bat through the great quantity of Djmpha^ as it were 
drowning and dulling the acStion of thefpirits lnold men 
extreamly uncertain. In gluttonous People dull and 
flow unlets by drinking it be made as it were ftumbling 
and vertiginous, which often foreruns fuddain Deaths. 
By too fparing a Diet it becomes very fmall and flow, al- 
ways abates upon long fafting. Of the PaJJions it is mofl: 
altered by Fear, Joy, and Angef. To which Women 
are more fubjedt then men. In Fe avers the Pulfe is va- 
ryed according to the beginning, height, and declina- 
tion. In Seorbuticall and Hyfiericall Verions, very uncer- 
tain. In ISericall, and Hydropi call much fl:opt, and in- 
terrupted by the ftagnant hum©rs. In the Gout free and 
expedite. In the Plague ("as in the AJihma , ) mightily op- 
preffed, unlefs freed by the hot Fit. In general any va- 
riation ofihePulfe^ certainly Ipeaks fome alteration in 
the habit of body. 
The Pulfa is unequall either in refpe<SI: of time, or 
fl:rength, that is, either it fl:rikes quicker aud flower, or 
elfe , ftronger and weaker. The firfl: commonly in molt 
acute diftempers, and feldom betokens much danger. 
The latter both inChronicalland acute is very dangerous. 
And often ("fometimes 2 or 3 days or more,) foreruns 
Death. It is Interrupted when its fl:roakes are much 
fmaller then ufuall, or their intervals much greater. 
The firft fliews a great decay of ftrength. The latter, 
(which is as it were a fl:anding-fl:ill J foreruns fwooning, 
Palfy's, Apoplexy's, &c. And fometimes Death it felf. 
Thelntenfe Pulje iSy whofe fl:roak is very hard, (the parts 
as it were being upon a Bent,)or elle tfhis fliretigth is made 
up Avith the multiplicity and frequency of lefs mications 
as in the height of Feavers. The Remifs hath fl:roaks 
lefs quick or :efs ftrong, and in Sicknefs fliews more dan- 
ger then the other. The Superficial Pulfe ihe^s an exadt 
temperament of Body, as alfo a free and merry temper of 
mind. The Deep Pulfe ftiews a difpofition to Melailcho- 
