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the Harder Part; For in aMPutrifall ions, there is a Degree of Heat. By 
Time and Keeping is,becaufethe Spirits of the Body , doe euer feed vpon 
the Tangible Parts, and attenuate them. By feuerall Maturations is, by 
fome Degree of Heat. And by Fire is, becaule it is the proper Work of 
Heat toRefine-, and to Incorporate ; And all SoureneJJe confifteth in 
fome Grojfnejfe of the Body : And all Incorporation doth make- the Mix¬ 
ture of the Body, more Equall, in all the Parts - Which euer induceth a 
Milder Tafie. 
O F Flefbes , fome arc Edible • Some, except it be in Famine, not. For 
thofethacarenot Edible ,che Caufeis,fot that they haue(common- 
ly)coo much BitterneJJe of Tajle- And therefore thole Creatures, which 
are Fierce and Cholericke, are not Edible-, As lions , wolues, Squirrells, 
Dogs, Foxes, Horfes, &c.A$ for Kine,sheepe,Goat s,Deere,Swine,Conneyes, 
Hares, &c.We lee they are Milde, and F earcfnil.Yet it is true, that Hor¬ 
fes, which arc Beafts of Courage, haue beene, and are eaten by fome 
Nations ; As the Scythians were called Hippophagi, And the chinefes eat 
Horfe-jtejba t this day 5 And fome Gluttons haue vfed to haue Colts-flejh 
baked.In Birds,{uch. as are Carniuor<e, and Birds of Prey, are commonly 
no Good Meat ; But the Reafon is,rather the Cholericke Nature of thole 
Birds, than their Feeding vpon Flejh-, For Puns, Gulls, Skouelers,Ducks, 
doc feed vpon Flejh, and yet are Good Meat : And we fee, that thole 
Birds, which are of Prey, or feed vpon Flejh, arc good Meat, when they 
are very Young ; As Hawkes,Rookcs out of the Neaft, Owles,&c. Mans 
Flejh is not Eaten. The Reafons are Three: Fir ft,becaufe Men in Huma¬ 
nity doe abhorre it: Secondly, becaufe no Lining Creature, that Dyeth of 
it felfe, is good to Eat: And therefore the Caniballs(ihem(clvies ) eat no 
Mans-flejh, of thofc that Dye of Themfeluesfsut of fuch as are Slaine. The 
Third is, becaufe there mull be(generally)fome Dijparity, between the 
Nourijhtnent,and the Body Nourijhed',And they mull not be Ouer-neere, 
or like:Yet we fee,that in great weakeneffespmdConfumptions,Men haue 
beene fuftained with womans Milke: And Ficinus fondly (as I conceiue) 
aduileth,for the Prolongation of Life, that a Veine be opened in the Arm 
offome wholefome YoungMan -, And the Blond tobe fucked. It is faid, 
that witches doe greedily eat Mans-flejljyvhich If it be true,belides aDi- 
uellijh Appetite in them,it is likely to proceed, .for that Mans-flejh may 
fend vp high and Plealing Vapours, which may ftirre the Imagination-, 
And witches Felicity is chief! y in Imagination, as hath beene faid. 
T Here is an Ancient RcceiuedTr^/r/o/z of the Salamander,that it li- 
ueth in the Fire , and hathforce alfo to extinguifh rhe Fire. It mull 
haue two Things,if it be true, to. this Operation: The One a very Clofe 
Skin, whereby Flame which in the Midft is not fo hot,cannot enter:For 
wee fee that if the Palme of the Hand be anointed thicke wich white of 
£gg*?,and then Aquauiu be powred vpon it,andEnflamed,yct one may 
endure the Flame a pretty while. The other is fome Extreme Cold and 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching FkjhE- 
dible, and not 
Edible. 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Sala¬ 
mander. 
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