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| obfervation,that in Furnaces of Copper and Brals, where Chaleites is (which | 
| Bone, asin, perfect Creatures: .The integral) parts have éxtream variety, but 
| tolive feven years; and Snakes are thought, the rather for the cafting of their] 
| faGion,willliveand grow very long;and thofe that encerchange from Worms | 
| Zphemera that live bata day. . The.caule is, the exility of the Spirit, or perelf 
| they might live longers: - Many. of the Infeite (as Butter-Aies and other Flies) | | 
| revive cafily, whenthey fcem dead, being brought to the Sun or Fire. «The 
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is moftabout Ponds, ‘Thereisa Worm that brecoeth of the Dregs of Wing | 
decayed, whichafter wards (asis obferved by fome of the Ancients) tarnech in-| 
toa Gwar, It hath been obferved by the Auciems,. that there is a, Worm that| 
| breedethin old Snow, and is of colour reddifh,and dull of motion,and dieth | 
foon after itcometh our of Snow ;_ which fhould fhew that Snow. hatlrin ira, 
fecret warmth, for elfe it could hardly vivifie. And thereafon of the dying} 
of the Worm may be the fudden exhaling of that little Spirir, as foon asic} 
‘cometh out of the cold, which had fhut itin. For as Butter-flies quic ken. with 
heat, which. were benummed withcold ; fo Spirits may exhale, with hear) 
which were prefervedincold. Itis affirmed, both bythe sncene and Modéin : 
is Vitriol).often caft in to mend the working,there rifcth fuddenty a Fly which | 
fometimes moveth, as if if took hold on the Walls of the Facnace; fome- | 
times isfeen moving if che fire below, and dieth prefently as feonasit isour. 
of the Furnace. Which isanobleinftaace, and worthy tebe weigheds forit 
theweth that as well violent heat of fire, as the gentle heat of Living Crea-} 
tures will vivific, if. ithave matter proportionable, Now the great axiom} 
of Vivification is, that there muftbe heat to dilate the Spirit of the Body, an } 
Active Spirit to be dilated, matter vifcous or tenacious to hold in the Spirity| 
and that matter tobe put forth and figured. Now a Spirit dilated by fo ardent 
a fire as-that of the Furnace,as foonas cver it coolcth never fo litrleycongeal- | 
eth prefencly. And (ng doubt) this ation is furthered by the Chalcites,which’ | 
hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate, as we fee in Chymical Tryals. | 
Briefly, moft things putrefied bring forth Infeca of fevcral names; but we will 
not take upon us now-to enumeratethemall, = 7) sie 2 ict See 
The Jnfectehave been noted by the Ancients-to feed little: Bit this hat} 
notibeem diligently:obferved ; for Grafhoppers eat up the Green of whole } 
Countreys, and Silkeworms devour Leaves {wiftly and Ants make great pro- | 
vifion., 4s is true, that Creatures that flecp and reft much, eat little, as Dore | 
miceand Bats, &c. they are all without Blood; -, which may be, for thatthe f 
Juyce. oftheir Bodies isalmoft allone; not Blood, and Flefh, and Skin, and. 
the fimailar parts little, \Itis true, that they have ({ome of them) Diaphragm, | 
and an inteftine; and. they haveall Skins; which) in moft of the infects, ate } 
caftoften. They arenot generally) of longlife;. yet Bees have been known | 
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{poil,| to live,téll they be oldy and Ecls, which many times breed of putre- | 
toFlies:inithe Summer, ,and from Flies to Worms in the Winter, havebeen | | 
Keptiin.Boxes four-yearsat the leat ; yet there are certain Flies that are called | 
hapstheabfenceof ¢he San; forthatif they were bsoughtin, or kept clofe, } 
caule whereof is, thediffufion.of tue Vital Spirit, and the cafie dilating of it } | 
by alittle heat. They:{tira good while after their heads are off, orthat they bey” 
ciitiv pieces ; whighjis caufed alfo,-for that their Vital Spirits are more dif- 
fated throughout all their parts, and lefs confined to Organs then in perfed 
Creatures, - Tees io! ; ISH 59 3 TERR Ete ee on oy F3) tf CS Ait ‘* “B bas j : 
vdodT he Infetta havewwoluntary. Motion, an@therefore imagination. A 
whereas forme of the Ancients have{aid that their Motion isindeterminate 
their imaginatiomindefinite, itis negligently: obferved + for see pe is 
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