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luti de flamma et aere dictum est. Quinetiam s])iritus 

 emortuns, qui in omni tangibili animate continetur, id 

 perpetuo agit, ut partes crassiorcs digerat et vertat in 

 spiritum qui deinde exeat; nude fit diininutio ponderis 

 et exsiccatio, ut alibi diximus. Neque etiam respuenda 

 est in (ixshnihitiont accretio ilia, (jiiani vulgo ab alimen- 

 tationc distiiiguuiit ; velnti cum lutuin inter lapillos 

 conerescit, et vertitur in niateriani laj)ideain ; squama; 

 circa denies vertuntnr in substantial)! non minus du- 

 ram, quam .snnt denies ipsi, &c. Snmus enim in ea 

 opinione. inc sse forjtoribus omnibus desiderium assimi- 

 landi, non minus quam eoeundi ad homogenea: verum 

 ligatur ista virtus, sicut et ilia; licet non iisdem mo- 

 dis. Sed niodos illos, necnon solntiouem ab iisdem, 

 omni diligentia iiujuirere ojiortet; quia pertinent ad 

 scnectntis refocillationem ^ I &amp;gt; ostremo videtur notatu 

 &amp;lt;ligimm, (plod in novem illis uiotibus, de (|uibus dixi 

 mus, cor|or;i tantnm nature sua: conservationem ap- 

 petcre videntnr; in hoc decimo autcni propagatio- 

 uem 8y . 



(12.) Sit motns duodecimus, viotus ejecitationis^ ; 

 qui motus videtur esse ex genere assiinilationis, atque 

 eo nomine quandoque a nobis promiscue vocatur. Est 

 enim motus diil usivus, et communicativus, et transiti- 

 vus, et multiplicativus, sicut et illc ; atque eflectu (ut 

 plurimum) consentiunt, licet eflicieiidi modo et sub- 

 jecto dill erant. Motns enim assimilationis ]&amp;gt;rocedit 



^ Bacon was full of the old Al- were the roth not the nth kind of 



chemist helief about the prolong- Motus. 



tion of Life. And for himself he *&amp;gt; The tendency to excite and 



was extremely fanciful about Health, diffuse a quality, as Heat is dif- 



He tells us many of his favourite fused, or as the magnet gives to 



notions as to diet, &c. in the Sylva iron its own qualities without itself 



Sylvarum. losing them. 



By Bacon here speaks as if this 



