been done in the whole Conrroverfy , and leave them 
to difpure in clofe Quarters, and not to SkirmiA fo 
much at random as Mankind is apt to do ; which pro- 
ceeds from nothing more than a greater Love to Difpate 
than to Krtow ; and I hope that thefe hints lhall be (ijch, 
as, if us'd as the Topicks in the Controverfy, will foon 
put an end to it, among thinking and fiber People. And 
firft I would obferve, that the great Arguments that 
have been us'd, area fewlnftances of a far greater num- 
ber of Authors that have fpoke to this Subjed: : Next, 
thefe Arguments are very often the Flourilhes that Au- 
thors make in delivering of things, which is a prodi- 
gious Fault ; for when Truth is not fpoke in as few and 
exprefs Terms as is poffible, it gives great occafion to 
miftake : This is not evident in this cafe only , but in 
every thing of the fame fort ; and we fee what the 
Church, what theChriftian Religion has fufFered in this 
way ; and Thirdly, that there is no opinion fo abfurd, 
that has not a Voucher and a Patron fbme where , or at 
fome time : And Fourthly, what Confideraticn Hi- 
ftorical Proof bears to that of a prefint Fall or Rea* 
fin. 
Well then this is the next thing that is challenged, 
That we may fie CanthariJes, which have heen reputed poi» 
finy novo CQrrecled^ and are not only innocent^ but prodi* 
giom Injlrupienti of Health, 
For the clearing of this ; firft fettle what a Poifbn is ; 
and next, fince Death, or no Cifculation of the Blocd, 
is its Confequence, we muft find as many kinds of Poi- 
fens as there are ways of (topping the Bfood's Motion ; 
which is either.by its own rarefaliion to a degree, its Coa- 
gulation , or laftly, by letting it out in fucfi a quantity, 
that the remaining part gives not Animal Adions; and as 
a/I or any of thele n ay htjudden^ or do produce their 
effects in time ; we fliall have evident Poi fining ; or Poi^ 
foning 
