OF BODIES, Chap. XXX IV. 



loraeblowesonthehead, whereby a man is aftosied, and all 

 things fecme to turnc round with him. Of all which eflfe&s, 

 the caufes are eafy to be found ifl thele fuppcfitiom wee have 

 layed. 



THE FQURE AND TH IRTIETH CHA^P. 



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Hitherto vye hare laboured to con very the ob/c into the t ; 

 brainc : but when it is there , Jet us fee what further cf- Of what 

 feels it caufcth : and how that action, which we call w- nutter the 

 l**t*rj # *wr,doth proceed from the braine. For the difcorery bra "" 

 irhereofj we arc to note, chat the braine is a fubftance com- 

 pofed of watry parts mingled with earthy ones : which kind 

 of fubftanceswefee are uliiaUy full of ftriBgs : and fo in 

 ftronghardbeere,, andin vinegar, and in other liquors of the 

 ike nature, we fee ( if they be expofed to the Sunne ) littte 

 long flakes, which maucan appearance of Wormes or Mag* 

 gats floating about. The reafon whereof is, that fomc dry pant 

 otTuch liquors, are ofthemfclves as ic were hairy or Heafy, that 

 is,! ja ve little doway parts,fuch as you fee spon the legs of Flies, 

 or upon Caterpillars, or in littlelocks ofwooll ; by which the/ 

 cafily catch and Itick to the other little part; of the like nature, 

 that come neer unto them : and if the liquor be moved, (as it is 

 intheboylingofbeere, or making of vinegar bytheheateof 

 the Sun) they become Jong ftrings ;becau(e the liquor breaketh 

 the ties which are croiTe to ksmotion.'butiuch as lie along the 

 ftreamc,or rather the bubling up,do maiutaine themfelves in u- 

 nity,and peradvcmure grovy lironger, by the winding or ibnld- 

 ingof the end of one part with an other : and in their tumb, ing 

 and rouling ftill in the fame courfe, the downy haires are trufh^ 

 ed in, and the body groweth long and round, as happeneth to a 

 lump of dough, or wax, 01 wool!, rouled a while in one uniform 

 .-ccurie. And fo , eomming to our parpofe, weieethatt{ie 

 braineiand all that isma^e ofit,is ibtingyjwitneife, themena. 

 branes,the flem,the bones,&CtBut of a|l the reft,thoie which be 

 called n1bers i aie moft Hringy :and the nerves fecm to be but an 



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