredients
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   be
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   kept
                   separated
                   f●om
                   them
                   ,
                   m●y
                   not
                   it self
                   be
                   quite
                   devoid
                   of
                   specifick
                   Vertues
                   .
                   )
                   But
                   my
                   esteem
                   of
                   the
                   Artist
                   I
                   have
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   doth
                   make
                   me
                   think
                   it
                   fit
                   to
                   acquaint
                   You
                   with
                   his
                   Practise
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   that
                   hitherto
                   his
                   authority
                   be
                   the
                   chief
                   thing
                   that
                   recommends
                   it
                   to
                   me
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   Divers
                   ways
                   may
                   be
                   propos'd
                   of
                   purifying
                   this
                   Spi●it
                   and
                   Salt
                   we
                   are
                   discoursing
                   of
                   ,
                   but
                   having
                   try'd
                   several
                   ,
                   th●t
                   which
                   I
                   now
                   use
                   is
                   this
                   that
                   follows
                   :
                   I
                   put
                   the
                   Salt
                   ,
                   Phlegm
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   Spirit
                   together
                   ,
                   in
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   highest
                   and
                   slenderest
                   Bodies
                   I
                   can
                   get
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Phlegm
                   might
                   not
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   ascend
                   easily
                   into
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   better
                   separated
                   :
                   Then
                   in
                   a
                   very
                   gentle
                   heat
                   (
                   I
                   most
                   use
                   that
                   of
                   a
                   Lamp
                   Furnace
                   )
                   there
                   will
                   ascend
                   a
                   pure
                   white
                   and
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   ,
                   adhering
                   to
                   the
                   cheeks
                   and
                   nose
                   of
                   the
                   Glass-head
                   ,
                   which
                   if
                   I
                   desire
                   by
                   it self
                   ,
                   I
                   sweep
                   it
                   away
                   before
                   the
                   Spirit
                   begins
                   to
                   rise
                   ;
                   but
                   most
                   commonly
                   I
                   suffer
                   the
                   Distillation
                   to
                   proceed
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   ascending
                   Spirit
                   to
                   carry
                   down
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   into
                   the
                   Receiver
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   continue
                   the
                   same
                   degree
                   of
                   heat
                   ,
                   till
                   there
                   arise
                   so
                   weak
                   a
                   Spirit
                   that
                   it
                   plainly
                   begins
                   to
                   dissolve
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   :
                   Then
                   shifting
                   the
                   Receiver
                   ,
                   I
                   reserve
                   the
                   strong
                   Spirit
                   and
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   by
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   the
                   succeeding
                   weaker
                   spirit
                   by
                   it self
                   also
                   ;
                   to
                   which
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   please
                   to
                   fortifie
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   adde
                   as
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   volatile
                   salt
                   ,
                   formerly
                   reserved
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   able
                   to
                   dissolve
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   the
                   Cucurbit
                   or
                   Vial
                   ,
                   there
                   will
                   remain
                   a
                   phlegmatick
                   kinde
                   of
                   Liquor
                   ,
                   which
                   usually
                   contains
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   salt
                   or
                   spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   sometimes
                   too
                   (
                   which
                   is
                   somewhat
                   odde
                   )
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   oleaginous
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Blood
                   ,
                   which
                   did
                   not
                   before
                   appear
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   associated
                   with
                   the
                   spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   passed
                   through
                   the
                   Filtre
                   with
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   nauseous
                   Liquor
                   may
                   be
                   kept
                   by
                   it self
                   till
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   worth
                   the
                   trouble
                   of
                   severing
                   from
                   it
                   the
                   nobler
                   parts
                   :
                   The
                   spirit
                   and
                   salt
                   above-mentioned
                   may
                   be
                   again
                   rectifyed
                   ,
                   
                     per
                     se
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   like
                   gentle
                   heat
                   as
                   before
                   ,
                   so
                   often
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   leave
                   behinde
                   them
                   no
                   faeces
                   nor
                   Phlegm
                   at
                   all
                   .
                   But
                   this
                   is
                   requisite
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   onely
                   when
                   to
                   master
                   some
                   stubborn
                   Disease
                   ,
                   the
                   Medicine
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   exalted
                   either
                   to
                   its
                   supreme
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   to
                   some
                   approaching
                   degree
                   of
                   Purity
                   and
                   Efficacy
                   ,
                   for
                   otherwise
                   so
                   exquisite
                   a
                   Depuration
                   is
                   not
                   always
                   necessary
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   6.
                   
                   As
                   for
                   the
                   Oleaginous
                   part
                   which
                   the
                   Fire
                   forceth
                   out
                   of
                   Blood
                   ,
                   my
                   Observations
                   of
                   it
                   hitherto
                   have
                   so
                   little
                   agreed
                   ,
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   dare
                   as
                   yet
                   speak
                   but
                   haesitantly
                   concerning
                   it
                   .
                   For
                   sometimes
                   but
                   one
                   Oyl
                   hath
                   been
                   drawn
                   over
                   ,
                   sometimes
                   two
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   last
                   Year
                   ,
                   a
                   parcel
                   of
                   Blood
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   kept
                   in
                   a
                   Dung-hill
                   for
                   many
                   Moneths
                   ,
                   yielded
                   us
                   a
                   blackish
                   and
                   muddy
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   a
                   purely
                   red
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   another
                   of
                   pale
                   Amber
                   colour
                   ,
                   which
                   would
                   not
                   mingle
                   with
                   the
                   darker
                   ;
                   of
                   each
                   of
                   which
                   sorts
                   I
                   yet
                   reserve
                   some
                   by
                   me
                   .
                   This
                   difference
                   may
                   possibly
                   proceed
                   partly
                   from
                   the
                   previous
                   preparation
                   ,
                   or
                   unpreparedness
                   of
                   the
                   Blood
                   ,
                   and
                   partly
                   from
                   the
                   various
                   administration
                   of
                   the
                   Fire
                   employed
                   to
                   distil
                   it
                   .
                   But
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   we
                   find
                   these
                   Animal
                   Substances
                   (
                   if
                   the
                   degrees
                   of
                   Fire
                   be
                   orderly
                   administred
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   heat
                   sufficiently
                   intended
                   towards
                   the
                   close
                   of
                   the
                   Distillation
                   )
                   to
                   yield
                   a
                   double
                   Oyl
                   :
                   the
                   one
                   more
                   light
                   and
                   pure
                   ,
                   which
                   swims
                   upon
                   the
                   Spirit
                   ;
                   the
                   other
                   more
                   muddy
                   ,
                   adust
                   and
                   ponderous
                   ,
                   which
                   sinks
                   to
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   The
                   use
                   of
                   these
                   Oyls
                   hath
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   their
                   Fetidness
                   ,
                   been
                   by
                   most
                   Authors
                   absolutely
                   rejected
                   ;
                   and
                   even
                   those
                   few
                   that
                   do
                   not
                   altogether
                   reject
                   them
                   ,
                   forbid
                   their
                   inward
                   use
                   ,
                   and
                   allow
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   but
                   externally
                   employed
                   :
                   But
                   considering
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   how
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   efficacy
                   both
                   of
                   Plants
                   and
                   Animals
                   is
                   observed
                   to
                   reside
                   in
                   their
                   oleaginous
                   part
                   ,
                   it
                   seem'd
                   not
                   improbable
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Oyls
                   might
                   deserve
                   a
                   better
                   usage
                   ,
                   then
                   either
                   to
                   be
                   wholly
                   thrown
                   away
                   ,
                   or
                   confin'd
                   to
                   outward
                   services
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   having
                   not
                   long
                   since
                   given
                   a
                   Friend
                   of
                   mine
                   some
                   pure
                   yellow
                   Oyl
                   of
                   Man's
                   Blood
                   ,
                   dissolved
                   in
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   to
                   try
                   upon
                   a
                   Patient
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   sick
                   of
                   a
                   Hectick
                   Feaver
                   (
                   in
                   which
                   Disease
                   I
                   had
                   seen
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Blood
                   very
                   successful
                   )
                   within
                   a
                   few
                   days
                   he
                   brought
                   me
                   wo●d
                   of
                   the
                   unexpected
                   recovery
                   of
                   his
                   Patient
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   he
                   administred
                   
                   our
                   Medicine
                   (
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   not
                   conceal
                   from
                   you
                   that
                   Circumstance
                   )
                   in
                   
                     Balsamus
                     Samech
                  
                   ,
                   made
                   with
                   spirit
                   of
                   Vinegar
                   instead
                   of
                   spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ;
                   the
                   remaining
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   yellow
                   mingled
                   Oyl
                   I
                   keep
                   yet
                   by
                   me
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   further
                   tryals
                   with
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   such
                   Oyls
                   may
                   not
                   be
                   lost
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   attempting
                   (
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   yet
                   upon
                   my
                   tryals
                   )
                   several
                   ways
                   to
                   make
                   them
                   serviceable
                   .
                   Some
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   are
                   of
                   a
                   more
                   pure
                   and
                   defecated
                   nature
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   (
                   which
                   is
                   not
                   unworthy
                   your
                   noting
                   )
                   found
                   capable
                   of
                   readily
                   uniting
                   with
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   with
                   which
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   allayed
                   at
                   pleasure
                   :
                   In
                   others
                   I
                   have
                   separated
                   the
                   finer
                   and
                   more
                   volatile
                   part
                   ,
                   by
                   drawing
                   them
                   over
                   with
                   a
                   very
                   gentle
                   heat
                   in
                   a
                   Retort
                   half
                   full
                   of
                   Water
                   ,
                   which
                   will
                   carry
                   over
                   the
                   lighter
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Oyl
                   with
                   it
                   into
                   the
                   Receiver
                   ,
                   wherein
                   the
                   Oyl
                   will
                   swim
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   be
                   afterwards
                   sever'd
                   from
                   it
                   by
                   a
                   Separating
                   Glass
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   convenient
                   way
                   (
                   but
                   I
                   fear
                   that
                   this
                   method
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   finely
                   clarifie
                   Oyls
                   ,
                   may
                   rob
                   them
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Efficacy
                   they
                   may
                   perchance
                   derive
                   from
                   the
                   latent
                   admixtion
                   of
                   somewhat
                   of
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   :
                   )
                   at
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   the
                   Retort
                   there
                   will
                   remain
                   a
                   dark
                   and
                   thick
                   substance
                   ,
                   whose
                   nature
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   yet
                   had
                   opportunity
                   to
                   enquire
                   into
                   .
                   Out
                   of
                   some
                   Oyls
                   (
                   drawn
                   from
                   unprepared
                   Materials
                   )
                   which
                   would
                   not
                   dissolve
                   in
                   spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   ,
                   by
                   digestion
                   with
                   spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   drawn
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   scent
                   and
                   taste
                   ;
                   the
                   spirit
                   probably
                   imbibing
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   finer
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   or
                   else
                   associating
                   to
                   it self
                   some
                   volatile
                   salt
                   that
                   yet
                   lay
                   lurking
                   in
                   it
                   :
                   For
                   sometimes
                   I
                   have
                   observed
                   Oyls
                   ,
                   after
                   long
                   keeping
                   ,
                   to
                   let
                   fall
                   a
                   volatile
                   salt
                   undiscerned
                   in
                   them
                   before
                   .
                   Having
                   also
                   sometimes
                   mingled
                   the
                   heavier
                   and
                   lighter
                   Oyls
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Body
                   with
                   dephlegmated
                   spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   low
                   Retort
                   drawn
                   over
                   what
                   will
                   rise
                   in
                   a
                   very
                   gentle
                   heat
                   (
                   inferiour
                   to
                   that
                   of
                   a
                   Balneum
                   )
                   I
                   
                   have
                   found
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   to
                   carry
                   over
                   with
                   it
                   so
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   more
                   subtle
                   and
                   active
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   more
                   richly
                   impregnated
                   therewith
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   apt
                   to
                   expect
                   .
                   But
                   of
                   what
                   use
                   this
                   oleaginous
                   Spirit
                   may
                   be
                   in
                   Physick
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   yet
                   had
                   time
                   to
                   consult
                   Experience
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   hope
                   will
                   ,
                   ere
                   long
                   ,
                   teach
                   me
                   better
                   ways
                   of
                   improving
                   the
                   rejected
                   Oyls
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   speaking
                   of
                   ,
                   then
                   are
                   those
                   almost
                   obvious
                   ones
                   hitherto
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   wherein
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   far
                   from
                   acquiescing
                   ;
                   especially
                   ,
                   since
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   suspect
                   that
                   such
                   active
                   Parts
                   of
                   such
                   Concretes
                   ,
                   would
                   be
                   found
                   very
                   capable
                   of
                   a
                   great
                   Improvement
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   were
                   as
                   skilful
                   to
                   give
                   it
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   The
                   Terrestrial
                   Substance
                   that
                   remains
                   after
                   the
                   Liquors
                   are
                   drawn
                   of
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Blood
                   have
                   been
                   duely
                   prepared
                   ,
                   affords
                   but
                   so
                   inconsiderable
                   a
                   quantity
                   of
                   fix'd
                   Salt
                   ,
                   that
                   unless
                   the
                   
                     Caput
                     mortuum
                  
                   be
                   exceeding
                   copious
                   ,
                   the
                   Alkali
                   will
                   hardly
                   be
                   worth
                   extracting
                   :
                   Besides
                   that
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   could
                   be
                   obtain'd
                   in
                   a
                   not
                   despicable
                   quantity
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   ,
                   what
                   ever
                   is
                   pretended
                   ,
                   very
                   much
                   doubt
                   whether
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   endowed
                   with
                   very
                   extraordinary
                   Vertues
                   ,
                   the
                   violence
                   of
                   the
                   Fire
                   usually
                   depriving
                   fix'd
                   Salts
                   of
                   the
                   specifick
                   Qualities
                   of
                   their
                   Concretes
                   :
                   and
                   even
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   Salt
                   of
                   Serpents
                   themselves
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   discerned
                   other
                   ,
                   Then
                   the
                   wonted
                   Properties
                   of
                   Alkalizate
                   Salts
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   Because
                   you
                   may
                   sometimes
                   not
                   have
                   the
                   leisure
                   to
                   wait
                   six
                   Weeks
                   for
                   the
                   Preparation
                   of
                   Blood
                   ;
                   and
                   because
                   oftentimes
                   the
                   occasion
                   of
                   using
                   the
                   Medicines
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   describing
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   so
                   hasty
                   and
                   urgent
                   ,
                   that
                   unless
                   some
                   speedy
                   course
                   to
                   relieve
                   them
                   be
                   taken
                   before
                   the
                   Physick
                   can
                   be
                   prepared
                   ,
                   the
                   Patients
                   will
                   be
                   dead
                   .
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   not
                   amiss
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   to
                   advertise
                   You
                   ,
                   That
                   though
                   without
                   any
                   previous
                   Preparation
                   of
                   Blood
                   you
                   should
                   immediately
                   
                   distil
                   it
                   ,
                   provided
                   an
                   orderly
                   gradation
                   of
                   heat
                   be
                   carefully
                   observed
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   yield
                   you
                   a
                   reddish
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   besides
                   an
                   Oyl
                   or
                   two
                   )
                   a
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   ;
                   which
                   being
                   rectified
                   ,
                   are
                   so
                   little
                   inferiour
                   ,
                   in
                   any
                   Properties
                   discernable
                   by
                   the
                   smell
                   or
                   taste
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Salt
                   and
                   Spirit
                   of
                   predigested
                   Blood
                   ,
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   very
                   probable
                   their
                   Efficacy
                   will
                   emulate
                   ,
                   though
                   not
                   altogether
                   equal
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   more
                   laboriously
                   prepared
                   .
                
                 
                   9.
                   
                   And
                   because
                   it
                   is
                   difficult
                   to
                   get
                   the
                   Blood
                   of
                   healthy
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   perhaps
                   not
                   so
                   safe
                   to
                   use
                   that
                   of
                   unsound
                   Persons
                   ;
                   and
                   because
                   many
                   have
                   a
                   strong
                   Aversion
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   an
                   Insuperable
                   ,
                   though
                   groundless
                   abhorrency
                   ,
                   from
                   Medicines
                   made
                   of
                   Mans
                   Blood
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   thought
                   it
                   not
                   amiss
                   to
                   try
                   whether
                   that
                   of
                   some
                   other
                   Animals
                   prepared
                   the
                   same
                   way
                   ,
                   might
                   not
                   afford
                   us
                   as
                   hopeful
                   Medicines
                   :
                   And
                   because
                   the
                   Blood
                   of
                   Deer
                   is
                   chiefly
                   (
                   and
                   perhaps
                   not
                   causlely
                   )
                   commended
                   by
                   Authors
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   handled
                   it
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   foregoing
                   Process
                   ,
                   and
                   thereby
                   obtained
                   of
                   it
                   a
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   Salt
                   ,
                   and
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   whose
                   penetrancy
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   resemblances
                   ,
                   makes
                   us
                   hope
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   prove
                   good
                   Succedanea
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   defect
                   of
                   those
                   Analogous
                   Remedies
                   (
                   drawn
                   from
                   humane
                   Materials
                   )
                   which
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   treating
                   of
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   to
                   this
                   let
                   me
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   on
                   this
                   occasion
                   ,
                   annex
                   this
                   Advertisement
                   ,
                   That
                   though
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   I
                   have
                   further
                   written
                   of
                   Preparations
                   of
                   this
                   nature
                   ;
                   I
                   name
                   not
                   any
                   great
                   number
                   of
                   Concretes
                   ,
                   as
                   having
                   drawn
                   their
                   volatile
                   Salts
                   and
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   yet
                   I
                   have
                   endeavored
                   in
                   these
                   Discourses
                   to
                   give
                   You
                   in
                   the
                   Instances
                   I
                   insist
                   on
                   ,
                   so
                   much
                   variety
                   of
                   Examples
                   ,
                   that
                   either
                   by
                   the
                   Processes
                   therein
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   Analogy
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   You
                   may
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   be
                   directed
                   with
                   the
                   help
                   of
                   a
                   few
                   tryals
                   ,
                   to
                   obtain
                   the
                   volatile
                   Salts
                   and
                   Spirits
                   of
                   most
                   Concretes
                   that
                   belong
                   to
                   the
                   Animal
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   are
                   capable
                   of
                   affording
                   any
                   .
                   For
                   
                   by
                   the
                   method
                   we
                   prescribe
                   ,
                   a
                   little
                   vary
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   exigencies
                   of
                   particular
                   Bodies
                   to
                   be
                   distill'd
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   drawn
                   the
                   Spirits
                   ,
                   Salts
                   and
                   Oyls
                   of
                   Sheeps-blood
                   ,
                   Eels
                   ,
                   Vipers
                   ,
                   &c.
                   the
                   latter
                   of
                   which
                   yield
                   a
                   Salt
                   and
                   Liquor
                   ,
                   which
                   in
                   Italy
                   ,
                   by
                   divers
                   Learned
                   Men
                   ,
                   is
                   superlatively
                   extoll'd
                   against
                   Obstructions
                   ,
                   foulness
                   of
                   the
                   Blood
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   how
                   many
                   Diseases
                   proceeding
                   from
                   these
                   two
                   general
                   Causes
                   .
                   And
                   though
                   I
                   dare
                   not
                   deny
                   that
                   divers
                   of
                   those
                   Praises
                   may
                   be
                   well
                   enough
                   deserv'd
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Remedies
                   to
                   which
                   they
                   are
                   ascribed
                   ,
                   yet
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   apt
                   to
                   think
                   them
                   much
                   superior
                   to
                   the
                   generality
                   of
                   volatile
                   Salts
                   :
                   And
                   even
                   the
                   Spirit
                   and
                   Salt
                   of
                   Sheeps-blood
                   it self
                   ,
                   did
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   penetrancy
                   of
                   taste
                   and
                   fugitiveness
                   in
                   gentle
                   heats
                   ,
                   promise
                   little
                   else
                   Efficacy
                   then
                   those
                   others
                   so
                   much
                   celebrated
                   Medicines
                   .
                
                 
                   10.
                   
                   Nor
                   is
                   it
                   onely
                   by
                   being
                   administred
                   it self
                   ,
                   that
                   one
                   of
                   this
                   sulphureous
                   and
                   subtle
                   kinde
                   of
                   Spirits
                   may
                   become
                   a
                   good
                   Remedy
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   by
                   its
                   being
                   made
                   a
                   Menstruum
                   to
                   prepare
                   other
                   Bodies
                   :
                   For
                   it
                   will
                   extract
                   Tinctures
                   out
                   of
                   several
                   sulphureous
                   and
                   resinous
                   Concretes
                   ,
                   whose
                   finer
                   parts
                   ,
                   by
                   being
                   associated
                   with
                   so
                   piercing
                   a
                   Vehicle
                   ,
                   may
                   probably
                   gain
                   a
                   more
                   intimate
                   admission
                   into
                   the
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   their
                   Vertues
                   conveyed
                   further
                   then
                   otherwise
                   they
                   would
                   reach
                   .
                   And
                   a
                   Learned
                   Doctor
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   I
                   recommended
                   such
                   kinde
                   of
                   Remedies
                   ,
                   confessed
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   That
                   by
                   the
                   bare
                   extractions
                   of
                   appropriated
                   Vegetables
                   themselves
                   ,
                   with
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Urine
                   ,
                   he
                   perform'd
                   no
                   small
                   matter
                   .
                   But
                   one
                   difficulty
                   You
                   may
                   meet
                   with
                   in
                   drawing
                   the
                   Tincture
                   of
                   Minerals
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   very
                   compact
                   Bodies
                   ,
                   even
                   with
                   good
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Urine
                   .
                   (
                   for
                   that
                   I
                   account
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   cheapest
                   of
                   these
                   volatile
                   Menstruum
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   most
                   easie
                   to
                   be
                   obtain'd
                   in
                   good
                   quantities
                   )
                   For
                   we
                   have
                   found
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   a
                   little
                   heat
                   ,
                   
                   the
                   more
                   fugitive
                   Particles
                   to
                   ascend
                   to
                   the
                   upper
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Glass
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   fasten
                   themselves
                   in
                   the
                   form
                   of
                   a
                   Salt
                   ;
                   by
                   whose
                   recess
                   ,
                   the
                   debilitated
                   Liquor
                   was
                   disabled
                   from
                   drawing
                   the
                   Tincture
                   so
                   powerfully
                   as
                   was
                   expected
                   ,
                   wherefore
                   we
                   were
                   reduc'd
                   to
                   make
                   our
                   Extractions
                   in
                   short
                   neck'd
                   Glass-Eggs
                   or
                   Vials
                   exquisitely
                   stop'd
                   (
                   which
                   may
                   also
                   be
                   plac'd
                   stooping
                   in
                   the
                   Sand
                   )
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   perceiv'd
                   much
                   to
                   be
                   lodg'd
                   in
                   the
                   necks
                   of
                   the
                   Vessels
                   ,
                   by
                   barely
                   inverting
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   hot
                   Liquor
                   soon
                   reimbib'd
                   the
                   Salt
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   plac'd
                   again
                   in
                   Sand
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   notwithstanding
                   this
                   difficulty
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   able
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   ,
                   in
                   no
                   long
                   time
                   ,
                   to
                   impregnate
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Urine
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   Ha●ts
                   horn
                   (
                   for
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   perfectly
                   remember
                   which
                   it
                   was
                   )
                   with
                   the
                   Tincture
                   of
                   Flowers
                   of
                   Sulphur
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   probably
                   prove
                   a
                   noble
                   Med●cine
                   in
                   divers
                   affections
                   of
                   the
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   since
                   in
                   them
                   these
                   volatile
                   Liquors
                   alone
                   have
                   been
                   found
                   very
                   effectual
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   sometimes
                   made
                   a
                   much
                   shorter
                   and
                   more
                   odde
                   Preparation
                   (
                   which
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   You
                   may
                   command
                   )
                   of
                   Crude
                   Sulphur
                   ,
                   whereby
                   in
                   not
                   many
                   hours
                   I
                   have
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   means
                   of
                   Salts
                   ,
                   brought
                   over
                   such
                   a
                   sulphureous
                   Liquor
                   or
                   Tincture
                   ,
                   as
                   even
                   in
                   the
                   Receiver
                   was
                   of
                   a
                   red
                   Colour
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   of
                   a
                   strongly
                   sulphureous
                   Scent
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 [
                 To
                 the
                 Page
                 164
                 ,
                 165
                 ,
                 &c.
                 where
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 is
                 treated
                 of
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 BUt
                 before
                 I
                 enter
                 upon
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 amiss
                 to
                 tell
                 You
                 how
                 this
                 Preparation
                 first
                 occur'd
                 to
                 Us
                 ,
                 because
                 by
                 that
                 Information
                 ,
                 Your
                 happyer
                 Genius
                 may
                 peradventure
                 hereafter
                 be
                 prompted
                 to
                 improve
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 devise
                 one
                 more
                 approaching
                 to
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 Excellency
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 we
                 endeavor'd
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 very
                 imperfect
                 
                 success
                 to
                 light
                 on
                 ,
                 or
                 equal
                 ,
                 by
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 .
                 I
                 must
                 then
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 Industrious
                 Chymist
                 (
                 of
                 our
                 Acquaintance
                 )
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 chancing
                 to
                 Read
                 one
                 day
                 together
                 that
                 odde
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 Butler
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 had
                 attentively
                 perus'd
                 what
                 he
                 delivers
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 scarce
                 credible
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Butleri
                
                 he
                 there
                 mentions
                 ,
                 we
                 fell
                 into
                 very
                 serious
                 Thoughts
                 ,
                 what
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 so
                 admirable
                 a
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 hopefullest
                 manner
                 of
                 preparing
                 that
                 matter
                 .
                 And
                 having
                 freely
                 propos'd
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 our
                 Conjectures
                 ,
                 and
                 examin'd
                 them
                 by
                 what
                 is
                 deliver'd
                 by
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 Preparation
                 of
                 Butlers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 emulous
                 Remedy
                 we
                 at
                 length
                 concurr'd
                 in
                 concluding
                 that
                 either
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Butleri
                
                 (
                 as
                 our
                 Author
                 calls
                 it
                 )
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 some
                 Medicine
                 of
                 an
                 approaching
                 Efficacy
                 might
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 Helmont
                 did
                 not
                 mis-inform
                 us
                 )
                 be
                 prepar'd
                 by
                 destroying
                 (
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 we
                 could
                 by
                 calcination
                 )
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 Copper
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 subliming
                 it
                 with
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 because
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Venus
                 seems
                 lesse
                 lock'd
                 up
                 in
                 good
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 its
                 metalline
                 form
                 ,
                 we
                 concluded
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 best
                 to
                 calcine
                 rather
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Copper
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 having
                 freed
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 from
                 its
                 separable
                 Salts
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 force
                 it
                 up
                 with
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Person
                 I
                 discours'd
                 with
                 ,
                 seeming
                 somewhat
                 diffident
                 of
                 this
                 Process
                 by
                 his
                 unwillingness
                 to
                 attempt
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 desir'd
                 and
                 easily
                 perswaded
                 him
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 put
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 trouble
                 of
                 trying
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 requisites
                 to
                 the
                 work
                 which
                 I
                 undertook
                 to
                 provide
                 ,
                 being
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 unable
                 to
                 prosecute
                 it
                 my self
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 a
                 fit
                 furnace
                 in
                 the
                 Place
                 where
                 I
                 then
                 chanc'd
                 to
                 lodge
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 at
                 first
                 we
                 did
                 not
                 hit
                 upon
                 the
                 best
                 and
                 most
                 compendious
                 way
                 ,
                 yet
                 during
                 the
                 Sublimation
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 suddenly
                 surpris'd
                 ,
                 as
                 both
                 himself
                 and
                 his
                 Domesticks
                 two
                 daies
                 after
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 fit
                 of
                 sickness
                 ,
                 attended
                 with
                 very
                 horrid
                 and
                 
                 seemingly
                 Pestilential
                 Symptomes
                 ,
                 was
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 take
                 some
                 of
                 this
                 Medicine
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Vessels
                 before
                 the
                 due
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 found
                 as
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 an
                 almost
                 immediate
                 Cessation
                 of
                 those
                 dreadfull
                 symptoms
                 ,
                 b●t
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 Palenesse
                 they
                 had
                 produc'd
                 .
                 This
                 first
                 prosperous
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 emboldned
                 us
                 to
                 give
                 our
                 Remedy
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 
                   Primum
                   ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 for
                 brevities
                 sake
                 ,
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 call'd
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 am
                 far
                 from
                 thinking
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 admirable
                 Medicine
                 to
                 which
                 Helmont
                 gives
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 if
                 his
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 did
                 really
                 deserve
                 half
                 the
                 praises
                 by
                 him
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 such
                 as
                 Ours
                 is
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 (
                 as
                 time
                 and
                 my
                 yet
                 incompleat
                 Trials
                 will
                 permit
                 )
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 that
                 Process
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 (
                 among
                 some
                 others
                 )
                 we
                 are
                 most
                 wont
                 to
                 employ
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 easie
                 ,
                 simple
                 ,
                 and
                 genuine
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 then
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Hungarian
                 ,
                 or
                 if
                 you
                 cannot
                 procure
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Dantzick
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 good
                 Venereal
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 what
                 quantity
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 Calcine
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 strong
                 fire
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 Red
                 ,
                 Dulcifie
                 it
                 by
                 such
                 frequent
                 affusions
                 of
                 hot
                 Water
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 length
                 the
                 Water
                 that
                 hath
                 pass'd
                 through
                 it
                 ,
                 appear
                 full
                 as
                 tastless
                 ,
                 as
                 when
                 it
                 was
                 pour'd
                 on
                 it
                 .
                 Let
                 this
                 thus
                 exquisitely
                 dulcified
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 thorowly
                 dry
                 ,
                 be
                 very
                 diligently
                 ground
                 with
                 about
                 an
                 equal
                 weight
                 of
                 good
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 this
                 mixture
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 Glass
                 Retort
                 ,
                 and
                 either
                 in
                 as
                 strong
                 a
                 heat
                 as
                 can
                 conveniently
                 be
                 given
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 or
                 els
                 in
                 a
                 naked
                 fire
                 ,
                 force
                 up
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 to
                 the
                 Top
                 or
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Sublimation
                 being
                 ended
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 broken
                 Retort
                 (
                 laying
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 aside
                 )
                 take
                 all
                 the
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 and
                 grind
                 it
                 well
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 the
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 appear
                 sublim'd
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 reincorporated
                 with
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 Resublime
                 this
                 Mixture
                 
                   per
                   se
                
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 Retort
                 as
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 you
                 may
                 once
                 more
                 elevate
                 this
                 second
                 
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 found
                 That
                 allwayes
                 needful
                 .
                 And
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 understanding
                 of
                 this
                 Process
                 ,
                 be
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 following
                 Particulars
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 We
                 have
                 alwaies
                 preferr'd
                 such
                 Vitriol
                 as
                 abounds
                 with
                 Copper
                 ,
                 before
                 our
                 common
                 English
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 keep
                 the
                 Copper
                 as
                 work
                 at
                 Detford
                 are
                 wont
                 ,
                 as
                 themselves
                 have
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 inform'd
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 good
                 store
                 of
                 Iron
                 to
                 increase
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 their
                 Vitriol
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 If
                 You
                 be
                 unwilling
                 to
                 loose
                 the
                 Phlegm
                 ,
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Oyl
                 of
                 that
                 Vitriol
                 with
                 which
                 You
                 design
                 to
                 make
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 distill
                 them
                 away
                 in
                 an
                 earthen
                 Retort
                 ,
                 or
                 one
                 of
                 Glass
                 well
                 coated
                 .
                 But
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 well
                 known
                 that
                 the
                 distillation
                 of
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 requires
                 a
                 very
                 intense
                 and
                 lasting
                 Fire
                 (
                 so
                 that
                 unlesse
                 you
                 have
                 need
                 of
                 the
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 will
                 be
                 without
                 any
                 Ceremony
                 to
                 calcine
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 in
                 a
                 naked
                 Fire
                 and
                 open
                 ;
                 yet
                 afterwards
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 requisite
                 further
                 to
                 calcine
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 in
                 an
                 open
                 Vessel
                 .
                 For
                 you
                 must
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 unless
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 be
                 very
                 throughly
                 calcin'd
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 troublesome
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 dulcifie
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 we
                 have
                 observ'd
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 which
                 look'd
                 Red
                 ,
                 and
                 seem'd
                 indifferently
                 well
                 calcin'd
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 ,
                 almost
                 like
                 Crude
                 Vitriol
                 dissolv'd
                 in
                 the
                 fair
                 Water
                 which
                 was
                 pour'd
                 on
                 it
                 to
                 dulcifie
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 weight
                 of
                 the
                 Calx
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 made
                 ,
                 we
                 cannot
                 easily
                 determine
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 have
                 sometimes
                 found
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 reduce
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 to
                 lesse
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 much
                 lesse
                 then
                 half
                 its
                 weight
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 fit
                 for
                 Dulcification
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 The
                 Water
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 pour'd
                 on
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 second
                 time
                 to
                 edulcorate
                 ,
                 the
                 calcin'd
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 filtrated
                 and
                 steamed
                 away
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 come
                 almost
                 to
                 the
                 consistence
                 
                 of
                 a
                 Syrrup
                 or
                 Honey
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 may
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 cold
                 place
                 to
                 shoot
                 ;
                 for
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 we
                 have
                 sometimes
                 had
                 many
                 very
                 regularly
                 figur'd
                 Chrystals
                 or
                 Graines
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 sometimes
                 ,
                 because
                 sometimes
                 also
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 abstract
                 all
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 to
                 obtain
                 the
                 Whitish
                 Salt
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 known
                 us'd
                 as
                 a
                 good
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 
                   Angelus
                   Sala
                
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 least
                 sober
                 of
                 the
                 Chymical
                 Writers
                 doth
                 highly
                 extoll
                 as
                 an
                 excellent
                 Emetick
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Ternary
                   of
                   Vomitive
                   Remedies
                
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 discourseth
                 at
                 large
                 of
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 administring
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 of
                 this
                 Salt
                 ,
                 as
                 Chymists
                 are
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 call
                 it
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 out
                 of
                 calcin'd
                 
                   Copper
                   as
                
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 sometimes
                 observ'd
                 it
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 almost
                 as
                 deeply
                 colour'd
                 as
                 the
                 Vitriol
                 it self
                 was
                 before
                 Calcination
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 We
                 several
                 times
                 tryed
                 to
                 sublime
                 dulcified
                 Colcothar
                 with
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Retorts
                 and
                 Urinals
                 plac'd
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 but
                 whether
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 fixedness
                 of
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 or
                 because
                 the
                 Furnace
                 we
                 were
                 fain
                 to
                 use
                 ,
                 though
                 no
                 very
                 bad
                 one
                 ,
                 was
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 we
                 never
                 could
                 that
                 way
                 obtain
                 any
                 considerable
                 Quantity
                 of
                 the
                 desir'd
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 did
                 ascend
                 was
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 faint
                 colour
                 :
                 wherefore
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 you
                 have
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 good
                 Sand
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 Glasse
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 cleanliest
                 way
                 ,
                 You
                 will
                 find
                 it
                 expedient
                 to
                 sublime
                 Your
                 Colcothar
                 in
                 coated
                 Retorts
                 with
                 an
                 open
                 Fire
                 ,
                 except
                 you
                 have
                 the
                 Dexteritie
                 to
                 sublime
                 in
                 a
                 naked
                 Fire
                 with
                 Glass
                 ,
                 Retorts
                 uncoated
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 divers
                 times
                 seen
                 perform'd
                 by
                 heating
                 the
                 bottome
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 placing
                 it
                 upon
                 Embers
                 ,
                 with
                 Coales
                 round
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 kindled
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 from
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 this
                 course
                 be
                 watchfully
                 follow'd
                 ,
                 the
                 Retort
                 will
                 be
                 so
                 well
                 neal'd
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 be
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 endure
                 any
                 intense
                 degree
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 a
                 
                 while
                 You
                 may
                 safely
                 lay
                 thorowly
                 kindled
                 Coales
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 round
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 upon
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 needs
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 till
                 towards
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Operation
                 )
                 and
                 thereby
                 drive
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Sublimate
                 into
                 one
                 lump
                 ,
                 and
                 into
                 the
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 this
                 way
                 you
                 may
                 sublime
                 without
                 any
                 Furnace
                 upon
                 a
                 bare
                 Hearth
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 desire
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 more
                 intense
                 heat
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 lay
                 first
                 some
                 warm
                 ashes
                 in
                 an
                 ordinary
                 Iron
                 pot
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 few
                 small
                 Coals
                 well
                 kindl'd
                 ,
                 neal'd
                 your
                 Retort
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 afterwards
                 prosecute
                 the
                 Sublimation
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Pot
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 once
                 throughly
                 heated
                 it self
                 by
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 will
                 afterwards
                 considerably
                 increase
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 Though
                 it
                 be
                 most
                 commonly
                 requisite
                 to
                 resublime
                 the
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 that
                 comes
                 the
                 first
                 time
                 up
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Salt
                 and
                 Colcothar
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 exquisitly
                 mix'd
                 ,
                 yet
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 we
                 can
                 guesse
                 by
                 some
                 trials
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 expedient
                 to
                 resublime
                 it
                 above
                 once
                 (
                 or
                 at
                 most
                 )
                 twice
                 .
                 For
                 in
                 those
                 Trials
                 we
                 have
                 found
                 the
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 oftener
                 resublim'd
                 of
                 a
                 paler
                 colour
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 resublimed
                 but
                 once
                 .
                 And
                 
                   (
                   N
                   B.
                
                 )
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 by
                 further
                 sublimations
                 ,
                 the
                 Salt
                 instead
                 of
                 being
                 more
                 intimately
                 united
                 with
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 almost
                 totally
                 sever'd
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 what
                 we
                 elswhere
                 in
                 other
                 cases
                 declare
                 .
              
               
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 Of
                 these
                 Sublimates
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 hath
                 the
                 highest
                 Colour
                 ,
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 most
                 enrich'd
                 with
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 rednesse
                 proceeds
                 .
                 But
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 Sublimation
                 I
                 have
                 often
                 observ'd
                 a
                 pretty
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 first
                 white
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 very
                 diligently
                 mix'd
                 with
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 .
                 But
                 at
                 the
                 second
                 sublimation
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 (
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 sometimes
                 almost
                 totally
                 forc'd
                 up
                 without
                 leaving
                 a
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 in
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 )
                 will
                 be
                 more
                 
                 accuratly
                 mix'd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sublimate
                 will
                 appear
                 Yellow
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 Reddish
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 sort
                 we
                 have
                 sometimes
                 had
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Operation
                 hath
                 been
                 very
                 carefully
                 manag'd
                 .
              
               
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 How
                 great
                 a
                 proportion
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 committed
                 to
                 Sublimation
                 ,
                 will
                 arise
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 we
                 dare
                 not
                 precisely
                 define
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 Sublimate
                 amounting
                 to
                 the
                 fourth
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Mixture
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 scarce
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 work
                 skilfully
                 ,
                 faile
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 Eighthly
                 ,
                 We
                 sometimes
                 made
                 a
                 Sublimate
                 of
                 equal
                 parts
                 of
                 pure
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 very
                 throughly
                 dry'd
                 (
                 for
                 else
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 apt
                 to
                 yeeld
                 rather
                 a
                 Spirit
                 then
                 a
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 )
                 well
                 ground
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 sublim'd
                 ;
                 And
                 with
                 this
                 Sublimate
                 instead
                 of
                 Simple
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniak
                
                 we
                 intended
                 to
                 make
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 some
                 intervening
                 Accidents
                 and
                 Avocations
                 we
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 perfect
                 the
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 nevertheless
                 think
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 give
                 You
                 this
                 hint
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Efficacy
                 ,
                 which
                 an
                 excellent
                 Physitian
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 gave
                 some
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 assures
                 me
                 he
                 has
                 found
                 in
                 it
                 against
                 Obstructions
                 and
                 some
                 Distempers
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 spring
                 from
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Ninthly
                 ,
                 When
                 you
                 are
                 about
                 to
                 make
                 Your
                 first
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 if
                 You
                 please
                 ,
                 lute
                 to
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 You
                 put
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 a
                 small
                 Receiver
                 to
                 catch
                 the
                 Liquor
                 that
                 oftentimes
                 comes
                 over
                 .
                 For
                 that
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 though
                 you
                 will
                 very
                 seldome
                 get
                 much
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 may
                 be
                 worth
                 your
                 preserving
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Volatile
                 and
                 Urinous
                 Salt
                 wherewith
                 it
                 will
                 sometimes
                 so
                 abound
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 passe
                 for
                 a
                 weak
                 Spirit
                 of
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 .
              
               
                 Tenthly
                 ,
                 The
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 that
                 remains
                 after
                 the
                 first
                 Sublimation
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 clean
                 Glass
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 a
                 Cellar
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 will
                 run
                 
                   Per
                   deliquium
                
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 thick
                 and
                 high
                 
                 colour'd
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 very
                 richly
                 impregnated
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 elsewhere
                 manifest
                 on
                 another
                 Occasion
                 )
                 with
                 the
                 somewhat
                 opened
                 body
                 of
                 Copper
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 if
                 half
                 those
                 praises
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 which
                 even
                 the
                 best
                 Chymists
                 are
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 give
                 to
                 Copper
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 concluded
                 to
                 have
                 deriv'd
                 no
                 small
                 Vertues
                 against
                 Ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Affections
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 are
                 not
                 here
                 to
                 insist
                 on
                 .
              
               
                 Eleventhly
                 ,
                 We
                 have
                 sometimes
                 doubted
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 did
                 really
                 contain
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 Cypreous
                 or
                 Colcotharine
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 fixedness
                 or
                 sluggishnesse
                 of
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Copper
                 therein
                 contain'd
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 because
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 be
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 times
                 sublim'd
                 by
                 its
                 self
                 ,
                 its
                 Flowers
                 frequently
                 enough
                 will
                 ascend
                 Yellow
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 paler
                 sort
                 of
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 .
                 But
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 carrying
                 up
                 even
                 fix'd
                 and
                 sluggish
                 Bodies
                 seem'd
                 probable
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 partly
                 upon
                 our
                 incorporating
                 and
                 subliming
                 it
                 with
                 finely
                 powder'd
                 Coralls
                 (
                 from
                 which
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 very
                 little
                 of
                 it
                 ascended
                 ,
                 yet
                 some
                 of
                 that
                 little
                 was
                 no
                 lesse
                 red
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 Coralls
                 themselves
                 before
                 their
                 being
                 beaten
                 )
                 and
                 partly
                 upon
                 our
                 subliming
                 it
                 from
                 Copper
                 ,
                 both
                 Crude
                 and
                 Calcin'd
                 ,
                 since
                 of
                 either
                 of
                 those
                 Bodies
                 it
                 carry'd
                 up
                 a
                 little
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 appear'd
                 by
                 the
                 Blew
                 Colour
                 of
                 some
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Sublimates
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 secondly
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 reddishnesse
                 of
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 proceeded
                 partly
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 altogether
                 from
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 ,
                 seem'd
                 probable
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 by
                 the
                 tast
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Properties
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 by
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 knowingly
                 committed
                 the
                 first
                 sublimate
                 to
                 a
                 Fire
                 too
                 weak
                 to
                 resublime
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 after
                 some
                 Hours
                 ,
                 taken
                 the
                 Vessel
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Sand
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 suppos'd
                 was
                 not
                 strong
                 enough
                 to
                 carry
                 up
                 the
                 whole
                 Matter
                 ,
                 had
                 rais'd
                 the
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 to
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Urinal
                 in
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 were
                 either
                 White
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 pale
                 Yellow
                 ;
                 whereas
                 the
                 remaining
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Mixture
                 ,
                 that
                 lay
                 in
                 good
                 quantity
                 in
                 the
                 bottome
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 deep
                 Red
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 fragment
                 of
                 it
                 of
                 about
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 a
                 large
                 Pease
                 ,
                 being
                 cast
                 upon
                 glowing
                 Coales
                 ,
                 and
                 nimbly
                 blown
                 with
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 Bellowes
                 ,
                 colour'd
                 the
                 Flame
                 with
                 a
                 somewhat
                 greenish
                 blew
                 like
                 that
                 ,
                 but
                 more
                 faint
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 elswhere
                 have
                 observ'd
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 well
                 opened
                 body
                 of
                 Copper
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 those
                 Trials
                 I
                 confess
                 would
                 rather
                 increase
                 my
                 Doubts
                 then
                 lessen
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 in
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 the
                 Colour
                 is
                 not
                 Blew
                 ,
                 but
                 Reddish
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 Colcothar
                 is
                 a
                 body
                 that
                 consists
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 matter
                 besides
                 common
                 Copper
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 also
                 far
                 more
                 difficult
                 to
                 reduce
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 in
                 part
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 mettal
                 then
                 is
                 vulgar
                 calcin'd
                 Copper
                 )
                 and
                 consequently
                 when
                 Corpuscles
                 of
                 differing
                 Natures
                 are
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 elevated
                 together
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 Metalline
                 ,
                 may
                 with
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Fires
                 Operation
                 alter
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 what
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 produce
                 a
                 Colour
                 differing
                 from
                 Blew
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 dispatch
                 what
                 ever
                 further
                 Trials
                 shall
                 inform
                 us
                 ,
                 touching
                 this
                 Question
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 any
                 true
                 and
                 reducible
                 Copper
                 do
                 make
                 an
                 Ingredient
                 in
                 our
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 being
                 in
                 Colcothar
                 other
                 parts
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 Fusion
                 you
                 may
                 reduce
                 into
                 a
                 pure
                 Mettal
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Remedy
                 seeming
                 by
                 its
                 Somniferous
                 property
                 to
                 partake
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 giving
                 our
                 Medicine
                 a
                 Right
                 to
                 the
                 Appellation
                 I
                 commonly
                 choose
                 of
                 
                   Flores
                   Colcotharis
                
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 it
                 there
                 is
                 something
                 of
                 the
                 Colcothar
                 carry'd
                 up
                 ,
                 though
                 possibly
                 the
                 quantity
                 be
                 but
                 small
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 all
                 reducible
                 into
                 a
                 Metalline
                 form
                 ,
                 but
                 perhaps
                 the
                 Question
                 is
                 not
                 worth
                 a
                 longer
                 Debate
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 sufficient
                 to
                 excuse
                 the
                 name
                 ,
                 and
                 recommend
                 the
                 thing
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 Person
                 as
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 C●lcothar
                 is
                 employ'd
                 
                 in
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 thing
                 prepar'd
                 is
                 a
                 noble
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Vertues
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 Vitriol
                 ;
                 whether
                 that
                 Mineral
                 be
                 an
                 ingredient
                 of
                 it
                 or
                 no.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Dosis
                 of
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 much
                 vary'd
                 ;
                 To
                 little
                 Children
                 ,
                 we
                 give
                 sometimes
                 one
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 two
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 three
                 Grains
                 for
                 many
                 nights
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 find
                 them
                 able
                 ,
                 without
                 inconvenience
                 ,
                 to
                 bear
                 the
                 Operation
                 .
                 To
                 persons
                 of
                 ripe
                 Years
                 we
                 commonly
                 administer
                 four
                 ,
                 five
                 ,
                 or
                 six
                 Grains
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 .
                 But
                 one
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 we
                 have
                 given
                 quantities
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 ly
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 hath
                 taken
                 to
                 above
                 thirty
                 Grains
                 at
                 once
                 without
                 any
                 inconvenience
                 .
                 We
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Spoonfuls
                 of
                 Sack
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Wine
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Constitution
                 of
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 do
                 not
                 forbid
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 such
                 cases
                 we
                 give
                 it
                 in
                 any
                 Cordial
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 temperate
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 convenient
                 Vehicle
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 Children
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 given
                 in
                 Beer
                 ,
                 or
                 Ale
                 ,
                 or
                 clear
                 Posset-drink
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 in
                 Milk.
                 If
                 the
                 Patient
                 hath
                 supp'd
                 at
                 a
                 seasonable
                 Hour
                 ,
                 we
                 commonly
                 administer
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 is
                 going
                 to
                 sleep
                 .
                 It
                 works
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 by
                 sweat
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 by
                 Urine
                 ,
                 but
                 more
                 by
                 sweat
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 ,
                 then
                 after
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 us'd
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 to
                 some
                 bodies
                 it
                 proves
                 so
                 Sudorifick
                 ,
                 that
                 two
                 Grains
                 or
                 lesse
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 have
                 often
                 made
                 me
                 sweat
                 .
                 That
                 it
                 hath
                 once
                 prov'd
                 Emetick
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 observ'd
                 it
                 my self
                 to
                 provoke
                 Vomits
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 Medicall
                 use
                 of
                 
                   Ens
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 divers
                 great
                 Physitians
                 will
                 perhaps
                 think
                 it
                 were
                 not
                 despicable
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 were
                 no
                 other
                 then
                 oftentimes
                 to
                 prove
                 a
                 safe
                 and
                 moderatly
                 somniferous
                 Medicine
                 in
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 without
                 having
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 it
                 of
                 Opium
                 ,
                 whose
                 Narcotick
                 power
                 they
                 find
                 as
                 difficult
                 to
                 correct
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 oftentimes
                 proves
                 dangerous
                 ,
                 when
                 being
                 not
                 well
                 corrected
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 administred
                 without
                 very
                 great
                 Circumspection
                 .
                 But
                 -
                 **************
              
            
             
               
               
                 To
                 the
                 166
                 h
                 ,
                 167th
                 ,
                 168
                 ●h
                 ,
                 169th
                 ,
                 and
                 170th
                 Page
                 .
                 [
                 Finding
                 among
                 my
                 loose
                 Notes
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 doe
                 immediatly
                 concerne
                 the
                 Preparations
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 and
                 Harts-horn
                 (
                 deliver'd
                 in
                 these
                 Pages
                 )
                 some
                 other
                 Particulars
                 that
                 may
                 also
                 serve
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 afford
                 some
                 light
                 to
                 Readers
                 lesse
                 skill'd
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 or
                 contribute
                 somewhat
                 or
                 other
                 towards
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 some
                 Patients
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 content
                 to
                 let
                 those
                 Papers
                 goe
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 long
                 since
                 address'd
                 them
                 to
                 a
                 Friend
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 HArts-horn
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 Heteroclite
                 Body
                 in
                 Nature
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 but
                 few
                 resemblers
                 in
                 the
                 universe
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 grow's
                 to
                 a
                 considerable
                 bulk
                 like
                 a
                 Vegetable
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 (
                 unlike
                 most
                 other
                 Hornes
                 of
                 Animals
                 )
                 at
                 certain
                 set
                 Periods
                 of
                 time
                 ,
                 deciduous
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 Bony
                 substance
                 ,
                 yet
                 that
                 middle
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 which
                 differs
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 in
                 Colour
                 ,
                 does
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 grown
                 Hornes
                 )
                 much
                 more
                 resemble
                 the
                 pith
                 of
                 some
                 Plants
                 then
                 the
                 Marrow
                 of
                 Bones
                 :
                 and
                 yet
                 this
                 Plant-Animal
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 does
                 ,
                 when
                 skilfully
                 expos'd
                 to
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 afford
                 the
                 same
                 differing
                 substances
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 Animals
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 no
                 wonder
                 therefore
                 ,
                 if
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Chymists
                 have
                 hoped
                 to
                 find
                 extraordinary
                 Vertues
                 in
                 so
                 extraordinary
                 a
                 Subject
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 shall
                 passe
                 by
                 the
                 Usual
                 Preparations
                 as
                 not
                 so
                 pertinent
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 design
                 ,
                 insinuating
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 generall
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 even
                 the
                 more
                 Vulgar
                 Preparations
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 Physitians
                 have
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 call
                 Philosophical
                 ,
                 afford
                 us
                 Medcines
                 not
                 despicable
                 ;
                 yet
                 these
                 are
                 much
                 inferiour
                 to
                 those
                 Remedies
                 wherewith
                 dexterous
                 Distillations
                 are
                 capable
                 of
                 presenting
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 certainly
                 if
                 we
                 allow
                 of
                 the
                 Chymical
                 Theory
                 ,
                 (
                 whose
                 Truth
                 in
                 these
                 Papers
                 I
                 
                 question
                 not
                 )
                 Harts-horn
                 being
                 generally
                 acknowledged
                 to
                 be
                 endued
                 with
                 properties
                 very
                 friendly
                 to
                 our
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 those
                 wayes
                 of
                 preparing
                 it
                 wherein
                 the
                 nobler
                 and
                 more
                 active
                 parts
                 are
                 not
                 truly
                 freed
                 from
                 those
                 cumbersome
                 ones
                 that
                 fetter
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 hinder
                 them
                 to
                 display
                 their
                 powerful
                 energies
                 ,
                 proving
                 yet
                 oftentimes
                 not
                 unavailable
                 ;
                 The
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 would
                 be
                 in
                 more
                 request
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 Men
                 deterred
                 from
                 making
                 tryals
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 partly
                 by
                 the
                 over-apprehended
                 unpleasantness
                 of
                 the
                 smell
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 by
                 the
                 difficulties
                 commonly
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 its
                 distillation
                 ;
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 which
                 Deterrements
                 hath
                 so
                 frighted
                 even
                 Chymists
                 from
                 distilling
                 this
                 Cordial
                 Substance
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 very
                 rarely
                 seen
                 any
                 ,
                 either
                 Spirit
                 or
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 save
                 what
                 our selves
                 have
                 been
                 reduced
                 to
                 prepare
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 three
                 ways
                 proposed
                 by
                 the
                 Authors
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 to
                 distil
                 Harts-horn
                 :
                 The
                 one
                 in
                 coated
                 Glass
                 Retorts
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 Earthen
                 ones
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 third
                 in
                 Glaubers
                 second
                 Philosophical
                 Furnace
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 ways
                 ,
                 some
                 very
                 skilful
                 Distillers
                 that
                 have
                 often
                 practised
                 it
                 ,
                 have
                 so
                 complained
                 of
                 their
                 frequent
                 breaking
                 their
                 Vessels
                 by
                 the
                 copiousness
                 and
                 impetuosity
                 of
                 of
                 the
                 Fumes
                 that
                 rush
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 once
                 begins
                 to
                 be
                 prest
                 with
                 a
                 considerable
                 heat
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 confess
                 to
                 You
                 ingeniously
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 hitherto
                 frighted
                 me
                 from
                 making
                 tryal
                 of
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 see
                 no
                 very
                 great
                 reason
                 why
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 slow
                 and
                 regular
                 gradation
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 the
                 mischances
                 incident
                 to
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 distillation
                 may
                 not
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 most
                 commonly
                 )
                 be
                 avoided
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 distil
                 the
                 Matter
                 we
                 discourse
                 of
                 in
                 Earthen
                 Retorts
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 way
                 then
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Earth
                 be
                 close
                 and
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 been
                 sufficiently
                 bak'd
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 finde
                 in
                 the
                 right
                 Hassian
                 Retorts
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 known
                 the
                 Operation
                 
                 proceed
                 very
                 prosperously
                 ,
                 though
                 a
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 hath
                 been
                 distill'd
                 at
                 once
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Retorts
                 made
                 of
                 Earth
                 that
                 is
                 spongy
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 ways
                 unfit
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 whose
                 baking
                 Fuel
                 hath
                 been
                 spared
                 ,
                 are
                 commonly
                 (
                 as
                 Experience
                 hath
                 informed
                 us
                 )
                 improper
                 for
                 this
                 service
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 easily
                 broken
                 :
                 Besides
                 that
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 feared
                 that
                 all
                 Retorts
                 made
                 of
                 Earth
                 ,
                 except
                 it
                 be
                 extraordinarily
                 compact
                 and
                 baked
                 ,
                 are
                 apt
                 to
                 imbibe
                 the
                 more
                 subtle
                 and
                 more
                 penetrant
                 parts
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 volatile
                 Substances
                 distill'd
                 in
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 observed
                 in
                 some
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Matter
                 hath
                 transudated
                 quite
                 through
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 and
                 been
                 manifestly
                 discernable
                 on
                 the
                 out-side
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 third
                 way
                 of
                 distilling
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 Instrument
                 described
                 by
                 Glauber
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 second
                 Philosophical
                 Furnace
                 :
                 But
                 neither
                 is
                 this
                 way
                 without
                 its
                 Inconveniencies
                 ;
                 for
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Earth
                 whereof
                 the
                 Vessel
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 is
                 made
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 of
                 very
                 good
                 and
                 well
                 baked
                 Earth
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 apt
                 to
                 crack
                 ,
                 in
                 so
                 violent
                 a
                 Fire
                 as
                 is
                 requisite
                 in
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 it
                 will
                 imbibe
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 finest
                 Spirit
                 it
                 should
                 transmit
                 into
                 the
                 Receiver
                 :
                 And
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 difficult
                 to
                 work
                 long
                 this
                 way
                 ,
                 without
                 letting
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 active
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 escape
                 between
                 the
                 wide
                 Orifice
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 and
                 the
                 Cover
                 :
                 Besides
                 these
                 Inconveniencies
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 feared
                 that
                 the
                 Matter
                 being
                 to
                 be
                 cast
                 immediately
                 into
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 made
                 red
                 hot
                 before-hand
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 receive
                 a
                 stronger
                 Empyreuma
                 or
                 Impression
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 would
                 do
                 in
                 the
                 ordinary
                 way
                 of
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Fire
                 being
                 orderly
                 and
                 successively
                 increas'd
                 ,
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 comes
                 over
                 into
                 the
                 Receiver
                 ,
                 before
                 that
                 last
                 degree
                 of
                 Fire
                 is
                 administred
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 requisite
                 chiefly
                 to
                 force
                 over
                 the
                 more
                 fluggish
                 and
                 heavy
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 which
                 therefore
                 (
                 to
                 speak
                 
                 congruously
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 receiv'd
                 Theory
                 of
                 Distillation
                 )
                 savors
                 much
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 grown
                 almost
                 infamous
                 for
                 its
                 adustion
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 notwithstanding
                 these
                 Inconveniencies
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 found
                 these
                 Retorts
                 of
                 Glauber's
                 not
                 unserviceable
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 Distil
                 considerable
                 Quantities
                 of
                 such
                 Materials
                 ,
                 as
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 pretious
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 afford
                 us
                 considerable
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 Advertisement
                 may
                 take
                 place
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 you
                 take
                 along
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 declar'd
                 ,
                 touching
                 the
                 Ways
                 we
                 substitute
                 to
                 avoid
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 the
                 newly
                 objected
                 Inconveniencies
                 .
                 But
                 having
                 in
                 other
                 Papers
                 taken
                 notice
                 particularly
                 enough
                 of
                 the
                 Ways
                 we
                 mean
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 forbear
                 to
                 mention
                 them
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 though
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 easily
                 be
                 made
                 applicable
                 ,
                 as
                 Experience
                 hath
                 assur'd
                 us
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 ordinary
                 Retorts
                 ;
                 for
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 difficult
                 to
                 apply
                 to
                 These
                 ,
                 the
                 perforated
                 Receivers
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 almost
                 of
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 Pears
                 ,
                 open
                 at
                 both
                 ends
                 ,
                 by
                 holes
                 of
                 about
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Inches
                 Diameter
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 capacity
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 )
                 may
                 be
                 with
                 greater
                 facility
                 taken
                 asunder
                 and
                 made
                 clean
                 ;
                 and
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 convenient
                 Insertion
                 of
                 their
                 Extremities
                 into
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 be
                 easily
                 luted
                 together
                 (
                 in
                 a
                 level
                 )
                 two
                 ,
                 three
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 necessity
                 shall
                 require
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 provided
                 there
                 be
                 applyed
                 to
                 the
                 remoter
                 extremity
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 some
                 convenient
                 Vessel
                 open
                 but
                 at
                 one
                 end
                 ,
                 the
                 Receivers
                 will
                 very
                 seldom
                 break
                 :
                 The
                 Fumes
                 that
                 come
                 over
                 too
                 copiously
                 to
                 be
                 contain'd
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 passing
                 freely
                 thence
                 into
                 the
                 second
                 or
                 the
                 third
                 (
                 for
                 we
                 very
                 rarely
                 exceed
                 three
                 in
                 all
                 )
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 manifestly
                 cool
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 ,
                 speedily
                 turn
                 into
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 the
                 Fumes
                 it
                 receives
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 the
                 first
                 Recipient
                 is
                 perhaps
                 hotter
                 then
                 the
                 Hand
                 can
                 endure
                 :
                 But
                 of
                 these
                 Mechanical
                 Contrivances
                 ,
                 elsewhere
                 .
              
               
               
                 Now
                 whereas
                 Glauber
                 prescribes
                 to
                 mingle
                 with
                 the
                 Distill'd
                 Liquors
                 of
                 Harts
                 horn
                 rectified
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 to
                 wash
                 out
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 directs
                 the
                 Distilling
                 again
                 of
                 both
                 those
                 Spirits
                 (
                 of
                 Wine
                 and
                 Harts-horn
                 )
                 together
                 ;
                 his
                 method
                 of
                 proceeding
                 may
                 be
                 justly
                 question'd
                 :
                 For
                 first
                 ,
                 dephlegm'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 will
                 not
                 so
                 readily
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 he
                 supposeth
                 ,
                 dissolve
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ;
                 And
                 next
                 ,
                 the
                 Spirit
                 this
                 way
                 drawn
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 simple
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 compounded
                 Liquor
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 which
                 may
                 possibly
                 ,
                 in
                 divers
                 cases
                 ,
                 rather
                 impair
                 then
                 improve
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 .
                 For
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 opening
                 and
                 resolving
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Cordial
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 is
                 safely
                 and
                 successfully
                 given
                 in
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 wherein
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 observed
                 to
                 inflame
                 the
                 Blood
                 ,
                 whereas
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 in
                 such
                 cases
                 is
                 counted
                 dangerous
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 brings
                 into
                 my
                 thoughts
                 a
                 very
                 questionable
                 Preparation
                 of
                 the
                 Experienc'd
                 and
                 Ingenious
                 Hartman
                 ,
                 who
                 much
                 extolls
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Worms
                 in
                 the
                 Stomach
                 ,
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 but
                 especially
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 is
                 pleased
                 to
                 call
                 Essensificated
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 himself
                 expounds
                 it
                 )
                 with
                 which
                 its
                 own
                 fix'd
                 Salt
                 ,
                 extracted
                 with
                 some
                 convenient
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 volatile
                 duely
                 depurated
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 dissolved
                 and
                 united
                 .
                 For
                 first
                 ,
                 The
                 fix'd
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 hath
                 been
                 perhaps
                 never
                 yet
                 prepared
                 by
                 any
                 Man
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 Harts-horn
                 doth
                 yield
                 a
                 fix'd
                 Salt
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 absolutely
                 deny
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 out
                 of
                 many
                 Pounds
                 a
                 few
                 Grains
                 may
                 be
                 extracted
                 )
                 it
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 doubted
                 whether
                 that
                 Salt
                 be
                 endowed
                 with
                 specifical
                 Vertues
                 :
                 And
                 next
                 ,
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 well
                 dephlegm'd
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 (
                 for
                 ought
                 I
                 could
                 ever
                 finde
                 )
                 dissolve
                 its
                 own
                 Salt
                 ,
                 unless
                 assisted
                 by
                 the
                 External
                 warmth
                 of
                 the
                 Ambient
                 Air
                 ;
                 Insomuch
                 that
                 I
                 usually
                 keep
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Vial
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 remain
                 
                 unmix'd
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Spirit
                 that
                 will
                 dissolve
                 any
                 of
                 its
                 owne
                 Salt
                 I
                 account
                 not
                 sufficiently
                 dephlegm'd
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 yet
                 an
                 Aqueous
                 alloy
                 whereby
                 the
                 Salt
                 is
                 imbibed
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 having
                 once
                 exquisitely
                 rectified
                 some
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 and
                 closed
                 it
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 Viall
                 ,
                 after
                 divers
                 months
                 it
                 let
                 fall
                 a
                 considerable
                 quantity
                 of
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 so
                 far
                 was
                 it
                 from
                 being
                 able
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 some
                 peculiar
                 way
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 dissolved
                 more
                 ,
                 had
                 I
                 cast
                 more
                 into
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 deny
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 may
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 mediation
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 take
                 in
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Body
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 what
                 use
                 this
                 violent
                 Impregnation
                 of
                 the
                 liquor
                 can
                 be
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 it
                 be
                 quickly
                 administred
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 yet
                 understand
                 ,
                 having
                 often
                 seen
                 the
                 Spirit
                 let
                 fall
                 againe
                 in
                 the
                 cold
                 ,
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 it
                 had
                 dissolved
                 by
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 heat
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 having
                 thus
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 laid
                 before
                 you
                 the
                 difficulties
                 we
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 in
                 the
                 above-mentioned
                 waies
                 of
                 making
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 proposed
                 by
                 Authors
                 (
                 neither
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 would
                 yet
                 have
                 you
                 altogether
                 reject
                 )
                 I
                 must
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 our
                 having
                 attempted
                 a
                 fourth
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 the
                 matter
                 to
                 be
                 distilled
                 is
                 not
                 very
                 much
                 ,
                 I
                 choose
                 rather
                 to
                 practise
                 then
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 as
                 hitherto
                 seeming
                 more
                 safe
                 and
                 free
                 from
                 inconveniences
                 .
                 Take
                 then
                 (
                 for
                 Instance
                 )
                 two
                 pounds
                 of
                 Harts
                 horne
                 broken
                 on
                 an
                 Anvill
                 into
                 pieces
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 about
                 the
                 bignesse
                 of
                 ones
                 finger
                 (
                 for
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 rasped
                 there
                 is
                 danger
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 emit
                 its
                 fumes
                 too
                 plentifully
                 at
                 once
                 )
                 and
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 strong
                 glasse
                 Retort
                 uncoated
                 ,
                 big
                 enough
                 to
                 containe
                 at
                 least
                 twice
                 as
                 much
                 matter
                 ;
                 Set
                 this
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 fit
                 to
                 it
                 a
                 pretty
                 large
                 and
                 strong
                 (
                 either
                 single
                 or
                 double
                 )
                 Receiver
                 ;
                 then
                 give
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 for
                 three
                 ,
                 foure
                 ,
                 or
                 six
                 houres
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 away
                 first
                 the
                 Phlegme
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 fugitive
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 then
                 encreasing
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 but
                 warily
                 ,
                 and
                 gradually
                 for
                 divers
                 houres
                 ,
                 drive
                 over
                 the
                 Spirit
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 
                 wont
                 to
                 drop
                 downe
                 somewhat
                 tincted
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 more
                 volatile
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 length
                 intend
                 your
                 fire
                 till
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 be
                 glowing
                 hot
                 ,
                 and
                 heap
                 also
                 at
                 last
                 quick
                 coals
                 upon
                 the
                 sand
                 round
                 about
                 the
                 Retort
                 to
                 give
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 a
                 fire
                 of
                 Suppression
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 force
                 over
                 the
                 more
                 sluggish
                 remaining
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 it
                 the
                 Oyl
                 :
                 all
                 which
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 afterwards
                 proceeded
                 with
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Directions
                 given
                 concerning
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Mans
                 Blood
                 :
                 which
                 having
                 bin
                 sufficiently
                 insisted
                 on
                 before
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 )
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 repeated
                 now
                 .
                 Only
                 it
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 impertinent
                 to
                 advertise
                 you
                 .
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 we
                 have
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 had
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 melted
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 broken
                 ,
                 the
                 melted
                 glasse
                 being
                 supported
                 by
                 the
                 substrated
                 sand
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 sometimes
                 in
                 Filtration
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 thinner
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 have
                 unperceivedly
                 passed
                 through
                 the
                 paper
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 discovered
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 Rectification
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 have
                 almost
                 admired
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 Oyl
                 with
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 Lamp
                 ascend
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 tall
                 head
                 and
                 body
                 ;
                 touching
                 which
                 circumstance
                 it
                 may
                 yet
                 be
                 further
                 enquired
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 proceed
                 barely
                 from
                 the
                 volatilnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 or
                 also
                 from
                 its
                 being
                 carryed
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Salt
                 and
                 Spirit
                 wherewith
                 it
                 was
                 associated
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 by
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 distillation
                 we
                 usually
                 have
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 pound
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 between
                 foure
                 and
                 five
                 ounces
                 ,
                 (
                 seldome
                 or
                 never
                 so
                 little
                 as
                 foure
                 ,
                 and
                 often
                 nearer
                 five
                 )
                 of
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 Spirit●
                 ,
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 Flegme
                 ;
                 (
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Harts-horne
                 be
                 not
                 recent
                 ,
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 no
                 great
                 quantity
                 )
                 and
                 when
                 we
                 distill'd
                 two
                 pound
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 at
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 the
                 operation
                 to
                 succeed
                 altogether
                 as
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 yeeld
                 us
                 a
                 fully
                 proportionable
                 quantity
                 of
                 Liquor
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 which
                 differ
                 not
                 much
                 in
                 Dose
                 ,
                 or
                 Efficacie
                 ,
                 are
                 probably
                 very
                 great
                 
                 in
                 divers
                 distempers
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 yet
                 made
                 no
                 tryall
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 For
                 they
                 are
                 considerable
                 in
                 resisting
                 Putrefaction
                 ,
                 comforting
                 nature
                 ,
                 opening
                 Obstructions
                 ,
                 mortifying
                 the
                 the
                 Acidities
                 it
                 meets
                 with
                 in
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 by
                 rendring
                 that
                 volatile
                 ,
                 promoting
                 its
                 Circulation
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 knowne
                 considerable
                 effects
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 Feavers
                 ,
                 Plurisies
                 ,
                 Obstructions
                 of
                 the
                 Mesentery
                 ,
                 and
                 Spleen
                 ;
                 and
                 chiefly
                 (
                 which
                 perhaps
                 you
                 will
                 think
                 strange
                 )
                 in
                 Coughs
                 and
                 Distempers
                 of
                 the
                 braine
                 ,
                 and
                 nervous
                 parts
                 ;
                 in
                 so
                 much
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 by
                 Gods
                 blessing
                 sometimes
                 stopt
                 very
                 violent
                 (
                 but
                 not
                 inveterate
                 Coughs
                 )
                 with
                 this
                 medicine
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 houres
                 .
                 And
                 prescribing
                 it
                 to
                 one
                 who
                 was
                 almost
                 daily
                 assaulted
                 with
                 Epilepticall
                 fits
                 ,
                 a
                 few
                 Doses
                 of
                 it
                 did
                 in
                 a
                 pretty
                 while
                 at
                 first
                 make
                 his
                 fits
                 come
                 but
                 seldome
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 :
                 But
                 whether
                 he
                 be
                 perfectly
                 cured
                 not
                 having
                 heard
                 of
                 him
                 of
                 late
                 ,
                 nor
                 having
                 had
                 oportunity
                 to
                 make
                 further
                 tryall
                 of
                 the
                 medicine
                 in
                 that
                 disease
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 certain
                 .
                 Wee
                 prescribed
                 it
                 likewise
                 ,
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 Person
                 who
                 had
                 long
                 lain
                 both
                 distracted
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 bed-rid
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 strangely
                 reliev'd
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 perfectly
                 cur'd
                 (
                 perhaps
                 because
                 the
                 Patient
                 tooke
                 but
                 little
                 of
                 the
                 medicine
                 ,
                 we
                 being
                 then
                 not
                 well
                 stored
                 with
                 it
                 ;
                 )
                 and
                 on
                 some
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 by
                 Feavers
                 rendred
                 stupid
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 had
                 very
                 eminent
                 Operations
                 :
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 further
                 account
                 of
                 its
                 vertues
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 referre
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 particular
                 Narratives
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 when
                 wee
                 meet
                 ,
                 give
                 you
                 ,
                 by
                 word
                 of
                 mouth
                 :
                 and
                 till
                 then
                 it
                 may
                 suffice
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 that
                 it
                 workes
                 chiefly
                 by
                 Sweat
                 (
                 and
                 somewhat
                 by
                 Urine
                 )
                 without
                 being
                 observed
                 to
                 leave
                 behind
                 it
                 such
                 heat
                 as
                 divers
                 Sudorificks
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 :
                 only
                 there
                 must
                 be
                 care
                 not
                 to
                 administer
                 it
                 when
                 the
                 
                   Primae
                   viae
                
                 ,
                 and
                 passages
                 are
                 too
                 much
                 stuff'd
                 and
                 choaked
                 up
                 by
                 grosse
                 Humours
                 ,
                 lest
                 by
                 agitating
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 putting
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 nimble
                 Motion
                 ,
                 it
                 occasion
                 greater
                 Obstructions
                 .
                 The
                 Dose
                 
                 is
                 from
                 five
                 drops
                 ,
                 or
                 graines
                 to
                 a
                 drachme
                 (
                 ten
                 or
                 fifteene
                 drops
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 mee
                 sweat
                 )
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 
                   Carduus
                   Benedictus
                
                 water
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 vehicle
                 appropriated
                 to
                 the
                 disease
                 ;
                 onely
                 taking
                 care
                 that
                 nothing
                 acid
                 be
                 administred
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 because
                 Acid
                 and
                 Sulphureous
                 Salts
                 mortifie
                 ,
                 and
                 disarme
                 one
                 another
                 .
                 Hartman
                 commends
                 it
                 against
                 the
                 wormes
                 of
                 the
                 stomacke
                 ,
                 against
                 which
                 it
                 may
                 very
                 probably
                 be
                 available
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 penetrant
                 ,
                 and
                 saline
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 emnity
                 to
                 Putrefaction
                 :
                 Glauber
                 writes
                 that
                 the
                 Oyl
                 rectified
                 from
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 cares
                 Quartanes
                 ,
                 and
                 inward
                 wounds
                 ,
                 and
                 cures
                 the
                 paines
                 produced
                 by
                 Falls
                 ,
                 Contusions
                 ,
                 &c.
                 being
                 administred
                 from
                 six
                 to
                 twenty
                 drops
                 to
                 a
                 patient
                 placed
                 in
                 his
                 bed
                 to
                 sweat
                 after
                 it
                 :
                 but
                 of
                 this
                 my
                 Experience
                 will
                 not
                 enable
                 mee
                 to
                 say
                 any
                 thing
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 feare
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 too
                 long
                 entertained
                 you
                 about
                 Harts-Horne
                 :
                 and
                 yet
                 I
                 feare
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 expect
                 that
                 before
                 I
                 forsake
                 this
                 Subject
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 something
                 to
                 you
                 concerning
                 a
                 much
                 controverted
                 particular
                 relating
                 thereunto
                 .
                 The
                 Inquiry
                 is
                 ,
                 Whether
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 distill'd
                 ,
                 the
                 Salt
                 dispose
                 it selfe
                 in
                 the
                 Receiver
                 into
                 the
                 figures
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 the
                 Affirmative
                 is
                 maintained
                 by
                 many
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 mine
                 who
                 is
                 very
                 severe
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 credulous
                 ,
                 having
                 assured
                 mee
                 that
                 he
                 himselfe
                 had
                 observed
                 the
                 inside
                 of
                 his
                 Receiver
                 over-laid
                 with
                 such
                 figures
                 or
                 hornes
                 ,
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 deny
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 accidentally
                 the
                 particles
                 of
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 may
                 sometimes
                 represent
                 as
                 well
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 Harts-hornes
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 divers
                 other
                 things
                 .
                 But
                 for
                 our
                 parts
                 having
                 severall
                 wayes
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 unfrequently
                 distilled
                 that
                 matter
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 never
                 see
                 the
                 pretended
                 Saline
                 Harts-hornes
                 so
                 clearely
                 as
                 we
                 thought
                 wee
                 saw
                 cause
                 to
                 esteeme
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 affirm'd
                 they
                 constantly
                 saw
                 them
                 so
                 distinctly
                 lookt
                 through
                 the
                 spectacles
                 of
                 prepossest
                 Imagination
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 mention
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 usuall
                 
                 method
                 of
                 nature
                 in
                 Salts
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 bigger
                 Concretions
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 figures
                 with
                 the
                 smaller
                 graines
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 observe
                 in
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 Rock-allum
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 the
                 graines
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 attentively
                 enough
                 consider'd
                 their
                 shapes
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 not
                 ever
                 to
                 have
                 observed
                 of
                 a
                 figure
                 like
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 hornes
                 they
                 came
                 from
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 volatile
                 Salts
                 to
                 fasten
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Receiver
                 in
                 various
                 figures
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 the
                 degree
                 of
                 fire
                 that
                 urges
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 concurrent
                 circumstances
                 do
                 chance
                 to
                 exact
                 ;
                 and
                 consonantly
                 hereunto
                 we
                 have
                 often
                 observed
                 the
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Harts-horne
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 variously
                 figured
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Receiver
                 :
                 and
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 subliming
                 some
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 it
                 adher'd
                 to
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 vessell
                 in
                 figures
                 ,
                 much
                 liker
                 Harts-hornes
                 ,
                 then
                 ever
                 I
                 had
                 seene
                 their
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 make
                 up
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 unlesse
                 wee
                 will
                 merrily
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 man
                 whose
                 urine
                 was
                 distill'd
                 ,
                 had
                 hornes
                 given
                 him
                 by
                 his
                 wife
                 ,
                 wee
                 must
                 acknowledge
                 that
                 nature
                 seemes
                 to
                 give
                 her selfe
                 liberty
                 to
                 play
                 in
                 the
                 Configuration
                 of
                 volatile
                 Salts
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 casualities
                 have
                 no
                 unusuall
                 influence
                 on
                 them
                 ;
                 or
                 to
                 speake
                 more
                 properly
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 various
                 degree
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 the
                 differing
                 copiousness
                 of
                 the
                 Fumes
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 intervening
                 accidents
                 do
                 keep
                 those
                 Configurations
                 from
                 being
                 constantly
                 regular
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 filtring
                 through
                 Cap-paper
                 a
                 Tincture
                 of
                 glasse
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 made
                 with
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Vinegar
                 and
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 almost
                 according
                 to
                 Basilius
                 ;
                 the
                 matter
                 which
                 remained
                 in
                 the
                 paper
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 placed
                 in
                 a
                 glasse
                 funnell
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 shape
                 )
                 did
                 of
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 began
                 to
                 grow
                 dry
                 ,
                 cleave
                 into
                 the
                 figures
                 of
                 trees
                 ,
                 whose
                 trunkes
                 ,
                 greater
                 boughs
                 ,
                 and
                 smaller
                 branches
                 ,
                 were
                 both
                 for
                 their
                 shape
                 ,
                 and
                 proportion
                 ,
                 as
                 lively
                 represented
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 drawne
                 by
                 the
                 curious
                 pensill
                 of
                 some
                 skilfull
                 Painter
                 ;
                 which
                 paper
                 I
                 shewed
                 to
                 some
                 persons
                 
                 that
                 beheld
                 it
                 not
                 without
                 wonder
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 ought
                 I
                 know
                 I
                 am
                 yet
                 able
                 to
                 shew
                 it
                 you
                 ;
                 nor
                 is
                 this
                 the
                 only
                 instance
                 I
                 could
                 give
                 you
                 if
                 need
                 were
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 trifled
                 too
                 long
                 allready
                 to
                 manifest
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 ,
                 Chance
                 may
                 make
                 Nature
                 seem
                 to
                 emulate
                 Art.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 dwelt
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 on
                 this
                 Subject
                 before
                 I
                 passe
                 to
                 another
                 ;
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 forget
                 to
                 advertise
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 Stags
                 Horns
                 cannot
                 be
                 procured
                 for
                 the
                 preparation
                 of
                 the
                 above
                 mention'd
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 without
                 much
                 disadvantage
                 substitute
                 Bucks-horns
                 in
                 their
                 stead
                 ;
                 for
                 almost
                 all
                 the
                 trialls
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 opportunity
                 to
                 make
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 lately
                 discoursing
                 of
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 made
                 with
                 Remedies
                 whereto
                 Buck-hornes
                 afforded
                 Materialls
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 had
                 almost
                 forgot
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 rectify'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 is
                 more
                 uneasie
                 ,
                 then
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 trial
                 would
                 make
                 one
                 think
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 is
                 more
                 difficult
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 for
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 have
                 kept
                 these
                 fugitive
                 animal
                 Salts
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 penetrated
                 the
                 Corks
                 ,
                 and
                 scarce
                 left
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 well
                 stopp'd
                 Glasses
                 any
                 footsteps
                 of
                 their
                 having
                 been
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 those
                 Chymists
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 strangers
                 to
                 these
                 Salts
                 ,
                 have
                 taken
                 much
                 pains
                 to
                 no
                 great
                 purpose
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 from
                 Avolation
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 recentest
                 and
                 ingeniousest
                 are
                 wont
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 moderate
                 their
                 uncurb'd
                 wildness
                 ,
                 to
                 pour
                 on
                 them
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 some
                 such
                 Acid
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 Salt
                 of
                 Vitriol
                 &c.
                 as
                 will
                 produce
                 any
                 manifest
                 conflict
                 with
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 never
                 considering
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 this
                 course
                 doth
                 indeed
                 devest
                 them
                 of
                 their
                 fugacity
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 doth
                 in
                 effect
                 devest
                 them
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 of
                 their
                 peculiar
                 Vertues
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 have
                 elswhere
                 shewn
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Saline
                 Corpuscles
                 ,
                 obteinable
                 by
                 the
                 
                 Fire
                 from
                 Urine
                 ,
                 being
                 united
                 with
                 a
                 sufficient
                 proportion
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 will
                 cease
                 to
                 be
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Saline
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Acid
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 will
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 .
                 But
                 't
                 is
                 easier
                 for
                 me
                 in
                 this
                 our
                 case
                 to
                 shew
                 that
                 another
                 mans
                 Expedient
                 is
                 not
                 good
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 substitute
                 a
                 good
                 one
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 where
                 for
                 some
                 Reasons
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 the
                 way
                 that
                 I
                 the
                 best
                 approve
                 of
                 ,
                 onely
                 I
                 shall
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 way
                 long
                 was
                 ,
                 nor
                 do
                 I
                 yet
                 despise
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 preserve
                 volatile
                 Salts
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 rectify'd
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 which
                 swimming
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 kept
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 immediate
                 contact
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 preserv'd
                 them
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 I
                 have
                 secur'd
                 even
                 small
                 parcels
                 of
                 the
                 fugitive
                 Salt
                 of
                 humane
                 Blood
                 for
                 many
                 Years
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 
                   But
                   since
                   the
                   Spirit
                   and
                   Salt
                   even
                   of
                   this
                   sort
                   of
                   Horns
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   fear
                   ,
                   ●e
                   found
                   so
                   easie
                   for
                   every
                   Man
                   ,
                   especially
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   be
                   a
                   Novice
                   in
                   Chymistry
                   to
                   procure
                   in
                   any
                   considerable
                   Quantity
                   ;
                   and
                   since
                   the
                   declared
                   intent
                   of
                   my
                   c●mmunicating
                   to
                   the
                   Reader
                   my
                   Observations
                   about
                   these
                   Spirits
                   of
                   Harts-horn
                   ,
                   Blood
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                   was
                   to
                   furnish
                   him
                   with
                   such
                   Chymical
                   Remedies
                   ,
                   that
                   men
                   may
                   by
                   their
                   easiness
                   and
                   cheapness
                   be
                   invited
                   to
                   provide
                   them
                   for
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Poor
                   ;
                   I
                   presume
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   improper
                   to
                   present
                   him
                   with
                   a
                
                 succedaneum
                 
                   or
                   two
                   ,
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   easily
                   enough
                   obtain'd
                   from
                
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 
                   though
                   these
                   Preparations
                   have
                   such
                   Conn●xion
                   with
                   divers
                   other
                   Passages
                   ,
                   wherewith
                   they
                   were
                   VVritten
                   to
                   the
                   Person
                   ,
                   I
                   here
                   call
                
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   to
                   avoid
                   the
                   too
                   much
                   d●smembring
                   those
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   make
                   these
                   Processes
                   the
                   better
                   understood
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   content
                   my self
                   to
                   leave
                   out
                   those
                   Particulars
                   that
                   can
                   best
                   be
                   spar'd
                   ,
                   hoping
                   that
                   the
                   rest
                   will
                   be
                   easily
                   excus'd
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   by
                   those
                   who
                   know
                   how
                   much
                   some
                   Chymists
                   themselves
                   have
                   been
                   deluded
                   in
                   their
                   Trials
                   of
                   the
                   divulg'd
                   Processes
                   ,
                   divers
                   of
                   which
                   are
                   either
                   false
                   or
                   very
                   uncertain
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   though
                   they
                   should
                   succeed
                   ,
                   would
                   give
                   but
                   a
                   sophisticall
                   
                   spirit
                   ,
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   obtained
                   Liquor
                   comming
                   from
                   the
                   Distillable
                   Concretes
                   that
                   must
                   according
                   to
                   such
                   Processes
                   be
                   mingl●d
                   with
                   the
                
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 
                   of
                   which
                   I
                   could
                   easily
                   give
                   instances
                   ,
                   ev'n
                   out
                   of
                   modern
                   and
                   applauded
                   VVriters
                   .
                
                 ]
              
               
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 hath
                 such
                 wonders
                 ascribed
                 to
                 it
                 by
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 conclude
                 these
                 Papers
                 touching
                 Spirits
                 of
                 an
                 Urinous
                 nature
                 ,
                 without
                 saying
                 something
                 to
                 you
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 you
                 might
                 think
                 I
                 had
                 left
                 the
                 considerablest
                 of
                 them
                 unmentioned
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 I
                 the
                 rather
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 the
                 little
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 because
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 divers
                 Authors
                 that
                 extoll
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 scarce
                 met
                 with
                 any
                 that
                 teaches
                 intelligibly
                 ,
                 and
                 candidly
                 how
                 to
                 prepare
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 perhaps
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 did
                 not
                 know
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 exact
                 an
                 accurate
                 account
                 of
                 it
                 the
                 lesse
                 rigidly
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 can
                 present
                 to
                 you
                 but
                 little
                 on
                 that
                 Subject
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 few
                 Observations
                 wherewith
                 my
                 own
                 Curiosity
                 has
                 supplyed
                 me
                 ;
                 having
                 scarce
                 ever
                 (
                 to
                 my
                 knowledge
                 )
                 seen
                 any
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 save
                 what
                 my
                 own
                 Furnaces
                 have
                 afforded
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 without
                 presuming
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 solemne
                 processes
                 about
                 a
                 subject
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 a
                 small
                 variation
                 of
                 Circumstances
                 hinder
                 the
                 operations
                 made
                 on
                 it
                 from
                 producing
                 uniform
                 effects
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 content
                 my self
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 as
                 true
                 an
                 information
                 as
                 my
                 memory
                 will
                 afford
                 me
                 of
                 a
                 few
                 of
                 my
                 proceedings
                 with
                 this
                 nice
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 successes
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 only
                 premising
                 in
                 a
                 Word
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 
                   Sal
                   Armoniack
                
                 I
                 here
                 mean
                 the
                 Factitious
                 and
                 Venal
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 Soot
                 ,
                 and
                 Sea-salt
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 way
                 proposed
                 by
                 Glauber
                 (
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Philosophicall
                 Furnaces
                 )
                 we
                 distilled
                 it
                 out
                 of
                 an
                 open
                 retort
                 (
                 with
                 a
                 Cover
                 to
                 c●ap
                 on
                 and
                 take
                 off
                 as
                 occasion
                 requires
                 )
                 with
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 
                   Lapis
                   Calaminaris
                
                 ,
                 and
                 once
                 we
                 ,
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 obtained
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 which
                 seem'd
                 exceeding
                 
                 strong
                 ,
                 but
                 before
                 we
                 could
                 make
                 any
                 trials
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Viall
                 that
                 contained
                 it
                 having
                 bin
                 accidentally
                 broken
                 ,
                 we
                 lost
                 the
                 opportunity
                 of
                 satisfying
                 our selves
                 of
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 and
                 having
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 attempted
                 to
                 make
                 such
                 a
                 Spirit
                 the
                 same
                 way
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 over
                 indeed
                 a
                 Liquor
                 which
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 we
                 came
                 to
                 Rectify
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 the
                 greater
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 our
                 wonder
                 ,
                 coagulated
                 in
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 it
                 was
                 put
                 to
                 be
                 distill'd
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 perfect
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 (
                 a
                 pretty
                 quantity
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 yet
                 keep
                 by
                 me
                 )
                 and
                 thereby
                 betray'd
                 the
                 above
                 mentioned
                 Liquor
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 little
                 else
                 then
                 the
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 it self
                 ,
                 forced
                 over
                 by
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 without
                 having
                 suffer'd
                 any
                 separation
                 of
                 its
                 Ingredients
                 .
                 Nor
                 is
                 it
                 by
                 us
                 alone
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Process
                 set
                 down
                 by
                 Glauber
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 unprosperously
                 attempted
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 perhaps
                 it
                 might
                 have
                 constantly
                 enough
                 succeeded
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 difference
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Lapis
                   Calaminaris
                
                 (
                 in
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 observ'd
                 much
                 disparity
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 places
                 it
                 comes
                 from
                 )
                 may
                 have
                 produced
                 the
                 complained
                 of
                 variety
                 of
                 Successes
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 also
                 attempted
                 to
                 distill
                 a
                 Spirit
                 from
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 (
                 to
                 pretermit
                 divers
                 other
                 trials
                 )
                 by
                 mixing
                 it
                 with
                 equall
                 parts
                 of
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 this
                 experiment
                 we
                 met
                 with
                 variety
                 of
                 success
                 ,
                 for
                 having
                 exquisitely
                 incorporated
                 the
                 two
                 Salts
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 a
                 little
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 divers
                 times
                 had
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 receiver
                 (
                 carefully
                 luted
                 on
                 to
                 a
                 somewhat
                 large
                 retort
                 )
                 all
                 candy'd
                 over
                 on
                 the
                 inside
                 ;
                 with
                 Volatile
                 Salts
                 of
                 severall
                 shapes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liquor
                 afterwards
                 forc'd
                 over
                 hath
                 sometimes
                 remained
                 long
                 enough
                 in
                 the
                 forme
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 subtle
                 and
                 penetrant
                 spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 again
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 in
                 the
                 very
                 receiver
                 almost
                 totally
                 coagulated
                 it self
                 into
                 a
                 lump
                 of
                 Chrystalline
                 Salt
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 we
                 had
                 mixt
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 Water
                 
                 or
                 other
                 moisture
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 our
                 successes
                 have
                 been
                 very
                 like
                 those
                 above
                 mentioned
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 occasion
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 omit
                 acquainting
                 you
                 with
                 an
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 I
                 learn't
                 not
                 upon
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 Take
                 of
                 pure
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 and
                 of
                 good
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 equal
                 parts
                 (
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 both
                 very
                 dry
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 you
                 may
                 loose
                 your
                 labour
                 )
                 and
                 grind
                 them
                 very
                 accurately
                 together
                 ,
                 though
                 you
                 be
                 deterred
                 from
                 continuing
                 that
                 toyl
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 very
                 subtle
                 and
                 fetid
                 Urinous
                 steam
                 ,
                 wont
                 to
                 exhale
                 from
                 the
                 mixture
                 ;
                 these
                 Salts
                 being
                 thus
                 exquisitely
                 incorporated
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 put
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 large
                 Glass
                 Retort
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 fit
                 a
                 Receiver
                 to
                 catch
                 a
                 fetid
                 Liquor
                 that
                 sometimes
                 we
                 have
                 observed
                 to
                 come
                 over
                 ;
                 then
                 administring
                 by
                 degrees
                 a
                 very
                 strong
                 Fire
                 ,
                 the
                 top
                 and
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 lined
                 with
                 a
                 pure
                 white
                 Sublimate
                 ,
                 which
                 seems
                 to
                 partake
                 as
                 well
                 (
                 though
                 nothing
                 neer
                 so
                 much
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 and
                 of
                 it's
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 differ
                 from
                 either
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 this
                 Sublimate
                 be
                 far
                 enough
                 from
                 being
                 the
                 true
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 so
                 highly
                 extolled
                 by
                 Paracelsus
                 and
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 ignoble
                 Medicine
                 in
                 obstructions
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 distempers
                 :
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 expert
                 Chymists
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 some
                 I
                 presented
                 him
                 ,
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 found
                 such
                 effects
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 him
                 divers
                 times
                 very
                 pressing
                 and
                 sollicitous
                 for
                 more
                 .
                 The
                 Fetid
                 Liquor
                 that
                 will
                 come
                 over
                 we
                 have
                 found
                 sometimes
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 much
                 more
                 copious
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 discern
                 clearly
                 whence
                 the
                 disparity
                 proceeded
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 remaining
                 in
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 by
                 Solution
                 ,
                 Filtration
                 ,
                 and
                 Coagulation
                 ,
                 affords
                 a
                 pure
                 Salt
                 of
                 greater
                 Diureticall
                 efficacy
                 ,
                 then
                 almost
                 any
                 I
                 have
                 hitherto
                 met
                 withall
                 :
                 Another
                 way
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 attempted
                 to
                 obtain
                 a
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 was
                 by
                 accurately
                 mixing
                 two
                 parts
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 with
                 three
                 
                 or
                 foure
                 of
                 Quick-lime
                 ,
                 whose
                 vertue
                 had
                 not
                 bin
                 impair'd
                 by
                 being
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 this
                 mixture
                 being
                 distilled
                 in
                 a
                 Retort
                 ,
                 placed
                 in
                 sand
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 strong
                 fire
                 afforded
                 us
                 (
                 together
                 with
                 some
                 dry
                 Sublimate
                 in
                 the
                 neck
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 a
                 little
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 in
                 the
                 Receiver
                 )
                 a
                 very
                 strong
                 and
                 yellowish
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 so
                 exceedingly
                 penetrant
                 ,
                 and
                 stinking
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 was
                 not
                 easie
                 to
                 hold
                 ones
                 nose
                 to
                 the
                 open
                 mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Vial
                 wherin
                 't
                 was
                 kept
                 ,
                 without
                 danger
                 of
                 being
                 struck
                 downe
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 disabled
                 to
                 take
                 breath
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 plenty
                 and
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 exhaling
                 Spirits
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 Liquor
                 forced
                 over
                 by
                 this
                 method
                 ,
                 though
                 exceeding
                 vigorous
                 as
                 to
                 its
                 Qualities
                 ,
                 was
                 inconsiderable
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 its
                 Quantity
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 wee
                 now
                 chuse
                 to
                 vary
                 a
                 little
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 proceeding
                 ,
                 and
                 and
                 let
                 the
                 Quick-lime
                 ly
                 abroad
                 in
                 the
                 open
                 Air
                 ;
                 (
                 but
                 protected
                 from
                 all
                 other
                 moisture
                 ,
                 except
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Aire
                 )
                 for
                 divers
                 dayes
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 time
                 the
                 imbib'd
                 humidity
                 of
                 the
                 ambient
                 Air
                 would
                 in
                 some
                 degrees
                 slake
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 somewhat
                 brittler
                 then
                 it
                 was
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lime
                 thus
                 prepared
                 ,
                 being
                 mingled
                 with
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 and
                 distilled
                 in
                 all
                 circumstances
                 after
                 the
                 former
                 manner
                 ,
                 afforded
                 us
                 a
                 Liquor
                 so
                 copious
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 hitherto
                 acquiesce
                 in
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 distilling
                 this
                 wild
                 Salt
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 best
                 we
                 have
                 yet
                 met
                 with
                 .
                 But
                 note
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 we
                 used
                 towards
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 fire
                 to
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 by
                 heaping
                 up
                 Coales
                 on
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 the
                 mixture
                 in
                 the
                 Retort
                 hath
                 been
                 brought
                 to
                 flow
                 .
                 Note
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 even
                 the
                 Spirit
                 thus
                 drawne
                 persevered
                 long
                 in
                 the
                 forme
                 of
                 a
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 yet
                 yesterday
                 coming
                 to
                 looke
                 upon
                 a
                 Viall
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 reserved
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 what
                 effect
                 time
                 would
                 have
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 about
                 a
                 fourth
                 or
                 fifth
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 had
                 spontaneously
                 coagulated
                 it selfe
                 into
                 exactly
                 figured
                 graines
                 of
                 a
                 Chrystalline
                 Salt
                 ,
                 the
                 Liquor
                 swimming
                 above
                 it
                 ,
                 retaining
                 ,
                 neverthelesse
                 ,
                 
                 a
                 very
                 strange
                 subtlety
                 :
                 Which
                 Observation
                 concording
                 with
                 divers
                 others
                 makes
                 mee
                 apt
                 to
                 doubt
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 this
                 so
                 celebrated
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 be
                 really
                 much
                 ,
                 if
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 other
                 then
                 the
                 resolved
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 S●ot
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 that
                 body
                 consists
                 ,
                 of
                 somewhat
                 subtiliated
                 by
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 freed
                 from
                 the
                 clogging
                 Society
                 of
                 the
                 Sea-salt
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 formerly
                 associated
                 and
                 united
                 ;
                 though
                 I
                 confesse
                 it
                 seemeth
                 not
                 improbable
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 great
                 Energy
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 observed
                 in
                 this
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 dextrously
                 drawne
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 entire
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Quick-lime
                 ,
                 may
                 afford
                 it
                 something
                 that
                 it
                 could
                 not
                 receive
                 from
                 either
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 whence
                 the
                 Mixture
                 did
                 result
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 in
                 
                   Aqua
                   Regi●
                
                 ,
                 which
                 dissolves
                 crude
                 gold
                 ,
                 though
                 neither
                 the
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Peter
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Vitrioll
                 alone
                 affords
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 usuall
                 wayes
                 ,
                 Spirit
                 capable
                 of
                 producing
                 that
                 effect
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 vertues
                 ,
                 and
                 uses
                 of
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 now
                 stay
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 them
                 largely
                 enough
                 set
                 downe
                 by
                 Glauber
                 ;
                 whose
                 Encomiums
                 neverthelesse
                 ,
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 all
                 adopted
                 by
                 mee
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 mention
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 Medicine
                 that
                 is
                 neer
                 of
                 kin
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 serve
                 for
                 a
                 Succedaneum
                 to
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 Blood
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 although
                 the
                 last
                 mentioned
                 way
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 be
                 the
                 least
                 imperfect
                 one
                 we
                 have
                 hitherto
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 of
                 distilling
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 yet
                 because
                 you
                 may
                 sometimes
                 need
                 a
                 Spirituous
                 liquor
                 impregnated
                 with
                 the
                 activest
                 parts
                 of
                 that
                 noble
                 concrete
                 when
                 you
                 want
                 either
                 Retorts
                 to
                 distill
                 in
                 ,
                 or
                 Furnaces
                 capable
                 of
                 giving
                 strong
                 fires
                 ,
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 omit
                 to
                 inform
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 sometimes
                 drawne
                 over
                 such
                 a
                 liquor
                 of
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 after
                 the
                 following
                 manner
                 .
                 Dissolve
                 pure
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 in
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 faire
                 water
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 a
                 Cucurbit
                 put
                 such
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 strong
                 Quick-lime
                 powder'd
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 may
                 fill
                 up
                 a
                 fifth
                 or
                 sixth
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 vessell
                 ,
                 and
                 water
                 it
                 very
                 well
                 by
                 degrees
                 with
                 the
                 former
                 Solution
                 of
                 the
                 Salt-Armoniack
                 ,
                 and
                 immediately
                 clap
                 an
                 Alembick
                 on
                 the
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 and
                 fasten
                 a
                 Receiver
                 to
                 the
                 Alembick
                 ,
                 closing
                 the
                 joynts
                 very
                 acurately
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 this
                 mixture
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 gentle
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 Bath
                 or
                 a
                 Lamp
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 obtaine
                 a
                 Liquor
                 that
                 smels
                 much
                 like
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 seemes
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 volatile
                 liquor
                 being
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 rectified
                 
                   per
                   se
                
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 mild
                 heat
                 ,
                 growes
                 exceeding
                 fugitive
                 and
                 penetrant
                 ,
                 and
                 workes
                 by
                 Sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 by
                 Urine
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 when
                 I
                 first
                 made
                 it
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 induced
                 by
                 some
                 Analogicall
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 formerly
                 made
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 to
                 one
                 that
                 had
                 a
                 patient
                 troubled
                 with
                 an
                 extreamly
                 violent
                 Cough
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 an
                 account
                 quickly
                 brought
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 not
                 slowly
                 ,
                 but
                 wonderfully
                 mended
                 upon
                 the
                 very
                 first
                 or
                 second
                 Dose
                 ;
                 and
                 indeed
                 the
                 tryalls
                 that
                 have
                 hitherto
                 been
                 made
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 make
                 mee
                 hope
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 prove
                 little
                 inferiour
                 in
                 efficacy
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 above
                 mentioned
                 more
                 costly
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 scarce
                 any
                 of
                 which
                 being
                 preparable
                 by
                 so
                 safe
                 ,
                 and
                 compendious
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 if
                 this
                 Medicine
                 emulate
                 them
                 in
                 vertue
                 ,
                 the
                 Easinesse
                 of
                 the
                 preparation
                 (
                 wherein
                 little
                 time
                 needs
                 be
                 spent
                 ,
                 and
                 lesse
                 danger
                 of
                 breaking
                 vessels
                 incurr'd
                 )
                 will
                 much
                 endear
                 it
                 to
                 me
                 .
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 would
                 assist
                 You
                 to
                 make
                 variety
                 of
                 Experiments
                 about
                 Volatile
                 Salts
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 diverse
                 tryals
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 conveniently
                 made
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Saline
                 Corpuscles
                 are
                 in
                 a
                 dry
                 form
                 ,
                 then
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Liquor
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 take
                 this
                 occasion
                 to
                 mention
                 to
                 You
                 a
                 way
                 by
                 whose
                 Intervention
                 a
                 change
                 on
                 the
                 fixt
                 body
                 employ'd
                 about
                 the
                 newly
                 mentioned
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 hath
                 sometimes
                 afforded
                 mee
                 store
                 of
                 volatile
                 Salt.
                 This
                 way
                 was
                 only
                 to
                 mingle
                 exquisitly
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 ,
                 with
                 about
                 thrice
                 its
                 weight
                 of
                 strong
                 Wood-ashes
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Spirit
                 that
                 
                 we
                 this
                 way
                 drave
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Retort
                 plac'd
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 did
                 quickly
                 in
                 the
                 Receiver
                 Coagulate
                 into
                 a
                 Salt
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 Method
                 was
                 again
                 experimented
                 with
                 like
                 successe
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Salt
                 thus
                 made
                 we
                 found
                 so
                 extreamly
                 subtile
                 and
                 volatile
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Nature
                 with
                 that
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 indeed
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 probably
                 't
                 is
                 )
                 onely
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Salts
                 of
                 the
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 also
                 of
                 the
                 Soot
                 ,
                 whereof
                 the
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 consists
                 ,
                 this
                 may
                 passe
                 for
                 a
                 more
                 compendious
                 way
                 of
                 obtaining
                 such
                 Salts
                 ,
                 then
                 others
                 that
                 are
                 hitherto
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 practis'd
                 amongst
                 Chymists
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 undertake
                 that
                 this
                 way
                 of
                 obtaining
                 rather
                 Salt
                 then
                 Spirit
                 shall
                 constantly
                 succeed
                 ,
                 Yet
                 if
                 you
                 find
                 it
                 do
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 perchance
                 refuse
                 You
                 a
                 better
                 way
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 could
                 devise
                 a
                 Method
                 (
                 which
                 possibly
                 is
                 not
                 unattainable
                 )
                 of
                 bringing
                 over
                 into
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 bare
                 Urinous
                 and
                 fuliginous
                 Ingredients
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 but
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 good
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 surpass
                 even
                 Renanus's
                 ,
                 and
                 Glaubers
                 Elogies
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Sal-Armoniack
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 affinity
                 betwixt
                 Volatile
                 Salts
                 and
                 Sulphurs
                 ,
                 doth
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 your
                 Curiosity
                 invite
                 me
                 to
                 acquaint
                 you
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Trials
                 we
                 have
                 made
                 about
                 the
                 Preparations
                 of
                 Sulphureous
                 Fetid
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 more
                 inclined
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 because
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 find
                 mention
                 made
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 Chymical
                 Books
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 are
                 there
                 delivered
                 with
                 so
                 little
                 Incouragement
                 ,
                 amongst
                 many
                 other
                 processes
                 of
                 which
                 it
                 appears
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 prescribers
                 made
                 trial
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 I
                 had
                 distilled
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 Sulphurs
                 ,
                 divers
                 expert
                 Chymists
                 were
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 sight
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 satisfy
                 themselves
                 that
                 such
                 Liquors
                 could
                 be
                 so
                 prepared
                 .
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 common
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 or
                 Ruby
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 is
                 too
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 long
                 insisted
                 on
                 .
                 Onely
                 ,
                 because
                 
                 there
                 is
                 some
                 little
                 variety
                 used
                 by
                 several
                 in
                 the
                 preparation
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 perhaps
                 be
                 amiss
                 to
                 inform
                 you
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 by
                 mixing
                 about
                 three
                 parts
                 of
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 of
                 good
                 Flower
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 and
                 setting
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 strong
                 Urinal
                 slightly
                 stopt
                 in
                 an
                 heat
                 of
                 Sand
                 ,
                 only
                 great
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Liquor
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 crackling
                 noise
                 (
                 whencesoever
                 that
                 proceeds
                 )
                 work
                 upon
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 all
                 perfectly
                 resolved
                 into
                 a
                 Bloud-red
                 Balsam
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 performed
                 in
                 six
                 ,
                 eight
                 ,
                 or
                 ten
                 Hou●es
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 Ingredients
                 to
                 be
                 unite
                 〈◊〉
                 this
                 Balsam
                 which
                 is
                 indeed
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 no
                 despicable
                 Remedie
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 vulgar
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 custome
                 very
                 highly
                 extolled
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 employed
                 in
                 Distempers
                 and
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 wherein
                 instead
                 of
                 performing
                 the
                 wonders
                 by
                 them
                 expected
                 ,
                 its
                 Heat
                 doth
                 more
                 harm
                 ,
                 then
                 its
                 drying
                 and
                 Balsamick
                 properties
                 do
                 good
                 :
                 but
                 yet
                 apparent
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 ,
                 by
                 what
                 we
                 shall
                 say
                 anon
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 preparation
                 ,
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 is
                 somewhat
                 opened
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 said
                 )
                 in
                 some
                 cases
                 the
                 Ruby
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 may
                 prove
                 no
                 ineffectual
                 Remedie
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 probably
                 be
                 improved
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 prepared
                 by
                 bare
                 Digestion
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 gentle
                 heat
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 course
                 we
                 have
                 prosperously
                 prepar'd
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 made
                 it
                 not
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 Medicine
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 Volatilize
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 thus
                 Resolved
                 we
                 took
                 the
                 Balsam
                 made
                 the
                 former
                 way
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 Houres
                 ,
                 and
                 putting
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 Retort
                 ,
                 either
                 with
                 ,
                 or
                 without
                 fair
                 Water
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 supposed
                 to
                 help
                 to
                 carry
                 up
                 the
                 superfluous
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 we
                 placed
                 the
                 Vessel
                 in
                 a
                 Sand
                 Furnace
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 drawing
                 off
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 as
                 would
                 in
                 that
                 heat
                 come
                 over
                 ,
                 we
                 shifted
                 the
                 Receiver
                 ,
                 and
                 carefully
                 luted
                 on
                 the
                 new
                 one
                 ;
                 and
                 lastly
                 ,
                 giving
                 Fire
                 by
                 degrees
                 ,
                 we
                 forced
                 over
                 a
                 Liquor
                 of
                 a
                 deep
                 and
                 darkish
                 Red
                 ,
                 extreamly
                 penetrant
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 smell
                 
                 so
                 sulphureous
                 and
                 diffusive
                 of
                 it self
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 scarce
                 to
                 be
                 restrained
                 by
                 Corks
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 by
                 great
                 odds
                 stronger
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Rubie
                 before
                 distillation
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 like
                 Experiment
                 we
                 tryed
                 in
                 a
                 Glasse
                 head
                 and
                 body
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 through
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 likewise
                 we
                 obtained
                 a
                 Volatile
                 Balsam
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 found
                 it
                 too
                 inconvenient
                 to
                 be
                 equallable
                 w●th
                 the
                 former
                 ;
                 what
                 long
                 Digestions
                 of
                 this
                 Liquor
                 will
                 do
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 ,
                 or
                 lessen
                 its
                 Empyreumatical
                 and
                 o●●ensive
                 Odour
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 been
                 by
                 experience
                 satisfie●
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 of
                 its
                 medical
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 though
                 probably
                 the
                 ●reat
                 penetrancy
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 considered
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 languid
                 .
              
               
                 Authors
                 also
                 prescribe
                 the
                 making
                 a
                 volatile
                 Balsam
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 by
                 driving
                 over
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 above
                 mentioned
                 manner
                 ,
                 a
                 Solution
                 of
                 Flower
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 in
                 Linseed
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Remedy
                 they
                 highly
                 extoll
                 ;
                 but
                 though
                 it
                 may
                 probably
                 prove
                 a
                 good
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 yet
                 since
                 they
                 commend
                 it
                 but
                 by
                 conjecture
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 upon
                 Experience
                 ,
                 I
                 see
                 no
                 great
                 reason
                 why
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 preferable
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 for
                 we
                 find
                 that
                 express'd
                 Oyles
                 are
                 much
                 more
                 apt
                 to
                 receive
                 an
                 offensive
                 Empyreuma
                 then
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 much
                 more
                 volatile
                 then
                 they
                 ,
                 requires
                 nothing
                 neer
                 so
                 violent
                 a
                 heat
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 ascend
                 ;
                 and
                 unless
                 it
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sulphureous
                 particles
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 mitigate
                 the
                 corrosive
                 ones
                 ,
                 the
                 distilled
                 Liquor
                 of
                 an
                 express'd
                 Oyl
                 may
                 prove
                 noxious
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ▪
                 For
                 by
                 purposely
                 (
                 for
                 trials
                 sake
                 )
                 distilling
                 Oyl
                 Olive
                 ,
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 naked
                 Fire
                 ,
                 we
                 obtained
                 a
                 Liq●or
                 of
                 that
                 exceeding
                 sharpness
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 (
                 takes
                 inwardly
                 ▪
                 probably
                 corrode
                 ,
                 or
                 fret
                 either
                 the
                 Stomach
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 of
                 the
                 internal
                 Parts
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 another
                 way
                 of
                 preparing
                 a
                 Sulphureous
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 Penotus
                 no
                 ignoble
                 Chymist
                 ,
                 ascribes
                 such
                 stupendous
                 
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 made
                 trial
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 leave
                 it
                 altogether
                 unmentioned
                 ;
                 the
                 process
                 being
                 briefly
                 but
                 this
                 .
                 Take
                 good
                 Balsam
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 made
                 with
                 Spirit
                 or
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 freed
                 it
                 from
                 its
                 superfluous
                 Oyliness
                 pour
                 on
                 it
                 well
                 deplegm'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 therewith
                 draw
                 by
                 affusion
                 of
                 new
                 Spirit
                 as
                 often
                 as
                 need
                 requires
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Red
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 filtration
                 and
                 abstraction
                 
                   in
                   Balneo
                
                 must
                 be
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 Balsamick
                 consistence
                 ;
                 this
                 Liquor
                 you
                 may
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 by
                 degrees
                 of
                 Fire
                 drive
                 through
                 a
                 Retort
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 obtain
                 a
                 volatile
                 Balsam
                 of
                 very
                 great
                 penetrancy
                 ,
                 and
                 probably
                 of
                 no
                 small
                 efficacy
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Trial
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 of
                 this
                 process
                 ,
                 gives
                 me
                 occasion
                 to
                 advertise
                 You
                 ;
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 unlesse
                 your
                 Balsam
                 be
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 stiffe
                 thicknese
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 to
                 drinesse
                 it self
                 ,
                 the
                 Operation
                 will
                 hardly
                 succeed
                 ,
                 we
                 having
                 fruitlesly
                 digested
                 for
                 some
                 months
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 upon
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 whose
                 consistence
                 was
                 somewhat
                 too
                 Liquid
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 is
                 sufficiently
                 Tincted
                 ,
                 it
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 Decanted
                 ,
                 and
                 succeeded
                 by
                 new
                 ,
                 left
                 by
                 too
                 long
                 digestion
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 heightning
                 its
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 it
                 let
                 fall
                 that
                 which
                 it
                 hath
                 already
                 acquired
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 upon
                 a
                 very
                 slow
                 abstraction
                 of
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Tincted
                 Spirit
                 in
                 a
                 digesting
                 furnace
                 ,
                 we
                 once
                 found
                 the
                 remaining
                 Liquor
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 forme
                 of
                 a
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 consist
                 partly
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 of
                 a
                 seeming
                 distinct
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 the
                 Sulphureous
                 Tincture
                 was
                 reduced
                 .
                 The
                 Balsam
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 thus
                 made
                 without
                 Distillation
                 seems
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 innocenter
                 and
                 nobler
                 Medicine
                 then
                 the
                 common
                 Ruby
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 made
                 with
                 a
                 hot
                 and
                 ill
                 scented
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 :
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 preparation
                 may
                 also
                 appeare
                 
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 what
                 we
                 formerly
                 said
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 was
                 opened
                 by
                 Solution
                 in
                 Oleaginous
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 for
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 thickned
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 informed
                 by
                 this
                 processe
                 ,
                 well
                 Rectified
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 will
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 extract
                 a
                 blood
                 red
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 whereas
                 by
                 long
                 digestion
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 alone
                 upon
                 pure
                 ,
                 but
                 undissolved
                 ,
                 flowres
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 discerne
                 any
                 change
                 of
                 colour
                 in
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ;
                 though
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 deny
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 what
                 some
                 Authors
                 affirme
                 ,
                 who
                 write
                 ,
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 very
                 excellently
                 Dephlegm'd
                 ,
                 will
                 in
                 time
                 ,
                 of
                 it selfe
                 draw
                 a
                 Tincture
                 from
                 flowers
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 which
                 Tincture
                 they
                 yet
                 pretend
                 not
                 to
                 make
                 of
                 a
                 higher
                 then
                 a
                 Lemmon
                 colour
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 let
                 mee
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 our
                 red
                 tincture
                 formerly
                 mentioned
                 is
                 (
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 well
                 made
                 )
                 so
                 strong
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 that
                 probably
                 it
                 would
                 make
                 a
                 very
                 penetrant
                 ,
                 and
                 effectuall
                 outward
                 remedy
                 in
                 Aches
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 cold
                 distempers
                 of
                 the
                 nervous
                 parts
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 already
                 found
                 ,
                 that
                 good
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 alone
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 powerfullest
                 Fomentations
                 in
                 divers
                 cases
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ;
                 (
                 insomuch
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 sometimes
                 found
                 to
                 arrest
                 the
                 spreading
                 Mortification
                 of
                 Gangrenes
                 ;
                 )
                 and
                 therefore
                 being
                 so
                 richly
                 impregnated
                 with
                 Sulphur
                 :
                 which
                 is
                 even
                 without
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 so
                 subtle
                 a
                 vehicle
                 very
                 available
                 in
                 many
                 dissaffections
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Genus
                   Nervosum
                
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 probable
                 that
                 the
                 skilfull
                 association
                 of
                 two
                 such
                 active
                 remedies
                 may
                 produce
                 considerable
                 Effects
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Take
                         of
                         pure
                         flowers
                         of
                         Sulphur
                         one
                         part
                         ,
                         of
                         the
                         best
                         Oyl-Olive
                         foure
                         or
                         five
                         parts
                         ,
                         mixe
                         them
                         well
                         together
                         in
                         a
                         strong
                         earthen
                         pot
                         ,
                         able
                         to
                         contain
                         a
                         much
                         greater
                         quantity
                         of
                         the
                         ingredients
                         then
                         is
                         to
                         be
                         put
                         in
                         it
                         :
                         set
                         this
                         vessel
                         over
                         a
                         moderate
                         
                         fire
                         of
                         Charcoales
                         ,
                         throughly
                         kindled
                         ,
                         till
                         the
                         Oyl
                         though
                         slowly
                         ,
                         have
                         perfectly
                         dissolved
                         all
                         the
                         Flowers
                         of
                         Sulphur
                         ,
                         which
                         will
                         (
                         if
                         you
                         worke
                         it
                         well
                         )
                         be
                         perform'd
                         in
                         about
                         halfe
                         an
                         houre
                         ,
                         or
                         an
                         houre
                         ,
                         (
                         according
                         to
                         the
                         quantity
                         of
                         your
                         Materials
                         ;
                         )
                         But
                         you
                         must
                         have
                         a
                         great
                         care
                         ,
                         during
                         the
                         whole
                         Operation
                         ,
                         first
                         ,
                         that
                         the
                         Oyl
                         catch
                         not
                         fire
                         ,
                         whereby
                         it
                         would
                         not
                         only
                         be
                         lost
                         it selfe
                         ,
                         but
                         perhaps
                         endanger
                         the
                         firing
                         of
                         the
                         house
                         ;
                         and
                         next
                         that
                         the
                         Mixture
                         be
                         kept
                         nimbly
                         ,
                         and
                         constantly
                         stirring
                         from
                         the
                         first
                         beginning
                         of
                         the
                         Oyl
                         's
                         action
                         on
                         the
                         Sulphur
                         ,
                         till
                         the
                         Solution
                         be
                         fully
                         made
                         ;
                         and
                         the
                         Pot
                         (
                         having
                         been
                         taken
                         off
                         the
                         fire
                         )
                         be
                         grown
                         cold
                         again
                         .
                      
                       
                         The
                         chiefe
                         Signes
                         whereby
                         you
                         may
                         perceive
                         ,
                         that
                         ,
                         you
                         have
                         not
                         erred
                         in
                         the
                         Operations
                         are
                         ,
                         First
                         ,
                         if
                         the
                         Sulphur
                         be
                         perfectly
                         dissolved
                         in
                         the
                         Oyl
                         ,
                         which
                         you
                         must
                         often
                         try
                         before
                         you
                         take
                         it
                         from
                         the
                         fire
                         ,
                         by
                         taking
                         up
                         with
                         the
                         tip
                         of
                         a
                         stick
                         a
                         drop
                         or
                         two
                         of
                         the
                         Liquor
                         yet
                         in
                         Preparation
                         ,
                         and
                         letting
                         it
                         coole
                         on
                         white
                         paper
                         ,
                         or
                         on
                         your
                         naile
                         ,
                         whereby
                         you
                         may
                         discerne
                         ,
                         when
                         the
                         Solution
                         is
                         perfectly
                         made
                         by
                         the
                         deep
                         Redness
                         ,
                         and
                         Transparency
                         of
                         the
                         Liquor
                         ,
                         and
                         by
                         its
                         containing
                         no
                         more
                         in
                         it
                         any
                         undissolved
                         Fowers
                         of
                         the
                         Brimstone
                         ;
                         Next
                         by
                         the
                         Consistency
                         of
                         the
                         Balsam
                         which
                         ought
                         to
                         be
                         neither
                         too
                         Liquid
                         (
                         as
                         you
                         will
                         find
                         it
                         if
                         it
                         hath
                         not
                         staid
                         its
                         due
                         time
                         on
                         the
                         fire
                         )
                         nor
                         too
                         thick
                         (
                         as
                         it
                         is
                         apt
                         to
                         become
                         if
                         you
                         remove
                         it
                         not
                         seasonably
                         from
                         the
                         fire
                         ;
                         )
                         but
                         of
                         the
                         consistence
                         of
                         somewhat
                         thin
                         Hony
                         ;
                         and
                         lastly
                         ,
                         by
                         the
                         smell
                         which
                         ought
                         to
                         be
                         strong
                         of
                         the
                         Sulphur
                         ,
                         but
                         not
                         of
                         the
                         fire
                         ;
                         for
                         though
                         the
                         Sulphureous
                         Stink
                         is
                         ,
                         in
                         this
                         Remedy
                         ,
                         to
                         be
                         expected
                         ,
                         that
                         Empyreumaticall
                         one
                         ,
                         which
                         proceeds
                         from
                         burning
                         (
                         and
                         by
                         skilfull
                         nostrils
                         may
                         be
                         easily
                         discerned
                         ,
                         )
                         is
                         very
                         possible
                         to
                         be
                         avoided
                         .
                      
                       
                         The
                         Dosis
                         of
                         this
                         Balsam
                         ,
                         when
                         it
                         is
                         to
                         be
                         inwardly
                         used
                         ,
                         may
                         be
                         from
                         two
                         to
                         fifteen
                         ,
                         or
                         twenty
                         drops
                         ,
                         according
                         as
                         
                         the
                         greatnesse
                         of
                         the
                         distemper
                         ,
                         and
                         chiefly
                         the
                         strength
                         ,
                         and
                         Constitution
                         of
                         the
                         Patient
                         shall
                         require
                         and
                         bear
                         .
                         It
                         may
                         be
                         given
                         upon
                         a
                         fasting
                         Stomack
                         ,
                         either
                         alone
                         ,
                         or
                         brought
                         to
                         the
                         Consistence
                         of
                         Pills
                         ,
                         or
                         of
                         a
                         Bolus
                         with
                         powdered
                         Sugar
                         ,
                         Liquorice
                         ,
                         &c.
                         or
                         else
                         dissolved
                         in
                         any
                         convenient
                         Vehicle
                         ,
                         wherewith
                         its
                         Oleaginous
                         nature
                         will
                         permit
                         it
                         to
                         mingle
                         .
                         Outwardly
                         it
                         may
                         be
                         administred
                         either
                         by
                         bare
                         Inunction
                         of
                         the
                         part
                         affected
                         ,
                         or
                         else
                         by
                         incorporating
                         it
                         with
                         any
                         other
                         convenient
                         Oyntment
                         ,
                         or
                         Playster
                         :
                         after
                         which
                         we
                         are
                         wont
                         to
                         prescribe
                         to
                         have
                         an
                         application
                         made
                         to
                         the
                         part
                         of
                         two
                         or
                         three
                         little
                         Bags
                         fill'd
                         with
                         Sand
                         ,
                         as
                         warme
                         as
                         the
                         Patient
                         can
                         easily
                         endure
                         it
                         ,
                         and
                         shifted
                         as
                         soon
                         as
                         either
                         of
                         them
                         begins
                         to
                         cool
                         ,
                         that
                         by
                         this
                         meanes
                         ,
                         the
                         Pores
                         being
                         open'd
                         ,
                         the
                         Vertue
                         of
                         the
                         Balsam
                         ,
                         by
                         being
                         made
                         more
                         penetrant
                         ,
                         may
                         reach
                         the
                         farther
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 thus
                 particular
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 mention
                 of
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 because
                 though
                 it
                 seem
                 but
                 a
                 slight
                 and
                 triviall
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 yet
                 Experience
                 hath
                 given
                 us
                 better
                 opinion
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 feare
                 the
                 slightnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Preparation
                 will
                 as
                 yet
                 allow
                 You.
                 And
                 indeed
                 its
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 apt
                 to
                 thinke
                 more
                 then
                 I
                 have
                 yet
                 had
                 occasion
                 to
                 observe
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 must
                 referre
                 you
                 to
                 Rulandus
                 his
                 Centuries
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 often
                 mentioned
                 :
                 but
                 outwardly
                 in
                 Straines
                 ,
                 old
                 Aches
                 ,
                 Bruises
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 effectuall
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 F●ts
                 of
                 the
                 Gout
                 it
                 hath
                 severall
                 times
                 (
                 though
                 not
                 constantly
                 )
                 been
                 prosperously
                 applyed
                 both
                 to
                 Mr
                 
                   B.
                   B
                
                 :
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 persons
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 found
                 not
                 ineffectuall
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 Sciatica
                 it selfe
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 Paralyticall
                 distempers
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 by
                 a
                 skilfull
                 Physitian
                 an
                 account
                 sent
                 me
                 of
                 scarce
                 credible
                 things
                 which
                 it
                 hath
                 therein
                 performed
                 :
                 to
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 I
                 had
                 great
                 thankes
                 returned
                 mee
                 on
                 the
                 behalfe
                 of
                 a
                 faire
                 young
                 
                 Lady
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 prosperously
                 prescribed
                 it
                 against
                 a
                 great
                 Tumor
                 in
                 her
                 neck
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Kings-evill
                 ;
                 But
                 this
                 Tumor
                 was
                 recent
                 enough
                 ,
                 which
                 circumstance
                 I
                 thinke
                 fit
                 to
                 specifie
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 feare
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Scrophulous
                 Tumor
                 had
                 been
                 inveterate
                 ,
                 the
                 successe
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 been
                 so
                 good
                 .
                 Inwardly
                 the
                 chiefe
                 Use
                 we
                 made
                 of
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 in
                 Coughs
                 and
                 Distempers
                 allyed
                 thereunto
                 ;
                 but
                 its
                 Balsamicall
                 nature
                 ,
                 making
                 it
                 both
                 healing
                 ,
                 and
                 resistive
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 speake
                 )
                 of
                 Putrefaction
                 ,
                 makes
                 it
                 probable
                 that
                 its
                 Vertues
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 extensive
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 purpose
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 mine
                 tryed
                 it
                 with
                 wonderfull
                 success
                 
                   in
                   mictu
                   sanguinis
                   ferè
                   deplorato
                
                 ,
                 having
                 first
                 by
                 a
                 gentle
                 heat
                 reduced
                 it
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 Consistence
                 ,
                 as
                 allow'd
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 up
                 into
                 Pills
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 the
                 particular
                 Cases
                 ,
                 wherein
                 our
                 Remedy
                 hath
                 been
                 succesfull
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 at
                 present
                 ;
                 We
                 shall
                 rather
                 subjoyn
                 ,
                 That
                 though
                 this
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 way
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 the
                 oftenest
                 employ'd
                 in
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 the
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 must
                 not
                 conceal
                 from
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 divers
                 times
                 met
                 with
                 Accidents
                 ,
                 which
                 frustrated
                 our
                 endeavours
                 and
                 expectations
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 the
                 fire
                 administred
                 be
                 too
                 languid
                 ,
                 the
                 Solution
                 of
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 by
                 the
                 Oyl
                 proceeds
                 not
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 otherside
                 have
                 found
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 a
                 strong
                 heat
                 is
                 apt
                 to
                 burne
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Oyl
                 boyl
                 over
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 take
                 fire
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 that
                 upon
                 a
                 very
                 little
                 excesse
                 in
                 the
                 degree
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 the
                 Oyl
                 and
                 Sulphur
                 would
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 expected
                 ,
                 degenerate
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 heavy
                 and
                 viscous
                 Lump
                 (
                 almost
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 the
                 liver
                 of
                 an
                 Animall
                 )
                 which
                 coagulated
                 Matter
                 prov'd
                 afterwards
                 exceeding
                 difficult
                 to
                 be
                 by
                 the
                 affusion
                 of
                 fresh
                 Oyl
                 dissolved
                 and
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 due
                 consistence
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 we
                 tryed
                 to
                 prepare
                 this
                 Balsam
                 by
                 putting
                 the
                 proportion
                 of
                 Ingredients
                 formerly
                 mention'd
                 into
                 a
                 strong
                 Urinall
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 
                 under
                 it
                 no
                 more
                 fire
                 then
                 was
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 slowly
                 worke
                 upon
                 the
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 did
                 often
                 during
                 their
                 Solution
                 make
                 a
                 crackling
                 noise
                 ,
                 )
                 we
                 continued
                 the
                 Operation
                 for
                 divers
                 (
                 perhaps
                 many
                 )
                 houres
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 found
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 dissolv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 mixture
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 Balsamick
                 colour
                 and
                 consistence
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 if
                 you
                 distrust
                 your
                 dexterity
                 to
                 prepare
                 this
                 Balsam
                 by
                 the
                 former
                 way
                 with
                 a
                 naked
                 fire
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 advise
                 You
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 latter
                 way
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 safer
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 the
                 longer
                 way
                 of
                 proceeding
                 .
                 Nay
                 when
                 we
                 had
                 leisure
                 enough
                 ,
                 we
                 did
                 for
                 tryalls
                 sake
                 ,
                 prosperously
                 attempt
                 the
                 Solution
                 of
                 Flow●es
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 ,
                 with
                 common
                 Oyl
                 by
                 the
                 far
                 gentler
                 heat
                 of
                 bare
                 Digestion
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 that
                 meanes
                 obtained
                 a
                 Balsam
                 perfectly
                 free
                 from
                 adustion
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 somewhat
                 too
                 liquid
                 a
                 consistence
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 easily
                 remedied
                 by
                 the
                 mixture
                 of
                 powder'd
                 Liquorice
                 ,
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 such
                 convenient
                 Concrete
                 .
                 We
                 must
                 also
                 advertise
                 you
                 that
                 this
                 Balsam
                 may
                 also
                 be
                 prepared
                 with
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Nuts
                 ,
                 of
                 Poppy
                 seeds
                 ,
                 of
                 Hypericon
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 Oyl-olive
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 exprest
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 appropriated
                 to
                 the
                 particular
                 distemper
                 against
                 which
                 the
                 Physitian
                 intends
                 to
                 employ
                 the
                 remedy
                 ,
                 only
                 care
                 must
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Specifick
                 qualities
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 be
                 not
                 so
                 fugitive
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 destroyed
                 by
                 the
                 Ebullition
                 requisite
                 to
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 the
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 to
                 be
                 enrich'd
                 with
                 specifick
                 vertues
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 any
                 particular
                 disease
                 ,
                 may
                 perhaps
                 be
                 best
                 prepared
                 by
                 the
                 last
                 mentioned
                 way
                 (
                 of
                 digestion
                 )
                 wherein
                 the
                 subtle
                 Spirits
                 that
                 impregnate
                 the
                 Oyl
                 are
                 not
                 in
                 such
                 danger
                 to
                 be
                 dissipated
                 by
                 the
                 fire
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 knowingest
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 (
                 Pyrophilus
                 )
                 are
                 wont
                 so
                 much
                 (
                 and
                 perhaps
                 not
                 altogether
                 undeservedly
                 )
                 to
                 to
                 extoll
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 thereby
                 invited
                 ,
                 besides
                 divers
                 Preparations
                 of
                 it
                 for
                 internall
                 use
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 attempt
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 some
                 remedies
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 might
                 also
                 be
                 externally
                 applicable
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 this
                 designe
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 by
                 boyling
                 foure
                 or
                 five
                 fingers
                 height
                 of
                 good
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 upon
                 very
                 finely
                 powdered
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 put
                 with
                 the
                 Liquor
                 into
                 a
                 strong
                 Glasse
                 Urinall
                 ,
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 the
                 Oyl
                 after
                 some
                 houres
                 would
                 grow
                 exceeding
                 high
                 Tincted
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 gently
                 in
                 in
                 great
                 part
                 abstracted
                 ,
                 would
                 leave
                 behind
                 it
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 a
                 Balsamick
                 consistence
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 deep
                 rednesse
                 ;
                 which
                 may
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 be
                 applyed
                 to
                 resolve
                 ,
                 and
                 discusse
                 hard
                 Tumours
                 ,
                 and
                 remedy
                 divers
                 other
                 outward
                 Evils
                 ,
                 with
                 more
                 effect
                 then
                 the
                 simple
                 Balsam
                 of
                 common
                 Sulphur
                 formerly
                 described
                 .
                 And
                 from
                 this
                 Antimoniall
                 Balsam
                 abstracted
                 to
                 a
                 st●ffer
                 consistence
                 ,
                 we
                 found
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 would
                 draw
                 a
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 likewise
                 suppose
                 might
                 prove
                 a
                 very
                 powerfull
                 Fomentation
                 ;
                 though
                 the
                 Spirit
                 we
                 used
                 (
                 perhaps
                 because
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 sufficiently
                 Dephlegmated
                 )
                 did
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 dayes
                 attaine
                 to
                 more
                 then
                 a
                 very
                 pale
                 rednesse
                 :
                 )
                 but
                 this
                 Tincture
                 being
                 slowly
                 freed
                 from
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 became
                 of
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 somewhat
                 liquid
                 Hony
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 deeper
                 colour
                 ,
                 thereby
                 affording
                 us
                 a
                 purer
                 Balsam
                 ;
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 ,
                 (
                 being
                 hindred
                 by
                 some
                 accidents
                 )
                 attempted
                 to
                 bring
                 over
                 the
                 Helm●
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 we
                 here
                 desist
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 divers
                 tryals
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 Antimoniall
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 above
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 being
                 put
                 into
                 a
                 Retort
                 ,
                 placed
                 in
                 Sand
                 ,
                 and
                 pressed
                 by
                 degrees
                 of
                 fire
                 ,
                 would
                 at
                 length
                 emitt
                 Steams
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 condense
                 in
                 the
                 neck
                 of
                 the
                 Retort
                 ,
                 and
                 fall
                 thence
                 into
                 the
                 Receiver
                 in
                 sanguine
                 drops
                 :
                 this
                 volatile
                 red
                 Balsam
                 (
                 especially
                 if
                 by
                 this
                 volatilization
                 the
                 Antimony
                 have
                 lost
                 its
                 Emetick
                 property
                 )
                 we
                 cannot
                 but
                 think
                 endowed
                 with
                 more
                 then
                 ordinary
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 outward
                 and
                 perhaps
                 inward
                 too
                 ;
                 considering
                 the
                 great
                 penetrancy
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Energy
                 of
                 the
                 Minerall
                 ,
                 with
                 whose
                 
                 subtle
                 parts
                 it
                 is
                 richly
                 impregnated
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 consist
                 not
                 mainly
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 are
                 yet
                 in
                 prosecution
                 of
                 this
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 till
                 we
                 have
                 seen
                 how
                 far
                 we
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 improve
                 this
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 We
                 shall
                 forbear
                 any
                 further
                 mention
                 of
                 it
                 especially
                 since
                 we
                 have
                 already
                 in
                 this
                 very
                 Paper
                 ,
                 given
                 you
                 as
                 we
                 suppose
                 ,
                 sufficient
                 proofe
                 ,
                 that
                 We
                 are
                 more
                 sollicitous
                 for
                 your
                 Satisfaction
                 and
                 proficiency
                 ,
                 then
                 for
                 our
                 owne
                 Reputation
                 ,
                 (
                 of
                 being
                 a
                 severe
                 Critick
                 in
                 estimating
                 of
                 Medicines
                 )
                 For
                 otherwise
                 we
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 been
                 so
                 indiscreet
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 any
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 medicall
                 Vertues
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 made
                 much
                 tryall
                 ,
                 whilst
                 we
                 are
                 not
                 destitute
                 of
                 other
                 remedies
                 ,
                 whose
                 efficacy
                 hath
                 been
                 manifested
                 to
                 us
                 by
                 Experience
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 have
                 often
                 observed
                 ,
                 that
                 divers
                 usefull
                 Chymicall
                 Preparations
                 are
                 mentioned
                 so
                 obscurely
                 ,
                 and
                 unintelligibly
                 by
                 the
                 Authors
                 that
                 write
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 are
                 without
                 any
                 particular
                 ,
                 or
                 encouraging
                 note
                 of
                 Distinction
                 mentioned
                 amongst
                 a
                 crowd
                 of
                 other
                 Processes
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 which
                 have
                 perhaps
                 already
                 been
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 false
                 ,
                 or
                 triviall
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 rationally
                 enough
                 distrusted
                 ;
                 that
                 most
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 ,
                 are
                 deterred
                 from
                 attempting
                 to
                 prepare
                 those
                 remedies
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 because
                 they
                 seem
                 unlikely
                 to
                 prove
                 confiderable
                 ,
                 as
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 afraid
                 that
                 the
                 Processes
                 are
                 false
                 ,
                 or
                 fraudulently
                 set
                 downe
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 ,
                 that
                 concretes
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Consistence
                 ,
                 Colour
                 ,
                 Scent
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 obvious
                 qualities
                 ,
                 as
                 are
                 ascrib'd
                 to
                 the
                 Remedies
                 proposed
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 preparable
                 by
                 the
                 publish't
                 Directions
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 you
                 might
                 see
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 what
                 discouragements
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 with
                 even
                 from
                 Artists
                 themselves
                 to
                 keep
                 mee
                 from
                 trusting
                 to
                 Printed
                 Chymicall
                 proeesses
                 ,
                 I
                 thinke
                 it
                 not
                 amisse
                 to
                 mention
                 here
                 a
                 memorable
                 passage
                 of
                 the
                 famous
                 ,
                 and
                 experienced
                 
                   Alexander
                   Van
                   Suchten
                
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 reported
                 to
                 to
                 have
                 gotten
                 more
                 by
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 Chymicall
                 Physick
                 
                 then
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Contemporary
                 professours
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 towards
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 his
                 Booke
                 of
                 the
                 secrets
                 of
                 Antimony
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 clearly
                 discloseth
                 not
                 any
                 in
                 that
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 )
                 gives
                 this
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Crypticall
                 way
                 of
                 writing
                 ;
                 
                   Quod
                   in
                   hoc
                   Tractatu
                   nullum
                
                 Recipe
                 
                   proposuerim
                   ob
                   id
                   factum
                   est
                   ,
                   quod
                   vos
                   seducere
                   nolo
                   ,
                
                 Recipe
                 
                   enim
                   illa
                   seducunt
                   juniores
                   Medicos
                   :
                   sed
                   neque
                   à
                
                 Theophrasto
                 ullum
                 Recipe
                 
                   Scriptum
                   est
                   ,
                   quod
                   ad
                   Medicinam
                   ,
                   quin
                   occultum
                   seusum
                   habeat
                   ,
                   &
                   in
                   quo
                   nihil
                   vel
                   deerit
                   ,
                   vel
                   abundet
                   ;
                   &
                   hoc
                   non
                   fit
                   sine
                   magnis
                   causis
                   .
                
                 Wherefore
                 make
                 account
                 ,
                 that
                 besides
                 that
                 such
                 changes
                 of
                 the
                 qualities
                 ,
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 may
                 afford
                 much
                 light
                 to
                 Naturalists
                 ,
                 he
                 doth
                 Chymists
                 no
                 useless
                 piece
                 of
                 service
                 ,
                 that
                 acquaints
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 success
                 of
                 the
                 nobler
                 sort
                 of
                 processes
                 mentioned
                 in
                 Authors
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 should
                 give
                 them
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 prepared
                 by
                 those
                 Processes
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 I
                 hope
                 is
                 not
                 altogether
                 our
                 case
                 ,
                 for
                 besides
                 that
                 our
                 Observations
                 are
                 likely
                 to
                 save
                 You
                 much
                 trouble
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 some
                 mistakes
                 ,
                 and
                 mis-adventures
                 ,
                 besides
                 that
                 (
                 I
                 say
                 )
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 oportunity
                 to
                 observe
                 such
                 eminent
                 effects
                 of
                 severall
                 of
                 the
                 volatile
                 Liquors
                 described
                 in
                 these
                 Papers
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 justly
                 give
                 us
                 promising
                 !
                 Expectations
                 of
                 the
                 Properties
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 in
                 their
                 obvious
                 qualities
                 so
                 neer
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 sort
                 of
                 Medicines
                 having
                 been
                 found
                 sometimes
                 to
                 do
                 wonders
                 ,
                 and
                 generally
                 to
                 be
                 safe
                 (
                 which
                 of
                 a
                 few
                 of
                 the
                 known
                 operative
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 Specifick
                 Medicines
                 can
                 be
                 truly
                 affirmed
                 )
                 I
                 not
                 apt
                 to
                 thinke
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 that
                 shall
                 bring
                 these
                 Remedies
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 their
                 ill
                 Scent
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 good
                 opinion
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 may
                 make
                 no
                 inconsiderable
                 number
                 of
                 Patients
                 beholden
                 to
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 proceed
                 to
                 make
                 You
                 repent
                 Your
                 Curiosity
                 to
                 know
                 my
                 thoughts
                 of
                 the
                 Urinous
                 ,
                 and
                 Sulphureous
                 Remedies
                 it
                 hath
                 hitherto
                 made
                 me
                 treat
                 of
                 ,
                 were
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 there
                 yet
                 remaines
                 something
                 to
                 be
                 said
                 ,
                 without
                 which
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 ,
                 will
                 scarce
                 signify
                 very
                 much
                 towards
                 the
                 effectuall
                 recommending
                 of
                 those
                 medicines
                 to
                 Your
                 esteem
                 and
                 practise
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 ignore
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Generality
                 of
                 the
                 Galenicall
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 but
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 more
                 eminent
                 ,
                 and
                 judicious
                 of
                 the
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 condemne
                 the
                 internall
                 use
                 of
                 Liquors
                 driven
                 through
                 a
                 Retort
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 fire
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 scores
                 of
                 their
                 being
                 offensively
                 Empyreumaticall
                 ,
                 and
                 Stinking
                 ;
                 among
                 which
                 sort
                 of
                 Liquors
                 I
                 cannot
                 expect
                 ,
                 that
                 our
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 &c.
                 will
                 escape
                 the
                 being
                 reckon'd
                 .
                 But
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 the
                 prosperous
                 Effects
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 oportunity
                 to
                 see
                 ,
                 of
                 divers
                 Remedies
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 ,
                 have
                 given
                 mee
                 for
                 them
                 rather
                 an
                 esteem
                 ,
                 then
                 either
                 a
                 detestation
                 or
                 contempt
                 ;
                 I
                 suppose
                 it
                 may
                 prove
                 no
                 unseasonable
                 piece
                 of
                 Justice
                 to
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 Noble
                 ,
                 though
                 fetid
                 Remedies
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 setting
                 you
                 down
                 ;
                 nor
                 no
                 unserviceable
                 piece
                 of
                 Charity
                 to
                 Men
                 ,
                 if
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 once
                 for
                 all
                 ,
                 I
                 spend
                 some
                 lines
                 in
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 rescue
                 these
                 criminated
                 Medicines
                 from
                 the
                 great
                 Prejudice
                 they
                 suffer
                 under
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 a
                 reputation
                 ,
                 which
                 whilst
                 it
                 renders
                 them
                 more
                 odious
                 then
                 even
                 their
                 smell
                 can
                 do
                 ,
                 is
                 likely
                 to
                 make
                 men
                 deny
                 themselves
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 might
                 here
                 on
                 this
                 Occasion
                 call
                 in
                 Question
                 ,
                 whether
                 not
                 only
                 Galenists
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 many
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 somewhat
                 more
                 afraid
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 need
                 be
                 ,
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 call
                 Empyreuma
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 will
                 suspend
                 
                   a
                   while
                
                 that
                 Question
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 present
                 confess
                 to
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 doubted
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 that
                 stink
                 which
                 is
                 generally
                 call'd
                 by
                 the
                 newly
                 mention'd
                 name
                 ,
                 do
                 alwayes
                 ,
                 and
                 necessarily
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 Impressions
                 of
                 a
                 violent
                 fire
                 .
                 For
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 pure
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 there
                 needs
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 let
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 well
                 stopt
                 vessel
                 putrifie
                 for
                 a
                 competent
                 time
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 elsewhere
                 teach
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 Dunghill
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 resembling
                 warmth
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 that
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 necessary
                 to
                 its
                 Putrefaction
                 ;
                 )
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 draw
                 off
                 an
                 eight
                 or
                 tenth
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 that
                 first
                 ascends
                 by
                 the
                 gentle
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 Bath
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 the
                 yet
                 milder
                 warmth
                 of
                 a
                 Lamp-furnace
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 rectified
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 to
                 yield
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 good
                 store
                 of
                 Salt.
                 And
                 since
                 the
                 Spirit
                 thus
                 made
                 differs
                 so
                 little
                 in
                 Smell
                 or
                 Tast
                 from
                 those
                 of
                 Blood
                 and
                 Harts-horne
                 ,
                 that
                 most
                 mens
                 Noses
                 are
                 not
                 criticall
                 enough
                 to
                 distinguish
                 them
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 We
                 have
                 sometimes
                 taken
                 pleasure
                 to
                 make
                 Chymists
                 themselves
                 to
                 mistake
                 the
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 Liquors
                 for
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 )
                 It
                 seems
                 worth
                 considering
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 the
                 fetid
                 and
                 urinous
                 Tast
                 and
                 Smell
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 these
                 Spirits
                 is
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 Empyreumaticall
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 the
                 Adustion
                 of
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 the
                 Genuine
                 Tast
                 and
                 Odour
                 of
                 the
                 Spirituous
                 and
                 Saline
                 particles
                 of
                 the
                 mixed
                 Bodies
                 themselves
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 would
                 manifest
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 copiously
                 extricated
                 ,
                 (
                 to
                 speakin
                 the
                 Kings
                 language
                 )
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 Principles
                 or
                 Ingredients
                 &
                 associated
                 into
                 one
                 Body
                 ,
                 though
                 without
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 .
                 For
                 to
                 distill
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 putrified
                 Urine
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 like
                 Smell
                 and
                 Tast
                 are
                 eminent
                 ,
                 there
                 needs
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 said
                 )
                 no
                 greater
                 heat
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Lamp-furnace
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Hors-dung
                 ,
                 (
                 since
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 of
                 these
                 only
                 ,
                 Urine
                 too
                 long
                 kept
                 ,
                 and
                 but
                 negligently
                 stopt
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 observ'd
                 to
                 have
                 lost
                 its
                 volatile
                 Salt
                 and
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Hors-dung
                 .
                 And
                 such
                 a
                 H●at
                 seems
                 not
                 great
                 enough
                 to
                 impress
                 an
                 Empyrema
                 upon
                 such
                 a
                 Liquor
                 .
                 For
                 we
                 see
                 th●t
                 most
                 things
                 dist●ll'd
                 in
                 the
                 g●eater
                 heat
                 of
                 a
                 Bath
                 ,
                 are
                 commended
                 by
                 Physitians
                 and
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 beeing
                 free
                 from
                 Empyreume
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 Activity
                 may
                 be
                 acquired
                 by
                 the
                 subtle
                 parts
                 of
                 a
                 mixed
                 
                 Body
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 convening
                 (
                 if
                 I
                 may
                 so
                 speak
                 )
                 of
                 such
                 Spirituous
                 Particles
                 disengag'd
                 from
                 those
                 other
                 parts
                 which
                 clogg'd
                 or
                 imprison'd
                 them
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 Empyreumaticall
                 Impression
                 ,
                 from
                 any
                 violent
                 externall
                 Heat
                 ,
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 Chymicall
                 Oyles
                 of
                 Spices
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 usually
                 drawn
                 by
                 Chymists
                 and
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Water
                 in
                 Limbecks
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 they
                 have
                 by
                 us
                 been
                 drawn
                 after
                 another
                 manner
                 (
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 elswhere
                 teach
                 You
                 )
                 with
                 a
                 much
                 gentler
                 heat
                 (
                 sometimes
                 not
                 not
                 exceeding
                 that
                 of
                 an
                 ordinary
                 Balneum
                 )
                 yet
                 these
                 well
                 Dephlegm'd
                 Liquors
                 retaining
                 so
                 well
                 the
                 Genuine
                 Taste
                 and
                 Smell
                 of
                 the
                 Concretes
                 they
                 were
                 drawn
                 from
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 pass
                 unaccus'd
                 of
                 Empyreume
                 ,
                 are
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 much
                 stronger
                 and
                 hotter
                 then
                 the
                 Spirit
                 or
                 Salt
                 of
                 Mans
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 :
                 As
                 may
                 appear
                 especially
                 by
                 the
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Cinnamon
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 pure
                 ,
                 is
                 more
                 penetrant
                 and
                 fretting
                 ,
                 then
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 tryall
                 could
                 easily
                 have
                 perswaded
                 mee
                 .
                 And
                 lest
                 you
                 should
                 object
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Fire
                 doth
                 considerably
                 contribute
                 to
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 these
                 Liquors
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 then
                 by
                 disengaging
                 the
                 Particles
                 they
                 consist
                 of
                 from
                 the
                 unactive
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Concrete
                 ,
                 and
                 assembling
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 advertise
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 observ'd
                 little
                 less
                 Heat
                 &
                 Penetrancy
                 then
                 in
                 diverse
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 in
                 some
                 Liquors
                 separated
                 without
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 Distillation
                 :
                 As
                 for
                 Instance
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 purer
                 sort
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Peruvian
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 another
                 kind
                 of
                 natural
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 almost
                 of
                 an
                 Amber
                 colour
                 ,
                 which
                 belonged
                 to
                 an
                 Eastern
                 Prince
                 )
                 who
                 carried
                 it
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 with
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 Jewel
                 )
                 whose
                 Domesticks
                 at
                 his
                 death
                 sold
                 it
                 ,
                 whereby
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 procure
                 some
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 cause
                 to
                 wonder
                 at
                 its
                 strength
                 both
                 upon
                 the
                 tongue
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 its
                 Operation
                 .
                 But
                 granting
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Remedies
                 treated
                 of
                 in
                 these
                 Papers
                 ,
                 may
                 have
                 their
                 offensive
                 Smell
                 and
                 Taste
                 imputed
                 to
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 yet
                 perhaps
                 Physitians
                 
                 would
                 more
                 slowly
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 tenderly
                 censure
                 the
                 Rememedies
                 in
                 question
                 for
                 their
                 Empyreumaticall
                 stink
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 did
                 but
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 themselves
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 use
                 (
                 to
                 name
                 those
                 among
                 many
                 others
                 )
                 Senna
                 and
                 Scammony
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 former
                 be
                 wont
                 to
                 gripe
                 the
                 Guts
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 latter
                 have
                 an
                 Acrimony
                 ,
                 Heat
                 ,
                 and
                 Mordacity
                 so
                 unkind
                 to
                 to
                 the
                 Bowels
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 few
                 grains
                 exceeded
                 in
                 the
                 Dose
                 turnes
                 it
                 into
                 poyson
                 ;
                 because
                 the
                 ill
                 Qualities
                 of
                 these
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 may
                 by
                 proper
                 Correctives
                 be
                 somewhat
                 mitigated
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Good
                 they
                 doe
                 ,
                 doth
                 more
                 then
                 countervaile
                 the
                 Inconveniencies
                 that
                 attend
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 Considerations
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 applicable
                 to
                 the
                 excuse
                 of
                 those
                 fetid
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 we
                 Apologize
                 :
                 For
                 though
                 the
                 Empyreuma
                 or
                 Impression
                 of
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 rejected
                 ,
                 be
                 the
                 Quality
                 ,
                 whose
                 absence
                 from
                 them
                 were
                 very
                 desirable
                 ,
                 yet
                 may
                 that
                 Empyreuma
                 by
                 dextrous
                 Preparations
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 corrected
                 (
                 insomuch
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 highly
                 rectified
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 digested
                 for
                 divers
                 months
                 in
                 an
                 exquisitely
                 stopt
                 Glasse
                 ,
                 brought
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 a
                 Scent
                 ,
                 which
                 to
                 mee
                 seem'd
                 scarce
                 at
                 all
                 stinking
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 others
                 even
                 pleasant
                 )
                 and
                 the
                 prejudice
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 justly
                 fear'd
                 from
                 what
                 remains
                 ,
                 is
                 advantageously
                 recompenc'd
                 by
                 the
                 benefits
                 accruing
                 from
                 the
                 efficacy
                 of
                 their
                 more
                 friendly
                 Endowments
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 effect
                 we
                 find
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Dogmatists
                 themselves
                 are
                 grown
                 not
                 to
                 scruple
                 the
                 administring
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 though
                 extorted
                 (
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 )
                 by
                 a
                 much
                 greater
                 stress
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 then
                 is
                 requisite
                 to
                 the
                 Distillation
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 we
                 defend
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 famous
                 Riverius
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 elswhere
                 noted
                 )
                 extolls
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Tartar
                 ,
                 and
                 Soot
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 yet
                 sufficiently
                 fetid
                 and
                 Empyreumaticall
                 ,
                 but
                 severall
                 other
                 (
                 and
                 among
                 those
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 eminent
                 English
                 )
                 Physitians
                 frequently
                 use
                 ,
                 and
                 commend
                 the
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Guajacum
                 forced
                 through
                 a
                 Retort
                 .
                 
                 And
                 no
                 less
                 do
                 divers
                 learned
                 Doctors
                 esteem
                 ,
                 and
                 employ
                 the
                 Empyreumaticall
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Amber
                 :
                 Though
                 (
                 to
                 note
                 so
                 much
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 )
                 That
                 be
                 in
                 divers
                 cases
                 far
                 inferiour
                 to
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 ,
                 which
                 (
                 if
                 the
                 fire
                 be
                 skilfully
                 administred
                 )
                 may
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Operation
                 be
                 obtained
                 .
                 This
                 Salt
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 ascribed
                 to
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Convulsions
                 of
                 Children
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 lately
                 found
                 by
                 Experience
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 excellent
                 Medicine
                 against
                 the
                 Epilepsies
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 well
                 grown
                 Persons
                 ,
                 being
                 administred
                 in
                 the
                 Dose
                 of
                 not
                 above
                 a
                 Scruple
                 ,
                 or
                 halfe
                 a
                 Drachm
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 due
                 Quantity
                 of
                 Peiony
                 water
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 proper
                 Vehicle
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 You
                 may
                 also
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 foliated
                 Gold
                 ,
                 is
                 ordinarily
                 and
                 without
                 Scruple
                 employed
                 by
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 cover
                 Pils
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 main
                 Ingredient
                 (
                 though
                 how
                 properly
                 I
                 define
                 not
                 )
                 of
                 severall
                 of
                 their
                 richest
                 Cordiall
                 Compositions
                 extant
                 in
                 Dispensatories
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 how
                 great
                 a
                 fire
                 Gold
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 exposed
                 before
                 it
                 be
                 melted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Oare
                 (
                 wherein
                 't
                 is
                 usually
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 observ'd
                 )
                 blended
                 with
                 other
                 Metals
                 ,
                 and
                 Minerals
                 )
                 and
                 to
                 Purifie
                 it
                 upon
                 the
                 Cupell
                 either
                 with
                 Lead
                 or
                 Antimony
                 :
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 Mineralists
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Refiners
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 easily
                 imagine
                 .
                 And
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 to
                 satisfie
                 You
                 yet
                 farther
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 strong
                 Impression
                 of
                 Fire
                 in
                 the
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 alwaies
                 make
                 them
                 so
                 noxious
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 commonly
                 reputed
                 ;
                 let
                 mee
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 scarce
                 any
                 Medicament
                 more
                 generally
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 applauded
                 ,
                 even
                 by
                 Methodicall
                 Physitians
                 then
                 Steel
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 often
                 administred
                 in
                 Substance
                 ,
                 made
                 up
                 with
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 Form
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 Pills
                 ,
                 or
                 Electuaries
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 we
                 have
                 wondred
                 to
                 see
                 what
                 great
                 Fires
                 ,
                 and
                 violent
                 Blasts
                 of
                 huge
                 Bellows
                 moved
                 by
                 Water-engines
                 ,
                 are
                 used
                 to
                 melt
                 Iron
                 first
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Stone
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 to
                 be
                 farther
                 refined
                 into
                 Steel
                 (
                 much
                 of
                 that
                 us'd
                 in
                 Physick
                 being
                 factitious
                 )
                 a
                 new
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 is
                 requisite
                 :
                 And
                 though
                 after
                 all
                 this
                 to
                 make
                 astringent
                 
                   Crocus
                   Martis
                   per
                   se
                
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 accounted
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 preparations
                 of
                 it
                 )
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 keep
                 Mars
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Chymists
                 speak
                 )
                 amidst
                 reverberated
                 flames
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 some
                 glassmans
                 Furnace
                 for
                 many
                 houres
                 ,
                 yea
                 sometimes
                 for
                 divers
                 dayes
                 ;
                 Yet
                 this
                 Medicine
                 is
                 with
                 more
                 successe
                 then
                 Scruple
                 daily
                 administred
                 by
                 learned
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 in
                 Dysenteries
                 ,
                 Fluxes
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 distempers
                 where
                 astriction
                 is
                 required
                 .
                 And
                 't
                 is
                 somewhat
                 Strange
                 to
                 mee
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 having
                 been
                 expos'd
                 to
                 no
                 greater
                 a
                 Fire
                 then
                 is
                 requisite
                 to
                 distill
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Harts-ho●n
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 much
                 urg'd
                 against
                 those
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 commend
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 almost
                 daily
                 and
                 oftentimes
                 succesfully
                 ,
                 prescribe
                 the
                 lixiviat
                 Salts
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 of
                 Wormwood
                 ,
                 though
                 these
                 are
                 not
                 rightly
                 made
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 exposing
                 the
                 Concretes
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 an
                 incinerating
                 fire
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 unpleasantness
                 of
                 the
                 Smells
                 of
                 our
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 &c
                 :
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 to
                 very
                 many
                 Persons
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Odour
                 so
                 loathsome
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Potion
                 .
                 We
                 find
                 that
                 the
                 Galenists
                 themselves
                 scruple
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Fits
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 (
                 which
                 y●t
                 very
                 rarely
                 prove
                 mortall
                 )
                 to
                 repress
                 (
                 as
                 Men
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 suppose
                 )
                 the
                 unruly
                 Fumes
                 by
                 the
                 Smell
                 of
                 
                   Castoreum
                   ,
                   Assa
                   foetida
                
                 ,
                 and
                 even
                 the
                 Empyreumaticall
                 Odour
                 of
                 the
                 burnt
                 feathers
                 of
                 Partriges
                 :
                 nor
                 do
                 they
                 decline
                 to
                 use
                 these
                 homely
                 ,
                 and
                 ungratefull
                 Remedies
                 to
                 Patients
                 of
                 tenderest
                 Sex
                 ,
                 and
                 highest
                 Quality
                 .
                 and
                 indeed
                 in
                 dangerous
                 cases
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 fair
                 Ladies
                 content
                 to
                 th●nke
                 it
                 fitter
                 to
                 take
                 down
                 an
                 ill
                 Scented
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 then
                 venture
                 the
                 having
                 their
                 own
                 bodies
                 in
                 few
                 daies
                 reduc'd
                 to
                 worse
                 Perfumes
                 .
                 And
                 certainly
                 we
                 may
                 justly
                 say
                 of
                 Health
                 ,
                 as
                 no
                 less
                 then
                 an
                 Emperour
                 said
                 of
                 the
                 gain
                 brought
                 
                 him
                 in
                 by
                 Urin
                 ,
                 That
                 
                   it
                   Smells
                   well
                   from
                   what
                   thing
                   soever
                   it
                   comes
                   .
                
              
               
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 if
                 Your
                 Nostrils
                 were
                 so
                 nice
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 comply'd
                 with
                 ,
                 though
                 with
                 the
                 hazzard
                 of
                 impairing
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Salts
                 they
                 are
                 offended
                 with
                 ,
                 I
                 Could
                 propose
                 an
                 Effectuall
                 Expedient
                 to
                 gratifie
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 now
                 invited
                 by
                 so
                 pressing
                 an
                 Occasion
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 scruple
                 to
                 annex
                 something
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 may
                 judge
                 of
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 wont
                 to
                 make
                 without
                 addition
                 )
                 by
                 their
                 sensible
                 Qualities
                 :
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 much
                 of
                 kin
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Harts-horn
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Urine
                 ;
                 (
                 though
                 these
                 be
                 animall
                 Substances
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 therefore
                 having
                 elswhere
                 more
                 particularly
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 divers
                 Experiments
                 declared
                 the
                 affinity
                 between
                 these
                 Salts
                 in
                 divers
                 regards
                 ;
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 ,
                 be
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 an
                 unusefull
                 or
                 unseasonable
                 Hint
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 give
                 You
                 a
                 summary
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 imperfect
                 ,
                 Account
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 remember
                 my selfe
                 to
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 freeing
                 of
                 the
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 from
                 that
                 very
                 offensive
                 Smell
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 possibly
                 make
                 many
                 ,
                 even
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 need
                 them
                 ,
                 abominate
                 those
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 how
                 Piercing
                 and
                 Noble
                 soever
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 Blemisheth
                 .
                 The
                 Process
                 is
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 a
                 Quantity
                 of
                 well
                 Deflegm'd
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 proportionate
                 to
                 the
                 Quantity
                 of
                 Salt
                 ,
                 whose
                 Odour
                 You
                 desire
                 to
                 correct
                 ;
                 into
                 this
                 Spirit
                 drop
                 as
                 much
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Rhodium
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 Odoriferous
                 Chymicall
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 suffice
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Liquor
                 as
                 strongly
                 Scented
                 as
                 You
                 desire
                 it
                 :
                 shake
                 the
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 Spirit
                 well
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 both
                 well
                 made
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 will
                 imbibe
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 be
                 thereby
                 turn'd
                 into
                 a
                 whitish
                 Substance
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 if
                 it
                 smell
                 not
                 strong
                 enough
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 by
                 Agitation
                 incorporate
                 more
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 You
                 judge
                 the
                 mixture
                 too
                 strong
                 already
                 ,
                 
                 You
                 may
                 dilute
                 it
                 at
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 affusion
                 of
                 more
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 .
                 This
                 done
                 put
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 into
                 a
                 Bolthead
                 ,
                 or
                 Glass
                 Egge
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Quantity
                 that
                 You
                 intend
                 to
                 sublime
                 ,
                 )
                 furnish'd
                 with
                 somewhat
                 a
                 long
                 Neck
                 or
                 Stem
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 powring
                 on
                 leisurely
                 Your
                 Odoriferous
                 Liquor
                 ,
                 You
                 may
                 with
                 it
                 wash
                 down
                 the
                 Salt
                 that
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 stick
                 in
                 the
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 you
                 must
                 very
                 carefully
                 stop
                 the
                 Vessell
                 with
                 a
                 Cork
                 ,
                 and
                 store
                 of
                 hard-wax
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 cannot
                 conveniently
                 ,
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 an
                 exacter
                 way
                 of
                 closing
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 Glass
                 You
                 must
                 place
                 in
                 a
                 Lamp
                 furnace
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 ,
                 wherein
                 You
                 may
                 give
                 a
                 very
                 moderate
                 heat
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 will
                 suffice
                 to
                 elevate
                 to
                 the
                 neck
                 and
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Vessell
                 the
                 pure
                 white
                 Salt
                 of
                 Soot
                 ,
                 imbued
                 (
                 at
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 )
                 with
                 the
                 Scent
                 of
                 the
                 Odoriferous
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 which
                 You
                 imploy'd
                 about
                 the
                 Preparation
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 may
                 prove
                 of
                 that
                 Use
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 deserve
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 its
                 Nobleness
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 watchfulnesse
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 requisite
                 in
                 him
                 that
                 makes
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 ensuing
              
               
                 
                   Observations
                   .
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Then
                   it
                   is
                   requisite
                   that
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   be
                   very
                   good
                   ,
                   For
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   not
                   sufficiently
                   Dephlegm'd
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   ●eadily
                   and
                   perfectly
                   receive
                   into
                   it self
                   the
                   odoriferous
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   wherewith
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   perfum'd
                   .
                   Nor
                   would
                   every
                   Chymical
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   although
                   it
                   were
                   well
                   scented
                   ,
                   be
                   fit
                   for
                   this
                   Preparation
                   for
                   divers
                   of
                   them
                   as
                   Oyl
                   of
                   Turpentine
                   ,
                   and
                   Oyl
                   of
                   Amber
                   will
                   not
                   sufficiently
                   mingle
                   with
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   unlesse
                   they
                   be
                   previously
                   subtiliz'd
                   after
                   a
                   peculiar
                   manner
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   Proportion
                   betwixt
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Oyl
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   dissolv'd
                   in
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   not
                   easie
                   to
                   determine
                   ;
                   for
                   a
                   lesser
                   Quantity
                   will
                   suffice
                   of
                   some
                   Oyl
                   's
                   ,
                   then
                   of
                   other
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   Proportion
                   of
                   them
                   must
                   be
                   vary'd
                   ,
                   according
                   as
                   You
                   
                   would
                   have
                   the
                   sublim'd
                   Salt
                   to
                   participate
                   more
                   or
                   lesse
                   of
                   their
                   Odour
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Qualities
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Great
                   diligence
                   must
                   be
                   us'd
                   in
                   closing
                   the
                   top
                   of
                   the
                   Glass
                   ,
                   because
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   fugacity
                   ,
                   and
                   subtilty
                   of
                   the
                   Salt
                   ,
                   whose
                   Avolation
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   prevented
                   :
                   But
                   then
                   much
                   greater
                   care
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   had
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Heat
                   be
                   not
                   too
                   stoong
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   equal
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   inferiour
                   to
                   the
                   Moderate
                   heat
                   of
                   an
                   ordinary
                   Chymicall
                   Balneum
                   .
                   For
                   't
                   is
                   scarce
                   Credible
                   how
                   easily
                   this
                   unruly
                   Salt
                   will
                   be
                   excited
                   either
                   to
                   make
                   an
                   escape
                   at
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   the
                   Glass
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   break
                   it
                   in
                   pieces
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   remember
                   among
                   such
                   other
                   Accidents
                   which
                   have
                   befallen
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   Preparation
                   of
                   this
                   Odoriferous
                   Salt
                   ,
                   that
                   having
                   once
                   set
                   some
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   sublime
                   from
                   a
                   perfum'd
                   Chymicall
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   though
                   though
                   we
                   administred
                   so
                   gentle
                   a
                   heat
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   thought
                   the
                   Vessel
                   out
                   of
                   all
                   danger
                   of
                   being
                   broken
                   ,
                   or
                   found
                   open
                   :
                   Yet
                   in
                   a
                   short
                   time
                   the
                   fugitive
                   Salt
                   did
                   with
                   a
                   great
                   noise
                   blow
                   out
                   the
                   Cork
                   that
                   was
                   waxed
                   to
                   the
                   top
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   leaving
                   in
                   the
                   bottom
                   not
                   a
                   limpid
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   Liquor
                   of
                   a
                   red
                   colour
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Balsamick
                   Consistence
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   the
                   Glass
                   be
                   wide
                   enough
                   to
                   allow
                   these
                   fumes
                   competent
                   Roome
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   heat
                   be
                   warily
                   administred
                   ,
                   the
                   Sublimation
                   may
                   be
                   well
                   enough
                   perform'd
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Medicinall
                   Qualitiy
                   of
                   this
                   Aromaticall
                   Salt
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   yet
                   had
                   opportunity
                   to
                   make
                   tryall
                   ,
                   but
                   some
                   esteem
                   may
                   be
                   made
                   of
                   them
                   by
                   calling
                   to
                   mind
                   the
                   Vertues
                   of
                   the
                   simple
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   ,
                   and
                   considering
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   Liquors
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   in
                   this
                   Our
                   Preparation
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   Sublim'd
                   .
                   The
                   Principall
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   the
                   only
                   thing
                   ,
                   that
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   fear'd
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   being
                   it selfe
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   Chymicall
                   Oyles
                   being
                   for
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   eminently
                   so
                   too
                   ,
                   our
                   Salt
                   may
                   prove
                   unfit
                   for
                   Men
                   of
                   Hot
                   and
                   Cholerick
                   Complexions
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   such
                   distempers
                   ,
                   as
                   proceed
                   from
                   Excesse
                   
                   of
                   Heat
                   .
                   But
                   then
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   considered
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   ,
                   being
                   of
                   an
                   extreamly
                   apertive
                   ,
                   resolving
                   ,
                   and
                   Volatile
                   Nature
                   ,
                   and
                   carrying
                   up
                   with
                   it
                   in
                   Sublimation
                   only
                   the
                   more
                   fugitive
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Liquor
                   from
                   which
                   it
                   is
                   sublim'd
                   ;
                   It
                   is
                   very
                   likely
                   that
                   the
                   heat
                   produc'd
                   by
                   a
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   which
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   its
                   fugacity
                   would
                   stay
                   but
                   a
                   very
                   short
                   time
                   in
                   the
                   Body
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   so
                   lasting
                   as
                   that
                   of
                   ordinary
                   Sudorificks
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   neverthelesse
                   often
                   administred
                   with
                   good
                   Success
                   ,
                   even
                   in
                   hot
                   Diseases
                   .
                
                 
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   That
                   there
                   are
                   divers
                   Bodies
                   and
                   Distempers
                   ,
                   wherein
                   Remedies
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   more
                   proper
                   ,
                   for
                   their
                   being
                   somewhat
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   Experience
                   shewes
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   Dropsies
                   (
                   to
                   mention
                   now
                   no
                   other
                   Diseases
                   )
                   these
                   Volatile
                   Saline
                   Remedies
                   ,
                   that
                   set
                   the
                   Blood
                   a
                   whirling
                   and
                   powerfully
                   promote
                   its
                   Circulation
                   ,
                   may
                   prove
                   very
                   availeable
                   .
                
                 
                   Thirdly
                   ,
                   The
                   Heat
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   fear'd
                   upon
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   our
                   Salt
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   either
                   prevented
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   moderated
                   by
                   the
                   seasonable
                   use
                   of
                   such
                   cooling
                   Remedies
                   ,
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   no
                   Enemies
                   to
                   the
                   Operation
                   of
                   this
                   Salt
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   no
                   friends
                   to
                   the
                   Distemper
                   ,
                   against
                   which
                   it
                   is
                   administred
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   Supposing
                   that
                   the
                   inconveniencies
                   proceeding
                   from
                   this
                   Heat
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   altogether
                   avoided
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   advantageous
                   efficacy
                   of
                   so
                   powerful
                   and
                   searching
                   a
                   Remedy
                   ,
                   may
                   very
                   much
                   outweigh
                   that
                   Inconvenience
                   ;
                   And
                   ther●fore
                   Riverius
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   formerly
                   told
                   You
                   ,
                   commends
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Soot
                   (
                   though
                   that
                   seem
                   at
                   least
                   as
                   hot
                   as
                   the
                   Salt
                   )
                   in
                   Pleurisies
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   hot
                   sicknesse
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   elswhere
                   relate
                   ,
                   successfully
                   administred
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Harts-horn
                   ,
                   whose
                   Qualities
                   are
                   very
                   near
                   of
                   kin
                   to
                   those
                   of
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   .
                   Other
                   instances
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   You
                   may
                   meet
                   w●th
                   dispers'd
                   in
                   other
                   passages
                   of
                   my
                   Chymical
                   Papers
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   I
                   must
                   adde
                   ,
                   that
                   upon
                   the
                   Consideration
                   above
                   mention'd
                   ,
                   
                   the
                   Methodists
                   themselves
                   make
                   no
                   d●fficulty
                   ,
                   in
                   Pills
                   and
                   other
                   Medicines
                   ,
                   to
                   use
                   the
                   Chymical
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   either
                   of
                   Cloves
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   Nutmegs
                   ,
                   or
                   even
                   of
                   Cinnamon
                   .
                   And
                   some
                   of
                   our
                   eminentest
                   English
                   Doctors
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   lately
                   noted
                   ,
                   have
                   not
                   scrupled
                   of
                   late
                   Years
                   ,
                   to
                   use
                   the
                   strong
                   and
                   fetid
                   Chymical
                   Oyles
                   of
                   Amber
                   and
                   of
                   Guajacum
                   (
                   and
                   the
                   latter
                   of
                   these
                   in
                   large
                   Doses
                   )
                   whereas
                   in
                   our
                   Preparation
                   ,
                   onely
                   the
                   finest
                   and
                   most
                   Aromatick
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Oyls
                   ,
                   seem
                   to
                   be
                   associated
                   with
                   the
                   fuliginous
                   Salt
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   Oyl
                   remaining
                   after
                   the
                   Sublimation
                   ,
                   has
                   been
                   observ'd
                   to
                   be
                   thick
                   and
                   ropy
                   almost
                   like
                   a
                   Syrrup
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   whether
                   or
                   no
                   this
                   Aromatick
                   Salt
                   be
                   a
                   safe
                   Medicine
                   in
                   all
                   Hot
                   Bodies
                   and
                   Diseases
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   very
                   probable
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   will
                   prove
                   a
                   very
                   powerful
                   Remedy
                   in
                   those
                   Distempers
                   for
                   which
                   it
                   it
                   proper
                   .
                   For
                   first
                   ,
                   whereas
                   Spagyrists
                   have
                   with
                   much
                   study
                   ,
                   but
                   without
                   much
                   success
                   ,
                   endeavour'd
                   to
                   emak
                   Oyls
                   capable
                   of
                   being
                   mixt
                   with
                   other
                   Liquors
                   ,
                   by
                   depriving
                   them
                   of
                   their
                   oleaginous
                   form
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   Helmont
                   himself
                   complains
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   offensive
                   ;
                   we
                   have
                   by
                   our
                   Preparation
                   their
                   finest
                   parts
                   associated
                   with
                   the
                   penetrant
                   and
                   volatile
                   Salt
                   :
                   by
                   whose
                   assistance
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   only
                   fit
                   to
                   communicate
                   their
                   Vertues
                   to
                   Liquors
                   ,
                   but
                   assisted
                   to
                   penetrate
                   exceedingly
                   ;
                   and
                   perchance
                   also
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   obtain
                   such
                   an
                   accesse
                   to
                   the
                   innermost
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Body
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   seldome
                   allow'd
                   to
                   Vegetable
                   Medicines
                   .
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   We
                   may
                   have
                   by
                   this
                   Preparation
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   noble
                   and
                   volatile
                   Salts
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   not
                   onely
                   free'd
                   from
                   its
                   stink
                   ,
                   but
                   imbu'd
                   with
                   the
                   Odour
                   ,
                   and
                   perhaps
                   divers
                   of
                   the
                   Vertues
                   of
                   what
                   Chymical
                   Oyls
                   we
                   please
                   .
                   And
                   since
                   these
                   Chymical
                   Oyls
                   are
                   by
                   Chymists
                   and
                   Naturalists
                   thought
                   to
                   contain
                   the
                   most
                   noble
                   and
                   active
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Vegetables
                   whence
                   they
                   have
                   been
                   destill'd
                   ;
                   And
                   since
                   also
                   the
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   sublim'd
                   from
                   
                   them
                   ,
                   carries
                   up
                   with
                   it
                   the
                   finest
                   parts
                   of
                   these
                   Oyls
                   ,
                   why
                   may
                   it
                   not
                   be
                   hop'd
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   small
                   number
                   of
                   distinct
                   Remedies
                   may
                   be
                   afforded
                   us
                   by
                   this
                   single
                   Experiment
                   ?
                   These
                   Remedies
                   too
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   more
                   acceptable
                   both
                   to
                   Physitians
                   and
                   Patients
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   in
                   them
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   is
                   Mineral
                   ,
                   and
                   notwithstanding
                   their
                   great
                   Penetrancy
                   and
                   Efficacy
                   have
                   in
                   them
                   nothing
                   of
                   Corrosive
                   ,
                   as
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Saline
                   Remedies
                   prescrib'd
                   by
                   Physitians
                   in
                   their
                   Dispensatories
                   .
                   And
                   thirdly
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   thus
                   sublim'd
                   may
                   be
                   also
                   enrich'd
                   with
                   the
                   Sulphur
                   or
                   Balsamick
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   employ'd
                   about
                   its
                   Preparation
                   ,
                   may
                   appear
                   probable
                   enough
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   shall
                   examine
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   tast
                   and
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   such
                   rectify'd
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   as
                   has
                   had
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   of
                   Volatile
                   Salts
                   sublim'd
                   from
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   how
                   Balsamical
                   a
                   substance
                   is
                   diffus'd
                   through
                   pure
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   guess'd
                   at
                   by
                   the
                   great
                   change
                   which
                   is
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   Caustick
                   Salt
                   of
                   Tartar
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   is
                   so
                   dulcify'd
                   as
                   to
                   make
                   that
                   Excellent
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   which
                   Helmont
                   extolls
                   against
                   inward
                   Ulcers
                   ,
                   and
                   calls
                   
                     Balsamus
                     Samech
                  
                   ;
                   which
                   if
                   one
                   had
                   the
                   abstruse
                   Art
                   of
                   so
                   preparing
                   the
                   Salt
                   and
                   Liquor
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   fit
                   them
                   for
                   Conjunction
                   ,
                   might
                   be
                   made
                   onely
                   by
                   destilling
                   very
                   frequently
                   pure
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   from
                   very
                   fine
                   Salt
                   of
                   Tartar.
                   For
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   the
                   fix'd
                   Salt
                   ,
                   retaining
                   the
                   Sulphureous
                   Salt
                   or
                   Balsamick
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   may
                   appear
                   by
                   the
                   Aquosity
                   of
                   the
                   Liquor
                   that
                   comes
                   over
                   the
                   Helm
                   in
                   this
                   Preparation
                   )
                   is
                   thereby
                   so
                   depriv'd
                   of
                   its
                   caustick
                   tast
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   it
                   will
                   rob
                   no
                   more
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   but
                   suffer
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   drawn
                   off
                   a
                   strong
                   as
                   it
                   was
                   pour'd
                   on
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   easily
                   in
                   a
                   moist
                   place
                   run
                   
                     per
                     deliquium
                  
                   ,
                   into
                   a
                   liquor
                   not
                   of
                   a
                   Caustick
                   ,
                   but
                   Balsamick
                   (
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   seem'd
                   to
                   us
                   a
                   pleasant
                   )
                   Tast.
                   
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   whereas
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   complain'd
                   of
                   the
                   Difficulty
                   we
                   have
                   met
                   with
                   ,
                   to
                   mannage
                   the
                   unruly
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   ,
                   and
                   keep
                   it
                   from
                   breaking
                   Prison
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   this
                   Experiment
                   be
                   more
                   practicable
                   and
                   useful
                   ,
                   advertise
                   You
                   ,
                   that
                   You
                   may
                   ,
                   if
                   You
                   please
                   ,
                   instead
                   of
                   Salt
                   of
                   Soot
                   Aromatize
                   that
                   of
                   Harts-horn
                   ,
                   or
                   mans
                   Blood.
                   And
                   I
                   might
                   adde
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   very
                   ingenious
                   Friend
                   of
                   Ours
                   Dr
                   
                     N.
                     N.
                  
                   has
                   lately
                   Practis'd
                   yet
                   a
                   more
                   easie
                   and
                   preferable
                   way
                   of
                   preparing
                   Medicines
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   :
                   But
                   though
                   I
                   have
                   partly
                   try'd
                   his
                   Method
                   ,
                   and
                   found
                   it
                   to
                   succeed
                   well
                   enough
                   ;
                   yet
                   since
                   I
                   had
                   it
                   but
                   by
                   communication
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   makes
                   a
                   considerable
                   Advantage
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   forbear
                   imparting
                   it
                   to
                   You
                   ,
                   'till
                   I
                   shall
                   have
                   obtain'd
                   his
                   Consent
                   to
                   disclose
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   ,
                   Pyrophilus
                   ,
                   whether
                   I
                   shall
                   need
                   to
                   adde
                   ,
                   That
                   of
                   these
                   fetid
                   Remedies
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   Volatile
                   ,
                   and
                   somewhat
                   Sulphureous
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   chose
                   to
                   mention
                   to
                   You
                   but
                   a
                   few
                   ,
                   to
                   comply
                   with
                   my
                   present
                   hast
                   ,
                   which
                   would
                   not
                   allow
                   me
                   to
                   insist
                   on
                   many
                   ;
                   so
                   in
                   what
                   I
                   have
                   deliver'd
                   concerning
                   these
                   few
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   set
                   down
                   Particulars
                   the
                   more
                   fully
                   and
                   explicitly
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   find
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   of
                   Volatile
                   Salts
                   (
                   though
                   in
                   my
                   poor
                   judgment
                   worthy
                   of
                   a
                   serious
                   Enquiry
                   )
                   perfunctorily
                   ,
                   and
                   indistinctly
                   enough
                   handled
                   by
                   the
                   Chymical
                   Writers
                   I
                   have
                   yet
                   met
                   with
                   ,
                   which
                   made
                   me
                   the
                   willinger
                   to
                   contribute
                   the
                   few
                   Observations
                   I
                   could
                   readily
                   find
                   of
                   those
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   opportunity
                   to
                   make
                   about
                   them
                   ,
                   towards
                   the
                   Illustration
                   of
                   so
                   important
                   a
                   Subject
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   having
                   elsewhere
                   spoken
                   in
                   relation
                   to
                   Physiologie
                   (
                   as
                   these
                   fugitive
                   Bodies
                   belong
                   to
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   of
                   Salts
                   )
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   might
                   not
                   be
                   unacceptable
                   to
                   You
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   also
                   consider'd
                   them
                   a
                   while
                   in
                   relation
                   to
                   Physick
                   ,
                   and
                   presented
                   You
                   with
                   some
                   hints
                   concerning
                   their
                   Medical
                   Uses
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 [
                 To
                 the
                 166
                 th
                 Page
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Author
                 promises
                 a
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 how
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 his
                 Praises
                 of
                 Medicines
                 understood
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 ANd
                 now
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 having
                 finished
                 what
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 adde
                 (
                 at
                 present
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 past
                 APPENDIX
                 ;
                 I
                 should
                 likewise
                 put
                 at
                 end
                 to
                 the
                 present
                 Exercise
                 of
                 your
                 Patience
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 this
                 being
                 my
                 first
                 Treatise
                 written
                 to
                 You
                 concerning
                 Medical
                 Matters
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 being
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 last
                 which
                 you
                 will
                 meet
                 with
                 among
                 the
                 Papers
                 design'd
                 You
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 requisite
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 unseasonable
                 to
                 declare
                 to
                 you
                 here
                 once
                 for
                 all
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 Eyes
                 I
                 desire
                 you
                 should
                 look
                 upon
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 written
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 write
                 to
                 you
                 concerning
                 matters
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 :
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 advertise
                 You
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 a
                 Mounteback
                 as
                 to
                 recommend
                 to
                 you
                 the
                 Remedies
                 I
                 mention
                 as
                 certain
                 Cures
                 in
                 the
                 Cases
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 proper
                 .
                 For
                 he
                 must
                 have
                 been
                 extraordinarily
                 happy
                 ,
                 or
                 very
                 m●ch
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Practise
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 that
                 has
                 not
                 found
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 those
                 Medicines
                 which
                 are
                 most
                 celebrated
                 by
                 the
                 best
                 Authors
                 ,
                 both
                 Galenical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 ,
                 do
                 sometimes
                 prove
                 ineffectual
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 often
                 prosperous
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Remedy
                 prescribed
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Physitian
                 to
                 twenty
                 Patients
                 sick
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Disease
                 ,
                 has
                 more
                 then
                 once
                 been
                 Observed
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 have
                 succeeded
                 in
                 nineteen
                 ,
                 to
                 fail
                 in
                 the
                 twentieth
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 the
                 Causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 the
                 Constitution
                 of
                 Patients
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Complications
                 of
                 Distempers
                 are
                 so
                 very
                 various
                 ,
                 intricate
                 ,
                 and
                 obscure
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 extreamly
                 difficult
                 even
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 knowing
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 Physitian
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 accurate
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 Experiment
                 in
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 ;
                 and
                 consequently
                 such
                 Experiments
                 are
                 much
                 lesse
                 to
                 be
                 expected
                 
                 from
                 Me
                 ,
                 whose
                 Condition
                 as
                 well
                 Disabilities
                 forbid
                 me
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Practise
                 of
                 Physick
                 my
                 businesse
                 ,
                 and
                 allow
                 me
                 onely
                 to
                 administer
                 it
                 occasionally
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 my
                 own
                 particular
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 such
                 poor
                 people
                 as
                 are
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 gratify
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 as
                 I
                 meet
                 with
                 where
                 there
                 are
                 not
                 any
                 :
                 And
                 thereby
                 I
                 am
                 reduced
                 to
                 learn
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 I
                 have
                 prepared
                 by
                 very
                 few
                 or
                 none
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 immediate
                 Trials
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Relation
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 who
                 do
                 me
                 the
                 Favour
                 to
                 administer
                 them
                 for
                 me
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 ende●vour
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 faithfull
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 ingenious
                 men
                 .
                 Yet
                 not
                 being
                 allowed
                 to
                 be
                 my self
                 a
                 constant
                 eye-witnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Effects
                 they
                 produce
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 here
                 for
                 all
                 these
                 reasons
                 solemnly
                 professe
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 set
                 down
                 Medicinal
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 positivenesse
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 Physiological
                 ones
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 intend
                 to
                 venture
                 the
                 repute
                 of
                 being
                 a
                 faithful
                 Relator
                 of
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 successe
                 of
                 any
                 Medicinal
                 Receipt
                 or
                 Processe
                 .
              
               
                 Yet
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 place
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 You
                 would
                 perhaps
                 do
                 Me
                 but
                 right
                 ,
                 to
                 think
                 not
                 only
                 that
                 the
                 Chymical
                 preparations
                 of
                 Remedies
                 are
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 understand
                 them
                 aright
                 ,
                 candidly
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Vertues
                 ascribed
                 to
                 them
                 do
                 not
                 constantly
                 upon
                 all
                 Trials
                 display
                 themselves
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 rashly
                 and
                 inconsiderately
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 uncertain
                 Rumors
                 recorded
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 particular
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 infallible
                 .
                 It
                 being
                 sufficient
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Medicine
                 deserve
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Good
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 be
                 often
                 (
                 in
                 some
                 degree
                 at
                 least
                 )
                 succesful
                 ,
                 though
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 it
                 prove
                 not
                 availeable
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 otherwaies
                 so
                 safe
                 and
                 innocent
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 when
                 it
                 proves
                 not
                 prosperous
                 ,
                 it
                 weakens
                 not
                 nature
                 ,
                 nor
                 is
                 otherwise
                 noxious
                 ;
                 And
                 we
                 must
                 nor
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 be
                 so
                 timid
                 as
                 to
                 suffer
                 our
                 seves
                 to
                 be
                 perswaded
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 if
                 a
                 patient
                 miscarry
                 after
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 the
                 fault
                 must
                 necessarily
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 exhibited
                 Medicine
                 .
                 For
                 oftentimes
                 Nature
                 will
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 Remedies
                 make
                 a
                 Metastasis
                 of
                 the
                 peccant
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 empair
                 the
                 Condition
                 of
                 the
                 patient
                 ;
                 and
                 much
                 oftner
                 before
                 death
                 ,
                 the
                 Conflict
                 of
                 struggling
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 conquering
                 Disease
                 doth
                 manifest
                 it self
                 in
                 horrid
                 and
                 dreadful
                 Symptomes
                 ,
                 which
                 some
                 envious
                 or
                 ignorant
                 Doctors
                 (
                 for
                 the
                 more
                 learned
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 equitable
                 ,
                 and
                 lesse
                 partial
                 )
                 injuriously
                 impute
                 to
                 the
                 Chymical
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 given
                 before
                 the
                 appearing
                 of
                 those
                 Symptomes
                 ,
                 never
                 considering
                 that
                 the
                 like
                 Accidents
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 attend
                 dangerous
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 dying
                 persons
                 ,
                 where
                 Galenicals
                 Remedies
                 onely
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 Chymical
                 ones
                 at
                 all
                 have
                 been
                 administred
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 eminent
                 ,
                 and
                 M●thodical
                 of
                 our
                 Modern
                 Physitians
                 scruple
                 not
                 to
                 use
                 frequently
                 both
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                   ,
                   Merc.
                   Dulcis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 impute
                 the
                 miscarriages
                 of
                 the
                 Patients
                 that
                 use
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 many
                 years
                 ,
                 since
                 all
                 the
                 frightful
                 Symptomes
                 accompanying
                 the
                 dying
                 persons
                 to
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 exhibited
                 ,
                 were
                 confidently
                 imputed
                 to
                 those
                 Medicines
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 let
                 me
                 adde
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 that
                 oftentimes
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 just
                 to
                 prize
                 an
                 Empirical
                 Remedy
                 more
                 then
                 a
                 Galenical
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Methodist
                 and
                 the
                 Empirick
                 have
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 his
                 respective
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 performed
                 cures
                 of
                 divers
                 patients
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Disease
                 ;
                 partly
                 because
                 Empirical
                 Chymists
                 are
                 seldome
                 resorted
                 to
                 but
                 in
                 desperate
                 cases
                 ,
                 or
                 till
                 Nature
                 be
                 almost
                 spent
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 unprosperous
                 operation
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 employed
                 to
                 remove
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Methodist
                 helps
                 his
                 Remedies
                 by
                 premising
                 the
                 wonted
                 Evacuations
                 (
                 by
                 Vomit
                 ,
                 Seige
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 Phlebotomy
                 )
                 by
                 varying
                 them
                 according
                 to
                 Emergent
                 Circumstances
                 ,
                 
                 by
                 skilfully
                 and
                 seasonably
                 administring
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 strict
                 rules
                 of
                 Diet
                 ;
                 whereas
                 the
                 Empirick
                 oftentimes
                 useth
                 but
                 a
                 single
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 and
                 usually
                 without
                 premising
                 general
                 Evacuations
                 ,
                 exhibits
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 greatest
                 Advantage
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 much
                 more
                 indulgent
                 to
                 his
                 patient
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 Diet
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 when
                 an
                 Empirick
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 rational
                 Physitian
                 do
                 both
                 in
                 several
                 patients
                 Cure
                 for
                 instance
                 the
                 same
                 Plurisie
                 ,
                 the
                 Disease
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 often
                 judged
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 removed
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Patients
                 chiefly
                 by
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 by
                 the
                 Remedy
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 third
                 place
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 advertise
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 I
                 mention
                 more
                 Chymical
                 remedies
                 then
                 Galenical
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 any
                 partial
                 fondnesse
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 lesse
                 from
                 any
                 undervaluation
                 of
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 but
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 Chymical
                 processes
                 being
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 unfaithfully
                 ,
                 or
                 obscurely
                 set
                 down
                 by
                 Authors
                 then
                 Galenical
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 might
                 save
                 You
                 some
                 labour
                 to
                 receive
                 from
                 me
                 a
                 frequenter
                 account
                 of
                 those
                 ,
                 then
                 these
                 ;
                 and
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 in
                 many
                 Chymical
                 preparations
                 ,
                 divers
                 considerable
                 Changes
                 being
                 to
                 be
                 wrought
                 upon
                 the
                 Concretes
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 oftentime
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 to
                 be
                 learn'd
                 by
                 such
                 Processes
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 successe
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 prove
                 instructive
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 should
                 acquaint
                 you
                 with
                 their
                 Truth
                 only
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 Chymical
                 preparations
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 Medicinal
                 Receipts
                 .
                 But
                 otherwise
                 I
                 love
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 both
                 Chymical
                 and
                 Galenical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 impartial
                 eye
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 that
                 neither
                 the
                 former
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 despised
                 for
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 latter
                 for
                 the
                 former
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 have
                 commonly
                 the
                 advantages
                 of
                 being
                 more
                 durable
                 ,
                 lesse
                 clogging
                 by
                 their
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 lesse
                 nauseated
                 by
                 Patients
                 ;
                 so
                 Galenical
                 Remedies
                 have
                 when
                 they
                 
                 are
                 of
                 equal
                 Efficacy
                 ,
                 the
                 Advantages
                 of
                 being
                 more
                 cheap
                 ,
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 quantity
                 for
                 quantity
                 )
                 more
                 procurable
                 ,
                 and
                 sooner
                 prepared
                 .
                 And
                 such
                 is
                 the
                 variety
                 of
                 Cases
                 arising
                 from
                 the
                 variety
                 of
                 Constitutions
                 and
                 Distempers
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 the
                 former
                 sort
                 of
                 Remedies
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 proper
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 others
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 may
                 seem
                 requisite
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 also
                 both
                 sorts
                 may
                 alternately
                 be
                 so
                 useful
                 ,
                 that
                 neither
                 of
                 them
                 can
                 well
                 be
                 spared
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 fourth
                 place
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 advertise
                 You
                 ,
                 that
                 divers
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Specificks
                 also
                 which
                 are
                 not
                 Chymical
                 ,
                 have
                 seem'd
                 upon
                 triall
                 lesse
                 effectual
                 then
                 indeed
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 tryed
                 by
                 such
                 Physitians
                 as
                 weaken
                 their
                 Efficacy
                 by
                 not
                 administring
                 them
                 as
                 they
                 should
                 .
                 For
                 some
                 Physitians
                 will
                 never
                 exhibite
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Remedie
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Patients
                 strength
                 hath
                 been
                 almost
                 tired
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 quite
                 spent
                 with
                 the
                 unprosperous
                 use
                 of
                 divers
                 other
                 clogging
                 and
                 debilitating
                 Medicines
                 .
                 Others
                 are
                 so
                 diffident
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Remedies
                 that
                 they
                 never
                 dare
                 to
                 exhibite
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 full
                 Dose
                 ,
                 nor
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 but
                 will
                 blend
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Medicine
                 or
                 a
                 Specifick
                 with
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 ,
                 which
                 either
                 constitute
                 with
                 it
                 a
                 Medicine
                 of
                 new
                 qualities
                 resulting
                 from
                 that
                 mixture
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 much
                 clog
                 or
                 enervate
                 the
                 activity
                 and
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 Chymical
                 or
                 Specifick
                 Ingredients
                 :
                 by
                 which
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 so
                 inconsiderable
                 a
                 Dose
                 ,
                 these
                 distrustful
                 Doctors
                 d●re
                 yet
                 require
                 that
                 great
                 matters
                 should
                 be
                 performed
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 injurious
                 way
                 of
                 administring
                 the
                 Remedies
                 I
                 recommend
                 to
                 you
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 causelesly
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 beware
                 ;
                 as
                 I
                 may
                 hereafter
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 by
                 particular
                 instances
                 of
                 the
                 Reasonablenesse
                 as
                 well
                 of
                 this
                 Advertisement
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 others
                 which
                 I
                 either
                 have
                 given
                 You
                 ,
                 or
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 in
                 this
                 and
                 other
                 Papers
                 .
                 And
                 another
                 sort
                 of
                 Physitians
                 there
                 is
                 
                 who
                 are
                 of
                 so
                 despondent
                 and
                 rather
                 partial
                 an
                 Humour
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Remedie
                 or
                 a
                 Specifick
                 do
                 not
                 presently
                 perform
                 the
                 hop'd-for
                 Cure
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 find
                 that
                 even
                 upon
                 their
                 disadvantageous
                 manner
                 of
                 administring
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 good
                 ;
                 yet
                 they
                 will
                 quickly
                 desist
                 from
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 And
                 because
                 it
                 doth
                 not
                 do
                 Wonders
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 scruple
                 to
                 affirm
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 tried
                 it
                 and
                 found
                 it
                 do
                 nothing
                 ;
                 whereas
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 continue
                 their
                 own
                 Courses
                 of
                 Physick
                 without
                 discouragement
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 usually
                 some
                 weeks
                 before
                 the
                 Patient
                 find
                 any
                 good
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 oftentimes
                 (
                 as
                 numbers
                 of
                 the
                 printed
                 Observations
                 of
                 Physitians
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 daily
                 Experience
                 testify
                 )
                 the
                 patient
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 tedious
                 Course
                 of
                 Physick
                 he
                 has
                 gone
                 through
                 very
                 little
                 better'd
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 much
                 impair'd
                 .
                 Which
                 I
                 speak
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 not
                 with
                 an
                 Intention
                 to
                 disparage
                 Physitians
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 learned
                 and
                 ingenious
                 of
                 them
                 being
                 free
                 enough
                 from
                 the
                 Partiality
                 I
                 here
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 keep
                 good
                 Remedies
                 from
                 being
                 disparaged
                 by
                 the
                 envious
                 or
                 unskilful
                 trials
                 of
                 bad
                 Administers
                 :
                 And
                 though
                 indeed
                 some
                 Chymists
                 are
                 so
                 vain-glorious
                 or
                 unwary
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 promise
                 that
                 the
                 Operation
                 of
                 their
                 Remedies
                 should
                 be
                 as
                 well
                 suddain
                 ,
                 as
                 effectual
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 the
                 Medicines
                 themselves
                 be
                 found
                 availeable
                 ,
                 although
                 not
                 swiftly
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 flownesse
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 us
                 but
                 condemne
                 the
                 Boastings
                 of
                 the
                 man
                 ,
                 not
                 reject
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 place
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 Advertise
                 you
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 expect
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Remedies
                 I
                 commend
                 should
                 be
                 Physick
                 and
                 Physitian
                 too
                 ;
                 I
                 mean
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 of
                 it self
                 suffice
                 to
                 performe
                 the
                 Cures
                 of
                 those
                 Diseases
                 against
                 which
                 it
                 is
                 commended
                 .
                 For
                 Medicines
                 are
                 but
                 Instruments
                 in
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 never
                 so
                 well
                 edg'd
                 and
                 temper'd
                 require
                 a
                 skilful
                 hand
                 to
                 mannage
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 admire
                 and
                 disapprove
                 their
                 
                 boldnesse
                 that
                 venture
                 upon
                 the
                 Practise
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 wherein
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 dangerous
                 to
                 commit
                 Errours
                 ,
                 barely
                 upon
                 the
                 confidence
                 of
                 having
                 good
                 Receipts
                 .
                 For
                 though
                 by
                 Conversation
                 with
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 the
                 learnedest
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 disagree
                 so
                 much
                 about
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 deny
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 prosperously
                 practise
                 Physick
                 that
                 either
                 ignores
                 or
                 dissents
                 from
                 the
                 received
                 Doctrines
                 of
                 the
                 Schooles
                 concerning
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Pathological
                 particulars
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 dislike
                 their
                 boldnesse
                 who
                 venture
                 to
                 give
                 active
                 Physick
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 intricate
                 or
                 acute
                 Diseases
                 without
                 at
                 least
                 a
                 Mediocrity
                 of
                 knowledg
                 in
                 Anatomy
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 much
                 knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 suffice
                 to
                 inform
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 competent
                 measure
                 what
                 are
                 the
                 usual
                 Symptomes
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Disease
                 ,
                 what
                 course
                 nature
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 take
                 in
                 dealing
                 with
                 the
                 peccant
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 discernable
                 alterations
                 in
                 the
                 Patients
                 Body
                 do
                 commonly
                 forerun
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 foretel
                 ,
                 a
                 Crisis
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 the
                 good
                 or
                 bad
                 event
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 .
                 To
                 all
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 added
                 some
                 tolerable
                 measure
                 of
                 Knowledg
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   Medica
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 waies
                 of
                 compounding
                 several
                 ingredients
                 into
                 Medicines
                 of
                 several
                 Formes
                 and
                 Consistencies
                 ,
                 as
                 circumstances
                 may
                 require
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 of
                 the
                 orderly
                 and
                 seasonable
                 administration
                 of
                 the
                 helps
                 affordable
                 by
                 them
                 .
                 These
                 particulars
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 might
                 easily
                 be
                 enlarged
                 on
                 ,
                 but
                 having
                 neither
                 the
                 leisure
                 nor
                 designe
                 to
                 handle
                 them
                 commonplace-like
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 give
                 you
                 this
                 account
                 of
                 my
                 requiring
                 in
                 the
                 Profess'd
                 Practiser
                 of
                 Physick
                 some
                 knowledg
                 both
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   medica
                
                 and
                 the
                 Method
                 of
                 compounding
                 and
                 administring
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 excepting
                 perhaps
                 the
                 
                   Arcana
                   majora
                
                 as
                 Chymists
                 call
                 them
                 )
                 even
                 the
                 best
                 Medicines
                 by
                 being
                 unseasonably
                 or
                 preposterously
                 administred
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 acute
                 Diseases
                 
                 where
                 Nature's
                 motions
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 diligently
                 watcht
                 ,
                 and
                 seconded
                 ,
                 may
                 do
                 a
                 patient
                 as
                 much
                 harm
                 as
                 the
                 orderly
                 and
                 skilful
                 administration
                 of
                 them
                 can
                 do
                 him
                 good
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 he
                 that
                 has
                 nothing
                 but
                 one
                 good
                 receipt
                 for
                 a
                 Distemper
                 ,
                 and
                 knowes
                 not
                 how
                 to
                 vary
                 it
                 by
                 adding
                 ,
                 omitting
                 ,
                 or
                 substituting
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   Medica
                
                 ,
                 as
                 urgent
                 occasion
                 shall
                 require
                 ,
                 may
                 oftentimes
                 find
                 himself
                 reduced
                 either
                 to
                 suffer
                 his
                 Patient
                 to
                 languish
                 helpless
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 venture
                 by
                 curing
                 him
                 of
                 one
                 Disease
                 to
                 cast
                 him
                 into
                 another
                 .
                 For
                 sometimes
                 the
                 Patients
                 constitution
                 makes
                 the
                 Medicine
                 prescribed
                 by
                 the
                 Receipt
                 unfit
                 to
                 be
                 administred
                 ;
                 and
                 sometimes
                 too
                 ,
                 the
                 Disease
                 for
                 which
                 the
                 Receipt
                 is
                 proper
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Patient
                 complicated
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 Distemper
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 much
                 encreased
                 by
                 the
                 Specifick
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 Disease
                 may
                 be
                 lessned
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 for
                 instance
                 some
                 eminent
                 men
                 that
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 Cure
                 very
                 stubborn
                 Venereal
                 distempers
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Chymical
                 preparation
                 (
                 which
                 some
                 of
                 themselves
                 have
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 disclose
                 to
                 me
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 Indian
                 Plants
                 ,
                 
                   Sarsaparilla
                   ,
                   Guaiacum
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
                 But
                 if
                 these
                 men
                 met
                 with
                 Patients
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 those
                 which
                 
                   Eustachius
                   Rudius
                
                 mentions
                 himself
                 to
                 have
                 often
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 least
                 quantity
                 of
                 Guaiacum
                 ,
                 though
                 corrected
                 with
                 cold
                 ingredients
                 ,
                 were
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 presently
                 affected
                 with
                 such
                 sharpnesse
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 Inflammation
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 Urine
                 ●elates
                 ,
                 as
                 hazarded
                 their
                 lives
                 ;
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 reduced
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 our
                 Author
                 confesseth
                 himself
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 recourse
                 to
                 Mercurial
                 or
                 other
                 Remedies
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 adde
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Sarsaparilla
                 ,
                 and
                 Guajacum
                 is
                 generally
                 forbidden
                 by
                 the
                 warier
                 sort
                 of
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 in
                 those
                 Patients
                 ,
                 whose
                 Venerial
                 Distempers
                 are
                 complicated
                 with
                 heat
                 or
                 Inflammation
                 of
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 or
                 Livers
                 .
                 And
                 sometimes
                 also
                 it
                 happens
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 very
                 outward
                 forme
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 prescribed
                 by
                 the
                 Receipt
                 is
                 not
                 fit
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 perhaps
                 possible
                 to
                 be
                 administred
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 to
                 mention
                 that
                 divers
                 Patients
                 can
                 retain
                 no
                 purgative
                 Physick
                 exhibited
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Potion
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 are
                 as
                 apt
                 to
                 Vomit
                 up
                 whatever
                 is
                 given
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 Pills
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 insist
                 on
                 this
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 content
                 my self
                 to
                 relate
                 to
                 You
                 a
                 memorable
                 Case
                 that
                 hapned
                 a
                 while
                 since
                 to
                 a
                 Physitian
                 of
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 called
                 to
                 a
                 lusty
                 young
                 Woman
                 ,
                 who
                 upon
                 an
                 accidental
                 but
                 violent
                 Cold
                 was
                 suddenly
                 taken
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 Constriction
                 of
                 the
                 Parts
                 inservient
                 to
                 Speech
                 and
                 Deglutition
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 her
                 altogether
                 unable
                 either
                 to
                 speak
                 or
                 swallow
                 any
                 thing
                 at
                 all
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 thus
                 continued
                 some
                 daies
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 Glysters
                 or
                 other
                 Remedies
                 prescribed
                 by
                 a
                 very
                 Learned
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 Endeavours
                 to
                 excite
                 Vomiting
                 ,
                 by
                 making
                 Her
                 hold
                 emetick
                 things
                 in
                 her
                 Mouth
                 ;
                 the
                 poor
                 Woman
                 was
                 in
                 great
                 danger
                 (
                 when
                 my
                 acquaintance
                 came
                 to
                 her
                 )
                 of
                 perishing
                 for
                 hunger
                 :
                 what
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 could
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 the
                 best
                 Remedies
                 that
                 must
                 necessarily
                 be
                 taken
                 in
                 at
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ?
                 Wherefore
                 the
                 Physitian
                 finding
                 her
                 yet
                 strong
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 her
                 case
                 almost
                 desperate
                 ,
                 did
                 as
                 judiciously
                 as
                 luckily
                 prescribe
                 a
                 Glyster
                 ,
                 wherein
                 to
                 ordinary
                 Ingredients
                 were
                 added
                 (
                 as
                 himself
                 a
                 very
                 few
                 daies
                 after
                 told
                 me
                 )
                 about
                 four
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 Infusion
                 of
                 
                   Crocus
                   Metallorum
                
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 advise
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 kept
                 in
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 possibly
                 She
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 Medicine
                 .
                 Nature
                 being
                 sufficiently
                 irritated
                 ,
                 there
                 quickly
                 followed
                 upon
                 it
                 some
                 violent
                 Vomitings
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 them
                 a
                 liberty
                 both
                 of
                 Swallowing
                 and
                 Speaking
                 .
                 [
                 And
                 since
                 this
                 a
                 young
                 Gentleman
                 and
                 Fellow-traveller
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 had
                 the
                 Organs
                 of
                 deglutition
                 so
                 strangely
                 weakned
                 without
                 any
                 manifest
                 cause
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 me
                 a
                 Visit
                 ,
                 and
                 acquaint
                 me
                 with
                 his
                 Case
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 apprehensive
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 few
                 Dayes
                 be
                 starv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 unable
                 to
                 swallow
                 
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 had
                 quickly
                 perish'd
                 in
                 despight
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Arcana
                   Majora
                
                 themselves
                 ,
                 had
                 he
                 been
                 master
                 but
                 of
                 such
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 (
                 like
                 those
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 magnify'd
                 by
                 Chymists
                 )
                 must
                 be
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 ;
                 if
                 a
                 very
                 happy
                 Physitian
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 directed
                 him
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 by
                 a
                 very
                 Efficacious
                 and
                 Specifick
                 Medicine
                 externally
                 to
                 be
                 apply'd
                 ,
                 seasonably
                 rescued
                 him
                 from
                 so
                 unusual
                 and
                 desperate
                 a
                 Case
                 .
                 ]
                 But
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 upon
                 the
                 score
                 of
                 good
                 Receipts
                 have
                 the
                 Physitians
                 skill
                 despis'd
                 ,
                 or
                 thought
                 uselesse
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 wish
                 that
                 the
                 Physitians
                 skill
                 may
                 not
                 make
                 him
                 despise
                 good
                 Receipts
                 ;
                 For
                 we
                 have
                 often
                 seen
                 (
                 especially
                 in
                 outward
                 affections
                 )
                 not
                 onely
                 Empericks
                 and
                 Chirurgeons
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 Ladies
                 and
                 old
                 Wives
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 lucky
                 composition
                 prescribed
                 by
                 a
                 Receipt
                 ,
                 performe
                 more
                 constant
                 and
                 easie
                 Cures
                 of
                 the
                 particular
                 Distemper
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 that
                 Receipt
                 is
                 proper
                 ,
                 then
                 even
                 Learned
                 Physitians
                 by
                 their
                 extemporary
                 ,
                 though
                 pompous
                 and
                 Artificial
                 Prescriptions
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 illustrious
                 Lord
                 Verulam
                 (
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 judicious
                 Naturalists
                 that
                 our
                 Age
                 can
                 boast
                 ,
                 
                 )
                 thinks
                 fit
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 Deficiency
                 that
                 Receipts
                 by
                 long
                 Experience
                 approved
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 more
                 closely
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 he
                 speaks
                 
                   religiously
                   adher'd
                
                 to
                 ,
                 but
                 alter'd
                 upon
                 every
                 light
                 occasion
                 ;
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Chapter
                 to
                 answer
                 the
                 Principal
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 obvious
                 Objection
                 in
                 this
                 Matter
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   ,
                   sayes
                   He
                   ,
                   any
                   man
                   induc'd
                   by
                   some
                   Specious
                   Reason
                   should
                   be
                   of
                   opinion
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   part
                   of
                   a
                   Learned
                   Physitian
                   (
                   respecting
                   the
                   Complexions
                   of
                   Patients
                   ,
                   their
                   Age
                   ,
                   the
                   season
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   ,
                   Custome
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   like
                   )
                   rather
                   to
                   accommodate
                   his
                   Medicines
                   as
                   Occasions
                   suggests
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   insist
                   upon
                   some
                   certain
                   Prescripts
                   is
                   a
                   deceivable
                   Assertion
                   ,
                   &
                   which
                   attributes
                   too
                   little
                   to
                   Experience
                   ,
                   too
                   much
                   to
                   Judgment
                   .
                
                 And
                 a
                 little
                 above
                 He
                 goes
                 much
                 farther
                 then
                 we
                 pretend
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 for
                 speaking
                 of
                 the
                 Neglect
                 of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 particular
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 He
                 speaks
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 propriety
                 ,
                 respect
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 He
                 addes
                 ,
                 (
                 severely
                 enough
                 ,
                 )
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Physit●ans
                   have
                   frustrated
                   and
                   taken
                   away
                   the
                   fruit
                   of
                   Traditions
                   ,
                   and
                   approved
                   Experience
                   by
                   their
                   Magistralities
                   ,
                   in
                   adding
                   and
                   taking
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   changing
                   Ingredients
                   of
                   Receipts
                   at
                   their
                   pleasure
                   ,
                   and
                   almost
                   after
                   the
                   manner
                   of
                   Apothecaries
                   ,
                   putting
                   in
                   
                     Quid
                     pro
                     quo
                  
                   ,
                   commanding
                   so
                   presumptuously
                   over
                   the
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Medicine
                   can
                   no
                   longer
                   command
                   the
                   Disease
                   .
                
                 Thus
                 farre
                 our
                 Judicious
                 Author
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 will
                 rather
                 choose
                 to
                 expresse
                 to
                 You
                 my
                 sense
                 on
                 This
                 whole
                 Subject
                 of
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 the
                 Words
                 of
                 that
                 Experienc'd
                 Physitian
                 to
                 three
                 Emperors
                 ,
                 
                   Johannes
                   Crato
                   :
                   De
                   morbi
                   Natura
                
                 (
                 sayes
                 He
                 )
                 
                   causa
                   ,
                   locóque
                   affecto
                   Medicus
                   diligenter
                   cogitet
                   ,
                   atque
                   in
                   eo
                   plus
                   quam
                   in
                   certis
                   medicamentorum
                   mirificis
                   formis
                   situm
                   putet
                   :
                   Medicinam
                   tamen
                   expertam
                   cum
                   ratione
                   adhibitam
                   plus
                   valere
                   quam
                   ea
                   quae
                   interdum
                   subitò
                   à
                   Doctissimo
                   etiam
                   Medico
                   magnâ
                   ratione
                   exhibita
                   excogitatur
                   ,
                   non
                   dubito
                   :
                   Atque
                   hac
                   in
                   parte
                   Rationales
                   etiam
                   Medicos
                   Empeiricis
                   cedere
                   debere
                   de
                   sententia
                   Hippocratis
                   statuo
                   .
                
                 Onely
                 I
                 must
                 adde
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Explanation
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Sentence
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 understood
                 to
                 expresse
                 my
                 sense
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Medicines
                 used
                 are
                 not
                 very
                 extraordinary
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 Crato
                 employ'd
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 left
                 us
                 in
                 his
                 Writings
                 :
                 for
                 there
                 may
                 possibly
                 be
                 such
                 effectual
                 Specificks
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 powerful
                 and
                 commanding
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 may
                 (
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 some
                 particular
                 Diseases
                 )
                 excuse
                 and
                 repair
                 much
                 want
                 of
                 skill
                 in
                 the
                 Prescriber
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Testimony
                 of
                 Helmont
                 concerning
                 the
                 Arcana
                 of
                 Paracelsus
                 be
                 considerable
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 a
                 Tract
                 (
                 where
                 either
                 out
                 of
                 Emulation
                 or
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 
                 he
                 endeavours
                 somewhat
                 do
                 depreciate
                 both
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 Author
                 )
                 much
                 greater
                 things
                 might
                 be
                 boldly
                 affirmed
                 of
                 some
                 Arcana
                 ;
                 for
                 
                   Fateor
                   Lubens
                
                 ,
                 (
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 speaking
                 of
                 
                   Paracelsus
                   )
                   Me
                   ex
                   ejus
                   scriptis
                   profecisse
                   
                   multum
                   ,
                   illúmque
                   potuisse
                   ,
                   per
                   Remedia
                   ad
                   unitatis
                   Symbolum
                   adsendentia
                   ,
                   sanare
                   Lepram
                   ,
                   Asthma
                   ,
                   Tabem
                   ,
                   Paralysin
                   ,
                   Epilepsiam
                   ,
                   Calculum
                   ,
                   Hydropem
                   ,
                   Podagram
                   ,
                   Cancrum
                   ,
                   atque
                   ejusmodi
                   vulgo
                   incurabiles
                   morbos
                   :
                   attamen
                   Paracelsum
                   fuisse
                   ignarum
                   radicis
                   vitae
                   longae
                   ,
                   tam
                   ex
                   ejus
                   scriptis
                   &
                   medicaminibus
                   quam
                   ex
                   Obitu
                   collegi
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Tract
                 just
                 before
                 He
                 comes
                 to
                 enumerate
                 Paracelsus's
                 Arcana
                 ,
                 Concedo
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   Universales
                   aliquot
                   Medicinas
                
                 ,
                 
                 
                   quae
                   sub
                   unisono
                   Naturae
                   longe
                   gratissimo
                   ,
                   insensibiliter
                   post
                   se
                   vinctum
                   educunt
                   hostem
                   ,
                   cum
                   egregia
                   Organorum
                   depuratione
                   ,
                   Concedo
                   pariter
                   appropriatas
                   aliquot
                   quo
                   universalis
                   amplitudinem
                   in
                   specificis
                   morborum
                   directionibus
                   amulantur
                   .
                
                 And
                 among
                 those
                 Arcana
                 themselves
                 that
                 is
                 ranck'd
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 place
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 gives
                 this
                 Characters
                 :
                 
                   Sequitur
                   dein
                   Mercurius
                   Vitae
                   ,
                   Stibii
                   proles
                   integri
                   ,
                   quae
                   omnem
                   morbi
                   nervum
                   penitus
                   absorbet
                   .
                
              
               
                 And
                 because
                 another
                 Arcanum
                 does
                 not
                 so
                 powerfully
                 renovate
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 last
                 mention'd
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 more
                 ;
                 He
                 allowes
                 to
                 those
                 three
                 others
                 the
                 precedencies
                 of
                 that
                 whereof
                 He
                 yet
                 saith
                 :
                 
                   Quarto
                   loco
                   est
                   Mercurius
                   Diaphoreticus
                   ,
                   melle
                   dulcior
                   &
                   ad
                   ignem
                   fixus
                   ,
                   solis
                   Horizontis
                   omnes
                   proprietates
                   habet
                   :
                   perficit
                   enim
                   quicquid
                   Medicus
                   &
                   Chirurgus
                   possint
                   optare
                   sanendo
                   .
                
                 But
                 because
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 Medicines
                 should
                 be
                 qualify'd
                 to
                 deserve
                 such
                 superlative
                 Encomiums
                 ,
                 may
                 seem
                 a
                 thing
                 fitter
                 to
                 be
                 wish'd
                 then
                 credited
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 disswade
                 You
                 till
                 the
                 Chymists
                 Cures
                 have
                 made
                 good
                 their
                 Masters
                 brags
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 altogether
                 of
                 our
                 Authors
                 Mind
                 ,
                 who
                 somewhere
                 professes
                 :
                 
                   Se
                   morbum
                   non
                   dinguere
                   ,
                   si
                   Remediis
                
                 (
                 sure
                 he
                 speaks
                 of
                 such
                 Remedies
                 as
                 he
                 thought
                 he
                 had
                 )
                 
                   sit
                   summa
                   bonitas
                
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 you
                 may
                 perchance
                 ascribe
                 much
                 more
                 even
                 to
                 Remedies
                 far
                 inferiour
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Arcana
                   Majora
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 cases
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 most
                 proper
                 ,
                 then
                 many
                 are
                 willing
                 to
                 believe
                 .
                 Insomuch
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 observ'd
                 with
                 wonder
                 ,
                 that
                 an
                 
                 Excellent
                 Person
                 (
                 whom
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 to
                 You
                 )
                 cures
                 the
                 Rickets
                 generally
                 in
                 Children
                 of
                 several
                 Ages
                 and
                 Complexions
                 without
                 having
                 hitherto
                 fail'd
                 (
                 as
                 she
                 professes
                 )
                 in
                 any
                 one
                 ,
                 by
                 prescribing
                 no
                 other
                 Remedy
                 then
                 the
                 single
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 above
                 describ'd
                 
                   Colcotharine
                   Flowres
                
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 presented
                 Her
                 ;
                 and
                 which
                 a
                 couple
                 of
                 Physitians
                 also
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 recommended
                 them
                 ,
                 tell
                 Me
                 ,
                 They
                 have
                 try'd
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Disease
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 success
                 ,
                 as
                 this
                 Lady
                 hath
                 hitherto
                 met
                 with
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 remember
                 that
                 eminently
                 Learned
                 and
                 experienc'd
                 Physitian
                 Dr
                 
                   G.
                   Boat
                
                 ,
                 (
                 of
                 whose
                 skill
                 both
                 your
                 Excellent
                 Mother
                 and
                 You
                 have
                 had
                 good
                 Proof
                 )
                 solemnly
                 assur'd
                 me
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 elswhere
                 also
                 note
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 knew
                 a
                 Physitian
                 who
                 constantly
                 cur'd
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Fits
                 all
                 Agues
                 ,
                 whether
                 recent
                 or
                 radicated
                 ,
                 in
                 Persons
                 of
                 all
                 Ages
                 ,
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 and
                 Complexions
                 ,
                 indiscriminately
                 with
                 one
                 single
                 outward
                 Application
                 to
                 the
                 Patients
                 Wrists
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 this
                 Envious
                 Doctor
                 would
                 never
                 part
                 with
                 it
                 to
                 our
                 Friend
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 else
                 ,
                 no
                 not
                 upon
                 his
                 Death-bed
                 :
                 onely
                 Dr
                 Boat
                 discovered
                 ,
                 That
                 Spiders
                 or
                 something
                 comming
                 from
                 them
                 were
                 main
                 Ingredients
                 of
                 his
                 Pericarpia
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 indeed
                 there
                 are
                 certain
                 Preparations
                 and
                 Compositions
                 of
                 Remedies
                 so
                 lucky
                 ,
                 and
                 whose
                 Successe
                 doth
                 so
                 much
                 exceed
                 Expectation
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 common
                 Compositions
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 whose
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 may
                 upon
                 several
                 Occasions
                 prescribe
                 an
                 Hundred
                 others
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 may
                 think
                 as
                 rational
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 ,
                 which
                 nevertheless
                 shall
                 be
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 much
                 inferiour
                 thereunto
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 wonder
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 most
                 Learned
                 of
                 the
                 Methodists
                 themselves
                 have
                 much
                 valued
                 and
                 celebrated
                 some
                 peculiar
                 Processes
                 and
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 as
                 here
                 amongst
                 us
                 (
                 to
                 mention
                 no
                 others
                 )
                 the
                 Famous
                 Sr
                 
                   Theodore
                   Mayerne
                
                 ,
                 was
                 wont
                 almost
                 in
                 all
                 Obstructions
                 ,
                 Cachexies
                 ,
                 and
                 Hydropicall
                 Distempers
                 to
                 magnifie
                 and
                 use
                 that
                 peculiar
                 Salt
                 of
                 Steel
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 call
                 
                   Anima
                   hepatis
                
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 to
                 these
                 Domestick
                 Instances
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 might
                 easily
                 accumulate
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 esteem
                 eminent
                 Physitians
                 have
                 made
                 of
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 adde
                 very
                 many
                 Forreign
                 ones
                 .
                 Nay
                 Galen
                 himself
                 ,
                 who
                 has
                 so
                 copiously
                 treated
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Materia
                   medica
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Composition
                   of
                   Medicaments
                
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 sufficiently
                 expert
                 at
                 drawing
                 up
                 Receipts
                 ,
                 doth
                 yet
                 in
                 his
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   Compositione
                   Medicamentorum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 transcribe
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 commend
                 (
                 and
                 mention
                 his
                 having
                 us'd
                 )
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 Compositions
                 of
                 Auncienter
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 magnifies
                 Andromachus
                 His
                 Treacle
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 might
                 ,
                 Pyroph
                 :
                 here
                 mind
                 You
                 ,
                 That
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 as
                 Incompleat
                 as
                 it
                 yet
                 is
                 ,
                 has
                 been
                 able
                 so
                 much
                 to
                 improve
                 the
                 preparations
                 of
                 Remedies
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 afford
                 us
                 some
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 so
                 Innocent
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Efficacious
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Diseases
                 they
                 principally
                 respect
                 ,
                 they
                 require
                 not
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 neer
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 Theorical
                 skill
                 ,
                 as
                 others
                 do
                 in
                 the
                 Administer
                 ;
                 I
                 might
                 likewise
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 That
                 Experience
                 also
                 teacheth
                 ,
                 especially
                 by
                 what
                 we
                 see
                 perform'd
                 by
                 the
                 Spaa
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Mineral
                 Waters
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 Medicine
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 richly
                 endow'd
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 Effectual
                 against
                 several
                 differing
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 then
                 even
                 the
                 better
                 sort
                 of
                 oth●r
                 Remedies
                 against
                 any
                 one
                 particular
                 Disease
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 might
                 further
                 represent
                 as
                 some
                 thing
                 that
                 makes
                 yet
                 more
                 to
                 my
                 present
                 purpose
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 every
                 Body
                 can
                 advise
                 his
                 sick
                 Friends
                 to
                 an
                 Air
                 that
                 is
                 famously
                 healthful
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 within
                 a
                 convenient
                 Distance
                 from
                 them
                 ;
                 Yet
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 Aires
                 so
                 eminently
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 not
                 upon
                 the
                 Account
                 of
                 any
                 one
                 Predominant
                 Quality
                 that
                 makes
                 them
                 opposite
                 to
                 a
                 Disease
                 springing
                 from
                 its
                 contrary
                 ,
                 but
                 f●om
                 a
                 hidden
                 Temperature
                 ,
                 or
                 certain
                 friendly
                 Effluvia
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 alone
                 often
                 cure
                 Variety
                 of
                 Diseases
                 in
                 Persons
                 
                 of
                 differing
                 Ages
                 and
                 Complexions
                 :
                 as
                 Navigators
                 observe
                 in
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 St
                 Helen
                 where
                 the
                 Spaniards
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Europaeans
                 in
                 their
                 passage
                 to
                 the
                 Indies
                 ,
                 often
                 leave
                 without
                 Physitians
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 Sick
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 find
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 recover'd
                 at
                 their
                 return
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 sometimes
                 ev'n
                 the
                 acutest
                 Diseases
                 may
                 by
                 the
                 Sanative
                 Steams
                 that
                 inrich
                 the
                 Air
                 be
                 cur'd
                 almost
                 in
                 a
                 trice
                 is
                 assur'd
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 liv'd
                 in
                 grand
                 Cairo
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 affirm'd
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 what
                 the
                 Learned
                 
                   Prosper
                   Alpinus
                
                 ,
                 who
                 so
                 long
                 practis'd
                 Physick
                 there
                 ,
                 assures
                 Us
                 ,
                 That
                 upon
                 Nilus's
                 beginning
                 to
                 over
                 flow
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 the
                 Heat
                 of
                 Summer
                 ,
                 there
                 ensueth
                 a
                 suddain
                 Recovery
                 of
                 those
                 multitudes
                 of
                 Persons
                 of
                 differing
                 Ages
                 ,
                 Temperatures
                 ,
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 &c.
                 which
                 there
                 happen
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 to
                 ly
                 Sick
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 .
                 These
                 things
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 Pyrophilus
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 I
                 might
                 adde
                 ,
                 to
                 what
                 You
                 may
                 find
                 dispers'd
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 in
                 the
                 ESSAYES
                 which
                 this
                 Paper
                 accompanies
                 towards
                 the
                 inferring
                 that
                 we
                 should
                 not
                 hastily
                 conclude
                 it
                 Impossible
                 that
                 there
                 May
                 be
                 found
                 such
                 Medicines
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 then
                 particular
                 and
                 Specifick
                 Remedies
                 without
                 requiring
                 the
                 Giver
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 physitian
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 draw
                 at
                 length
                 to
                 a
                 Conclusion
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 rather
                 Summe
                 up
                 my
                 present
                 thoughts
                 of
                 this
                 Matter
                 Thus.
                 
              
               
                 Ordinary
                 Receipts
                 without
                 an
                 Ordinary
                 Measure
                 of
                 skill
                 in
                 Physick
                 are
                 not
                 rashly
                 to
                 be
                 rely'd
                 on
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 Acute
                 Diseases
                 ;
                 where
                 by
                 giving
                 Medicines
                 otherwise
                 innocent
                 enough
                 ,
                 to
                 loose
                 the
                 opportunities
                 of
                 administring
                 proper
                 ones
                 may
                 be
                 v●ry
                 prejudicial
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 sometimes
                 the
                 several
                 seasons
                 of
                 the
                 Disease
                 do
                 require
                 such
                 differing
                 Remedies
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 but
                 Ordinary
                 ones
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Medicine
                 proper
                 enough
                 for
                 the
                 Disease
                 at
                 one
                 season
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 do
                 Mischief
                 at
                 another
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 indeed
                 there
                 be
                 Noble
                 and
                 Extraordinary
                 Arcana
                 ,
                 that
                 work
                 rather
                 by
                 strengthning
                 and
                 restoring
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 Resolving
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 otherwise
                 destroying
                 the
                 peccant
                 Matter
                 they
                 find
                 any
                 where
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 irritating
                 and
                 weakening
                 Nature
                 or
                 putting
                 Her
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 to
                 a
                 troublesome
                 Plunge
                 ;
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 such
                 Remedies
                 may
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 little
                 otherwise
                 consider'd
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 may
                 not
                 Ordinarily
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 say
                 not
                 Ever
                 )
                 require
                 more
                 Instruction
                 then
                 may
                 be
                 afforded
                 to
                 Persons
                 not
                 Indiscreet
                 by
                 such
                 Directions
                 and
                 Cautions
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 Divulg'd
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 Communicated
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Remedies
                 themselves
                 :
                 As
                 we
                 sometimes
                 see
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 such
                 Instructions
                 unlearned
                 Persons
                 and
                 ev'n
                 old
                 Wives
                 do
                 with
                 some
                 one
                 Soveraign
                 Plaister
                 ,
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 outward
                 Remedy
                 ,
                 Cure
                 many
                 and
                 various
                 Tumors
                 ,
                 Ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Sores
                 in
                 Persons
                 of
                 differing
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 Ages
                 ,
                 and
                 Complexions
                 .
                 And
                 because
                 You
                 will
                 easily
                 grant
                 that
                 this
                 Example
                 does
                 farre
                 lesse
                 accomodate
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 then
                 does
                 the
                 Case
                 it self
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 just
                 now
                 put
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 You
                 will
                 allow
                 me
                 to
                 represent
                 further
                 ,
                 That
                 at
                 least
                 it
                 seems
                 not
                 so
                 Rational
                 to
                 judge
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Remedies
                 that
                 Art
                 improving
                 Nature
                 can
                 afford
                 us
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 hitherto
                 in
                 Use
                 either
                 among
                 Methodists
                 or
                 Vulgar
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 the
                 Nobleness
                 of
                 Remedies
                 will
                 be
                 advanc'd
                 according
                 as
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 preparing
                 them
                 shall
                 be
                 promoted
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 t
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 safe
                 and
                 easy
                 ,
                 positively
                 to
                 determine
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 then
                 in
                 Proportion
                 to
                 the
                 Discoveries
                 we
                 have
                 attain'd
                 to
                 in
                 the
                 Latter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   End
                   of
                   the
                
                 APPENDIX
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               CITATIONS
               English't
               .
            
             
               AD
               Pag.
               6.
               
               
                 In
                 Corpore
              
               &c.
               But
               I
               dare
               not
               try
               those
               things
               upon
               Humane
               Body
               ,
               which
               have
               not
               been
               before
               try'd
               upon
               former
               Experiences
               ,
               For
               the
               End
               of
               such
               rash
               Experiments
               may
               be
               the
               ruin
               of
               all
               Lives
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 Pag.
              
               9.
               
               Naturalium
               &c.
               This
               is
               the
               Course
               of
               Naturalists
               and
               Physitians
               who
               prosecute
               their
               Art
               Philosophically
               ,
               The
               Naturalist
               ends
               where
               Medicine
               begins
               ,
               and
               Medicine
               begins
               where
               the
               Naturalist
               endeth
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 Pag.
              
               11.
               
               
                 Sunt
                 enim
              
               &c.
               The
               parts
               of
               Humane
               Body
               are
               unknown
               ,
               and
               therefore
               we
               ought
               to
               consider
               them
               by
               the
               parts
               of
               other
               Animals
               to
               which
               they
               are
               like
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               19.
               
               
                 Hoc
                 in
              
               &c.
               
               This
               I
               have
               more
               then
               once
               Observ'd
               in
               Lizards
               which
               I
               kept
               in
               my
               own
               House
               .
               For
               my
               Children
               being
               at
               play
               ,
               when
               with
               a
               Rod
               they
               had
               strook
               off
               the
               Lizards
               Tails
               I
               saw
               them
               within
               a
               day
               or
               two
               come
               out
               to
               Feed
               ,
               and
               their
               Tayles
               then
               by
               little
               and
               little
               still
               encreasing
               and
               growing
               bigger
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               73.
               
               Neque
               &c.
               Nor
               may
               we
               be
               ignorant
               that
               in
               acute
               Diseases
               the
               Notes
               of
               Life
               or
               Death
               are
               more
               fallacious
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               75.
               
               Quidam
               &c.
               One
               who
               before
               he
               fell
               into
               the
               French
               Pox
               was
               blind
               of
               a
               Cataract
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Eyes
               ,
               by
               being
               anointed
               with
               Quicksilver
               ,
               was
               recover'd
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               the
               cheif
               Disease
               ,
               but
               (
               which
               was
               most
               strange
               )
               from
               his
               
               Cataract
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               irrational
               that
               Cataracts
               should
               be
               dissolv'd
               such
               anointing
               ;
               when
               Experience
               teacheth
               ,
               That
               hard
               Tumors
               clogg'd
               together
               of
               pituitous
               Matter
               are
               powerfully
               dissolved
               by
               Mercurial
               Inunctions
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               78.
               
               Ejusque
               &c.
               And
               they
               urge
               many
               Instances
               of
               it
               even
               to
               my
               admiration
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               Ajunt
               &c.
               Yet
               they
               say
               that
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Calchoos
               ,
               ground
               and
               taken
               in
               any
               proper
               Water
               doth
               dissolve
               the
               stone
               into
               a
               very
               Durt
               ,
               which
               being
               voided
               doth
               harden
               again
               into
               a
               stony
               substance
               .
               I
               saw
               a
               Young
               Man
               to
               whom
               (
               upon
               my
               knowledg
               )
               this
               accident
               befell
               .
               When
               he
               was
               tormented
               with
               the
               Stone
               in
               the
               Bladder
               ,
               which
               I
               understood
               both
               by
               the
               Lithotomist
               who
               felt
               it
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Symptomes
               which
               he
               suffered
               .
               I
               sent
               him
               to
               a
               Fountain
               ,
               which
               takes
               its
               name
               from
               St
               Peter
               when
               he
               had
               staid
               there
               two
               Moneths
               he
               return'd
               Free
               from
               the
               Stone
               ,
               and
               brought
               home
               with
               him
               all
               the
               Durt
               which
               he
               had
               voided
               by
               degrees
               ,
               in
               a
               Paper
               ,
               coagulated
               as
               it
               were
               into
               fragments
               of
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               85.
               
               Hic
               &c.
               He
               loaths
               nothing
               that
               stinks
               ,
               or
               is
               otherwise
               unpleasant
               ,
               He
               hath
               been
               often
               seen
               to
               chew
               and
               swallow
               Glasse
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               Wood
               ,
               Bones
               ,
               the
               Feet
               of
               Hares
               ,
               and
               other
               Animals
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Hair
               ,
               Linnen
               and
               Woollen
               cloath
               ,
               Fishes
               and
               other
               Animals
               alive
               ,
               Nay
               ,
               even
               Mettals
               ,
               and
               Dishes
               ,
               and
               Globes
               of
               Tin.
               Besides
               ,
               which
               he
               devours
               Sewet
               ,
               and
               Tallow
               Candels
               ,
               the
               Shels
               of
               Cockles
               ,
               and
               the
               Dungs
               of
               Animals
               ,
               especially
               of
               Oxen
               ,
               even
               Hot
               ,
               assoon
               as
               it
               is
               voided
               .
               He
               drinks
               the
               Urin
               of
               others
               mixt
               with
               wine
               or
               Beer
               :
               He
               eats
               Hay
               ,
               Straw
               ,
               Stubble
               ,
               and
               lately
               he
               swallow'd
               down
               two
               living
               Mice
               ,
               which
               for
               half
               an
               Hour
               continued
               biteing
               at
               the
               bottome
               of
               his
               Stomack
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               Whatsoever
               is
               offer'd
               him
               by
               any
               Noble
               Persons
               ,
               it
               goes
               down
               with
               him
               without
               more
               adoe
               upon
               the
               smallest
               reward
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               
               within
               a
               few
               Daies
               he
               hath
               promised
               to
               eat
               a
               whole
               Calfe
               Raw
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Skin
               and
               Hair
               ;
               Among
               divers
               others
               I
               my self
               am
               a
               Witnesse
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               these
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               86.
               
               Causam
               &c.
               To
               find
               in
               the
               Carcas
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               Vocacity
               will
               be
               questionlesse
               very
               difficult
               :
               Some
               one
               perchance
               would
               referre
               it
               to
               that
               which
               Columbus
               observ'd
               in
               the
               Carkasse
               of
               Lazarus
               the
               Glasse-eater
               ,
               and
               resolve
               that
               the
               fourth
               conjugation
               of
               Nerves
               which
               nature
               ordain'd
               for
               tasting
               ,
               come
               neither
               to
               the
               Palate
               nor
               the
               Tongue
               :
               But
               so
               there
               would
               onely
               be
               rendred
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               want
               of
               Tast
               ,
               and
               not
               why
               he
               should
               be
               able
               to
               take
               such
               uncouth
               things
               without
               offence
               to
               his
               Stomach
               and
               digest
               them
               ,
               which
               without
               doubt
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               particular
               and
               singular
               constitution
               of
               his
               Stomach
               and
               Guts
               ,
               which
               yet
               may
               not
               appear
               to
               the
               Eye
               by
               the
               Effects
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               91.
               
               
                 De
                 Laudano
              
               &c.
               Of
               his
               Laudanum
               (
               that
               Name
               he
               gave
               to
               little
               Pills
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               extremity
               of
               Diseases
               he
               administred
               as
               a
               most
               Divine
               Medicine
               allwaies
               giving
               them
               in
               an
               odde
               Number
               )
               he
               scrupled
               not
               to
               affirm
               that
               by
               that
               Medicine
               he
               could
               put
               life
               into
               those
               who
               were
               as
               good
               as
               Dead
               ;
               and
               that
               while
               I
               was
               with
               him
               he
               made
               good
               in
               some
               Experiments
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               94.
               
               
                 Oportet
                 ubi
              
               &c.
               Where
               a
               Medicine
               answers
               not
               we
               ought
               not
               so
               much
               to
               esteem
               the
               Author
               as
               the
               Patient
               ,
               and
               to
               try
               somewhat
               farther
               and
               farther
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 Pag.
              
               97.
               
               
                 Idem
                 fit
              
               &c.
               
               The
               same
               is
               made
               of
               Mandioca
               ,
               Potato's
               ,
               Turkish
               Mullet
               ,
               Rice
               ,
               and
               other
               things
               which
               being
               chew'd
               by
               old
               Women
               ,
               and
               Spit
               together
               with
               much
               Spittle
               ,
               This
               Liquor
               is
               strait
               put
               up
               into
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               there
               kept
               until
               it
               ferments
               and
               cast
               down
               a
               Sediment
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               103.
               
               
                 Hoc
                 est
              
               &c.
               This
               Birchwater
               hath
               a
               sweet
               Sharpnesse
               and
               very
               pleasant
               Tast
               ,
               it
               allaies
               Thirst
               ,
               and
               the
               
               drinesse
               of
               the
               Entrails
               ;
               It
               tempers
               the
               Heat
               of
               the
               Blood
               ;
               It
               opens
               Obstructions
               and
               drives
               out
               the
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               111.
               
               Conficiunt
               &c.
               They
               make
               Drink
               of
               that
               Mulli
               rubbing
               it
               gently
               in
               their
               hands
               in
               Hot-Water
               ,
               until
               they
               have
               rubb'd
               out
               all
               the
               Sweetnesse
               ;
               they
               strain
               that
               Water
               ,
               and
               keep
               it
               three
               or
               four
               Daies
               ,
               until
               it
               settle
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               becomes
               a
               very
               clear
               Drink
               :
               The
               same
               Water
               boil'd
               turns
               into
               good
               Hony.
               —
               Of
               this
               Fruit
               boil'd
               with
               Water
               according
               to
               different
               Manners
               is
               made
               Wine
               ,
               or
               good
               Drink
               ,
               or
               Vinegar
               ,
               or
               Hony.
               
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               112.
               
               Porro
               .
               Then
               by
               cutting
               the
               Shoot
               with
               a
               Razorblade
               made
               of
               a
               Flint
               ,
               there
               runs
               out
               of
               the
               Cut
               a
               certain
               Liquor
               in
               such
               a
               quantity
               that
               (
               which
               is
               wonderful
               )
               out
               of
               one
               single
               Plant
               ,
               sometimes
               Fiftie
               or
               more
               Arobae
               run
               out
               :
               From
               which
               Liquor
               there
               is
               made
               Wine
               ,
               Vineger
               ,
               Hony
               ,
               and
               Sugar
               .
               For
               the
               Liquor
               Sweet
               of
               it self
               ,
               is
               by
               being
               boil'd
               made
               much
               sweeter
               and
               thicker
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               is
               at
               length
               kernes
               into
               Hony.
               
            
             
               Ad
               113.
               
               Semel
               &c.
               If
               once
               in
               a
               Moneth
               one
               eat
               or
               Drink
               to
               excesse
               ,
               the
               Day
               following
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               weigh'd
               (
               though
               he
               hath
               suffred
               no
               sensible
               Evacuation
               )
               Yet
               then
               he
               will
               weigh
               lighter
               then
               is
               Usual
               .
               A
               constant
               Diet
               wants
               the
               help
               of
               those
               that
               once
               or
               twice
               in
               a
               Moneth
               do
               exceed
               :
               For
               the
               Expulsive
               Faculty
               being
               oppress'd
               by
               too
               great
               Repletion
               stirr's
               up
               so
               much
               of
               perspiration
               ,
               as
               vvithout
               the
               Staticks
               no
               one
               would
               believe
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               123.
               
               
                 In
                 urbe
              
               &c.
               In
               the
               City
               St
               James's
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Province
               of
               Chyle
               ,
               certain
               Captive
               Indians
               cut
               off
               the
               Calves
               of
               their
               Legs
               ,
               and
               for
               hunger
               eat
               them
               ,
               ●nd
               (
               which
               is
               strange
               )
               applying
               the
               leaves
               of
               a
               certain
               Plant
               to
               their
               Wounds
               immediatly
               they
               stanch
               the
               Blood.
               
            
             
             
               Adde
               pag.
               124.
               
               Memini
               &c.
               I
               remember
               that
               the
               Limbs
               of
               Souldiers
               wounded
               with
               G●nshot
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               cut
               off
               by
               the
               advice
               of
               our
               European
               Surgeons
               ,
               both
               Dutch
               and
               Portugall
               ;
               those
               Barbarous
               people
               by
               recent
               juices
               Gums
               and
               Balsams
               to
               have
               freed
               them
               from
               Knife
               and
               Cauteryes
               and
               happily
               cured
               them
               .
               I
               also
               am
               an
               Eye
               witnesse
               ,
               that
               which
               the
               juyce
               of
               Tobacco
               alone
               they
               have
               cured
               Wounds
               given
               over
               by
               our
               Surgeons
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               131.
               
               Experimentis
               &c.
               It
               is
               approv'd
               by
               many
               Experiments
               ,
               that
               its
               Vertues
               are
               excellent
               against
               the
               Plague
               ,
               Malignant
               Feavers
               ,
               the
               bitings
               of
               Venemous
               Creatures
               ,
               the
               Diarrhaea
               and
               other
               Fluxes
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               135.
               
               
                 Nam
                 Venena
                 noluit
              
               &c.
               He
               made
               not
               Venome
               to
               be
               our
               Poison
               ,
               for
               neither
               made
               he
               Death
               nor
               any
               Deletery
               Medicament
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               but
               so
               ,
               that
               by
               a
               slight
               industry
               and
               endeavour
               of
               our
               own
               they
               might
               be
               turn'd
               into
               great
               pledges
               of
               his
               love
               ,
               for
               the
               Use
               of
               Men
               against
               the
               cruelty
               of
               Diseases
               which
               were
               in
               processe
               of
               time
               to
               arise
               .
               For
               in
               those
               Vemomes
               is
               the
               help
               that
               more
               benigne
               and
               familiar
               simples
               cannot
               yield
               ,
               and
               those
               most
               frightful
               Poisons
               are
               yet
               preserv'd
               in
               Nature
               for
               the
               more
               great
               and
               Heroick
               uses
               of
               Physitians
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               136
               :
               That
               the
               
                 Lapis
                 Cancrorum
              
               resolv'd
               into
               the
               forme
               of
               its
               first
               Milk
               affords
               an
               Antidote
               against
               the
               violence
               of
               many
               Vegetables
               that
               are
               infamous
               for
               their
               being
               over
               laxative
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               150.
               
               Mille
               &c.
               Our
               Court
               hath
               try'd
               the
               Efficacy
               of
               this
               Salt
               in
               a
               thousand
               Experiments
               in
               the
               Diseases
               of
               Melancholly
               ,
               in
               all
               Feavers
               ,
               continuous
               and
               intermittent
               ,
               in
               the
               Stone
               ,
               Scurvy
               &c.
               
               Nay
               more
               we
               have
               observ'd
               more
               then
               once
               that
               it
               hath
               procured
               sleep
               ,
               especially
               in
               persons
               
               Melancholly
               ,
               The
               Dose
               is
               from
               one
               ,
               to
               two
               Scruples
               ,
               we
               use
               divers
               pounds
               of
               it
               in
               a
               Year
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               150
               ,
               151.
               
               
                 Caeterum
                 quantum
              
               &c.
               But
               for
               the
               exceeding
               and
               portentous
               Vertues
               of
               the
               Bezar-stone
               ,
               I
               have
               found
               by
               a
               thousand
               trials
               that
               they
               are
               not
               so
               very
               great
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Nil
                 porro
              
               &c.
               I
               speak
               no
               more
               of
               these
               Stones
               ,
               least
               I
               should
               seem
               by
               my
               Commendation
               of
               their
               Vertues
               to
               provoke
               Lithotomists
               to
               make
               dissections
               at
               any
               rate
               .
               This
               I
               have
               most
               certainly
               Experienc'd
               ,
               That
               the
               Stone
               found
               in
               Mans
               bladder
               doth
               well
               provoke
               Urine
               and
               Sweat.
               And
               particularly
               in
               the
               time
               of
               that
               Plague
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Years
               1624
               and
               1625
               miserably
               vexed
               Ours
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               the
               Cities
               of
               Holland
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               the
               Bezar-stone
               ,
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               prescribed
               this
               and
               found
               it
               ,
               (
               let
               me
               tell
               You
               )
               a
               more
               great
               and
               excellent
               Sudorifick
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               159.
               
               Credo
               &c.
               I
               believe
               Simples
               in
               their
               own
               simplicity
               are
               sufficient
               for
               the
               Curing
               of
               all
               Diseases
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               19.
               
               Quod
               &c.
               
               But
               if
               You
               come
               not
               to
               that
               Arcanum
               of
               Pyrotechny
               ,
               learn
               at
               least
               to
               make
               the
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               Volatile
               ,
               that
               by
               means
               of
               it
               You
               may
               perfect
               Your
               Solutions
               .
               Which
               though
               it
               leave
               those
               things
               which
               it
               dissolveth
               equally
               Homogeneous
               ,
               being
               digested
               in
               Us
               ;
               Yet
               it
               borroweth
               some
               of
               their
               Vertues
               which
               it
               carrieth
               along
               with
               it self
               to
               overcome
               Diseases
               .
            
             
               Adde
               pag.
               199.
               
               Dicam
               &c.
               I
               will
               speak
               it
               for
               their
               sakes
               ,
               who
               are
               ingenious
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               ,
               if
               it
               dissolveth
               Unicorns
               Horn
               ,
               Silver
               ,
               Quicksilver
               ,
               Crabbes
               Eyes
               ,
               or
               other
               like
               Simples
               ,
               it
               will
               Cure
               not
               onely
               Feavers
               but
               other
               Diseases
               in
               great
               abundance
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Mirum
              
               &c.
               It
               is
               a
               wonder
               what
               the
               very
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               alone
               being
               made
               Volatile
               will
               performe
               ,
               for
               it
               cleanses
               the
               Veins
               of
               all
               the
               feculencies
               and
               the
               causers
               of
               Contumacious
               
               Obstructions
               ,
               and
               doth
               disperse
               the
               congregated
               Matter
               of
               Apostems
               .
               Of
               this
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Salt
               (
               and
               not
               of
               the
               Oyl
               )
               is
               that
               saying
               of
               Paracelsus
               true
               .
               That
               whether
               this
               Medicine
               cannot
               reach
               ,
               there
               is
               scarce
               any
               other
               more
               powerful
               that
               shall
               reach
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               201.
               
               Ars
               &c.
               Art
               is
               Long
               ,
               Life
               is
               short
               .
               But
               where
               the
               End
               is
               by
               gift
               ,
               there
               Art
               is
               short
               ,
               and
               Mans
               Life
               long
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               compared
               to
               Art.
               Therefore
               Hippocrates
               had
               reason
               to
               make
               the
               complaint
               ,
               for
               it
               even
               happen'd
               to
               his
               followers
               according
               to
               his
               Words
               .
               The
               Art
               of
               Medicine
               consists
               in
               Philosophy
               ,
               Astronomy
               ,
               Chymistry
               ,
               and
               Physicks
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               may
               truely
               be
               said
               that
               the
               Art
               is
               long
               .
               For
               there
               is
               much
               time
               required
               ,
               throughly
               to
               learn
               and
               search
               these
               fower
               Pillars
               of
               Medicine
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               202.
               
               
                 Est
                 enim
              
               &c.
               For
               this
               Art
               is
               conjectural
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               Conjecture
               ,
               but
               Experience
               it self
               doth
               not
               allwaies
               answer
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 &c.
              
               Experience
               is
               Uncertain
               ,
               and
               Fallacious
               Judgment
               is
               difficult
               to
               be
               made
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Hoc
                 modo
              
               &c.
               And
               this
               was
               the
               fashion
               of
               Medicine
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               that
               it
               had
               no
               Theory
               ,
               onely
               Experience
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               thing
               was
               Laxative
               ,
               such
               a
               thing
               Astringent
               :
               But
               how
               ,
               or
               why
               they
               were
               so
               that
               was
               not
               found
               out
               ,
               and
               therefore
               one
               was
               heal'd
               another
               perish't
               :
               but
               now
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Per
                 rationem
              
               &c.
               By
               Reason
               it
               is
               not
               easy
               in
               a
               Disease
               to
               give
               Judgment
               ,
               but
               is
               as
               difficult
               as
               any
               thing
               imaginable
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Neque
              
               ,
               &c.
               For
               if
               the
               truth
               were
               easie
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               so
               many
               and
               so
               excellent
               men
               as
               have
               made
               it
               their
               business
               to
               find
               it
               ,
               had
               never
               been
               divided
               into
               so
               many
               Sects
               and
               Opinions
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag
              
               203.
               
               
                 Non
                 titulus
              
               &c.
               It
               is
               not
               a
               Title
               ,
               nor
               Eloquence
               Nor
               Skill
               in
               the
               tongues
               ,
               nor
               the
               Reading
               of
               many
               books
               (
               though
               these
               are
               Ornaments
               )
               which
               are
               to
               be
               considered
               in
               a
               Physitian
               ,
               
               but
               a
               prime
               knowledg
               of
               Matters
               and
               Mysteryes
               which
               alone
               may
               stand
               in
               the
               steed
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               ;
               It
               is
               the
               part
               of
               a
               Rhetorician
               to
               speak
               eloquently
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               perswade
               and
               to
               draw
               the
               Judg
               to
               his
               own
               party
               .
               It
               is
               the
               part
               of
               a
               Physitian
               to
               know
               the
               several
               sorts
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               their
               Causes
               and
               Symptomes
               ,
               and
               then
               which
               skill
               and
               industry
               to
               apply
               Medicines
               and
               to
               make
               Cures
               of
               them
               all
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               several
               Natures
               and
               Fashions
               .
            
             
               
                 Adde
                 pag.
              
               207.
               
               Imo
               &c.
               Nay
               ,
               I
               saw
               divers
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               in
               an
               instant
               ,
               redeem'd
               from
               death
               who
               had
               been
               poison'd
               by
               the
               eating
               of
               Venomous
               Mushrooms
               and
               other
               unwholsome
               things
               ,
               onely
               by
               drinking
               a
               Recent
               Infusion
               of
               the
               Root
               Jaborand
               ,
               whilest
               my self
               and
               other
               of
               Galens
               Disciples
               blush't
               to
               see
               the
               ineffectual
               endeavours
               of
               all
               our
               Alexipharmaca
               ,
               Treacles
               and
               other
               Antidotes
               :
               So
               that
               afterwards
               I
               suffred
               my self
               to
               be
               joyn'd
               in
               Consultation
               with
               those
               barbarous
               Collegues
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               to
               be
               arbiters
               of
               the
               condition
               of
               our
               men
               by
               their
               Pulse
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               their
               assistance
               and
               Councel
               in
               the
               foremention'd
               way
               (
               viz.
               )
               the
               prescribing
               of
               proper
               Medicines
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               208.
               
               Hujus
               &c.
               The
               Vertue
               of
               this
               Stone
               is
               much
               above
               that
               of
               any
               other
               gems
               ,
               for
               it
               stops
               the
               Flux
               of
               Blood
               in
               any
               part
               .
               —
               When
               the
               Women
               perceive
               a
               fit
               of
               the
               Mother
               coming
               upon
               them
               ,
               by
               applying
               this
               Stone
               they
               are
               immediately
               eased
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               allwaies
               weare
               it
               ,
               they
               are
               never
               troubled
               with
               those
               Fits
               more
               .
               Of
               this
               they
               make
               faith
               ,
               by
               many
               Instances
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Vidimus
              
               &c.
               We
               have
               seen
               some
               that
               were
               troubled
               with
               the
               Flux
               of
               the
               Haemorrhoides
               who
               found
               Remedy
               by
               wearing
               Rings
               made
               of
               that
               Stone
               continually
               on
               their
               Fingers
               ,
               and
               the
               Monthly
               Flux
               is
               stai'd
               by
               the
               same
               way
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               209.
               
               Praegnantibus
               &c.
               This
               Stone
               is
               not
               proper
               for
               those
               who
               are
               with
               Child
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               so
               sure
               to
               cause
               Abortion
               
               that
               the
               Women
               of
               Malaica
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               if
               at
               any
               time
               their
               Monethly
               Evacuations
               were
               obstructed
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               only
               carried
               this
               Stone
               in
               their
               hands
               they
               found
               Remedy
               thereby
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               210.
               
               
                 Hoc
                 loco
              
               &c.
               In
               this
               place
               I
               cannot
               but
               relate
               the
               admirable
               Vertues
               of
               our
               Electrum
               which
               I
               have
               observ'd
               with
               my
               own
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               therefore
               can
               attest
               with
               a
               good
               conscience
               .
               For
               we
               saw
               Rings
               of
               it
               which
               he
               that
               wore
               neither
               felt
               Cramp
               ,
               no
               Palsy
               ,
               nor
               other
               pain
               .
               He
               was
               subject
               to
               no
               Fits
               of
               Apoplexy
               ,
               nor
               Epilepsy
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               if
               one
               of
               these
               Rings
               were
               put
               upon
               the
               Ring
               Finger
               of
               a
               person
               actually
               in
               any
               vehement
               Fit
               of
               the
               Falling
               sickness
               ,
               the
               Fit
               would
               immediately
               assuage
               ,
               and
               the
               person
               as
               soon
               come
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               Ad
               225.
               
               In
               the
               Citty
               Posto
               where
               I
               liv'd
               certain
               Years
               ,
               a
               certain
               Indian
               cured
               all
               sorts
               of
               Diseases
               by
               the
               juice
               of
               one
               Plant
               alone
               ,
               wherewith
               he
               anointed
               the
               Limbs
               and
               any
               other
               part
               particularly
               affected
               ,
               and
               then
               covering
               them
               warm
               with
               Blankets
               provoked
               Sweat.
               The
               Sweat
               that
               came
               from
               the
               parts
               so
               dawbed
               was
               meer
               Blood
               which
               he
               wiped
               off
               with
               Linnen
               Clothes
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               proceeded
               until
               he
               thought
               they
               had
               Sweat
               enough
               .
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               he
               gave
               them
               Diet
               that
               was
               most
               Nourishing
               .
               With
               this
               Remedy
               many
               desperate
               Diseases
               were
               cured
               ,
               and
               the
               sick
               person
               upon
               the
               Use
               of
               this
               Physick
               improv'd
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               appear
               younger
               and
               lustier
               after
               it
               .
               But
               we
               could
               never
               prevail
               ,
               neither
               by
               Mony
               ,
               nor
               intreaty
               ,
               nor
               foul
               means
               upon
               him
               to
               shew
               us
               the
               Plant.
               
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag
              
               227.
               
               Mira
               &c.
               Wonderful
               things
               are
               daily
               found
               out
               in
               Physick
               to
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               the
               Operation
               of
               the
               Learned
               Naturalist
               Servius's
               Weapon-Salve
               .
               For
               the
               assured
               us
               that
               a
               piece
               of
               Cloth
               dipt
               in
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               put
               under
               hot
               Ashes
               stops
               the
               Monthly
               Flux
               ,
               the
               Experiment
               having
               been
               often
               
               prov'd
               .
               And
               my
               Master
               
                 Petrus
                 Castellus
              
               affirmes
               that
               He
               found
               by
               Experience
               ,
               that
               the
               Haemorrhoids
               if
               they
               were
               touch'd
               with
               the
               tuberous
               Root
               of
               Chondrilla
               ,
               did
               dry
               away
               if
               the
               Chondrilla
               dry'd
               ,
               and
               did
               Run
               to
               Corruption
               if
               the
               Chondrilla
               was
               corrupted
               .
               And
               therefore
               after
               such
               ,
               touching
               of
               the
               Hemorrhoids
               the
               Chondrilla
               was
               usually
               put
               to
               dry
               in
               the
               Chymny
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               229.
               
               Podagra
               &c.
               The
               Gout
               is
               strangly
               eas'd
               if
               Puppies
               lie
               with
               the
               Person
               that
               hath
               the
               Gout
               ,
               for
               they
               contract
               the
               Disease
               so
               as
               not
               to
               be
               able
               to
               go
               ,
               but
               the
               Patient
               thereby
               finds
               Ease
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               236.
               
               Primo
               ,
               &c.
               At
               the
               first
               ,
               Physick
               was
               accounted
               part
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Cure
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               did
               both
               arise
               under
               the
               same
               Authors
               .
               Those
               being
               most
               set
               upon
               Medical
               Enquiries
               ,
               which
               had
               made
               their
               Bodies
               infirm
               by
               disquieting
               thoughtfulness
               and
               nocturnal
               Watchings
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               204.
               
               Est
               ,
               &c.
               Besides
               it
               is
               altogether
               drying
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               should
               not
               despair
               that
               it
               ,
               being
               hung
               about
               Childrens
               Necks
               ,
               might
               cure
               the
               Falling-sickness
               in
               them
               .
               I
               truly
               saw
               a
               Lad
               ,
               that
               sometimes
               would
               be
               eight
               whole
               Moneths
               free
               from
               the
               Falling-sickness
               ,
               and
               then
               ,
               when
               by
               chance
               this
               fell
               from
               off
               his
               Neck
               ,
               he
               became
               immediately
               surprized
               with
               a
               Fit
               ;
               and
               again
               ,
               hanging
               another
               Root
               in
               its
               place
               ,
               he
               would
               continue
               well
               :
               Therefore
               ,
               for
               Experiment
               sake
               ,
               I
               thought
               good
               to
               take
               it
               again
               from
               his
               Neck
               ,
               which
               when
               I
               had
               done
               ,
               and
               found
               that
               the
               Lad
               fell
               into
               his
               former
               Convulsions
               ,
               we
               took
               a
               great
               piece
               of
               a
               green
               Root
               ,
               and
               hung
               it
               about
               his
               Neck
               ,
               and
               from
               that
               time
               He
               continued
               well
               and
               felt
               no
               more
               Convulsions
               .
               It
               was
               therefore
               most
               probable
               ,
               either
               that
               certain
               parts
               did
               exhale
               from
               the
               Root
               ,
               and
               were
               drawn
               into
               the
               Body
               by
               Inspiration
               ,
               which
               did
               so
               work
               
               upon
               the
               affected
               parts
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               ambient
               Air
               was
               continually
               changed
               and
               altered
               by
               the
               Root
               :
               For
               after
               this
               manner
               the
               
                 Succus
                 Cyrenaicus
              
               cures
               the
               Phlegmone
               upon
               the
               Uvula
               ;
               so
               Catarrhs
               and
               other
               Rheums
               are
               dry'd
               up
               by
               Melanthium
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               tyed
               up
               warm
               in
               fine
               Linnen
               ,
               and
               the
               hot
               fume
               of
               it
               be
               drawn
               up
               into
               the
               Nostrils
               by
               Inspiration
               .
               Nay
               ,
               if
               you
               strangle
               a
               Viper
               with
               divers
               sorts
               of
               Threeds
               ,
               and
               especially
               with
               the
               Sea
               Purple
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               tye
               those
               Threeds
               about
               the
               Neck
               of
               your
               Patient
               ,
               you
               shall
               cure
               the
               swelling
               of
               the
               Almonds
               of
               the
               Ears
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               swellings
               in
               the
               Neck
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               257.
               
               
                 Pestis
                 Cayri
              
               ,
               &c.
               The
               Plague
               at
               
                 Grand
                 Cair
              
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               parts
               of
               Aegypt
               ,
               is
               wont
               to
               invade
               the
               Inhabitants
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Moneth
               September
               until
               June
               :
               For
               in
               all
               these
               Moneths
               ,
               from
               September
               unto
               June
               ,
               the
               Plague
               from
               other
               Nations
               is
               brought
               thither
               ,
               and
               is
               wont
               to
               infect
               that
               Nation
               :
               But
               in
               the
               Moneth
               of
               June
               ,
               of
               what
               nature
               and
               how
               great
               soever
               the
               Pestilence
               be
               ,
               when
               the
               Sun
               first
               enters
               Cancer
               ,
               it
               is
               immediately
               removed
               ;
               which
               thing
               many
               (
               and
               that
               not
               without
               reason
               )
               take
               to
               be
               a
               particular
               Mercy
               of
               God.
               But
               (
               what
               is
               more
               admirable
               )
               all
               Houshold-stuff
               ,
               however
               infected
               with
               the
               Contagion
               of
               the
               Disease
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               shews
               no
               effect
               of
               any
               Contagion
               ,
               so
               that
               then
               the
               whole
               Nation
               passes
               into
               a
               most
               secure
               &
               healthy
               condition
               ,
               from
               amorbid
               and
               dangerous
               :
               And
               then
               those
               Diseases
               ,
               which
               are
               called
               by
               the
               Greeks
               Sporadici
               ,
               begin
               to
               appear
               ,
               which
               in
               no
               part
               of
               the
               World
               are
               seen
               to
               be
               rise
               together
               with
               the
               Plague
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 Hac
              
               ,
               &c.
               These
               things
               are
               first
               observed
               about
               that
               time
               .
               From
               which
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               and
               perchance
               not
               without
               reason
               ,
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               extinction
               of
               the
               Plague
               ,
               and
               the
               change
               of
               the
               state
               from
               Morbid
               to
               Wholesome
               doth
               depend
               ;
               For
               no
               other
               of
               the
               conservative
               Causes
               ,
               which
               are
               wont
               to
               be
               called
               
               by
               Physitians
               ,
               
                 Res
                 non
                 Naturales
              
               ,
               appeareth
               then
               ,
               besides
               the
               Air
               ;
               to
               which
               we
               may
               refer
               this
               change
               from
               Disease
               to
               Healthiness
               ,
               and
               therefore
               we
               must
               refer
               this
               change
               to
               the
               change
               of
               the
               Air.
               
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               259.
               
               The
               Inhabitants
               do
               strange
               things
               ,
               both
               in
               preserving
               Health
               and
               curing
               Diseases
               ,
               by
               Friction
               and
               Unction
               ,
               using
               the
               first
               in
               cold
               and
               Chronical
               ,
               the
               latter
               in
               acute
               Diseases
               .
               And
               Strangers
               who
               arrive
               there
               ,
               are
               ,
               as
               they
               ought
               ,
               willing
               to
               imitate
               their
               ways
               of
               Physick
               ,
               and
               by
               Rules
               of
               Art
               to
               preside
               and
               moderate
               these
               ways
               of
               Empirical
               Healing
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Cholera
                 Sicca
              
               is
               Cured
               by
               the
               same
               Remedies
               ,
               especially
               if
               their
               Horny
               Cupping-glasse
               be
               apply'd
               to
               the
               Region
               of
               the
               Liver
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               must
               attest
               the
               same
               thing
               that
               Galen
               doth
               of
               Cupping-glasses
               ;
               which
               he
               affirm'd
               to
               Work
               as
               Miraculously
               as
               if
               their
               Operation
               had
               depended
               on
               Enchantment
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               271.
               
               Neque
               &c.
               Nor
               doth
               he
               say
               that
               a
               Physitian
               needs
               nothing
               of
               Counsel
               or
               Deliberation
               ,
               or
               that
               an
               irrationall
               Man
               may
               professe
               this
               Art.
               But
               that
               those
               Conjectures
               of
               hidden
               things
               are
               nothing
               to
               the
               purpose
               .
               Bec●use
               it
               matters
               not
               what
               causeth
               the
               Disease
               but
               what
               removes
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Interim
              
               &c.
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               the
               Brasilian
               Botanists
               make
               all
               sorts
               of
               Medicines
               of
               Simples
               they
               find
               every
               where
               in
               the
               Woods
               :
               which
               they
               make
               with
               so
               great
               Sagacity
               ,
               and
               apply
               them
               both
               internally
               ,
               and
               externally
               ,
               especially
               to
               Diseases
               that
               Spring
               from
               Venome
               that
               a
               man
               may
               more
               securely
               give
               himself
               over
               to
               their
               hands
               then
               to
               our
               unskilful
               Physitians
               ,
               who
               brag
               much
               of
               Secrets
               they
               have
               learn't
               in
               private
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               knowledg
               of
               these
               will
               be
               called
               Rationals
               in
               Physick
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               272.
               
               Fortassis
               ,
               &c.
               Perchance
               some
               Sciolist
               in
               Physick
               may
               affirm
               that
               these
               things
               may
               not
               be
               used
               by
               reason
               
               of
               the
               Narcotick
               and
               Stupefactive
               property
               .
               But
               these
               pretenses
               are
               as
               vain
               in
               effect
               as
               specious
               at
               first
               sight
               :
               for
               besides
               that
               the
               hot
               temper
               of
               this
               Country
               requires
               it
               ;
               It
               is
               sure
               ,
               that
               without
               these
               Remedies
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Cure.
               Adde
               that
               here
               we
               prepare
               Opium
               so
               well
               that
               you
               may
               give
               it
               to
               an
               Infant
               .
               And
               truly
               ,
               if
               in
               Hot
               Diseases
               we
               had
               no
               Opiats
               we
               should
               in
               effect
               find
               that
               the
               use
               of
               all
               other
               Medicaments
               would
               prove
               altogether
               vain
               and
               fruitlesse
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               287.
               
               
                 Si.
                 medicinam
              
               &c.
               Such
               was
               the
               Origin
               of
               Physick
               ,
               by
               the
               Recovery
               of
               some
               and
               the
               Death
               of
               others
               it
               first
               made
               distinction
               between
               things
               Soverain
               to
               heal
               ,
               and
               things
               which
               were
               Improper
               ,
               and
               Deadly
               .
               And
               thus
               the
               Remedies
               being
               found
               out
               ,
               Men
               began
               to
               dispute
               of
               the
               Reasons
               of
               them
               .
               Nor
               was
               the
               Art
               of
               Medicine
               found
               out
               by
               the
               light
               of
               Reason
               ,
               but
               Medicines
               being
               found
               ,
               the
               Reason
               began
               to
               be
               enquired
               into
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Ubi
                 res
              
               &c.
               Where
               the
               Matter
               is
               certain
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               against
               the
               common
               Opinion
               ,
               the
               Reason
               must
               be
               sought
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               Matter
               of
               fact
               scrupled
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               297.
               
               Paucissimos
               &c.
               You
               will
               find
               very
               few
               of
               those
               who
               dwell
               at
               the
               Spaa
               who
               are
               troubled
               with
               the
               Head-ach
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Kidnies
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               Spleen
               ,
               or
               Mesariaick
               Veines
               ,
               none
               at
               all
               who
               were
               troubled
               with
               the
               Jaundice
               ,
               Dropsie
               ,
               Gout
               ,
               Itch
               ,
               or
               Falling
               sicknesse
               .
            
             
               
                 Ib.
                 Inter
                 caetera
              
               &c.
               
               Among
               other
               Qualities
               it
               moveth
               the
               Monethly
               Evacuation
               as
               hath
               been
               prov'd
               by
               a
               thousand
               trials
               .
               And
               yet
               it
               stops
               the
               immoderate
               Flux
               of
               them
               more
               happily
               then
               any
               other
               Medicine
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad
                 pag.
              
               299
               ,
               Rerum
               &c.
               
               The
               Contemplation
               of
               Nature
               ,
               though
               it
               maketh
               not
               a
               ●hysitian
               ,
               yet
               it
               fits
               him
               to
               learn
               Physick
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               INDEX
               to
               the
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               The
               Second
               Part
               Of
               the
               Usefulness
               of
               Natural
               Philosophy
               .
            
             
               
                 SECT
                 .
                 I.
              
               Of
               its
               Usefulness
               to
               PHYSICK
               .
            
             
               
                 ESSAY
                 I.
                 Containing
                 some
                 Particulars
                 tending
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 Usefulness
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 to
                 the
                 Physiological
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Nature
                 towards
                 the
                 increasing
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 Use
                 as
                 to
                 Health
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 and
                 Goods
                 of
                 Fortune
                 .
                 
                   pag.
                   3
                
              
               
                 That
                 in
                 Man's
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Creatures
                 consists
                 his
                 Empire
                 over
                 them
                 .
                 4
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Discovery
                 of
                 America
                 is
                 owed
                 to
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 Lo●d
                 stones
                 Polarity
                 .
                 5
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Martial
                 affairs
                 all
                 over
                 the
                 World
                 were
                 altered
                 by
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Brimstone
                 and
                 Saltpeter
                 .
                 ib
              
               
                 How
                 prejudicial
                 the
                 mistake
                 of
                 that
                 Aphorism
                 
                   (
                   that
                   if
                   teeming
                   Women
                   be
                   let
                   bloud
                   they
                   will
                   miscarry
                   )
                
                 hath
                 been
                 to
                 Femal
                 Patients
                 .
                 6
              
               
                 The
                 interest
                 of
                 this
                 Knowledg
                 to
                 the
                 Happiness
                 and
                 Life
                 ●f
                 Man.
                 7
              
               
                 The
                 enumeration
                 of
                 those
                 Arts
                 to
                 which
                 this
                 Knowledg
                 is
                 profitable
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Method
                 or
                 way
                 intended
                 for
                 the
                 ensuing
                 Discourse
                 .
                 8
              
               
                 The
                 Division
                 of
                 Physick
                 into
                 five
                 parts
                 .
                 9
              
               
                 How
                 the
                 Physiological
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 is
                 advantaged
                 by
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Anatomical
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Man's
                 body
                 rec●ives
                 light
                 from
                 Experiments
                 made
                 on
                 other
                 Creatures
                 .
                 ib.
                 Proved
                 by
                 divers
                 Instances
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 finding
                 the
                 L●cteals
                 and
                 Lymphae-ducts
                 first
                 in
                 Bruit
                 Bodies
                 .
                 10
              
               
                 The
                 Experiment
                 of
                 taking
                 out
                 the
                 Spleen
                 in
                 Dogs
                 .
                 ib.
                 The
                 same
                 thing
                 done
                 by
                 Fioravanti
                 in
                 a
                 Woman
                 .
                 11
              
               
                 The
                 Respiration
                 of
                 Frogs
                 divers
                 Hours
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 Daies
                 ,
                 under
                 
                 water
                 ,
                 without
                 suffocation
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 use
                 Aristotle
                 and
                 Galen
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Dissections
                 of
                 Bruits
                 .
                 
                   11
                   ,
                   12
                
              
               
                 The
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 Man
                 counted
                 now
                 in
                 Muscovy
                 for
                 inhumane
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Skeletons
                 for
                 Witchcraft
                 .
                 12
              
               
                 The
                 Use
                 of
                 the
                 comparison
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 Humane
                 Body
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 Beasts
                 .
                 ib.
                 Illustrated
                 by
                 divers
                 particular
                 Observations
                 .
                 13
              
               
                 Divers
                 Motions
                 and
                 Actions
                 of
                 Frogs
                 after
                 their
                 Hearts
                 were
                 cut
                 out
                 .
                 14
              
               
                 Observations
                 of
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 a
                 Chicken
                 's
                 Heart
                 after
                 the
                 Head
                 and
                 other
                 parts
                 were
                 cut
                 off
                 .
                 14
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Vivacity
                 of
                 dissected
                 Vipers
                 ,
                 16.
                 and
                 Tortoises
                 .
                 17
              
               
                 Whether
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 necessity
                 of
                 the
                 unceasing
                 influence
                 of
                 the
                 Brain
                 to
                 Sense
                 and
                 Motion
                 .
                 17
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Silkworm-butterfly
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 Procreation
                 after
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 its
                 Head.
                 17
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Redness
                 of
                 the
                 Bloud
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 ascribed
                 to
                 the
                 Liver
                 proved
                 by
                 the
                 inspection
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 of
                 Chickens
                 unhatcht
                 .
                 18
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 a
                 Limb
                 in
                 all
                 Animals
                 is
                 not
                 irreparable
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 great
                 Solution
                 and
                 Digestion
                 of
                 Meat
                 in
                 the
                 Stomachs
                 of
                 Fishes
                 no
                 sensible
                 Acidity
                 is
                 found
                 there
                 .
                 19
              
               
                 Experiments
                 concerning
                 the
                 Solution
                 of
                 Meats
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 change
                 of
                 Colours
                 by
                 acid
                 
                   Menstruums
                   .
                   20
                
              
               
                 VVaies
                 of
                 Artificial
                 Drying
                 and
                 preservation
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 and
                 Insects
                 ,
                 22.
                 and
                 more
                 bulky
                 Bodies
                 .
                 23
              
               
                 Particularly
                 the
                 Schemes
                 of
                 divers
                 parts
                 of
                 Humane
                 Body
                 .
                 24
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 an
                 Embryo
                 divers
                 Years
                 by
                 Embalming
                 it
                 with
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Spike
                 .
                 25
              
               
                 Instances
                 of
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 American
                 Mountains
                 kill'd
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 preserv'd
                 from
                 putrefaction
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 VVind
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 VVine
                 for
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 Bodies
                 from
                 putrefaction
                 .
                 26
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Examination
                 of
                 the
                 Juices
                 of
                 Humane
                 Bodies
                 by
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 may
                 illustrate
                 their
                 Use
                 and
                 Nature
                 .
                 27
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Actions
                 which
                 are
                 common
                 to
                 Men
                 with
                 other
                 Animals
                 being
                 perform'd
                 Mechanically
                 ,
                 the
                 Skill
                 of
                 Mechanicks
                 must
                 be
                 of
                 Use
                 to
                 Physiology·
                 28
              
            
             
               
               
                 ESSAY
                 II.
                 Offering
                 some
                 Particulars
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Pathological
                 Part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalists
                 Knowledg
                 may
                 assist
                 the
                 Physitian
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 Causes
                 of
                 Diseases
                 .
                 29.
                 
                 Prov'd
                 by
                 generall
                 Reason
                 .
                 30
                 By
                 particular
                 Instance
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 in
                 the
                 Kidnies
                 .
                 31
              
               
                 The
                 cause
                 of
                 that
                 Disease
                 illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 Petrifaction
                 of
                 VVood
                 ,
                 Cheese
                 ,
                 Moss
                 ,
                 VVater
                 ,
                 &c.
                 32
              
               
                 The
                 Origin
                 of
                 
                   Helmont's
                   Offa
                   alba
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Paracelsus
                 his
                 Duelech
                 by
                 the
                 mixture
                 of
                 Spirit
                 of
                 VVine
                 ,
                 and
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Urine
                 ,
                 and
                 example
                 of
                 the
                 Generation
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 .
                 33
              
               
                 That
                 a
                 terrestrious
                 Substance
                 may
                 lurk
                 undiscern'd
                 in
                 limpid
                 Liquors
                 .
                 34
              
               
                 The
                 Vse
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 in
                 explaining
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 aberrations
                 in
                 ,
                 our
                 Digestions
                 .
                 35
                 prov'd
                 by
                 a
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 considerable
                 Observations
                 .
                 36
              
               
                 The
                 Salt
                 and
                 Sulphur
                 have
                 more
                 influence
                 in
                 the
                 causation
                 of
                 Diseases
                 then
                 the
                 first
                 Qualities
                 of
                 Heat
                 ,
                 Cold
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   37
                
              
               
                 Observations
                 mad
                 upon
                 the
                 Liquor
                 that
                 distends
                 the
                 Abdomen
                 in
                 the
                 Dropsy
                 .
                 38
              
               
                 Observations
                 on
                 the
                 
                   Calculus
                   Humanus
                   .
                   39
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 changes
                 that
                 may
                 reasonably
                 be
                 thought
                 to
                 happen
                 to
                 our
                 aliments
                 within
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 43.
                 
                 Illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 Example
                 of
                 Juices
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 .
                 
                   42
                   ,
                   43
                
              
               
                 Difference
                 between
                 vulgar
                 and
                 true
                 Chymistry
                 .
                 44
              
               
                 The
                 Use
                 of
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Fermentation
                 .
                 44
              
               
                 Of
                 Periodical
                 Effervences
                 in
                 the
                 Blood
                 without
                 Fermentation
                 .
                 
                   44
                   ,
                   45
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Zoology
                 to
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Diseases
                 .
                 46
              
               
                 Helmont's
                 Error
                 refuted
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Stone
                 is
                 a
                 Disease
                 peculiar
                 to
                 Man.
                 47
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Venom
                 of
                 Vipers
                 or
                 Adders
                 consists
                 chiefly
                 in
                 the
                 Rage
                 and
                 Fury
                 wherewith
                 they
                 bite
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 that
                 hath
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 a
                 mortal
                 property
                 .
                 57
              
               
                 A
                 certain
                 Cure
                 for
                 the
                 Biting
                 of
                 Vipers
                 .
                 59
              
               
                 Of
                 external
                 Application
                 of
                 Poisons
                 and
                 letting
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 Veins
                 of
                 Beasts
                 .
                 
                   60
                   ,
                   61
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Postcript
                     .
                  
                   
                     Experiments
                     of
                     conveying
                     Liquid
                     Poisons
                     immediately
                     into
                     the
                     Mass
                     of
                     Blood.
                     
                       62
                       ,
                       63
                       ,
                       64
                       ,
                       65
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 ESSAY
                 III.
                 Containing
                 some
                 Particulars
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Semiotical
                 Part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Improvement
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Therapeutical
                 would
                 alter
                 the
                 Prognosticks
                 in
                 the
                 Semeiotical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
                 66.
                 
                 An
                 Instance
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 in
                 the
                 Peruvian
                 Bark
                 .
                 
                   67
                   ,
                   68
                
                 and
                 in
                 
                   Riverius's
                   Febrisugum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 New
                 Cure
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Evill
                 .
                 69
              
               
                 That
                 though
                 no
                 Disease
                 should
                 be
                 incurable
                 ,
                 yet
                 every
                 Disease
                 is
                 not
                 curable
                 in
                 every
                 Patient
                 .
                 70
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Hope
                 of
                 doing
                 greater
                 Cures
                 then
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 hath
                 engaged
                 Artists
                 to
                 make
                 profitable
                 Trials
                 .
                 71
              
               
                 Examples
                 of
                 some
                 unexpected
                 and
                 strange
                 Cures
                 .
                 
                   72
                   ,
                   73
                
              
               
                 Examples
                 of
                 the
                 Cures
                 of
                 Cancers
                 .
                 74
              
               
                 An
                 Example
                 of
                 a
                 Cure
                 of
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 born
                 with
                 a
                 Cataract
                 in
                 the
                 Eye
                 .
                 75.
                 and
                 other
                 Examples
                 of
                 Cataracts
                 strangely
                 cured
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Examples
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 the
                 Dropsie
                 and
                 Gout
                 .
                 
                   76
                   ,
                   77
                
              
               
                 Examples
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 .
                 78.
                 
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 Persicaria
                 for
                 that
                 Cure.
                 79.
                 
                 Instances
                 in
                 other
                 Medicines
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 Disease
                 .
                 80.
                 
                 The
                 Use
                 and
                 Success
                 of
                 
                   Millepedes
                   .
                   81.
                
                 
                 The
                 Argument
                 concerning
                 the
                 Incurableness
                 of
                 ●he
                 Stone
                 answered
                 .
                 82.
                 
                 That
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 Liquor
                 able
                 to
                 dissolve
                 the
                 Stone
                 that
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 corrosive
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 part
                 .
                 
                   83
                   ,
                   84
                
              
               
                 Examples
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 could
                 digest
                 Metals
                 and
                 Glass
                 .
                 
                   85
                   ,
                   86
                   ,
                   87
                
              
               
                 The
                 Descriptions
                 of
                 a
                 Menstruum
                 prepar'd
                 from
                 common
                 Bread
                 ,
                 able
                 to
                 draw
                 Tinctures
                 from
                 pretious
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   88
                
              
               
                 Helmont's
                 Arguments
                 from
                 the
                 Providence
                 of
                 God
                 censured
                 .
                 90
              
               
                 The
                 Argument
                 that
                 Paracelsus
                 outliv'd
                 not
                 the
                 47th
                 .
                 Year
                 of
                 his
                 Age
                 answered
                 .
                 90
              
               
                 The
                 efficacy
                 of
                 Paracelsus
                 his
                 
                   Laudanum
                   .
                   91
                
              
               
                 Butler's
                 great
                 Remedies
                 .
                 
                   92
                   ,
                   93
                   ,
                   94
                
              
            
             
               
                 ESSAY
                 IV.
                 Presenting
                 some
                 things
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Hygieinal
                 Part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 Fermentation
                 is
                 useful
                 to
                 make
                 our
                 Drincks
                 wholesome
                 for
                 Aliment
                 .
                 95
              
               
                 How
                 much
                 Simples
                 may
                 be
                 alter'd
                 by
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 exemplified
                 by
                 the
                 Indians
                 ,
                 making
                 Cassavy
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 poisonous
                 Plant
                 
                   Mandioca
                   .
                   96.
                
                 
                 Odd
                 unhandsome
                 wayes
                 of
                 their
                 making
                 Drinck
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 Root
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 making
                 Drink
                 from
                 sorts
                 of
                 course
                 Bread.
                 97
              
               
                 The
                 Drinks
                 in
                 use
                 in
                 
                   China
                   .
                   98
                
              
               
                 Of
                 Cherry-wine
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 Excellent
                 Ciders
                 .
                 99
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 Hydromel
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 Sugar
                 Wines
                 .
                 100
              
               
                 Of
                 other
                 Brafilian
                 and
                 Barbada
                 VVines
                 .
                 100
              
               
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 make
                 VVine
                 of
                 Raisons
                 .
                 101
              
               
                 Of
                 Wines
                 from
                 the
                 dropping
                 or
                 Weeping
                 of
                 wounded
                 Vegetables
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Tears
                 of
                 the
                 Walnut-tree
                 .
                 102
              
               
                 The
                 Vse
                 of
                 the
                 Teares
                 of
                 Birch
                 ,
                 (
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 Ingredients
                 )
                 for
                 the
                 Stone
                 .
                 102
              
               
                 The
                 wayes
                 to
                 preserve
                 these
                 Liquors
                 .
                 103
              
               
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Teares
                 of
                 Birch
                 in
                 hot
                 distempers
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 and
                 hot
                 Catarrhs
                 .
                 103
              
               
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 Daucus
                 Ale
                 ,
                 and
                 proportion
                 of
                 the
                 Seed
                 to
                 the
                 Liquor
                 .
                 104
              
               
                 Of
                 The
                 or
                 
                   Te.
                   ib.
                
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 Animal
                 Drinks
                 .
                 105
              
               
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 Brandy-Wine
                 in
                 hot
                 Climates
                 .
                 105
              
               
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 to
                 meliorate
                 Meats
                 .
                 106
              
               
                 Of
                 preserving
                 Bisket
                 from
                 putrefaction
                 .
                 107
              
               
                 Of
                 preserving
                 Fruits
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 preserving
                 Meats
                 roasted
                 for
                 long
                 Voyages
                 .
                 108
              
               
                 Of
                 preserving
                 Raw
                 meats
                 .
                 109
              
               
                 Of
                 salting
                 Neats
                 tongues
                 with
                 
                   Salt-peter
                   .
                   ib.
                
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 preserving
                 Flesh
                 in
                 spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 conserving
                 by
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 Sugar
                 of
                 other
                 Concretes
                 besides
                 the
                 Cane
                 .
                 
                   110
                   ,
                   111
                   ,
                   112
                
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 find
                 out
                 new
                 wayes
                 to
                 investigate
                 the
                 wholsomness
                 or
                 insalubrity
                 of
                 Aliments
                 ,
                 proved
                 by
                 Instances
                 out
                 of
                 Sanctorius
                 his
                 
                   Medicina
                   Statica
                   .
                   113
                
              
               
                 The
                 difference
                 in
                 transpiration
                 betwixt
                 the
                 times
                 after
                 ordinary
                 Diet
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 Excess
                 ,
                 tryed
                 by
                 the
                 weighing
                 of
                 Man's
                 body
                 .
                 114
              
               
                 Difference
                 in
                 the
                 weight
                 of
                 Waters
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 Chymical
                 Experiments
                 may
                 discover
                 other
                 qualities
                 in
                 Waters
                 .
                 115
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 discover
                 the
                 qualities
                 of
                 particular
                 Airs
                 .
                 116
              
            
             
               
                 ESSAY
                 V.
                 Proposing
                 some
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 may
                 be
                 useful
                 to
                 the
                 Therapeutical
                 part
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Introduction
                 .
                 
                   117
                   ,
                   118
                
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 invent
                 Medicines
                 Chymically
                 prepared
                 
                 more
                 pleasant
                 then
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Galenical
                 Ones
                 .
                 119
              
               
                 An
                 Instance
                 in
                 Resin
                 of
                 
                   Jalap
                   ,
                   Mineral
                
                 waters
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Author's
                 
                   Pil
                   :
                   Lunares
                   .
                   120
                
              
               
                 That
                 the
                 Naturalist
                 may
                 find
                 out
                 inward
                 Medicines
                 able
                 to
                 do
                 Chirurgical
                 Cures
                 ,
                 proved
                 by
                 divers
                 Instances
                 .
                 
                   121
                   ,
                   122
                
              
               
                 Sr.
                 Rawleigh's
                 Cordial
                 .
                 123
              
               
                 What
                 great
                 use
                 the
                 Indians
                 make
                 of
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 
                   Tobacco
                   .
                   124
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     II.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Search
                     of
                     Nature
                     by
                     Chymistry
                     in
                     particular
                     discovers
                     the
                     Qualities
                     of
                     Medicines
                     .
                     
                       124
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Nitro-tartareous
                     Salt
                     in
                     some
                     Vegetables
                     .
                     126
                  
                   
                     Difference
                     in
                     Operation
                     between
                     Acid
                     and
                     Alcalizate
                     Salts
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Ink
                     made
                     by
                     the
                     Decoction
                     of
                     divers
                     astringent
                     Plants
                     with
                     a
                     little
                     Vitrol
                     .
                     127
                  
                   
                     Of
                     some
                     Metalline
                     Precipitations
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     Sulphureous
                     Salts
                     turn
                     the
                     expressed
                     Juices
                     of
                     Vegetables
                     into
                     a
                     Green
                     colour
                     .
                     1●8
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Destillation
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Calculus
                       H●manus
                    
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Concretions
                     that
                     are
                     called
                     
                       Lapides
                       Cancrorum
                       .
                       128
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     changes
                     in
                     Animal
                     Substances
                     made
                     by
                     Fermentation
                     only
                     in
                     Vrine
                     .
                     129
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     mixture
                     of
                     Sp.
                     of
                     Salt
                     with
                     digested
                     Urine
                     .
                     129
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     III.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     this
                     search
                     of
                     Nature
                     adds
                     much
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Materia
                       Medica
                       .
                       130.
                    
                     by
                     employing
                     Bodies
                     hitherto
                     not
                     employed
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Remedies
                     newly
                     prepar'd
                     out
                     of
                     
                       Zinck
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     The
                     Cure
                     of
                     the
                     Dropsy
                     by
                     the
                     
                       Pil
                       :
                       Lunares
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     use
                     of
                     divers
                     Medical
                     Earths
                     .
                     131.
                     
                     Instances
                     of
                     Gold
                     ,
                     and
                     divers
                     Menstruums
                     drawn
                     out
                     of
                     them
                     .
                     132
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Medicines
                     out
                     of
                     
                       Arsenick
                       .
                       133.
                    
                     and
                     out
                     of
                     
                       Bismutum
                       .
                       134
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     correction
                     of
                     Poisonous
                     Medicines
                     .
                     
                       134
                       ,
                       135
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Preparation
                     of
                     Asarum
                     turns
                     it
                     from
                     being
                     Emetick
                     to
                     be
                     notably
                     Diureticall
                     .
                     136
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     in
                     some
                     of
                     the
                     secret
                     
                       Menstruums
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Preparation
                     of
                     Asarum
                     is
                     only
                     the
                     Boyling
                     it
                     in
                     common
                     water
                     .
                     137.
                     
                     That
                     the
                     boyling
                     it
                     in
                     Wine
                     alters
                     not
                     its
                     violence
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Emetick
                     and
                     Cathartick
                     properties
                     of
                     Antimony
                     are
                     destroy'd
                     by
                     Calcination
                     with
                     Salt-Peter
                     ,
                     
                     and
                     
                       Mercury
                       sublimate
                    
                     may
                     be
                     depriv'd
                     of
                     its
                     Corrosivenesse
                     by
                     bare
                     resublimations
                     with
                     fresh
                     
                       Mercury
                       .
                       137
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     IV.
                     
                  
                   
                     A
                     strang
                     correction
                     of
                     the
                     Flowers
                     of
                     Antimony
                     .
                     138
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     may
                     assist
                     the
                     Physitian
                     to
                     make
                     his
                     Cures
                     lesse
                     chargeable
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Inconveniencies
                     of
                     stuffing
                     Receipts
                     with
                     a
                     multitude
                     of
                     Ingredients
                     .
                     
                       139
                       ,
                       140
                       ,
                       141
                       ,
                       142
                       ,
                       143
                       ,
                       144.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     Acid
                     ,
                     and
                     Alcalizate
                     Salts
                     being
                     mixed
                     grow
                     thereby
                     more
                     fixed
                     ,
                     and
                     yield
                     in
                     Balneo
                     but
                     but
                     a
                     
                       Phlegme
                       .
                       ●45
                    
                     .
                     The
                     same
                     is
                     observ'd
                     of
                     the
                     Mixture
                     of
                     Spirit
                     Urin
                     (
                     by
                     it self
                     highly
                     Volatile
                     )
                     and
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Salt.
                     ib.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     V.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     discovers
                     the
                     Mis-application
                     and
                     Use
                     of
                     Gems
                     ,
                     and
                     divers
                     other
                     costly
                     Ingredients
                     .
                     
                       145
                       ,
                       146.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     A
                     difference
                     between
                     the
                     fixednesse
                     of
                     a
                     Gem
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     Glass
                     of
                     Antimony
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Concerning
                     
                       Autum
                       Potabile
                       147
                       ,
                       148.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     Examples
                     of
                     great
                     Medicines
                     drawn
                     from
                     unpromising
                     Bodies
                     .
                     149
                  
                   
                     The
                     D.
                     of
                     Holstein's
                     
                       Panacea
                       duplicata
                    
                     is
                     made
                     of
                     the
                     vulgarly
                     despised
                     
                       Caput
                       Mortuum
                    
                     of
                     
                       Aqua-fortis
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       Flores
                       Colcotharini
                    
                     are
                     made
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Caput
                       Mortuum
                    
                     of
                     Vitriol
                     .
                     150
                  
                   
                     A
                     Comparison
                     between
                     the
                     Bezar's
                     Stone
                     and
                     the
                     Stone
                     cut
                     out
                     of
                     Mans
                     Bladder
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Medicines
                     out
                     of
                     Soot
                     .
                     151
                  
                   
                     The
                     use
                     of
                     Horse
                     dung
                     .
                     152
                  
                   
                     An
                     Arcanum
                     of
                     Ivy
                     Berries
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Medicines
                     out
                     of
                     Mans
                     Vrin.
                     153
                  
                   
                     Medicines
                     out
                     of
                     Blood.
                     154
                  
                   
                     The
                     great
                     Effects
                     of
                     Millepedes
                     in
                     the
                     Stone
                     .
                     ib.
                     In
                     Suffusions
                     of
                     the
                     Eyes
                     .
                     155.
                     
                     And
                     real
                     Cataracts
                     .
                     156.
                     
                     In
                     sore
                     Breasts
                     and
                     
                       Fistulas
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     VI.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     discovers
                     how
                     much
                     of
                     the
                     cost
                     and
                     labour
                     in
                     making
                     many
                     Chymical
                     Remedies
                     may
                     be
                     spared
                     .
                     157
                  
                   
                     A
                     Comparison
                     of
                     Chymical
                     Remedies
                     with
                     Galenical
                     ones
                     in
                     point
                     of
                     Cheapnesse
                     .
                     158
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     use
                     and
                     commendation
                     of
                     Simples
                     even
                     by
                     the
                     most
                     able
                     Chymists
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Powder
                     of
                     Pearlmore
                     Operative
                     then
                     
                       Magistery
                       .
                       159.
                    
                     
                     So
                     crude
                     Harts-horn
                     then
                     Magistery
                     .
                     160
                  
                   
                     
                     An
                     excellent
                     Simple
                     Medicine
                     to
                     stanch
                     Blood.
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Another
                     like
                     Medicine
                     for
                     spitting
                     and
                     vomiting
                     of
                     Blood.
                     161
                  
                   
                     That
                     many
                     times
                     Chymists
                     by
                     their
                     tedious
                     and
                     injudicious
                     preparations
                     alter
                     the
                     Medicine
                     and
                     make
                     it
                     worse
                     .
                     162
                  
                   
                     So
                     the
                     dissolving
                     the
                     Salts
                     of
                     Vegetables
                     in
                     Aqua-fortis
                     to
                     make
                     them
                     pure
                     and
                     Chrystalline
                     alters
                     their
                     vertues
                     ,
                     and
                     makes
                     them
                     inflammable
                     as
                     
                       Salt-Peter
                       .
                       162
                       ,
                       163
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Preparation
                     and
                     vertues
                     of
                     
                       Ens
                       Veneris
                       .
                       164
                       ,
                       165
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Preparation
                     and
                     vertues
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Balsamum
                       Sulphuris
                       Crassum
                       .
                       166
                       ,
                       167
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Preparation
                     and
                     vertues
                     of
                     Essence
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     .
                     
                       168
                       ,
                       169
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     VII
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     Mechanicks
                     and
                     other
                     Experimental
                     Learning
                     may
                     teach
                     how
                     to
                     lessen
                     the
                     charge
                     of
                     Cures
                     by
                     making
                     more
                     convenient
                     furnaces
                     demonstrated
                     in
                     divers
                     particulars
                     .
                     
                       170
                       ,
                       171
                       ,
                       172
                       ,
                       173
                       ,
                       174
                    
                  
                   
                     Glasse-stopples
                     fittest
                     for
                     corrosive
                     Liquors
                     .
                     
                       173
                       ,
                       174
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     inflammable
                     saline
                     Sulphureous
                     spirits
                     may
                     be
                     drawn
                     from
                     other
                     substances
                     cheaper
                     then
                     Wine
                     .
                     175
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     in
                     divers
                     particulars
                     how
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     may
                     find
                     cheaper
                     wayes
                     of
                     Heating
                     the
                     Chymists
                     Furnaces
                     .
                     176
                  
                   
                     Of
                     charring
                     Coles
                     ,
                     so
                     that
                     while
                     it
                     charres
                     it
                     gives
                     an
                     intense
                     heat
                     fit
                     to
                     melt
                     or
                     calcine
                     Minerals
                     .
                     177
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Charring
                     Peat
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Digestion
                     and
                     Distillations
                     without
                     Fire
                     .
                     
                       178
                       ,
                       179
                    
                  
                   
                     Wayes
                     of
                     Distilling
                     spirit
                     of
                     Urine
                     .
                     180.
                     
                     Of
                     Distilling
                     it
                     with
                     Lime
                     without
                     Fermentation
                     .
                     ib
                     That
                     so
                     distill'd
                     it
                     doth
                     not
                     coagulate
                     spirit
                     of
                     Wine
                     as
                     in
                     the
                     Usual
                     Distillation
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     good
                     Menstruums
                     in
                     facilitating
                     Distillation
                     .
                     181
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     calcination
                     of
                     Gold
                     is
                     facilitated
                     by
                     Amalgamation
                     with
                     Mercury
                     .
                     182
                  
                   
                     The
                     power
                     of
                     Verdigreas
                     distilled
                     in
                     drawing
                     Tinctures
                     of
                     Glass
                     of
                     Antimony
                     
                       &c.
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     may
                     find
                     out
                     wayes
                     to
                     preserve
                     Medicines
                     longer
                     ,
                     and
                     better
                     then
                     is
                     usual
                     .
                     183
                  
                   
                     Of
                     fuming
                     Liquors
                     with
                     Sulphur
                     :
                     ib.
                     And
                     adding
                     a
                     little
                     of
                     the
                     white
                     Coagulum
                     made
                     of
                     the
                     pure
                     spirits
                     of
                     Wine
                     and
                     Urin.
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     most
                     principal
                     way
                     of
                     
                     lessening
                     the
                     charge
                     of
                     Cures
                     would
                     be
                     the
                     finding
                     out
                     New
                     and
                     more
                     effectual
                     Remedies
                     .
                     184
                  
                   
                     An
                     History
                     of
                     a
                     radicated
                     Epilepsie
                     that
                     was
                     cured
                     by
                     the
                     Powder
                     of
                     Misselto
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Oak
                       .
                       185
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     VIII
                     .
                  
                   
                     Other
                     proofs
                     that
                     the
                     Naturalists
                     skill
                     may
                     improve
                     the
                     Pharmaceutical
                     preparation
                     of
                     simples
                     .
                     186
                     Of
                     the
                     best
                     waies
                     to
                     correct
                     
                       Opium
                       .
                       187
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     best
                     way
                     of
                     correcting
                     
                       Mercurius
                       vitae
                       .
                       188
                    
                  
                   
                     An
                     Excellent
                     Medicine
                     made
                     of
                     those
                     churlish
                     Minerals
                     Quicksilver
                     and
                     Antimony
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Waies
                     to
                     take
                     away
                     the
                     Vomitive
                     faculty
                     of
                     Antimonial
                     Glass
                     .
                     
                       189
                       ,
                       190
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     New
                     and
                     excellent
                     way
                     to
                     get
                     the
                     
                       Primum
                       Ens
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     Essence
                     of
                     some
                     Vegetables
                     .
                     191
                  
                   
                     The
                     influence
                     of
                     these
                     
                       Prima
                       Entia
                    
                     to
                     cause
                     renovation
                     or
                     rejuvenescence
                     .
                     
                       192
                       ,
                       193
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Helmonts
                     
                       Via
                       Media
                    
                     of
                     
                       Elixir
                       Prop●ietatis
                       .
                       ●94
                    
                     .
                     And
                     the
                     perfuming
                     it
                     by
                     cohobations
                     with
                     Musk
                     and
                     Amber
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     A
                     Commendation
                     of
                     Helmont's
                     Medicines
                     .
                     195
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     Chymistry
                     .
                     196
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     Noble
                     Menstruums
                     particularly
                     .
                     
                       196
                       ,
                       ●97
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     power
                     of
                     Sal-Taltari
                     Volatized
                     .
                     198
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     possibility
                     of
                     Volatizing
                     it
                     199
                  
                   
                     That
                     there
                     may
                     be
                     other
                     Menstruums
                     besides
                     such
                     as
                     are
                     Acid
                     ,
                     Urinous
                     ,
                     or
                     Alcalizate
                     .
                     200
                  
                   
                     How
                     these
                     severally
                     disarm
                     and
                     destroy
                     one
                     another
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     what
                     an
                     Acid
                     Menstruum
                     dissolves
                     an
                     Vrinous
                     or
                     Alcalizate
                     doth
                     precipitate
                     .
                     ib.
                     Of
                     a
                     Menstruum
                     unlike
                     to
                     all
                     these
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     IX
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     Chymistry
                     it self
                     (
                     much
                     more
                     Physiology
                     )
                     is
                     capable
                     of
                     affording
                     a
                     New
                     and
                     better
                     
                       Methodus
                       Medendi
                       .
                       201
                       ,
                       202
                       ,
                       203
                    
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     ,
                     to
                     prove
                     that
                     the
                     unusual
                     efficacies
                     of
                     New
                     Remedies
                     may
                     alter
                     and
                     make
                     the
                     method
                     of
                     Curing
                     more
                     compendious
                     .
                     204.
                     
                     In
                     the
                     Kings-Evil
                     .
                     ib.
                     In
                     Plurisies
                     .
                     205.
                     
                     In
                     the
                     Rickets
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     X.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     great
                     Cures
                     may
                     be
                     done
                     by
                     outward
                     Applications
                     .
                     207
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     efficacy
                     of
                     
                       Lapis
                       Nephriticus
                    
                     and
                     divers
                     other
                     
                       Appensa
                       .
                       208
                       ,
                       209
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Cures
                     of
                     the
                     Dropsy
                     and
                     
                     
                       Schyrrhus
                       Lienis
                    
                     by
                     the
                     external
                     application
                     of
                     Spunges
                     dipt
                     in
                     Lime
                     water
                     .
                     210
                  
                   
                     Of
                     strange
                     Cures
                     perform'd
                     neer
                     Rome
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Serpentine
                       Grotta
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Operations
                     of
                     
                       Suphur
                       Cantharides
                    
                     and
                     Quicksilver
                     ,
                     and
                     Tobacco
                     externally
                     applied
                     .
                     211
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     in
                     divers
                     Medicines
                     which
                     have
                     differing
                     effects
                     inwardly
                     given
                     ,
                     and
                     outwardly
                     applied
                     .
                     
                       212
                       ,
                       213
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     preparation
                     may
                     much
                     improve
                     Simples
                     which
                     are
                     outwardly
                     applied
                     .
                     ib.
                     Instances
                     in
                     divers
                     preparations
                     of
                     Gold.
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     An
                     Oyntment
                     made
                     of
                     
                       Aurum
                       fulminans
                    
                     for
                     the
                     Haemorrhoides
                     and
                     
                       Veneral
                       Ulcers
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     The
                     Cure
                     of
                     a
                     Person
                     esteem'd
                     bewitcht
                     by
                     an
                     appended
                     Mineral
                     .
                     214
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     Jasper
                     to
                     stanch
                     Blood.
                     215
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       Incontinentia
                       Urinae
                    
                     Cured
                     by
                     the
                     powder
                     of
                     a
                     Toad
                     burnt
                     alive
                     and
                     hung
                     about
                     the
                     neck
                     .
                     216
                  
                   
                     Effects
                     ascribed
                     to
                     Witchcraft
                     cured
                     
                       Per
                       appensa
                       .
                       217
                    
                  
                   
                     Paracelsus
                     cured
                     Quartan's
                     by
                     a
                     Plaister
                     .
                     218
                  
                   
                     Diseases
                     Cured
                     by
                     Frights
                     .
                     219
                     Physick
                     now
                     in
                     China
                     in
                     a
                     good
                     condition
                     ,
                     without
                     
                       Phlebotomy
                       ,
                       Potions
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     
                       Issues
                       .
                       2●0
                    
                  
                   
                     Where
                     practitioners
                     of
                     Physick
                     are
                     illiterate
                     ,
                     there
                     Specificks
                     may
                     be
                     best
                     met
                     with
                     .
                     221
                  
                   
                     The
                     usefulnesse
                     of
                     the
                     knowledg
                     of
                     the
                     Medicines
                     of
                     Barbarous
                     Nations
                     .
                     
                       221
                       ,
                       222
                       ,
                       223
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     Comparison
                     of
                     this
                     Empirick
                     part
                     of
                     Physick
                     with
                     the
                     Rational
                     .
                     224
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XI
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     other
                     Extraordinary
                     Medicines
                     which
                     work
                     by
                     Magnetisme
                     ,
                     Transplantation
                     
                       &c.
                       225
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Cure
                     of
                     an
                     Vlcer
                     in
                     the
                     Bladder
                     by
                     the
                     Sympathetick
                     Powder
                     .
                     226
                  
                   
                     The
                     effects
                     of
                     the
                     Weapon-salve
                     and
                     other
                     Magnetical
                     Remedies
                     .
                     
                       227
                       228
                    
                  
                   
                     Observations
                     of
                     the
                     Transplantation
                     of
                     Diseases
                     .
                     
                       229
                       ,
                       230
                       ,
                       231
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     sometimes
                     not
                     succeeding
                     of
                     Magnetical
                     Medicines
                     no
                     sufficient
                     cause
                     to
                     abandon
                     their
                     Vse
                     .
                     232
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Chap.
                         XII
                         .
                      
                       
                         Instances
                         of
                         divers
                         Cures
                         upon
                         Bruits
                         ,
                         and
                         how
                         these
                         are
                         appliable
                         to
                         men
                         .
                         
                           233
                           ,
                           234
                           ,
                           235
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XIII
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     handling
                     of
                     Physical
                     Matters
                     was
                     anciently
                     thought
                     to
                     
                     belong
                     to
                     the
                     Naturalist
                     .
                     236
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     rejecting
                     Specificks
                     ,
                     because
                     they
                     make
                     no
                     visible
                     Evacuation
                     is
                     irrational
                     .
                     237
                  
                   
                     That
                     great
                     changes
                     may
                     be
                     made
                     only
                     by
                     displacing
                     without
                     any
                     Evacuation
                     of
                     the
                     parts
                     .
                     238
                  
                   
                     The
                     making
                     of
                     Vinegers
                     is
                     an
                     Instance
                     of
                     this
                     truth
                     ,
                     especially
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Indies
                       .
                       ib.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     in
                     Sura
                     and
                     the
                     Iuice
                     of
                     
                       Mandioca
                       .
                       239
                    
                  
                   
                     In
                     the
                     Effects
                     of
                     Thunder
                     and
                     Earthquakes
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     Instances
                     to
                     prove
                     that
                     invisible
                     Corpuscles
                     may
                     passe
                     from
                     Amulets
                     ,
                     and
                     cause
                     great
                     alterations
                     in
                     the
                     Iuices
                     of
                     a
                     Mans
                     Body
                     .
                     240
                  
                   
                     Galens
                     Example
                     of
                     Peiony-Root
                     &c.
                     
                       240
                       ,
                       241
                       ,
                       242
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Purging
                     by
                     the
                     Odor
                     of
                     Potions
                     .
                     243
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Purging
                     and
                     Vomiting
                     Quality
                     of
                     the
                     Air
                     of
                     the
                     Mountain
                     
                       Pariacaca
                       .
                       243.244
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     power
                     of
                     Steams
                     seen
                     in
                     the
                     Infectious
                     
                       Effluvia
                       .
                       244
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     alterations
                     made
                     by
                     the
                     Passions
                     of
                     the
                     mind
                     .
                     245
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XIV
                     .
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     Instances
                     of
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     Imagination
                     .
                     246
                  
                   
                     An
                     Instance
                     of
                     the
                     Hair
                     of
                     the
                     Head
                     chang'd
                     in
                     Colour
                     upon
                     a
                     sudden
                     Fear
                     .
                     247
                  
                   
                     How
                     the
                     Authors
                     discourse
                     concerning
                     the
                     power
                     of
                     Effluvia
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     understood
                     .
                     248
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     particular
                     State
                     of
                     disposition
                     of
                     the
                     Engine
                     of
                     humane
                     Body
                     is
                     considerable
                     as
                     to
                     the
                     effects
                     of
                     these
                     Impressions
                     .
                     
                       249
                       ,
                       250
                       ,
                       251
                       ,
                       252
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     effects
                     of
                     the
                     Moss
                     growing
                     on
                     Humane
                     skill
                     in
                     stanching
                     Blood
                     253
                  
                   
                     Burnt
                     Feathers
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     Smoak
                     of
                     Tobacco
                     remove
                     ,
                     Hysterical
                     fits
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Cures
                     of
                     Dysenteries
                     by
                     Fumesi
                     254.
                     
                     And
                     by
                     sitting
                     on
                     a
                     hot
                     Anvil
                     .
                     ib.
                     Cures
                     of
                     the
                     Colick
                     by
                     Clysters
                     of
                     the
                     Smoke
                     of
                     Tobacco
                     .
                     ib.
                     Of
                     other
                     Cures
                     done
                     by
                     Smoak
                     .
                     255
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     sudden
                     ceasing
                     of
                     the
                     Plague
                     at
                     Grand
                     Cayro
                     in
                     
                       June
                       .
                       256
                       ,
                       257
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XV.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     Humane
                     Body
                     may
                     be
                     alter'd
                     by
                     such
                     Motions
                     as
                     Act
                     in
                     a
                     Grosse
                     ,
                     and
                     meerly
                     Mechanical
                     manner
                     prov'd
                     by
                     divers
                     Instances
                     .
                     
                       258
                       259
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Instance
                     of
                     the
                     Cure
                     of
                     the
                     biting
                     of
                     the
                     Tarantula
                     by
                     Musick
                     particularly
                     modified
                     .
                     
                       260
                       ,
                       261
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                   
                     Chap.
                     XVI
                     .
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     instances
                     of
                     the
                     
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     Peculiar
                     aversion
                     of
                     particular
                     persons
                     from
                     particular
                     things
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     commotions
                     made
                     in
                     the
                     Body
                     thereby
                     .
                     
                       262
                       ,
                       263
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     since
                     the
                     Body
                     receives
                     such
                     alterations
                     from
                     such
                     unlikely
                     things
                     there
                     is
                     no
                     just
                     arguing
                     against
                     Specificks
                     ,
                     because
                     they
                     operate
                     not
                     by
                     any
                     Obvious
                     Quality
                     .
                     264
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Operations
                     of
                     Poysons
                     ,
                     and
                     Antidotes
                     .
                     
                       265
                       ,
                       266
                       ,
                       267
                    
                  
                   
                     What
                     is
                     to
                     be
                     done
                     when
                     the
                     Specifick
                     seems
                     likely
                     to
                     increase
                     the
                     Disease
                     .
                     268
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XVIII
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     Disquisition
                     concerning
                     the
                     Ordinary
                     Method
                     of
                     Physick
                     .
                     
                       268
                       ,
                       269
                       ,
                       270
                       ,
                       271
                    
                  
                   
                     Instances
                     of
                     some
                     Medicines
                     condemn'd
                     for
                     Noxious
                     which
                     yet
                     have
                     prov'd
                     Useful
                     .
                     272
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Use
                     of
                     Guajacum
                     for
                     Consumptions
                     and
                     Mercury
                     for
                     Palsies
                     .
                     273
                  
                   
                     That
                     there
                     are
                     divers
                     Concretes
                     as
                     to
                     sense
                     similar
                     ,
                     whose
                     different
                     parts
                     have
                     contrary
                     Qualities
                     ,
                     as
                     Rhubarb
                     ,
                     and
                     Oyl
                     Olive
                     .
                     274
                  
                   
                     Of
                     improbable
                     Cures
                     ,
                     viz.
                     of
                     a
                     Plurisy
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Laudanum
                       Opiatum
                       .
                       275
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     curing
                     Coughs
                     and
                     Consumptions
                     by
                     Saline
                     Medicines
                     .
                     276
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Curing
                     Phtisical
                     Consumptions
                     by
                     the
                     Acid
                     Smoak
                     of
                     Sulphur
                     :
                     277
                  
                   
                     The
                     Use
                     of
                     the
                     Livers
                     and
                     Galls
                     of
                     Eeles
                     in
                     expediting
                     the
                     hard
                     labour
                     of
                     Women
                     .
                     278
                  
                   
                     The
                     unlikely
                     Cure
                     of
                     Venome
                     by
                     Oyl
                     of
                     Scorpions
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     And
                     of
                     Fluxes
                     by
                     fresh
                     butter
                     melted
                     .
                     279
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XIX
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     it
                     is
                     very
                     hard
                     to
                     give
                     an
                     intelligible
                     Explication
                     of
                     the
                     Operation
                     of
                     Elective
                     and
                     other
                     common
                     Medicaments
                     which
                     are
                     not
                     Specifick
                     .
                     
                       280
                       ,
                       281
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     Poysons
                     do
                     respect
                     particular
                     parts
                     ,
                     and
                     therefore
                     Medicines
                     may
                     do
                     it
                     .
                     282
                  
                   
                     General
                     Explications
                     of
                     the
                     manmer
                     ,
                     how
                     these
                     Operations
                     of
                     Specificks
                     may
                     proceed
                     .
                     
                       ●83
                       ,
                       284
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     Vinegar
                     will
                     Operate
                     on
                     the
                     shell
                     and
                     not
                     upon
                     the
                     other
                     parts
                     of
                     the
                     Egge
                     with
                     like
                     instances
                     of
                     specifick
                     operations
                     .
                     285
                  
                   
                     That
                     Physick
                     as
                     it
                     began
                     by
                     Experience
                     so
                     it
                     must
                     be
                     enlarg'd
                     and
                     rectify'd
                     by
                     the
                     new
                     discoveries
                     of
                     
                     Experience
                     .
                     
                       286
                       ,
                       287
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Operations
                     of
                     the
                     Antimonial
                     Cup
                     ,
                     Glass
                     of
                     Antimony
                     and
                     
                       Crocus
                       Metallorum
                    
                     would
                     not
                     have
                     been
                     credited
                     in
                     Ancient
                     times
                     .
                     288
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     other
                     instances
                     alike
                     incredible
                     .
                     
                       289
                       ,
                       290
                       ,
                       291
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     strange
                     Cure
                     of
                     blindnesse
                     by
                     a
                     Mercurial
                     powder
                     .
                     292
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Chap.
                     XX.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Universal
                     Medicines
                     .
                     293
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     same
                     matter
                     may
                     cause
                     diverse
                     Diseases
                     .
                     294
                  
                   
                     And
                     the
                     same
                     Medicine
                     cure
                     them
                     295
                  
                   
                     An
                     Instance
                     in
                     the
                     Waters
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Spaa
                       .
                       296
                       ,
                       297
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     reason
                     and
                     designe
                     of
                     the
                     Authors
                     discourse
                     concerning
                     the
                     
                       Methodus
                       medendi
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     descending
                     to
                     other
                     particulars
                     which
                     may
                     be
                     thought
                     improper
                     for
                     Him.
                     
                       298
                       ,
                       299
                       ,
                       300
                       ,
                       301
                       ,
                       302
                    
                  
                   
                     That
                     this
                     Employment
                     is
                     better
                     then
                     the
                     more
                     fashionable
                     of
                     destructive
                     valour
                     .
                     303
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Angels
                     charitable
                     employment
                     at
                     Bethesda
                     is
                     more
                     desireable
                     then
                     his
                     who
                     destroy'd
                     in
                     one
                     night
                     18000
                     fighting
                     -
                     men
                     .
                     304
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 An
                 APPENDIX
                 to
                 the
                 
                   First
                   Section
                
                 of
                 the
                 Second
                 Part.
                 
              
               
                 Advertisements
                 touching
                 the
                 following
                 
                   Appendix
                   .
                   307
                   ,
                   308
                   ,
                   309
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   80
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     
                       Irish
                       Lithotomists
                    
                     Receipt
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Stone
                     in
                     the
                     Bladder
                     .
                     310
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   120
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     [
                     Where
                     the
                     Vertues
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Pilulae
                       Lunares
                    
                     are
                     toucht
                     at
                     .
                     ]
                     311
                  
                   
                     The
                     Preparation
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Pilulae
                       Lunares
                       .
                       312
                       ,
                       313
                       ,
                       314
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Dose
                     and
                     use
                     of
                     these
                     Pills
                     315
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   123
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     (
                     Where
                     mention
                     is
                     made
                     of
                     the
                     Cure
                     of
                     one
                     concluded
                     to
                     have
                     a
                     Gangrene
                     ,
                     by
                     an
                     inward
                     Medicine
                     .
                     )
                     316
                  
                   
                     
                       Sr
                       Walter
                       Rawleighs
                    
                     Cordial
                     ,
                     after
                     
                       Sr
                       R.
                       K.
                    
                     his
                     way
                     :
                     (
                     set
                     dowm
                     Verbatim
                     as
                     the
                     Author
                     received
                     it
                     .
                     )
                     317
                  
                   
                     How
                     to
                     make
                     the
                     Tincture
                     of
                     
                     Coral
                     for
                     this
                     
                       Cordial
                       .
                       318
                    
                  
                   
                     [
                     
                       To
                       the
                       123
                       Page
                    
                     ;
                     Where
                     a
                     Receipt
                     that
                     cur'd
                     Fistula's
                     is
                     mention'd
                     .
                     ]
                  
                   
                     A
                     Water
                     for
                     a
                     Fistula
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     manner
                     of
                     VVounds
                     ,
                     and
                     swellings
                     ,
                     or
                     old
                     Ulcers
                     ,
                     Cankers
                     ,
                     Tetters
                     ,
                     Boils
                     ,
                     or
                     Scabbs
                     in
                     any
                     place
                     ,
                     or
                     Green
                     Wounds
                     .
                     
                       319
                       ,
                       320
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   158
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Where
                     Soot
                     is
                     mentioned
                     .
                     321
                  
                   
                     Hartmans
                     preparation
                     of
                     Spirit
                     and
                     Oyl
                     of
                     Soot
                     .
                     322
                  
                   
                     The
                     Author
                     Directions
                     concerning
                     preparations
                     from
                     Soot
                     .
                     323
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   153
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     use
                     of
                     the
                     Preparations
                     of
                     Vrine
                     .
                     
                       324
                       ,
                       325
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   To
                   the
                   154
                   Page
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Preparations
                     of
                     Mans
                     Blood.
                     
                       326
                       ,
                       327
                    
                  
                   
                     Obstrvations
                     touching
                     the
                     manner
                     of
                     drawing
                     the
                     Volatile
                     Salts
                     and
                     Spirits
                     of
                     Blood
                     and
                     other
                     substances
                     belonging
                     to
                     the
                     Animal
                     Kingdome
                     .
                     
                       328
                       ,
                       329
                       ,
                       330
                       ,
                       331
                       ,
                       332
                       ,
                       333
                       ,
                       334
                    
                  
                   
                     How
                     to
                     draw
                     Tinctures
                     ,
                     as
                     of
                     Sulphur
                     &c.
                     with
                     the
                     Saline
                     Spirits
                     .
                     335
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   [
                   
                     To
                     the
                     164
                     ,
                     165
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     where
                     
                       Ens
                       Veneris
                    
                     is
                     treated
                     of
                     .
                     ]
                     336.
                     
                  
                   
                     How
                     the
                     Author
                     first
                     happened
                     upon
                     the
                     Preparation
                     of
                     
                       Ens
                       Veneris
                       .
                       337
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Process
                     used
                     by
                     the
                     Author
                     for
                     the
                     making
                     
                       Ens
                       Veneris
                       .
                       338
                    
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     Particular
                     Animadversions
                     concerning
                     these
                     Preparations
                     .
                     
                       339
                       ,
                       340
                       ,
                       341
                       ,
                       342
                       ,
                       343
                       ,
                       344
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Dose
                     and
                     use
                     of
                     
                       Ens
                       Veneris
                       .
                       345
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   [
                   
                     To
                     the
                     166
                     ,
                     167
                     ,
                     168
                     ,
                     169
                     ,
                     and
                     170
                     Page
                     .
                     346
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Of
                     Harts-horn
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     Three
                     waies
                     of
                     distilling
                     Harts-horn
                     .
                     
                       347
                       ,
                       348
                       ,
                       349
                    
                  
                   
                     Animadversions
                     on
                     some
                     preparations
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     of
                     Glauber
                     and
                     
                       Hartman
                       .
                       350
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     fourth
                     way
                     of
                     preparation
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     used
                     by
                     the
                     Author
                     .
                     
                       351
                       ,
                       352
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Vse
                     and
                     effects
                     of
                     Spirit
                     and
                     Salt
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     and
                     the
                     Dose
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     353
                  
                   
                     Q
                     Whether
                     in
                     the
                     Distillation
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     the
                     Salt
                     dispose
                     it selfe
                     into
                     the
                     Figure
                     of
                     the
                     Horn.
                     
                       354
                       ,
                       355
                    
                  
                   
                     
                     That
                     Bucks-horns
                     may
                     be
                     substituted
                     for
                     Stags-horns
                     .
                     356
                  
                   
                     How
                     to
                     keep
                     the
                     Spirit
                     and
                     Salt
                     of
                     Harts-horn
                     .
                     
                       ib.
                       357
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Sal-Armoniack
                     and
                     divers
                     attempts
                     and
                     waies
                     of
                     preparing
                     it
                     .
                     
                       358
                       ,
                       359
                       ,
                       360
                       ,
                       361
                       ,
                       362
                       ,
                       363
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Preparations
                     of
                     Saline
                     and
                     Sulphureous
                     Fetid
                     Liquors
                     .
                     364
                  
                   
                     The
                     way
                     of
                     making
                     the
                     common
                     Balsam
                     or
                     Ruby
                     of
                     
                       Sulphur
                       .
                       365
                    
                  
                   
                     To
                     Volatize
                     the
                     Balsam
                     of
                     Sulphur
                     .
                     
                       ib.
                       366
                    
                  
                   
                     Penotus
                     his
                     preparation
                     of
                     a
                     Sulphureous
                     Balsam
                     with
                     the
                     Authors
                     Advertisements
                     upon
                     it
                     .
                     367
                  
                   
                     Of
                     an
                     Excellent
                     Balsam
                     of
                     Sulphur
                     made
                     onely
                     with
                     Oyl-Olive
                     .
                     368
                  
                   
                     The
                     common
                     way
                     of
                     preparing
                     it
                     .
                     
                       369
                       ,
                       370
                    
                  
                   
                     Other
                     waies
                     of
                     preparing
                     this
                     Balsam
                     .
                     
                       371
                       ,
                       372
                    
                  
                   
                     A
                     Balsam
                     of
                     Antimony
                     .
                     373
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     obscure
                     and
                     Cryptical
                     way
                     of
                     Writing
                     of
                     Chymists
                     .
                     
                       374
                       ,
                       375
                    
                  
                   
                     Concerning
                     the
                     Empyreuma
                     of
                     Chymical
                     Extracts
                     and
                     their
                     offensiveness
                     compared
                     with
                     the
                     Galenical
                     and
                     those
                     which
                     are
                     commonly
                     ●sed
                     by
                     Methodists
                     .
                     
                       377
                       ,
                       378
                       ,
                       379
                       ,
                       380
                       ,
                       381
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     And
                     whether
                     the
                     offensiveness
                     of
                     divers
                     Chymical
                     Medicines
                     proceed
                     from
                     the
                     violence
                     of
                     the
                     Fire
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     Nature
                     of
                     the
                     Matter
                     ?
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     A
                     Way
                     of
                     taking
                     off
                     the
                     Fetidnesse
                     from
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Vrine
                     ,
                     Harts-horn
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                       382
                    
                  
                   
                     Observations
                     concerning
                     this
                     Method
                     of
                     taking
                     off
                     the
                     
                       Empyrema
                       .
                       383
                    
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Medicinal
                     Quality
                     of
                     these
                     aromatized
                     Salts
                     .
                     
                       384
                       ,
                       385
                       ,
                       386
                       ,
                       387
                       ,
                       388
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   [
                   
                     To
                     the
                     166
                     ,
                     page
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     VVhere
                     the
                     Author
                     promises
                     a
                     Declaration
                     ,
                     how
                     he
                     would
                     have
                     his
                     Praises
                     of
                     Medicines
                     understood
                     .
                     ]
                     
                       389
                       ,
                       390
                    
                  
                   
                     Divers
                     Disadvantages
                     of
                     Chymical
                     and
                     Empirical
                     Physick
                     in
                     the
                     way
                     of
                     usuall
                     Ministration
                     .
                     391
                  
                   
                     That
                     Chymical
                     processes
                     stand
                     more
                     in
                     need
                     of
                     clear
                     Relations
                     then
                     Galenical
                     .
                     392
                  
                   
                     Errors
                     in
                     the
                     Time
                     and
                     Dose
                     of
                     Chymical
                     Remedies
                     .
                     
                       393
                       ,
                       394
                    
                  
                   
                     
                     That
                     a
                     competent
                     Measure
                     of
                     Knowledg
                     is
                     absolutely
                     necessary
                     to
                     a
                     Practizer
                     of
                     Physick
                     .
                     
                       395
                       ,
                       396
                       ,
                       397
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       L.
                       Verulams
                    
                     Judgment
                     ,
                     That
                     approv'd
                     Receipts
                     ought
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     alter'd
                     but
                     religiously
                     adher'd
                     to
                     .
                     39●
                  
                   
                     Crato's
                     judgment
                     herein
                     ,
                     and
                     how
                     the
                     Author
                     concurreth
                     with
                     that
                     Eminent
                     Physitian
                     .
                     399
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     greater
                     Arcana
                     and
                     more
                     Vniversal
                     Medicines
                     ,
                     the
                     Efficacy
                     of
                     which
                     may
                     compensate
                     the
                     want
                     of
                     skill
                     in
                     the
                     Prescriber
                     .
                     ib.
                     
                  
                   
                     The
                     Summe
                     and
                     Conclusion
                     of
                     the
                     point
                     in
                     controversy
                     .
                     400
                  
                
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ERRATA
               Of
               the
               Second
               Part.
               
            
             
               Pag.
               4.
               lin
               .
               28.
               
               Read
               
                 hath
                 hitherto
              
               .
               p.
               7.
               l.
               19.
               
               God-li●e
               .
               p.
               27.
               l.
               23.
               peradventure
               .
               p.
               31.
               l.
               11.
               
               Chyle
               .
               p.
               32.
               l.
               8.
               
               Embracers
               .
               p.
               34.
               l.
               18.
               
               Saline
               .
               p.
               35.
               l.
               2.
               deserve
               .
               p.
               36.
               l.
               11.
               analysed
               .
               l.
               30.
               
               Vineger
               .
               p.
               38.
               l.
               20.
               
               Lientery
               .
               l.
               23.
               paracentesis
               p.
               39.
               l.
               20.
               
               Onion
               .
               And
               l.
               26.
               
                 from
                 that
              
               .
               p.
               40.
               l.
               5.
               
               Concretes
               .
               p.
               43.
               l.
               26.
               
                 self
                 ,
                 then
              
               p.
               45.
               l.
               10.
               
                 well
                 incorporated
              
               .
               p.
               46.
               l.
               19.
               
               
                 Ancients
                 must
              
               .
               p.
               7●
               .
               l.
               1●
               .
               oporte●
               .
               l.
               17.
               
               Hippocrates
               .
               p
               97.
               l.
               9.
               
                 cum
                 saliva
              
               .
               p.
               150.
               l.
               5.
               aliquot
               .
               p.
               151.
               l.
               1.
               tantas
               l.
               7.
               
                 ciere
                 .
                 Quod.
              
               p.
               153.
               l.
               9.
               
                 an
                 antient
              
               .
               p.
               172.
               l.
               12.
               temperate
               .
               p.
               194.
               l.
               17.
               
               Elixi●
               .
               p.
               200.
               l.
               penult
               
                 is
                 farre
              
               .
               p.
               202.
               l.
               13
               
                 h●buit
                 Medicina
              
               .
               p.
               206.
               l.
               ult
               .
               
                 him
                 ,
                 You.
              
               p.
               207.
               l.
               25.
               anoma●ous
               .
               p.
               214.
               l.
               24.
               electrum
               .
               p.
               216.
               l.
               penult
               .
               Patients
               .
               p.
               227.
               l.
               24.
               comprobato
               .
               p.
               269.
               l.
               23.
               
                 there
                 are
                 divers
              
               .
               p.
               270.
               l.
               antep
               .
               troublesome
               .
               p.
               272.
               l.
               21.
               dele
               non
               .
               p.
               386.
               l.
               17.
               make
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A29031-e800
           
             
               A●ist
               :
               de
               Part
               :
               Aa●m
               :
               l●b
               .
            
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Seneca
               in
               P●aes
               .
               lib.
            
             I.
             
               Nat
               :
               Quaest.
            
             
          
           
             
               Sen
               :
               de
               Otio
               Sa●
               .
               c.
            
             32.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Part.
               Anim.
               lib.
            
             4.
             c.
             1●
             .
          
           
             Isaiah
             41.
             
             ●
             .
             Iames
             11.23
             .
          
           
             a
             
               Pli●
               .
               lib.
            
             25
             ▪
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             18.
             cap.
             26.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Id
               :
               lib.
            
             25.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e2880
           
             Job
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             16.4
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.36
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             19.1
             .
          
           
             Job
             3●
             .
             5
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Sen.
               de
               Otio
               Sap.
               Cap.
            
             32.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1
             .
             2●
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.14
             ,
             1●
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Is.
             45
             .
             2●
             .
          
           
             Psa●
             .
             5.
             
             ●
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             G●n
             .
             2.28
             ,
             26
             ,
             29.
             
             Ps●●
             8
             7.
             
             Heb
             2
             7.
             
             Iob
             5
             3.
             
             Ho.
             2.28
             ,
             21
             ,
             22.
             
             Rom.
             8
             28.
             2
             
             Cor
             3.22
             .
             2
             Tim.
             4
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             King
             ,
             6.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.3
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             13.54
             ,
             55.
             
          
           
             
               I●
               P●obl
               .
               de
               Creat
            
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             10.25
             .
             Gen.
             6.9
             .
          
           
             2
             P●t
             .
             2.15
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             8.21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             do
             
               De
               Ira
            
             cap.
             27.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Ira
               Dei
            
             cap.
             13.
             
          
           
             
               De
               B●n●s
            
             .
             cap.
             23.
             
          
           
             2
             do
             
               De
               Nat.
               Deo●
            
             .
          
           
             
               Gassend
               .
               Inst.
               Astr.
               lib.
            
             2.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Gass●●d
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             ca●
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             104.24
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             13.19
             ,
             ●0
             
          
           
             Isa.
             40.28
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             10.16
             .
          
           
             
               Gassend
               ▪
               in
               Vit.
               Pe●resk●
            
             ,
             lib.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Jo
               :
               Fabe●
               Lynceu●
            
             in
             hi●
             Exposit●on
             of
             some
             Passages
             of
             p.
             568.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             ●6
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             N●hem
             .
             9.6
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             8.1
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             19.1
             .
          
           
             Acts
             2.11
             .
          
           
             
               D.
               Aug.
               Hom.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.36
             ,
             37.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             8.3
             ,
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e5920
           
             Habb
             .
             2.2
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Merc.
                 Trism
                 .
                 lib.
              
               1.
               
            
             
               Englished
               by
               Dr.
               Everard
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sen.
               li.
            
             7.
             cap.
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               Philo
               Jud.
               de
               Monarchia
            
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             ●
             .
             2
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.24
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             3●
             .
             ●3
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             103
             :
          
           
             Rev.
             4.11
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             7.
             cap.
             24.
             
          
           
             See
             of
             the
             Abyssine
             or
             Aethiopian
             Christians
             ;
             and
             likewise
             of
             the
             Maron●tes
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             their
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Saturday
             ,
             
               Alex
               :
               Rasse
            
             in
             his
             view
             of
             all
             Religions
             ,
             and
             the
             Authors
             by
             him
             ci●ed
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.20
             .
          
           
             Job
             12.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e7250
           
             
               
                 Physiologo
                 qui
                 veritatem
                 contemplatur
                 ultimarum
                 causarum
                 cognitio
                 non
                 finis
                 est
                 ,
                 sed
                 initiū
                 ad
                 primas
                 supremasque
                 causas
                 proficiscendi
                 .
              
               Pluta●ch
               :
               lib.
               de
               primo
               Frigido
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
                 Aristot
                 .
                 Ethic.
                 Nicom
                 .
                 lib.
              
               3.
               cap.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             Acts
             15.18
             .
          
           
             
               Aristot
               :
               Metaphys
               :
               lib.
            
             12.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Nat
               :
               Deorum
            
             ,
             lib.
             10.
          
           
             
               Idem
               ibidem
            
             .
          
           
             
               Simpl
               :
               in
               India
               nascenti
               .
               lib.
            
             1.
             cap.
             47.
             
          
           
             *
             Tanta
             ergo
             qui
             videat
             ,
             &
             talia
             potest
             existimare
             nullo
             aff●cta
             esse
             consilio
             ,
             nulla
             p●ov●●●nt●a
             ,
             nulla
             rat●one
             divinâ
             ,
             s●d
             〈◊〉
             subtil●bus
             ex
             〈…〉
             ●ss●
             tanta
             m●racula
             ▪
             Nonne
             p●od●g●o
             simile
             est
             ,
             aut
             natum
             esse
             hom●nem
             qui
             haec
             d●ceret
             ,
             ut
             Lucippum
             ,
             aut
             ext●t●●s●
             qui
             creder●t
             ,
             ut
             Democ●itum
             ,
             qui
             aud●tor
             ejus
             fu●t
             ,
             vel
             Ep●cu●●m
             in
             quem
             v●nita●
             omni●●e
             Lucippi
             fonte
             profluxit
             .
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             11
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e9230
           
             
               Arist
               :
               de
               Mundo
               ,
               Cap.
            
             6
             :
          
           
             Ibidem
             .
          
           
             
               Eodem
               Cap.
            
             
          
           
             
               Eodem
               Cap.
            
             
          
           
             
               Galenus
               ,
               lib.
            
             30.
             
             
               De
               usu
               Partium
            
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             139
             v.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Galen
               de
               plac
               :
               Hip
               :
               &
               Plat
               :
               Libr
               :
            
             7.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             3.
             
             
               De
               usu
               Part.
            
             
          
           
             
               Libro
               de
               Mundo
               ,
               Cap.
            
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Alibi
               eodem
               Cap.
            
             
          
           
             Psalm
             C.
             3.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             V.
             20.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Parac●l
               :
               de
               Mineral
               ;
               Tract
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             Advan
             :
             of
             Learning
             ,
             Lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             28.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             11.19
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             1.13
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             1.18
             .
          
           
             2
             Kings
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Seneca
               Nat
               :
               Quaest
               :
               lib.
            
             2.
             cap.
             59.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             28.25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             31.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             47.7
             .
          
           
             Psa.
             150.2
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             12.1
             .
          
           
             Tim.
             1.1
             .
             Tit.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             
               Hermes
               Tresmeg
               .
               In
               Asclep
               .
               cap.
            
             15.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             13.15
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.36
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e15880
           
             *
             
               Hippo.
               Apho
            
             31.
             lib.
             5.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commen●
               :
               in
               Aph
            
             :
             1.
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Arist.
               lib.
               de
               sensu
               &
               sensili
               ,
               cap.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Arist.
               Hist.
               Ani.
               l●b
            
             .
             1.
             cap.
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Voyage
               de
               Muscovie
               &
               de
               Perse
               ,
               pag.
            
             128
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e17230
           
             
               Helmont
               de
               Lith
               :
               cap.
            
             3.
             
             &
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Voyage
               de
               Moscovie
               &
               de
               Perse
               ,
            
             pag.
             334
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e18570
           
             
               Riverius
               in
               Observat
            
             :
          
           
             Al●xand
             :
             Trajan
             Pet●onius
             .
             l●b
             .
             5.
             
             De
             M●r
             :
             Gall●co
             ,
             c.
             1.
             apud
             Ske
             kium
             in
             Observ
             :
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Li●h
               :
               c.
            
             7.
             num
             :
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Medicus
               Rochlizensis
            
             .
          
           
             Helmont
             in
             the
             Treat●se
             which
             he
             entitles
             Butler
             .
          
           
             
               De
               Medicina
            
             ,
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             10.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e21020
           
             History
             of
             the
             Barbado's
             ,
             pag.
             29
             ,
             30
             ,
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Voyage
               de
               Muscovie
               &
               de
               Perse
               ,
            
             p.
             m.
             23.
             
          
           
             History
             of
             
               China
               ,
               par
            
             .
             1.
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Linschoten's
             Voyages
             ,
             Book
             1.
             
             Chap
             26
             
          
           
             Lib.
             4.
             
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             4.
             
             Cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Manna
            
             cap.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               In
               consilio
               Medicinali
               in
               catarrh●
               calido
               pro
               Principi
               quodam
               .
            
          
           
             
               Obs
               :
               Lib.
            
             4.
             
             
               Cap.
               ultimo
            
             .
          
           
             Dialogo
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Linscotens
             Voyages
             ,
             chap.
             56.
             —
             When
             they
             desire
             to
             have
             no
             Cocus
             ,
             or
             Fruit
             thereof
             (
             namely
             of
             the
             Palm-trees
             )
             they
             cut
             the
             Blossoms
             of
             the
             Cocus
             away
             ,
             and
             binde
             a
             round
             Pot
             ,
             with
             a
             narrow
             mouth
             (
             by
             them
             called
             Calao
             )
             fast
             to
             the
             Tree
             ,
             and
             then
             stop
             the
             same
             close
             ,
             round
             about
             with
             Pot-ea●th
             ,
             so
             that
             neither
             Wind
             nor
             Air
             can
             enter
             in
             ,
             or
             come
             forth
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             sort
             ,
             the
             Pot
             ,
             in
             short
             space
             ,
             is
             full
             of
             Water
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             Sura
             ;
             and
             is
             very
             pleasant
             D●ink
             ,
             like
             sweet
             Whay
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             better
             .
          
           
             
               Apud
               Joh
               :
               de
               Lact.
               descrip
               .
               Indiae
               ,
               l.
            
             10.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Apud
               cu●dem
               ●odem
               loco
            
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             Aphorism
             96.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e23620
           
             
               Helmont
               ,
               De
               Febribus
            
             ,
             c.
             14.
             
             See
             also
             the
             same
             Author
             in
             
               Tractat
               :
               quem
               vocat
               Arcana
               .
               Paracels
               :
               &
               Lib.
               de
               Febr.
               Cap.
            
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Apud
               Mo●ard
               :
               de
               simplic
               :
               Medic.
               pag.
            
             84.
             
          
           
             
               Epitome
               scientia
               naturalis
            
             .
             lib.
             2.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Apud
               Sh●od●rum
               in
               Pharmacop
            
             :
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             18.
             
             Dr.
             
               J.
               C.
            
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               in
               Pharmac
               :
               &
               dispens
               :
               Modern
               .
               numero
            
             46.
             
          
           
             
               H●●mont
               Tractat
               :
               su●ra
               al●egato
            
             .
             Numero
             46.47
             .
          
           
             H●lmont
             pag.
             466.
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               de
               Lithiasi
            
             .
             lib.
             7.
             cap.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               i●
               Pharmacop
               .
               &
               dispens
               .
               Modern
               .
               N.
            
             46
             ,
             47.
             
          
           
             *
             Of
             the
             efficacy
             of
             unpromising
             Medicines
             .
          
           
             
               Schroder
               Pharnacop
            
             .
             lib.
             3.
             c.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Bo●tius
               in
            
             cap.
             45.
             
             
               Garcia
               ab
               Orta
            
             .
          
           
             
               Idem
               cap.
               46.
               
            
             
               
                 Gartia
                 ab
                 Orta
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Helmont
               ,
               Pharma
               :
               &
               Dispensat
               :
               Nov.
               p.
            
             458
             
          
           
             See
             his
             
               Currus
               Triumphalis
               Antimonii
            
             .
          
           
             In
             tractatulo
             cui
             titul
             .
             
               sequuntur
               ●uaedam
               Imperf●ctio●a
            
             .
          
           
             Helm
             .
             
               de
               febr
               .
               cap.
            
             5.
             num
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             Helm
             .
             
               de
               feb●
               .
               ca●
            
             .
             17.
             
               vers
               .
               f●acm
            
             .
          
           
             Helm
             .
             
               de
               scholar
               .
               Humo●ista
               .
               pass
               ,
               decept
               .
               cap.
            
             2.
             numero
             89.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Praefa●●●
               ,
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Commentar
               .
               Apho●is
            
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Pa●acelsus
             in
             his
             P●eface
             to
             his
             Be●theona
             ,
             or
             
               Chirurgia
               Mi●o●
            
             .
          
           
             Franciscus
             Bernius
             ,
             Donzellinus
             ,
             Ernestus
             Burgravius
             ,
             
               who
               commend
               it
               upon
               their
               own
               experience
               ,
               besides
               very
               many
               that
               commend
               in
               general
               termes
               .
            
          
           
             (a)
             De
             Lapid
             :
             &
             Gemm
             :
             lib
             :
             2.
             cap
             :
             11.
             
          
           
             (b)
             Nicolaus
             Monardes
             de
             simpli
             :
             Ind
             :
             Histor
             :
             
               Cap
               :
               seu
               Tit
            
             :
             20.
             
          
           
             (c)
             De
             Nephrit
             :
             lib
             :
             1.
             cap.
             24.
             
               where
               he
               hath
               nine
               or
               ten
               Observations
               which
               he
               calls
            
             Observationes
             rarae
             &
             inauditae
             de
             Lap
             :
             Nephritico
             .
          
           
             De
             Gem
             :
             &
             Lapidibus
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             23.
             
          
           
             Helm
             .
             de
             Febr.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Paracels
             .
             in
             Archidox
             Magic
             .
             lib.
             5.
             
          
           
             De
             Operat
             .
             Chirurg
             p.
             1.
             cap.
             51.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Lapid
               .
               &
               Gem.
               l.
            
             2.
             cap.
             102.
             
          
           
             
               In
               observa
               .
               Medic.
               oppido
               raris
               .
            
             pag.
             194.
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               ,
               de
               febr
            
             .
             cap.
             14.
             
               vers
               .
               finem
            
             .
          
           
             Cap.
             17.
             
               in
               sine
            
             .
          
           
             
               Observ
               :
               Cent.
            
             1
             ,
             Observ
             ;
             4●
             .
          
           
             H●story
             of
             
               China
               ,
               part
            
             .
             1.
             chap.
             12.
             
          
           
             [
             
               N
               B
            
             ]
          
           
             
               
                 Medicinae
                 faciendae
                 mediocr●m
                 habent
                 peritiam
                 .
                 —
                 Aegris
                 salsa
                 ,
                 acria
                 ,
                 &
                 plura
                 propo●unt
                 ,
                 dicente
                 Ma●f●o
                 ,
                 pisces
                 &
                 coachylia
                 Pha●maca
                 suavia
                 &
                 odorata
                 .
              
            
             
               [
               NB
               ]
               
                 Sanguinem
                 nunquam
                 eliciunt
                 ,
                 Magnam
                 Medicorum
                 dignitatem
                 vide●e
                 est
                 ex
                 Epistola
                 Almeidae
                 ubi
                 narrat
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Bern
               :
               Varenius
               ,
               in
               Descript
               :
               Regn
               :
               Japon
               .
               Cap.
               25.
               
            
          
           
             
               Gal
               :
               in
               Aphor
               :
               Hipp.
               Comment
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             
             Dialog
             :
             7.
             
          
           
             Voyages
             chap.
             ●4
             .
          
           
             Preface
             ,
             Lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Piso
               de
               Medic
               ;
               Br●si
            
             :
             Lib
             :
             2.
             
             Cap
             :
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Georg
               :
               Ent
               in
               Epistol
               :
               praefix
               :
               Exercit
               Harvei
               de
               Gen
               :
               Animal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Celsi
               p●●es●tione
               ad
            
             Lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               P●trus
               de
               Osma
               in
               E●ist
               .
               ad
               Monard
               .
               quae
               erstat
               .
               in
               libello
               de
               simplicibus
               medicamentis
               ex
               Occidentali
               India
               delatis
               .
            
          
           
             
               Panarola
               Fase
               :
               Arcan
            
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Centur.
             3.
             
             Observat
             .
             34.
             
          
           
             (a)
             
               River
               .
               C●nt
            
             .
             4.
             
             O●ser
             .
             63
             
          
           
             (b)
             
               River
               .
               Cent.
            
             4.
             
             Observ.
             19.
             
          
           
             (c)
             
               In
               Historiar
               .
               &
               Observ.
            
             3.
             
             
               Medico-●hysicar
               .
               Cent.
            
             3.
             
             Observ.
             28.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Some
               yea●s
               si●●e
               the
               pres●nt
            
             ESSAY
             
               was
               written
               ,
               I
               light●d
               on
               the
            
             66th
             
               O●se●vation
               of
               the
               industrious
            
             Bartholinus
             3
             Century
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             53
             Obs●rvation
             
               of
               his
            
             6
             Century
             ,
             
               in
               both
               which
               places
               giving
               instances
               of
               the
               Transplantation
               of
               Diseases
               he
               mentions
               ,
               b●sides
               some
               of
               those
               Examples
               deliver'd
               by
               us
               ,
               divers
               o●hers
               ;
               for
               which
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               refer
               you
               to
               the
               alledged
               places
               ,
               only
               in
               the
               last
               of
               those
            
             Observations
             
               deliver●ng
               some●hing
               as
               upon
               his
               own
               knowledg
               (
               which
               he
               does
               not
               in
               th●
               r●st
               of
               the
               instances
               .
               )
               th●t
               much
               confirm●s
               wh●t
               we
               have
               mention'd
               concerning
            
             Fludd
             .
             
               We
               shall
               annex
               it
               in
               his
               own
               words
               ,
            
             In
             Catello
             Milesio
             Avi
             nostri
             materni
             ,
             quem
             jam
             alit
             in
             aedibus
             suis
             Av●n●ulus
             meu●
             suspiciendus
             
               M.
               J●c●lus
               F●●ckius
               Phys
            
             P.P.
             &
             Academi●e
             nostrae
             senior
             ,
             evidentius
             haec
             pat●it
             trah●ndi
             facultas
             .
             Co●ico
             dolore
             to●q
             ●ebatur
             Avunculus
             ,
             Canis
             ventri
             impositus
             quum
             incalui●let
             ,
             u●gebat
             ex●tum
             ,
             vomuit
             veheme●ter
             et
             To●mina
             colica
             Avunc●li
             re●●serunt
             .
             Ancilla
             ejusdem
             in
             dolore
             dentium
             ●un●●m
             canem
             g●n●s
             apposuit
             ,
             sens●tque
             levamen
             ,
             sed
             canis
             do●orum
             impat●entia
             h●nc
             inde
             curs●ta●e
             et
             lat●a●e
             .
             Idem
             ex●ertus
             est
             scriba
             in
             Colli
             Tumore
             .
          
           
             Centur.
             X.
             Exp.
             997.
             
          
           
             Way
             to
             get
             Wea●th
             .
             Book
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Celsus
               in
               Praefatione
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             4.
             
             Cap.
             10.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             56.
             
          
           
             See
             Piso
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               De
               simp.
               Medi.
               facultatibus
               .
               Libro
               .
            
             6.
             
          
           
             Cent.
             3.
             
             Obs●r
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Cent.
             3.
             
             Obser.
             8.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             3
             cap.
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               In
               P●
               .
               〈◊〉
               .
               a●m
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             
             
               Ob.
               O●se●●at
            
             .
             99.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Medicina
               ●●gyptio●um
               ,
               l●b
            
             .
             1.
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             
               Ibidem
               ,
               cap.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Histor.
               Nae
               .
               Med.
               lib.
            
             2.
             cap.
             5.
             pag.
             33.
             
          
           
             
               Idem
               cap.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             
               M●surg
               .
               lib.
            
             9.
             cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Vbi
               sonatores
               q●i
               Musicá
               suā
               hoc
               ma●ū
               etiam
               publicis
               magistratus
               stipendiis
               ad
               pauperum
               reme●ium
               solati●●●●ue
               co●●●cti
               cu●a●e
               con●ueveru●t
               ,
               ad
               curas
               patientium
               certius
               faciliúsque
               accelera●das
               ,
               pri●o
               ●x
               in●●ctis
               quaerer●
               so●●●t
               ub●
               ,
               quo
               loco
               ,
               aut
               c●m●o
               ,
               aut
               cujus
               coloris
               Ta●an●ula
               era●
               ,
               à
               q●o
               morsus
               〈…〉
               .
               Quo
               f●cto
               indica●●m
               lo●um
               〈◊〉
               ,
               ubi
               f●equentes
               numero
               a●q●e
               omnis
               g●neris
               Ta●antulae
               〈◊〉
               te●endorum
               la●or●bus
               incumbu●t
               ,
               acced●re
               sol●nt
               Medici
               Citharaedi
               ,
               va●
               aque
               tentare
               h●rmonia●um
               〈◊〉
               :
               ad
               quae
               mi●um
               dictu
               ,
               n●nc
               h●s
               ●unc
               ill●s
               salta●e
               non
               secus
               ac
               duorum
               polychordo●um
               aequaliter
               〈…〉
               ,
               p●rso●atione
               ill●
               chor●ae
               ,
               quae
               simil●s
               si●i
               fu●rint
               to●o
               ,
               &
               aequalit●r
               tensae
               mo●●ntu●
               ,
               reliquis
               〈◊〉
               ,
               ita
               ut
               p●o
               simil●tu●ine
               &
               co●●itione
               Taran●ular●m
               nunc
               ●as
               nunc
               illas
               sal●are
               compe●iunt
               .
               Cum
               〈◊〉
               co●o●is
               Tar●●●ul●m
               quae
               à
               〈◊〉
               indicata
               f●●rat
               in
               saltum
               prorumpere
               viderint
               ,
               pro
               certissimo
               〈◊〉
               h●ben●
               ,
               mo●u●um
               se
               h●b●re
               ●erum
               &
               certum
               humori
               v●ne●ioso
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               proportionatum
               ,
               &
               ad
               〈…〉
               aptissim●
               ,
               quo
               si
               uta●tu●
               in●allib●l●m
               〈◊〉
               effectū
               se
               co●sequi
               asseveruunt
               .
            
             ]
             Kircher
             :
             Musurg
             :
             lib.
             9
             pa●t
             .
             2.
             cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             Histor
             :
             81.
             
          
           
             
               Vide
               Senner●i
               Practic
               .
               lib.
            
             1.
             p.
             2.
             cap.
             16.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             4.
             
             Cap.
             48.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             same
             Author
             ,
             Lib.
             3.
             under
             the
             Title
             Cur●ru
             .
          
           
             
               Hist.
               Nat.
               &
               Med.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Fab.
             Cent.
             3.
             obser
             .
             90.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             5.
             
             Part.
             5.
             
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mark
             5.26
             .
          
           
             Acts
             10.38
             .
             Mat.
             4.24
             ▪
             
          
           
             John
             5.14
             .
             2
             Kings
             19.35
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29031-e39800
           
             
               Hartm
               .
               prax
               .
               Chym.
            
             p.
             12.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Lit●iasi
            
             .
             c.
             3.
             n.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             p.
             153.
             
          
           
             *
             
               This
               ,
               if
               I
               misremember
               not
               ,
               was
               the
               Propo●tion
               I
               employ'd
               in
               the
               exactest
               of
               my
               Experiments
               of
               this
               kind
               ,
               but
               it
               seems
               to
               be
               Essential
               to
               the
               goodnesse
               of
               the
               Remedy
               :
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               serving
               chiefly
               but
               to
               keep
               the
               Blood
               from
               corrupting
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pract.
               Chym.
            
             p.
             190.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Augment
               .
               Scient
               .
               Lib.
            
             4.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Consil.
             322.
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               .
               in
               .
               Arcan
               .
               Paracels
               .
               pag.
            
             787.
             
          
           
             
               Helmont
               .
               in
               Arcan
               .
               Paracels
               .
               pag.
               in
            
             790.