ther, as may be feen in Shambles. Whereas, if there were fuch a thing as 
a Parenchyma, that certainly would, like a hungry Sponge, immediately 
fwell up in feveral parts, (which without much diffiLuky might be difcover'd 
m the diileftion ) and more eminently, where it (hould find the pores moR 
patent : And in the difledion of fuch Mufdes it would be very flrange, no^ 
to find fOine,if not many, pieces of them in various ftiapes, to the great 
- inconvenience of the parts, in which they are feated : Which yet I confefs 
I could never find in any Mufcie unlefs it were where there had been a Corju- 
fion^ or m Impoft fitne ^or the like* But according to my opinion, of the 
TAvenchymous parts, the reafon, why the Flefli of a very lean Os or Cow, 
that hath goc new Flelh in a good pafture, eats tenderer, fcems to be ibis : 
That inavery lean Beaft the VeiTels defigned for admittmg and diftriburtng 
the nourifhing Juice, are fo near contraded ,and lye fo eiofe together | that, 
when once they are relax'd , by freili and unduoiis nourifrimenr, they 
extend every way in all extenfive parts, until m a Chort time the whole Crea- , 
tore is, as it were, created a new,having got new fiefh upon did bones. 
And the neceffity of extreme excenfion makes all tbofe parts, that are, as 
has been faid, for the admiflion of nouriihment, fo thm and fine- that k 
will make the lean Beaft, put into a rith pafture, eat young and tender i 
Whereas one of the fame Age, that never was very poor, icd in the fame 
pafture, fhall eac hard and tough. 
3» it has been obferved, that Corpulent Perfons in feme Difeafes, that 
feize oh them, do fall away to wonder, not only in the Waft, ban in the 
Arms, LegSj and Thighs ; and the very Calves of the Legs have been ob- 
ferved fo flaccid and loofe,that one might wrap the skin about the bones. The 
reafon whereof, according to the opinion delivered, may be eafily rendred 
to be, A greatConfumption of the Stock of Liquors , that in HeaUh kept 
the Veffels turgid •, Which VefTcIs I fuppofe to make up thofe Mufdes. But 
when the Pores are obftruded, that the nourifliment is hindred ( which ihen 
alfoufes to be but fparingly adminiftred) and fweats, either fpontaneous, 
or forced, arc large, there muft needs be a great expence of thofe Liquors, 
the fupply being but inconfiderable: which cannot but concrad all thefe duds 
of all forts nearer together, and make them much lefs in thertifeives^ meerly 
from Exhauflion : Or, if there fhouid he no fweats, the inrernal Heat fpen-ds 
the fpirits,and dries up the Liquors the confequence whereof may reafon. 
ably be prefumed to be this Flaccidity of parts, and great and ^dAdtn 
Change, made in them - not that there is need of any Parenchyma to 
up thefe Mufclesconfidering what hath been faid. Mean while, I humbly 
conceive, that if it be in any part of a Mufcie, their higenuity, that plead 
for it, will put them upon fome experiments, to bring it to Ocul.^r De- 
monftration, either in Living or Dead Mufcie, any kind of flefli, raw, 
fofted, boyl'd, or in what they can beft make it out. And vx;hen 1 fhall be 
convinced of an Errour in what I have difcourfed, I fhall beg pardon for gi- 
ving the Occafion of the troublf of that Experiment, which fhall provea 
V parenchyma ■ 
