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The Wlfay of LtfeandVeatF. 



the Operation upon the la jjl Jclof Jfsimiktion, 8. 



r jH Ducking the\2& Aftcf Atfimilation, ( mto which the three Operations, immediatly 



preceedmg^ci. iefiy tend) our Advice [hall be brief and Jingle And the thing it [elf ', ra 

 ther needs Explication^ than any various Rules, 



gLT is certain, tlut all Bodies are endued with fome defireof A f stmt- 

 § luting thole things which are next: them-this the Rare-arid Pneuma- 

 tical Bodies,as tlamc, Spirit, ^.perform generoufly,«nd with ala- 

 crity • On the contrary, thole that carry a grofie, and tangible bulk 

 about f hem, do but weakly : In regard, that the Defoe oiAfsimi- 

 lating other Thing' , : s bound in by a llronger defire of Retf,ind con- 

 taining ihemfelv e s from Motion. 



Again, it is certain, That deliseof Assimilating-, being bound, as we faid, in a 

 Gsoi'cbv- and made uneflectual ; is fomewhat freed . and ftirred up, by ihcHeat 

 and Neighbouring Spirit; So that k is then Actuated : which is the only caufe why 

 Inanimates A [similar not, and Animates Assimilate. 



This alfo is certain , that the harder the Coafiflance of the Body is> the more doth 

 that Body Hand in need of a greater Heat, ro prick forward the Afsmilation : Which 

 falls out ill for old Men; becaule in them the parts are more obftinate, and the heat 

 weaker : Aud therefore , either the obltinicy of their parts is to be foftned, or their 

 heat increafed. And as touching the Malacijfaiion, or Mollifying of the Members , we 

 fhall lpeak after .vard ; Having alio formerly propounded many things, which per- 

 tain to the prohibiting and preventing of this kind of hardnefs. For the other , touch 

 ing the Increasing of the heat, we will now deliver a ftngle precept : After we have 

 ftrrt afi'umed this Axiome. 



The Act of Afsimilation ,) which, as we faid, is excited by the Heat circumfofed,)is 

 a Motion exceeding Accurate, Subtile, and in Little. Now all fuch Motions do then 

 come to their Vigour,when the Local Motion wholly ceafeth, which ditturbeth ir.For 

 the Motion of Separation -t'mio Homogcneal parts , which is in Miik; That the Cream 

 fhould Swim above, and the Whey link to the bottom, will never work, if the Milk 

 be never fo little agitated : Neither will any Tutref action proceed in Water or Mixt 

 Bodies, ifthe fame be in continual Local Motion. So then, from this Ajfump/ion, wee 

 wilUonclude this for the prelent Inquifition. 



The Act it felf, of Ajsimilathny is chiefly accompliflned in Sleep and Reft;E fpecially 

 towards the Morning, the Distribution being finifhed : therefore we have nothing 

 eiie to ad rife, but that Menkerp themfelves hot in their Sleep : And further, that to- 

 wards the Morning there be ufed fome Anointing, or Shirt tinned With Oyl, fuch as 

 ™y gently itirrupheat; And af^er that, to fall afleep again. And touching the laft 

 Act of Afsimila ion-, thus much. 



The Operation upon the Intener ation of that , which begin* to he 

 J rifled', Or theMalaciJfationoftbe!Body- 9, 



T7T7i? have incju'n ed formerly, touching ehe Inteneration from within; which is done 

 V V ^/ many Windings, and Circuits, as nW/c/' Alimentation, pf Detaining tta I 



Spirit irom iffuinvfonh; and therefore is accomplijhed flowly:Now we are to inquire toHchttigl 

 that Inteneration, which is [rem without; And is efected } as it wire , [uddenly; Or touch-x 

 ing the Malacifiation) and Supplying of the Body. 



The Htftorj. 



4<§»**|NJ the Fable of refloring Vclias to Youth again, Uttedea when fh^/eigned toj 

 2 I £ do ir, propounded this way, of accomplifhing the fame,.That the'Old Mans 

 body fhonid becutintofeveral Peeces ; And then boyled in a Cauldron, 

 with certain Medicaments. There may, perhaps, fome boyling be required to this 

 matcen but the ci t in? into pieces is not needfull. 



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