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really is not * as aCoIickj Head-ache^ &c* to avoid appears 
ance in publick or for other reafons.. The fecond^'Vfhtn there 
appear figns and marks of difeafes in the Body, but are caufed 
on purpofe by Countertaits for various ends; fuch asfeem 
to indicate a Fever, Scebbines, Leprofy, an Exulceration of 
the Lungs by fpitting blond, and Gravidation it felf^ cither 
to rai(e Conjpaffion, as in Beggars, (as in tlie laft cafe,) for 
SucceffioHj as in great Women, making It up by Suppcfiii- 
tious Births. , The z^feW^ when there is really aficknefs, but 
hid. and concealed to theutrnoft j the l^emreal Diffafe^ to 
avoid publick fliarae, or the lofs of an advantagioui match, 
and c[ptci2i\\y Love /jcl^^nefs^ Cover'd out of niodcfty, c r for 
Giber caufes , but often inducing a high degree of Mflan^ 
choly^and fouietimes Madnefs. 
Tiiis being difpatched, he giveth feveral Dirtdlions, fir/i 
ill ge7ural i How countcrfaited ficknefle's may be found cue, 
arid the various arts and cheats detected ; For the due perfor- 
mance of which, he judgeth it not fufficient to have great 
Medical Experience^ but bcfides finds it requifice to employ 
more than ordinary fagaciiy in exploring all circumftances 
and outward accidents^ and efpecially ihofe thingSj that re- 
iate particularly to the genius^ temper and ftate of the (up- 
pofed Counterfeit* 
Secondly m particular where he teacheth^ how thofe are 
to be difcover'dj that counterfeit Pai'Uj and pretend Impoten- 
CYj, Sterility. Virginity (circa ultimum huc arpumenivm mulia 
dijjerens curuft^ iumde vanis earn mentiendi modis , turn de difrC'* 
hmdendce ment it (2 , difficult atihus^ turn Hymenis cxifientia 
Further thofe that fain or conciliate Madnefs, or Infenfible- 
nefs, for times and occafioiis ; as alfo fuch, titat raife, by art. 
Tumors, Scabs, Ulcers, Fevers^ and Bloud. fpitting. More- 
over, how todeti ft difgiuifed Loi^-ficknefs^ together with 
divers Examples of its Difcovery, and the niethodand fight 
employed both in making that difcovery , and in curing the 
ni.ilady; for f ie latter cf which he commends chiefly the im- 
port. of, thai ohhcPoetj 
