the sight because it withdraws a very great plenty of spirits from the eyes thence comes it that the Tunicles of the eyes become very hard and wrinkled and the passages less pervious XX. The Fibres of the Tunicles of the Eyes become more opake upon the diminution of perspiration thence the sight is made through very small spaces such as are those in lattices Spectacles unite the objects into a point that they may be distinctly seen through one single space XXI By immoderate Coition the natural heat is diminish'd by the diminution of the heat there comes a diminution of the Perspiration from the diminution of the Perspiration proceed Flatulency and Palpitation XXII Immoderate Coition requires little meat and that of good nutriment XXIII Coition heats the liver and reins because the excited heat exhales not but it cools the stomach the brain and the heart because it is wholly excited through the more open passages and the innate heat is thereupon in some part dissolved XXIV Hence it comes that immoderate coition causes choler in the Liver a painful aking in the Reins a crude humour in the stomach a catarrhe in the Brain and palpitation and a syncope in the heart XXV If the meat a man eats after immoderate coition beget flatulency as Oysters and new wine they are pernicious for they hinder the body from being reduc'd to its usual weight XXVI Coition is more hurtful to lean persons because they are the more heated and the more refrigerated XXVII Immoderate coition does immediately make the body more light though it afterwards obstruct perspiration for it is a vehement motion of the body and mind of the body because there is a concussion of all the members of the mind because that which makes a conjunction between the body and the mind is loosned to wit the vital spirit XXVIII If a disturbance in sleeping succeeds coition the substraction made by coition is greater than the addition of the vital spirit made by sleep XXIX After the immoderate use of Venery sleep attracts crudities to the heart the consequences whereof are a languishing faintness an obstruction of perspiration and augmentation of weight XXX Old men by the use of moderate coition become more ponderous and more cold but young men more light and more hot XXXI Coition in young men corroborates the Animal vital and natural heat it drives out the Animal heat by motion and excites the sluggish natural heat by the evacuation of that which is superfluous and the vital by alacrity XXXII More plentiful feeding than is usual to a man after immodederate coition would destroy him if there ensu'd not some corruption of the meat XXXIII When a man is to use coition he should eat little or nothing when he is to eat he should be very moderate in coition or quite forbear it XXXIV If after excessive coition there be no weariness felt it is an ill sign The case is the same as happens in distracted persons by the inflamed spirits which by drying in a short space corroborate the nerves and tendons but a while after the generation of the spirits is abated and the strength is immediately remitted APHORISMS Added by the Author XXXV COition excited by nature is good excited by the mind is hurtful to the mind and memory XXXVI In weak persons the weight of the body is augmented by coition because they perspire the less XXXVII Insatiable coition obstructs perspiration because it abates the strength whence the body becomes more ponderous unless a loosness of the belly ensue XXXVIII Immoderate coition occasions a great detriment by calefaction and exsiccation but if the heat be recruited by insensible perspiration and the drought by aliment none at all XXXIX The agitation of the body in coition like that of Dogs does more hurt than the emission of the seed for the latter wearies only the internal parts the other tires all the nerves and entrails XL. The use of coition after meat and standing is hurtful after meat it diverts the office of the entrails standing it diverts the muscles and diminishes their beneficial perspiration XLI After motion coition is unwholesome after meat not so much after sleep it is most wholesome of all XLII Coition heats the liver and cools the stomach from the stomach proceeds a crude moisture from the liver choler whence proceeds that kind of choler which is called Porracea being of a colour resembling that of a Leek The remedy is a slender diet and a free perspiration OF THE AFFECTIONS OF THE MIND SECT VII Aphorism I. AMongst the affections of the mind Anger and alacrity render mens bodies lighter Fear and Sadness more ponderous And the rest of the affections operate answerably to their participation of these II. In Grief and Fear that which is lighter perspires but what is more ponderous is left behind in Gladness and Anger there is a perspiration of both III. Hence it comes to pass that such as are subject to Fear and Grief are apt to be troubled with obstructions hardness of the parts and hypochondriacal affections IV. Such as are angry or joyful feel no weariness in travelling for their bodies easily perspire the gross matter which happens not when they are troubled with grief or fear V. The ponderous part of perspirable matter being more than usually retain'd in the body disposes a man to sadness and fear but the light part disposes him to gladness and anger VI. Nothing contributes more to freedom of respiration than satisfaction and consolation of mind VII By sadness and fear the members most full of moisture are easily indurated VIII Grief and fear obstruct the perspiration of the gross perspirable excrements and the obstruction of perspiration from what cause soever it proceeds causes grief and fear IX Grief if it continue long brings a coldness on the flesh for it hinders the exhalation of the gross portion of the perspirable matter X. Hence it comes that that feaver which a man falls into after much grief discovers it self in cold sweats and those many times mortal XI The acrimony of the perspirable matter which is retain'd by the means of grief is conveniently taken off by alacrity for pleasant humours are thereby diffus'd through the body and thereupon ponderosity and acrimony are taken off from it XII Anger and hope take away fear and joy taketh away sadness for a passion of the mind is overcome not by Medicines but by some contrary passion for contraries are under the same genus XIII It does not imply any contradiction to affirm that the retention of the perspirable matter in melancholy persons is cold and acrimonious or hot such are the Livers of Hydropical persons who are in Feavers to wit they are cold in respect of the natural heat and hot in respect of the adventitious XIV Diseases proceeding from melancholy and a close muddy air agree in this that they are immediately occasion'd by the grossness of the perspirable matter which is retain'd For grief does
strong perspiration XCIX If the pricking of a nerve be clos'd up with Milk Meal or any such thing the retain'd ichor becomes so sharp and corroding that the Patients die of Convulsions if the wound be not opened with Oyl C. Perspiration is beneficial in tumours if it be procur'd by things actually and potentially moist otherwise they turn to a scirrhus by dissolving the tenuious humour and leaving the gross CI. If any part of the body be full of blood or some other humour as it is observ'd in tumours and in the pleurisy it self it is not to be refrigerated because the matter being evacuated it is refrigerated of it self CII Hypochondriacal persons are recover'd of their Distemper if their bodies be made perspirable by frequent Bathings and be kept to moist diet CIII Insensible perspiration procur'd by fomentations in an unpurged body attracts more humours than it dissolves as appear'd in Simon 's case CIV Those bodies which insensibly perspire much are neither purg'd nor blooded as it is manifest in Children CV How come Lice to be generated Because the perspiration of the malignant ichor or thin matter is obstructed CVI. A Gangrene is prevented by those things that promote perspiration by those that promote suppuration it becomes a sphacelus that is when any part is mortify'd by inflammation CVII Why does the part affected with a Gangrene die Because the little arteries by reason of the redundancy of blood are not rais'd up 'T is remedied by sensible and insensible perspiration CVIII The most clammy humours in robust bodies make their way out through the narrowest passages as it is manifest by the Fatness voided by Urine as also by a mixture of Water and Hony injected into a wounded breast and consequently they must make their way through the insensible passages CIX By difflation as well the beneficial as the superfluous matter is evacuated but if after sleep strength and vigour be acquir'd the superfluous matter only is for the most part evacuated CX That difflation which is not sensibly perceiv'd is natural and is an argument of strength but sweating argues the contrary CXI If in the winter time any part of the body be very cold the whole does so far sympathize with it that the concoction and perspiration of the whole is thereby lessen'd CXII Swimming is more safe towards the evening in the morning the pores are stopped by the coldness of the water whence there is some danger of a Feaver CXIII If in the Summer time the body ly uncover'd the perspiration is obstructed whereupon ensue a drowsiness and heaviness of the Head and a bruised unweildiness of the body CXIV If the weight of the body be augmented in the space of five or six daies it is not to be taken off of a sudden but by degrees for abstinence from food if it be extraordinary hurts the Stomach the Brain and the Heart and after a while the whole body CXV In Autumn the weight of the body is augmented which if it exceed the standard of the Healthy latitude Tertians and other putrid Feavers are apt to be the consequences thereof CXVI Things that are extream cold in a violent Feaver if they be not heated prove mortal by reason of the difficulty of transpiration CXVII Nothing is more hurtful to malignant Ulcers than those things that hinder perspiration as fatness oyl wax CXVIII Of all the intermittent Feavers the Quotidian only is not without danger for Flegm is one of the chiefest things that obstruct perspiration CXIX If the perspiration be stop'd in the neck the sense of the pericranium is stupify'd as may be observ'd in persons walking in the wind and rain CXX Nothing is more apt to take away putrefaction than for one to use much Ventilation not only that which is procur'd by what is drawn in but also by what is evacuated through the insensible passages CXXI Refrigerations in acute diseases are symptoms of death as in Hermocrates for they take away perspiration CXXII After bathing the pores of the skin arâ— condens'd with oyl to the end that the alimental moisture being â—ttracted may not be dissolved In dangerous cases therefore use oyl to close and not to open the pores CXXIII And yet that course of diet which we least regard brings us to an old age great as that of Philip. CXXIV The Diaphragma or Midriff by contracting it self to its principle dilates the breast by that dilatation is inspiration wrought And by dilating it self it contracts the breast and by that contraction expiration is wrought CXXV But the Spincter or the Muscle that shuts the bladder by contracting it self to its principle closes the bladder and keeps in the Urine by spreading it self it dilates the bladder and emits the urine Of the Pestilence CXXVI THings infected with the plague communicate the infection as long as the next and remote causes remain but any one of those failing the poison ceases like the motion of a clock when upon the breaking of a Tooth in any one Wheel it is at a stand CXXVII We are not infected with the Plague by contact but by drawing in the pestiferous Air or the vapours arising from infected goods It happens thus the vital spirit is infected by the Air by such infection of the spirit the blood is congeal'd which last being fore'd outwards raises carbuncles black spots and Buboes if it remain within it causes death if it be quite expell'd we are past all danger CXXVIII If the whole infection be fore'd out into Carbuncles and Buboes 't is a good sign if not 't is mortal CXXIX We are not of our selves infected with the Plague but it is brought to us by others This is manifest by the experiment of such as are shut up in Nunneries CXXX Not all but much about the third part of mankind dies of the Pestilence That it is so may be seen by the experiment of those whose office it is to view the dead CXXXI They who conceive the blackness of the spots to be a sign of adustion are mistaken for many times aged men being internally and externally cold without any feaver depart this life in two days time with the same blackness but proceeding from a Thrombus or clots of blood CXXXII If a small quantity of blood by reason of the vital spirit 's being infected becomes a clot of blood and this last be wholly thrust out by buboes and carbuncles they are cur'd if it be not wholly forc'd out they die as in the black spots CXXXIII Consequent to this is it that they who have their ulcers and buboes open'd if the internal infection be wholly come out recover if not they die CXXXIV There are two ways to put a stop to the plague to wit that the sound be separated and that the infected may have place enough to air themselves There are two ways to do the latter to wit that they be not sent to places they abhor to come into and that their houshold stuff be not
happens that such as keep within doors as for example Women are not troubled with Coâ—â—hs Catarrhes or inflammations of the lungs LXI The City air is worse than that of the Country because it is more thick and not rarifi'd by the wind takes away the appetite OF MEAT and DRINK SECT III. Aphorism I. IF the Stomach fill'd with meat does while the body sleeps compleat the first concoction the perspiration of that night does commonly amount to forty ounces if it does not compleat it it comes to but about eighteen II. If the Stomach be quite empty and fasting though the party sleep he does not perspire above eighteen ounces III. A full body that does not concoct perspires much about the same rate as one in a manner fasting that has not any thing to concoct IV. Meats that are very nourishing mutton only excepted from supper over night to dinner the next day do not usually perspire above eighteen ounces V. Many who feed plentifully on meats of little nourishment may in the space of one night perspire above forty ounces VI. Those aliments which continue bodies in their usual weight are either those of very much nourishment or such as cause obstinate crudities VII Those which continue them in their usual lightness are such as they are accustomed to and easily evaporated VIII Mutton is easily concocted and vaporous for in a night's space it perspires one third part of a pound more than other meats and such as a man is accustomed to IX The meats which are made of leavened paste do not make bodies more ponderous for they perspire more easily than turneps X. A healthy person does insensibly exhale as much in the space of one day as he does by stool in a fortnight nay though he once every day evacuate the concocted and consistent faeces XI The full Stomach and the empty diminish the perspiration the full stomach diverts it by the corruption of meats the empty attracts it that it may be fill'd XII When the full Stomach does not compleat the concoction is discover'd by the weight for then the body perspires less but the empty stomach is fill'd with wind XIII Windiness is nothing else but an imperfect kind of perspirable matter XIV The robust person consumes his plentiful feeding by insensible perspiration one less robust by urine a weak person for the most part by the corruption of the chyle XV. When a man forbears supping the stomach being empty and no paroxysm pressing upon a man there is a retention of the perspirable matter and that being retain'd becomes sharp and thereupon the body is prepar'd for hot distempers XVI That abstinence from meat which reduces mens bodies to a lesser weight but withal such as is unusual to them is hurtful XVII Why are there some that die of Hunger if there be never any defect of blood in the living creature Because the blood making to the empty part of the belly forsakes the heart XVIII Undigested meat not only as to its quantity but also as to its quality makes the body more ponderous inasmuch as it hinders Perspiration XIX When any one seems to himself lighter than he is and yet is not so 't is a very good sign for this proceeds from the Juices of the three Concoctions exactly digested XX. When there is a lightness and agility of the body felt for a whole day together it argues there preceeded a concoction of the chyle and blood and that the Dregs as it were of the third concoction are almost evacuated XXI Undigested meat the more full of nourishment it is is so much the worse either because it causes a greater weight or a worse corruption XXII The body is rendred most light by the corruption of meat for all the liquid excrements are of great weight XXIII The use of Swines-flesh and Mushrooms is hurtful as well because these do not perspire as because they suffer not other meats eaten with them to perspire XXIV Upon the eating of Swines-flesh and Mushrooms the body commonly perspires less than it is wont by a third part of a pound XXV Melons perspire so little that they abate about a fourth part of the usual perspiration XXVI That retention of the perspiration caused by Melons is evacuated by Urine or Sweating XXVII Grapes and green Figs perspire but little and somewhat hinder the perspiration of other meats haply because they are sensibly evacuated XXVIII That kind of food does perspire best of all and conveniently nourishes whose weight is not felt in the belly XXIX Plentiful feeding is more hurtful in a sedentary and idle person than in one that is employ'd for the entrails are made heavy by rest but are eas'd of their weight by exercise XXX The body perspires best after that meat whose faeces are emitted in a certain consistency XXXI Chickens-flesh shall be of less nourishment than a Lettice if a man eat so plentifully thereof as that it cannot be evacuated otherwise than by the way of liquid faeces XXXII By ponderation you will find out when fasting conduces to your Health and when it does not it will be healthful if there be any thing of the precedent day's refection left to be perspir'd if there be not it will be unhealthful XXXIII When the body is reduc'd by diet to a weight below the lesser standard of its healthy weight what it loses of its strength is irrecoverable But that there is a lesser and greater weight in reference to Health you will find by the LXIV Aphorism of the first Section and by the XL. of this third XXXIV If thou canst but find out every day what quantity of meat is convenient for thee thou wilt know how to preserve thy vigour and life a long time and that thou wilt discover by the same Aphorism XXXV The strength of nature is not a little impair'd when a man's supper amounts sometimes to four pound sometimes to six XXXVI That is the most healthful proportion of meat when after eating the body performs whatever it has to do with the same agility as if it were fasting XXXVII The body also is much more burthen'd by eight pounds of meat eaten in a day at one meal than by ten pounds taken in the same space of time at three several meals XXXVIII That quantity of meat is the most wholsom for every man which may without any trouble be overcome by the concoctive faculty and that is done if so much be consum'd as is receiv'd into the body for these things will be discover'd by ponderation XXXIX That quantity of meat is to be receiv'd into the body which nature is able to concoct digest and perspire XL. If nature could digest a hundred pound weight of meat and there be given but ninety nine pounds the animal would upon that account be destroy'd in process of time XLI Then will meats of good nutriment and juice promise thee a long continuance of health when the quantity of perspiration is in the mean
are two kinds of exercises one of the body the other of the mind that of the body evacuates the sensible excrements that of the mind the insensible rather and especially those of the heart and brain where the mind is seated XV. An excessive rest of the mind does more obstruct perspiration than that of the body XVI The exercises of the mind which most conduce to the cheering up of the spirits are anger sudden joy fear and sorrow XVII Mens bodies resting in bed and agitated with a vehement motion of the mind for the most part become more faint and less ponderous than if there be a tranquillity of mind with a violent motion of the body as it happens at Tennice or any game at Ball. XVIII By immoderate exercise the excrements of the first and second concoction are for the most part dispers'd through the compass of the whole body and therefore the belly is hardned yet are the bodies made lighter because the insensible evacuation is much greater than the excretion of the sensible excrements made by the belly XIX Violent exercise of mind and body renders bodies of lighter weight hastens old age and threatens untimely death for according to the Philosopher those persons that are exercis'd dye sooner than such as are not XX. Violent exercise takes off from a body fill'd with meat or crude humours a less than usual weight of the sensible excrements of the insensible almost nothing at all XXI By exercise the body perspires less by sleep more and the belly is more loosned XXII Frictions and cupping-glasses in bodies full of crudities obstruct perspiration XXIII Then is exercise most wholsome when after the compleating of the first and second concoction the body is reduc'd twice in a day before meat to its usual weight XXIV Swimming immediately after violent exercise is hurtful for it very much obstructs perspiration XXV Violent exercise in a place where the wind blows is hurtful XXVI From the wind proceeds a difficulty of respiration from the motion acrimony XXVII Riding relates more to the perspirable matter of the parts of the Body from the waste upwards than downwards but in riding the amble is the most wholsom the trot the most unwholsom pace XXVIII Waftage in Sedan or Horse-litter as also going by water does not so much dispose bodies to due perspiration as walking XXIX The motion of a Boat and Litter if it be continu'd long is most wholsom for then only it does wonderfully dispose the body to due perspiration XXX Riding in a Coach or Chariot is the most violent of any way for it does not only cause the unconcocted perspirable matter to exhale out of the body but also offends the solid parts of the body and particularly the Reins XXXI Leaping does at first attract the strength inwards then impetuously forces it to the external parts and with a certain violence expells the concocted matter together with the unconcocted XXXII The exercise of the Top consisting of moderate and violent motion to wit walking and the agitation of the Arms promotes perspiration XXXIII Moderate dancing without any capering or jumping comes near the commendation of moderate walking for it moderately expels the concocted perspirable matter APHORISMS Added by the Author XXXIV WHen there is a defect of perspiration in sound bodies it is remedy'd by exercise XXXV By immoderate exercise the Fibres are hardned whence followes old age which is an universal hardness of the Fibers this hardness by condensating the passages obstructs the heat softness by keeping them open causes length of life XXXVI He who would have a youthful face long let him avoid sweating or perspiring too much through heat OF VENERY SECT VI. Aphorism I. TOO great abstinence from Venery and the immoderate use of it obstruct perspiration but the immoderate use of it does more obstruct it II. After immoderate coition the fourth part of the usual perspiration is commonly obstructed in most persons III. The mischiefs occasion'd by immoderate Coition do mediately depend on the hindrance of Perspiration immediately on the hurt done to the concoctive faculties IV. We find that Coition hath done good if after the subsequent sleep there be no weariness felt nor any alteration be made of the body as to Gravity or Levity V. The continual thoughts of venereous persons do sometimes make their bodies heavier sometimes lighter heavier if they give way to them upon a full Stomach lighter if upon an empty one VI. After immoderate Coition with a woman whom a man had long desir'd to enjoy weariness is not presently felt for the satisfaction of the mind does then promote the Perspiration of the heart and augments its strength whence it comes that in such a person what is lost is the sooner recruited VII If those persons who have a great inclination to Venery do forbear the exercise of it there presently follows an agility of body because such perspire so much the better VIII Immoderate coition oce sions the Perspiration of Crudities which afterwards causes a Chilness over the whole body IX These are the signs that coition hath not been hurtful Urine equally concocted as before Agility of body a more easy Respiration and the same weight of the body still continuing yet with an observance of the same diet as to quantity and quality X. The present inconvenience of immoderate Coition is the Refrigeration of the Stomach the consequent to that obstructed Perspiration whence proceed Palpitations in the eye-brows and Joints and afterwards in the principal members XI Coition in the Summer is more hurtful than at other times not by reason of the greater Perspiration of the body but because the concoction being less that which is lost is with greater difficulty recruited XII In the act of Venery there is much crude matter perspir'd and if it continue long the crudities are transfer'd from the centre to the Circumference of the body obstructions ensue and thereupon the belly becomes costive XIII The greater Propension a man has to the act of Venery the less hurtful is the immoderate exercise of it to him XIV The detriment of immoderate Coition is particularly discover'd after the subsequent sleep for then it is found by statical Experiments that the Perspiration was obstructed and the meat ill-digested as also that the Stomach was much prejudic'd XV. Coition is commonly hurtful to the first concoction first by repressing the forwardness of Perspiration afterwards by converting the meat into a crude quality XVI He who uses Coition without any Emission of seed is so much the less weakened But if he again use the same exercise the next day and emit what had been prepar'd the day before he is so much the less weakened XVII They who in the time of Coition purposely forbear the Emission of seed are apt to be troubled with a swelling of the testicles for the seed is imperspirable XVIII Immoderate Coition next to the Stomach is prejudicial to the eyes XIX Immoderate Coition is hurtful to
intrinsecally obstruct the excretion of the gross matter and the muddy air does it extrinsecally XV. They who carry grief along with them to their beds perspire so much the less that night and the next day their bodies continue more than usually ponderous XVI In venereous meditations the gross part of the perspirable excrements is with grief retain'd which part upon the evaporation of the subtile becomes yet more gross and more cold If this be pent up together it causes an almost invincible coldness in the head and a hardly curable palpitation in the heart or other members XVII Melancholy is two ways overcome either by a free perspiration or some continual satisfaction of the mind XVIII If mens bodies become lighter after grief than after joy it must of necessity happen either by reason of a less quantity of meat or by that of their more transpirable quality XIX The consolation of the mind from whatsoever cause it proceeds opens the passages and very much promotes perspiration XX. ' f after anger there immediatey ensue some consolation of the mind or the contrary happen mens bodies allowing an equal proportion of aliment are lighter the next day than they would be if only anger or joy had continu'd XXI As there is a sudden period put to some great pleasure by a small evacuation of seed so all other immoderate affections of the mind may be abated and taken off by some evacuation of the perspirable matter XXII Fear and grief as we find by statical experiments are taken off by the evacuation of the gross perspirable excrements anger and alacrity by that of the tenuious XXIII If any one find himself in a merry jocund humour without any cause it proceeds from a greater freedom of perspiration and his body will be found â—he next day of less weight XXIV Moderate joy insensibly evacuates what is superfluous immoderate joy both what is superfluous and what is beneficial XXV Moderate joy assists the concoctive faculties for nature not being burthen'd with that which is superfluous does much better perform her functions XXVI Unexpected joy is more hurtful than that which is look'd for For it does not only excite the evacuation of the excrements of the third concoction but also the exhalation of the vital spirits but the expected joy promotes only that of the excrements XXVII Joy and anger take off from the body what makes it more ponderous and what renders it more light Grief and fear take away only what makes it more light but what makes it more ponderous is left behind XXVIII A continual gladness for many daies together hinders sleep and renders a man weaker XXIX If any one after moderate joy finds himself lighter it does not proceed principally from the evacuation of the whole body but from that of the heart and brain whence what is evacuated is least of all as to quantity and greatest as to vertue XXX Those aliments which open and facilitate perspiration produce joy those that obstruct it grief XXXI Parsley and other aliments that are opening induce joy Pulse fat meat and other things which incrassate and presently fill the cavities of the passages cause grief XXXII If the cavities of the passages be evacuated and afterwards presently fill'd it was rightly said of Hippocrates that evil passions of the mind are generated XXXIII To those who are subject to anger immoderate exercise is very hurtful for their passages are immediately empty'd and with much violence are fill'd up again Whence it came that Hippocrates forbad Cholerick persons to use frictions and wrastling XXXIV In a person who uses no exercise of body or mind the passages are not empty'd nor are there any evil passions of the mind contracted XXXV A body lying all along does perspire more and becomes of less weight if the mind be vehemently active than if the body were in a very swift motion and the mind were idle XXXVI The shifting of the body from one place to another makes a longer alteration of the body than of the mind it self XXXVII The passions of the mind are concern'd about the internal subject which rather moves than is moved inasmuch as it is least as to quantity and greatest as to Vertue like the sperm of man and by the disposal thereof in several manners is the origine of Perspiration or Ponderosity and Lightness XXXVIII Those bodies which perspire more than usually not occasion'd by any motion of the body but through some vehement agitation of the mind are with greater difficulty reduc'd to their usual and healthy Perspiration XXXIX An immoderate affection of the mind is more hurtful than an immoderate motion of the body XL. The body would pine away and be destroy'd through idleness were it not for the motion of the mind but the contrary cannot be affirm'd XLI A vehement motion of the mind differs from a vehement motion of the body the latter is taken off by rest and sleep the former by neither rest nor sleep XLII Let those forbear gaming whose thoughts are altogether upon winning because if they always have good fortune out of excessive joy they will hardly sleep in the night and in time will find the want of the exhalation of the concocted perspirable matter XLIII A moderate victory is more wholsome than a glorious one XLIV Study is longer endur'd in a vicissitude of the affections of the mind than if it be without affection or without any change of affections for Perspiration becomes more moderate and more wholsome XLV Study without any affection hardly endures an hour with any one affection hardly four hours with vicissitude of affections as at Dice at which kind of gaming men feel one while the joy for winning another sadness for losing it may continue night and day XLVI In all Study continual sadness disturbs the good constitution of the heart and excess of gladness hinders sleep for every excess is destructive to nature XLVII They who are sometimes merry sometimes sad sometimes angry sometimes timorous have a more healthful perspiration than they who continue in one and the same though that a constantly-good affection XLVIII Gladness makes the Diastole and the Systole more easy grief and sadness render them more difficult TO THE STATICOMASTIX SECT VIII Aphorism I. THE Staticomastix while he attributes the cure of diseases to the position of the Heavens Paralogizes by assigning a more common cause than he needed to have done II. The fool first denies yet afterwards admits Staticks or Ponderation affirming that there is a diversity of weight in a guilty person and an innocent In like manner he first denies that the spirits of Swine are light and afterwards he would have their getting up to any place to proceed from the lightness of their spirits III. He who is experienc'd in Staticks knows the weight of the excrements though he neither see them nor weigh them He weighs the body before and again after all evacuation what is deficient is their weight And so