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Show ~00 .A Dif.c ourJ.c e o1.r t he Vnio~z ,'+J England ' and Scotland.. . . And the CorrefPondence, which they have, wtth mixture, of Bodtu_, ·n the Cvn·unfiion, of Statu, and K_ingdonu. the ~rounds of~olrcy, 1 hat I'ojit?on; Jlir ,mita fortior; Bemg one of Fuft, .there ore? t f the Mind needeth not much, .to be the common No ttons o ' ind~ced, or illuftrate.h h entreth and while he continueth, We fee the Sunne, w =~fe~h more v~hement Heats, then when under the jign of L~o, ~ h" s Et:ami are neverthelefie, more he is in c_ancer.; w at ttmel 1 here~f. in' great part, hath been perpfndtcular. T~e ~ea. 00 fuon and Cor-Radi~ation ,in that truly afcribed, tot fe h ODSJUD w1·'th the four Stau .. of the ftrft f H 0 t e unne · . place_o eaven? . la ~orLeottis, andCaudaLeonu •.. Magmtude; Syrrf.'k Ca'!~cu by ancient 'Iraditio", while {he 1s m So the Jl!oon) t ewl. e 'faid to be at the Heart; which is nor, the. fame Srgn, of L_eo, 1~ t 1, ce of Heaven can have, with that for any Affinity, W~lc? ~u~ tn:ly becaufe 'the Jrfoon is then) by p3rt, of Mans Bo. Y tr and Nearnefs:> with the Stars aforereafon of. the ConJUn ton, th of Influence; And fo) worketh named, 1n great~fi: fi~:n~ Endies which is moit flit all, and upon that part' In InJ errom- ' rrincipall. d L ·quoHrJ in fmall ()Eantity, do, eafily, S~ we fee, WaterJ, ~n b tt in large ~antity' fubfifr long, by Putrtfie, and corrupt' uh t've by Vnion fc f h s ngth t ey r~ce , · r~a o~, o the t~e h' more genera1J, do little hurt, by reafon, So 10 E~rt qua~es, t e ich the offer to fubvert; but narrow, o~ the m:zted wetghlt, wr~ havl many-time~ overturntd,whole ancJ particular, Earl 'Jq"a"-er, ' · :) 1o~nJ, and C~~ie~ •. t touching the Force of Vnion, is evident. So then, t lS. o~n' fi f ak of the l'vtanner of Vnion: And t~erefor.e, 1~ IS l~fr:t tbet~eftfne~t, to handle one Kind of ~h~rem, a~~~isl~::on nby Viliory, when one ~ody, ?oth~meNer-nton, w dconverteth the {arne, lnto hts own a-ly,( ubdue ~not~e~, an and Ex ulfing, what part foever of i.t, it ture; ExungudlungAs when~he Pire~converteth the Wood,mto cannot overcome. r. d the AflJes as uoapt !\latter F. · ay the Smoa~ an 'J'· ' trc, purg~(3 aw h the Body ~f :l Livilrg Creatltre, doth conv.ert, ro en flam~. r w ed d Nou~ijhPtent, purging, and expelhng, and affimlla:e, Foo ' an F thefe Reprefentatioos,do anwhatf'? ever tt canfo; ~~·nve:~- ;:ion of Countries' by Co11queft; f wer, 10 matter o 0 '?'' h tio uiih extirpate and exwher. e the Conquering State, dot ed ~hich it findeth {o con-ulfe any part of the State Conqmr , c 1 · P ' -. 1 and convert it_, And thererore, eavtng trary, as 1t cannot a !er, onel of Natt~rall Vnim:u. violent V~ionr, w~.wtll c1fn~de~hich {b'e befi: obfer1,ers, in Na.Jure, The Difference ts exce e~ ' ; io. P1Jttin to ether, and do take, between Comfofl.tto' and MC ift. ' .n.· gof \odies in . [· . Th e bemg but a on JUDl-Lton ' ' Mmg r."?. · · e ~n ' . d C (4 nt . The one the Mo"" lace the other In Quahry, an on c · ' d tpher ~f Seditio~ and Alteration, The other' ofCPea~e' an - ' nnttnuance. ~ ~i.[c~~J!:!_ oj'_the Vnion, of Engl~n-~~ and S~·ot1and._ Continuance: The one, rather a con(~tjion, then an Vnio11, the other,properly,an 'l.)nion. Therefore, we fee,thofe Bodies, which they call JmpcrjefJe mijice, bfi: not, but ar.e fpeedily difiolved. For qke, for Example, Snow or Froath, whtch are Compqfitiolti, of Air, andWater 3 And in them, ·you may b~hold, how eafily they fever, and diflolve, the Water j doling together, and excluding th~ Air. So thofe three Bodies, which the Alchymijl:r do fo much cdebrate, as the three Principles of 1hings; That is to fav; Earth, Water, and Oyl; (which it ple::tfeth them to term, Salt, Mereu. rJ, and sztlphur;) we fee, if they be united, onel y, by Compojitimt, or putting together, how weakly, and rudely, they dd incorpor3te: For ff7rLter, and Earth, maketh, but an unperfetl: ilime: An'f:l if they be forced tog ether, by Agitation, yet upon a little fetling, the Eartb refideth in the Bot tome. So fVatr.r, and oyl, though by Agitation, it be brought into an Oi1ttfneht, yet after a little fetling, the Oil will float on the Top: So as fuch ImperfellJ14ijl1tresJ continue no longer, then they are forced; And fiilJ, in-the end) the worthiefi getteth above. . But otherwife it is, ofperft& Mijhtrer. For we fee,thefe three Bodiqs, of Earth, Water, and Oil, when they are joyned, in ave~ getable, or lldinerall, they are fo united, as without great fubtilty of Art, and Force of ExtratJion, they c:mnot be feparated, and redtfced, into the fame jimple Bodie~, again. So as the Difference, between compojitio, and .Adiflio) clearly fet down, is this: That Compofi'tio, is the Joyning, or putting together, of Bodiu, without a new Form; And Mijiio, is the Joyning, or putting together, of Bodies, under a new Form. For rhe new Form,is ConJ.· mune Finatl111n: And without that the old Forms, will be at Strife, and Difcord. Now to reflect, th!s Light of Nature, upon Matter, ofE.ftate: There hath been, put in practife, in Government, thefe two !everail kinds, of Pol/icy in Vniting. and Conjo)'nin,g, of Statu, and Kingdomi: The one to retain the ancient Form, frill fevered,and onely conjoyned in Sover4ignty: The o.ther, to fuperinduce a new Form, agreeable, and convenient, to the entire Fflate. The former o f thefe,hath been more u fualJ,and is more Eafie; but the latter is more Happy. For if a Iv1an,do attentively revolve,Hijlo ries of all Nations, and judge truly thereupon, he will make this Conrlujion: That there was never any Statu,that were good Co11.t. mixtures, but the Romans. Which, becau(e it was the befi: State of the u·orld, and is the befr Example of this roint, we wil1 chiefly infifi thereupon. In the Antiquitin of Rome, Virgil/ bringeth· in Jupiter, by way of Ordcle, or PrediCiion, fpeaking of the ~fixture, of the Troja1u, and the ltalianJ. Dd 8ermone1J1 |