The Htjlmy of Life and Death, 



Execationers hand for high Treafon; after his Hiart was p'ueked out, and in the Exes' 

 cutioners hand 3 was heard to utter three or four words of prayer : which therefore! 

 we faid to be more credible rhan that of the Ox in Sacrifice \ btcaufe the friends of the! 

 party fuffering, do ufually give a reward to the txeiutioner, todifpatch his Office 

 I with the more fpeed, that they may the fooner be rid of their pain;but in Sacrifices t we 

 fee no caufe why t!:e Prieil fhould be (o fpeedy in his Office* 



For Reviving thofe again which fall into fudden Swooning, and Catalepfes, of A- 

 ftctiifbmetts : (in which Fits, many, without prefent help, would utterly expire; ) 

 Thele things are ufec 1 ; Putting into their Mouths water difhiied of Wine, which thev 

 call Hot Waters, and Cordial waters^ bending the body forwards, flopping the Mouth 

 and Noflrils hard , bending or wringing the fingers, pulling the hairs of the beard, or 

 head; rubbing of the parts, efpecialiy the Face and Legs/udden calling of coid water 

 upon the Face, fhreeking out aloud, and fuddenly; putting Rc/e-Wa'er co theNoftrilsj 

 with Vinegar in Paintings* burning of Feather?;, orCloath, in the fuffocation of the 

 Mother, but efpecially a Frying-pan heated red hor, is good in Apoplexies : Alfo a clofe 

 embracing of the body, hath helped fome. 



There have been many examples of men in fhew dead ■ either laid out upon the 

 cold floor; or carried forth Co burial; Nay, of fome buried in the earth, which not- 

 withflanding have iived again; which hath been found in thofe that were buried, ( the 

 earth being afcerwards opened,) by the bruifing end wounding of their head, through 

 theftruglingofthebody witbfci the Coffin : Whereof the moft Recent and Memo- 

 rable example, Was that of Joannes Scotm, called the Subtile, and a Scboolman^who be- 

 ing digged up again by his Servant,unfortunate!y abfent at his burn!; (and who knew 

 his Matters manner in fuch Fits,) was found in that ftate, And the like happened in our 

 daies,in the perfon of a Player, buried at Cambridge, I remember to have heard of a 

 certain Gentleman, that would needs make tryal in curioficy , what men did fee' that 

 were hanged ; So he faftned the Cord about his Neck, raifinghimiclfuponaflool, 

 add then letting himfelf fall; thinking it fhould be in his power to recover the ftoo! 

 at his pleafure, which he failed in; but was helped by a friend then prefent. He was 

 asked afterward what be felt f Hefiid, He felt no pain; but firft, he thought he faw 

 before his eyes a great Fire , and burning: Then he thought he faw all Black, and 

 Dark : Laftly, it turned to a pale blew, or Sea-water Green ; which colour is alfo 

 Often feen by them which fall into Sn>ooningf. I have heard alfo of a Phyfician, yet 

 living, who recovered a man to life which had hanged himfdf; and had hanged half 

 an hour, by Frications, and hot Bat hs : And the fame Phyficiandid profeffe, that 

 he made no doubt to recover any man , that had hanged fo long, fo his Neck were 

 not broken with the firft Swing. L 



The Differences of Tenth and old Jgt 9 



He Ladder of Mans Body is tbi^To be conceived,to be quickned in the 

 Womb, to be born, to fuck, to be weaned , to feed upon Pap to put 

 forth Teeth, the firft time about the fecond year of Age, to begin to 

 go, to 1>egin to fpeak,to put forth teeth the fecond time , about feven 

 years of Age , to come to Puberty about twelve or fourteen years of 

 age, to be able for generation, and the flowing of the Menfirue,\Q> 

 have hairs about the Legs and Arm-holes, to put forth a Beard; And thus long , and 

 fometimes later , to grow inftature, to come to full years of ftrength and agility, to 

 grow gray and bald; The ceafing of the MenFima^ and ability to generation, to grow 

 I decrepit, and a Monfter with three Legs, to die. Mean while the mind alfo hath cer- 

 tain periods ; but they cannot by delcribed by years, as to decay in the Memory, and 

 the like; of which hereafter. 



I The differences of Tenth and Old Age, arc thefe* A young mans skin is fraooth, 

 and plain ; an old mans dry, and wrinkled; efpccially about the forehead and eyes: A 

 young mans flefli is tender and foft,an old raans hard: A young man hath ftrength and 

 agility, an old man feels decay in his ftrength, and is flow ot motion : A young man 

 I " hath 



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