| he bijfayef Life and Death. 
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| The Operation upon the Purging away of old Fuice,and Sup- 
| plying of new Fuice, or of Renovation by Turns. 10. 
The Fiiftory. 
fpoken of before; yet becaufe this Operation is one of the principal, we will 
* handle them over again more at large. 
P eke ts certain that Draught-Oxen which have been worn out with working, being put 
}) into frefh and rich paftures, will gather tender and young flefh again : and this will ap- 
| spear even to the tafte and palat; fo that the J#zeneration of fleth is no hard matter. 
} Nowit is likely that this Zateeration of the fle/pbeing often repeated, will in time reach 
to the Jnteneration of the Bones and Mensbranes,and like parts of the body. 
Iris certain that Diets which are now much in ufe, principally of G#atacum, and of 
Sarfaperilla, China, and Saffafras, if they be continued for any time, and according to 
ftri& rules, do firft attenwate the whole juice of the body, and after confume it and 
| drink itup: Which is moft manifeft, becaufe that by thefe Diets the Free 
| when it is grown eyen to anhardnefs, and hath eaten up and corrupted the very mar- 
row of the body, may be effe@tually cured. And further, becaufe it is manifeft that 
}men who by thefe diets are brought to be extream lean, pale, and as it were ghofts, 
| will foon after become fat, well-coloured, and apparently young again. Wherefore 
we are abfolutely of opinion, that fuch kind of diets in the decline of age, being ufed 
} every year, would be very ufeful to our Intention ; like the old skin or {poil of Ser- 
nts. : 
| We doconfidently afirm, (ncither let any man reckon us among thofe Hereticks 
which were called Cathars ) that often Purges, and made even familiar to the body, are 
more available tolong life than Exercifes and Sweats: and this muft needs be fo, if that 
| be held, which is already laid for aground, ‘That Undctions of the body, and Oppletion 
of the paflages from without, and Exclafion of air, and Detaining of the fpirit within 
the mais ofthe body, do much conduce to long life. For it is moft certain, that by 
Sweats and outward Perfpirations not only the Humours and excrementitious vapours 
-are exhaled and confumed, but together with them the juices alfo and good {pirits, 
which are not fo eafily repairéd: but in Purges (unlefsthey beveryimmoderate) it is 
| not fo, feeing they work principally upon the Humors. But the beft Purges for this 
Intention are thofe which are taken immediately before meat, becaufe they dry the body 
lefs 5 and therefore they mult be of thofe Purgerswhich do leaft trouble the belly. 
\eg . Lthough thofe things which we fhall here fet down have been, for themoft part, 
| Thefe Intentions of the Operations which we have propounded (as we concecve) are 
moft true, the Remedies fasthful tothe Intentions. Nezther w zt credible tobe told ( al 
f though noe a few of thefe Remedies may feem but vulgar) with what care and choice they 
have been examined by ws, that they might be (the Intention wor at all impeached) both 
| fafe and effettual Experience, zo doubt, will both verifie and promote thefe matterse 
| And fuch, inal things, are the works of every prudent counfel, shar they are Admi- 
rable 72 their Effects, Excellent alfo ix their Order , but feeming Vulgar in the Way 
| dud Means. ~ ; 
The Porches of Death. 
| JP E are nom 10 enquire touching the Porches of Death, thar ts, touching thofe things 
} : which happen wnto men at the point of Death, both a little before and after ; that 
| feeing there are many Paths which lead to Death, it may be underftood in what Common 
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