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dium. Fourthly, that the ObjeB of it is Deformity, Absurdity, Shrewd Turns, 

 and the like. Now to fpeak or the Caufes of the EfjeBs be fore- mentioned, 

 whereunto thefe General Notes give fome Light, For the Dilatation of the 

 Mouth and Lips, Continued Expuljion of 'the Breath and To/Vf, and Shaking of 

 the Breaft and Sides, they proceed (all) from the Dilatation theSpirits h 

 Efpecially being Sudden. So likewife, the Running of the Eyes with Water, 

 (as hath been formerly touched, where we fpake of the Tears-, of Joy and 

 Grief,) is an Effect of Dilatation of the Spirits* And for Suddennef , it is a 

 great ifcr* of the Matter : For we fee, that any Shrewd Turn that lighteth 

 upon Another; Or any Deformity , &c. moveth Laughter in the Inftant «, 

 Which after a little time it doth not. So we cannot 2>4»gfe at any thing af- 

 ter it is Stale, but whileft it is New : And even in Tickling , if you Tickle the 

 Sides, and give warning j Or give a or Continued Touch , it doth not 



move Laughter fo much. 



L»j? caufeth a Flagrancy in the £)W j and Priapifme. The Cd»/<? of both 

 thefe is , for that in Lufl, the Sight and the fw^ 3 are the Things detlred : 

 And therefore the 5/>*>j?*s refort to thole parts , which are moft affected. 

 And note well in general, (for that great Ufe may be made of the Obferva- 

 tion,) that (evermore) the Spirits in all Pajfions, refort moft to the Parts, 

 that labour monSor are moft affected. As in the laft,which hath been men- 

 tioned,they refort to the Eyes, and Venereom Partscln Fear-, and Anger,\o the 

 Heart : In Shame to the Pace ; And in Light Diflikes to the Head. 



IT hath been obferved by the Ancients,and is yet believed,that the Sperm 

 oiDrur.ken Men is Unfruitful. The Caufe is, for that it is Over-moijlened, 

 and wanteth Spifiitude. And we have a merry Saying, That they that go 

 Drunk to Bed, get Daughters, 



Drunken Men are taken with a plain DefeB , or Deflitution in Voluntary 

 Motion.They Reel ; They tremble; They cannot ftand,nor fpeak ftrongly. 

 The Caufe is,for that the Spirits of the wi^e,oppre(s the Spirits Animal, and 

 occupate Part of the Piacc,where they are 5 And fo make them Weak to 

 move. And therefore Drw.ken Men are apt to fall afleep : And Opiates^, and 

 Stupe faRives , (as Poppy, Henbane , Hemlock , &c.) induce a kindeof Drun- 

 kennef?, by the Grofnefs of their Vapour 5 as wine doth by the Quantity of the 

 r4/w/y.Befides,they rob the Spirits Animal of their Matter , whereby they 

 are nourished : For the Spirits of the Wine prey upon it, as well as they : 

 And fo they make the Spirits lefs Supple, and Apt ro move. 



Dru/.ken Men imagine every Thing turneth ronnd ; They imagine alfo that 

 Things come upon them - 3 ThcyS^ not well Things afarreojf; Thofe Things 

 that they See neer hand, they See out of their place ; And (jemetimes) they 

 fee Things double. The Caufe of the Imagination that Thinqs turn Row A, is, 

 for that the spirits thcmfelves turn, being comprefTed by the Vapour of the 

 wine : (For any Liquid Body upon Compref ion, turneth , as we fee in Water :) 

 And it is all one to the Sight, whether the Vifual Spirits move, or the ObjeB 

 mov eth,or the Medium moveth. And we fee that long Turning Round bree- 

 deth the fame Imagination. The Caufe o£ the Imagination thatThings come 

 upon them, is, for that the Spirits Vifual themfelves draw back ; which ma- 

 keth the ObjeB feem to come on^ And befides , when they fee Things turn 

 Round,and Move , Fear maketh them think they come upon them. The 

 Caufe that they cannot ieeThmgs afarre ojf,is the Weaknef or the Spirits ; for 

 in every Megrim, or Vertigo , there is an ohenebration joyned with a Sem- 

 blance of Turning Round Which we fee alfo in the lighter Sort of Stron- , 



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