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3 \(aturall Hi si or): 
The Sixth is,when aForraine Spirit, Stronger and more Eager; than the 
Spirit of the Body, entreththe BoJy- 3 As in the Stinging or Serpents. And 
this is the Caufe ( generally ) that vpon all Poyfons tolloWeth SvdeUfng: 
And we fee sW//«gfolloweth alio, when the Spirits ofthe Body it felte. 
Congregate too much 5 As vpon Blowes , and Bruijes • Or when they 
are Pent in too much,as in Swelling vpon Cold. And we lee alfo, that the 
| Spirits comming of Putrefaction of Humours in Agues, &c, which may 
j be counted as Forraine though they be bred within the Body,do 
| Extinguish and Suffocate the Naturall spirits , and Heat. 
| The Seuench is, by fuch a Wcake Degree of Heat, as fetteth the spirits 
\ in a little Motion, hut is not able, either to difgefi the Parts , or to IJfue the 
Spirits 3 As is feen in Flefh kept in aRoome that is not Coole: Where¬ 
as in a Coole and Wet Larder it will keepe longer. And we fee, that 
notification ( whefeof Putrefaction is the Bajlard Brother, ) is cffe&ed by 
fiich Soft Heats •. As the Hatching of Egges ; The Heat of the* 
Wombe,&c. 
The Eighth is,by the Relcajing of the Spirits • which before were clofc 
kept by the SolidnefTe of their Couerture, and thereby their Appetite 
of Wiling checked 5 As in the Artificiall Rufts induced by ftrong Wa¬ 
ters, in Iron,Lead, &c. And therefore mtting hafteneth Rufl, or Putre¬ 
faction of any thing,becaufe it fofteneth the *Cruft, for the Spirits to 
come forth. 
The Ninth is, by the Enter change of Heat and Cold, or tret and drie • 
As wee fee in the Mouldring of Earth in Frofts, and Sunne • And 
in the more haftie Rotting of Wood, that is fometimes wet, fome- 
times drie. 
The tenth is, by Time, and the ivorke and Procedure of the Spirits them- 
felues, which cannot keepe their Station • Efpecially if they be left to 
themfelues. And there be not Agitation or Locall Motion. As wee fee 
in Come not ftirred ^ And mens Bodies not exercifed. 
All Moulds are Inceptions of Putrefadion . As the Moulds of Pyes, 
and Flejh^ the Moulds of Orenges, and Limons-, which Moulds afterwards 
turtle into Wormes, or more odious Putrefactions : And therefore 
(commonly,) prouetobeof ill Odour. And if the Body be Liquid,and 
not apt to Putrifie totally j it willcaft \paMotherio theTop; As the 
Mothers of Dijlilled waters. 
Moffe is a Kind of Mould,of the Earth,and Trecs.But it may be bet- 
■ ter forced as a Rudiment of Germination ft o which we referre it. 
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It is an Enquiry of Excellent vfc ? to Enquire of the Meanes 
of Preventing or Staying Putrefadion j For therein confifleth 
the Meanes of Conferuation of Bodies - For Bodies hauc two 
Kindes of Diffolutiotts j The one by Confumption , and Defic. 
cation j The other by Putrefadion. But as for the Putrefactions 
of 
