58 7Be Compkut Evrfimnth CHAP. R* 



through the pafl^ges into the Bladdery and from thence again 

 forth of the body : by which means the body is freed from of- 

 fence, and from fultaining damage : whereof two of the ydm 

 condudt part of the faid whey from the Liver unto the Cods^ 

 and fo to the feed f^cffeh^ where it remaineth with fome fmall 

 quantity of xV.^ purelt bloody by which means the operation of 

 t\iQ Stones v,vv hole quality are hot and dry) do thereby effed a 

 mofi: pcrfed Seed. Wiiich two veins nature (who is the moft 

 ex4uii]rc Artift, and (jHit nihU habct vitii) hath planted one in 

 the veins ou the right fide, which endeth in the right Cody and 

 another femblable in the left ^ both which take their ilTue from 

 either of the Cods accordingly \ betides, nature hath bellowed 

 upon the right C(7^,much heat and drinefs, fo hath fhc given alfo 

 in the left, as great a quantity of cold and moiflure, the right 

 Cod by means of its heat engendring the Male, and the left by 

 reafon of its cold engendring the Female •, and fo Jikewiie is it 

 as well of the Female, as of the Male of every creature. But 

 now to Gome to ih^ Hearty which is formed with the Liver and 

 Brain^ and maintained with the pureft Bloody which is fo ex- 

 ^ ceflively hot, as whilfl; the creature liveth if you put but your 

 finger into its hollow part, it is impoflibleto continue it there: 

 long without burning or fcalding the lame : from whence it 

 inuft neceflarily enfuc, that the Liver being the fountain of all 

 the bloody muft of neceflity have great and abundance of pure. 

 blood^ wherewith to fupport and maintain theftrudureof the 

 whole body ^ and the vital fpirit of any creature is none other- 

 thing than a corporeal [nme or vapour^ (to fpeak properly^ vet 

 ry pure and fubtile •, begun in ihQ heart by the operation of the. 

 natural heat, fpread by the arteries and veinsy to'^refrefh and 

 comfort the whole body : which agitative or fubtile fpirit pro- 

 ceeding from the heart and vital fpiiits^ being a continual moti-^i 

 on, by reafon that motion and agitation is the true lifethereof;^ 

 which continually remaineth in aH living creature** But the 

 hiartj which may be truly and rightly Rikd tht fountain of Ufe^ 

 and heati nature hath affigned it its proper place, which is to 

 be lituate in the Center-, that is the middle part of the body .* 

 From whence proceedeth life and heat into each organ of the. 

 1>bdy, by which means they are preferved and enabled to per- 

 form their natural and proper fundion. And as touching the 

 Cvdsy if ths liver be not well ftored, nay full of pure and perfed 



bloody 



