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mind of man upon other spirits : and this is of a 

 double nature, the operations of the affections, if they 

 be vehement, and the operation of the imagination, 

 if it be strong. But these two are so coupled, as we 

 shall handle them together : for when an envious or 

 amorous aspect doth infect the spirits of another, 

 there is joined both affection and imagination. 



909. The sixth is, the influxes of the heavenly 

 bodies, besides these two manifest ones, of heat and 

 light. But these we will handle where we handle 

 the celestial bodies and motions. 



910. The seventh is the operations of sympathy, 

 which the writers of natural magic have brought into 

 an art or precept : and it is this ; that if you desire 

 to super-induce any virtue or disposition upon a per 

 son, you should take the living creature, in which 

 that virtue is most eminent, and in perfection ; of that 

 creature you must take the parts wherein that virtue 

 chiefly is collocate : again, you must take those parts 

 in the time and act when that virtue is most in exer 

 cise ; and then you must apply it to that part of man 

 wherein that virtue chiefly consisteth. As if you 

 would super-induce courage and fortitude, take a 

 lion or a cock ; and take the heart, tooth, or paw of 

 the lion ; or the heart or spur of the cock : take 

 those parts immediately after the lion or the cock 

 have been in fight, and let them be worn upon a 

 man s heart or wrist. Of these, and such like sym 

 pathies, we shall speak under this present title. 



911. The eighth and last is, an emission of imma- 

 teriate virtues, such as we are a little doubtful to pro- 



