i U freliminary t)ifcourfe conceniing Jnatomy 
riched the world of old,thanthofe of Amtomy now have 
jmprovedboth A^^/^r^/aqfl^e^V^/^ : Nor can I 
tell how othermfe we can attain to that advice of the 
Oracle, ^KJ^/rnvT^y -bnt by Anatomy* Natures 5r;?Me- 
f/c Method in the conipdfure -andftrufturt of Animal Bo- 
dies, is bdtleartft by this ^.^i/^/^V ; by taking fO pieces 
this Atitommn, and viewing afunder the ftveral Parts, 
Wheels and Springs tj^^t gjve it^lif^ and motion. 
VhyfHk^(c^\t2xx\^ muft acknowledge J^thmy its beft 
Cynofutje ; and that Pilot muft aeeds ett and wander, 
who without it, being ignofant of the various Seas and 
Coafts he fails in, fte^rs ^1 ij^ ^e dark and at random : 
or if poflibly it happens that fome^imes hebecaftinto the 
defired Port orHavery; -yet he is to be efteemed more 
fortunate than skilful. The dif e£Honx)f Modid Bodkts af- 
fords the beft account of Difeafes ; and often indicates 
tht' cure in others : that of S^ous^ informs us of the true 
texture and/*f/e/of the parts." Both have their great ad- 
.v^ages,l^otIaouditwith^qu^Car£ and SolJicitouCicfs 
to be cultivated, /fiut rinee.\vfe*muft know what i$ ^le • 
righe, before wQifjcSn unJerffaAd tHe varibusj^ deviations 
from that Rule ; great and laborious have been the Ke- 
lerches both of the prefent and former Ages, for the at- 
taining this; But in nbtJiin^g Hav4theit diidfeavodrs bagn 
more Ihcceisfiil than i in-: making a- fw^^/tr^^/T^e furw. 
Nature when mbre fliy in mty hath nibre fitely con- 
feft and fhewn Kerfeif m aiiother ; and a: Fly ^fbmetimes 
hath givengreater ii^it towards the true knowledge of 
the ftruiSture'and theiifeS of the Partsin HumaneBodres 
than an often repeateddiffeftion of the: laime n^ight have 
dtee. Hence itis that the great Improvers ofthis I^artt- 
ing have digged lb much in thefe rich Mines, and. have 
brought from thence fo vaft treafiires ; though they are 
ftill 10 for from exhauftingthem,-Oi! proclaiming Nature^S 
Penury, that d^y cannot fufficiently extd her Bounty^ or 
= With tQo paffionate a ZealfoUicit a farther profecntion of 
fo great a work;, wiikh by their example, and fuccefi 
therein^ 
