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S\aturall History 
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Spirits, whereby the Moijlure oil the Body, which Heat did keepe fir me | 
in the Parts, feuercth, and ifflieth one. I 
In thofe Difeafes which cannot be difeharged by Sweaty Sweat is i|]/| 
and rather to be flayed • AsinD^^jofthe Lungs , and Fluxes df^he 
| Belly ; Butin thofe Difeafes, which arc expelled by Sweat, icealeth and 
j lightneth * As in Agues, Peflilences , 8cc. The Cauje is 3 for that Sweat in 
the latter Sort is partly Critical and fendeth forth the Mattjer thatof- 
fendeth ; But in the Former, it either proceedeth from the Labour of 
the Spirits,which fheweththem Oppreffed. Or from Motion of Confent, 
when Nature not able to expell the Difeafe , where it is feared, moueth 
\ to an E ypuljion indifferent ouer all the Body. 
nxpenaient 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the GIo- 
?1Z 
Experiments 
in Confort, 
touching the 
Imptfliont, 
which the Paf- 
fions ofthe 
Mmdtta&c 
vpon the Body. 
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T He Nature of the Glo-worme is hitherto not well obferued. Thus 
much we fee •, That they breed chiefly in the Hottejl Moneths of 
Summer . And that they breed not in champaigne,bin in Bufhes and Hed¬ 
ges. Whereby it may be concerned, that the spirit of them is very fine, 
and not to be refined but by Summer Heats : And againe, t hat by reafon 
of the FinenefTe,it doth eafily exhale. In Italy, and the Hotter Countries, 
there is a Flie they call L«« 70 /e,that fhineth as rhe Glo-worme doth-And 
it may be is the Flying Glo-worme. But chat Fly is chiefly vpon Fens find 
Marrifh.es. But yet the two former Obferuations hold j For they are not 
feenebutin he Heat of Summei\ And Sedge, and other Greene of the 
Fens ,giue as good Shade,as Bujhes.lt may be the Glo-worme s of the Cold 
Countries ri pen not fa farre as to be winged. 
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T He Paffions of the Mindejworke vpon the Body the Imprcffions fol¬ 
lowing. Feare caufcth PalenejJe- } Trembling , The Standing of the 
Haire vpright • Startings and S bitching. The P deneffe is caufed, for that 
the Bloud runneth inward, to fuccour the Heart. The Trembling is cau¬ 
fed, for that through the Flight of the Spirits inward,thc Outward Parts 
are deflituted,and not fu flamed, standing upright of the Haire is caufed, 
for that by the shuttingoh the Pores of the skin, the Haire that lieth a- 
floape,mufl needs KUe.Starting is bothan Apprehension of the Thins;fea¬ 
red-, (And ,in that Kinde ,it is a Motion of Shrinking*, ) And likewise an 
Inquifition, in the beginning,what the Matter fhouldbe • (And in that 
kinde it is a Motion of Erection ; ) And therefore when a Man would If 
flen fuddenly to any Thing, he Starteth • For the starting is an Erection 
of the Spirits to attend. Skritching is an Appetite oh Expellingthat which 
fuddenly flriketh the spirits : For it mufl be noted, tnar many notions i 
though they be vnprofitable to expell that which hurtech, yet they are 
Offers of Nature yitidc^iTe Motionsby Confent-, As in Groaning,or Crying 
vpon Paine. 
Griefe and Paine caufe sighina - Sobbings Groaning • Screaming ■ and 
Roaring Teares - Diftorting of the Face-, Grinding of the T eeth-,Sweating. 
Sighing is caufed by the drawing in of a greater Quantity of Breath tore- 
the Heart that laboureth: like a great Draught when one is thirfly. 
Sobbing 
frefhi 
