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The Hifiory of Life and Death. 



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The 'Operation upon the hues of the body. 4. 



The Hiftory. 



Here are two kinds of Bodies, (as was faid before in the Inquifition touching 

 In-animates ) which are hardly confumed ; Hard things, and Fat things, 

 as is feen in Metals, and Stones^snd in Oile and Wax. 

 It muft be ordered therefore, that the Juice ofthe Body be fome-what hard'' 

 and that it be fatty, or fubrofcide. 

 As for hardneffe, it is caufed three ways ; by Aliment of a firm Nature, by Cold con- 

 denfing the skin and flcfh ; and by Sxercife , binding and compacting the Juices of the 

 body, that they be not loft and frorhy. 



As for the Nature of the Aliment-, it ought to be luch as is not eafily Diffipable : Such 

 as are Beef *<?, Swines-flefk-, Deer, Goat, Kid, Svoan^ Goofe, Ring-Dove ; Efpecially if 

 they be a little powdered ; Fifh likewife lalted and dried : Old Cheefe,and the like. 



As for the Bread ; Oaten bread, or bread with lb me mixture of Peafe in it ; Or Rye 

 bread, or "Early bread, are more folid than Wheat bread : and in Wheat bread the courle 

 Cheat Bread is more folid than the pure Manchet. 



The inhabitants of the Orcades, which live upon falted fifh ; and generally all Th- 

 eaters are long-liv'd. 



The Monks and Hermits, which fedfparingly , and upon dry Aliment , attained 

 commonly to a great Age. 



Alio Pure 7*?<*ffr,ufually drunk, makes the Juices of the body leffe frothyjunto which, 

 if for the dulnelTe of the fpirits, ( which, no doubt , in water is but a little penetrative ; ) 

 you fhall add a little Nitre , we conceive it would be very gcod. And touching the 

 Firmneffe ofthe ^Aliment-, thus much. 



As for the Condenfatton of the skint, and Flcfh, by c old : They are longer liv'd, for the 

 molt part, that live abroad in the open Aire, than they that live in Houfes ; and the Inha- 

 bitants ofthe cold Countries-) than the Inhabitant of the hot. 



Great (tore of cloaths, either upon the bed, or back, do refolve the body. 



Wafhing the body in cold water, is good for length of life : life of hot Baths is naught. 

 Touching Baths of Aflringent mineral waters, we have lpoken before. 



As for exercife ; an idle li fe,doih marirfeftly make the flefh foft and difilpable: Robufi 

 exercife (io it be without over-much fweatmg or wcannene,) maketh itbaid and com- 

 pact. Alio exercife within cold water, asfwimming, is very good : And generally ex- 

 ercife abroad is hotter than chat within houfes. 



Touching Frications, (which are a kinde of exercife) becaufe they do rather call forth 

 the Aliment, than harden the flefh ; w'ewill enquire hereafter in the due place. 



Having now lpoken of hardvigthe Juices of the body, we are to come next to the O- 

 leofity, or Fattineffe of them : which is a more perfect and potent Intention, than Indu- 

 ration-, becaul'e it hath no inconvenience, nor evill annexed : For all thofe things which 

 pertain to the hardning ofthe Juice s, are of that nature, that while they prohibite the 

 abfumption of the Aliment, they alfo binder the opeiation of the lame : Whereby it hap- 

 pens, that the fame things are boch propitious, and advei le to length of life : But thofe 

 things which pertain to making the Juices oily, and Rofcid, help on both fides ; For they 

 render the Aliment both lelTe Di(fipable,and more Reparatle. 



But whereas we fay, that the Juice ofthe body ought to be Rofcide, and Fat , itTs'to 

 be noted, thac we mean it not of a viable Fat, but of a Dewinejfe difpcrfed, or (if you 

 will call it) Radical! in the very fublfance ofthe body. 



Neither again, let any man think, that Oil, or the Fat of Meats, or marrow , do en- 

 gender the like, and latisfie our Intention : For thofe things which are once pci feit, are 

 not brought back againput the Aliment* ought to be fuch-, which after Difg-ftion,and 

 Matuiation,do then in the end_oengender Olcojity in the Juices. 



Neither again, let any man think v t'nat Oile or Fat r by it felffe, and Simple, is Hard of 

 Diflipation, but in Mixture i; doth not retain the lame'Naturc : For as Oile by it fclf, is 

 much more longer in confumirg, than water ; fo in Paper, or Linnen, it ftickcth longer, j 

 and is later dried, as we noted before. * 



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