Chap. 27. e^ Treat Jfe of BODIES* 



not us at prcfent to determine : let Phyficians ami Anatomifts 

 relolve thatqueftion,whilcs it fufficeth us to undcrftand that the 

 operations of bodies by odours upon our fenfe,are performed by 

 rcall & folide parts of the whole fubftance; which are truly ma- 

 tcriall,though very little bodies; and not by imaginary qualities. 



And thofe bodies, when they proceed out of the fame things * 

 that yield alfb taftive particles, (although without fuch materi- or the 

 all violence, & in a more fubtile manner) rnuft of necefsity have tTe^wo 

 in them the fame nature, which thofe have that affect the taft; of Tmciiing ani 

 and they muft both of them affect a man much alike, by his taft c ' 

 and by his fmell: and to are very proportionate to one another; 

 excepting in thole properties which require more cold or liqui- 

 dity then can well ftand with the nature of a fhiell. And ac- 

 cordingly, the very names which men have impo(ed to exprefle 

 the affections of both, do many times agree: as favour, which 

 is common both to the finell and to the taft; and fvveet like wife: 

 the ftrongeft of which we fee oftentimes do make themfelves 

 known as well by the one as by the other (enfe ; and cither of 

 them inexcefle will turn amins (tomack. And the Phyficians 

 that write of thefe fenfcsfind them very confbrmablerand there- 

 fore it happeneth that the lofing of one of them, is the lofle alfb 

 of the other. 



And experience teacheth us in all beafts, that the fmell is gi- 

 ven unto living creatures , to know what meats are good for 

 them, and what are not. And accordingly we fee them ftiU 

 fmell for the mott part at any unknown meat before they touch 

 it ; which feldome failech of informing them rightlyrnature ha- 

 ving provided this remedy againft the gluttony, which could 

 not choofe but follow th convenient difpofition and tcm{>er of 

 their parts and humours j through whiqh they often fwallow 

 their meat greedily and fuddeniy, without expecting to try it 

 firft by their taft. Befides that, many meats are fo ftrong, that 

 their very tafting them after their ufuall mann<?f , would poy fon 

 or at the leaft greatly annoy them : and therefore nature hath 

 provided this fenfe to prevent their taft; which being far more 

 fubtile then their taft; the fmall atonies by which it i* performed 

 *re not fo very noxious to the health of the anim*l> as the other 

 grofler atomes are. 



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