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there is a Sympathy of Species^ So (it may be) there is a Sympathy of Indi¬ 
viduals ; That is, that in Things, or the Parts of Things that haue beene 
once Contiguous, ox Entire, there fhonld remaine a Travfmtpon of fertile, 
from the One to the Other: As betweene the weapon and the wound. 
Whereupon is blazed abroad the Operation of fnguentum ‘Tell: And fo 
of a Peece of Lard, or Sticke of Elder, See. that if Part of it be Confumed 
orPutrified, it will worke vpon the other Part seuered. Now wee will 
purfue the Injiances themfelues. 
T He Plague is many times taken, without Mwife(l Senfe , as hath bin 
laid. And they report, that where it is found, it hath a Sent, of the 
Smell of a Mellow Apple 5 And (as fomefay) of May-Flowers : And it is 
alio receiued, that Smels of Flowers , thatare Mellow and Lu(hiow , areill 
for the Plague i As white Lillies, Cow flips, and Hyacinths. 
The Plague is not eafily receiued bv fuch, as continually are about 
them, that haue the Plague , As Keepers of the S icke, and Phyfitians s Nor 
againe by fuch as take antidotes, either Inward, (as Mithridate^ Juniper - 
Berries 3 Rue, Leafe and Seed , Sec.) Or outward;, (as Angelica, Zedoary , 
and the like, in the Mouth 3 T-me, Qalbanum , and the like, in Perfume,) 
Noragaine by Old People , and fuch as are of a Dry and Cold Complexion. 
On the other fide, the Plague taketh fooneft hold of thole that come 
out of a Frefh Aire ; And of rhofe that are Fajling • And of children 5 And 
it is likewile noted to goe in a Bloud , more than to a Stranger. 
The moft Pernicious InjeBion , next the Plague , is the Smell of the 
lay It f 5 When Prifoners haue beene Long, andClofe, and Nattily kept- 
Whereof we haue had, in our time. Experience, twice, or thrice • when 
both the Judges that fate vpon the Iayle, and Numbers of thole that at¬ 
tended the Bufinelfe, or were prefent, Sickned vpon it, and Died. There¬ 
fore it were good wifdome, that in fuch Cafes, the laylewe re Aired, be¬ 
fore they be brought forth. 
Out of queftion, if fuch Foule Smels bee made by Art , and by the 
Hand, they confift chiefly of Mans Fle[b , or Sweat, Putrtfed^ For they 
arenot thofe Stinkes, which the Nojlhrils Steight abhorre, and expell, 
thatare moft Pernicious ; But fuch Aires, as haue fome Similitude with 
Mans Body ; And fo infinuate themfelues, and betray the Spirits. There 
maybe great danger, in vfing fuch Compofitions in great Meetings of 
People,within Houfes; As in Churches • At Arraignments ; At Player and 
Solemnities • And the like; For Poijoning of Aire is no lefle dangerous 
than Poifoning of watery Which hath beene vied by the Turkes in the 
Warres; And was vfed by Emanuel Commenus towards the ChrifUans, 
when they patted thorow his Countrey to the Holy Land. And thefc Em- 
poifonments of Aire, are the more dangerous in Meetings of People ; Be- 
caulethe much Breath of People, doth further the Reception of the Infe¬ 
ction : And therefore where any fuch Thing is feared, it were good, 
thole PuUique Places were perfumed, before the Ajfemblies. 
The Empoyfonmern of Particular Ptrfons , by Odours, hath beene re- 
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