. 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. ll of the Pig clofcd, and the Pig hath alittle after gone certain it is, that an Eye upon Revenge, hath been thruft forth, fo asithanged a pretty diftanee by the Vifual Netve; and during thattime, the Eyehath been without any power of Sight; and yet after (being replaced; re-covered Sight. Now the Spirits are chiefly in the Head, and Cells of theBrain, which in Men and Beafts are large; and therefore, when the Head
. 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. ll of the Pig clofcd, and the Pig hath alittle after gone certain it is, that an Eye upon Revenge, hath been thruft forth, fo asithanged a pretty diftanee by the Vifual Netve; and during thattime, the Eyehath been without any power of Sight; and yet after (being replaced; re-covered Sight. Now the Spirits are chiefly in the Head, and Cells of theBrain, which in Men and Beafts are large; and therefore, when the Head isoff, they move little or nothing: But Birds have fmall Heads and there-fore the spirits are a little more difperfed in the Sinews, whereby Motion re-maineth in them a little longer ; infomuch, as it is extant in ftory, that anEmperor of Rome, to mew the certainty of his hand, did (hoot a great ForkedArrow at an Efirich, as flie ran fwiftly upon the Stage, andftrokeoffherHead • and yet me continued the race a little way with her Head off. Asfor Worms, and Flies, and Eels, the Spirits are diffufed almoft all over j andtherefore they move in their feveral NATURAL ?
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