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| Birds, and Horfes, by age or fcars, turn white ; and the hoar Hairs of 
‘| Men, come by the famereafon. And therefore in Birds, it is very likely, 
‘ that the Feathers that come firft, will be many times of divers colours, 
according to the nature of the Birds ; for that the skin is more porous, 
| This is a good Experiment , not oncly for the producing of Birds and 
| Beafts of ftrange colours, but alfo, for the difclofure of the nature of 
} colours themfelves; which of them require a finer porofity, and which a 
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| if is a work of providence that hath been truly obfervedby fome; that 
| . the Yolk of the Egg comiaesth little to the Generation of the Bird, but 
| onely to the nourifhmentof the fame: For if a Chicken be opened when 
| it ismewhatched, you fhall finde much of the Yolk remaining. — And it is 
{ needful, that Birds that are fhaped without the Females Womb, have inthe 
| Egg, aswell matter of nourifhment, as matter of gencration for the Body. 
| For after the Eggis laid, and fevered from the body of the Hen, it hathno 
| more novrifhment from the Hen, but onely a quickning heat when fhe 
\fiteeth. But Beafts and Men need not the matter of nourifhment within 
| themfelves; becaufe they are fhaped withinthe Wombof the Female, and 
| are nourithed continually fromherbody. | me . 
art of the Body, touch the Bladder, and exulcerate it, if they ftay on 
long. Itis likewife received, that akinde of Stone, whichthey bring out of 
| the Weft-Indies, hath apeculiar force tomove Gravel, and to diffolve the 
| Stone ; inforuch, as laid buttothe Wrelt , it hath fo forcibly fent down 
| Gravel, as Men have been glad toremove it, it was fo violent. 
___Itisreceived and confirmed by daily experience, that the Seals of the 
Feet, have great affinity with the Head, and the Mouth of the Stomack: 
| Aswe fee, Going wetfhod, to thofe that ufe it not, affe@eth both; Applica- 
/ tions of hot Powders to the Feet, attenuate firft, and after dry the Rheume. 
| And therefore a Phyfician that would be myftical, prefcribeth for the cure, 
| of the Rheume, That a Man fhould walk continually upon aCamomil- 
| Alley; meaning, thathefhould put Camomil within his Socks. Likewife, 
Pigeons bleeding, applied to the Soals of the Feet, eafethe Head; and So- 
| poriferous Medicines applied untothem, provoke fleep. 
|} It feemeth, that as the Feet have a fympathy withthe Head; fothe 
| Wrefts and Hands have afympathy withthe Heart. Wefee the affe&s and 
Paffions of the Heart, and Spirits, are notably difclofed by the Pulfe: And 
| it is often tryed, that Juyces of Stock-gilly-flowers, Fofe-vampion, Garlick, and 
} other things, applied tothe Wrefts, and renewed, have cured long Agues. 
And Iconceive, that wafhing with certain Liquors the Palms of the Hands, 
| doth much good : ‘Andthey do wellin Heats of Agues tohold in the Hands, 
| Eges of Alablafter, and Balls of Cryftal. 
|. Of thefe things we shall peak more, when wwe handle the Title of Sym 
Antipathy, i the proper place. 
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pathy and 
if ‘He knowledge of Man (hitherto) hath been determined by the view 
| & orfight; fo that whatfoever is invafible’, either in refpe@ of the fine- 
| nefsof the Body itfelf,or the fmallnefs of the Parts,or of the fubtilty of the 
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but when the skin is more fhut and clofe, the Feathers willcome white. |. 
, iT is an inveterate and received opinion, ‘That Cantharides applied to any | 
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