‘The Hiflory of Life and Death. 
The fourth Jnconvenience is a more fubtil Evil, namely, - that the Spirit beir 
| detained by the clofing up of the Pores, is likely to'multiply it felf too much; for when | 
little iffueth forth, and new Spirit is continually .ingendred, the Spiritincreaferh OG 
fafts and fo preyeth upon the body more plentifully. But this is not altogether fo; 
for all Spirit clofed up is dull, ( for it is blown and excited with motion as Flame is) | 
and therefore it is lefs aGtive, and lefs generative of it felf: Indeed it is thereby m- | 
creafed in Heat, (as Flame is) but flow in Motion, And therefore the remedy to 
this inconvenience muft be by cold things, being fometimes mixed with Oa/, fuch | 
‘| as are Rofes and eMyrtles; for we muft altogether difclaim hot things, as we faido 
| Caffia. ' lgthe- OFF 4 ; ; ugh ne . 
ae will it be unprofitable to wear next the body Garments that ‘hast diy 
them fome Unéuofity or Oleofity, not Aquofity, for they will exhanft the body 
lefs.; fuch as are thofe of Woollen rather than 'thofe of Linens Certainly it is} — 
manifeft in the Spirits of Odours,; that if you lay. fwect powders amongit Li- | 
nen; they will much fooner lofe their {mell than amongft Woollen. And»there- 
fore Linen is to be preferred for. delicacy and neatnefs, but to be fufpeéted for our 
Operation. : io 3 thy 4o fo et. | 
The 1 ld Iréfh, as foon as they fall fick,the firft thing they de is to take the fheets | - 
off their beds, andto wrap themfelvesin the woollencloaths. =§ © «© {| 
Some report, that they have found great benefit in the confervation of their health | - 
by wearing Scarlet Wafcoats next their skin, and under their fhirts, as well down to 
the neather parts as on the upper. OOD intent | 
It is alfo to be obferved, that 4zr accuftomed to the body doth Iefs ptey upon it, } 
than new ir and often changed ; and therefore poor people, in {mall Cottages, who 
live always within the {mtell of the fame chimney, and change not their feats, are 
commonly longeft liv’d : notwithftanding, to other operations ( efpecially for theny 
whofe Spirits are not altogether dull ) we judge change of air to be very profitable; 
but a mean muft be ufed, which may fatisfieon both fides. This may bedone by re- | — 
moving our habitation four times a year, at conftant and fet times, unto convenient } 
feats, that fo the body may neither be in too much peregrination, nor in too much | 
ftation, And touching the Operation upon the Exclufion of ir, and avoiding thé 
predatory force cheneat thus much, 
ed 
The Operation upon the Bloud ,» and ae 
Sanguifying Heat. 3. 
The Hiftory. 
HE following Operations anfwer to the two precedent, and are in the re- | 
lation of Paffives and e4Mives : for the two precedent intend this, that | — 
the Spirits and «ir in their actions may be the lefs depredatory ; and the} — 
‘NS two latter, that the Blond and Juice of the body may be the lefs depredable. | 
But becaufe the Bloud is an irrigation or watering of the Juices and Members, and’a | — 
preparation to them, therefore we will put the operation upon the Blozd in the firft’ i 
place, Concerning this Operation we will propound certain Counfeis, few in number, | — 
but very powerful in virtue. They are three. Se 
Firft , ‘there is no doubt, but that if the bloud be-brought to a cold temper, it } 
will be fo much the lefs diffipable, But becaufe the cold things'which are taken } © 
by the mouth agree but ill with many other Intentions, therefore it will be beft i 
to find out fome fuch. things’ as may be free from thefe mconveniences. ‘They | 
are two. ditt 1 eT SO ee 
The firft is this : Let there be brought into ufe, efpecially in youth, (fiers, | 
 perging at all, or abfterging, but onely cooling, and fomewhat opening: i hof 
approved which are made of the Juices of Letruce, Purflane, Liver-wort, Houfesleek, and } 
the —Maucilage of the feed of Flea-wort, with fome temperate opening sien { 
i . ge | i Y ttle { 
i <a . Mac cit. 
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