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Of this vaft works the Author pub! ift'd Jn.i666. Park: 
two Tieatiles 5 the firft, De Plantis & Cefieratione Animdium i 
t!ie latter^ De Bamine 5 by a kind af Retrograde inethod^ opp j 
Cng the Order of Pj^Z»///:»///^ to that of Compojing: Forj wh^ ; 
as in the Compofition^ he proceeded from the fimpler things to , . ,^ 
Complexed ^ in xh^ Vnblication and Communication^he thou pi : 
fir to produce the If hole of^W Nature, that elaborate piece^V.^/^! 
ifl whom^ befides tbeSenfitive and Vegetable Faculties^ and the 
powers of Mixts, and the Elements^ common to all Bodies^there 
fllinethout a fupereminent Principle^ the Rational Soul 
In the Book, which beareth the above-mentioned Title, the 
Author giveth in ih^ Preface an Accompt of the Method , ufed 
by him in this whole Work, and of his Performance in this very. 
Volume. 
Concerning his Method, he faith. That he hath comprehen- 
ded the whole PhyfickSjOr all Natural Philofophy in Te» Treati- 
(es^ in a G^(?«re/r/W method, ( which how he performeth , we 
kave to ftrift Mathematicians to judge j ) beginning from thole 
things that firft incur into our fences, vi-{. In the Four firft Trea- 
ties, he handles of The kn%>\^ States of Bodies^ as the Corpo- 
real ^4»/a?^«? ^ Of Bodies Tenfe and Comprefs*dj Kare&B^nfe% 
Heavy and Light, where of the ilii?//©» of Bodies^ Natural, Vio- 
lent, and Mixt 5 Gpack ^ Diaphanous^ Wet and Dry, Hard and 
Soft 5 Tough and Dry ^ Flexible and Stiffs Fiffil and Brittle 
Friable and Du&ii^ Liquid and Liquable^ Inflammable 5 Ex- 
halables Spirable5 0f Heat^and Cold ^of Lighr.Golours^Sounds, 
Odors and Tafls 5 and of the Refiftence of Bodies. 
In the Fifth, he treateth of the Principles of Bodies Natural^ of 
their Generation and Corruption , and the Four Elements. 
in xht Sixth Seventh ^ of Mixtion and mixt Bodies Im- 
perfeft and Perfedi'. 
In the Eighth of Celeftial Bodies. 
In the Ninth, and tenths of Plants, Animalsj, and J/^Ov 
As to his Performance in this Volume , he thereiadifpatcheth 
the Four firft Treatifes. In the whole^ he profefleth to have fol- 
lowed the Principles oi Arifiotky except where clear Experiment 
and Demonftration neceffitate'^ta recede from him 5 oblerving 
withaljhowmuch that Philofopher hath been perverted by Ap^ 
g:^^rr(?a'A and tbereft ofthat -^r^/^^'^» CreWo 
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