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ing the working oiBeer, when the Barm is put in ; Or upon the Comming of 

 Butter,or Cheefe, after the Cherming, or the Rennet be put in. 



It is an Antient Tradition, every where alleged, for Example of Secret 

 Proprieties ,and fnfluxes,that the Torpedo Marina,\i it be touched with a long 

 Stick, doth ftupifie the Hand of him that toucheth it. It is one degree of 

 Working at Diftance, to work by the Continuance of a Fit Medium ; As 

 Sound will be conveyed to the Ear, by ftriking upon a Bow-firing , if the 

 Horn oi the Bow be held to the Ear. 



The miters of Natural Magick , doe attribute much to the Vertues > that 

 come from the Parts of Living Creatures; So as they be taken from them,the 

 creatures remaining ftill alive : As if the creature ftill living did infufe fome 

 Immateriate Vertue,a.nd Vigour into the Part Severed. So much may be true 5 

 that any Part,taken from a Living Creature,newly slain,may he of greater 

 force than if it were taken from the like creature, dung of it felf, becaufe 

 it is fuller of Spirit. 



Trial would be made, of the like Parts of Individuals, in Plants, and Li- 

 zing creaturts ; As to cut off a Stock of a T ree 5 And to lay that , which you 

 cut off, to Putrifie, to fee whether it will Decay the Reft of the Stock: Or if 

 you fhould cut cff part of the Tail, or Leg of a Dog, or a Cat, and lay it to 

 Putrifie , and to fee whether it will Fefter , or keep from Healing , the Part 

 which remaineth. 



It is received, that it helpcth to Continue Love, if one wear a Ring, or a 

 Bracelet of the i/a/V of the party beloved. But that may bee by the Exciting 

 of the Imagination ; And perhaps a Clove,ot other like Favcur jnay as well 

 do it. 



The Sympathy of Individuals, that have been Entire, or have Touched of 

 all others the moft Incredible : Yet according unto our faithfull Manner of 

 Examination of Nature, we will make fome little mention of it. The T iking 

 away of Warts , by Rubbing them with fome what that afterward is put to 

 wafte, andconfume, is a common Experiment : And I doe apprehend it the 

 rather , becaufe of mine own Experience. I had from my Childhood, a wart 

 upon one of my Fingers ; Afterwards, when I was about Sixteen years old., 

 being then at Paris , there grew upon both my hands a number of Warts (at 

 lea ft an hundred) in a months fpace; TheEnglijh Embajjadours Lady, who 

 was a Woman far from Superstition, told me one day , She would help me a- 

 way with my warts-. Whereupon fhe got a peece oiL&rd with the Skin on, 

 and rubbed the Warts all over with the Fat sidt; and amongft the reft, that 

 wart which I had from my Childhood ; Then fhe nailed the Peeceoi Lard , 

 with the Fat towards the Sun , upon a Poft of her Chamber window , which 

 was to the South. The Succefs was , that within five weeks fpace , all the 

 warts we,it quite away : And that wart, which I had fo long endured , for 

 Company .But at the reft I did little marvel ,becaufe they came in a Short 

 time,and might go away in a Short time again : But the Going of that , 

 which hadftaidfo long , doth yet ftickwith me. They lay the like is 

 done by rubbing of Warts w ith a Green Elder Stick , and then Burying the 

 Stick to Rot in Muck. It would be tried with Corns and Wens,znd fuchother 

 Excrescences; It wculd have it alfo tried , with fome parts of Living crea- 

 tures, that are neareft the Nature of Excrescences; As the Combs of Cocks,the 

 spw s of Cocks , the Horns of Beafis , &c. And I would have it tried both 

 waies- Both by Rubbing thofe parts with Lard , or Elder,SLS before; And by 

 Cutting off fome Peece of thofe Parts,zind laying it to Confume. To fee whe- 

 ther it will work any Effe&,to wards the Consumption of that Part, which 

 was once' loyned with it. It 



