Hi(lory of Life and 'Death. 



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which fhe d^firtrh to expell the toggy air duwn nuo trie Lu,gs^n<X to uKe in new, 

 fcarce the third part of a minute. 



Again, the beating of the P;//>, and the motion of the Syfiale, an \ D'aSide of the 

 Heart, are three times quicker than that ofbreathing; infomuch that if it were poiTi- 

 ble that that motion of the heart could be Hopped , without Hopping the breathy 

 Death would follow more fpeedily thereupon, than by ftrangling. 



Notwitb&tnding ufeand cuftom prevail much in this natural aclion of brea- 

 thing, as it is in the Deliao Divers, and Fifhers for pearl; whoby long ule can hold 

 their breaths at lealt ten limes longer than ot her men can doe. 



Amonglt living Creatures, even of ihofe th at have Lungs, there are fome that are 

 able ro hold their brearhs a long time, and others that cannot hold them fo long ; ac- 

 cording as they need, more or lclie Refrigeration. 



Fi(bes need letle Refrigeration than Terrefl id Creatures, yet fome they need , and 

 take it by their Gillcs. And as Terreftnal Creatures cannot bear the Air that is too 

 Hoc > ortooClofe; So F>(bes are furfocated in waters ? if they be totally and long 

 frozen. 



If the Spirit be affa ulreJ by another £<?*f greater than it felf, it is diffipared, and de- 

 ttroyed. For it cannot be*r the proper heat without Refrigeration much lelie can it 

 bear another heat which is tar lironger. This is to be feen in turning Fevers, 

 where the heat of the putrified humours doth exceed the native heat even to extin* 

 &ion,ordifllpation. f 



The want alio, and ufe of Sleep is re r err d to Rtfrigeratkn. For motion doth atte- 

 nuate and rirific the Spirit, an doth lharpen and mtreafe the heac thereof- Contra- 

 rily,5/^fetlevh and reltraineth > he mo-ion and gadding of the f^me. For though 

 Sleep do h lir-.-ngtht.n and advance the Actions o r the pans, and of the li»elefie Spi- 

 rits; and all that mo ion which is to the Circumference of the bo ; yet is doth k 

 great part, quiet and Itiil the f. roper motion of the Living Spirit. Now fleep regular 

 iy, is due unto human N ture, once within four and twtniy ; hours; an.vfhat for fix, 

 or five hours at the lealt. - Though s here are, even in this kind, fometimes Mira 

 clesof Nature; As it is recorded of Msaznas , that he flept not for along timebe- 

 fore his death. And as touching the w^nc of Refrigeration, for conlerving ot the Spir,h 

 thus much. 



As concerning the third Indigence; namely of AUment\\t feems to pertain rather 

 to the Farts than to the living Spirit. For a man rmy .eafily believe, that the living Spi- 

 rit fubfilteth ia Identity; not by ^ucceilion or renova. ion. And as for the Reafonable 

 Seal in man- it is above ail quel ;ion,i hat it l^not engendred of the Soul of the parents 

 nor is repaired, nor can ic. They f. eak of the Natural Spirit of lining creatures; and 

 alio ofVegetables, which ditia^ from thai other Soul eflenti dly and formally. For 

 out of the confulion of thefe, that (arve : ran migration of Souls j and innumerable o- 

 ther devices of Hea hens and Hereiicke^ tu^c proceeded. 



The body of man orh regularly require Renovation by AHmati&tty day. And a* 

 body in health can icarce endure fct' ir'g thret dayes together; notwithstanding uf 

 and cuttom will doe much even in tbi - ca:e, but in ficknelfe fatting is lelfe grievous to 

 the body. Alfo5/«pdorh Inpply Ion ewfm to nosrifhmenc ; And on the other fide 

 Exercife doth require it more ab.m lancly.I, kewife there have fome been found, who 

 lufiained themtelves ,( almolt to a miracle in Nature, ) a very longtime, without 

 meat or drink. 



Dead Bodcs-i'd they be not inre rep^ed by putrefaction, will fubfift a long time^wifh- 

 out any notable Abfcmpt on; tfut living bodies nor above three dares (as e laid) un- 

 leflc ney be repaired by no* rifhm.nt: which fheweih, that quick Abfumpvon to bt 

 the work of the living Spirit; which either repairs it felf, or i utsthe Parts into a ne- 

 ceififyot being repaired, cr both. This is tettified by that a'fo which was noted a li 

 ^e before; namely, that living creatures may fubfid fomewhat the longer, without A- 

 liment; if they Use: .Now deep is nothing eife but a reception and re.irerr.ent of the 



living Spirit into it felf* 



An abundant and continual Effluxion of blood , which foretimes happeneth in 

 the Heworrhoides ; lomc imes in vomiting of blood 5 the inward Veines being 

 unlocked, or broken, fometimes by wounds, cameth fuddain death; in regard 

 that the blood of the Veins minihreth to the Arteries; and the blood of the Arteries to 

 the Spirit* 



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