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THE Animal Figure of Mankind, I will similize to an Island, the Blood as the Sea that runs about, the Mouth as the Haven which receive the Ships of Provision, which are Meat, Drinke (or Mrechandice of Luxurious and Superfluous Meats and Drinks) which cause many times the ruin of the Island; like as a Rebellious Pride, so the Humours of the Body swelling with malignity, ruinate the Body, by a sudden Usurpation, as dead Palsies, Apoplexies, or the like; but the exterior Senses are the Forts, and the vital parts are like the Magazine, which as long as they are secured, and that there are Provisions, they are safe; but if once they are taken, the Island is utterly lost and ruina∣ted; besides, the Island is in great danger to be over-flowed; for the Blood, which is as the Sea, being alwaies in perpetual moti∣on, running about Ebbing and Flowing through the narrow Veins, and large Arteries; if by chance it break through the Ar∣teries, or over-flow the small Veins, it drowns the Island; where∣fore Chyrurgions, which are like Drayners, should cut Sluces to let it out.