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cuer with Imagination ; vpon Men in Be are ; Or Mm in Irrefolution 5 And 
the like. Whatfoeuerisof this kinde would be throughly enquired. Trb 
j alls Iikewife would be made vpon Plants , and that diligently : As if you 
I fliouid tell a Man, that fuch a Tree would Die this yeare • And will hitn 5 
at thefe and thefe times, togoe vntoit, toleehowitthriueth. As for 
| Inanimate Things,it is true, that the Motions of Shuffling of Cards,ox Cajling 
{of Dice, are very Light Motions ; And there is a BoUy very vlitall, that 
Gamejlers imagine, that fome that ftand by them s bring them illLuckc. 
There would be Triall alfo made, of holding a Ring by a Threed in a 
Glaffe, and telling him that holdeth it, before, that it ilia 11 ftrike fo many 
times again ft the side of the Glaffe, and no more * Or of Holdinga^ 
betweene two Mens Fingers y without a Char me • And to tell thole that 
j hold it, that at fuch a Name , it fhall goe off their Fingers: For thefe two 
j are Extreme Light Motions. And howlbeuer I haue no Opinion of thefe 
things, yet fo much I conceiue to be true • That Strong Imagination hath 
* more Force vpon Things Lining ; Or that haue been o Lining, than Things 
meerely Inanimate: And more Force Iikewife vpon Light, and Subtill 
Motions, than vpon Motions Vehement, or Ponderous. 
It is an vfuall Obferuation, that if the Body of One Mur there d, bee 
brought before the Muytherer, the wounds will bleed a-frefh. Some doe 
a {Ernie, that the Dead Body , vpon the Prefence of the Martherer, hath 
opened the Eyes And that there haue beenc fuch like Motions, as well 
where the Party Martheredhath been e Strangled, or Drowned, as where 
they haue beene Killed by wounds. It may be, that this participated of 
a Miracle-by Gods lull Judgement, who vfually bringeth Murthers to 
Light: But ifit be Naturall, it muft be referred to Imagination. 
The Tying of the Point vpon the day of Marriage , to make Men Impo¬ 
tent towards their wines , which (as we haue formerly touched,) is lb 
frequent in Zant and Gafcony, if [the Naturall, muft bee referred to the 
Imagination of Him that Tieth the Point. I conceiue it to haue the Idle 
Affinity with witchcraft , becaufe not Peculiar Perlons onely, (fuch as 
witches are) but any Body may doe it, 
T Here be many Things that worke vpon the Spirits of Man, by secret 
Sympathy , and Antipathy: The Vertues of Precious Stones , worne, 
haue beene anciently ant?generally Receiued • Andcuriouflyaffignedto 
worke feucrall Effects. So much is true; That Stones haue in them fine 
Spirits Asappearethby their Splendor: And therefore they may worke 
by Confent vpon the Spirits of Men, to Comfort, and Exhilarate them. 
Thofethatare the beft 5 for that £^<3, are the Diamond, the Emerald, the 
Jacinth Orient all, and the G old-Stone, which is the Tellow Topaz>e. As for 
their particular Proprieties , there is no Credit to begiuento them. But 
it is manifeft, that Light, aboue all things, excelled! in Comforting the Spi¬ 
rits of Men : And it is very probable, that Light Varied doth the fame Ef¬ 
fect, with more Nonelty. And this is one of the Caufes, why frniorn 
Stones comfort. And therefore it were good to haue Tintfed Lanthomes, 
or 
*49 
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Experiment* 
in Confort, 
toaebingthe 
SecmVertReai 
Sympathy, and 
Antipathy. 
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