| which bredthe more firm and fubftantial Juyces of the Bo- 
“\ter: Whereof he took in the Quantity of about three Grains, 
_ |én thin warm Broath, every Morning , for thirty years toge-|. 
| “gia site be was reftored, to bis + former firength again. 
Franers Lord Bac ON, 
| Te b ath been defired . That fomething Soould be fenified, 
|touching bis Diet; 2nd the Regiment of bis Health: Of 
| which,in regard, of bjs Univerfal Infight into Nature, be 
may ( perbaps, ) beto fome, an Example. For bis Diet; 
It waz rather a plentiful, and liberal, Diet, a bis Sto- 
| mack would bear it, then a Refteained , Which he alfo com- 
mended in his Book of the Hiktory of Life and Death, In 
his. younger years, bewds much given tothe Finer and Light. 
ter fortof Meats, “As of Fowles; and fuch like : ‘But after- 
ward, when be gress more widicions ; 3 He preferred the ftron- 
ger Meats ; fuch asthe Shambles afforded; 45 thofe Meats , 
dy, and lefs Diflipable ; upos.which , be would oficn make 
bis Meal, Though be had other Meats, , upon the Table. You 
| watch extolled in bis Writings; dnd that was the fe of Ni- 
lther, next before bis Death. And for Phyfi ck, he did, indeed, 
\tive Phyfically , bat not miferably. For be took only a 
‘|Maceration of Rhubarb . ; Infofed imo.a Draught of White 
|Wine, and Beer; mingled ‘together, for the Space of half an 
y Onte infix or feven Dayes , Immediately befarehis 
Meal, (whether Dinner, or Supper, ) that it might dry , the 
|Bod ,leffe: which( ashe aid; ) did carry away frequently, the 
Grofler Humours: of the "Body , and not diminifh,or car ry 
_ lavay, any of the Spirits, as Sweating doth. 4nd shis was no 
Grievous Thing to take. As for other Phyfick, in an ordinary 
- |way,( whatfoever bath been vulgarly{poken; ) be took not. Flis 
; Receit , for theGout ; which did , constantly, eafe him of his 
| Natural Hiftory. 
|  I¢ may feem, the Moon , had [ome Principal Place,in the 
Fiigeire of bis Nativity. For the Moon, ‘was never in ber 
Pafsion or Eclipfed, byt he was {urprized, swith a fudden F it,of 
Fainting : And that , though he obferved not, nor took any pre- 
viow Knowledge, of toe Eclipfe thereof ; and affoon as the 
He\ 
[may be fire He would not neglett. shat Himfelf, which Ae fo} 
| Pain, within two Hours, Is already fet dowsin the End,of the} 
