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It is constantly Received;, and Avouched, thac the Amitnhg of thewea 

 pen, that maketh ihe wound* will heal the wound ic felf. In this Experiment , 

 upon the Relation oi Men oi Credit, (though my 1 elf, as yet, am not fully 

 inclined to bclceve it, )you (hall note the /W/z/$ followii c^Firft, the Oirft- 

 meht, wherewith this is done, is made of Divers IngredicM's ; whereof th( 

 Sirangeft and hardeft to come by , are the McJJe upon the tkull of a de<i < 

 Man, Vnbuned; And the Fats of a Boar and a Bear, killed in the AH of G>- 

 neratton. Thefe Two laltl could eafily iufpevSt to be prefer ?bed as a Start- 

 ing Hole; That it the Experiment proved not, it monght be pretended, that 

 the Beaps were nbtkillid in the due Time- For as for the Mofje, it is certain 

 there is great Quantity of it in Ireland,upon Slain Bodi(S,\aid on Heap's JVn- 

 buried. The other Ingredients are, the bloud- Stone in Powder, and fome o- 

 ther chinos, which leem to have a Virtue to Stanch Blood; As alfo the 

 hath. And the Description of the nholeOyntmenbis to be found in theCb)micali 

 Difpenfatory oS. Crollim. Secondly, the lame Kind of Ointme/.t , apply cd to 

 the Hurt it felf, worketh not the Fjjetl ; but only apply cd to the Weapon. 

 Thirdly, (which I like well) they doe not obferve ilricConfetfjng of the Oir*- 

 ment, under any certain Cor.j{el/ation;whkh commonly is the ExcufeofMd- 

 gicallWdicineS) when they fail, that they were not made tinder a fit Figure 

 ot Heaven. Fourthly, it may be applied to the weapon , though the forty 

 Hurtbe at great Dijlance. Fifthly, it fcemeth the Imagination of the Party , 

 to be Cured, is not needlull to Concurrc ; For it may be done without the 

 Knowledge of the Party Wounded; And thus much hath been tried.) that the 

 Ointment (for Experiments fake, ) hath been wiped off the weapon , without 

 the Knowledge of the Party tfw^andprefently the Party Hurt, hath been in 

 great Rage of Pain, till the weapon was Reannointed. Sixthly, it is affirmed , 

 that if you cannot get the weapon , yet if you put an Instrument of Iron , or 

 Wood, reftmbling the weapon , into the wound fuheti by it blcedeth,the An- 

 mintingoi that Inftrument will ferve , and work the Efjetf. This I doubt 

 fhould be a Device,to keep this ftrange Form of Cure,in Requcft,and U fe. 

 Becaufe many times you cannot come by the weapon it felf. Seventhly , 

 ithe wound muft be at firft Washed Clean, with white wine,cr the Partus own 

 Water; And then bound up clofe in Fine Linen, and no more Drefsing re- 

 newed, till it be whole. Eightlhy, the Sword it felf muft be Wrapped up 

 C/o/^asfarrastheO/'^w^rgoethjthatittakethno Wind. Ninthly , the 

 Ointment, if you wipe it c ft from the Sword,and keep it, will Serve ao a in;and 

 rather Tncreafe in Virtue, than D/'w/>///Jb. Tenthly ic will Cure In farr Shor- 

 ter Time, than Ointments of wounds commonly doe. Laft ly it will C^a 

 as well as a 4/4*; which I like beft of all the reft, becaufe it fubjed- 

 cth the Matter 3 to an Eafie Triall. 



T Would have Men know, that though I reprehend, the Eafe Pafsingover, 

 ■*-of the Caufes of Things, by Afcribing them to Secret 3.n<\ Hidden Virtues 

 and Pr'oprieties;(¥or this hath arrcfted^and laid afiecp, all true £^«/V;,and 

 Indications;)) 'ct I doe not underftand 5 but that in the Practical Partoi Know- 

 ledge, much will be left to Experience, and Probation, whercunto Indication 

 cannot fo fully reach : And this is not only in Specie, but in Indhidio. 

 So in Phyfick, if you will cure the Jaundits, it is not enough to fay, that the 

 Medicine muft not be CoolingjFor that will hinder the ''opening which the 

 Difeaje requireth: That it mult not be Hot; For that will cxajperate fholer; 

 That it muft go to the Gall; For there is the ObftruBion with caufeth the 

 Diftafe, &c. But you muft receive from Experience, thac Powder of channel 



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