The Hijkry of Lift and Death. 



{which may ieem Itrange, ) they fhould rather Pra&ifp the Contrary. For we ought 

 to. ehcrifh and preferve good Spirits * Arwiior the e yil difpofcd Spirits, to discharge and 

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Eicinus laid* not unwitejy ; That Old Men, far the comforting of their Spmts,ought; 

 often to renumber, and ruminate upon the A^soi their Cbild~hood zndTouth. Cerr* 

 taittly,kidt»Remembcraii)ce, js-akindof Peculiar Recreation, to every Old <Jv£m : 

 ' And therefore it is a DeLight to Men, , to enjoy the Society of them , which have been 

 brought up togejher w»»tb them ; And to vific the Places of their Education. Fefpafia^ 

 ! did attribute to much to diis Matter ; That when he was Emperour, he would, by no 

 • meanes , be pevlwaded to leave his Fathers houfe , though but rnea-ne ; £,eft he fhouid 

 led e die womted Object of his Eyes , and the Memory of hts-xhild-hood ; And befidesj 

 he would d ink, inv a Wmde n 0/>, tipped wkh filver,which was his Grandrrmtbers^^ 

 j cm Fefi-ival Dayn, 



Que Thing, above all, is grateful! to tbe Spirits ; that there be a £ m'tmal Progreffe^ 

 to the more Benigne. TWrcrore, we ihouldlead , fuchaYouth, and Man-hood, that 

 our Old Age fnould find new Solaces $ Whereof the chiefe is Moderate Eafe. And 

 therefore, Old mem, in Honourable Places , lay violent hands upon themfelves, who 

 retire not to their Eafe : whaepfmay be found an Eminent Example in QaflZodarxs; 

 who was of chat Reputation aimorvgtt the Gothtfh Kings of Italy , that be was as tbe 

 Soul of their afiair.es : Afcerwards, being neaa' Eighty yeares of age, he betook himfelfe 

 to a M a nalt«.ry ; Where he ended not his Dayes, before be was an Hundred years. old. 

 But this chifi*g doth require two Cautions j One, that they drive not off, till their Bo- 

 dies be utterly wornc out, and Diteafed ; For infuch. Bodies, all Mutation , though to 

 the more Benigne, haftcneth Death ; The other, that they furreiidernot themfelves to a 

 Sluggifr cafe ; Bur that they Embrace ibmetbttrig,whjch may entertain their thoughts, 

 andMinde, with Contematbn : In which kindj the chiefe Delights, are Reading 

 and Contemplation } And then, the DelireSi of Building, and Planting. 



Lailly > the lame zAU 'wn, Endeavattr, and faiottr undertaken (baerfftlty , and with 

 a good x»i\U doth refrefh the Spirits t but with an Av^rfafim^ zt)Aftnxn^lingn«Jfe, doth 

 Fret and Dejed them. And therefore , itjeonferreth to long life j Either that a Man 

 hath the Art , to inltitpte his life lb , as it may be Free , and Sutable to his own Hu- 

 mour; OrcltetolayfuchaC° mma ndupon hiiJffind€ ? that whatfoeyeris impofedby 

 Fortune, ic may rather lead him,than drag him. 



Neither is that to be omitted, towards the Government of the Affettions, That efpe- 

 cial care be taken , of the CMoptb of the $ipmacb j Efpeciatty } that it be not too much 

 relaxed ; For that pait hath a greater Dominion over the Afteftions } Efpecially the 

 Daily Aff:6tions ; Than cither the Heart , or Braine , Onely thofe things excepted, 

 which are wrought by potent Vapours ; as in Drunkefine{Te,andMeUincholy. 



Touching che QporattQn upon the Spirits , tliat they may remaijse Youthful, and Re- 

 new tbeir Vigour, thus much « Which we have done the more accurately, for that there 

 i*,for th: most part, amongft Phyftcians, and other Authors, touching thele Operations, 

 a d-'ep lilcnce ; bu: elpeqally, becaule the Operation upon the Spirits , and their Wax-- 

 in^ green again , is the moil Ready, and Compendious way ? to long life : And that, 

 for a two-fold Compendioufneflfe ; one , beeauio the Spirits woxk compendioufly , upr 

 on the body; the other , becaufe Vapours , and the Afeftions , work compendioully 

 Upon the Spirit : as theie attaine the end ? as it were, in a right line ; Other Things^ 

 rather in 1 i k 3 C ircular. 



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Tbe Operation upn tbe Ewlnfion of ths Aire a. 



,Hc ixclnfion of the Aire , Ambient* tendeth to Length of Life , twoj 

 wayes ; Firft, for thatthe External Aire, *\cvx unto the Nfitive Spirit, (fiow- 

 locver the Aire may be fa id to animate the Spirit of Man) and confer- 

 rethnotalittktohealth;) dothmoft ©f all prey upon the Juices ©f tlwbody; 



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