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j Generation requireth a Couerture, both from iz/wz^and Raine, or Dew • 
. V\' the Timber is-^ And therfore they are not/^mwo/^burfcomrariwiic) 
j are held by the Phyjitian's toclarifie the Blond Jt is obferued alfo thatC/- 
| inices are found in che Holes of Bed-jides.Somc breed in the Hnire of Li- 
j uing-Creatures • As Lice, and Tikes - which are bred by the Sweat clofe 
i kept ,2nd lomewhat arefied by theHaireJihcExcrements of Lining Crea- 
! frwY/jdoe not only breed lnfeUa,w hen they are Excerned,but alfo while 
! they are in the Body-, As in Wormes; whereto Children are mod fubied, 
and are chiefly in the Guts. And it hath beene lately obferued by Phyfi- 
thins, th it in many PellilentDifeafes,there are wormes found in the vpper 
Parts of the Body, where Excrements are not, but only Humours P uni¬ 
fied. Fleas breed principally of Straw or Mats,where there hath beene a 
little Moijlure-,Or the chamber and Bed-Straw kept clofe and not Aired. 
I r is reeeiued that they are killed by Strewing wormewood in the Rooms. 
And it is truly obferued,that BitterThings are apc,rather to kil,than en¬ 
gender Putrifaction And they be things that are Fat or Sweet , that are 
- aptefl to Patrifie .There is aworm£, that breedeth mMeale,oi thefhape of 
a large whi tcMaggct,which is giuen as a great Dainty to Nightingales l. 
The Meath breedeth vpon cloth, and other Laniflces -, Efpecially it they 
be laid vpdankil'h ) andwet.ItdelightcthtobeabouttheF/z?^ofdCz7»- 
dle. There is a worme called a weuill, bred wnderGround,and that feedeth 
i vpon Roots - As parfuips,Carret /,&c. Some breed in waters, efpecially 
(haded,but they mud be Standing-waters ; As the water-Spider,that harh 
fix Legs.TheF/y called the Gad-fly, breedeth of fomewhat that Swim 
meth vpon the Top of the Water, and is mod about Ponds. There is a 
that breedeth of the Dregs of wine Decayed-, which afterwards, 
(as i$ oblerucd by fome of the ^«c/>»W)turneth into a Gnat. It hath bln 
obferued by the Ancients,that there is a worme that breedes in old Snow, 
and is of Colour Reddifh, and dull of Motion, and dieth foone after it 
commeth out of Snow. Which fhould lhew,that Snow hath in it a fecret 
Warmth For elfc it could hardly Viuifie.And the Reafon of the Dying 
. of the worme,may be the hidden Exhaling of that little Spirit, as foone 
as it commeth out of the Cold , which had fhut it in. For as Butter-flies 
quicken with Heat, which were benummed with Cold So spirits may 
exhale with Heat, which were Preferued in Cold. It i§ affirmed both by 
Ancient and Moderns Obferuation,that in Furnaces of Copper, an dBraJJ'e, 
whcveChalcites, (which isE!triolL)is often caft in,to mend the working, 
there riierh fuddcnly a Fly, which fometimes mouerh,as if it rooke hold 
on the walls of the Furnace -, Sometimes is feene mouing in the Eire be¬ 
low. And dieth prefcntly, as foone as it is out of the Furnace. Which is 
a Noble / n/lance,- and worthy robe weighed-fof it llieweth that as well 
violent Heat of Fire,as the: Gentle Heat of Lining Cm##w,willViuifie,if 
it haue matter Proportionable.Now the great Axiome of rtuificationis, 
j that there mud be Heat to dilate the Spirit of the Body-, (KnAcliue Spirit 
| to be dilated- Matter Fife o us or T enacious, to hold in thety/V/^And that 
I Matter to be put forth and Figured. Now a Spirit dilated by fo ardent a 
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