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Show Of rloe flppctirc if Tim/i. -_ 283. Boolt I. Part II, book I. Part I I. often as they {hall be follicited by their Appetite, in order to flipply the defects of Nature, and in moiftning the Membranes, inveiiing the Gulet, Fauces, and Mouth, the immediate fubieéts of Third.1-1,: new The firi't requifite condition of affecting the Qb)e6t of Thirfi, is Moift, trilliiidi: which is the chief difpofition of it, becaulc as Enid, it bedc‘Wcth feemingly "mm" divers, but truly one continued fubjea' of Thirfl, by taking away its drought and roughnefs, by rendring it pliable and cafie to Nature: Whrtrcupon Solid Bodies precifely taken , cannot be the Obieft of Thirlt) by rea- fon they cannot primarily give an allay to it, produced by the moiitning of dried parts, but only accidentally appeafe it, by the fqueefing of Liquor out of the Saliva] Glands; which is an unkindly way of gratifying our follicitons Appetite, which tendeth to the drinking outward (not inward Liquors) as the proper and ufual remedies of Third, . "If (5:11; The fecond requilite condition qualifying the Ob)e€t of Thirl't, that Li. K, I"? error {hould be affected with a thin ingeny, the more eafily to inlinuate i: :iiléiiufiom' ihlf into the fecret pafiages of the Membranes, the allodginents of Third, - elfe the Liquor when received into the Mouth and Gulet, will fpeedily flide an ay, and make little or no imprcffion in the Membranes, as not be- dewing them withagrareful Moifture, which ought to take away the dill quiet of Third: And therefore its well confulted by Nature, that Liquors {honld have a kind of apertive nature, to open the Compage of the Coats, Of the fljzpetitc of "Thy/L , 85 .1 And this of the Coats, indifpofing the fubjeéts of Third, is lodged not only in the Surface, but in the inward Contexture, which is naturally be{prinkled with afree Moiftnefs; and confequently, when the Membra nes find an evident alteration of their own Conflitution, which beino not {upgr- ficial andadvantagious, but inward, and fubl'iantial, is forthwitt'h repreifen red to the upper Region of the Brain, to give order to the inferior po'wers, to repair the inward lofies of Nature, by the outward liipport of Liquid fubfiancee, received into the Body. The fubjeét of Thirf'r is more large and difi'ufed then that of Hunger Tiicfubjcékof which is principally confined to the upper Orifice of the Stomach, but this, 32915,?" of Thirit is dilated through the Palate, Tongue, Fauces, and Gulet, in "'4?di reference to a common Membrane overipreading them all, which lieth gm cafie and quiet, when bedewed outwardly and inwardly with a due fource of Liquor, which being cxhaufled, rendreth the laid common Coat dilaFf'C- Fred and dry7 the immediate {ubjeét of Third. And there are divers Difpofitions, which render this Subjeét capable of FEW"? Thirl}. The lirfi is its acute Senfe, as being a large Membra nous Coma tirlng the lube _ Pomomm . . . page, made up of great variety of Nervous Fibrils, a u r freel drawn out by limfiiijiscii: Nature, and clofe firuck, and rarely interwoven, and ecaufe they have ififltfifiifig various Ranks running above and below, long-ways, crofs-ways, and ob- "5""- relating to Thiifl, to enter into their Interior Recedes, to render them moift for ionic time, and to complace the hot and lbmewhar dry temper of the parts concerned in Thirfl'. liquely, fo that every way this rare Contextiire is garnilhed with numerous Filaments, the fubjedts of quick Senfation. Th"1‘l"~"°" Some. do make Cold a third qualification , as an ingredient difpofing . i {is told, the Obyeét of Thirl} 3 but this- doth only afiifl Mod‘tu re, and 13‘ not a necef- is to be endued with Moifiure, both in its Ambient parts, and in its more inward I'enetrals, which is very conducive to the happy confiituti on and l‘cpofe of the fubjeét of Thirft, which groweth peevilh, and difordered when deftirute of its due Liquor; which being defe&ive from Without, is fupplied within with natural Fontancls, the numerous Salival Glands lVloutli, and neighbouring parts, to water theMembranes, encompafl in the ing the qiuflte of which not "mm, to appear: 'lhiiI}. . . . . . . . fary requite condition in Liquors, ordain ed to take off the trouble of ThirPt, becaufe though, they are actually hot, yet being received in greater proportion, do fatisfie our Appetite: Or when weiare acculiom-ed to warm Drink for a long feafon, then Cold feemeth odd and unpleafant to us. So great an influence hath Ctifiome, lilte another Nature upon us, to over-rule our irregular Appetites (for our Interefl and Prefcrvati on) and not only Drinks outwardly warmed, but alfo mixed Ptrong Liquors, which are inwardly hot in their Temper, have a power to qualifie our over-eager appetite of Thirft. And the manner of percieving the Object of Thirl't, is conceived by a great Author, not to be accompliflied by any Superinduced Quality, but by Way of Remotion, and Defect, of which we are fenfible in Thirfl: but in truth, the Membranes relating to fome part of the Mouth, have a manifefi fenfe of Drinefs, frequently produced by the heat of the Blood, having frequent recourfe to the fubjeé‘t of Thirlt; whereupon Nature finding its own need and unealinefs,‘ is readily prompted forthwith to apply fuch appofite Reme- dies, as will repair a natural decay hinted to us by Thirfi. The inimt‘rii- Whereupon our natural indigence, founded in the abfence of due MOi' ?,F;§f§";§;‘:f fiure, flowing from a drinel's affecting the Membranes of the Mouth, iciiliiiii'sfléi?‘ thence imparted by the continuation of Nerves, to the common Senfe and and spyicmbrnncs Fancy, which is reprefented above to the Underflanding, whofe Dictates u cMouth. , . . . .. . . are conveyed to the Will, givmg her Defpotick - . Summons to the Interim Faculties, who immediately obey her Commands, calming the querulOUIS motion of the Appetite, in pleafing it with a delightful Draught of Liquor. And The fecond natural qualification of this Membrane, the feat of Thirfl, "filmy, hiiiiiymiie.‘ 1° Erhiilrflifis‘ihbe mg‘igi‘" Tongue, Palate, Throat, and Gulet. The third condition qualifying the Membranes liable to Thirfls, is the lamb", natural inclination they have to fufl‘er Di‘incfs, caufed by the neighbour- Thirfliigfhc hood of the Heart, and Aorta, parts always in Motion , and heat, and the erénmfliiahgtnh: frequent ejection of hot fuliginous Vapours, out of the Bromhz'a , and Afpem Wig "f Arteriiz, with the expired Air, and by its perpetual accefs into the fubjerft of Thirft, parching it with the hot Pteams and flame of Life; and befides all this, the Stomach being emptied of its Alimentary Liquor, is rendred dry, which is afterward communicated to the Gulet and Throat. Thele feveral caufes are produaive of drinefs in the Tongue, Palate and the ref}, leaving them fcnlible of a rough difpofition, which nature endeavo urcth to alleviate by the reception of fluid, and moif't Particles. The fourth requifite putting the faculty of Thitft into a&, and delicate eonllitution of its Subject, whofe frame is made is the tender up of many Nervous Filaments, full of exquifite Senfe, which is eafily difcom ofed upon the lead difoi~der of Drincfs, by reafon it is the natural temper branes relating to Thirflt, to be fiiperficially befptinkled, ofPthe Memand inwardly foftned with Moif'ture; which being altered by the withdrawing of Liquid Particles, or their confumption by Heat, the aggrieved faculty groweth impatient, and refenteth its difpofition of Drinefs, and reprefim teth its cafe by an appeal made to the fuperior court of the Underf'canding and Will,- Who give their Commands to inferior Agents, as fo many Officers of lower Eeee Degree, |