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j Generali Notes gine fame Light. For the Dilatation of the Mouth and Lips, \ 
iij Continued Expulfionoi the Breath and Voice, an & Shaking of the Bre/l and I 
Sides, they proceed(all) from the Dilatation of the Spirits • Efpecially be¬ 
ing Sudden. So likewife, the Running o£ the Eyes with water, (as hath 
| beetle forme rly touched, where we fpake of the Ttares of Joy and Griefef) 
; is an Etfeft of Dilatation of the Spirits. And for SuddenneJJe, it is a great 
j Part of the Matter : For we fee, that any Shrew'd Twne that lighteth vp- 
| on Another ; Or any Defomitie, &c. moueth Laughter in the Inftant; 
j Which after a little time it doth not. So we cannot Lauob at any Thing 
j alter it is Stale, but whileft it is New : Andeuen in Tickling , if you Tickle 
the Sides, and giue warning. Or giue a Hard or Continued Tmb, it doth 
not moue Laughter fo much. 
Lust caufeth a Flagrancie in the Eyes ; and Priapifmc. The Caufe of both 
thefe is, for that in Lutt, the Sight , and the Touch, are the Things delired: 
And therefore the Spirits refort to thofe parts, which are molt affected. 
And note well in generall, (For that great Vfe may be made of the ob. 
feruation ,) that (euermorc) the Spirits , in all Pafions, refort molt to the 
Parts, that labour molt, oraremollalfeded. As inthelaft, which hath 
be'ene mentioned, they refort to the Eyes, and Venereom Parts : Jn Feare, 
and Anger, to the Heart : In Shame to the Face : And in Light dijlikes to 
the Head. 
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I T hath beene obferued by the Ancients, and is yet beleeued, that the 
Sperme of Drunken Men is Vnfruitfull. The Caufe is, for that it is Oner* 
motjlened, and wanstth Spifitude. And wee hauea merry Saying, that 
thev that goe Drunke to Bed , get Daughters. 
Drunken Merme taken with a plaine Deffett, or Deftitution in Voluntary 
Motion. They Reele; They tremble. They cannot ftand, nor fpeake 
ftrongly. The Caufe is, for that the Spirits of the wine, opprefle the Spi¬ 
rits Animall, and occupate Part of the Place, where they are , And fo 
make them Weake to moue. And therefore Drunken Men are apt to fall 
afleepe: And Opiates, and StupefaBiues, (as Popp'te, Henbane, Hemlocke, 
&c.) induce a kinde of Drunkenneffe, by the GroJJeneJJe of their Vapour• 
As Wine doth by the f£u anti tie of the Vapour. Befides, they rob the Spirits 
Animall of their Matter, whereby they are nourifhed: For the Spirits of 
the Wine prey vpon it, as wellas they: And fo they make the Spirits Idle 
Supple, and Apt to moue. 
Drunken Men imagine cuery Thing turneth round ; They imagineal- 
fo that Things Come vpon them ; They See not well Things a fane off\ 
Thole Things that they See neare hand, they See out of their Flace. And 
(fometimes) they fee Things double. The Caufe of the Imagination that 
Things turne round, is, for that the Spirits themleluesturne, beifigcom- 
preliedbythe Vapour of the Wine: (For any Liquid Body vpon Comprefi- ! 
on, turneth, as we fee in Water:) And it is all one to the Sight t Whether I 
the VifuaH Spirits moue, or the ObieB moueth, of the Medium moueth. j 
And wee fee that long Turning Round breedeth fhe larile Imagination. 
Experiment 
in Contort 
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