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The Hiflory of Life and Death. q 
The Operation upon the lated of Afsimilation, gue 
Bical the laft Act of Affimilation (santo which the three Operations immsediate ly 
preceeding chiefly tend) our advice fall be brief and fingle: and the thing se felf ra. 
ther needs Explication, than any various Rules. 
which are next them, This the rare and pneumatical bodies, as Flame, Spirit, Arr, 
perform gencroufly and with alacrity : onthe contrary, thofethat carry a grofs and 
tangible bulk about them, do but weakly, in regard that the defire of affimilating other 
things is boundin by a ftronger defire of Reft,and containing themfelves from Motion. — 
Again, it is certain that the defire of affimilating bcing bound, as wefaid, in aGrofs | 
body, and made uneffectual, is fomewhat freed and ftitred up by the heat and nerghbour- 
ing perct, fo that it is then actuated: which is theonely caufe why IJnammates affimi- | 
late not, and Animates affimilate. ort 
This alfo is certain, that the harder the Confiftence of the body is, the more doth 
that body ftand in need of a greater heat to prick forward the affimilation : which falls 
out ill forold men, becaufe in them the partsare more obftinate, and the heat weaker ; 
and therefore either the obftinacy of their parts is to be foftned, or their heatincreafed. 
And as touching the Malaciffation or mollifying of themembers, we fhall fpeakafterward, 
having alfo formerly. propounded many things which pertain to the prohibiting and 
preventing of this kind of hardnefs. For the other, touching the increafing of the 
heat, we willnow deliver a fingle precept, after we have firft affumed this 4xzom, 
The Aé of 4ffimilation ( which, as we faid, is excited by the heat circumfufed) is 
a motion exceeding accurate, fubtile, and in little; now all fuch motions do then’ | 
come to their vigour, when the local Adotion wholly ceafeth which difturbeth it, For 
the Motson of Separationinto homogeneal parts, which isin Milk, that the Cream fhould 
{wim above, and the Whey fink to the bottom, will never work, if the Milk benever’ 
fo little agitated ; neither will any Putrefattion proceed in Water or mixt Bodies, if 
the fame be in continual Local Motion. So then, from this Afumption we will conclude 
this for the prefent Inquifition. 
The 4é it {elf of affimilation is chiefly accomplifhed in Sleep and Reft, efpecially 
towards the morning, the diftribution being finithed, Therefore we have nothing 
elfeto advife, but that men keep themfelves hot intheir fleep ; and further,that towards 
the morning there be ufed fome Anointing, or fhirt tincted with Oil, fuch as may gently 
{tir up heat, and after that to fall afleep again. And touching the laft 4c of 4ffimilation 
thus much. 
E is certain, that all bodies are endued with fome defire of .4/fimilating thofe things 
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The Operation upon the Inteneration of that which begins to 
be Arefied, or the-ALalaciffation of the Body. 9. 
LV, E have inquired formerly touching the Inteneration from within, which is dene by 
many windings and Circuits, as well of Alimentation as of Detaining the Spirit. 
from iffuing forth, and therefore uw accomplifhed lowly. TN ow we are to inquire touching | 
that Intencration which is from without, and is effetted, as it mere, fuddenly ; or touching} 
the Malaciffation and Suppling of the Body. due 
The Hiftory. ’ : oii 
_ propounded this way-of accomplithing the fame, That the Old man’s body fhould 3 
be'cut into feveral pieces, and then boiled in a Cauldron with certain Medicaments, } 
There may; perhaps,fome boiling be required to thismatter,but the cutting intopieces|} 
| is not needful, ‘ Lt 2 Loy veld zene ity 
y Ve os : Zoi 1 Ye ‘ 
ie the Fable of reftoring Pelias to youth again, D4edea, when the feigned to doit} 
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