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anda number of others. Generally, divers Creatures bred of Putrefaétion, 
though they be fomewhat loathfome to take, are of this kinde ; as esy 
worms, Timber-fows, Snails, @c. And I conceive, that the Trochifcs of Vipers, 
(w hich are fo muchmagnified) and the flefh of Snakes fome ways condited 
and corrected (which of late are grown into fome credit) are of the fame | 
| nature. So the partsof Beafts putrefied (as Ca/foreum and Atwk, which h ive | 
extream fubtil parts). are to be placed amongit them. We eealloy all 
putrefaction of Plants (as Agarick and Fews-Far ) ate of greateft vertue, | 
The caufe is, for that-putrefadion is the fubtileft.of all motions in the parts 
of Bodies, And {ince wecannot take down the liyes of Living Creatures 
(which fome of the Paracelfians fay, if they could be taken down, would | 
make usImmortal;) the next is, for fubtilty of Operation to take Bodies | 
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putrefied,fuchas may be fafelytaken. . 7 
693. T hath been obferved by the Ancients, that much ufe ef enw doth dim the | 
j Experiments | fight, and yet Ewnuchs, which are unable to generate, are (neverthelels) e 
touching alfodim-fighted. The caufe of dimnefs of fight in the former, is the ex- | 
Miss pence of Spirits ; in the latter, the over-moifture of the Brain; for theover- | 
moifture of the Brain doth thicken the Spirits vifual, and obftru@eth their} 
paflages., as we fee by the decay in the fight in Age, where alfothe dimi-} 
hution of the Spirits concurreth as another caufe. Wefeealfo, thatblind-}] 
nefs cometh by Rheums andCatarads Now in Eunuchs there are all the | 
notes of moifture ; as the {welling of their Thighs, the loofnefs of their | 
| Belly, the fmoothnefsof theirskin, &c. ! 
694. The pleafure in the A of Yenw, is the greateft of the plrahuees of the} 
Senfes; the matching of ic with Itchis improper, though that alfo beplea- | 
fing to the touch, but the caufes are profound. Firft, allthe Organsof the} 
Senfes qualifie the motions of the Spirits, and make fo many feveral {pecies! 
of motions, and pleafures or difpleafures thereupon, as there be diverfities | 
of Organs, The Inftruments of Sight, Hearing, Taffe, and Smel,are of feyeral) 
frame, and (0 arethe parts for Generation ; therefore Scaliger doth well foi} 
make the pleafure of Generation a fixth Senfe. And if there were any other | 
differing Organs, and ualified Perforations for the 5 aa to pals, there | 
would be more then the Five Senfes : Neither do we well know.whetherfome | 
Beafts and Birds have not Senfes that we Know not, andthe very Sent of | 
Dogsis almofta fenfe byitfelf. Secondly, the Pleafures of the Touch-are}, 
greater and deeper then thofe of the other Senfes, as we fee inWarming up- j 
on Cold, or Refrigeration upon Heat: For as the Pains of the Touchare greater}, 
then the offences of other Senfes, fo likewife are the Pleafures. Itis true, 
that the affe@ing of the Spirits immediately, and (as it were) without a | 
Organ, is of the greareft pleafure ; which is but in twothings, Sweee fmellsy) 
and Wine, andthe like Sweet vapors. For Smells, wefee their greatand fudden ; 
effe@in fetching Men again when they fwown; for Drink, itis certain, hat} 
.. | the pleafure of Drunkennefs isnext the pleafure of Penm; and great \loyes 
| (likewife): make the Spirits move and touch themfelves; and the ple 
| of Venus is fomewhat of the fame kinde. Lo ae rl 
. |. It hath been always obfetved, that Men are more inclined to Fe 
| the Winter, and Womenin the Summer. The caufe is,for thatthe Spit 
' | a Body more hot and dry, (as the Spirits of Men are) by the Summ 
| more exhaled and diffipated, and.in the Winter more condenfed a 
| || entire; buc inBodies thatare cold and moift, (as Womens are) the St 
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