accidentally, as hy siCoHtttfon^ &c, it be cxtravafcd; in .which cafe my 
Argument will not beinjared, becaufe the part is depraved, whereas I 
Ijpeak of the parts, a$ they are in their natural State. 
To confirm and illuftrarc all which , I defire, that the followirgpm^Vr 
Obfervations may be confidered : 
i« If a Horfe, fat and fair to look on, without a hollow to be fecnbe- 
tween his Mufdes^be rid extreme hard, and into a great fweat, andtheii 
kept one dny without water or moift meat, you (hall fee him look fo thin in 
many places as in the parts, that you will hardly believe it to be 
the fame Horfe, efpecially if he be ( as the Phrafe is among Horfe-raafters ) 
a Nafi or n^Aps- Horfe . The caufe of which thinnefs will eafily be granted to 
be only an exbauftion of Juice, expended out of the Blood, which did fluff 
out thefe VefTels* And whoever, that is ufed to ride hard, (hall obferve, 
how thick this foul Horfe breaths, and at what a rate he will reek and fweat, 
will not much wotider at the alteration* But if the Horfe be a hardy one, 
and ufed to be hard ridden, then you will fee, that one days reft, and his 
belly ful! of good meat and drink, will in one day or two almoft reftore 
him to his former plight, the food being within ihatftiort fpaceof timefo 
dillributcd, that all the Veffels will be repleniftiM again, as before. And 
the cleaner the Horfe is, the fooner recruited, and the lefs fign of hard ri- 
ding will appear* This feeras to (hew the facility; with which the Juice, 
called Blood, pafTeth • Which furely, if there were fuchathing asaFrf- 
refichjm^t^ might by feverai accidents ( not difficult to mention ) be fode- 
prav'd in feveral parts of it, that it might Jofe its receptive faculty-, than 
which it «iay be thought to have none of greater ufe, being fuppofedtobe 
without Veffels, - 
2 . DifcourfTng foraetimes with Grafters in the Country, about the Failure 
of Cattle, I have been informed by them, that, if they buy any Old Beafts, 
Oxen,or Cows,to feed, they choofe raihcr thofe thjit are as poor,ascan be,fo 
they be found » becaufe that, \f they are pretty well in flefli, what they 
then add tqthem by a good pafturc, though it make them both look and fell 
well, yet, it will not make them eat fo well, their Jefh prc^ving hard and 
very tough: Which fome may fuppofe to He the age of PArenchymn-^^nAio 
it is ofthat fo called. But it thofe Bcafls be old and extremely poor, then 
they feed very kindly, and will be not only very fat,butfp€nd well, like 
young ones, ;aiKl eat very tender* ] u v , . : ' 
Of which 1 uke the reafon (excludingra^firmi^^w^now •) to hethis* 
When an Oxe ora.Gow is grown old, and in an indifferent plight as to his 
fiifh (for fo it is call'd) all thofe Teffels halving been kept at that (ize for 
the mofl p3rr,liavecontradeda tenfenefs and firmnefs, and their jS^^r/ lefs 
titenlive, HOC fo fitted for the reception of more unftuous particles to relaxe 
tlicm ; and that additions! Ainduous matter,which aceafions fatncfs,is forced 
CO feek new quarter, any where ( often remote from Mufcles) whefe it can 
be with katldifficijlty rieeeivcdi fometimes to one place, fometiracSjtoano- 
