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full ; as we see both in men, and in currying of 

 horses, &c. The cause is, for that they draw greater 

 quantity of spirits and blood to the parts : and again, 

 because they draw the aliment more forcibly from 

 within : and again, because they relax the pores, and 

 so make better passage for the spirits, blood, and 

 aliment : lastly, because they dissipate and digest 

 any inutile or excrementitious moisture which lieth 

 in the flesh ; all which help assimilation. Frictions 

 also do more fill and impinguate the body, than ex 

 ercise. The cause is, for that in frictions the inward 

 parts are at rest ; which in exercise are beaten, many 

 times, too much : and for the same reason, as we 

 have noted heretofore, galley-slaves are fat and 

 fleshy, because they stir the limbs more, and the 

 inward parts less. 



Experiment solitary touching globes appearing flat at 

 distance. 



878. All globes afar off appear flat. The cause 

 is, for that distance, being a secondary object of sight, 

 is not otherwise discerned, than by more or less 

 light ; which disparity, when it cannot be discerned, 

 all seemeth one : as it is, generally, in objects not 

 distinctly discerned ; for so letters, if they be so far 

 off as they cannot be discerned, shew but as a 

 duskish paper ; and all engravings and embossings, 

 afar off, appear plain. 



Experiment solitary touching shadows. 

 879. The uttermost parts of shadows seem ever 



