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Natural Hiftory; 
If there be any powet it Imagination, it is lef credible that it fhoul 
be fo incorporcal and immateriate a Virtue, asto workat great diftances, or 
| through all Mediams, or upon all Bodies; burthat the diftance mult be ca m- 
petent, the Adium not adverfe , and the Body apt and proportionate, 
Therefore if there be any operation upon Bodics in abfence by Nature, { 
is like to be conveyed from Man to Man, as Fame is: Asifa Witch by loqagi: 
nation fhould burtany afar off, it cannot be naturally, but by workingupony 
the Spirit of fome that cometh to the Witch, and from that patty upon the 
Imagination of another, and fo upon another, tillit come toone that hat ry 
refort to the party intended; and fo by him, tothe party intended himfelf, 
And although they fpeak, thatit {ufficethto take a Point, or a piccé of the 
Garment, or the Name of the party, or thelikes yetthereis lefs credit to] 
be giventothofe things, except itbe by working of evil fpirits, Bye 
The Experimenss which may certainly demonftrate the power of Imagi- | 
nation upon other Bodies, are few ornone; for the Experiments of Witchcraft) 
are no clear proofs, for that they may be by a tacite operation of malign} 
Spirits ; we fhall therefore be forced in this Jnquiry, to refort to new Ex- | 
periments, wherein we can give onely Diretions of Tryals, and not any Po. | 
tive Experiments, Andif any man think that we ought to have ftaid till we) 
had made Experiment of fome of them our felves, (as we do commonly in| 
other Titles) the truthis, chat chefe Effedts of Imagination upon other Bodies, | 
have fo little credit with us, as we fhall try themat Ieifure: Butin the mean, 
time we willlead othersthe way. | ie 
When you work by the Imagination of another,it is neceflary that he by] 
whom you work have aprecedent opinion of you that you can do ftrange} 
things, or that you area Man of Art, asthey call it ; for elferhe fimple affir. | 
‘mation to another, that this or that fhall be, can work but aweak im preffion | 
in his Imagination. | | | ae 
It were good, becaufe you caunot difcetn fully of thé ftrength of Ima-] 
gination in one Man, morethenanother, that you did ufe the Imagination |) 
of more then one, that fo you may lightuponaftrong one. As if a Phyfician | 
fhould tell three or four of his Patients fervants that their Mafter fall farely | 
recover. . . 7 . } 
The Imagination of one that you fhall ufe ({uchis the variety of Mens} 
mindes) cannot be always alike conftant and{trong; anaif thie faccefs follo 
not fpeedily, it will faintand lofe ftrength. ‘Toremedy this, you muft preten 
to him whofe Imagination you ule feveral degrees of Means by which to} 
operate: Asto prefcribe him, that every three days, if he finde not the fuc-}_ 
cefs apparent, he do ufe another Root, or part of a Beaft, or Ring, &c. asbe- | 
ing of more force ; and if that fail, another; and if that, another, till feven | 
times. Alfo you mult prefcribe agood large time for the effet you promife ; | 
asif you fhould tell. afervant of afick man, thathis Mafter fhall recover, but, 
it will be fourteen daysere he findethit apparently, &c. All this ro entertain: 
the Imagination, thatit waver les, . 48 i 
It is.certain, that potions or things taken into the Body, Incenfes and 
Perfumes taken atthe Noftrils, and oyntmentsof fome parts, do(naturally) 
work upon the Imagination of him that takeththem, And therefore it m 
needs greatly cooperate with the Imagination of him whom you ufe, i 
prefcribe him, before he doufe theReceit for the Work which hedefi 
that he.do take fuch a Pill, or'afpoonful of Liquor, or burn fuchan — 
or-anoint his Temples, er the Soles of hisFeet, with fich an Oynt 
Oyl: And you muft chufe for the Compofition of fuch Pill, Perft 
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