XE. OF THE PRINCIPAL VIRTUES. 



tlirough the body by the Tcins, and is under % ; from 

 "whence sprinfi;s blued, phlegm, choler and melancholy. 



Blood is hot and moist, made of food perfectly con- 

 cocted, and is under % ; it is increased by his herbs and 

 plants; cooled by tliose of $ and the j ; purged by 

 those of (J : corrupted by tliose of ^ ; and destroyed 

 by those oi Tj • 



Phlegm is cold and moist, made of meat not per- 

 fectly digested, its seat is in the Jungs, and is governed by 

 5 and the D ; it makes the body slippery, qualifies the 

 lieat ol choler, and cools and moistens the heart. It is 

 purged by the herbs aad plants of Ij. ; and destroyed 

 by the herbs of c?. 



Choler is hot and dry, made of food more than per- 

 fectly concocted, its seat is in the gall, and is under (J l 

 It heats tlie body, comtorts the brain, and purges 

 all the humours. It is destroyed by the herbs o* 

 the D. 



Melancholy is cold and dry, and is called burnt cho- 

 ler, or the sediment of blood. Its scat is in the spleen, 

 and is under Tj : tliis stn-ngthens the retentive faculty, 

 fortifies the memory, and abates lust. It is destroyed 

 by the herbs and plants of the © and %. 



The viial spiiit resides in the heart, is dispersed by 

 the arteries and veins, and is under the ©. 



This S diminishes, and Tj destroys, the © and 11 

 strongly fortify it. 



The animal spirit resides in the brain, and is governed 

 by ^ and the J) . The D rules the bulk of the brain 

 and sensitive parts, ^ the rational. 



The animal virtue is either intellective or sensitive. 



The intellective consists in imagination, judgement, 

 and memory, and is under ^ ; the imagination is hot 

 and dry, is seated in the forepart of the brain, and 

 is I'.nder ^ ; judgment is seated in the middle of the 

 brain, and is hot and moist, approving of what is good, 

 and rejecting that which is bad, and is under "J/. 



Memory is seated .n the hinder part of the brain, and is 

 cold and dry, recording things tliat are past, present, 

 or to coiac, and is undti Tj . 



Thv sensitive part of the animal faculty consists in see- 

 ing, hearing, smelling, tastitig and feeling, the sight, is 

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