fenturj. X. 
There arc. Conceits, that Tome Men, that are of an III,and Melancholy 
Nature , doe incline the Company ,into which they come, ro Bee ,W,and 
illdifpofed Andcontrariwile, that Others, that are oi&louiatlNature, | 
doe dilpofe the Company to be Merry and Cheerefull. And againe ^ that 
fom eMen are Luckie to be kept Company with,and Employed • And Others 
Vnluckie. Certainly, it is agreeable to Reafon,t hat there arc 5 at the leaft 
fome Light Efflux ions (tom Spirit to Spirit , when Men are in Prefence, 
one with another, as well as from Body to Body. 
It hath beene obferued, that old Men, who haue loued Young Compa¬ 
ny, and beene Conuerfant continually with them, haue beene of Long- 
Life -Their Spirits, ( as itfeemeth,) being Recreated by fuch Company. 
Such were the Ancient Sophijls, and Rhetoricians^ Which euer had Young 
Auditors , and Difciples • As Gorgias , Protagoras , Ifocrates, Sec. Who li- 
ued till they were an Hundred yeares Old* And fo likewife did many of 
the Grammarians, and Scboole-Majlers •, Inch as was Orbilius,&cc. 
Audacitie and Confidence doth, in Ciuill Bufinefte, fo^reatEf- 
fefts, as a Man may ( reafonably ) doubt, thatbefides the vbry* Oa¬ 
ring, and Earneflneffe, and Perjijiing and lmponunitie, there lliould be 
fome Secret Binding , and Stooping of other Mens Spirits, to fuch 
Perfons. 
The AjfeBions,( no doubt) doe make the Spirits more Powerfully nd 
ABiue - 3 And efpecially thofe Affeft ions, which draw the Spirits,into the 
Eyes : Which are two: Loue,and Enuy, which is called Ocuius JVLalus: As 
for Loue-, the platonifls, (fome of them,) goe fo farre, as to hold that the 
Spirit of the Louer, doth paffe into the Spirits, of the Perfon Loued • 
Which caufeth the defire of Returne into the£o^,whence it was Emit¬ 
ted : Whereupon ioWoweth that Appetite of ContaB, and ConiunBion, 
which is in Loiters. And this is obferued likewife, that the AfpeBs that 
procure Loue, are not Gazings, but Sudden Glances, and Dartings of the 
Eye. As for Enuy, that emitteth fome Maligne and Poifonous Spirit, 
which taketh hold of the Spirit of Another s And is likewife of greateft 
Force,when the Cafi of the Eycis Oblique St hath beene noted alfo,that 
it is moft Dangerous, when an Enuious Eye is caft vpon Perfons in Glory, 
and Triumph, and loy. The Reafon whereof is 3 for that 5 at fuch times,the 
Spirits come forth moft,into th eOutwardParts, and lomect the Percuf- 
fion of the Enuious Eye, more at Hand : And therefore it hath beene no¬ 
ted, that after great Triumphs, Men haue beene ill difpoled, for fome 
Dayes following. W 7 ee fee the Opinion o^Fafcination is Ancient, for 
both EjfeBs : Of Procuring Loue - And sickneffe caused by Enuy : And 
Fafiination is euer by the Eye Rut yet if there be any fuch InfeBion from 
Spirit to spirit, there is no doubt, but that it worketh by Prefenceynd 
not by the Eye alone ■, Yet moft forcibly by the Eye , 
Feare, and shame, are likewife InfeBiue for wee fee that the Star¬ 
ting of one will make another ready to Start : And when one Man 
is out of Countenance m a Company, others doe likewife B lufh in his be- 
halfe. 
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