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JsQtturall Hijlory; 



Experiments 

 Solitary, tou- 

 ching Ex- 

 ercife of the 

 Body. 

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Experiments 

 Solitary, tou- 

 .ching Meats 

 that induce 

 \Satiety. 

 300 



MUch Motion and Exercife is good for fome Bodies • And Sitting, and 

 lefi Motion for others. If the Body be Hot, and Void of Superfluous 

 Moiftures, too mmueh Motion hurteth .• And it is an Ei rour in Pbyfitians ,to 

 call too much upon Exercife. Likevvife men ought to beware, that they ufe 

 not Exercife and a Spare Diet both : but if much Exercife, then a Plentiful! 

 Diet 5 And if Sparing Diet, then little E xercife. The Benefits that come of 

 Exercife are, Firft, that it fendeth Nourijhment into the Parts more forcibly. 

 Secondly, that it helpeth to Excerne by Sweat, and fo maketh the Parts 

 affimilate the more perfe&ly. Thirdly, that it maketh the Suh fiance of the 

 Body more Solid and Compact And fo lefs apt to be Confumed and De- 

 predated by the Spirits, The Evils that come of Exercife, are : Firft, that 

 it maketh the Spirits more Hot and Predatory. Secondly, that it doth ab- 

 forbe likewife, and attenuate too much the Moifture of the Body. Thirdly, 

 that it maketh too great Concufjion, (efpecially if it be violent,) of the In- 

 ward Parts ; which delight more in Reft. But generally Exercife, if it be 

 much,isno Friend to Prolongation of Life Which is one Caufe, why Wo- 



men live longer then Me 



becaufe they ftirre lefs. 



SOme Food we may ufe long, and much, without Glutting; As Bread, 

 Flelh that is not fat,or ranck, &c. Some other ^though pleafant,) Glut- 

 teth fooner-, As Sweet Meats,Fat Meats,&c. The Caufe is,for that Appetite 

 confifteth in the Emptinefs of the Mouth of the Stomnck Or pollening it 

 with fomewhat that is Aftringent ; And therefore Cold and Dry. But 

 things that are Sweet and Fat, are more Filling.- And dofwimme and hang, 

 more about the Mouth of the Stomach-, And go not down fo fpeedily : 

 And again turn fooner to Choler, which is hot, and ever abateth the Appe- 

 tite. We fee alfo,that another Caufe of Satiety, is an Over-Cuflome ; and of 

 Appetite is Novelty : And therefore Meats, if the fame be continually taken, 

 induce Loathing.1 give the. reafon of the Diflafle of Satiety, and of the Plea- 

 fure in Novelty and to diftinguilh not only in Meats and Drinks, but alfo 

 in Motions,Loves,Company, Delights, Studies, what they be that Cufiome 

 maketh more gratefull And what more tedious were a large Field. But 

 for Meats, the Caufe is Attraction, which is quicker, and more excited to- 

 wards that which is new, than towards that whereof there remaineth a 

 Relifli by former ufe. And (generally) it is a Rule , that 

 whatfoever is fomewhat Ingrate at firft , is made 

 Gratefull by Cuftowe , But whatfoever 

 is too pleafing at firft, groweth 



quickly to fttiate. '• V ... . 



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