medicine_n have_v sufficient_o explain_v themselves_o upon_o this_o subject_a and_o the_o difficulty_n they_o have_v leave_v therein_o give_v every_o man_n the_o liberty_n to_o propose_v his_o conjecture_n in_o order_n to_o the_o clear_n up_o of_o a_o thing_n so_o obscure_a and_o so_o intricate_a art_n 1._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o spirit_n without_o engage_v ourselves_o upon_o a_o exact_a disquisition_n of_o the_o element_n whereof_o body_n be_v compose_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n both_o certain_a and_o sensible_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o part_n which_o enter_v into_o the_o composition_n of_o all_o mix_a body_n of_o those_o part_n some_o be_v subtle_a active_a and_o volatile_a other_o gross_a passive_a and_o heavy_a and_o the_o three_o be_v moist_a as_o be_v design_v to_o join_v together_o those_o two_o so_o opposite_a extreme_n for_o they_o have_v somewhat_o of_o the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o first_o and_o of_o the_o grossness_n of_o the_o other_o and_o 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the_o blood_n which_o be_v so_o reduce_v into_o fume_n shall_v not_o be_v condense_v and_o reassume_v a_o kind_n of_o body_n they_o will_v be_v immediate_o dissipate_v and_o whereas_o this_o must_v be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o be_v the_o most_o subtle_a and_o most_o pure_a portion_n thereof_o there_o will_v not_o be_v make_v any_o new_a generation_n if_o nature_n have_v not_o find_v out_o a_o mean_n to_o condense_a these_o vapour_n by_o the_o coolness_n of_o the_o air_n which_o be_v continual_o attract_v by_o the_o lung_n thence_o it_o come_v that_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n of_o continue_v long_o without_o respiration_n in_o regard_n that_o all_o part_n of_o the_o body_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o continual_a influence_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v requisite_a the_o heart_n shall_v continual_o repair_v they_o and_o that_o can_v be_v do_v without_o respiration_n for_o the_o reason_n we_o give_v before_o art_n 4._o a_o objection_n against_o the_o precedent_a 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be_v mix_v therewith_o pass_n and_o insinuate_v itself_o into_o the_o heart_n and_o artery_n through_o the_o pore_n of_o the_o vessel_n hence_o it_o come_v that_o animal_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o air_n which_o they_o respire_v and_o hypocrates_n affirm_v that_o the_o most_o sudden_a nourishment_n be_v wrought_v by_o odour_n but_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n happen_v by_o chance_n and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o design_n of_o nature_n and_o as_o to_o the_o cool_a or_o refreshment_n which_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o air_n it_o be_v not_o intend_v to_o moderate_v the_o excess_n of_o the_o heat_n but_o for_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o we_o before_o which_o be_v common_a to_o fire_n and_o the_o spirit_n for_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o air_n condense_v the_o exhalation_n which_o shall_v be_v inflame_v it_o gather_v they_o together_o and_o hinder_v their_o rarefaction_n and_o dispersion_n and_o therefore_o when_o it_o be_v very_o cold_a the_o fire_n be_v the_o more_o violent_a and_o scorch_a in_o regard_n the_o matter_n of_o the_o flame_n suffer_v a_o great_a contraction_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n diminish_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o fire_n in_o regard_n it_o rarefy_v and_o disperse_v the_o exhalation_n which_o feed_v it_o not_o but_o that_o the_o air_n do_v moderate_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o heart_n when_o it_o be_v violent_a but_o that_o be_v not_o the_o main_a end_n at_o which_o nature_n aim_v it_o be_v only_o a_o slender_a service_n and_o convenience_n which_o she_o derive_v by_o the_o by_o from_o her_o principal_a design_n but_o however_o it_o be_v this_o be_v certain_a that_o after_o the_o blood_n which_o come_v out_o of_o the_o right_a ventricle_n have_v traverse_v the_o lung_n it_o be_v discharge_v into_o the_o left_a where_o it_o may_v be_v say_v it_o be_v return_v into_o the_o furnace_n and_o be_v stir_v and_o agitate_a afresh_o and_o where_o it_o be_v more_o subtle_a part_n be_v so_o refine_v that_o they_o 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commodious_a way_n find_v than_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o artery_n which_o ever_o and_o anon_o excite_v and_o awaken_v the_o spirit_n which_o be_v intermix_v with_o the_o blood_n for_o that_o humour_n be_v gross_a and_o heavy_a there_o will_v have_v be_v some_o danger_n of_o its_o smother_n they_o by_o its_o weight_n if_o that_o miraculous_a resort_n which_o give_v a_o continual_a motion_n to_o the_o arterial_a blood_n shall_v not_o hinder_v that_o disorder_n hence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o artery_n always_o accompany_v the_o great_a vein_n that_o their_o agitation_n may_v excite_v the_o â—_z which_o be_v mix_v with_o the_o blood_n the_o lesser_a vein_n stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o that_o attendance_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o small_a quantity_n of_o humour_n which_o they_o contain_v as_o such_o as_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o hinder_v their_o motion_n and_o in_o those_o animal_n which_o have_v no_o blood_n that_o motion_n be_v neither_o so_o sensible_a nor_o so_o necessary_a in_o regard_n the_o humour_n there_o be_v more_o subtle_a and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v only_a serosity_n which_o be_v in_o a_o more_o easy_a subjection_n to_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v therefore_o the_o principal_a intention_n of_o nature_n to_o bestow_v motion_n on_o the_o heart_n in_o order_n to_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o spirit_n yet_o with_o this_o precaution_n that_o it_o hinder_v not_o but_o that_o she_o may_v employ_v it_o to_o other_o use_n for_o as_o a_o frugal_a and_o provident_a housewife_n she_o make_v that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o her_o main_a design_n to_o be_v subservient_fw-fr also_o to_o other_o convenience_n which_o be_v it_o not_o for_o that_o she_o may_v have_v be_v without_o upon_o this_o account_n be_v it_o that_o she_o employ_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o subtilise_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o force_v away_o the_o impurity_n that_o be_v therein_o to_o moderate_v the_o heat_n thereof_o which_o may_v become_v excessive_a and_o to_o force_v the_o spirit_n to_o the_o extremity_n of_o the_o artery_n so_o to_o disperse_v the_o heat_n and_o vital_a virtue_n into_o all_o part_n now_o of_o all_o these_o employment_n there_o be_v certain_a advantage_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o absolute_o necessary_a since_o all_o this_o be_v do_v in_o many_o animal_n without_o any_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n art_n 6._o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v move_v for_o three_o end_n to_o resume_v our_o discourse_n of_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n we_o say_v before_o that_o it_o be_v design_v for_o the_o communication_n of_o the_o vital_a heat_n to_o all_o the_o part_n to_o convey_v into_o they_o the_o blood_n whereby_o they_o be_v to_o be_v nourish_v and_o to_o translate_v the_o humour_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o as_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o passion_n in_o crisis_n and_o upon_o such_o other_o occasion_n as_o to_o the_o first_o it_o will_v be_v no_o hard_a matter_n to_o prove_v it_o for_o it_o be_v general_o 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humour_n which_o be_v move_v in_o the_o body_n now_o after_o we_o have_v thorough_o examine_v all_o the_o ressort_n and_o instrument_n which_o nature_n may_v make_v use_n of_o to_o that_o purpose_n it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o she_o can_v employ_v any_o other_o than_o the_o spirit_n art_n 9_o that_o the_o blood_n be_v not_o attract_v by_o the_o fibre_n we_o shall_v not_o here_o bring_v any_o thing_n upon_o the_o stage_n concern_v attraction_n though_o it_o be_v the_o only_a mean_n whereby_o the_o ancient_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v to_o be_v wrought_v inasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v a_o imaginary_a motion_n which_o oppose_v reason_n and_o experience_n nor_o indeed_o can_v it_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v do_v but_o two_o way_n to_o wit_n either_o by_o some_o boay_n which_o touch_v the_o blood_n bring_v and_o draw_v it_o to_o it_o or_o by_o some_o magnetic_a virtue_n which_o may_v be_v in_o the_o part_n and_o spread_v itself_o into_o the_o vessel_n 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