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- | «Lhe Hiftory of Life and Death. 
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Canon XXVI, 
M Alsciffation is wrought by Confubftantials , by Imprinters; and by Clofers 
up. 
| i The Explication. ; 
| "P'He reafon is manifeft , for that Confub/tantials do properly fupple the body, Jm- 
. printers do carry in, Clofers up do retain and bridle the Perspiration, whichis a 
motion oppofite to AalacifJation. And therefore (as we defcribed in the ninth @pe- 
ration) Adalaci{fation cannot well be done at once, but inacourfeor order, Firft, by 
excluding the Liquor by Thickners: for an outward and profs Infufion doth not well 
compact the body: that which entreth mult be fubtil, and a kind of vapour. Second- 
ly, by Intenerating by the confent of Confubstantials: for bodies upon the touch of 
thofe things which have good agreement with them, open themfelyes, ‘and relax their 
pores. Thirdly, Imprinters are Convoys, and infinuate into the parts the Confubftan- 
tials, and the mixture of gentle affringents deth fomewhat reftrain the PersPiration. But 
then, in the fourth place, follows that great ffrittion and Clofure up of the body by 
Emplaiftration, and then afterward by Jnunttion, until the supple be turned into Solsd, | 
| as we faid in the proper place. } 
Canon XXVII. 
fF or Renoration of she Parts Repairable watereth and reneweth the lefs Reparable 
alfo, : 
The Explication. 
WE Jaid in the Preface to this Hiftory, that the ay of Death was this , That the 
| Parts Reparable died in the fellowfhip of the Parts le/s Reparable : {o that in the | 
| Reparation of thefe fame les Reparable Parts all our forces would be employed. And 
| therefore being admonifhed by e4riffotle’s obfervation touching Plants, namely, That 
the putting forth of new shoots and branches refrefbeth the body of the Tree inthe paffage ; 
i we conceive the like reafon might be, if the feb and blovd in the body of man were 
| often renewed , that thereby the bones themfelves, and membranes, and other parts 
| which in their own nature are /efs Reparable, partly by the chearful paflage of the 
j#ices, partly by that new cloathing of the young fle/> and blowd, might be watered and | 
| renewed. Canon XXVIII. thay 
R Ettigeration or Cooling of the body, which pajfeth Some other ways tha by the Sto- 
mach, is n/éful for Long life. 
. : The Explication. bt 
| TY He reafonisat hand: for feeing a Kefregeration not temperate, but powerful, (efpe- 
| ~~ cially of the blond) isabove all thiags neceflary to Long life: this ean by no meats | 
| be effeGted from within as much as is requifite, without the deftruction of the Sto- | 
mach and Bowels. - Sinaia} 
ha | Canon XXixX. ityet | 
T: Hat Intermixing or Intangling, that as well Confumption 4s Reparation are the works’ 
of Heat, u the greateft obfracle to Long life. . 3 
fs The Explication. fe 
Albmott all great works are deftroyed by the {atures of things Zntermixed, whenas | 
that which helpeth in one refpeét hurtcth in another: therefore men muft proceed] | 
herein by a found judgement, and a difcreet practice. For our part, we’ have done ‘fo 
as far as the matter will bear, and our memory ferveth us, by feparating benign heats} 
from hurtful, and the Remedies which tendto both. {std 91 4 
Canon XXX. 
Curing of Difeafes w effetled by Temporary Medicines ; bt Lengthning of Life re- 
quireth Obfervation of Diets. | 
Z The Explication. 
Hofe things which come by accident, as foon as the caufes are removed ceafe |. 
again; but the continued courfe of nature, like a ania River, requires a con- |. 
tinual rowing and failing again{t the ftteam : therefore we muft work tfatacly by Di- |. 
ets. Now Diets are oftwo kinds : Set Diets,whichare to be obferved at certain times; 
and Familiar Diet; which is to be admitted into our daily repaft, But the Set Diets are 
| the more potent, that is, acourfe of AZedscines for atime: for thofe things which are 
of fo great virtue that they are able to turn Nature back again, are, for the moft part, 
| more {trong, and more {peedily altering, than thofe which may without danger be re- 
ceived into a continual ufe. Now in the Remedies fet down in our /ntextions you | 
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