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Show .\ sat 111. 0f the Price. Boole Ill. w, x iyfatiggfidxiirihwith propdr ligaments, and clothed with Flefh and Skin, dimly endmelled with Veins, Arteries, and Nerves; and the fubfiance of the Face beinU pluniped with vital and nervousALiquors, raile the Mufcles, comrhendiifg them to the amorous Beholder wrth admiration, molt coufpi. cuous in the Face 5 all orher parts being fmoothed With a lund of~ evennefs) and the countenance only is graced With as great, as plcalant variety, mad: up of many prominent and concave Particles, full of Rifes and Falls, as kind, of‘little Hills and Dales, feated in great order and decency, obfervmg 1mg. The Colours ot‘ilic Fate. ly proportions, and orderly difiances one from another. , The different colours with which the well proportioned'hnes of the Face are cm‘oellifhed, are ( as I conceive ) feveral models of l, iglit, aiding from different difpolitions, feared in the Opace parts of the Face, which havmg roughneffes of divers Figures, caufe various relic-{lions of .l ighr falling upon them, and do conf'titute great variety of colours, according to the different - modes of Light. ‘ The Face confifiing of great unevenneffes, Which. may Ifeem {irangeltoa vulgar apprehenfion, as expofed to a naked Flye, which bemgafiilled With a Microfcope, will eafily difcover many Prommencres and Cavrries, Rifes and Falls, in a Surface, which otherwife would appear to be fmooth, fo thatma- light allaicrl u nli various :liatles,is produclive of din'crcnt coluurs. ‘ny fmall protuberancies, placed in the Cuticula, 'and‘being of divers fhapes, fome Round, fome Pyramidal, Cylindrical, Polledrical, and divers others, from whence it may be probably comeéiured, may arife a great inequality and number of Shades, in a fcarce fenfible part of a Phyfical Surface of the Face, which being mixed with Light, thereby rendreth it varioufly modelled, and being allaied with faint, or deeper Shades, produceth darker or brighter colours ', and therefore White is heightened with greater acccflions offucide Particles, then Pale or Yellow; and Black is deepened with fironger Shades, then Brown or Red : On this account, Nature wifely drawetha {liady Veil over the brighter lines of Light, and making many refraé‘tions through different Medinms,convcyeth it through the dark Chambers of the Eye,to ob- , feure its troublefome Luflre, which elfe through its free accefs, and brisket motion, would make ftrong appulfes upon the tender Fibrils of the Retina, thereby weakening, or for a time deflroying the Senfory. And now I have endeavoured to give you an account of Colours upon Nlechanick principles, as mofl: obvious to Scnfe, as it is minif'terial to ReafOn; That colours with which the Skin is beautified, are diflérent modes'Ol Light, depending upon the various difpofitions ofthe Phyfical Surface of the Face, derived from the different Schemes of greater or fmaller, more or ltf5 numerous Prominencies, and more {hallow or deeper Cavities, producing brighter or fainter refleé'tions of lucide Particles. Colours di. fcerncd by Touch. 0f the Face; 865' e 3 mmetr r of due proportions, of well fliaped Bones fit. This Hypothefis may be illuftrated by the famous infianee of a Blind Man, of which excellent Mr. Guile giveth a Narrative, which he firft received from Sir film Find), of 701171 Vcrmaufen, dwelling about the Mofel, who falling blind upon the fmflll Pox, had fo cxat‘} a Touch, that he could thereby difcern various colours one from another, which he performed, when divers Fillets, Died with White, Black, Red, Sky-colour, Green, Yellow, and Grey, were prefentcdunto him, he diftinguifhing one colour from another by his moft accurate . Senfe of Feeling : And when he was asked how he was able to difcovcr thelc ,colours ; he replied, he perceived their difference to arife fi-orn Afpcl'ltlcfiy with which Black of all colours doth molt abound, affecting the Touch, asif it were pricked with the points ofNeedles, or fome Very hard Sand ; "9'" . to to Black, White fucceedcth in roughnefs, and after that Green, then Grey, in the next place Yellow, in the Sixth place Sky-colour, and ‘in the 13!} place Red, as the molt fmooth ofall colours. And I do conceive, he did not only dil'tinguifh the feveral Colours by the different degrees of roughnefs, feared in the outward Surfaces of Bodies, but alfo from the various Figures of their protuberancies and depth or fhallownels ofCaviti es, in whiCh he might more eafily fatisfy his own curiofity, though not explain it fo'elearly to another, and therefore perhaps he forbore to give tlzle later reafon of difeerning veariery of colours. Furthermore, I conceive the vital and animal Liquors, do contribute to the production of colours in the Face,as fome minute Particles do {iep our of Colours pm- ceeding from various Li- the Extremities of the Veilels,terminating in the inward part of the Cuticula, quota, and may thence in fome part be tranfmitted into the Pores and fubfiance of it 5 whence it may receive difiErent Tinctures from the various difpofiti ons of Liquors, as White, from the purity of the Nervous Juyce, or loofe Particles , White arifing beingcommenfurate in Shape and Magnitude, to the pores of the Cutz'mlrz, t‘rnm nervous Li gum: may eafily infinuate into it, making more or leffer extenfion of the Pores, according to a greater, or more fparing proportion received into them, altering the Figure and Magnitude of the Pores, and raifing fome part of the Surface of the Curimla, caufeth many Afperities, feared in the numerous minute Particles of the Cuticular Surface; and being placed in feveral Pofirions, fome facing, and others in Oppofite ways, by which the beams of Light falling upon various prominencies, are f0 difpofed, that they reflect the lucide Particles, not inward toward each other, but outward toward the eye of the Speélator. And thefe many little Afperities and Particles (of which the furface of the Cuticnlzz is compofcd ) are as it were fo many fmall Looking-Glades, as molt ingenious Mr. Boil: calleth them, to refledt the innumerable Ideas of lucide Particles. But next to White, the mofi: eminent colour ofthe Face is Red, which Red,procecd-‘ in: from proceedeth from being tinged with Blood, impelled out ofthe extremit ies of Blood. the Arteries into the Cutia, which as it is more or leis Stagnant, giveth a blllfll only, or a deeper hue to the ambient parts of the Face; and this Liquor ex- aéily mixed with faline and fulphureous Particles, cutting into the fecretpaffages and fubf'tance of the Cutie, fwells its Dimenfions, and augment s its Prominencie s and Cavities, and fo affects them, that the Rays of Light are not fo frcdy refleé‘tcd as in White,the Red receiving a greater allay ofShades 3 but the more pure and florid Blood filling the pores of the Curie, doth aflbciate With its fubfiance, and f0 alters the Promberancies and Figure of the different minute Surfaces, that upon the reception of Light, they make bright-4 Cr reverberations, being more fweetened with faint Shades, then the deeper Red, derived from grofs and more adult Blood, which ringing the Curr": with a darker hue, produceth different Afperities and Depreflions in the (mix; in Which the incident Rays, are forced to play more inward, and caufe leis refle- ctions of Light, obfcurinq it with greater or leis degrees of Shades, product- ive of Brown or Black colours. And' it may feem to‘ deférve our farther notice, how different Colours fecretly embocly with each other, Without any intermedial colour; how the Llnl' and Rofes of the Face, pure White, and lively Red, do foftl'y infinlfate one into another; how various colours, the different models of L‘ghh made by greater or lefs reflections Upon the divers Figures ofthe ma; "y minute uneven Surfaces of the Cuticuliz of the Face, do curioufly mixe, as well with each other, as with .2intrr and deeper Shades; hOW the brighte! |