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fouls they conceived moft pure, which 

 were thus (hatched from their bodies 5 

 and to retain aftranger propenfion unto 

 them : whereas they weariedly left a 

 languifhing corps , and with faint de- 

 fires of re-union. If they fell by long 

 and aged decay, yet wrapt up in thi 

 bundle of time,thcy fallintoindiftindi- 

 on, and make but one blot with Infants, 

 If we begin to die when we live, and 

 long life be but a prolongation of death 5 

 our life is a fad competition ; We live 

 with death, and die not in a moment. * 

 How many pulfes made up the life of 

 Metbuftlab, were work for Archimedes: 

 Pfa?iweof Common Counters fumme up the life 

 Mofis. of dfc/e/ his man b . Our day cs become 

 Accord confiderable like petty fums by minute 

 andem A- accumulation/ 5 where numerous frafti- 

 rithmcrfck ons make up but fmall round numbers $ 



whe h re!r d and ? UF ^^ f a f P an IoD 8 makenOt 



the little one little finger c . 



r i iff If the ncarneflrc of our Ia ft necefflty, 

 <x>n- brought a nearer conformity unto it, 

 there were a happinefle in hoary hairs, 

 . and no calamity in half fenfes. But the 

 fa long habit of living iodifpofeth us for 

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