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« trone(s of Embalming, and Mercurj her chief Miniftcr, f5 
< proclaim to the World the Heroic Afts of memorable and 
« famous Men. Secondly, Having fhevvn that all things 
* intended to preferve a Name may be comprehended un- 
« der this general fenfe of Emhdmmg^ he fets forth, thaf: 
« the Bdfamic Art, properly fo called, is at once the beft 
^ and moft darable vvay to compafs that end, all other Mo- 
« numents being known to decay and moulder. Thirdly, 
« the Bdfimic Art is recommended not only by its durati- 
' on^ but by its great ufe in other Sciences | particularly 
' ^hf^^^&y^ Anatomy^ Surgery and Fhyjicky as intimated a- 
* bove. ^ Fourthly, Embalming is neceffary for tranfporting 
' Bodies to the Paternal Sepulchres, for which moft People 
* have a particular defire. Fifthly, Embalmng not only 
prevents the Plague and Patrefaftions, and confeguently 
« frees from the Terror and Deformity of Death, but like- 
^ wife fecares dead Bodies from the infultsof Infefts and 
« Brutes, by reafon of its bitter and ungrateful Tafte. 
Laftlyj Confid ring the Egyptian way of Embalmf/gby roU 
ling, and the Modern by wrapping up in Searcloatb, cb- 
fcure the Objeft, and are alfo imperfeft upon feveral ether 
accounts, the Author endeavours to (how a poffibifity of 
inventing a method how to preferve the whole Cop^p^iges 
of the Body for ever without Putrefadioi^Hti. fuch manner 
as its Texture and Strudure may remain entire, of the fame 
proportion as before, and of the fame Colour and Flexibi* 
lity, v/ithout any vifible contraftion, diminution or uncoa- 
f ormicy of Parts, whereby the Dead Corps may be kept by the 
Parents, or handled by the Af^atomfl without any ofFenfive 
Smell, or faftidious M^(:/(/r. So that Bodies thns Efd>dmcd 
feem not to be dead bur afleep, (vaitingfct the llcrarte& ' 
on, and ditfer from the Living in nothing but Speech and 
Motion. ' = 
The fecond Letter is infcrib'd to Or John Lairfon, vorne- 
time Vrefidentoi the College of Phyficians, LoftdoTj "^' \a 
which, altho Ei^/».'?/^/^^ be its chiefly intended fcope, ytt 
the 
