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The s tom^tck, Vnder the Arterie or Wind-pipe,is the qnoiith of the Stomacke j of a caibns or grHHy fiib- G 

 ftance,thicke toothed^ withpricUesin manner of abramhJej for the bcctcrdifpatGhing.pf the 

 meat : and thefenotches or plaits grow finaller and linaller, as,.they approGh neareMp the bellk : 

 laas jihcutmoft roughncflc thereof in the cndislike untO:a,$niths faie. / ■ . ■ ,:r:-V? 



TheHcan, Now are we come to the HeartjWhich in alj other living creau|res isfituatejii theyery m^ 

 of thebreaft : in man onely it lieth beneath the left pap^made in^manner of VPeare, ancl with 

 pointed andfinalletend beareth^oiitforward., Fifhes aloneJiay^itJying\yithtbep<>int.u^^ 

 CO the mouth. It isgener^lly received and heldj^hat it is ^thp firftprincipallpatt . which is fertned 

 m th&mothers wombe : next unto it the brainc^'and the eies^aft of all. And as thefc bee the firft 

 that die/o the Heart is laft . In it (no doubt) is the mofi plen tie-of heat, which is the caufe of life. 

 Siirely it ever moveih and panteth Jike as it were another living creature by it felfe. Coveted it is jj 

 within, forth with a very foft^ yet,^ ftfong tunickjthat enwrappethit : defended it is befides Wth ' 

 a ftrong mureof ribs^and the breaft bone together: as being it felfe the prineipall fortreffs a^d 

 caftlejwhicb givetb life to all theteft.It containeth within it certain ventricles and hoHowiecei^&, 

 as the cheefe lodgings of the iifejand bloud,which is the treal lire of life. Thefc in greater ^eaiis 

 are three in number : and none there is without twaine.This is the very feat of the mind i: iqul©. 

 From thisfountaine there doeiffue two great ve^^elsJMaii}er-veines,orArteriesJ which arcdivi- 

 ded into branches : and beingfpread as well to thefore-part as the backe parts of the bodiejinto 

 Imallerveincsjdoe miniiler vitallbloud to all themembcr§Qf the bodie. This is the oplyprinci- 

 paJl ppjrt of the bodie that cannot abide to be fic^, or languifh with any infirmitie 5 th^s lingereth 

 HCtt'in cofltinuallpaine: no (boner is it offended, but death enf^ When all other 



parts are corrupt and dead^ -the Heart alone continueth alive.. All living creatures that have an I 

 hard and lliffe Heart^are fuppofed to be brutifh : thofe that have fmall Hearts^be taken for bar- 

 die and valiant: contrariwile^they are reputed for timorous and fearfulljwhich have grcatHearts. 

 And the bi^gett Heartjin proportion of the bodicj have Mice, Hares, Alics, Deere, Panthers, 

 Weafels^Hviencs^and in one word^all creatures either by nature fearefulljor upon fearc hurtful!* 

 In Paphlagonia^Partridges have two Hearts.In theHeatts of HorfeSjKine^Bulsjand Oxen, are 

 othcrwhiles bones found.Thc Heart in a man groweth yearely two drams in weight, until! he be 

 fiftie yeares of age : and from that time forward it decrca{eth from y eare to year as much : wher- 

 ^ipon he is not able to live above one hundred yeares/or want of Heart : as the ^Egyptians be 

 of opinion; vyhofe. manner is to prefcrve the dead bodies of men fpiced and cmbauimed. It is 

 reported of fome meUjihat they have Hearts all hairie : & thofe are held to be exceeding ftrong K 



«in three fun- and valorous.Such was AriftDmenes the Meffenian^who flew with his owne hands *3ooLacedae- 



dfic batuiles; j-nonians.Himlclfe being forewoundedand taken pnfoner/aved his owne life once, and made 

 an efcape out of tlie cave of a ftone quarrie, where he was kept as in a prifon ;for he gat forth by 

 narrow Foxe holes under the ground. Being caught a fecond time, whiles his keepers were faft 

 afiecpCjhe rolled himfelfe to the firejbound as he was, and fo without regard of his owne bodie, 

 burnt in funder the bonds wherewitli he was tied . And at tlse third taking, the Lacedcemonians 

 cauled his breaft to be cut and opened, becaufetheywouldfee what kind of Heart he had : and 

 there they found it all overgrowne with liaire. Morcover,this is obferved ^n perufing the inwards 

 of beaftsjThat when they be well likingjanddoprefage good^ the Heart hath a kind of fat in the X, 

 utmoft tip tliereof :Howbeit,this would be noted, Thataccording to the Soothiaiers learning, 

 their Heart is not alwaies taken for a part of the bowels or entrailes.For after the 123 Olympias, 

 when Pyrrhu5 king of Epyrus was departed out of Italic, what time as Z ^Pojlhumim Albimn was 

 king facrificer at Rome,the Soothfaiers and Wifards began firft to lookeinto theHeartjamong 

 other inwards.That very day when as C£[ar Diijtatour went firf^ abroad in his roiall purple robe, 

 and tooke his feat in the golden chaire of eflate,he killed two beafls for facrifice, and in both of 

 them the entrailes were found without any Heart ; whereupon arofea great quef^ion and con- 

 troverfie among the Augures and Soothfaiers, How it could be,that any beaft ordained for fa- 

 crifice fliould live without that prineipall part of life ? or whether poffibly it might loofe it for that 

 prefent onely ? Over and befides, it is held for certaine,that if any die of the trembling and ach ^ 

 of the HeattjOr otherwife of poyfon, their Heart will not burnc in the fire. And verily,an Orati- 

 on there is extant of r//f'//^/^3wherein he challcngeth P/y3,and chargeth him dire(ftly with poy- 

 fbning of Germ^nictis c««/4r,upon this prefumption : for he openly protefted and prooved,That 

 she heart of Germamm would not confumc in the funerall fire,by reafon of poyfon*But contta- 



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