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Experiments 
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| Dilatation of the Spirits) And for Suddennef, it is a gceat patt of the AZgrter = 
| that things come upon them; they fee not well things afar offs thofe things |) 
| And ic isallone tothe fight , whether the Fifaal Spirits move, or theO 
inevery¢Megram or Vertigo, thereis'an Obtencbration joyned \v 
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Natural Fiflory, 
Fourthly, Thatthe obje& of itis Deformity, Abfurdiy, Shrewd turnsjand the like 
Now to {peak of the caufes of the effeéts before- mentioned, whereu ntothefe 
gencral-Notes give fome light. Forthe Dilatation of the CAZouth and Lips, 
continued Expulfion of the Breath and Voice, and Shaking of the Brefls and. 
Sides, they proceed (all) from the Dilatation of the Spirits, cfpecially beirg 
fuddens So likewife the Running of the Eyes with Water, (as hathbeenfor: | 
nmierly touched, where we fpake of the J ears of ‘Foy and Grief ) is an cfle& of 
For we fee that any Shred turn that lighteth upon another, or any Deformiry, 
ee. moveth Laughter in the inftant, which after a little time itdoth nor. So 
we cannot Laugh at any thing afterir is {tale, but whileft it isnew.) And'even | 
in Tickling if you tickle the fides, and give warning, or give ahard orcon. | 
tinued touch, it doth not move Laughter fo much... Lott whl 
Luft caufeth a Flagrancy in the £ys, and Priapifm. The canfe ef both 
thefe is, for that in Luft the Sight and the Zouch, are the things defired; and. 
therefore the Spirits refort tothofe parts which are moft affe&ted. And nore} 
well in general, (for that great ufe may be made of the obfervation) that} 
(evermore) the Spirits in all Pa/ions refortmoft to the parts that labor moft, or | 
are moft affeGted. As in the laft, which hath been mentioned, they reforrto 
the Eyes and Venereous parts ; in Fear and Anger to the Heart; .inShame'to the | 
Faces and in Light diflikes tothe Head. . ba voome 
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yi hath becn obferved by the Ancients, and is yet believed, That the Sperm } 
of Drunken. men is unfruitful. The caufe is, for that it isover-moiltned, and | 
wanteth Spiffitude.. And we haveamcerry faying,. That they that go drunk to Bed, | 
get Daughters. + Sule’ 
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Drusken-men are taken with a plain Defe& or Deltitution.in Voluntary | 
Motion. they reel, they tremble, they cannot ftand, nor {peak ftrongly. The} 
caufe is, forthat the Spirits of the Wine opprefs the Spirits Animal, and Oc | 
cupate partof the place where they are, andfo make them weaktomove:; |) 
and therefore Drunken-men are apt to fall afleep.. And Opiates and Stupefacives || 
(as Poppy, Henbane, Hemlock, &c.) induce akinde of Drunkennef by the grofsnets | 
of their Fzpor, as Wine doth bythe quantity of the Yapor. Befides, they.rob | | 
the Spirits Animal of their Matter whereby they arenourifhed ;. for the Spirits }) 
of the Wine, prey upon itas well as they, and fothey make the Spirits lefs 
fupple and apt to move, nM wha dag 
Drunken-men imagine every thing turneth round; they imegine,alfo, | 
that they fee near hand, they fee out of their place; and ({ometimes) they 
feethings double. The caufe of the imagination that things turn round is, } 
for that the Spirits themfelves turn, being comprefled by the Vapor. of the} 
Wine;¢for any LiquidBody upon Compreffionturneth,as we fee in W: 
moveth, or the Médixm moveth; and we fee, that long turning roundbr 
eth thefame imagination. The caufe of the imagination thatthings 
upon them ic, for thatthe Spirits Hifualthemfelves draw back, which make 
the Obje& fecm to come on; :and: befides; when they fee things tun 
round dnd move, Fear maketh’ themrthink. they come upon:them, i Th 
canfe that they cannor fee things afar off, isthe weaknefs of the.Spirits;) fe 
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blance of 'Turninground, whichwe feeal in:chelighter fort of 
