ni'cA Argtimcnts y it appearsjthat there arc alwayct Arong fteanw afccndinl towards ifie 
furfscc of the Earth : And, if their Generative power , and other cfficacyei were ducly ex- 
amined) and prolccutcd to the beft purpofcs,we might perhaps in time fi id them to have 
a greater venue , and more ufeful for us , than many of the Conflcllations and Celcfliil 
Influencfs , which make no fmall noyfe amongft Aftrologers. 
OfthefSjWQ are furejand they a^rc in many refpefli manageable y Butofifco/r^whichare 
To far above our reachjlcarncd men are to this day,, after ferioui Dilquifidons> at a dcniar, 
whether they concern us at a!I,ornot. We do not compare with the 5>olar Infiuance, 
which doth almoft all that we fee done in Naturej And more perhaps than we have hither- 
to confi iered,as hereafter I may propofc to you. N ext to this.nothing is more frequent a- 
mongft the Ancicnr, than Obfcrvationrs upon the Lunar Influences t Many more, than are 
fufficicfltly canfirmd by later phanfied experience. 'I'lS pft^inciei that IViee is Queen of 
the waterift],Cooling,and Feminine Regions : But tis certainjthat the Sun is the Mafculine 
Lord, not only oyer the fiery and dry Regions, but alfo over the Moon and all her Domi- 
nions. And yet tis fomewhat flrange, that the ftxongcft Solar Beames fhould be fo totally 
<lrenchtand quencht in the disk of the Mo^njthat by ail our contrivances of the niccftrner- 
nometers , and be ft burning laftruments , we can have no perception of any degree of 
H«at5 not in the brighteft andfulleft Rayesofthe Sun , rcfl.ded to us by the Moon, 
rihough we cm hardly I naginc Light it felf to be any other thing than the pureA Flames of 
fire. Hence I wiih a Cevcrc attention on both hands both to Terreftrial ^tcamcs, and to 
Celcftial Influences,(3S the manner now is J impartially, without foreftalment, or preju- 
dice. I have id my aim, though^ot in my prcfcnt power fooie expedients, which under 
©oe may be accomo Jable to both Intentions, for thefe two ConfiJeratiansjthe one in the 
higheft cftecm among the Ancient ; and the other feeming moft Improvcable by mo« 
dcrn Induftry , I have been conftrained to be fo tedious , as now I have been. 
I J. But it is full time to (urn up here, what hath been attempted in this Difcourfej and 
to cake up thcrefult. We have found feme Mineral Springs , and have not denyed^ that 
ihcymayin their Channels have gathered up Metalline Salts > fonietimes perhaps,, 
where no Metals are yet formed ; yea, and where they are never like to be formed , for 
want of appoficc materials. Alfo, wehave notfeen caufe to deny , that ihofc Mineral 
^pringsmay have acquired, asthe lately mentioned Springs have done,fome other healing 
properties y bcfidcs thofc that are from Mineral Vertue : And thence wcmay allow,thac 
lome of thofc finer and wnknown Spirits , may, by reft or other accident ,foon divide froiH' 
the water , or dye there, or expire through any fealed Ve0els. This wc muft grant, that 
IS- the particles of all Liquars do more or lefs fucably agree with the Orifices of the 
Tongue, and Patlate, and thrnce beget the delight, or diflikein the relifh j fo the 
likccfFcd all Liquors have upon our raw fie fli and deep wounds : And fome Ulcers 
lhave need of a more adive Fridion to clear them, and to extirpate their very roor$, 
^nd foundatioris. 
Kow for the words whitever thefe spirits he &c. N. $ i. p. i o^^.they may have 
anorc afpedSjthan are taken notice of in thefagaciou« reflexions } and the warincfs of fuch 
esprcfiions may well be excufed in an Age , that is too apt to entertain malicious fufpici- 
•ns> againft Phyfitians , and Philofophers j But tis good tobefilent, or^vcry modeft in 
SBatters which we can neither affirm nor deny upon clear ground i efpccially irhcn the full 
icbatemsnt cannot be confined within the Sphere of Phyhology : Therefore mnnm it 
^dbuli. What is hitherto but timoroufly intimated, may perhaps fee more throughly 
?rofsfi!iitcdJn fome other Eflfays, if this udioufnefs be forgiven. 
