OF BODIES. ChapJCXXlV. 357 



of a fablimatory : and the like fome /ay of Tobacco. 



As for vomiting,it is in a manner wholly the operation ofthe 

 fibers , provoked by the feeling of fome inconvenient body, 

 which maketh the ftomacke wrinkle it ielfe^and work andftrive 

 to caft out what oftendeth it. 



Sweating feemeth to be canted , by the heating of fome in- 

 trous body oy the ftcmacke; which being of fubtiie parts , is by 

 heat dilper/ed from the middle to the circumference - y and earri- 

 erh with it light humours, which turne into water as they come 

 out into the ayre. And thus you fee in generall, and as much as 

 concerneth us to declare,what rhenaturail faculties are .-and this, 

 according to Galen his owne mind : who affirmeth , that the/e 

 faculties do follow the complexion,or the temper ofthe parts of 

 a mans body. 



Having explicated how voluntary motion proceedeth from 8 

 the braine : our next consideration ought to be.to examine what Hw the brain 

 it is., that fuch an object, as we brought,by meanes ofthe ferries, 1S m vcd to 

 into the braine from without . doth contribute to make the 

 braine apply it felfe to worke fuch voluntary motion. To which 

 purpofe,we will goe a f tep or two backe, to meet the object at its 

 entrance into the fenfe 5 and from thence accompany it in all its 

 journey and motions otiwards. The object which flriketh at 

 theienfesdore, and getting in , minglethit felfe with the fpi- 

 ritsit findeth there; is either conforme and agreeable to the 

 nature and temper of thofe fpirits , or it is net : that is to fay, 

 in fhort.,it is either plea/ing or di/pieafing to the living creature: 

 or it may be of a third kind, which being neither of thefe , we 

 may terme indifferent. In which fort foever the object affect 

 the fenfe,the fpirits carry it immediately to the braine t unlefle 

 fome diftemper or ftrong thought , or other accident hinder 

 them. 



Now , if the objeft be of the third kind ; that is , be indif- 

 ferent; as foone as it hath ftrucken the braine, it reboundeth 

 to the circle of the memory : and there , being fpecdily joy- 

 ned to others of its owne nature , it findeth them annexed to 

 feme pleafingor dHpleafing thing, or it doth not : if not., in 

 beafts it ferveth to littleufe : ana in men , it remaineth these 

 ' untill it be called for : but if, either in its owne nature, it 

 be pleating or difpleafing; (pr afterwacds iuth memory ir- 



bccamc. 



