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| Sufeiss many times turnto Purges, both upwards anddownwards. There- 
fore we {ce generally, that the working of Purging Medicines cometh two 
orthree hours afterthe Medicines taken : For that the Stomack firft maketh a 
proof, whetherit can concoé them. And thelike happeneth after Surfeits, 
{ or Milkin too great quantity. aher otlt f 
A fecond caufe is CMordication of the Orifices of the Parts, efpecially of 
the -AMefentery Veins; asit isfeen, that Salt, or any fuch thing that is {harp and 
biting, put into the Fundament, dothproveke ihe parttoexpel, and Mufiard 
provoketh fneezing ; and any tharp thing to the eyesprovoketh tears. And 
therefore wefee, thatalmoft all Purgers have akinde'of-.ewitching and vel- 
| lication, befides the gripine whichcomethof wind. \Andif this <W/ordi- 
cation be in an over-high degree, it is little better than the Corofion of Payfons 
and it. cometh to pafs fometimes in Antimony , efpecially if it be given to 
Bodies not repleat with humors ; for where humors abound, the humors 
fave the parts. . 
The third caufe is Attrattion: ForIdonotdeny, but that Purging Aze- 
dicines havein them a dired force of Attrattion ; as Drawing Plaifters have 
in Surgery: And we fee Sage, or Bittony bruiled, SneeXing-powder, and other Pow- 
ders OF Liquors (Woich the Phyfitians call Errbines) put into the Nofe, draw 
| Flegmand Water from the Head ; and {o it isin Apophlegmati(ms and Gar- | 
_} garifms that draw the Rheume downby the Palat. And by this vestue, no | 
doubt, fume Purgers draw more one humor, and fome another, according to 
the opinion received: As RubarbdrawethCholer, Sean Melancholy, Aga- 
| rack Flegm, &c. butyet (more orlefs) they draw promiicuoufly. And note } 
alfo, that befides Sympathy betweenthe Purger and the Humor, there is alfo 
}another caufe, why fome. Medicines draw fome humor more thananother; 
and itis, forthatfome (Wedicines work quicker than others ; and they that 
| daw quick, draw onelythelighter, and mote fluidhumers; they thatdraw 
|flow, work upen the more tough, and vifcuoushumors. And therefore, | 
men muft beware how they take Rubarb, and thelike, alone, familiarly; for. 
it taketh onelythe lighteft part of the humor away, and leaveth the Mafs 
of Humors ntore obftinate. Andthe like may, befaidof Worm-wood, which |. 
is fo much magnited. 
The fourth caufe is Fiatnofity: For wind ftirred, movethto expel; and 
we finde that (ineftect) all Purgershaveinthem a raw Spirit or Wind, which 
isthe principal caufe of orton in the Stomack and Belly. And therefore 
Purgers leefe (moftof them) rhevirtue, by decoétion uponthe fire ; and for 
| that caufe are chiefly given in Infufion, Juyce, or Powder. 
| ‘The fifth caufe is Comprefion or ¢ rufhing: Aswhen Water is crufhed 
out of a Spunge: So we fee that taking cold moveth loofnefs by contra@ion 
of the Skin, andoutward parts; and fodoth Coldlikewife caufe Rheums 
and DefluG@tions fromthe Head, and fome AJtringent Plaiflers crufh out pu- 
Arulent Matter. This kinde of operation is nat found inmany Medicines: | 
| Mirabolanes have it, and it may be the Barks of peaches; for this vertue re- 
| quircth an Afridion, but fuch an Affridion, as is not grateful to the Body 
| (for a pleafing Aftridion doth rather binde in the humors, than. ex- 
| pel them:) And therefore fuch Afriftion is found in things of an harrifh 
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-‘ The fixthcaufe is Lubrefaction and Relaxation: As we fec in Medicines 
Emollient, {uch as are (Milk, Honey, Mallows, Lettuce, Mercurial, Pellitery of 
the Wall, and others. Theres alfo afecret yertue of Relaxation of Cold; tor 
the heat of the Body bindeth the Parts and Humors together, shi 
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