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it doth absorb likewise, and attenuate too much 

 the moisture of the body. Thirdly, that it maketh 

 too great concussion, especially if it be violent, of the 

 inward parts, which delight more in rest. But 

 generally exercise, if it be much, is no friend to pro 

 longation of life, which is one cause why women live 

 longer than men, because they stir less. 



Experiment solitary touching meats that induce 

 satiety. 



300. Some food we may use long, and much, 

 without glutting, as bread, flesh that is not fat or 

 rank, &c. Some other, though pleasant, glutteth 

 sooner, as sweet-meats, fat meats, &c. The cause 

 is, for that appetite consisteth in the emptiness of 

 the mouth of the stomach, or possessing it with 

 somewhat that is astringent, and therefore cold and 

 dry. But things that are sweet and fat are more 

 filling, and do swim and hang more about the 

 mouth of the stomach, and go not down so speedily : 

 and again turn sooner to choler, which is hot, and 

 ever abateth the appetite. We see also that another 

 cause of satiety is an over-custom, and of appetite is 

 novelty, and therefore meats, if the same be con 

 tinually taken, induce loathing. To give the reason 

 of the distaste of satiety, and of the pleasure in 

 novelty, and to distinguish not only in meats and 

 drinks, but also in motions, loves, company, delights, 

 studies, what they be that custom maketh more 

 grateful, and what more tedious, were a large field. 

 But for meats, the cause is attraction, which is 



