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little Camphire : but ia the declining age let the Honsleek and Purslane be left out, and 
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the juices of Zorrage and Endive, and the like, be put in their rooms. And Ict thefe | 
Clyfters be retained, if itmay be, for an hour or more. 
and but luke-warm, altogether without Emollients, as Mallows, Mercury, ~Milk, and 
the like; rather take new hey in fome good quantity, and Rofés. 
~ But (that whichis the principal ia thisintention, and new) we advife that before 
the bathing of the body be anointed with Oil, with fome thicknefs,whereby the quality 
of the cooling may be received, ‘and the water excluded: yet Ict not the pores of the 
body be fhut too clofe ; for when the outward cold clofeth up the body too ftronely, it 
is fo far from furthering coolnefs, that it rather forbids, and {tirs up heat. 
"Like unto this is the ufe of Bladders, with fome deco@ions and cooling juices, ap - 
plied’ to the inferiour region of the body, namely, from the ribbs to the privy parts; 
for this alfo is a kind of bathing, where thc body of the liquor is for the moft part ex- 
cluded, and the cooling quality admitted. 
~The third counfel remaineth, which belongeth not to the quality of the blood, but 
to the fubftance thereof, that it may be mademorefirmand lefs diffipable, and fuch, 
as the heat of the fpirit may have the lefs power overit. . > 
And as forthe ufe of Filugs of Gold, Leaf-gold, Powder of Pearl, Precious frones, 
Coral, and the like, we haye no opinion of them at this day, unlefsit be oncly assthey 
may fatisfie this prefent Operation. Certainly, feeing the e4rabians, Grecians, and mo- 
dern Phyficians have attributed fuch virtues to thefe things, it cannot be altogether 
Nothing which fo great men have obferved of them. And therefore omitting all fan- 
taftical opinions about them, we do verily believe, that if there could be fome fuch 
thing conveyed into the whole mafs of the bloud in minute and fine portions, over 
which the fpirits and heat fhould have little or no power, abfolutely it would not only 
refift Patrefaction, but eArefattion alfo, and be a moft effectual means to the prolonga- 
tion of life. Neverthelefs in this thing feveral cautions are to be given. Firft, that 
| there be a moft exa@ comminution. — Secondly, thatfuch hard and folid things be void 
of alfmalignant qualities, left while they be difperfed and lurk inthe veins, they breed 
‘fome ill convenience. Thirdly, that they be never taken together with meats, nor 
in any fuch manner as they may ftick long, left they beget dangerous obftructions about 
| the Mefentery. | Laftly, that they be taken very rarely, that they may not congregate 
| ‘and. knot together in the veins. : 
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“Therefore let the manner of taking them be fasting, in white wine, a little Oil of 
edimonds mingled therewith, Exercife ufed immediately upon the taking of them. 
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The Sémples which may farisfie this Operation are , in {tead ofall, Gold, Pearls and 
' old hath. As for all glaffie and tranfparent Jewels, we likethem not, (as we faid be- 
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|| But, in our judgment, the fafer atid more effectual way would be by the ufe of 
Woods in Infufions and Deco€tions ; for there is in them fufficient to caule firmnefs of 
| may betaken in meatand drink, whereby they will find themore eafie entranceinto the 
} veins, and not be avoided in excrements. 
- “The 4 oods fit for this purpofe are Sanders, the Oak and Vine. As for all hot woods 
or fomething Rofennie, we reject them : notwithftanding you may adde the woody : 
fialks of Rofemary dried, for’ Rofemiry is a Shrub, and exceedeth inage many Trees ; 
Ce the woody flalks of Ivy, but in fuch quantity as they may not yield an unpleafing 
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| Let the %00ds be taken either boiled in Broths, or infufed in aft or ee before 
they leave working: but in Broths (as the cuftom is for Guaiacum and thelike) they 
jwouldbe infufeda good while before the boiling, that the firmer part of the wood, and 
notthatonely which liethloofely, may bedrawn forth. As for e4/b, though itbe ufed 
for Cups,yet welikeitnot. And touching the Operation upon the Blondthus much, 
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he other is this, Let there be inufe, efpecially in Summer, Baths of freth water, | 
' bloud, and not the like danger for breeding obftruGtions ; butefpecially, becaufe they |. 
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