. Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. ftlU J&K\ NATURAL HISTORY Century T is certain, That all Bodies whatfoever, though theyhave no Senfe, yet they have Perception: For whenone Body is applied to another, there is akindc of Electi-on, to embrace that which is agreeable, and to excludeor expel that which is ingrate: And whether the Bodybe alterantor altered5evermorfc a Perception precedethOperation» for clfe all Bodies would be alike one to an-other. And fo
. Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. ftlU J&K\ NATURAL HISTORY Century T is certain, That all Bodies whatfoever, though theyhave no Senfe, yet they have Perception: For whenone Body is applied to another, there is akindc of Electi-on, to embrace that which is agreeable, and to excludeor expel that which is ingrate: And whether the Bodybe alterantor altered5evermorfc a Perception precedethOperation» for clfe all Bodies would be alike one to an-other. And fometimes this Perception in fome kindeof Bodies is far more fubtilthen the Senfe j fo that the Senfe is but a dull thingin comparifon of it. We lee a ffeather-glaf will findc the lead difference ofthe Weather in Heat or Cold, vrhen Men finde it not. Andthis Perceptionalfois fometimes atdiftance, as well as upon the touch; as when the Load-ftone draweth Iron, or Flame fireth Naphtha of Babylon is therefore a fubjecr of a very Noble Enquiry, toenquireof the more fubtilPerceptions \ for it is another Key to open Nature, as well as the Stnfe, andfometimes better: And befides, it is apri
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