A TREAITSE 



the hand of the diall commeth to fuch a point ; or the gun-pow- 

 der, that neceffarily maketh a ruine and breach in the wall^when 

 the burning of the match reached to it. 



Now this love in the dam, growing by little and little weari- 

 fome and troublefome to her ; and at Jatt , fading quite away ; 

 and me not being able to fnpply their encreafed needs , which 

 they grow every day ftronger to provide for of themselves; 

 the /trait commerce beginneth to dye on both fides: and by 

 thefe degrees the damme leaveth her yong ones to their owne 

 conduct. 



And thus you fee how this long fer'ves of actions , may have 

 orderly caufes , made and chained together ., by him that knew 

 what was fitting for the worke he went about. Of which, though 

 it is likely I have miffed of the right ones ( as it can not choole 

 but happen in all difquifitions , where one is the firft to breake 

 the yce , and is fb flenderly informed of the particular circum- 

 Hances of the matter in queltton., as I profefie to be in this) yet 

 J conceive this dilcourie doth plainly fhew, that he who hath 

 done mere then we are able to comprehend and under/land, 

 may have let caufes lufficient for all thefe etfeits , in a better 

 order, and in compleaterrankes, then thofc which we have here 

 exprefled : and yet in them ib coutleiy hewed out , appeareth a 

 polfibiiity of having the worke done by corpcreall agents. Sure- 

 Jy it vvcre very well worth the while, for fomc curious an.i judi- 

 cious perlbn, to obferve carefully and often, the feverall fteps of 

 nature in this progrefle : forJamlironglyperfwaded, that by 

 fuck indullry, we might in time arrive to very particular know- 

 ledge of the immediate and precile caufes , that worke al' thefe 

 efteifis. And I conceive, that fuch obfervation needeth not be 

 very trouMeibmej as not requiring any great variety of crea- 

 tures to mititute it upon ; for by marking carefully all that paf- 

 feth among our homebred hens, I believe it were eafie to guefle 

 very neerely at all the reit. 



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