212 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



the Virtue Procreative : for natural regards > Choler is made of meat more than per- 

 nol only the conservation of itself, butto|fectly concocted; and it is the spume or 

 beget its like, and conserve in Species. \ frotli of blood : it clarifies all the humours, 



The seat of this is the Member of Gene- i heats the body, nourishes the apprehension, 

 ration, and is governed principally by the j as blood doth the judgment: It is in quality 

 influence of Venus. {hot and dry; fortifies the attractive faculty, 



It is augmented and encreased by the \ as blood doth the digestive ; moves man to 

 strength of Venus, by her Herbs, Roots, j activity and valour: its receptacle is the 

 Trees, Minerals, &c. jg a M> anQl ^ ls under the influence of Mar*. 



It is diminished and purged by those of \ Flegm is made of meat not perfectly di- 

 Mars, and quite extinguished by those of; gested; it fortifiesthe virtue expulsive, makes 

 Saturn. i the body slippery, fit for ejection ; it fortifies 



Obser ve the hour and Medicines of Venus, \ the brain by its consimilitude with it ; ye* 

 to fortify; of Mars, to cleanse this virtue;; it spoils apprehension by its antipathy toil: 

 of Saturn, to extinguish it. [It qualifies choler, cools and moistens the 



Conservative.'] The conservative virtue is j heart, thereby sustaining it, and the whole 

 Vital, Natural, Animal. j body, from the fiery effects, which continual 



Vital.'] The Vital spirit hath its residence j motion would produce. Its receptacle is 

 in the heart, and is dispersed from it by the j the lungs, and is governed by Venus, some 

 Arteries ; and is governed by the influence say by the Moon, perhaps it may be go- 

 of the Sun. And it is to the body, as the | verned by them both, it is cold and moist in 

 Sun is to the Creation ; as the heart is in i quality. 



the Microcosm, so is the Sun in the Mega- \ Melancholy is the sediment of blood, cold 

 cosm: for as the Sun gives life, light, and j and dry in quality, fortifying the retentive 

 motion to the Creation, so doth the heart to 5 faculty, and memory; makes men sobei, 

 the body; therefore it is called Sol Corporis, j solid, and staid, fit for stud} 7 ; stays the un- 

 as the Sun is called CorCodi, because their! bridled toys of lustful blood, stays the wan- 

 operations are similar. : dering thoughts, and reduces them home to 



Inimical and destructive to this virtue, ! the centre : its receptacle is in the spleen, 

 are Saturn and Mars. . and it is governed by Saturn. 



The Herbs and Plants of Sol, wonderfully : Of all these humours blood is the chief, 

 fortify it. jail the rest are superfluities of blood ; yet 



Natural.^ The natural faculty or virtue! are they necessary superfluities, for without 

 resides in the liver,and is generally governed > any of them, man cannot live. 

 by Jupiter, Quasi Juvans Pater ; its office is Namely; Choler is the fiery superfluities, 

 to nourish the body, and is dispersed through i Flegm, the Watery; Melancholy, the 

 the body by the veins. j Earthly. 



From this are bred, four particular j Animal.'] The third principal virtue re- 

 humours, Blood, Choler, Flegm, and Melon- j mains, which is Animal ; its residence is in 

 choly. \ the brain, and Mercury is the general sig- 



Blood is made of meat perfectly con-: nificator of it. Ptolomi/ held the Moon sig- 

 cocted, in quality hot and moist, governed \ nified the Animal virtue; and I am or 

 by Jupiter: It is by a third concoction ; opinion, both Mercury and the Moon dis- 

 transmuted into flesh, the superfluity of it: pose it; and my reason is, 1, Because both 

 into seed, and its receptacle is the veins, by j oftheminnativities,eitherfortify,orimpedite 

 which it is dispersed through the body. * it. 2, 111 directions to either, or froiii eithe 



