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SmnMj, that that being doTie, he ftall proceed to the Work 
itfelf, wherein he prcfcfTes his refolution uf receding fromthe 
coivmon Methods oi Syileins, (not excepting Sennertus him- 
feif) ii^ which he judges there hath been delivered a great 
multitude both of ufclefs fpeculations and tedious repetitions, 
rendring the Art very prolix and difficulr, to the great retard- 
ment and confufion of the Students thereof; whereas, in his Judg- 
ment, it may , by the advantage of a good method,be fo deliver d, 
that in a very fhort t ime the Grounds of the whole Art may be 
acquired; Alledging, to the honor of the famous Vr^Sjilvius^ 
that he taught his Auditors the whole Method of Curing Di- 
feafes in Seven Leflures^and citing alfo that antient Author T^E^^y: 
fabs TV^///^«/ foraffirmingj that the fame Art might be taught 
and learned in the fpace of Jix Months : Whereupon he fcruples 
mot to engage hiS honor, that by hu Method, fof which he 
gives the Scheme in this Book) he will teach a man, that is com- 
petently inftrufted in Anatome and Chymiftry, the whole Art 
of Phyfick not in fix Months, but iafo many Weeks ^ 
To remedy therefore the complained of prolixity and diffi- 
culty, he pretends to compofe a Syftem of Phyfick, wherein 
whatever is fuperfluous fiiail be laid afide, and particulars redu- 
ced lo.g^neral Heads , and all matters comprehended, which 
from thefirft rife of this Arc have been publifhed to this very 
time. In the doing of which he propofeth to himfelf the fol- 
lowing Method. 
1. He will deliver, chiefly^ out of Semertus, the Doflrine of 
£he Ancients concerning all forts of Diflempers, and examine the 
&me» 
2. He will confider, v^hdX Hofmannus hath written againft the 
hptHtknifis (as be calls them) and Semertm himfclf* 
3. He w ill examine P^r^i^^//^^ and his followers, efpecialJy 
Sever ims*, 
4. He wi ll weigh what hath been written by fome to concilr-' 
m the I*ameelJimDo(Xnnc with that of the Antients. 
S. He , 
