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‘jing is caufed both by a Dilatation of the Spirits by over-heating, andby a 
| Liquefaétion or Boiling of the Humorsthereupon. Foaming at che Mouth 
is from the {ame caufe, being an Ebullitidn, Stamping and Bending of the Fitt 
are caufed by an Imagination of the A&tof Revenge. " 
Light Difpleafure or Diflike caufeth fhaking of the Head, Frowning,and 
| Knitting of the Brows. Thefe effects arife from the fame caufe that Trem- 
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| and is a Gefture of flight refufal: And we {ee alfo, thatadiflikecaufeth often 
| of the Spirits, to refift in fome meafure. And we fee alfo, this Knitting of the 
Brows will follow upon earneft Studying;or Cogitation of any thing, though 
tit be withoutdiflike. _ : hi 
_ Shame caufeth Blufhing; and cafting down oftheEyes. Bluthingis the 
Refort of Blood tothe Face, whichinthe Paffion of Shame, isthe part that 
laboreth moft. And although the Blufhing will be feen in the whole Brett, 
| if it be naked, yet that is but in paffage to the Face. . As for the cating 
down of the Eyes, it proceedeth of the Reverence a Man beareth to othet 
‘Men, whereby, whenheisafhamed, he cannot endure to look firmly tipon 
others : And we fee, that Blufhing and the Cafting down of the Eyes both, 
are more when we comebefore many ; Ore Pompeii quid mollins ? Nunquam non 
toram pluribus erubuit; and likewife,.when we come before Great or Reverend 
Perjons. | | 
q Pity caufeth fometimes Tears, and-a Flexion or Caft of the Eye afide. 
| Teatscome from the caufe, that they do inGrief: For Pity is but Grief in 
| anothers behalf. The Caft of the Eye, is a Gefture of Averfion or Lothnefs 
‘to behold the object of Pity. | . 
| W onder caufeth Attonifhment, or an Immovable-Pofture of the Body, 
Cafting up of the Eyes to Heaven, and Lifting up of the Hands. For Aftonith- 
ment, it is caufedby the Fixing of the Minde upon one obje& of Cogitation, 
| whereby it doth not fpatiace and tranfeur asitufeth: Forin Wonder the 
| Spirits fie not, asin Fear; but onely fettle, and are made lefsapt to move. 
| As forthe Gafting up of the Eyes, and Lifting up of the Hands, it isakinde 
of Appeal to the Deity, whichis theAuchor, by Power and Providence of 
ftrange W onders. 
| pulfion of the Breath, with the loud Noife, waich maketh the Interjection 
| of Laughing ; Shaking of the Breft and Sides; Running of the Eyes with 
| Water, if it be violent and continued. Wherein firft it is tobe underftood, 
| that Laughing is (carce (properly) aPaffion, but hath his Source fromthe In= 
jtellect; for in Laughing, there ever precedcth a conceit of fomewhat ridicu- 
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jing, is buta lighttouch of the Spirits, and not fo deep an Impreffion as in 
other Paffions. And therefore (that which hath no Affinity with the Paffi- 
ons of the Minde) itis moved, and that in great vehemency, onely by Tick- 
ingfome parts of theBody. And we fee, that Meneven ina gricved {tate of 
Minde, yet cannot fometimes forbear Laughing. Thirdly, it isever joyned 
withfomedegreeof Delight: And therefore Exhilaration hath (ome Affinity 
with Joy, though it be much LighterMotion. Res fever eff pera Gaudinm: 
bs ms SM Nate a Foarthly; 
Spirits, in an appetite fo Revenge. Trembliagin Anger is likewife by 2 call. | : 
| ing in of the Spirits, andis commonly when Anger is joyned with Fear. Swel- | 
| bling and Horrordo; namely, from the Retiting of the Spirits, but in alefs | 
| degree. FortheShakingof the Head, is but aflow and definite Trembling ; | 
| that Gefture of the Hand, which we ufe when we refufe athing, or warn it. 
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}away. ‘The Frowning and Knitting of the Brows, is a Gathering or Serring | 
q Laughing caufeth a Dilatation of the Mouth and Lips; acontinued Ex- | 
lous. And therefore it is propertoMan. Secondly, thatthe caufe of Laugh. 
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