The philosphical and physical opinions written by Her Excellency the Lady Marchionesse of Newcastle.

THE NATVRAL VVARS IN ANIMAL FIGVRES.

PART V.

CHAP. 167.

ALL animals after they are created, and have an animal life, the figure is inlarged by nou∣rishing motions, and sympathetical matter, these nourishing motions are disgesting mo∣tions, carrying those parts which are received by the senses, unto those parts that are created therein, building thereon, and fitting there∣with, strengthning by adding thicknesse, as well as inlarging by extention, yet all that is received into the stomack, is not nou∣rishing, the reason is that the temperament of the matter, is not sympathetical, that is agreeing not with the motions therein; For though it is not so antipathetical to make an open war, which war is sicknesse, yet they do hinder, and obstruct, like several factions, those natural motions which make health; but when the natural motions and tempers of humours are quite opposite to the food that is received, or the unnatural humours bred in the body by evil digestion, they become mutanous by the quantity that is received, or that ariseth from obstructions, whereupon there becomes a fierce and cruel fight of contrary motions, and temperaments of matter, and whilest they are in the battle, we say the body is sick,

and if the natural motions be not strong enough, to beat that evil, and dangerous matter out, or at least able to resist them so far, as to guard themselves until the evil parts do spend them∣selves with their own fury, or till the natural motions, and temperaments can have some assistance, as cordials, or physick, it destroyes the figure it fights with; but if the natural motions be more powerfull, either by their own strength, or by their assistance, then the mutinous and rebellious humours, or the foreign enemy, as surfets, and the like; but when they are beaten out, killed, or taken prisoners, which is to be purged, corrected, or purified, which makes the humours obe∣dient, and peaceable.

Chap. 168. Of the four natural Humours of the Body, and those that are inbred.

AS there is natural Fire, Aire, Water, and Earth, that is made by an intire creation derived from their own pro∣per principles.

As likewise a metamorphosed Fire, Aire, Water, and Earth.

So there are humours in Animal bodies, and in other bo∣dies; for all I can perceive, and though the bodies cannot be metamorphosed, yet the humours may.

But in every Animal body there is natural Melancholy, Choler, Flegme, and blood; the natural blood is the vital vapor; the natural Flegme is the radical moisture; the natural Choler is the radical heat, the natural Melancholly is the a∣nimal spirits, being the highest extract.

And if we do but observe those that be naturally melan∣cholly, have the soundest judgements, the clearest understand∣ing, the subtilest observation, and curiousest inventions, the most conceptions, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fancies, and the readiest wits; like∣wise the strongest passions, and most constant resolution. but humours which are inbred as flegme, choler, and Melan∣choly are made as Metamorphosed fire, aire, water, slime mud, and earth, as for example, the chylus is the matter that is me∣tamorphosed.

The dilating motions transform it from chylus to slime, from slime to water, from water to blood, from blood to vapor, from vapor to comfortable and lively heat, from comfortable and lively heat, to burning fevers and hectick fevers, and the like.

Likewise the chylus by contracting motions, turns from chylus to slime.

If they be cold contractions, it turns from slime to flegme, from flegme to heavy melancholly.

If hot contractions, it turns from chylus to temperat choler;

from temperat choler to choler adust, from choler adust, to melancholly; which from a slimy humour to a muddy humor, from a muddy humour, to an earthy dry humour.

Some sort of hot contractions make it sharp, some salt, some bitter.

Likewise, several sorts of salts, sharpnesse, and bitternesse, are wrought with mixt motions, cold contractions make the humour, glassy, and stony.

Hot contractions make the humours tough, clammy glutenous and stony.

Hot dilatings make the humour oylie, cold dilations watry.

Likewise, mixt motions makes mixt humours, and mixt tempers inclining to each side, as the motions predomi∣nate.

Chap. 169 The five natural Maladies of the body.

EVery diseased figure is either pained, sick, dissy, numb, weak, or mad, sometimes they meet all in one figure, these are distinct senses one from another; as for pain, al∣though every several part of the body hath different sense, yet they agree in the general, as to be all pain.

But sicknesse is quite different from pain, for it is another,* 1.1 sense; for to have a pain in the stomach, is not to be sicke in the stomach; neither is any part of the body, but the sto∣mach is liable to this sense; the head may ake, and the heart may ake, heel, or any part of the body; but none but the sto∣mach can be sick; Indeed it is a different sense from pain. Thirdly, a swimming, or diseases in the head, are different from both the other, it is a third sort of sense, neither is any other part of the body subject to this disease, but the head not properly, yet faintnesse, or weaknesse is a disease, as it were tempered with the three former diseases, as to have pain, sick, and dissy, or swimming, to be mixt or compounded into one disease, but it is so mixt and compounded into all three, as neither is perfectly or distinctly felt; so as it is no distinct sense* 1.2 this disease is generall to the whole body. The fift is mad∣nesse, this sense is neither painful, nor sick, nor dissy, but light in the head, which is different from dissy or swimming; but this disease infecteth with a distemper, the five outward senses. The last is a numbnesse, and deadnesse of particular parts; and sometimes of the whole body; but this disease is not onely a different sense, but an other nature, which is naturally un∣known to the figure; for the figure is not any wayes sensible thereof; indeed it is of the nature of sowning; for those that sown, the motions of the animal sense, and minde are quite altered for a time, but then the animal motions return, that is, rechanged to the proper motions again, so that those dead parts

that cannot be restored to the sense of touch, are as it were in a continual sown, for though in a sown the exterior motion are proper to the sense of touch is changed, yet the interior moti∣ons proper to the consistence, of that figure are not changed; for if the interior consistent motions were changed, it would turn to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, so in dead palsies, if the interior consistent motions were changed, those parts would corrupt as do dead carcases.

Numb palsies, ie different from dead palsies as fainting from sowning; for fainting is in the next degree to a sown, so a numb palsie, is the next degree to dead palsies.

Chap. 170. I will treat first of the motions that make sicknesse.

THe motions that cause sicknes are different according as the sicknes is, or rather the sicknesse is according to the different motions; for some motions are like the ebbing and flowing tides of the sea; For the humor furdles, or folds upwards, as the flowing tide, which most commonly provokes* 1.3 to cast, as overflowing the mouth of the stomack, but when the humour folds backward, as the ebbing waters do, that pro∣vokes to the stool; for as falling tides run from one place, they* 1.4 flows to another, so when the humour fals back from the mouth of the stomack, it overflows the belly, but if the hu∣mour neither overflows the belly, nor the mouth of the sto∣mack,* 1.5 it runs into the nerves, like as the water runs through the earth, and as the water breaks forth by springs, so doth the Humor by several 〈◊〉〈◊〉 eumes.

Again, some sorts of sicknesse in the stomack, are made by such kinde of motions as water boyling in a pot, over the fire, for as ebbing and flowing motions are running backward, and so forward, so boyling motions, are rising upward, and fal∣ling downward, there is as much difference in these motions, as betwixt vaughting and running; but these rising motions cause vapours to the head, for the thin parts which rise highest, when their rising strength failes, fall not hastily down again, but gather to a more solid body, as vapor from the earth doht into clouds, these clouds cause the dimnesse and darknesse of the sight, obstructing the light that is brought by the optick nerves. Again, there are other sorts of sicknesse in the stomack, caused by such motions, as are like the rolling of a barrel, the humour turning about in the figure of a barrel, which figure, or the like, is somewhat bigger in the middle, then the two ends, this humour in the stomack is most com∣monly tough and thick, being more united, and somtimes one end of this humour is as set upward, and the other down∣ward, and so turned as a barrel with the head upward, and sometimes moved as a barrel the longest way on the ground, these motions cause neither purging by vomits, nor stool, but thrust out into cold sweats; for though these are not so strong

dilating, or expulsing motions as ouer 〈◊〉〈◊〉, which forceth to vomit, or to purge, yet it extenuates by thrusting weakly out into a faint sweat, then there are other sorts of sickness, which are caused by such motions, as if meat were turning about on a spit, for the center of the humor removes not out of the place, although the circumference turns about; this is a con∣stant sickness, and the stomach hath no ease, untill the humor is taken out of the stomach by some stronger motions; as you would take a spit from the fire, or by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 motions, to hold the humor from turning: so there are millions of several motions, which makes several sicknesses in the stomach, for though the stomach can be but sick, yet the sickness is not always after one and the same manner.

Chap. 171. Of the motions which cause pains.

PAin is caused not onely by irregular motions, but cross motions, or rather, as I may say, jumbling motions; that is, motion beats upon motion, or, as I may say, runs upon each other, thronging and justling each other; and several sorts of pain in several parts of the body, are caused by different, cross, or beating motions, but if they be dilating motions, they beat upon one another, by shufling outward, like as foolish women do for place, tumbling upon each other to get foremost; those painful motions turn to sores, and putrifie, because di∣lating motions make moisture, and being perturbed, make corruption, but if they be such contracting motions which cause pains, they turn those parts that are pained to be harder, then naturally those parts are, as the stone dry liver, or brain, or the like; but if those pains be made of mixt motions, as some beat inward, and some outward, and so run cross, they are hard swelling that extends to the exterior parts, but will not break, as the King's Evil, or Gouts that lie in the flesh, or Sciatica, and many the like; for though the extenuating motions would burst out, yet the contracting motions keep in, and being both equally strong, neither get the better, for the time the pain is; and if the pain be amongst the sinews, it is caused either by contracting motions or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 motions, but not mixt, but as it were divided; for if it be extenuating mo∣tions, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sinews are irregularly stretch'd too far; if contract∣ing or atracting motions, they irregularly draw, or pull, or ga∣ther the sinews strings too short; if the paines be in the bones, they are onely cross motions, as if one should run one against the other, yet neither shuff backward nor push forwards, be∣ing equally strong; if in the flesh they are intangled motions, which make it incline towards black, as to seem purple, or read, or black.

And if the pain be in the skin, they are pricking motions, as if a needle should draw a thread in and out upon a cloath, or

the like, but in every pained part there is some difference in the manner of motions, although not in the nature of the motions.

Chap. 172. Of swiming or dissiness in the head.

DIssiness and swimming in the head is made by several sorts of motions, of such vapor as is condensed into winde, if winde be condensed, if not, it is rarified vapor turn∣ed into winde; and the agilness of the motions therein, causeth the force thereof, by an often repetition, giving no time for a repulse: but howsoever winde is made, either by rarification, or condensation, it is winde most commonly, which causeth that we call a swimming and dissiness in the head;* 1.6 for this condensed or rarified vapor, (which you will) when it is ex∣pulsed, flies violently about, carrying or driving whatsoever is bearable, loose or moveable along, or about with it, accor∣ding to the strength thereof; and if this winde be in those veins which incompass and run through the brain, it carries the bloud therein, with such an extraordinary and swift motion about the head, or brain, as it carries the senses, as it were, along with it, which makes the diseased think the brain turned round in the head, when it is onely the vapor, that wheels round therein, or about; but the lasting strength wasting by the violent swiftness, brings but a short trouble to the diseased, and seldom or never causeth a ruine, unless there be some vein broken by the violence thereof; but if it be a windy vapor, in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and larger parts of the head, it sometimes will gather like a ball, or like that we 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a spinning top, which spins about in the brain, whilest it hath strength, and when the strength fails, the spinning motion is done, and the vapor di∣sperseth, so the dissiness ceaseth; at other times those vapors will move like a whirlwinde, moving ascendingly, in lesser and lesser circles, until it brings a circle to a point in the shape of a pyramid; and when the strength abates, or that it breaks it self against more solid matter, the vapor disperses and so ex∣pulses, but this sort of motions is so violent, as it causes the di∣seas'd to fall, but soon to recover, for what is supernaturally violent cannot last long.

Chap. 173. Where the brain turns round, or not in the head.

ALthough thin vapor may get betwixt the skull and the brain, and likewise slimy 〈◊〉〈◊〉; yet I imagine not that the brain is loose from the skull, so as to flap, flash, or to strike against the sides of the skull, when the head is moved, or to turn round, although it is a common phrase, to say, my brain turns round in my head, when they are dissie; but imagine it

is not in the brain that turnes round, but the vapor or the humor therein; it is true, the brain turns round, when the whole body turns round, but so as it turns round with the head, as one part, not in the head as a part by it self; and the reason that the dis∣siness is cured by turning the contrary way, is, that the sensitive motions therein are turned toward their moderate, naturall, and accustomed manner of moving; for the violence of turn∣ing round, forces the sensitive motions, as the winde doth the air, or water, driving all one way, as before it, or rather like* 1.7 a scrue, or a wheel that windes up those motions, as thread up∣on a spindle, and so unwinds the contrary way.

Chap. 174. Of the sound or noise in the head.

WHen there is a thin vapor got into the head, as betwixt the skull and the brain, and runs about in Circular lines as a string about a wheele, it makes a humming noise, as a turning wheel doth, and the more by reason the head as well as the vaporous lines is spherical, and though the brain may stick close to the scull, yet not so close but a thin vapor may get betwixt; but if the vapor be gathered into little hollow balls like cymbals, and runs about the head, it causeth a noise like those cymbals, as a tickling or gingling noise.

But if the vapour in the head hath intermitting motions, the sound is like musical instruments, for the stops like notes, make the divisions according to the several motions in the head, is the sound made therein, although the ear is stopp'd without.

Chap. 175. Of Weakness.

SOwning is caused by the obstruction of the spirits, or too great evacuations, or when any thing suppresses, or laies siege to the heart, or head, they being the magazine of the life of the body, wherein the least disorder is like fire to gun∣powder: Weakness is caused by a too much relaxing of the sinews, and small fibres of the body, which are like laths to an house, and flesh like the morter laid thereon. The bones like the strong timber rafters and beams therein, which when the morter is worn off, the laths are apt to loosen; so when the body is lean, the flesh is wasted, the sinews are apt to slacken.

Again, some are weak, by reason the sinews are boyl'd too tender, as too much towards a jelly, which the body will be after moist extenuating diseases, as after extraordinary sweatings, small pox, measels, or the like, or in hydropical diseases.

Weakness is in a degree to death, as being towards a final or general expulsion of the figure.

Chap. 176. Of numb and dead palsies.

A Dead palsie is not onely made by mis-tempered matter, and disordered motions, but by unnatural motions, as improper to the nature of that kinde of figure, working, or mis-working most commonly upon the exterior parts, drawing up or shutting close those passages that should be open, work∣ing by contrary motions, from the nature of the figure, which causes insensibility, but as long as the vital parts be untouch'd, which are the stewards, and trustees, to the life of the body, which are to dispose, discharge, and direct, to take in and lay out, for the subsistance of the body (as I may say) as long as these are untouch'd, the life of the body may subsist, although the other particular parts be as we say dead, or lost to the na∣tural use of the body. A numb palsie is of the same nature, but not of the same degree; as for comparison, a dead palsie is, as if a door, for common and necessary passage, should be close shut and lock'd, or nail'd up; and a numb palsie is as if the door or doors should be half open, and according as it is open, or shut, the numb palsie is more or less, but both dead; and numb palsies are occasioned by some unnatural contracti∣ons, for if it were by some unnaturall expulsions, the parts in∣fected would rot, and fall from the other parts, as 〈◊〉〈◊〉, which certainly are caused by such kind of unnatural expulsions, as dead palsies are of unnatural contractions; thus we finde by experience, that they are unnatural contractions, that cause dead palsies, because they do not rot.

Wherefore in these diseases there must be applied opening medicines that work dilatively, and if they be caused from a cold contraction, then hot dilating medicines must be applied, but if they proceed from hot contractions, the cold dilating medicines must be applied; but the difficulty and skill will be to finde whether they proceed from cold, or heat, although most commonly, all physicians do apply in these diseases, very hot and dry medicines, which are contracting, which me∣dicines are quite contrary to the nature of the diseases, which makes them cure so few, but the surest way is to apply dilating medicines, whether hot or cold.

Chap. 177. Of that we call a sleepy numbness.

A Sleepy numbness is also caused by obstruction or stop∣pages; as for example, if any over-burthensome weight lies upon the arm, or hand, or the like, it will become numb, which is vulgarly called sleepy; the reason is, that pressing too hard upon those parts, we stop the pores, which by touch is re∣ceived; for if the pores be close shut, touch cannot enter, no more then if the eye be shut an outward object can enter, or

stopping the ears, or nose, a sound, or scent can enter; as we may finde by experience; for if any part is bound too hard, it strait becomes numb, likewise a violent blow; or when any part is tied too hard, that part becomes numb, the reason is, by striking or thrusting back the bloud; for the bloud is like a running company, which when they are forcibly beaten back, on those companies that are thrusting forward, unite by con∣traction into so firm a body, that no particular part can stir; which solid and thick body stops the pores of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and the running motions in the veines; but also as we give liberty by uni∣ting, or unbinding, or by taking off waight, or by gently rub∣bing, to open the pores, and disperse the bloud, it is cured.

Likewise the sleepy numbness may proceed from a super∣fluity of vapor, which flying to the pores for vent may stop the passage, by too great a concourse, being more vapor then sud∣den vent; but any alteration of motion cures it, by dispersing the vapor, more thin and evenly.

Chap. 178. Of the head feeling numb.

WHen the skins which wrap up the brain, as the pia mater, and dia mater, are contracted by an inward cold, or an outward cold taken in at the nose, ears, mouth, or pores of the skin, they shrivel, or are drawn in as a handkerchief, or the like; when we carry some bulk within it, and when those skins are drawn into a straiter compass, then the nature is, it presses upon the brain, as being too strait, wherein the brain cannot freely move.

Besides, the veins and little small strings that run about the brain, being contracted with cold, the bloud in those veins cannot so freely run, and those strings being shrunk, make the brain feel as if it were so hard bound, as to be numb; but this doth rather afright the life of the diseased, then destroy it; for a little warmth by rubbing the head, or a hot cloth laid on the head, or some warm spoon-meat cures it.

Also numbness may proceed from too much bloud in the veins, or too much matter in the nerves, for being too full causeth a stopping, for want of space or room to move naturally in; but this numbness is not so easily cured, especially when the op∣pressions lie in the nerves, for opening a vein gives liberty to the bloud; but I know not how one should so easily open a nerve, neither is the matter within so liquid, as suddenly to run out; but this numbness is rather of the nature of a dead numbness, then a sleepy numbness.

Chap. 179. The manner of motion, or disorder in madness.

THe motions that make that extravagancy we call madness, is as a carver, or painter, ingraver, printer, or the like, should place the figures they work, the wrong end upwards; or as if Mathematicians should draw a plat-form, and should make a square where a circle should be, or should put equall weights in uneven scales, or set false numbers, or make false measure; or as a painter, printer, carver, or graver, should paint, print, carve, or grave, a Coaches head to a Lions body, or if a painter should draw feathers, on beasts, and hair on birds, or the like; indeed a sensitive madness, is like dreams in sleep, onely the sensitive motions work in sleep as I have* 1.8 described before, on the inside of the sensitive doors; and when awake on the outside; and in sleep be wrought, without a pattern; and awake by a pattern srom the reall figure, which they present; and the differences in madness are, that they work be wrought, without the real subjects, on the outside of the sensitive door, as if awake, although there are no objects to take pattern from, as we may perceive by them that are di∣stempered, that they see such objects that are not present, or such as never was, or can be; and so the like for sounds, tasts, touch, and smelling, that is, the sensitive motions, paints, prints, carves, graves, or the like; as on the outside of the optick nerve, without a reall pattern; and when the sense* 1.9 works regular, they never draw on the outside without a pat∣tern, but on the inside, as in sleep, and the like for all the other senses: But the motions of the rational madness are, when they move violently, and irregularly, if the motions be onely vio∣lent, then they fall into violent passions; as anger, fear, malice, or loving, hating, grieving, dispraises, and resolute intentions; if their motions be irregular, then they have strange concepti∣ons, wild fancies, mixt memories, inconstant and various opi∣nions; if their motions be violent and irregular, they have strong and strange imaginations, high despaires, obstinate and dangerous resolutions; if the sensitive and rational innate mat∣ter, sympathie in violent irregularity, then they will violently talke, laugh, sing, weep, and sigh, without reason why, or wherefore; but mistake me not, for when I say, too violent, strong, swift, weak, slow, it is irregular, as to the temper or nature of the figure, but not as to its own nature; as for ex∣ample, a clock may go too swift as to the distance of the hour, and yet strike even every nick; and the pulse may be too swift for the natural temper, and yet keep even time: a musician may play too fast for a solemn tune, and too slow for a light air, and yet play right to the notes; as for the irregularity, some motions may be too swift, others too slow, for other assistant

motions, as for example an army is to march in a body, and some should go, or ride half a day, or a dayes journey before the rest, and some should lag, and come slowly behinde, or that some should go one way, and some another, or as two should carry a burthen, and the hindemost should go too fast for the former, and so tumble or throw down, or as horses in a Coach, the one runs away, and forceth the other to fol∣low, as for disorder, it is somewhat otherwise, as tumults and uproars, as some doing that which they ought not to do, or be∣long not to them, or instead of garding a house pull it down, or like those that will make a fire in the midst of the house on a woodden floor, and not in the Chimnie; then there is a disorder in placing, and matching of parts, and alterati∣ons of motions, quite different, from the nature of the figure, for some sort of madnes is made by such different motions, as death from that which we vulgarly call life, that is, the motions, are as different, as several kindes of figures; for in this kinde of madnesse, they no more know in their fits, or remember out of their fits, what they did, or said, or was done to them in their fits, then if they had been dead; just as in a sound, they know not what was done to restore them, yet there is not a cessation of motions; neither in the sensitive, nor in the rational, but an alteration of motion, 'tis true, there is for a time a cessation of such sorts of motion, as belong to the natural health of the figure, but not to the life.

Chap. 180. Of madnesse in the body and minde.

THere are two sorts different in madnesse, the one is irregu∣lar motion, amongst the rational innated matter, the o∣ther amongst the sensitive innated matter, as misplacing, ill mixing, or mismixing, or mistempering, or distempering, false carving, wrong printing off, and on the dull part of matter, as in fevers, or the like diseases, where the distempered mat∣ter is misplaced, by which improper motions, alters the na∣tural motions, which makes the natural temper, and causes, and unnatural temper by improper motions; working upon every particular sense, irregularly, or rather improperly, and mixtly, which makes extravagancies both in each particular senses, and in the generality, this madnesse proceeds from the sensitive, and not from the rational innated matter; for the rational part will be in order, and describe distinctly what extravagant the sense presents to them; but this madnesse of the body is oft times mistaken, and thought to be the distem∣per of the minde, because the sick persons describe those ex∣travagancies by relation, yet oftimes the one causeth the other, but not alwayes; for many times the minde will be disorde∣red when the body is sound, and healthful, and many times the body will be distempered, when the minde is regular and free;

but the madnesse of the body, onely continues to the height of the disease, and as the disease abates, the extravagancies vades, and by health vanishes away, or rather is rubbed, or worn out, by the Regular, and proper natural motions be∣longing to that figure, or body, but the madnesse in the minde proceeds from irregular motions, amongst the rational innated matter, as when they neither keep time, nor measure, not one∣ly in making * 1.10 figures, but in moving those figures, they make this distemper, or rather that disorder, is altogether in the mo∣ving matter, when the other distemper is in disordering the mo∣ved matter, for the sensitive innate matter may work regu∣larly, according to the nature and strength, but not according to the temper, or degree of the dull matter, nor according to the nature, and property of the kinde, or sort of figure; but when the sensitive, and the rational joyns in conjugal disorder the minde is ravening as we say, and the body weak.

Chap. 181. Madnes is not alwayes about the head.

MAdnesse belongs not onely to the head, as that onely the eye, ear, nose, and mouth, sees, hears, smels, and tasts extravagantly; but every other part of the body that is sen∣sible* 1.11 of touch; for extravagant touch, is as much as extrava∣vant sight, and the like; for touch of the brest, or any other part of the body, is a sense, as much as the eye in the head; thus the body, or senses will be mad as well as the minde, as I have described in former chapters.

Likewise for the madnesse in the minde, it is not alwayes bound in the head; for where there are extravagant passions in the heart, the minde is as mad, as when there are extra∣vagant imaginations, in the head; for the rational matter, that which we call the soul, or minde is as much, and hath as much recourse to the heart, as to the head, and so to the other parts of the body, for any thing I can perceive.

But that matter I call the rational and sensitive spirits, * 1.12 which others call the animal, and vital spirits; perchance fools may think me extravagant for giving the matter other names; but I was forced to take these names, because they were more significant to the sense of my discourse; besides, perchance they may think, when I speak of rational and sensi∣tive spirits, that they are hobgoblins, ghosts, or visions, such as nurses fright their children with, or superstitions, or as the wiser sort doth to make credulous fools beleeve to keep them in awe, knowing they are apt to disorders.

Chap. 182. Musick may cure mad folks.

THere is great reason why Musick should cure madnesse; for this sort of madnesse is no other but the spirits that are in the brain and heart put out of their natural motion, and the spirits having a natural sympathy with Musick, may be compo∣sed into their right order; but it must be such Musick, as the number of the notes must goe in such order as the natural mo∣tion of the brain, though every brain hath not one and the same motion, but are set like notes to several tunes: wherefore if it were possible, to set notes to the natural motion of the heart, or that brain that is distempered, it might be perfectly cured, but as some notes do compose the brain by a sympathy to the na∣tural motion, so others do make a discord or antipathy, and discompose it, putting the natural motions out of tune.

Thus much for the sensitive Maladies.

Chap. 183. Of the fundamental diseases, first of fe∣vours.

THere are many several sorts or manners of fevors; but I will onely treat of the fundamental fevours, which are three, from which three all other fevors are partly derived; the first is a malignant fevor, the second the hective fevor; and the third the ordinary burning fevours; the first is catching, and often dead∣ly, the second is never catching, but alwayes deadly; the third is neither catching, and seldom deadly; the first proceeds from vi∣olent disordered motions, and distempered matter, and humour.* 1.13

The second from swift motions, which distemper and make waste of the matter, which matter, I mean the substance of the body.

The third is too violent motions on well tempered* 1.14 matter.

And these three sorts of fevours are often mixt, as it were a part of all mixt into one; but a high malignant fevor, is a sudden usurpation; for the disordered motions joyned with a mistempered matter, which is corrupt humours, surprise the body, and destroy the life therein, as we shall see in great plagues, the body is well, sick, and dead in a moment; these or the like diseases are caused after three manner of wayes, as being taken from outward infection, or bred by an evil habit in the body, or by taking some disagreeing mat∣ter therein, which causeth a war of sicknesse; for upon the* 1.15 disorder which the disagreeing matter makes, the natural mo∣tions belonging to the body grow factious, and like a com∣mon rout arise in an uproar, which strives onely to do mischief, stopping some passages that should be kept open, and opening

some passages that should be kept shut, hindring all regular motions, from working after that natural manner, forcing* 1.16 those they can over power, to turn rebels to the life of the body.

For it is against the nature of the innated matter to be idle, wherefore it works rather irregularly then not work at all, but as long as a body lies sick, the power is divided, one part of the innated matter working irregularly, the other according to the natural constitution, which by the regularity, they strive to maintain the chief forts of life which are the vital parts, espe∣cially the heart, and disordered motions striving to take, or pull them down, making their strongest assaults thereon; for the disordered innated matter makes out-works of corrupted matter, stopping as many passages as their power will give leave, so striving either to starve the vital parts, or to oppresse them with corruption, or to burn them by their unnatural heat they make in the body, or to drown them with watrish humor which is caused by the distemper of ill disgestions, and obstructions; the regular innated matter, strives to break down those works, and to cast, and expel that filth out of the body,* 1.17 and according as each party gets the better, the body is better or worse, and according as the siege continues, the body is sick, and according as the victory is lost or won, is life or death.

Chap. 185. Of the infections of animals, Vegetables, and elements.

Such motions as corrupt animal bodies, corrupt vegetable bodies, and as corrupt and malignant air is infectious to a∣nimals, so likwise to vegetables, and as malignant diseases are catching and infectious, to those that comes neer them, so often∣times vegetables are infectious to animals, as herbs and fruits, which cause some yeers such dangerous sicknesse and killing diseases to those that eat thereof; likewise those bodies that are infected do infect sound, and nourishing food, when once it is eaten, causeth that which is good also malignant when once in the body.

Chap. 186. Of burning fevros.

ALL burning fevours for the most part, are produced from the vital spirits, as when they move irregularly, they cor∣rupt the natural humours which cause a distemper of heat in the body moving towards expulsions, which are dilation; and when they move with supernatural quicknesse after an extenu∣ating maner, they inflame the body in either causes, empty∣ing the body, and quenching the fire is to be put in execution, for the emptier the body is, the lesse humours there will be.

Ltkewise lesse motion, as having lesse matter, for in matter motion lives, likewise the lesse cumbustible matter there is, the sooner the unnatural fire will be quenched, unlesse that the fire be in the arteries, then it is like a colepit set on fire, wherein there is no quenching it, unlesse you drown the coles, so when the unnatural heat is in the arteries, you must drown the life of the body, like the colein the pit before you can quench the fire; but a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 may be eased, & somwhat prolonged with cooling brothes, and quenching julips, for though they cannot enter the arteries, yet they may keep the outward parts cold and moist, which may cast cold damps quite through the bo∣dy, but in this case all evacuations are dangerous, for the more empty the body is of humour, the sooner the bo∣dy is consumed, for the humours serve as oyl, and though they flame, yet they keep in the light of life; in all other fe∣vours evacuations of all sorts are good, for if it be some me∣lancholy pitch humours that are set on fire in the body, or some oylie cholerick humours, it is but quenching it with cooling julips, without any hurt to the body, and if it be a bran∣dy blood set on fire, it is but drawing it forth by broaching some veines, and the body will be saved from the destru∣ction.

Chap. 187. The remedies of Malignant Diseases.

IN malignant diseases expelling medicines are best, which expelling medicines are not hot, and dry medicines, for all* 1.18 drugs that are naturally dry, have a contracting quality which is an utter enemy in this disease; for they must be di∣lating medicines, and all dilating medicines have a fluid faculty working after the nature of a flowing tide, which is thrusting, or streaming outward, as to the circumference, and the opera∣tions of drying medicines, are like the ebbing tide that draws backward or inward, as to it self; but as I said before, that all hot and dry medicines have a contracting quality, which contractions draw or gather up the malignity, as in a bundle or heap together, and if it be a fiery contraction, it sets it on a fire, which burns out the life of the body; for fire makes no distinguishment of good or bad, but destroyes all it can in compasse, so as it will not onely burn up the superfluities, or corruptions, but suck or drink up the radical moisture, or char∣coales, the vital parts, and consumes the animal life. Wherefore dilating medicines, must be applied in these diseases, but not strong expulsives medicine, by reason the malignity is so in∣termixt, or spread in the, body that striving with a strong force to cast forth the malignity they should cast forth the nourish∣ing and consistent matter, for the malignity, and corrupt hu∣mours being more strong, having a greater party, can resist with more strength the force of expulsion then the nourishing,

consistant part can being weak, so that the expulsions give strength to the malignity, or corrupt humours, by taking a∣way the pure, and well tempered matter; but leting blood in these diseases 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be excellent good, for bleeding is ra∣ther of the nature of sweating, then of purging; besides, it will draw the malignity more from the vital parts into the veins, for the veins having a natural quality or faculty to draw, and to suck into them, will draw, and suck in that which doth most abound, so as it is but still letting blood as the malignity is* 1.19 drawn in, for it is better to let out the blood, then endanger the vital parts, by keeping it in, for if most of the blood should bee let out there will fresh blood increase in a short time, but if the vital parts be never so little corrupted, or putrified or wasted, we cannot heale or make up those parts again.

Chap. 134. Diseases caused by conceit, or cured.

AS for the Producing diseases by conceit, is thus; the vi∣tal spirits which are the motions of life, have an abso∣lute power over the body, as working every part thereof, and therein, so the animal spirits which are the motions of the mind create imaginations, and conceptions, and the animal spirits and the vital spirits being as man and wife, the animal as the husband, the vital spirits as the wife, whereupon the animal spirits many times beget that desease it figures which is an imagination, and the vital spirits brings that childe forth, being like the figure the animal spirits made, that is, the vital spirits oft times work such motions as makes such diseases, wherefore the animal spirits work those motions into imagina∣tions; and to prove it, those that conceit they shall have the small pox, measels, pleague, or the like, most commonly they fall sick of that disease, although they come not neer the infecti∣on; and to prove the animal spirits which is the minde, works the same motions by an imagination as the disease is, that those which conceit a disease, do not fall sick of any other disease but the same they imagine, and the reason why these malig∣nant diseases are produced oftner by imaginations then other diseases, is, that those diseases are dangerous, or that they are apt to deform which makes a fearful conception or imaginati∣on, to work more strongly; for did the imiginations work as strong to other diseases as to these, they would produce the same effects; As for those which are cured by conceit, is when* 1.20 the motion of the animal spirits works stronger then the vital spirits, which causeth the vital spirits to altar those motions that made such diseases; but those effects are produced but seldom, by reason that the animal spirits seldom work so strong imaginations, for it requires a double, or treble strength to resist or alter the force another way, which must be to cure a disease after this manner, then to joyn and assist, as in the pro∣ducing

a disease; for when the imagination produceth a dis∣ease, the vital spirits joyn with the animal, but when the dis∣ease is cured by imagination, the animal spirits takes the ani∣mals from their work; but a great fright, or a sudden joy is a good remedy in some diseases, by reason those passionate mo∣tions are strong, and violent, yet they can cure onely loose diseases, not such diseases as are rooted, or fixt, for then the vital spirits are not to be altered by the animal.

Chap. 188. Of the expelling malignity to the outward parts of the body.

THe reason why malignant diseases, as the plague, or pur∣ples, or small pox, measels, or the like; there break forth spots, swelling scabs, or whelks, is by the power of ex∣pelling motion; But the reason why it sticks in the flesh, and not quite out, is, because the irregular motions that maintain the health and strength of the body, are opposed by disorder∣ly motions, which makes corrupted matter, that makes disor∣dered motions; for though there can be no corrupted matter, but what is caused from disordered motion, yet when the hu∣mors of the body are once corrupted, the motions are more violent; again, superabundant humors, cause disordered motions; for as there is too much humor, obstructing the bo∣dy therewith, so there is too much motion, to work regularly therein, and being against the natural constitution to have so much humor, and motion, it produceth violent sickness, work∣ing to the destruction, and not to the maintenance of the body; but the regular motions, which are digestive motions, which unites, strengthens, and defends the vital parts, by atracting good 〈◊〉〈◊〉, by retaining the useful parts; by con∣cocting it into a sollid substance, by expelling of superfluieties, or malignancy out of the body, after a methodical manner, and according as the strength of expelling motions are, so is the malignity, cast forth, for if the repelling motions be stronger then the expelling motion, the malignant presses so hard upon the vital parts, as it smothers the life therein, or burns up the materials thereof: Again, the expelling motions may be so weak, as they cannot thrust out the malignity so far as the cir∣cumference of the body which is the skin, or if so far, yet not to stay there so long, as to evapor it out, and then the malig∣nity fals back with a greater violence; for what is forced, and resisteth, when once it hath liberty, or gets power, it becomes more violent, by how much more it were forced; but that malignity that doth evaporate forth, doth insensibly enter into the next body it meets; entring through the nostrils, mouth, or pores of the flesh; and thus many times, from animal to animal untill there is a general infection, which is a general disorder, for the malignity that enters in by infection, is like a

foraign enemy, which enters into a peaceable country, which not onely disorders it, but makes havock and waste, and many times utterly destroyes it, but when a malignant disease is bred in the body, it is like a civil war, where uproars are raised, and outrages are done, by inbred corrupt humors; but when malignant or other diseases are caused by surfeits, it is like a deluge of fire or water, that either drowns, or burns up the the kingdom of the body; where sometimes it is saved by as∣sistant * 1.21 medicines, and sometimes it is so furious, as nothing can help it.

Chap. 189. Of Sweating diseases.

ALL sweating diseases are caused by such kinde of ex∣tenuating motions, as melt metal, and not by such kinde of extenuating motions as evaporate water, for the evapora∣tions of the watery part of the body breath forth in insensible transpirations, as breathing through the pores like a thin air; but sweat runs through the pores like liquid oar through gutters of earth: but sweats are good or bad for the body, according to the matter or humors that are melted out, as for example; I will compare the humors of the body to several metals, as Iron, Lead, Tin, Copper, Silver and Gold; Iron is melan∣cholly dust; Lead is cold, and dry or cold, and moist melan∣cholly; Tin is flegm; Copper is choler; Silver is the radi∣cal humor; and God is the vital spirits: These humors must be proportionably tempered to make a healthful body; there must not be too much quantity of Lead, Tin, or Copper, for the Silver or Gold, but unless there be some, they will not work; like as coyn, it cannot be wrought, or formed without some allay, and if the allay be too much, it abases the coyn.

Likewise there must be so much heat in the body onely as to compound those humors, not to melt them out by sweats unless they superabound; and then Physicians must onely have a care to melt out that humor that superabounds; for if the radical humor should be melted, or the vital spirits spent, it destroys the body by wasting the life.

But in some cases sweating is very beneficial to the body, as in great colds, which have knit up the pores or passages of the body, or in great surfeits, or in malignant diseases, which help to expel the poysonous humor, or corrupted humors in the body, or melt the Icy humors congeal'd by cold; but those sweats that are beneficial, and wholesome for the body, the body will be much stronger, and agiler, and the spirits quicker, and livelier,; but those sweats that are pernicious to the body, the body will be faint and weak, after they have sweat; but in these diseases, a physician must be very careful, when he puts a patient in a sweat, as to give such medicines as will work up∣on

that humor, he would have sweat forth, but in sweating di∣seases, as when the body sweats too violently, like as in great and dangerous fluxes, which are not to be staied by ordinary means, for although in these diseases, there must be used con∣tracting medicines, yet some sweats require hot contracting medicines, others cold contracting medicines, and those medi∣cines that are applied, must be applied gently, and by degrees, lest by a sudden contraction they should stop the pores of the body too much, which are the doors to let out the smoak in the body, as well as the sweat of the body, or by too hasty con∣tractions those passages should be shut, that should be kept open, or those to be kept opened that should be shut; but phy∣sicians will guess by the patient, what humor they sweat forth; for cold sweats are from melancholy, clammy sweats from thick flegm; hot burning sweat from choler; cold faint sweats proceed from the radical humor; hot faint sweats from the vital spirits.

Chap. 190. Of Surfeits.

SUrfeits are superfluities; as too much heat, or too much cold, or when there is taken into the body too great a quan∣tity of meat, or drink, or the like. Likewise when the nature of the meat is disagreeing to the nature of the body; where one scruple will be too much, as being ill, which will give a surfeit, for surfeits do not onely oppress by the superfluous quantities of matter, but disturb by the superfluous motions, the disagreeing matter causing more motion, then naturally belonges to a healthful body: Besides, like a company of rude and unruly strangers disturbs and hinders the irregular motions, altering the natural constitutions, and uniformity of the body; and many times ruines the body, unless an assistant motion in medicinable matter is brought to help, to expel the superfluous, or that the natural expulsive motions in the body, are strong enough, to throw out that ill matter, either by vomit, or stoole, or other evacuation; but many times the superfluities become so strong, not onely by their own ill nature, or great quantity, but by making a faction; And so begetting a party amongst the natural motions, which makes such a general dis∣order, that though the natural digestive motion, and the na∣tural expulsive motion joyn with the like assistant motions taken in medicines, yet the body shall be ruinated, and life cast out, by that matter, and these motions that are their enemies therein.

Chap. 191. Of Consumptions.

ALL Consumptions are caused by an unnatural expulsion, caused by mistempered matter, or mistempered matter caused by unnatural motions, such as work not to the subsistance or health of the body; which after they have corrupted the* 1.22 matter, they turn to expulsions, throwing all out of the body; but if they be onely exterior expulsions, they onely untile the house, that is, they do unflesh the body; but if they be inte∣riour expulsions, they do not onely unflesh the body, but rot some part in the body; and if the unnatural expulsions be amongst the vital parts, which are the foundations of the life of the body, the whole fabrick of the body fals without redemption, and the materials go to the building of other figures.

But if they are hot expulsions, caused from a thin, sharp, salt humor, there must be applied cold contracting medicines; and if they be cold expulsions, there must be apylied hot contra∣cting medicines.

All cold expulsions are, when the parts are tender, weak* 1.23 and raw, and undigested; and hot expulsions are, when the parts are burnt, or ulcerated; for all hot expulsions work upon the parts of the body, as fire on wood when they are bur∣ning expulsions, or else like as fire doth on metal, melting them into a liquid substance; and cold expulsions work upon the parts, as when cloudes beat down into showers of rain, or slakes of snow, breaking or extenuating those clouds into small parts, so that the dropsical humor that ariseth from hot consumptions, are onely liquid like melted metal; and the dropsical humor that ariseth from cold consumptions, is as a watery floud: but as I said, in all consumptions the remedies must be contractive, or at least retentive; because the nature of all consumptions are expulsive, but yet all or the most part of physicians, finding their patients to be lean and dry, give all dilative medicines, as if the parts were onely gathered into a less compass; but the truth is, when so much of the natural bulk of the body is lessened, so much of the body is wasted: I will not say but these unnatural expulsions might proceed from unnatural contractions, like as when any thing is made so dry as it moulders into dust, but when it comes to that degree, it expulses; so whensoever the body is in a consumption, the motions therein are expulsive: I do not mean by siege or vo∣mit, although they will spit much, which is a kinde of vomi∣ting, but they waste by insensible inspirations; but all purging medicines are an enemy to this disease, unless they be very gen∣tle; for though purging medicines do not expulse, after the nature of consumptive expulsions, yet if they be strong, they

may in some kinde assist the consumptive expulsions, neither is much leting blood good in these diseases; yet a little re∣freshes, and tempers the body; for in these diseases physi∣tians must do as Chirurgions when they cure wounds, they first clense the sore or wounds, taking away the putrified matter gently with a probe, and then lay a healing plaister, so Physitians must gently purge and bleed the patient, and then give them strengthening, and nourishing remedies: again many Physitians have a rule, that when they perceive their patient to be exteriorly dry, that is, outwardly dry, they think them hot; but it doth not follow that all drouth proceeds from heat; for there are cold drouths as well as hot,* 1.24 so that a Physician must warily observe the patients drouth, whether it proceeds from cold or heat, or whether the drouth proceeds for want of a sufficient quantity of matter, for the body to feed upon, or that the matter, which properly should be porous and spungy, is contracted into an unnatural solidi∣ty, and though the interior nature of drought is made by con∣traction, yet the exterior motions may be expulsive; as for example, if any thing is dryed to that degree as to fall into dust, although the interior be contracting, that caused it to be so dry, yet the exterior motions are expulsive, that causeth it to fall into parts; but the drouth of consumptions doth proceed most commonly from a scarcity of nourishing matter that should feed each part of the body, for the principal and con∣sistent parts being distempered, cannot disgest so much as will feed the hungry members therof; but as I have said before, that all consumptions are wrought by expulsive motions, for what is contracted, is not consumed, nor doth consume untill it expulses, but those bodies that are lean or dry by contra∣ctions, are not in consumptions, for nothing is wasted, onely the dimensions, and extentions of the body are drawn into a lesser, compasse; Thus, as I have said, Physitians, although they mistake not the diseases, yet they may easily mistake the manner of the diseases, for one and the same kinde of diseases may move after divers manners in several bodies, and in one and the same body.

Chap. 192. Of dropsies.

MOst dropsies are something of the nature of consumpti∣ons, as being in the way to consumptive expulsions, for they dilate after that manner, as the other expulses, especial∣ly if they are dropsies, which proceed from corrupt parts, and then they turn to consumptive expulsions, and the onely difference in most dropsies, and consumptions, is, that dropsies as long as that disease lasts, the motions in the body are most dilating, which is in a degree to expulsion, and when it comes to a consumption they are all expulsions, but as the motions

differ, so the diseases differ, for there are several sorts of dila∣tions,* 1.25 and several sorts of expulsions, nay some are different in the manner of working, as if they were of other kindes of motions, but some dropsies proceed from hot dilations, others from cold dilations, and some proceed from too many di∣gestive motions, that is, when there are too many or too strong disgestive motions in the body; for the natural temper of the body disgests so fast, as makes more nourishment, then the several parts can feed with temperance, which makes the reignes, and the rest of the sucking parts glutinous, or else those many disgesting motions work too curious, for by rea∣son they cannot be idle, they work the nourishing matter too fine, or too thin, for proper uses; as if flower should be so of∣ten bolted, that it could not work into a lump, or batch for bread; or like as any thing should be wrought upon so much, as to become liquid, as into oyl or water.

Other dropsies proceed from the weaknesse of disgestion, those motions being not strong, or sufficient to work all that is brought into the stomach; whereupon that superfluous matter corrupts with distempered motions, and when it comes to be corrupted, it either dilates, or expulses, if it onely dilates, it turns to water, if expulsive, it casts forth, either by vomit or stool, or else lies to corrupt the principal parts in the body, which when they are joyned together, expulses life by their treacherous usurpation.

Other dropsies are caused by too weak contracting motions, causing that to be tender that should be solid, or those parts loose that should be firm, as not contracting hard enough. As first contracting into Chylus, then into blood, then harder, for flesh, and harder for nerves and bones; the contractions growing weaker and weaker, until they become of no strength, and then they turn to dilations or expulsions; but pray mi∣stake me not, for though one and the same innate matter may grow weaker, as to abate of such or such a kinde of motion, so increases stronger and stronger, according to the quantity, as to other motions. But as I said before, that innated matter in such diseased bodies, turns from contracting to dilating, tur∣ning by degrees from one to another, and then the dilations work more and more, extending more and more in such cir∣cular motions as produce water; for when it comes to such a degree of extention, it is become from being solid to be lesse hard, from being lesse hard, to be soft, from soft to be li∣quid, from liquid fluid, and when it comes to such a de∣gree of a fluid extention, it turns wet, and when it is soft, li∣quid, fluid, and wet it is turned to that we call water; for oyl, though it be soft, liquid, and fluid, yet it is not absolute wet, it is rather moist then wet: for there is a difference between moist and wet, or glibby and wet, or glibby and moist, so that oyl is a glibby and moist body, rather then a soaking wet body;

but when this watry extenuation extenuates beyond the de∣gree of water, they turn to vapour, which causeth the diseased to be puft or blown like a bladder, rather then swell'd out, as we shall perceive that a little time before the patients fall into a consumption, they will be so puft out, as their flesh wil be like a fire-bal, the next degree they fall into a fiery extenuation; For when the humour extenuates be∣yond vapor, which is a kinde of an aire, then it becomes hot like fire, which is a hective fevour, and when the humour hath extenuated to the farthest degree, it expulses, and so pulls* 1.26 down and throws out the life of the diseased; but in the hi∣dropical diseases, there must first be applied attractive medi∣cines to draw out the watry overflows, by issues, cupping-glasses, or the like, then there must be applyed expulsive medicines as purgings, and bleeding, and sweatings, yet they must be gent∣ly applyed, for fear of weakning the body by drawing out the humour too suddenly, then there must be applied con∣tracting medicines to draw into an united substance, as to ga∣ther or draw up those parts that have been made loose, porous, and spungie with the disease, then there must be applied reten∣tive medicines, to confirm and settle them, after their natural manner, or form, then last there must be applied disgestive me∣dicines to restore what is wasted; but if any of the principal parts be impaired, wasted or expulsed: they neither can be restored nor mended, but by a new creation, which uncrea∣ting braines perhaps conceive not; but I must intreat my readers to observe, that some sorts of motions begin a disease, that is, they lay the foundations thereof; and other sorts of motions work upon those foundations.

Chap. 193. Of apoplexies.

SOme sorts of apoplexies are caused by an inbred super∣fluous water, in the brain, which being congealed by a cold contraction, falling to the knitting part of the head, which is the hinder part, it stupifies the senses, stopping the natural motions as a flowing river, that is turned into ice; but those sorts of apoplexies are curable, if assistance be taken in time, which is by hot dilating medicines, not onely to stretch out the icy contraction, but to expell that cold watry humour by a rarification, but if the apoplexie be cau∣sed by an inbred slime, as flegme, which is of a thicker nature then water, and is become crusted or petera∣ted by hot contractions, it is seldom or never cured, no more then brick which is once baked by the sun, or in a fire, can be made to such clay as it was before it was burnt; But mi∣stake me not, for I do not mean the humour is as hard as stone, or brick in the head, but so hard, as to the nature of the brain, that is, the flegme is grown so dry and tough, as not to be dissolved, so soon as the nature of the brain requires it,

for though flegme will be contracted into stone, as in the blad∣der, and kidnies, yet not in the brain, by reason the nature of the brain is so tender, and so sensible, as it cannot indure so solid a substance therein, nor suffer so long a time as the hu∣mour will be penetrating to stop the passages to the brain, not but those kinde of motions that produce stone, may be so strong and so swift as to turn matter into stone immediately; but I do beleeve not in the animal bodies, for they are too weak figures for so strong motions to work in; but as I said these hot or cold contractions, for both sorts of contractions pro∣duce stone, so both sorts of contractions make tough, clammy, crusted, hard flegme, which is some degree towards stone, flegme if it stop the passages to the brain, it causeth an apo∣plexie; but the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 why the watry contractions are more apt for cure, is, because the nature of water is fluid, and is easily dissolved by dilations, having interior nature to extenua∣tions; but slime, and flegme are more solid, and so not so flexible, to be wrought upon, as suddenly to change shape, or na∣ture, in being dissolved or transformed.

The third cause is a fulnesse of blood, or a thicknesse of blood; for when the veins are too full, there is not vacuity e∣nough for the blood to run, so stops the motion thereof, or if the blood is too thick, or clammy, it becoms lesse fluid, and the more solid it is, the slower the motion is, and though the blood may have too quick a motion by reason of heat, so it may have too slow a motion by reason of thicknesse, and if the veines are filled too full of hot blood, wherein are many spirits, it endangers the breaking some of the veines, like as when strong liquor is put into a barrel, if it be filled too ful the strength of the spirits striving for liberty, break the barrel; the like will the blood in the veins, and if a vein chance to break in the head, it overflows the brain and drowns the life therein.

The last is grosse vapor which may ascend from the bowels, or stomack, which causeth so great a smoak, as it suffocates, or choaks the brain, smothering out the life of the body.

All apoplexies are somewhat of the nature of dead palsies.

Chap. 194. Of Epilepses, which is called falling∣sicknesse.

THis disease is caused by a water in the brain, which wa∣ter is most commonly green, like sea water, and hath an ebbing and flowing motion, like the tides thereof, and when the water is at full tide, on the forepart of the head, it takes the diseased after the manner of panting, and short breathing, beating themselves, and foaming at the mouth, neither can they hear, see, smell, nor speak; the reason is, that the flowing mo∣tion driving the watry humour so far out, as it extends the pia

mater, and dia mater of the brain, farther then the natural ex∣tention; which extention swelling out towards the outward part of the head, hinders all recourse, stopping those passages which should receive the objects, through the exterior senses; and the froth or slimy humor, which is betwixt the skin, where the brain lies; and the skull being pressed out, fals through the throat into the mouth, and there works forth like yeast, which is called foaming; but though the motions of the head are thus altered for a time, so as there is neither sense nor ra∣tional knowledg, yet the body may be after the natural course, and not any wayes altered; but the body feeling life opprest in the head, the several parts or members in the body, strive and struggle with what power and strength they have to re∣lease it: Like as a loyal people that would defend or release their natural and true born King, from being prisoner to a fo∣raign enemy; but when this water flows to the hinder part of the head, the pia mater, and dia mater, extending out that way, stops all the nerves in the nodel of the head, by which stopping, it stops the exterior motions of the whole body, by reason that place is the knitting place of those moving strings; and when the water is flow'd, as I said, to this part, the diseased lies as in a swoon, as if they were quite dead, having no visible motion, but as soon as the water begins to fall back, they begin to recover out of the fits; but as often as the water in the head is at full tides, either of the fore part of the head, or the hin∣der part, the diseased fals into a fit, which is sometimes oftner then other, for it keeps no constant course, time, nor measure;* 1.27 and according as the pia mater and dia mater extends, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 are stonger or weaker.

Likewise such green water with such motions about the heart, may produce the same disease, for oft times this green water, or green thin humor ascends or runs from several parts of the body, into the cesterns of the head and the heart; and this kinde of water or humor, if it be in the nerves, causeth dangerous convulsions, by reason of the sharpness that shrivels up the nerves; and when it is in the bloud causes the veins to contract, through the same reason, if in the stomach, it causes vomiting, or great fluxes, by subdividing the humors; and the sharpness, prickling or tickling the stomach, provokes a strain∣ing, as tickling in the nose doth sneezing; so the stomach, either to strain upwards or downwards.

Chap. 195. Of Shaking Palsies.

SHaking palsies proceed from a supernatural extenuation in the nerves, which by the extenuating becomes more porous and hollow, and becomes like a perpetual earthquake, having a flatuous or windy humor in the bowels thereof, and cannot finde passage out, if it proceeds from a hot extention, there

must be applied cold condensing medicines; If by a cold exten∣tion there must be applied hot condensing remedies.

Chap. 196. Of Convulsions, and Cramps.

COnvulsions proceed from contrary contracting motions, quite from the natural motions of the body, as winding up the sinews, nerves, or veins; but especially those sinews, which joyn, and impair the muscles together, drawing not onely contrary, but contracting several wayes, and after divers man∣ners; for some time the nerves are as if we should tie strings in bowt-knots, others as if we should winde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Lute strings on pegs; and some are twisted like whip-cord, and many the like wayes, which would be too long to recount, but these contractions proceed either from a winde got into the nerves, or veines, which troubles them as the winde-cholick doth the guts, or a sharp humor that shrivels them together, or as salt watery humor, mixt with winde, which strugling and striving together turns windes, folds, or roles up the nerves, like the waves of the Sea, or a cold icy humor, which draws and gathers in the nerves, as frost will do, all spungie bodies, or some thick clammy humor which stops some passages, which causeth the natural motions to turn irregular, but if the humor be onely in the veins, it is cured by letting bloud, if the bloud be corrupted, sharp or salt, or if the bloud be cold, windy, or watry, hot liquid medicines cure it, or cordial water, or the like; and if it be a cold humor in the nerves, hot oyls, and ex∣traordinary hot medicines cures it, as the spirit of Caster, oyl of Amber, and the like; but if it proceed from a salt, sharp, watery humor, or a thick clammy humor in the nerves, it is seldom or never cured, because it is not easily got out, neither* 1.28 can medicines so suddenly get into the nerves, as into the veins; for though the cold in the nerves may be easily cured, by melt∣ing, and dissolving by the comfortable warmth, or violent heats from the hot cordial medicines, which spread about the body, as a great fire in a chimney, which spreads about and heats all the room, if the fire in the chimney be answerable to the bigness, or largeness of the room it is in, and the lesser the room is, and the bigger the fire is, the hotter it is; wherefore it is to be considered, that those that are at full growth, or are larger of body, if thus, the diseased ought to have a greater proportion, or a larger quantity of those medicines, then a childe, or those that are but little of stature, for though those that are of little stature may be more stronger then those that are of a far bigger bulk, yet in the cause of diffusing or dilating medicines, the circumference of the body must be considered, as well as the strength of the medicines; and if the convulsion be in the stomach, caused by the aforesaid humor; purging medicines or cordials may cure it, unless the stomach is ga∣thered, shrivell'd, or shrunk up by an unnatural contracting

heat, like as leather that is put into the fire, which when so, the stomach can no more be cured then leather to be made smooth, which is shrunk up in a purse, by fire; after the like manner as cor∣vulsions or cramps, but cramps most commonly are only contra∣ctions of the smal veins, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tie or twist them up, & many times so hard as they break; for those that have been much troubled with the cramp, wil have all the skin, where the cramp hath taken them all stretch'd with broken veins; I mean the small hair veins, but rubbing the part grieved with a warm cloath, will untie and untwist them again, by dissolving the cold, or dispersing the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or rarifying the bloud therein, this we 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by experi∣ence; wherefore I should think that in convulsion fits, that are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the like, that if the diseased should be rubbed with hot cloaths, outwardly applied, as well as hot medicines inward∣ly taken, it may do the patient much good. But I must remem∣ber my Readers, that in Convulsions, the strength of the medi∣cines inwardly taken, must be according to the strength of the fits; for if they be strong fits, weak medicines do no good; for more strength goeth to untie a hard knot, then a loose knot, or to untwist a hard string, then a loose string; besides, it is hard to know after what manner the knot is tied or twisted, and many indeed are so ignorant of medicines, as the manner of the disease, to apply such as shall hap of the right end, as those which are cured by chance, and chance hits so seldom right, as not one of an hundred escapes of these kinde of diseases, if the disease is any wayes violent, for then the motions tie so fast, and so strong, as they break the life of that figure asunder. There be natural contractions, and unnatural contractions; that is, proper or improper to the health of the figure.

Chap. 197. Of Collicks.

ALL Collicks are towards the nature of Convulsions, or at at least Cramps.

Some Collicks proceed from raw undigested humors.* 1.29

Some from sharp melancolly humors.

Others from cold flegmatick humors

Others from hot cholerick humors.* 1.30

Others from putrified humors.

Some Collicks are in the stomach; others are in the bowels, as the guts; some in the sides, and sometimes in the veins; but those Collicks are Cramps; but the cause of all Collicks are by extenuating motions, though the effects are oft times contracting, but if the cause be contracting, it is a Cramp, not a Collick, for a Collick is properly winde, produced from* 1.31 the aforesaid humors; that is, when those humors extenuate farther then a watry extenuation, which turns into vapor or winde, which vaporous winde, or windy vapor, striving to get vent, being stopped by grosser vapor, or thicker humor,

runs about in cross motions, which cause pain; for the extenua∣ting motions thrusting outward and the resisting motions thrust∣ing backward, run cross, or beat on each other, which causeth pain; and as long as the strife lasts, the body hath no ease, un∣til some assistance in medicines be given, or that it can over∣master the resistent motions; but when once it hath liberty, it flies out in expulsive motions, at all vents; but if the extenua∣ting humors are broke, or dissolved in the body, by the well tempered motion therein, or expulsing of its self, it evaporates through the pores of the body in insensible transpirations; but if the extenuating can finde no way to be expulsed, it gathers inward in small, and smaller rings, like a scrue drawing in the guts or stomach, therein stopping the passages thereof, whereby the body can neither receive nourishment, nor send out excre∣ment, with which the body is brought to an utter destruction; but these kinds of windes causing this distember, this distemper is oft times produced from sharp, hot, cholerick humors; which sharpness hath a natural contracting quality which is rather of the nature of a cramp, or a convulsion, then the nature of a collick; howsoever expulsive medicines are good in these cases of diseases. Convulsions are collicks in the nerves, and cramps collicks in the veins; and as the collick in the stomach or guts proceeds sometimes from winde, and sometimes from crude bilious sharp humors, so doth this.

Chap. 198. Of the diseases in the head, and vapors to the head.

DIseases and swimming, which are diseases, belonging onely to the head, differ as the motions and mixture, and forms of matter differ; for no disease, although of one and the same sort, is just alike; but although these diseases belongs onely to the head, yet the motions and humors of the stomach have greater affinity to the head, and many times cause the di∣seases therein, by the course and recourse thereto and there∣from; for some humors falling from the head into the sto∣mach, do so disaffect that part, as it returns more malignity up again, and sometimes the stomach begins the war, send∣ing up such an army of ill vapors, as many times they do not onely disorder the head, but totally ruinate it; but most com∣monly the vapors which ascend to the head, are gathered by contracting motions, into clouds, as vapor is which ariseth from the earth, and as long as the vapor is in a cloudy body, it makes that part feel heavy, and the senses dull by obstructions, for it stops the nose, dims the sight, fills the ears, blunts the taste, and numbs the touch; especially if the obstruction be caused from a cold contraction, which congeals the vapor to an icy substance, but when it is expulsed, by a hot dilation, it falls down like hail or flakes of snow, by which, I mean, cold glassie

flegme, which cold flegme doth most commonly as snow doth which covers the face of the earth; so this flegme co∣vers, as it were stops the mouth of the stomack, and deads the appetite thereof; but the danger is in these cold contractions, that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they should last too long, they may cause numb palsies; or the like, and if contracted, so as one may say christalined it may cause an incurable dead palsie, but if it be disperst by a hot expulsion, it is dissolved in thundring coughs, or falls like pouring shoures of * 1.32 rain, running through the spouts of the noise, eyes, and mouth, and through the pores of the skin, and sometimes falls into the cabberns or bowels of the body, as the* 1.33 stomack, and the intrals; but if some of the floud-gats chance to be stopped by obstructions, these shoures may chance to over∣flow the body, and make an utter destruction, otherwise it one∣ly washes and clenses these parts; but if vapor be gathered by a hot contraction, they become sharp and salt, as being of a burning quality, and if they be disperst by a hot expulsion, they fall down like a misling rain, which hath a soaking and penetrating faculty, cutting and piercing those parts they fall on by insensible degrees, which rots the vital parts, not onely by the sharpnesse which ulcerates, but by a continuated unnatural weaknesse, which if once the parts be∣gin to decay, which is the foundation, the building must needs fall.

Chap. 199. Of catching cold.

ONe is apter to catch cold standing against a crevis, or door, or window, then in a wide plain.

For narrow passages receive air, as pipes do water, though there comes in lesse quantity, it passes with a greater force.

The like cause makes us catch cold after great heats, by reason the pores of the body are extended there-with, and are like so many windows set open, which receive air with too great a force.

Chap. 200. Of the several motions in an animal body.

VVHen a body is in perfect health, the motions therin do not onely work regularly, and proportionably pla∣cing every part of matter rightly, and properly mixing, and tempering the matter as it should be, or as I may say, fittly; that is, when the quantity of matter, or humour is proportio∣nably, and the motion moves equally, for though every kinde or sort of motion may move evenly, and keep just time, yet not equally or harmoniously; as for example, say there were a company of musicians, and every one played skilfuly, justly, tunable, timely, on the same notes; yet may there be too many

trebles for the tenor, and bases, or too many tenors for the tre∣bles and bases, and too many bases for the tenors and trebles to make a harmony; So in the body there may be too much of one, or more kinde of motions for other kindes to make a harmony of health, as for proof; too many contracting mo∣tions, make the body too dry, and contract diseases; as for example, instead of binding any thing, we should break it by pulling or drawing too hard together, or instead of joyning of parts, we should knock them so close as to rivet, or split them; or instead of gathering such a quantity of matter, or joyning such a number of parts, we should gather twice or thrice the quantity; or numbers of the like examples might be given; for all other kinde of motions, as dilating or expulsive, instead of throwing out the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or rubbish in a house, we should pull down the house, and disperse the materials therein, digging up the foundation thereof.

Likewise too many dilating, or expulsive motions, may dis∣perse, or divide parts, or unsettle, or unground parts: which disunites weaknes, and dissolves parts or bodies.

Wherefore all contracting, attracting, retentive, disgestive, dilating, expulsive motions in a well tempered body, must move like the several Planets, every sort in their proper sphears, keeping their times, motions, tempers, and degrees; but too many or too strong contracting motions, cause the gout, stone, plurisie, hective fevers, numb and dead palsies, dry-liver, brain, and many the like; and too many dilating motions, cause dropsies, winde-colicks, rhumes, shaking palsies, sweats, or fainting sicknes, & milions, the like, and too many, or too strong expulsive motions, cause fluxes, vomiting, bleeding, and the like, and too many, or too strong digestive motions, cause too much blood, fat, and flesh, which is apt to choak the vital parts, or may nourish some particular parts, so much as may make them grow, and swell out so bigg, as they may be dis∣proportionable, for the rest of the parts in the body.

But still I must remember my readers; that all dilating mo∣tions, are in the way of expulsion; and all attractions in the way of contraction, and digestion, are mixt motions taking part from either side, then I must remember my readers, that there are infinite wayes or manners of contractions, and infinite wayes, or manners of wayes of attraction, and so of re∣tentions, dilations, expulsions, and disgestions, where every change makes a several effect.

Chap. 201. Of the several tempers of the body.

A Healthful temper of the body, is an equal temper of the body, and mixture of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, well set parts, and justly tuned motions, whereby life dances the true measure of health, making several figures, and changes with the feet of times; and a sick distempered body is, when the humours of body are superabundant, or unequally tempered, and the mo∣tion perturbed; and irregular, keeping neither time nor mea∣sure, but all diseases proceed from too much cold, or too much heat, or too much drought, or too much moisture, or too much humor, or too much motion, or mistempered humor, or un∣equal motion, or too swift motion, or too slow motion; all con∣tracting motions make the body dry, al dilating motions make the bodie moist, some sorts of contracting motions make the body hot and dry, other sorts of contracting motions make the bodie cold and dry; some sorts of dilating motions make the body hot and moist; other sorts of dilating motions make the body cold and moist; all slow or quick motions cause the humours of the body to be heavy, thick, and clammy, all swift motions cause the humors of the body to be thin, sharp, and salt, all crosse-justling, or beating motions, causeth pain; and according to such and such irregularities, are such, or such sorts, or, kinde, or sorts, or degrees of diseases, are produced there-from.

Chap. 202. The nature of purging medicines.

MOst purging drugs are of the nature of hot burning fire; for the inherent motions therein work according to the humour, or matter it meets with, some humor they melt, making it thin and fluid, although it be hard, tough or clam∣my, and as fire doth oare which is unmelted metal, makes it so fluid, as it will run through a gutter of earth like water; so do some drugs make some sorts of humour through the body, either upward or downward.

Again, some drugs will work upon some humours, as fire upon wood, dividing the humour into small parts, as ashes from wood, which naturally falls downward.

And some they will dissolve by mouldring, and crumbling, as fire doth stone, which runs forth like sand, which is stone in∣deed bred in the body.

Some drugs rarifie the humors into wind, as fire will rari∣fie, and evaporate water, which is set boyling theron.

Other drugs will at fire that distils out the moist, and watry substance, from that which is more grosse; but it is to be observed, that all purging drugs that work by vomit, are somewhat of the nature of that kinde of fire we call sulphur; or oyl that is melted, or fluid sulphur,

when these sorts of drugs are set on fire, as I may say, by the natural or distempered heat in the body, it flies out as∣cendingly, like AEtna; for it is of the nature of sulphur to as∣cend* 1.34 as flame doth; and certainly al bodies have such motions naturally inherent in them, as make and produce such effects as fire doth on several sorts of humours, by which motions the body hath a natural cleansing faculty, which makes the na∣tural purging quality: but when the motions are so violent, they oftentimes destroy the body with burning fevers, or vio∣lent fluxes, or the like; for the fire in the body, is like a fire in a chimnie, for when the chimny is clean, and the fire pro∣portionable to lie therein, it warms and comforts all a∣bout, and is useful for many imployments for the necessaries of life; but if the chimny be foul, or the fire too big, or too much for the chimny, it sets all in a flame, consuming whatso∣ever it incompasses, if it be not quenched out with cooling ju∣lips, as with water, or by casting on rubbish, or grosse materi∣als to smother it out, as in great fluxes, they will not onely give restringent medicines, as having a natural restringent fa∣culty, but thick meats, as thicked milk, or the like; but when the body is restringent, or hath taken restringent medicines, it is produced by drying motions, as contracting, or retentive motion, if they be hot, retentive, or contracting motions, they they harden and confirm the humours, as the heat of the sun, or the heat of the fire doth clay, which turns it to brick or tile, or those things we call earthen pots, and according as the hu∣mour is grosse or fine, the more britle or hard, or thick or heavie, or thinne or light; It is for some humor as Proselnye, or Chyney, others as the grosser earthen vessels; Again, some sorts of contracting, or retentive motions draw the humour, as when bacon, neats tongues, or the like, are dryed in a chimney, or oven, or the like; other sorts of hot contractions draw the humour, as the sun doth the earth, dry∣ing up the watry spring therein; but if the restringencies either of the body, or of the medicines be caused by cold retentive or contracting motions, it dries the humors, as cold frost dries the earth, or bindes up the humors, as frost binds up the waters in icy fetters, or thickens the humors, as cold thickens the water, or vapor drawn from the earth into clouds of snow. But I am to advertise my readers, that all expulsive motions are not fiery expulsions; for there are infinite several wayes of expulsive motions, and dilations.

Secondly these fiery motions do not alwayes work expul∣sively, but contractively, attractively, and retentively, and dis∣gestively.

Thirdly, all expulsive, dilative, disgestive, contractive, attra∣ctive, retentive motions are not fiery, but there is such a kinde, or sort of contractions, attractions, retentions disgestions, di∣lations, and expulsions, as belong to fire or heat, or as I may

better say, produces heat or fire, and as I said there are in∣finite several wayes of each kinde of motion; as for example, I will treat of one of them: a bee gather wax, a bird gather straws, and a man gathers sticks; the bees gather and carie the wax to the hive to make a comb, to lay, or hold and keep the honey; the bird gathers and carries the straw to build a nest to hatch her young ones in; the man gathers wood to mend his house, these all gather to one end, but yet several wayes; for the bees gather the wax, and carie it on their thighs, the bird gathers the straw, and carries it with their bill, the man gathers with his hands, but carries it several wayes, as on his head, or on his shoulders, or at his back, or in his armes, and milions of the like examples may be given upon each kinde or sort of motion, or moved matter.

Again, I must advertise my readers, that though I say there are fiery motions in drugs, and natural fiery motions in every animal creature, and so in many other figures; yet I mean not a bright shining fire, although some are of opinion, that in the heart is a thin flame, and when that is put out, or goeth out, the creature dies; but I mean not such a fire, for to my apprehension there are three sorts of fire to our perceivance, al∣though there may be numberlesse sorts, yet all of one kinde: as for example, there are those creatures we call animals, though some are beasts, birds, fish, and men, but not onely so, for some are of one sort, and some of another; for a lennit is not a parot, nor a parot an owl; nor a horse a cow, nor a sheep a dog, nor a whale a herring, nor a herring a plaise, nor a plaise a lobster; nor a black-more is not a tauny-more, nor a Euro∣pian an Ethiopian, yet all are of animal kinde; so although there may be several sorts of fire, and so of the other elements, yet all are of the fiery kinde, or likewise the fiery motions make several figures, and several figures have several fiery motions, for every sort of animals have a several shape, and several mo∣tions belonging to that shape; so in fiery figures, and fiery motions; but as I said before; there are three sorts of fire. The first is a bright-shining hot-burning fire, that is, when the interi∣or, and exterior temperament of matter, and the interior and exterior figure, and the interior and exterior motions be all as one. The second is a hot-burning fire, but not a bright shi∣ning fire, such as Aqua-fortis, vitrals, and such sorts of the same nature which will burn as fire doth, but not thin as the other fire doth; for though they are both of an interior nature, yet not of an exterior, for the bright-shining fire is all composed of sharp points, as I may say, lines of points, but this vitral fire is as sharp edged lines, like a rasor, or knife, or the like, nei∣ther* 1.35 is there external motions alike; for bright-shining fire mounts upwards, when it is not supprest, or in a straight para∣lel line, for flame which is the liquid part of bright-shining fire, although it moves in several lines, as it ascends, yet the

lines they ascend in are a straight diameter line, but this vi∣tral fire descends as it were downward, or divides as streames of water do, that digs it self a passage through the earth, so this vitral cuts a passage, through what it works on, neither can this sort of fire work so variously, as bright-shining fire can, by rea∣son it hath not so many parts, for points will fall into more parts, and are more swift in motion, then the edged line; as for example, dust which is numerous little parts heapt together, will be more agile upon the least motion, although it be of a weighty nature, as of the nature of a stone.

The smal haires which be of a light, and weightlesse nature, but being not divided into so many parts, cannot move so nim∣ble, as being united lines, but if you cut the hair into smal parts, it shall move with more restlesse motion, then the sand, by so much the more as the substance is lighter.

The third sort of fire is that which I call a cold dull fire, such as brimstone, or sulphur, mercury, salt, oyl, or the like, this sort in the interior nature is of the nature of bright-shining fire, both in the motions, and temperaments of matter, but not in the exterior, for it is composed of points, but those points* 1.36 are turned inward, as toward the Center: but assoon as it touches the bright-shining fire, it straight turns the points outward: for those points soon catch hold of those straight circumferent lines, and break them in sunder, which as soon as they are broke, the points are at liberty, and taking their freedom, they mount in a flame; but when those lines are not dissolved by fire, but crack, as we will snap* 1.37 a string asunder, then they onely sparkle fire out, but not flame out; but mercury, or quick-silver, the interior is fire, but the exterior is water, for the exterior moves extenuating circles as water doth, and so much as to make it soft, and fluid, but not so much as to make it wet; for though it alwayes gathers into sphiratical figures, which shews that the exterior would run into wet, but that the interior hinder it, by drawing the circles inward, as cold doth water into hail-stones, but yet the interior wants the force to make it so hard and firm; but as I did advertise my Readers before, that all sorts of fire work ac∣cording to the matter it meets with, yet none work so vari∣ously, as the bright-shining fire; which makes me think that drugs are more of the nature of bright-shining fire, then of the two other sorts, because they work in the body according to the humour it meets with, for if it meets wit watrish humors, it boyls it as water in a pot, which either boiles over the mouth of the stomack, or evaporates out in sweat, like dewes, or draws downward, like as in showers ofrain, it melts humors like metal, or turns humors like wood into ashes, or calcines the humor, where some part is fixed, other parts are volable; As for example, Rubarb hath a double faculty, some humors it expels out, others it bindes up; for Rubarb is both

purging, and restringent, as it is to be observed in great fluxes; for what it doth not cast forth it confirms to a more solid substance, so as it doth expulse and contract at one time, as I may say, according as it findes the humour it works with; Again, some drugs move several expulsive wayes, as by vomit and stool, where the vomiting is produced with as∣cending expulsions, siege with descending expulsions, but that expulses descending are of the nature of vitral fire, all that ex∣pulses ascendingly, is of the nature of sulphurous fire; but the generality of drugs works like bright-shining fire, according to the nature of the matter, it meets with, as I have sormerly described.

Chap. 103. The motion of Medicines.

AS I have said in my former chapter, that all medicinal drugs, or simples, especially those that purge, are of the nature of fire; for the motions therein most commonly work apart according to the humor it meets with, as fire doth, which in general is to move so and so * 1.38; yet the natural motions in drugs, and likewise in fire are expulsive, and all that is expulsive, is by antipathetical nature striving to destroy by uniting parts, and all contractive motions are by a sympa∣thetical nature, striving to unite, by imbracing, or drawing parts together, yet the nature of the body they work in the contracting motions, may be antipathetical, and expulsive mo∣tions may be sympathetical, the one in expelling the superfluous and corrupted humors, the other in contracting them into a dis∣ease, but most diseases are cured by contrary motions; for if they be diseases of expulsions, they must be cured by contracting, or retentive medicines; if they be diseases of contractions, they must be cured by expulsive medicines, or else dilating or attracting; for though the motions of attraction be agreeable, or of the nature of contraction, as to its self, as I may say, that is, to draw or carry, all to a center, as it were, but the onely diffe∣rence is, that attraction make it self the center, drawing all things to it; but contractions make the matter they work on, part of the center with them, but all attractions are in∣sinuating motions, inviting, or drawing all towards it self, or like a man that should draw a dish of meat, or as if one should suck the brests or udder, but contracting motions are rather to binde, or knit up parts together, but if the diseases proceed from disuniting motions, then retentive medicines must be applied, which is to firm, hold, or settle parts that are loose, unsteddy; but if the diseases proceed out of disorder and irregularity, they must be cured by digestive medicines, which is to put every part in order, and in its proper place; like wise States-men that are neither partial or malicious, (but Readers know) that

though I say all diseases must be cured by contrary motions, yet the motions that are in such medicines, must sympathize, and agree with the constitution of the body. Lastly, it is to be observed, that every degree in the disease must be followed with the same degree in the medicine, whether swift or slow, strong or weak, or more, or lesse, that is, you match your medi∣cines to the disease; but mistake me not, I mean not after the literal sense, but after the metaphorical sense; but al purging me∣dicines are dilative or expulsive, all restringent medicines, are* 1.39 contractive, and retentive.

All drawing medicines are attractive.* 1.40

All restorative, or reviving medicines are disgestive.

And those contracting medicines that must cure the bo∣dy,* 1.41 muct sympathize with the natural health, and constitution* 1.42 of the body, not with the disease, for these motions, draw, gather, or at least knit, and bind up the sound parts from the corrupted parts, lest they should intermix, and retentive re∣medies do not onely stay those parts that are apt to disunite, but give strength, and hold out the assaulting motions in mistempered matter, and all attractive medicines that sym∣pathize with the natural constitutions of the body, sucks and draws forth from the corrupt matter the pure, which is mix∣ed, or inuolved therein; but those attractive, and drawing medicines that are applied to outward sores, or the like, must have a sympathy with the malady, or putrifaction, for all a∣versions do cast outward; or from them, not draw to them.

As for the expulsive remedies they must be carefully ap∣plied, lest they should cast forth the wrong humor, by which the * 1.43 malignant grows more powerful, or else should carry out more humor, then the strength of the body, will permit, or should be so weak, or of such a nature, onely to disturb, and unsettle, but not carry forth, from which disturbance great inconveniences, or deadly quarels in the body may arise; wherefore these medicines are more dangerous then any o∣ther sort, although no medicine can be safely applied, unlesse the strength and nature be answerable to the constitution of the body, or the diseases in the body, no not those we call restorative, or reviving remedies, which work disgestive∣ly, such as cordials, or the like, for when there is more ap∣plied then will agree with the constitution of the body, or with the temper, or degree of the diseases, they turn from be∣ing assisting friends, to assaulting enemies, for when they have more force then regular work, they put in disorder those re∣gularities, for want of regular imployment; for it is against the nature of innate matter to desist from moving, or work∣ing, but it is not against nature to change and alter the motions.

The several degrees, and natures of drugs of every par∣ticular

drug, and simple; I leave my readers to the Herbal, where perchance some of it may be discoursed of right; or effectually, howsoever it is too laborious a study or practise for me.

Chap. 204. Agreeing, and disagreeing of humours, senses, and passions.

Some times the humours of the body, and the outward senses agree and disagree; sometimes the humours of the body, and the passions of the minde, agree, or disagree; sometimes the passions of the minde, and the outward sen∣ses agree, or disagree, and sometimes the senses, and the pas∣sions disagree, or agree with the humors of the body.

As for example, sometimes the distempered humors in the body, make extravagancy in the senses, as we see in fevers; and sometimes the distempered humors of the body make a disordered minde, as we see those that have cholerick hu∣mors, cholerick passions; melancholy humours, melancholy pas∣sions, and the like, or distempered humors, extravagant imagi∣nations, and the like.

Sometimes extravagant senses make extravagant fancies, sometimes a superabundant humor makes a strong particular appetite; as for example, those in the green sicknesse, the overflowing, or increase of some raw, and indigested humor will cause a strong particular appetite, as some in that disease love to smell strong smells, as camfier, tanned-leather, musty bottles, or the like, or to delight onely in one taste, as oate∣meal, coals, or several particular tasts, or extravagant tasts, not natural to the constitution of the body, as to delight to eat coals, leather, candles, cork, and milions of the like; and the humour increaseth, and is nourished by the sympathy of that extravagant diet; for what the senses take pleasure in, the minde longs for. Again, some humors Antipathize, as to hate all loathsome tasts, smells, noices, touches, and ob∣jects.

So passions sympathize with some humors, and disagree with others, for some bitter humors make cholerick passions, sharp humors make spiteful passions, tough humors make a dull un∣derstanding, melancholy humors, make timerosity, cholerick humors make courage, and many the like; then the senses of the minde agree, and disagree often, as some objects will astonish the senses, and ravish the minde, delight the sense, and cause love in the minde; others which the sense dislike, causeth hate in the minde, pain in the sense, grieving in the minde, pleasure in the sense, delight in the minde; but if the sense and minde disagree, then the sense likes that the minde hates; As for example, the sense is taking pleasure upon an object, which for the crosse disposition, the minde 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or for

some injury done, or by some neglect, or out of envie, and as they sympathize, and antipathize in their working, and making; so in the expulsions, time works out a passion, accidents work out passion, evacuations work out passion; the like in the sen∣ses, so many times humors are expulsed by passions, and as the superfluities are purged out of the body, after the same manner, are violent passions from the minde; for as the body purges by siege, by vomit, by urin, by spitting, by sweating, by blee∣ding, by incisions, and the like; so strong passions are purged by weeping, by sighing, groaning, speaking, and acting; but if the increasing motions of the humors in the body, and the passions in the minde, be as many, and as strong, as the expul∣sive motions, then there is a continuance of the same humour or passion, for whatsoever is cast forth, or wasted, is bred again.

Chap. 205. Of outward objects disagreeing with the natural motions, and humours in the body.

INward commotions of the body are often times caused by outward objects, or subjects, as when the senses take ade∣light at some kinde of sound, scent, sight, taste, and touch; as for example, some will sownd at a fearful noise, that is, at a sudden, or unacustomed, or tumultuous noise; others will sownd at the sight of bloud, or at any cruel object, or at the sight of a cat, or many other creatures; some will sownd at sweet-smels; o∣thers if they should taste cheese, or any meat they dissike natu∣rally, and some will not onely sownd but die laughing with tickling, the reason is, that the exterior motion anticipates with the natural motions belonging to the body, sometimes onely to the sensitive parts, other-some to the rational part, others to both.

The reason is, that the disordered motions of the outward senses, disorder the interior motions, which makes the body sick, and the body passionate, and sometimes the brain fran∣tick, and if they make not the body sick, nor the brain mad; yet those antipathetical, and these disordered motions, never fail to put the sense to pain, or move passion; but when these anti∣pathetical motions be toostrong for the natural motions belong∣ing to the body, or minde, it brings death, or unrecoverable madnes, for then the natural motions belonging to that body, is as it were extinguished; thus we may see that the outward senses may be perfect, and the inward parts within that body may be corrupt and decayed; so likewise the outward senses may be defected, and the inward parts sound, and so some parts of the body firme, and others infirme, and some of the outward parts, or sense wanting, or defective, others free clear and distinguishing.

The reason is, that some of the sensitive innated matter works

orderly, others disorderly, and clear from the nature of the body; for as I have said before, some of the exterior parts of the body, may be nummed, or dead; the reason is that the natural motions, belonging to such a part of the body are altered, for every part or parcel, hath proper motions belonging there∣unto.

But if in any part of the body, the natural motions onely work irregularly, then it onely causeth a pain in that part; but if the motions work crosse to the nature of the body, it causeth that part to die, but if they alter but in part, it causeth onely a numnesse which is in a degree of being dead, but if the na∣tural motions be onely stopt by some outward accident, or actions, as by a sudden fright, which causeth the body to swoon by reason the spirits are contracted by the fright into so straight a compasse, and thronged so close together, that they cannot move in order, or by the action of lying, or pressing too hard, or too heavy upon any part that hinders the spirits therein from moving after their natural manner, which causeth a slee∣pinesse or numnesse in those parts, that are prest by weight, or strength; those disorders are soon to be rectified. Again, as by giving liberty, or helping the spirits with cordials which gives strength to them, and sets them at liber∣ty; but if the sensitive parts be quite altered from their na∣tural course, they seldom are rectified; But sometimes the assistance of the regular motions in the body, joyning as it were with one consent, do expel that innated matter out of that part wherein they work, contrary to the nature of the body, and supplies that part with fresh, and new matter, that moves as it should do.

Likewise as the sensitive innated matter works in some parts of the body irregularly, and in other parts regularly, and in one, and the same part, sometimes regularly, and sometimes irre∣gularly, the same is it many times with the rational innate mat∣ter; for sometimes that will moves regularly, and sometimes iregularly, that makes frantick men, sometimes to be in their wits, and sometimes out of their wits: but if their madnesse be at certain times, as at full of the moon, or high tides, or springs, or falls, or in the midst of summer, or when they keep an evil, or too full a diet, then it proceeds from those out∣ward accidents, which give assistance to the disordered motions, which inhabit in the body, the original defect being amongst the sensitive innate matter, for this shewes that the madness proceeds from some distemper of the body, which most com∣monly is in the spleen, or that which they call in women, the mother, from which parts arise grosse, and noisom vapors, which ascends up into the head, and disaffects the brain; and many times the brain is disaffected with its own distempers, and whensoever the brain is distempered, the rational innate matter which moves therein, moves irregularly; but when those times

or seasons are past, or that overfulnesse of humour is purged out, the natural motions of humour get strength, and the man is well untill the return thereof.

But if the irregularity be in the rational innate matter, it is most dangerous, for it seldom, or never is cured, nor seldom have intermitting fits, but as a continual fever, in the body, so is a continual madnesse in the minde.

But I shall speak more of this in my following chap∣ters.

Chap. 206. Of the inward sense, and outward sense, as the interior and exterior parts.

SOme of the exterior senses may be extinguished, as sight, hearing, scent, or taste, or some parts of the body numb, or dead, or some disjoynted from the rest; as leggs, or arms, toes, brest, eyes, nose, or the like, and yet the material parts sound and whole, which materal parts are the vital parts, as the brain, the heart, the liver, the lungs, the lights, the spleen, the maw, the midriff, the kidnies, the bladder, or the like; as for the heart, and the brain, there is such a sympathising, and conjunction with the whole body, as the least distemper indan∣gers the body, and the least alteration of their shapes, or figures, it destroyes the life of the body, but for the rest of those vi∣tals, or fundamental parts, when they decay, or are any way impaired, the life doth sink down as in were by degrees, according as those parts impaires; but if they be wounded, or corrupted by poisons, or plaguie infections, or by an abso∣lute, and sudden alteration, from their natural motions or figures, then the life is suddenly extinguished, but the external figures of the rest of the parts have not such a sympathy to the interior motions of the whole figure; but when I say the ex∣terior figure of the interior parts, I mean the particular figure of every particular part, not onely the outward part, as hands and armes, leggs, and head, and body and the like; but of brain, and heart, and liver, and so all the rest; for though they be internal figures, to the external figures, yet they be the exter∣nal figures to the internal motion that works in them.

Chap. 207. The sympathies and antipathies of sound to the minde and actions.

THe bottome hole in the eare is covered with a thin caule, or felme, which is called the drum of the ear, where those motions that enter in at the ear beat thereon, like unto drum∣sticks, and if the felm, or thin skin, be stretched smooth, or braced straight with the nervous strings, the sound is clear and loud, but if it be weakly braced, and the nervous strings loose, and the thin skin slack, the sound is low and dull, by reason that

skin is so soft by the slackness, that the beating, or striking, or playing motion thereon cannot rebound, or retort, but sinks, and is smothered therein; and if it be stretched very hard, and thin, and then such motions enter the ear, which pierce, or cut sharp, such as we call shrill notes, it doth not onely desturb the natural motion in the brain, but many times breaks that skin, or at least puts it to pain; likewise if those motions that enter in at the ear, move crosse to the natural motions in the brain, it causeth pain in the head; likewise if one and the same notes are often repeated, it fills the head so full of this particular motion, as they over-power the natural motions therein; and as I may* 1.44 say, cause a surfeit thereof in the brain, being glutted therewith, tiring not onely the sensitive part os the brain, which causeth pain or diseases, but oppresseth the rational part of innate mat∣ter in the brain, causing a hate thereto; and if the vocal, or verbal sound are crossed, as by the way of antipathy, it may dis∣order both the sensitive, and rational innated matter in the brain, so much by striking or pressing into, and by barring and throng∣ing out, as the sense, and reason are so disordered, as the natu∣ral government is absolutely overthrown, from whence proceeds madness, at least extravagant passions raised from the heart; the like disorder both in the head, and heart, may proceed from each of the senses; and as this or the like external objects, or subjects may disorder by the irregular, and antipathetical motions the health and understanding, which are the interiour motions, so regularity and sympathie of the verbal or vocal motions brought through the ear, may compose the differences, and disorder of the natural interior motions, as health, reason, understanding, affection, or reconcilement; as for example, a timely, kinde, discreet discourse, may compose a disquiet mind, for the motions of wise, sober, kinde, gentle, or eloquent words may turn the motion of troubled & combustible, or extravagant thoughts into a smooth, and calm temper, or regular order; Likewise un∣kinde, and indiscreet, double, false, malicious, hasty, sudden, sad, or frightful discourses, may discompose, and disorder a quiet and well tempered minde, disordering the regular motions, by misplacing the thoughts, making a war in the minde, giving strength to some thoughts, and overpowring others.

The like with vocal sounds; as for musick, the notes in musick agree with the motions of passions, and the motions of several thoughts, as some notes sympathize with passions, and with the se∣veral thoughts, and move the actions accordingly, so others dis∣compose the minde, and inveterat and disturb it; for slow, sought strains on the tenor, and bass, is as commending, extorting, exci∣ting, threatning, terrifying, judging, which moves the minde to melancholy, from whence proceeds fear, superstition, devotion, repenting, praying, and vowing, which causeth an humble sub∣mission, dejected countenance, weeping eys, heaved up hands, and bended knees.

And slow soft notes, onely on the tenors, are a sad relation, sorrowful laments, mournful complaints, pleadings, petitioning, acknowledging faults, begging pardon, imploring mercy, which moves the minde to a tender pitty and compassion, and a chari∣table love, from whence proceeds a listning ear, a helping hand, a serious countenance, a sad eye, with a favouring cast therefrom.

High, hard, sharp, notes or straines, on the basse or tenor, is like exclaiming, incouraging, or animating, extolling, promi∣sing; which moves the minde to pride, ambition, vain-glory, desire, hope, which makes the body active, the actions adven∣trous, bold, the eyes darting and quick.

Low, sharp straines, and cross notes, and unequal times, move the minde to murmur words, choler, hate, revenge, fury, despair, the cursing, their hands tearing, the legs stamping, their bodies turning several wayes, their countenance maskerd and gastly, and the eyes staring.

But quick sharp straines in tenor notes, and soft slow strains on treble notes, are as perswading, flattering, insinuating, pro∣fessing, inviting, alluring, this moves the minde to love, the thoughts to be amorous; this makes their actions affective, kis∣sing their hands, making of leggs, mending their garments, of∣fering their service, their words complemental, their counte∣nance smiling, and their eyes glancing.

And quick sharp strains, on the tenor, and treble notes, produce a cheerful minde, it makes the thoughts lively, the countenance pleasant, their eyes quick, their discourse wanton, and jesting, their actions laughing, singing, playing, and dancing.

But slow low flats strike on the basses, and tenor notes moves the minde to a dull stupidity, wherein the thoughts lie as dead, this makes the body appear like sensless statues of stone, without motion, the head bending down, the eyes fixt to the ground.

But Cramatick musick is like Schools disputation, and discord in musick, is like quarrelling, these are the grounds of musical discourses, or discourses in musick.

Musick hath a sympathie to the rational motions, because the rational spirits move in number and measure, as musical instru∣ments do.

Thus as notes are set, the thoughts are placed, and as the notes change in several tunes, so the thoughts move in several passions, and as notes are composed, so are thoughts, as sem∣brim of thoughts, a full note is a fixt thought.

Thus according as the notes and thoughts agree, the minde, and musick makes a harmony, if I have not matched my strains 〈◊〉〈◊〉 notes, with words and thoughts properly, let those that un∣derstand musick, and Rhetorick mend it, for I understand neither, having neither fed at the full table, nor drank at the full head of learning, but lived alwayes upon scattered crums,

which I pick up here and there, and like a poor lasie begger, that had rather feed on scraps then work, or be industrious to get wealth, so I had rather write by guesse, then take the pains to learn every nice distinction.

And if my book will not please the learned, yet it may please the vulgar, whose capacity can onely dig in the earth, being not able to reach the celestial Orbs by speculation.

Chap. 208. The knowledge of diseases.

IT is not sufficient for Physitians to study the names of disea∣ses, and to know onely so much, as to distinguish one kinde of disease from another, as we should distinguish man from beast, or so, as a horse from a cow, or as that horse is a barbe, or a coarser, or a genet, or a Turk, or an Arabian, but that this barbe, is not that barbe, or this genet is not that genet, and the like. Likewise to know the nature so, as to know how to use it, and what fit to apply to it; as for example, a man buyes a horse, and he having onely an old saddle, that he was accusto∣med to ride with on a horse he formerly had, put it on his new horses back, yet although his horse is of the same Country, or sort of horses, as his former horse was, yet the saddle may not be fit for the new horse, but may be either too big or too little, and by the unfitnesse may gall his horse so sore, and corrupt the flesh so much, as he may be a scald back jade, as long as he lives, if it festers not as to kill him; so in dis∣eases medicines may be too strong, or too weak, or they may e∣vacuate too much or too little, if they do not not know the just dimension, and extention of the disease. Again, one the same sort of horses may be so dull, as hardly to move out of his pace with the spur, although it should prick so deep, as to make his sides to bleed, when another horse of the same sort, shall run away, over hedg, and ditch, against trees, and stones, untill he hurt himself, and flings his rider, or at least flings, and leaps, and snorts, and stamps; and grows into a furious heat; so dis∣eases, some must be handled gently, others more roughly, for in diseases you must learn the disposition of the disease, as well of what kinde, sort, or breed it is; so likewise it is not enough for a physitian to know what drugs will purge choler, what flegme, and what melancholy, or the like; but they should study to know the several motions, which work in them, or else their operations will be as their imploiments are, which is chance-medly; for otherwise a Physitian neither applies his medicines knowingly, nor skilfully, but customarily, because they are usually given in such diseases, whereof some do mend, others do die with them; but certain if Physitians would take pains to study the several motions of the diseases, and also of the drugs, and medicines they give, and would do as skilful mu∣sitians, which make a consort, where although every one plaies

upon a several instrument, yet they all make their notes agree, there would follow a harmony of health in the body, as well as a harmony of musick in these consorts.

But as I said before it is not sufficient to know how to purg choler, flegme, melancholy, and the like, for the purg∣ing of those humors doth not alwayes work cures; for some diseases do not alwayes proceed so much from the loose hu∣mours in the body, as the disordered motions in the body; for choler, flegme, melancholy, are not superfluous humors of the body; unlesse the quantity of each be too much; for the na∣ture of the body, for those humours are part of the body, and the body could not subsist without them, for they are several mixtures, which serve to the consistance of the figure, and as some humours, make and mix such humours, so other mo∣tions carry the humour like tempered matter, or lime to the creations or reparations of the figure, which is the body; and if there were none of those humours, the figure would no more stand, if once a decaying, no more then a house which runs to ruine for want of stone, brick, wood, or morter, or the like: besides, if there were not flegme, choler, would do like a coach wheel, for want of moisture, the motions would set the body on fire, and if no choler, the flegme would drown it, and if neither flegme nor choler, muddy melancholy would dam, or stop it up.

But Physitians should study diseases so, as they may be able to distinguish them, as we do the different faces of mankinde, or any other; For there are as many several kindes of diseases, as there are animals, and as much difference in one, and the same kinde, as there are in the several shapes, and countenan∣ces to the body and nature, and disposition of the minde; be∣sides, diseases are like parents, and children, as the childe may resemble the parent, or the children of the same parents may resemble one another, and yet they are not all one; A∣gain, diseases may be like half brothers, or sisters, as some may have all one mother, but not one father; so some diseases may be produced, partly from such a cause, and partly from another. Again, diseases may be matcht, and some to be like widows, and widows that marry again, so diseases may be loose, or be quit of such a producing cause, and joyn with another.

As for example, a cold stomack is a disease, and a hot liver is a disease, and both may produce such diseases; perchance the cold stomack, may be cured, but not the hot liver, when the cold stomack is cured, the hot liver is a widow, which after∣wards may chance to match with a cold melancholy spleen, or two or thre, or more diseases, may be matched together; as if a man should have two or three wives, or a woman as many husbands; likewise several accidents may be matched, or at least commit adultery, and get bastardly children.

As for example, a great heat may be matched or joyned

with a sudden cold, which may produce a great fever or other diseases that usually follow, and milions of the like exam∣ples may bee given. But I desire my Readers, that they may not condemn my comparisons, as extravagant, and too fan∣tastical for so grave a subject, but I could finde no fitter to ex∣presse my meaning, which is onely that I would have Phy∣sitians, as skilful, knowing and learned in diseases, as they are in the customs, manners, humours, and persons of men, and that they may as knowingly distiugnish the difference, alterati∣ons, degrees, and alliances of diseases, as they do the several sexes, faces, countenance, dispositions and qualities of men.

Besides, who knowes but that the very thoughts of men may be known by the temper of their body? for could men come but to learn the several motions of the body, which ingenious observations may come to do, they may easily come to learn the motions of the minde, and so come to know the thoughts, which thoughts are the several figures therein, which figures most commonly move sympathetically, with the motions of the body.

Chap. 209. To my just Readers.

I Desire all those that are friends to my book, if not to my book, for justice sake, that whatsoever is new is my own, which I hope all is; for I had never any guide to direct me, nor intelligence from any Authors, to advertise me, but write according to my own natural cogitations, where if any do write after the same manner in what language soever, that they will remember my work is the original of their discourse, but they that steal out my opinions, or compare them to old opinions, that are nothing alike, as if one should liken to men that had neither semblance in features, countenance, pro∣portion, nor complexion, because they are two men, as be∣ing of madkinde, surely they might be judged to be fools; but may all such be condemned, as false, malicious, ridiculous or mad.

But to such noble dispositions as will give right, and speak truth, may they never receive injury, may honour crown them, fame applaud them, and time reward them with anti∣quity.

This Chapter although it belongs to another book, yet I thought it fit to joyn it to this discourse.

Chap. 210. The diatical Centers.

ALthough infinite matter and motion was from all eter∣nity; yet that infinite moving matter is disposed by an in finite Deity, which hath power to order that moving mat∣ter, as that Deity pleaseth, by reason there is nothing greater then it self, therefore there is nothing that can oppose its will.

Likewise this Deity is as the center of infinite moving mat∣ter, for though there can be no center in infinites, by reason there is no circumference, yet in respect the matter is infinite every way from, and to this Deity; we may say the Deity is the center of infinite matter, and by reason, the infinite mo∣ving matter, flowes as much to this diatical, center, as from it, it doth as it were present it self, or rather is forced to be ordered, by its infinite wisdom, which otherwise it would run into an infinite confusion, with which there would be an infinite, horrid and eternal war in nature; and though this Deity is as the center to infinite matter, yet this Deity in it self is as infinite matter, for its wisdom is as infinite as matter, and its knowledge as infinite as its wisdom, and its power as infinite as both, and the effects of these attributes run with in∣finite matter, like infinite paralel lines, even and straight, not crossing, nor obstructing, nor can they circumference or circle in each other, the matter and the Deity being both in∣finite neither is the matter or Deity finite to, or in them∣selves, for infinite matter hath no end, or period, nei∣ther can the infinite Deity comprehend it self, so as it is a god to it self, as well, or as much as to matter; for this Deity is no wayes finite, neither to its self, nor matter, its knowledge being as infinite as its power, and its wisdom as infinite its knowledge, and its power as infinit as both, and being infinit, its wisdom cannot be above its power, nor its power beyond its wisdom, neither can its knowledge compre∣hend its power, or the wayes of its wisdom being all infinite and eternal.

And though nature is infinit matter, motion and figure crea∣ting all things out of its self, for of matter they are made, and by motion they are formed into several and particular figures, yet this Deity orders and disposes of all natures works.

GReat God, from thee all infinites do flow; And by thy power from thence effects do grow; Thou orderest all degrees of matter, just As t'is thy will and pleasure move it must, And by thy knowledge orderd'st all the best, For in thy knowledge doth thy wisdom rest; And wisdom cannot order things amiss, For where disorder is, no wisdom is. Besides, great God, thy will is just, for why? Thy will still on thy wisdom doth rely. O pardon Lord, for what, I now hear speak Upon a guesse, my knowledge is but weak; But thou hast made such creatures as mankinde, And gav'st them somthing which we cal a mind, Alwayes in motion, never quiet lies, Untill the figure, of his body dies, His several thoughts, which several motions are Do raise up love, hope, joyes, doubts and feare; As love doth raise up hope, so fear doth doubt, which makes him seek to find the great God out: Self love doth make him seek to finde, if he Came from, or shall last to eternity; But motion being slow, makes knowledge weak, And then his thoughts 'gainst ignorance doth beat, As fluid waters 'gainst hard rocks do flow, Break their soft streams, & so they backward go: Just so do thoughts, & then they backward slide, Unto the place, where first they did abide; And there in gentle murmurs, do complain, That all their care and labour is in vain; But since none knows, the great Creator must, Man seek no more, but in his greatness trust.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The head ake is different from the tooth ake, or stomack ake, and so every 〈◊〉〈◊〉, be it never so small, differs.
• * 1.2

  As sauces may be equally mixt with se∣veral sorts of things, as none can tast any one thing in it.
• * 1.3

  Like the over flowing of banks.
• * 1.4

  Ebbing from the mouth of the stomack as from the river.
• * 1.5

  Like low mar∣shy grounds.
• * 1.6

  I think it is rar fied vapor, because it is so easily dis∣persed.
• * 1.7

  The stronger motions for∣ceth the weaker to their wayes.
• * 1.8

  As on the op∣ticks, or as on the drum of the ear, the pia mater, or the skin for touch and taste.
• * 1.9

  As to see, hear, taste, touch, smell, that which is not present, or perhaps not in nature.
• * 1.10

  Figures of innated mat∣ter.
• * 1.11

  In mad fits.
• * 1.12

  If I mistake not.
• * 1.13

  Which is cor∣rupt humors.
• * 1.14

  As a sound body.
• * 1.15

  Surfets, or unholsom meats.
• * 1.16

  The stronger motions over power the the weaker
• * 1.17

  Some dayes the body 〈◊〉〈◊〉 better then others, so in an hour or half an hour.
• * 1.18

  As hot and dry Cordials.
• * 1.19

  As to draw every day an ounce, or two as long as the violence of the discase lasts.
• * 1.20

  I meane there interior strength.
• * 1.21

  As by let∣ting bloud, or the like.
• * 1.22

  Yet it is first caused by o∣ther distem∣pered moti∣ons, before they come to be distempe∣red expulsi∣ons.
• * 1.23

  There are hot expulsions, and cold ex∣pulsions, and hot contracti∣ons, and cold contractions.
• * 1.24

  As witnesse the frost and ice.
• * 1.25

  The like of other kinde of motions.
• * 1.26

  See in the chap of exte∣nuations of water.
• * 1.27

  Sometimes longer and some times shorter.
• * 1.28

  For as long as the humor remains, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 are repea∣ted.
• * 1.29

  Winde Col∣lick.
• * 1.30

  A bilious Col∣lick.
• * 1.31

  Cramps oft times taken for Collicks.
• * 1.32

  Rheums.
• * 1.33

  * Sweats.
• * 1.34

  I have treated of the several sorts of fire.
• * 1.35

  That is when it works, and converts a thinner sub∣stance to its own nature.
• * 1.36

  But bound a∣bout with straight smooth lines without as to the circum∣ference.
• * 1.37

  As a flint, hard suger, brimstone, or the like.
• * 1.38

  That which is most apt to
• * 1.39

  I mean pur∣ning motions.
• * 1.40

  Restraining motions.
• * 1.41

  Attractive motion.
• * 1.42

  Restoring motion.
• * 1.43

  The humor that staies behiude.
• * 1.44

  We may hear a tune so of∣ten repeated; that it may grow hateful; although de∣lightful at first.