L i b. I V^ Of the Advancement of Learning, i o i 



prcparauonof Voices j Airs and Inftruments. In ancient tirde water- 

 Iiiftruments were efteemed the chief Organs of that Art which now are 

 alaiol' thrown out of u(e. Theje Arts belonging to the eye and the ear , 

 are [ rincipaiJy above the rc(t accounted Liherulj thefc two fenfes are 

 more chalte; the Sciences thereof more learned, as having in their 

 train the Matheniatick Art as their Hand- maid : So the one is rcferr'd 

 to Memory and Demonftrations ^ the other unto Manners^and the Paf- 

 fions of I he Mind, The dehght of the other (enfcs and the Arts about 

 which they are converfant , are in lefs reputation and credit, as draw- 

 ing nearer to fenfuality than magnificence. Unguents; Odors •■, Dain- 

 ties ; Delicious fare, and Incitements to Lufts 5 need rather a Cenfbr 

 to reprefs them , than a Doflror to inftruft them. And it is well ob- 

 ferved by fome. That while States and Commonwealths have been in 

 their growth and rifing^ Arts military have fouript :y when they have been 

 fetled andjioodata height, Arts liberal ; and drawing to their declenjion 

 and ruin. Arts voluptuary. And it is to be fear 'd that this age of the 

 world being (bmewhat upon the defcent of the wheel, inclines to /4rf/ 

 voluptuary : Wherefore we pals them over. With Arts voluptuary I 

 couple Pra&icet Joculary ; for the deceiving of the fenfes, may be fet 

 down as one of the delights of the (enfes. 



§ And now we have gone through the Knowledges concerning the Body 

 of mm (Phyjick^^Cofmetick^^ Athletickj3indi Voluptuary) weadmonifh thus 

 much by the way; that feeing (b many things fall into confideration 

 about the Body of man, zs Parts, Humours, Fun&ions, Faculties, Acci- 

 dents ••, and feeing (if we could aptly do it) an entire Body (hould be 

 ma 1e touching the Body of man , which might comprehend allthefe, 

 (like to that of the knowledge of the Soul, whereof we (hall fpeak anon) 

 notwichftanding left Arts (hould be too much multiplied, • or the anci- 

 ent Limits of Arts tranfpos'd, more than need muftj we receive into 

 the Body of Medicine, the knowledge of the Parts of mans Body , of 

 Fun3ions, of Humours 5 of Rejfpiration, of Sleep 5 of Generation ; of the 

 fruit of the Womb, of Gejiation in the Womb 5 of Growth ; of the flower 

 ^j-'^g^h of what Hairs --i of Impinguation, and the like; although they 

 do not properly pertain to thofe three duties o£ Confervation of Health ; 

 Cure of Difeajes'-y Prolongation of Life : But becau(e mans body is every 

 way the Subjeft of Medicine. As for voluntary motion, and (enfe, we 

 refer thetn to the knowledge concerning the Soul^ as two principal Parts 

 thereof And (b we conclude the knowledge which concerns mans Body, 

 which is but the Tabernacle of the Soul, 



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