i JOzj. | ‘aturall Bifioiy: 
I Negroes are bred in Countries that hauc Plenty of w. ter , by Ritters or ( 
j otherwife: For Meroe , which was the Metropolis of ^Ethiopia, vvtr's vpon a 
, great Lake: A»d Congo, where the Negroes are, is full of Riuers. And the 
| Confines oftheRiueriV/gfr, where the Negroes alfo are,are well watered: 
j And the Region about Capo Kerde, is likewife Moift, in fo much as itispe- 
? { If ilent through Moilf Lire: But the Countries of the AbyJJenes , and Barba¬ 
ry, and Peru, where they are Tawnev, and Oliuafter, and Pale, aregene- 
: rally more Sandy and Dry. As for the JEthiopes, as they are Plumpe, and 
| Fleihv • So (it may bee) they are Sanguine,and ruddy Coloured, if their 
j blacke Skin would fuffer it to be feene. 
S Ome Creatures doe moue agood while aftertheir head is off s As Birds j 
Some a very little time ; As Men, and all beads : Some moue, though 
cutinfeuerallPccces • As Snakes, Eeles, Wormes, Fites, &c,Firif there¬ 
fore it is certaine, that the immediate Cauftoi Death , is the Refolution, or 
Extinguifhment of the Spirits ; And that the Deftrudion or Corruption 
of the Organs , is but the Mediate Caufe. But fomc Organs are fo perempto. 
rilyneceffary, that the Extinguifhment of the Spirits dothfpeedily fol¬ 
low - But vet fo, as there is an Interim of afmallTime. It is reported by 
one of the Ancients, of credit, that a sacrificed Beaft hath lowed, after the 
Heart hat h beene feuered ; And it isa report alfo of Credit, that the Head 
of a Pig hath beenc opened, and the Brainc put into the Palme of a Mans 
hand, trembling, without breaking any partofit, or fettering it from the 
Marrow of the Backc-bone ; During which time the Pig hath beene, in 
all appearance, ftarke dead, and without Motion j And after a fmall rime 
the Braioe hath beene replaced, and the Skull of the Fig clofed, and the 
Pig hatha little after gone about. And certaine it is, tharan£jc vponto- 
uenge hath beene thruft forth, fo as it hanged a pretty diftance by the Vi- 
fuad Ntrue ; And di ring that time the Eye hath beene without any Power 
of Sight • And yet after (being replaced) recouered Sight. Now the Spirits 
are chiefly in the Head and Cells of the Brainejvhich in Men, and Beafts are 
Large ; And therefore when the Head is off, they moue little or Nothing. 
But Birds haue fmall Heads , and therefore the spirits are a little mere dif- 
perfed in the Sine toes, whereby Motion remaineth in them a little longer^ j 
In fo much as it is Extantin Story, that an Emp erottr o (Rome, to fhew the 
Certainty of his Hand, did (hoota great Forked Arrow at an Eftrich, 
I as fheranne fwiftly vpon the Stage,and flrooke oif her Head; And 
vet fhe continued the Race, a little way, with the Head off. As 
' for Wormes, and Flies, and Eeles, the Spirits are ditfufed 
almoft all oner ^ And therefore they moue 
in tbeir Seuerall Peeces. 
NATV-f 
Experiment 
Sojicary tou¬ 
ching Mot'm 
pttcr chela- 
Hmt of Death. 
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