. 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. the Skull of the Pig doled, and the Pig hath alittle after gone certain , that an Eye upon Revenge, hach been thruft forth, fo asithangcdaprccty diftanceby the Vifuil Nerve; and during thattim<, the Eyehath been without any power of Sight; and yet after (being replaced; Sight. Now the Sfmts are chiefly in the Head, and Cells of theBrain, which in Men and Beads are large; and therefore, when the H
. 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. the Skull of the Pig doled, and the Pig hath alittle after gone certain , that an Eye upon Revenge, hach been thruft forth, fo asithangcdaprccty diftanceby the Vifuil Nerve; and during thattim<, the Eyehath been without any power of Sight; and yet after (being replaced; Sight. Now the Sfmts are chiefly in the Head, and Cells of theBrain, which in Men and Beads are large; and therefore, when the Head isoff, thev move little or nothing : But Birds have fmall Heads and there-fore the Spiriti are a little more diiperfed in the Sinc-ws, whereby Motion re-maincth in them a little longer ; infomuch, as it is cxtantinftory, that anEmperor of Rome, to (hew the certainty of his hand, did flioot a great ForkedArrow atanf^rifA, as (he ran fwiftly upon the Stage, and (troke ofFhetHca^; and yet (he continued the race a little way with her Head off. Asfor Worms, andFlies, and Eels, l)^c Spirits are diffufed almoft all over; andtherefore they move in their feveral NATURAL 89
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