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The Hi/lory of Life aniDtath. 



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The Explication* 



THe Nature of the Spirits is as the uppermoft whee /,which turneth about the other 

 'thesis in ihe body of man* And therefore in the Intention of long life.that ought 

 to be firft placed. Hereunto may be added , That there is an eafier and more expe- 

 dite way to alter the Spirit s, than to other Operations* For the Operation upon the 

 Spirits is two-fold, The one by Aliments, which is flow, and as it were, about} The o- 

 ther, (and that two- fold ) which is fudden, and goeth dire&ly to the Spirits; namely, 

 by Vapours, or by the Affections* 



Canon XX f 



I Juyces of the Body, Hard and Rofcid, are good for long Life* 



The Explication,. 



, nTHe Reafon is plain, feeing we (hewed before ; That hard thing?, and Oyly or Rof- 

 \ cid , are hardly diffipated. Notwithftanding there is difference, (as we alfo noted 

 in the tenth Operation ) That Juke fomewhat hard,is indeed lefle Dijfipable , but then 

 it is withall iefs Reparable. Therforea Convenience is interlaced with an Inconvenience; \ 

 And for this caufe no wonderfulll matter will be atchieved by this* But Rofcid Juke 

 will admit both Operations. Therefore this would be principally endeavoured: 



Canon XXI* 



\ / \ 7 H at f tever * s »/ Thin Paws , to penetrate; And jet hath no Acrimony to bite, 



V V begctttth Rotcid Juices. 



The Explication* 



His Canon is more hard to pra&ife than to underffand: For it is manifefr, V> hat- 

 foever per.etrateth well, but yet with a sting, or tooth; (as do all (harp and four 

 things) it leaveth behind it, wherefoever it goeth , forne mark, or print , of Drynejfe, 

 and cleaving; fo that it hardneth the juice s , and chappeththe Parts : Contrarily, 

 whatfoever things penetrate through their thmnejfe meerly, as it were by Health, and by 

 way of Infinuation , without violence ; they bedeW, and Water in their patfagc : Of 

 which fort we have recounted many in the fourth and feventh Operations* 

 Canon XXIL 



Affimilation is best done when all Local Motion is expended* 

 7 he Explication. 



His Canon we have fufficiently explained in our Difcourfe upon the eighth Opera- 

 tion* 



Canon XXIII* 



Alimentation from without, at ItaiJfcme other Way than by the Stomach, is moft pro- 

 fit able for long life, if item be done* 



The Explication* 



\ J \ 7 E fee that all things which are done by Nutrition, ask a long time; but thofc 



V V which are done by Embracing of the , («« it is in /»/«/&»/,) require no 

 longtime. And therefore Alimentation from without, w r ou5d be of principle ule; and fo 

 much the more , bec&ufe the E acuities of Concoction decay in old age ; So that if there 

 could be fome auxiliary Nutritions, by bathings, unl~lions % or elfe by Clyfters : Thefe 

 [things in conjundion might do much, which fingle are iefs available. 



Canon XXIV 



WHere the Conco&ion it wta(^ to t\\t\x& forth the A limentj there the Outward 

 Parts Jbotild be ftrengt hexed, to call forth the Aliment,. 



The Explication* 



T'Hat which is propounded in this Canon, is not the fame thing with the former; for 

 it is one thing for the Outward Aliment to bt attracted inward; another for the. 

 Inward Aliment to be attracted outward: yet herein they concur , that they both 

 help the weaknefs of the Inward Concoctions, though by divers wayes* 



Canon XXV* 



A LI fudden Renovation of the Body is Wrought either by the Spirit, or by Malaciffa- j 

 tions* ... 



The Explication. 



'JTHere are two things in the body; Spirits and Parts ; To both thefe the way by Nu«, 

 trition, is long and about; but it is a (hort way to the Spirits by Vapours, and by j 

 the AfeCttont; and to the Parts by Malacifations i But this is diligently to be noted ; 

 that by no means we confound Alimentation from Without, with A4aUci Ration: for 

 the Intention of Malaciffationjs not to nourifhthe parts, but only to make them more 

 fit to benouriftied* • Canon 



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