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Show . Of the Ad~ancement ofL_earning, . ret·h of the States, and Domiciles \Vh1ch the fe~1etaJl faculties of the minde,doe take ~nd occllpate n1 the Organs of the bo~iie, w~ich knowledge hath been · atte1npted, -and ts controuerted, and deferne.th to bee much better inquired. Por the opinion of pt,tto who placed the vnderjl~ndirtg itt tfe Braine; Jnimojitie, ( \Vhich l~ee did v.nfitly ~all . vf n~er, haui.og a greater n11xture \V Hh Prtde} , in /he · ·n eari ; and concup~(eenre or S en{ttalitie iJtJ rfe Liuer deferueth not to bee defpifed ., bnt much Ie!fe to b~ allowed. S0 then we haue confiitnted.(as in our own "vil11 aqd aduife) che inquir ie -r o v c H· IN G H vr.-lANE NAT VRE E NT Y ER; as a iufi portion efknowledge, to be handled a parr. · The knowledge that concerEeth· 1n.ans. b?die} is diuidecl .as the good of tnans bodie ts d1u1decl 1 vnto which it r~ferreth. · The. good of tl)ans body, I is of foure k ·ndes; H ea!t/1 , Beatttie J Strength, and Ple.1fe1e. So) the know ledges are ~.ldedtcine, or ~~rt of Cure: Art ~f Decaration ;. whic]l is called Cojme· tike: cArt tf (_A clitiitie, which is called. /Jthlettke : , and Art Vo!Nptttt~rie, which r acitus truely calle[h Erttditus lu'<tJ,s. 7 his Subi~a of mans bodie> i$ of all .other· thinges in Nature, tnon fufceptible of re· medie.· · but then that l{enledie is moll fu[ceptib1e of errour. Fbr the fame ·subtilitie of the fi1bieEt, doth caufe large p~fsibilitie, and eaGe fay ling : and rherefore the enquirie .<?ught to be the more exaCt. Tofpeak therforeofMcdi(in~,&to refl1me that \V..e haue ray d) a[c~nding a I!~~e higher~ Ihe ancien~;:~ 'I he feconr/ 'Boof<.!. . 39 t Ji An was Microc()fi?914S, an Abfir.a(l or }v1 o: the worlJ j hath beene fantafiicaily, flreyned d.cefjits, ~nd the Alchimifis, as ifthere were tO llfUU·"'·"':in mans boa'y certaine correfFondences,. & ·,which rto1d haue ref pea to all varieties'.of s ~arres>planets,minerals, which are extant . eat world. But thus much is euidently true, all fubfiances>\vhich l 1ature hath produced • ieis the mo~ extreamly compounded.For earbs & plants are norithed by earth & w.asfor the mofi part>by hearbs & fruits; Man fl~th o(Beafis,Birds,FifhesJ Hearbs,Grains. ater?& the !n,~ni.foldalterati.ons, dre~ings, .-x- ............... ranons ot tt1efc [euerall bodies, before e to be his food & aliment. Ad de herenntofts haue a tnore iilnple order of life) and Iefie o£ Affeaions to worke vpron theirboereas man in hisManf!on, fleepe, exercifc . ..,. ... ht.•uth ~nlinic variation ... ; and it cannot be de~ h~t die bodie of Jfd~t of all oth.er things, is of· GOtnpounded Maile. Thejoule .on the other {itnplefi offubfiances, as is \Veil eYpreiTed •. . . - Pur11mq; reliquit - he1.e~m fnfitrJ!,at(Jtte t_A#rai flrnplicis ignem •. it i.s no tnaruailc,though the fote!e fo placed . rdl, if that principle be true, that M ()tu; r:4pidtt~ extra loru111, · P!Jcidu& in !oro. Bur rpofe, this variable compofition of mans-ath made it as an Jnftntment eafie t~ nper; and therefore the Poets. did well to\ · .. · K k 3 ~~~io~~~ |
