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The HiHory of Life and 'Death 



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Next unto Warm- blood, Things alike in S 'ub ftan'te, to the Body of a Man, are Nutri- 

 tives ; Frff Flefhff, of 0-*V», Swine i Deer '.Oiflers amongft fi/bes; Mi/^^Butter \jolkf 

 of Eggs : F/o«r s/Wheat, Sn^rr cither Sugred,or before it be fined,. 



Such things as we would have mixed to make ImpreiTion ate, in ftead of all; Sa/fj, 

 ffpecially Bay. fait ; Alio Wine ( when it is full of Spirit,) maketh Entrance} And is 

 an excellent Convoy. 



Aft-ingents of that kind, wh ; ch we defcribed; Namely Un&uous and Comfortable 

 things are, Saffror, Mafticl^, Myrrh y and Myrtle* Barries, 



Of thefe Parts, in our Iudg ment, may very well be made fuch a Bath aswedefign : 

 Phy /trims and Posterity will find ont better things hereafter. 



But the Operation will be much better, and more powerfull , Tf fuch a2?4f£aswe 

 have propounded (which we hold to be the principal Matter) be attended with a Four? 

 fold ( ourfe and Order. 



Firft, that there go before the Bath, a Frication of the Body; And an Anointing 

 with Oy/e , with fome thickni«g Subftance "• That the Vcrtue , and Moiftning heat of 

 the Bath may pierce the Body, and not the watry part of theLiquour. Then let the 

 B.ith follow, for the fpace of fome two Hours: Aftter the Bath, let the Body be Em- 

 plaiftred With Maflick^ , Myrrh , T ragacanth, Diapalma, and Saffron; That the Perfpi- 

 rarion of the Body, may(as much as is poffible) be inhibitedjTill the Supple Matterht 

 by degrees turned into Solid : This to be continued, for the fpice of twenty four 

 honrs, or more. Laftly, the Emplatftring being removed, let there be an Anointing 

 with Oyle, mixed with Silt and Saffron. And let this Bath , together with the Em~ 

 pUiffring and fntlion (as beforc)be renewed every fifth day : This Malaciffation, or 

 Suppling of the Body, to be continued for one whole Month* 



Alfo during the time of this MaUciffattott, we hold ft ufefull and proper, and accor* 

 ding to our intention , that men nourifh their bodies well, and keep out of the cold 

 Air, And drink nothing but warm Drink, 



Now this is one of thofe Things (as we warned, in general in the beginning ) 

 whereof we have made no Trial by Experiment} but only fet it down, out or our 

 Aiming and Levelling at the End, For having fet up the Mark, we deliver the Light 

 toothers. 



Neither ought the Warmths and Chtrijhings of Living BJies, to be negle&cd* Ft- 

 cintts faith, and that ferioufly enough, That the liymg of the young \Aaih in Davids B - 

 fome, Was iwholfoiw for him y but it came too late. He fhould alfo have added, That the 

 young WaU, after the manner of the Perftan firgins, ought to have been anointed 

 with Myrrh, and fuch like; Not for delicioufnefs, but to increafe the vertue of this 

 Cherifhing by a living Body. 



Barbarrffa, in his extreme old Age, by the advice of a Thyfician, a Jew, did continu 

 ally apply young Boys, to his Stomach and Belly, for Warmth and Chenfhing : Alfo 

 fome Old men lay Whelps ( Creatures ofthe hotteflkind ) clofe to their Stomachs 

 every night. 



There hath gone a report, almoft undoubted ; And that under fevera! Names; Of 

 certain men that had great Nofes, who being weary of the derifion of people, have cut 

 off the Bunches or Hillocks of their Nofes; And then making a wide Gafh in their 

 Arms, having held their Nofes in the place for a certain time ; And fo brought forth 

 fair and comply Nofes : Which if ic be true, it (hews plainly, the Confent of Fltfh un 

 to f7*/&,efpecialiy in Live Flejbts* 



Touching the particular Integration of the Principal Bowel,; The Stomach, Lungs, 

 Liver, He art, Br am, Marrow of the B acHone (3ut s y Reinsfi 'a!l,P 'ems \ Arteries \Nerves 

 Cart Hag s, Bones; The Ir.efuifitipn and Direilion ) would be too long; Seeing we now 

 fej not forth a ?raBiqm\ But certain Indications to the Pratique* 



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