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3\ (aturall Hiftory: 
SuccefTe follow not fpeedily,it will faint and ieefc Strength » To remedy 
this,you mult pretend to Hun,whole Imagination you vle^eueraU De¬ 
grees of Meanes, by which to Operate } As toprcfenbeiiim, that cuery 
three Dales, if he finde not the Succdfe Apparanc,he doe vfeanother 
Root, or Partot'a. Beaji,or Ring, &c. As being of more Vorce^ And if that 
feile, Another; And it that, Another;till Seuen Times. Alio you mult 
preferibeagood Large Time lor the Effect you promile . A, if you 
fhould tell a Seruant of a Sicfrmn, that his Majier fhail recouer,but it 
will be Fourtcene daies,ere bpe findeth it apparantly, &c. Ah this to 
enterrainethe Imagination that it wauer Icflfe. 
It iscertaine, that potions , or Things taken into the Body-.incenfes and 
Perfumes taken at the Nojlhrils ; And Ointments of lome Parts • doe 
(naturally)worke vpon the Imagination of Him that taketh therm And 
therefore it mull needs greatly Cooperate with the Imagination of him, 
whom you vfe,ifyou prefcribehim,before hedoe vfe the Receitfor the 
worke which he defireth, that hee doth take fuch a P/7/,or a Spoonfallot 
Liquor ; Or burne fuch an Incenfe . Or Anoint his Temples, or the Soles 
of his Te'et 3 with fuch an Ointment got Oyle: And you mull chule,for the 
Compofition of fuch Pill,Perfume , or Ointment fuch Ingredients, as doe 
make the Spirits, a little more Grojje, or Muddy : Whereby the I inac¬ 
tion will fix the better. 
The Body Pafsiue , and to be wrought Vpon , (I meanc nor of the Jma- 
ginantffvs better wrought vpon /as hath beene partly touched) at forne 
Times, than at others: As if you mould preferibe a Seruant, about a Sick 
Perfon ( whom you haue pofTeffcdjthat his MaJJer fhal! recouer) when 
his Mafler is faft afleepe,to vfe flich a Rooter fuch aRoot.Tor Imagina¬ 
tion is like to worke better vpon Sleeping Men,than Men Awake. As we 
(ball fhew when we handle Dreamy. 
We finde in the Art of Memory, that l mages Vi fide, worke better 
rhan other Conceits: As if you would remember the Word Phiiofophy, 
you fhail more furely do it,by Imkginingthat fticha Man,(Tor Men.ire 
befl Places ) is reading vpon Arijmks phyftckes ; Than if you fhould 
Imagine him to fay. Tlegoe Jludy phiiofophy . And therefore, this Obfer- 
uation would be tranflated to the SubieB wee now fpeake of : For the 
more Luflrous the Imagination is, it filleth and fixeth thy better. And 
therefore I conceiue, that you lnall, in that Experiment whereof wee 
fpakebefore)ofP/W///g of Thoughts, lefTe faile, if you tell One,that fuch 
an One fhal name one of Twenty. Men, than if it were One of Twenty 
Cards. The Experiment of Binding oi thoughts,would be Ditierf fied,and 
tried* to the Full: And you are to note, whether it hie for the moil 
part,though notalwaies. 
: It is good to confider, vpon what Things, Imagination hath, moll 
Force: And the Rule ( as I conceiue ) is, that it hath mofl Force ypon 
Things, that haue the Lightejl, and Eafieji Motions. And therefore aboue 
all, vpon the spirits of Men ; And inthem, Ypou fuch AffeBlo'is, as 
mou o&gkejf j As vpon Procuring ofj finding of lujl, wliichis 
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