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Experiments 

 in Conforr, 

 touching Ve- 

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condited,and corrected, (which of late are grown into fomcCredit,) are 

 of the fame Nature. So the Parts of Beafis Putrefied ;( as C aft 'or eum , and 

 Mmk, which have extream Suhitt Parts , are to be placed amcngftthem. 

 We fee alfo that PutrefaBion of Plants (as Agarick , and Jem-Ear e J are of 

 greateft Venue. The Caufe is, for that PutrefaBion is the Subtileft of all 

 Motions jn the Parts of Bodies : And fince we cannot take down the Lives of 

 Living Creatures,(which fome of the Paracelfians fay (if they could be taken 

 down,)would make us Immortally) the Next is for Subtilty of Operation , to 

 take Bodies Putrefied b Such as may be fafely taken. 



IT hath been obferved by the Ancients, that Much Ufe of Venus dothDimme 

 the Sight; And yet Emuches, which are unable to generate,are (neverthe- 

 lefs) alio Dimme-Sighted.The Caufe of Dimnef of Sight, in the Former,is the 

 Expenceoi Spirits : In the Latter, the Over-moiflure of the Braine, For the 

 Over-moiflure of the BtUne doth thicken the Spirits Vtfuall , and obftructeth 

 their Paflages $ As wc fee by the Decay, in the Sight, in Age Where alfo 

 the Diminution of the Spirits concurreth as another Caufe : we fee alfo that 

 BlindnejT commeth by Rheumes, and CataraBs.Now in Eunuch cs, there are all 

 theNotesof Moifture; As the Swelling of their Thighcs, the Loofnefsof 

 their Belly, the SmoothnefTe of their Skin, &c. 



The Pleafurr in the AB of Venvu , is the greateft of the Pleafures of the 

 Strifes ; The Matching of it with is ui>proper ; though that alfo bt 

 Pleafinz to the touch. But the Qaufes are Profound. Firft, all the Organs of 

 the S^jffsqualifiethe^o^Wof the Spirits ; And make fo many Severall 

 Species of Motions,and Phafures or Dif pleafures thereupon,as there be Di-uer- 

 fities of Organs. The Inflruments of Hearing, Tafle&nd Smelly are of fe- 

 veral frame; And fo are the Parts for Generation. Therefore Scaliger doth 

 well,to make the Pleafure"o[ Generation a Jixth Senfe 5 And if there were any 

 other differing Orga ns & Qualified Perf orations ,for the Spirits to pafs^there 

 would be more than the Five Senfes : Neither do we well know , whether 

 fome Beafis and Birds, have not Senfes that we know not 3 And the very Sent 

 of Dogs is almoft a Senfe by it felf. Secondly, the Pleafures of the Tim/? , are 

 greater and deeper,than thofe of the other Senfes±As we fee in warming up- 

 on Co/d ; Or Refrigeration upon Jfoif : For as the of the Touch , are 

 greater than the Offences of other Senfes ; So likewife are the Pleafures. It is 

 true,that the AffeBing of the Spirits immediately,md (as it were) without an 

 Organ,is of the greateft Plerfure ; Which is but in two things : Sweet Smels-, 

 And wine.and the like Sweet Vapours. For Smels, we fee their great and fud- 

 den Effect in fetching Men again, when they fwoune For Drinkefn is cer- 

 tain, that the Pleafureof Dru^kennefl , is next the Pleafureof Venus : And 

 Great Joyes (iikewife) make the Spirits move,and touch themfelves : And 

 the Pleafure of Venus is fomewhat of the fame Kinde. 



It hath been always obferved,that Men are more inclined to Venus in the 

 Wintered women in the Summer. The Caufe is, for that the Spirits, in a gody 

 more Hot and Dry,(as the Spirits of Men arc,)by the Summer are more ex- 

 haled,and diffipated; And in the Wmttr more condenfed, aud kept entire : 

 But in Bodies that are Cold and Moift , (as Womens arc,) the Summer doth 

 Cherifh the Spirits-, & calleth them forthjthe winter doth dull them.Fur- 

 thermore,the Abftinence^ot Intermijs'ion of the ufeof Venw, in Moift and well 

 habituate Bodies^ breedeth a Number of Difeafes ; And efpecially dangerous 

 Impoflumations.The Reafon is evident; For that it is a Principal Evacuation, 

 \ efpecially of the Spirits : For of the Spirits , there is fcarce any Evacuation, 

 •s but 



