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in their own fociety , do enjoy themfelves ; and betake theWelves into their proper 

 Center. * V 



For thefe, if you re-colled thofe things which were formerly Ye t down , as Subordi- 

 nates to Op*um and Nitre, there will need no other Inquijition. 



As for the quieting of the unmlinejfe of the Spirits , we {hall prefently fpeak of that, 

 when we enquire touching their Motion. Now then, feeing we have fpoken of that con- 

 denfation of the Spirits, which pertaineth to their fubftance, we will come to the Tem- 

 per of Heat in them. 



The Heat of the Spirits, as we faid , ought to be of that kinde, that it may be robufi, 

 not eager ; and may delight rather to matter the tough and obftinate, than to carry away 

 the thin and light Humours. 



We mutt beware of Spices , Wine , and ftrong *Drinkj y that our ufe of them be very 

 temperate, andfometimesdifcontinued ; Alio oi Savory, Wtld-marjoram , Peny-royal, 

 and all fuch as bite and heat the tongue. For they yeeld unto the Spirits an Heat , not 

 Operative,b\it Predatory, 



Thefe yeeld a Robufi heat, efpecially 'Elecampane , Garlicky, £arduus Benedi&us, 

 Water-crejfes,whik they are young, Germander, Angelica, Zedoary^ Vervin^ Valerian, 

 Myrrhe y Pepper-wort-, Slder-Flowers, Carden-Chervile ; The ufe of thefe things, with 

 choyfe, and judgement, fometimes in Sallets, lbmctimes in Medicines, will fatisfie this 

 Operation. 



It falls out well, that the Grand Opiates will alio fetve excellency for this Operation, 

 in refpect that they yeeld fuch an Heat by composition* which is wifhed , but not to be 

 found in Simples. For the mixing of thole exceffive hct things, ( inch as are Euphorbi- 

 um , ^Pellhory of Spam, Stav:s-acre,Dragcn-wort , esinacordi % C<*ftoreum,Ariflolo- 

 chtum, Opopo»ax y Ammoniacum, Galbanum, and the like ; which of themfelves cannot 

 be taken inwardly,) To qualifie and abate the Stupefaftive vertuc of the Opium ; They 

 do rnnke fuch a constitution of a Medicament, as we now require , which is excellently 

 feen in this ; That Treacle, and M'thridate ,and the reft, are not (harp , nor bite the 

 tongue,but are onely form -what bitter, and of ftrong fcent;and at kift manifeft their heat, 

 when they come into the ftomack, and in their fubtequent operations. 



There conduce alio, to the Robufi Heat of the Spirits , Venus often excited , rarely 

 performed : And, no leffe, fome of the afte&ions, of which fhallbe fpoken hereafter. 

 So touting the heat of the Spirits, Analogical to the prolongation of Life, thus 

 much. 



Touching the Quantity of the Spirits , that they be not exuberant , and boy ling ; 

 but rather fparing^ and within a mean, (feeing a i'mall flame doth not devour fo much, 

 as a great flame,) the Inquiftttan vwll be {hort. 



It ieems to he approved by experience ; That a [pare Diet , and almoft a Pythagori- 

 tal ; fuch as is either prefcribed by the drift Rules of a Monafiicall life , or practiced 

 by Jftrmitis , which have Neceffuyand Povcny for their Rule ; rendreth a man long 

 hv'd. 



Hitherto appertain, Drinkingof water, A hard Bed, Abfti»enceftom Fire, A flender 

 Diet ; (as namely, of Herbs, Fruits-, Flefh, and Fijh, rather powdered, and falted , than 

 frejh, and hot ; An hair-fhtrt, frequent Fafiingf, frequent watching* , few fen final plea- 

 fures, and fuch like : For all thefe diminifh the Spirits, and reduce them to fuch a quan- 

 tity, as may be iuffteient onely for the Functions of Life ; whereby the Depredation is 

 the lelTe, 



But if the Diet fhall not be altogether fo Rigorous,znd Mortifying ; yet notwithflan- 

 ding fhallbe always equal and confiant to it lelfe, it worketh the fame; effect. We lee 

 it in Flames, that a Flame fome-what bigger, ( fo it be always alike, and quiet ) confu- 

 meth leffe of the Fuel , than a leffer Flame blown with Bellows 5 and by Gulls ftrong- 

 cr, or weaker : That which the Regiment and Diet of Cornarvts the Venetian (hewed 

 plainly; who did eate and drinke lo many yeares together , by a juft weight ^where- 

 by he exceeded an hundred yeares of Age , ftrong in Limbes , and entiie in his 

 fenfes. 



Care alfo muft be taken, that a body plentifully nourished , and not emaciated by any 

 of thefe^aforefaid Diets, omitteth not a feafonable ufe of Venus ; -left the Spirits increafe 

 too faft, and foften, and deftroy the body. So then touching a moderate quantity of Spi- 

 rits, and (as we may fay) Frugal, thus much. 



The Inquijition, touching Bridling the Utfotions of the Spirits , followeth next. 



Motion 



