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other Bodies-, &c. are ftill reported to be wrought, not by Incantations, 
or Ceremonies ■ But by Ointments , and Anointing themleiues all ouer. 
This may iuftly moue a to thinke, that thefe Fables are the EjfeBs of 
Imagination; For it is certaine that Ointments doe all, (if they be laid on 
any thing thickc) by Stopping of the Pores , flint in the Vapours, and lend 
them to the Head extremely. And for the Particlar Ingredients of thole 
MagicalL Ointments , it is like they are Opiate and Soporiftrow. For A min¬ 
ting of the Fore-Headt Necke, Feet t Back-Bone, we know is vied for Procu¬ 
ring!)^ Sleepes : And if any Man fay, that this EjfeB would bee better 
done by Inward Potions-, Anfwer may bee made, that the Medicines, 
which goe to the Ointments , are fo ftrong, that if they were vfed Inwards, 
they would kiilthofethat vie them: And therefore they worke Potent* 
ly, though Outwards. 
Wee will diuidethe Seucrall Kindes of the Operations, by 
Tranfrniftion of Spirits , and Imagination ; Which will gme no 
fmall Light to the Experiments that follow. All Operations by 
Tranfmifiion of Spirits, and Imagination hauc this j That they 
Worke at Diflance, and not at Touch ; And they are thefe be¬ 
ing dinguifhed. 
The firft is the Tranfmifiion or Emifiion, of the Thinner. , and more 
Atrie Parts of Bodies • As in Odours, and InfeBiom • And this is, of all the 
reft, themoft Corporeall. But you muft remember w?thall, that there be 
a Number of thofe E mi funs, both wholefomc, and Vnvholefome, that giue 
noSw&e/fatall: For the Plague, many times, when it is taken, giuethno 
Sent at all: And there be many GW and Healthfull Aires, that doe ap* 
pearebv Habitation, and other Proofes, that differ not in Smell from 0- 
ther Aires, And vnder this Head, you may place a] l Imbibitions of Aire, 
where the Subfiance is Materially Odour-like . Whereof fome neuerthc- 
IdTe are {(range, and very fuddcnly dilfuled • As the Alteration, which 
the Aire receiueth in tSgjpt, almolt immediately, vpon the Rifwg of the 
Rmer of Nilw, whereof we ha tie fpoken. 
The Second is the Trapfmifiion or Emifiion of thole Things that we call 
1 Spirit uaU Species As Vifibles and Sounds: The one whereof wee haue 
handled; And the other we fhall handle in due place. Thefe moue fwift- 
ly, and at great diftance • But then they require a Medium well dilpofed, 
: And their Tran/mifiion is eafily (topped. 
j The Third is the Emifiions , which caule AttraBion of Certaine Bodies 
[ at Hi fiance-. Wherein though the Loadftonebe. commonly placed in rhe 
Firft Ranke, yet wethinke good to except it, andreferFe it to another 
Head: But the Drawing^ Amber, and let, and other Eleftricke Bodies, 
And the AttraBion in Gold ofthe Spirit of Quick-Siluer , ar dif lance; And 
the AttraBion of Heat at dilhnee- And that of Fire to Naphiha •, And 
that of fome Herbs to water , though at dillance; And diuers others • We 
(hall handle, but yet not vnder this prefent Title, but vnder the Title of 
AttraBion in general!. 
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