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O^aturall HiJIorj: 
Now wc willfpcakeof the Force of Imagination vpon o- 
thcr Bodies ; And of the Meanes to Exalt and Strengthen it. 
Imagination , in this Place, I vnderffand to be, the Reprejenta- 
tionof an IndiuiduaR Thought. Imagination is of three Kinds .* 
The Vixttloyned with Beleefe of that which is to Come : The 
Second Ioyned with Memory of that which is Pall: And the 
Third is of Things Prefent, or as if they were Prefent ; For I 
comprehend in this, Imaginations Faigned, and at Pleafure ; 
As if one fhould Imagine fuch a Man to be in the Feftmentsot 
a Pope ; Or to haue Wings. I {Ingle our, for this time, that 
which is with Faith, oxBeleefeoi that which is to Come. The 
» Inquifition of this Subiett, in our way, ( which is by Inducti¬ 
on. J is wonderful! hard; for the Things that are rcporred,are 
Full of Fables ; And New Experiments can hardly be made,but 
with Extreme Caution, for the Rcafon which wc will hereafter 
declare. 
The Power of Imagination is in three Kindcs, T he Firfl,vp- 
on the Body of th pTihaginatit ; Including likewife the Childs 
| inthc Mothers Wombe •, The Second is, the Power of it vpon 
! Dead Bodies ,as Plants, Wood,Stone,Metall. &c. The Third is, 
| the Power of it, vpon the Spirits of Men and Lining Creatures: 
And with this Iaft we will only meddle. 
The Probleme therefore is, whether a Man Conflamly and 
Strongly Beleeuing, that fuch a Thing fhall be; As that fuch an 
One will Loue Him \ Or that fuch an One will Grant him his Re- 
queft ; Or that fuch an One fhall Recouer a SickeneJJe ; Or the 
like ;) It doth hclpcany thing to the Effecting of the Thing it 
felfe. And here againe weemuft warily diftinguifh $ For iris 
not meant, ( as hath beene partly laid before, jthat it fhould 
hclpc by Making a Man more Stout , or more Indttftriotts ; ( In 
which kinde a Qonflant Beleefe doth much; ) But meerely by 
a Secret Operation, or Binding, ox Changing the Spirit of Ano¬ 
ther : And in this it is hard, ( as wc began to fay,) to make any 
New Experiment ; For I cannot command my Selfe to Beleeue 
what I will, and fb no Triall can be made. Nay it is worfc; 
For whatioeucr a Man Imagineth deubtingly, or with Feare, 
muft needs doc hurt, if Imagination haue any Power at all • 
For 
