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Fm?, as that of the Furmety as foone as euer itcooieth nciu r louche, 
congealeth prefendy. And (no doubt) this Aftion is furthered by th( 
Cbdcitts , which hath zl Spirit, that will put forth and gc rminate, as we 
lee in c/y!^/V^Trialls.Briefly,molt Things P umjiedb ring forth inftEla 
of leuerall Names j But we will not take vpon vs now, to Enumerate 
them all. 
The infcBa haue beene noted by the Ancients ,to feed little: But this 
hath not beene diligently obferued ; For Grajhoppers eat vp the Greene 
of whole Countries • And Silke-wormes deuoure leaues fwifcly • And 
Ants make great Prouifion.lt is true,that Creat wej,that Sleep and reft 
much,Eat little j As Dormife, and ^fj,&:c.They are all without blond: 
Which may be, for that the luyce of their Bodies,is almoft all one; Noi 
Blond, and Flejh, and skin,and Bone, as in PerfeB Creatures The Integrall 
Parts haue Extreme Varietie,but the Similar Tarts little. It is true,that 
they haue, (fome of them 3 ) a Diaphragme , and an Intefiine , A nd they 
haueall Skins •, Which in molt of the InfcBa are caft often. They are 
not (generally) of LongLife : Yet Bees haue beene knowne to line leuen 
ycares: And Snakes are"thought,the rather for the Cajling of their Spoilt, 
to hue till they be Old: AndEeles, which many times breed of Futri- 
faBion, Will line and grow very long: And thofe that Enterchange from 
wormes to Flyes in the Summer, and from flies to wormes in the winter. 
haue beene kept in Boxes foure years at the leaft.Yet there are certaine 
Flies, that are called Ephemera,* that liuebut a day.The Caufei s,the Exi¬ 
lity ofthe Spirit-, Or perhaps the Abfencc of the Sunne 5 For that if they 
were brought in, or kept clofe, they might Hue longer. Many of the in- 
feBa, (as Butterflies, and other Flies,) reuiueeafily, when they feeme 
deed, being brought to the Sunne, or Fire. The Caufe whereof is, the 
Dijfujion of the Fit all Spirit, and the Eafie Dilating of it by a 1 irt le Heat. 
They ftirre a good while after their Heads are ofl,or that they be cut in 
Peeces - 3 which is caufed alfo, for that their Hi tall Spirits are moredif- 
fufed thorow-otitall their Parts, and lefle confined to Organs, than in 
PerfeB Creatures. 
Th e/nfeBa haue Voluntary Motion, and therefore Imagination • And 
whereas fome of the Ancients haue laid that their Motion is Indetermi¬ 
nate, and their Imagination Indefinite, it is negligently oblerued ■ For 
Antsgoe rightly forwards to rheir Hills. And Feet doe (admirably) 
know the way, from a Flowry Heath, two or three Miles off, ro rheir 
Hiues. It may be Gnats, and Flies, haue their Imagination more muta 
ble and giddy, ,a? Small Birdslikewike haue. It is laid by fome of the 
Ancients, that they haue onely theSenfeo?Feeling ; which is manireflly 
vntrue: For if they goe forth-right to a Place, they mnft needs haue 
SightrBefides they delight more in oi\tFlower, oxHerb,\hsLn in another, 
and therefore haue Tajle. And Bees are called with Sound vpon BraJJe, 
and therefore they haue Hearing: Which fheweth like wife that though 
their Spirit be diffufed, yet there is a Seat of their Senfes in their Head. 
Other Obferuations concerningtbe Inie&a,together with ^Enumera¬ 
tion 
