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Statural! Hi/lory: 



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803 



804 



fore-tel that which is to Come • As it is in many Subtil Trials . As 

 to try whether Seeds be old or new, the fenfe cannot inform : 

 But if you boil them in Water, the new feeds will Tprout fooner: 

 And fo of Water, the Tasle will not difcover the bell: Water j but 

 the fpeedy confuming of ir, and many other Means, which we have 

 heretofore let down will difcover it. So in all Phyjiognomy, the 

 Lineaments of the Body will difcover thole Natnral Inclinations of 

 the Mtnde } which difiimulation will concealer Discipline will lup- 

 prefs. We mall therefore now handle onely, thofetwo Percepti- 

 ons, which pertain to ]S[atural Divination^ and DifcoVery : Leaving 

 [ the Handling of Perception in other things to be difpoled elf- 

 where. Now it is true,that Divination is attained by other Means-, 

 As if you know the Caufes • Ifyou know the Concomitants : you 

 may judge of the Effect to follow : And the like may be laid 

 of Dilcovery • But we tie our Selves here , to that Divination 

 and Difcovery chiefly , which is caufed by an Early or Jkbtfl 

 Perception. 



The Aptnefiot Propenjion of Aire pi Water , to Corrupt or Pu- 

 trifie,(no doubt,) is to be found before it break forth into ma» 

 nifeft£/etf*of Dtfeafes, Blafting Qt the like. We will rhefefo^ 

 letdown fomePrognofttcks of Peflilential zn&Vn-whokfonie'fectrsf 



The wind blowing much from the South) without fyim 5 ^n<J Wprmes | 

 I the Oake-Atfle^haxz been fpoken of before. Alfo the Ptajjof Frogs, Graf- 

 hoppers, Flies, and the like creatures bred oi-Putrefaftion, doth portend 

 lentialTeares. t< 



Great , and Early Heats in the Spring , (and namely in May,) without 

 Winds, portend the fame. And generally fo doe Teareswith little Wind,ot 

 Thunder. 



Great Droughts in Summer , laftingtill towards the End of Auguft, and 

 feme Gentle Showers upon them ; Ani then fome Drie weather again 5 Dee 

 portend a Peftilent Summer,thc Tear following : for about the End of Augufl, 

 all the Sweetnef of the Earth, which goeth into Plants or Trees , is exhaled} 

 (And much more if the August be drie; ) So that nothing then can breath 

 forth of the Earth , but a grofle Vapour , which is apt to Corrupt the Aire : 

 And that Vapour, by the firft Showers, if they be Gentle, is relealed,and com- 

 mech forth abundantly.Therefore they tnat come abroad foon after thofe 

 Showers , are commonly taken v/ith ficknefi. And in Ajjrick , no Body will 

 ftirre out of doores.after the firft Showers. But if the firft Showers come ve- 

 hemently 3 then they rather wafhand fill the Earth, than give it leave to 

 breath forth prefently. But if Cry weather come apaine, then it fixeth and 

 continueth the corruption of the Aire , upon the firft Showers begun 5 And 

 maketh it of ill Influence, even to the Next Summer ; Except a very 

 Frofiie Winter difcharge it ; Which feldo me fucceedeth fuch Droughts. 



The Lejjer Ufe8ions.o£ the SmaU Packs, Purple Feavers, Aguts* in the Sum- 

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