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The rr a on 

 vbv the fcrf'e 

 of fmcliing is 

 noc To petfcA 

 in man as in 

 w'tlt a 

 hi- 



ftory of a man 

 tvho could 

 wmH a fcnt at 

 well as any 

 kcaft. 



//BODIES. Chap. 1?> 



And (loulxlcfTely, the like ufe men would make of this fenfc, 

 had they not on the one fide better means then it to know the 

 qualities of meats : and therefore, this is not much rcfle>fUd 

 upon. Aud on the other fide, were they not continually (luf- 

 fed and clogged with gro(Te vapours of fleamy meats? which 

 arc dayly reeking from the cable and their ftomacks ; and per- 

 mit not purer atomes of bodies, to be difccrned ; which require 

 cleare and nnirvfe&cd organes to. take notice of them. As we 

 fee it fare with dogges ; who have not fo true and ;enlible nofes, 

 when they arc high fed, and lie in the kitchin amidrt the fleams" 

 of meat; as when they are kept in their kenncll, with a more 

 fparc die*, fit for hunting. 



One ft 11 example, this age affordeth us in this kind, of a 

 man- whole extremity of fear, wrought upon him to give us this 

 experiment. He was born in fome village of the countrey of 

 Liege: and therefore among ftrangers>he is known by the name 

 of John of Liege. I have been informed of this (lory by fcve- 

 rall (whom I dare confidently beleeve ) that hare had it from 

 his own mouth, and have queftioned him with great curiofity, 

 pnrticulaily about it. 



When he was a little boy, there being warres in the countrey 

 ( as that State is feldome without moleftations from abroad, 

 when they have no diftempers at home, which is an unfeparable 

 effect of a countries fituation upon the frontiers of powerfull 

 neighbouring Princes that arc at variance)the village of whence 

 he was, had notice of (bme unruly fcattered troups that were 

 coming to pillage them : which made all the people of the vil- 

 lage flie haftily with what they could carry with them, to hide v 

 themfelves in the woods: which were fpacious enough to afford 

 them fhelter,fbr they joyned upon the forrcft of Ardenne. There 

 they lay, till (bme of their fcouts brought them word, that the 

 fbuldiers of whom they were in (uch apprehenfjon, had fired 

 their town and quitted it. Then all of them returned home, ex- 

 cepting this boy; who, itfeemeth, being of a very timorous na- 

 ture, had images of fear fb ftrong in his phanfic ; that firft, he 

 ran further into the wood then any o u " the reft; and afterwards 

 apprehended that every body he law through the thickets, and 

 every voice he heard was the iouldiers: and fo hid him(cif from 



his 



