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Show Part II, ‘I/Jc Tulane of @4411. Part I l. {The Tame of Wm. 22,; l.- moveable, and doth differ from the Lips of Man, as it is a Cartilaginous Bo. . dy, adorned with a company of lmall Teeth. . its a; M. Tlie, rife of the Palate, configned as peculiar to ..Man, is to tune the . ~ . . . . Vorce, . and to flilifi the Tongue in the Articulation of form: Letters; which ‘. . . . . upon this account, may be {tiled them Palatine. The expired Air palfeth in an even current through the greater Channel of the VViiid.pip(~7 till it arriveth the more confined fpace of the Rimula, where it receiving Vibra« The beginning of the Palate, is alfo graced with a finallbony Semicrrcle r}, 3:3an an ismuucrgc v ' V hei)l;:cl1cagrtti? iiiigi'sndia mgzdscih with numerous Minute Teeth, and is endued With a Concave PiSitar befiudded g"!‘6 +) enwrapped in a Silver coloured Membrane 1-, (full of Folds) in. HQ] F's" veiling a Glandulous Expanfion ‘, which Is thickeft toward the termination tions againfi the tides of thc Euro-like Cartilage, is formed into a Voice, arccailcdz?I of the Palate, attended with two plump Protuberancies ( made rough by * ""43"" many fmall Teeth, to which the Guills 1' are affixed in their Extreamities) which thence paiiing the Throat to the Arch of the Palate, the Articulated "m "WM Letters and Words compofed of them, are rendred more fwect and audible 5 "Hi whereupon, they that have naturally ill formed Palatcs, or difordered by and have numerous Minute Teeth: Beyond the Palate 15' feared the origen of the Spine. covered with a White Membrane, to which is adjoyned a. Difeafes ( wherein they are leflEned, or made rough by Tumours, Ulcers, pro- ,Clandulous Coat full of finall Glands. ceeding from virulent Humours in Venereal Dif'tempers) whence the Articulan ted Voice groweth hoarfe and unpleafant, and fcarcc to be underflood, with, out the good attention of the Hearer, or often repetition of imperfect words made by the Speaker: And not only the Roof of the Palate doth aid the Thsl'alm‘" ThnsI have Treated of the Palates of Bruits, Fowl, and Filh, as they iii‘lini‘l‘i'h hold fome Analogy in the likenefs of their various Afperities, Proceiies, and itiiii‘iiiiiii Glandulous futhance ( compofed of many Conglomeratcd Glands, attend- :tliiiiiiihm' ed with Excretory Veiiels ) with the Palace of Man; to which I Will re- GW‘J‘O‘" turn. and {peak fomewhat more of it, with your permiflion: As it is a WWW. Glandulous Bodv, which is molt futhantial and thick towards its termi- nation, near the‘Fauces, and is a Sylieme of divers Clands, emitting Salival Liquor through many Excretory Duets ( mol‘t eminent 1n the hinder part of the Palate, as ending in Holes) into the Cavtty OI the-Mouth: mm" -,, The "With being an appendix of the Palate, lS graced With a kind of i:ii'hiiii.iii.a Pyramidal Figure, whofc Bale is feared in its Oi'igen, and its other Extreaiousfubllam- mity endcth after the manner of a Cone; and is compofed of a glandulous Voice, tirlt formed in the Larynx, by {peaking to it a great Grace. and 1.oudiiels: But alfo the Margents of the Palate, confining on the Teeth, do it‘rve the Tongue, in making feveral Appulfes upon the skirts of it, which give divers Figurations of the Voice, expreffed in the Articulations of difl‘crent Conlonants. Some do afiign another ufe of the Palate, which is that of Tafiing, Tamngism wherein it is commonly faid, We indulge our Palates in the eating of favou- $23,?" ‘1" ry and delicious Meats, and drinking of pleafant Drinks, which are called palatable, in reference to their good Guft, which they attribute to the Pa.late. But this Opinion (as I humbly conceive) cannot be confirmed b fungous Subltance, all befet with numerous Minute Glands, encircled with a white thin Membrane continued to the Palate. Thentcnfrhe [earned and Worthy Doctor Holder, aliigneth this ufe to the "vale, Kfigiiiiir. Thatit ferveth as a Valve, to open and [hut the Foramen of the Nol'trils, rational Arguments, as it is oppofire to Senfe and Experience ; becaufeif any fapid object be applied to the Palate alone, as feperated from the Tongue, it cannot dilcern any tal'te of Meat, Drink, or any other thing. my, Salt f‘ilf,‘[};_f:':;_ leading into the Mouth, which being opened, the Air hath free accefs into {:5 Piggy" the lViouth, and the Voice fome admiffion into the Cavities of the Nol'trils, it {elf (if put to the Palate folely ) doth not affect the Palate, if the Tongue be kept from it: So that the ground of this Vulgar Error, proceedeth from the Tongue, touching the Palate in tafiing of proper Objects, whereupon out ism: and the Forarnen being fomewhat clofed by the interpofition of the Manila, higusi'iniihii, the Voice receiveth a check into the Noi'trils, and Air from thence into the :33ng Month; whereupon the Nofe giving a paifage to Breath, and Voice in in" it Speaking, alters its Found, and gives a plain Difcriminarion, by which the founds of the Breath and Voice may be entitled Na 4!. WhichI humbly conceive, with this Ingenious Authors leave, doth not proceed always from the opening of the 147/1114, but fonietimes from the firong Appulfe of the Tongue, made upon the Arch of the Palate, which intercepting the Breath or Voice, as paliing {traight forward through the Mouth, maketh it recoil into the Caverns of the Nofirils, and caufeth Speaking to be Nafal. And I do acknowledg, we attribute that to the Palate, which is peculiar to the Tongue, as being in conjunction with it. A fecond life of the Palate, is to impart a Ferment to the Aliment, re- Sccondufcof‘ ceived into the Month, by reafon the Palate is chiefly framed of a Glandulous Glandulou a" warm fubftance, which is a Colleéiive Body, made of numerous Minute Glands, idii'aiiiisiii furniflied with Excretory VeflEls (perforating the Membrane of the Palace) Saiivaiiaswr out of which doth freely deitil a quantity of Salival Liquor, embodying With the broken Aliment in time of Maf'tication, and giving the firi't rudidiment of Concoétion, to Meat and Drink in the Mouth, in order to a that the Aifertion of this Learned Author, is alfo true, and the Manila to be farther Elaboration in the Stomach. ordained by Nature as a Valve, to hinder the motion of the Voice into {116 Nol'trils, by reafon that this Appendix of the Palate is not found in Bruits, and other Animals (but in an Ape as a Monfter in Nature) by reafon they are not endued with Speaking, to which the umla is fubfervienti The third life of the Palate, may be to gratifie the follicitations of Thirfl: (which would be molt urgent, and perpetually troublefome) were not the Palate and Tongue rendred moifl: by a coniiant flux of Salival Liquor, fpringing out of the Glands, relating to the Tongue and Palate, which elfe would grow rough and dry, by the hot fuliginous Steams, tranfmitted with which may feem to be backed with very great Reafon, becaufe when this Appeudage of the Palate, is eaten 01? by the Malignity of Venereal DIfiempers, the Voice hath a free paflhge into the Noitrils, which elfe for the molt part is carried forward through the Cavity of the Mouth, promoted by the u'Wlda which interpofeth about the Hole (leading into the Ca‘ verns 0f the NORYilS) and doth hinder the progrefs of the Voice into it, unlefs the Tongue {hiking briskly upon the Arch of the Palate, doth divettthe direct pafihge of the Voice, and forceth it up into the Nollrils. the Breath through the Afpera Arteria, into the Mouth. Another ufe ( asl conceive) may be given of the numerous rows of in- :{urcsf the, dented Proceiies, and the many great and hard Afperities, found in the Pa- afghan" lates of Bruits, is to fupply the defect of the Teeth in the fore part of the gym; upper Mandible, and fomewhat to aflilt the lower in Mafiioation, wherein 2,3312%an the motion of the broken Aliment againl't the hard prominencies of the Palate, giveth a farther Comminution to it by frequent Attritions; which Th e Thcthirdut‘e $32533: g::g:g;p;,, ""11""- A may |