1 be HiJIory of Life and Death. 



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little famphire: but in the declining Age, let the Houfleek., and purflain Le left out i 

 And the Juices of Borrage and Endive,znd the like, be put in their ro» ms:Ai d let thefe 

 Clyftcts be retained, it it may be, for an hour, or more . 

 The other is this, Let there be in ufe, elpecially in Summer, Ba:hc$ of frefh water, ard 



\ but luke- warm, altogether without Emollients, as Mallows, Mercury, Mi/fa and the 

 ' like ; rather take new whey in fome good quantity, and Refes. 



But, (that which is the principal in this Intention, & New ^ we advife, that before the 

 bathing, the body be anointed with Oile , with fome Ihtckneffe ; whereby the quality 

 of the cooling may be received, and the water excluded : yet let not the pores of the body 

 be fhuttoo clofe : For when the outward cold clolcth up the body too Urongly , it is lo 

 far from furthering coolnelTe, that it rather forbids it,and ftirs up Heat. 



Like unto this, is the ufe of 'Bladders with fome decoctions and cooling Juices , ap- 

 plied to the inferiour Region of the body ; namely , horn the ribs to the pi ivy pans: for 

 this alfo is a kifide of bathing-, where the body of the liquor is for the mo(i part excluded, 

 and the cooling quality admitted, 



Thethiid Counfel remaineth, which belongeth not to the quality of the blood, but 

 to the fubftance thereof* that it may be made more firine and leffe dilTipable ; and fuch, as 

 the heat of the Spirit may have the iefle power over it. 



And as for the ufe of Filings of gold, Leaf-gold, powder of Pearl, Preciom pones, Co- 

 rd//,and the like, we have no opinion of them at this day, unlefs it be onely as they may 

 (atisfie this prefent Operation. Certainly, feeing the Arabians,Grecians , and M odern 

 Thyjicians , have attributed fuch vermes to thefe things ; It cannot be altogether No- 

 thing, which fo great Men have obferved of them. And therefore omitting all fantafheal 

 Opinions about them, we do verily believe • That if there could be fome fuch thing con- 

 veighed into the whole Maffe of the bloud, in Minute and fine Portions ; Over which 

 the Spirits, and heat fhould have little, or no power ; Abfolutely, it would not onely re- 

 rift T/ttrefaftion, but ArefaUion alio , and be a tnoft efre&ual Means, to the prolonga- 

 tion of life. Nevertheletle, in this thing, feveral Cautions are to be given. Firft, that 

 there be a moll exa& Comminution. Secondly, that fuch hard and iolid Things , be 

 void of all Malignant Qualities ; Left while they bedifperfed , and lurk in the vemes, 

 they breed fome ill convenience : Thirdly , that they be never taken together with 

 Meats, nor in any fuch manner, as they may If ick long ; Left they beget dangerous ob- 

 ftrudtions, about the Mefentery : Lalily, that they be taken very rarely , that they may 

 not congregate, and knot together, in the veins. 



Therefore let the manner of taking them be Fafiing in White wine ; A little Oile of 

 Almonds mingled therewith ; Exerctfe ufed immediately upon the taking of them. 



The Simples, which may fatisfie this Operation, are j In (lead of all, Gold, Pearls, 

 and QoraH : For all MettaU, except Gold, are not without feme Malignant Quality, in 

 the Diflblutions of them j Neither will they be beaten, to that exquihte Finenefle, that 

 Leaf -Gold hath : As for all Glajfie, and Tranfparent Jewels, we like them not, ( as we 

 laid before, ) for feare of C^rrofion. 



But in our judgement, the fafer, and more effectual way, Would be, by the ufe of 

 Woods* in Infufions, and DecoSions ; For there is in themfufficient, tocaufe Ftrmneffe 

 of Blood ; And not the like danger, for breeding Obftrudtions : But elpecially , becaule 

 they may be taken in Meat,and Drink ; whereby they will finde the more eafie Entrance 

 into the veins j And not be voided in Excrements. 



The woods , fit for this purpofe, are, Sanders, the Oaks, an ^ Vine' As for all Hot 

 w»ods, or fomething %ofennie , we reject them: Notwirhftanding you may add the 

 woody Stalks of Rofe-mary dried : For Refe-marie is a Shrub,and excecdeth in Age, ma- 

 ny trees ; Alfo, the woody Stalks oilvie, but in fuch quantity , as they may not yeeld 

 an unplcafing tail e. 



Let the woodsbe taken, either boiled in broaths ; Or infuled in Mt*ft, or Ale , before 

 they leave working, but in broaths, (as the cullome is, for Gnaiacum, and the like,) they 

 would be infuled a good while, before the boiling ; That the firmer part of the wood, and 

 not that Onely which lieth loofely, may be drawn ferth. As for Ajh, though ir. be ufed 

 for Cups j yet we like it not. And touching the Operation upon the Blood, thus much, 



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