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and Chili, how both Men and Beafts there feem fhining 
with the brighteft Light from Top to Toe. 
Thefe Flames feem harmlefs, bat it is only for 
want of proper Fuel. Peter Bovijleau afierts, that 
fuch Sparkles reduced to Alhes the Hair of a young 
Man. John de Viana , in his Treatife intituled, T)e 
Pefie Malagenfi \ p. 46. relates how the Wife of Doctor 
Freilas , Phyfician to Cardinal de Royas , Archbilhop 
of Toledo , fent forth naturally, by Perfpiration, a 
fiery Matter, of fuch a Nature, that if the Roller 
that fhe wore over her Shift was taken from her, and 
expofed to the cold Air, it immediately was kindled, 
and fhot forth like Grains of Gunpowder *. 
After all this I fay, that a feverifh Fermentation, 
or a very (Irong Motion of combuftible Matters, may 
rife in the Womb of a Woman, with fuch an igne- 
ous Strength that can reduce to Aflies the Bones, and 
burn the Flefh. Two fuch Cafes arc known, one 
in the ABa Medica Philofophica & Hafnienjla, Anno 
1673. by the Obfervation of Matt. Jacobei ; and the 
other in M. Mar cell. c Donalo y de Medic. Hijl. Mirab. 
lib . IV. cap. 25, p. 248. & lib. VII. Cofmog. c. 1. of 
Cornel. Gemma. 
I fay alfo, that the Bile, which is a neceflary Juice 
for our Digeftion, was obferved by Peter Borelli , 
that, being vomited up by a Man, it boiled like 
Aqua fortis. [ Centur . II. ObJ. 1. p. 109.]. 
Befides, 
* Vet. Borelli gives an Inftance of fuch Effluvia not only pro- 
ducing Light, but likewife Fire. See his Obf. Cent. II. Obf. 75. 
p. 174. where he fays, That there was a certain Peafant, whofe I i- 
nen, hempen Thread, Ac. if laid up in Boxes, tho’ wet, or hung 
upon Sticks in the Air, did foon take Fire j which hath been leen 
by a great Number of Spectators. 
