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Rosie Crucian phyfick:

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Finding ray labors have found fuch kind acceptance, & fmh
good entertainment amongft my honeflt Countrey- men } it
hathincouragedme this feventh time to write for their benefit,
& although this book may prove fruitlefs to many becaufe not
underftood, nor regarded^ yet fome few may be of that fpirit,
za to comprehend it &imbraeeit,if not openly profefs it, yet
fecretly believe it, for upon ray foul it is truth, written in love
to thofe that are afflicted with tbefe diftempers, commonly cal-
led New Difeafes.: And I have taken up the Cudgils in defence of
ray Prcdeceflbr Dr.Cvlpepper, intending to amend his deficien-
cy in point of Art, or better to finifh where he left off: Heber
fieged the Difeafe*, & I hope I fhal florm them , & caufc the E-
nemy toflyoryeeld to my medicines ^ which medicines the
Colledgeif they pleafe may ufe for the good health of poorc
Chriftians.

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out fome faults: There is not a writer in the world, but if Cri-
tical fools will^hajmay find forr.e fault or other with his wri-
tings to carp at. Every man may look into hirafelf before bede-
fpifes another-, and whofoevcr he be, let him cither allow or a-
mend anothers writing: I fear no mans rafti cenfurc, nor will I
plead for the Corrector and Compofitbr, the ingenuous have
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^» Apologue for an Epilogue.

I Shall here tel you what Rofie Crucians are , and that
Mofes was their Father , and he was 0* a^ fome fay
they were of the order of Elias, fome fay the Difci-
ples of Ezekiel , others define them to be 'rmtyw n mvnyi-

mf ; />. The Officers of the Generalifimo of the world,
that arc as the eyes and cares of the great King,feeing &
hearing all things;rthey arc Seraphically illuminated, as
Mofes was according to this order of the Elements , earth
refin'd to water, water to air, air to fire 5 foofa man
to be one of the Heroes of a Herosy a D£mon , or good ge-
nius, of a genius,* partaker of Divine things,and a com*-
panion of the holy company of unbodied fouls and im-
mortall Angels , and according to their vehicles , a vcr-
fatile life , turning themfelves Proteus -UVc into any
fhapc.

But there is yet arguments toprot&rfle Mr. wdfeord,
2iVL&'f&FAlliams->Ro[ie Crucians by clc^ion, and that is
the miracles that were done by them , in j^iy fight; for rn^
it fhould feemc Rojie Crucians were not only initiated '
into the Mofaicall Theory, but have arrived alio to the
power of working miracles as Mopes^lias^ EzekieUnd
the fucceeding Prophets did,as being tran/porred where
they pleafe,as Habakkuk was from I ewry to Babylon or as
Philip after he had baptized the Enuch to status , and
one of thefc went from me to a friend ofmine in Deio/i-
fiire " and came and brought me an anfwer to London
the fame day , which is four dayes journey, they taught

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me excellent predictions ofAftrologie and earthquakes
they (lack the plague in Cjtyes ^ they filence the violent
winds and tcmpefts -y they calme the rage of the Sea
and rivers ^ they walk in the Air , they fruftrate the
Malicious afpecl of Witches; they cure all diieafes ; I
defiredoneofthefe to tell me whether my complexion
were capable of the fociety of my good Genius £ when
I fee you again , faid he , I will tell you ( which is )
( when he pleafes to come to me, for I know not where
to go to him ) when I faw him then he faid Ye fhould
pray to God, for a good and holy man can offer no grea-
ter nor more acceptable facrificc to God, then the obla-
tion of himfelf, his foul.

He iaid.alfo that the good Genii are as the benigne eyes
of God, running to and troin the world, with love
and pitty beholding the innocent endeavours of harm -
lefs and fingle hearted men, ever ready to do them good,
and to help them ; and at his going away he bid mc be-
ware of my feeming friends who woulu do me all the
hurt they could , and caule the Governors of the Nati-
ons to be angry with me , and fet bounds to my liberty,
which truly hapned tome, as they did indeed : ma-
ny things more he told me before we parted, but I fhall
not name them here.

For this Rofie Crucian Phyfick or Mcdicines,I happily
and unexpectedly light upon in Arabia , which will
prove a reftauration of health to all that are affiidted wh .
that ficknefs, which we ordinarily cal natural,&all other
uifeafes , as the Gour,Dropfic5Leprofie,and falling fick-
nefs ; andthefemen may be faid to have no fmall in-
light in the body, and that walfoord, Williams, and o-
thersofthe Fraternity now living, may bear up in the
fame likely Equipage, with thofe noble Divine fpirits
their predecefsors, though the unskilfullnefs irf men
commonly acknowledge more of fupernaturall aflifcancc

in hot unfctled U. i< ies, and perplexed melancholy, then
in ihe calme and diiULft uie of reafon ^ yet tor mine
own part, but not without fubmiflion to better judge-
ments, 1 looke upon thefe %sfie Crucians above ail men
truly infpired, and more than any that profetTed or pre-
tended themselves (o , this (ixtecn hundred ycares i and
I am ravifhed with admiration of their miracles and
tranfeendent mechanicall inventions , for the falving
the Phenomena in the world -y I may without offence
therefore compare them with Bezdiel aud Aboliab-jLhofc
skilfull and cunning workers of the tabernacle , who, as
Mofes teftifies , were filled with the fpirit of God , and
therefore were of an excellent underftanding to find out
all manner of curious work.

Nor is it any more argument , that thefe Rope Cruci-
ans are not infpired , becaufe they do not fay they are;
then that others are infpired, becaufe they fay they arc;
which to me is no argument at all ; but the iuppreffion
ofwhatfohapned, would argue much more fobriety
6c modefty ; whenas the profeffion of it with fober men,
would be fufpe&ed of fome peice of melancholy aad
diftra&ion, efpecially in thefe things , where the grand
pleafure is the evidence and exercife of rcafon, not a
bare beliefe , or an ineffable fenfe of life , in refpedt
whereof there is no true chriftian but he is infpired ; but
if any more zealous pretender to prudence and righte-
oufnefs, wanting either leafure or ability to examine
thefe Rofie Crucian Medicines to the bottom {hall not-
withstanding either condemn them or admire them ; he
hath unbecemmingly and indifcreetly vetered out of his
own fphere,and/ cannot acquit him of injuftice or folly:
Nor am I a RofieCrucian ,nor do I fpeake of fpite or hope
of gain , or for any fuch matter 5 there is no caufe , God
knows, I envie no man , be he what he will be, / am no
phyfi dan, never was,nor never mean to be: what / am it

makes

makes no matter as to my profeffion.

Lafdy ,chefe holy and good men would have me know
that the greateft fwcet and perfection of a vertuous foul,
is the kindly accompli fhment of her own nature, in true
wifdom and divine love* and thefe miraculus things that
arc done by them are, that that worth and knowledge
that is in them may be taken notice of, and that God
thereby may be glorified whofe witnefles they are j but
no other happinefs accrues to them from this, but that
hereby they may be in a better capacity of makcing o-
ther snappy,

From my houfe in Spittle fields
next door to the red Lyon

this i o . of May, John Hey don.

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A New

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CHAP. I.
Of the Accurate StruBure of M*us hotly.

I Admire the goodnefs of God towards us in the
frame and ftru&ure of our bodies, the admi-
rable Artifice whereof, G*len, though a N a-
turalijl, was fo taken with, that he could not
but adjudge the honor of a hymn to the wife
Creator oHt. The continuance of the whole, and every
particular, isfo evident an Argument of exquifite skill in
the Maker, that if I fhouldpurfueall that futestomy pur-
pofe, it would amount to too large ( yet an entire J Volume.
I (hall therefore write all that is needful to be known by all
men, leaving the reft to befupply'd by Anatomists'. And I
rhink there is no man that hath any skill in that Art , but will
corifefs, the more diligently and accurately the frame of our
body is examined, it is found the more exquifitely conforma-
ble to our Rcafon, Judgement, and Defirej fo that fuppofing

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, Rofle Crucian P H Y S I C K.

the fame matter that our bodies are made of, if it had been
in our own power to have made our felves , we (hould have
framMourfelves no otherwife then we are : To inftance in
fome particulars^ A t in on ■ Eyes, the Number -, the Scituati-
•», the Fabrickoi them is fuch, that we can excogitate no-
thing to be added thereto, or to be altered, either lor their
beauty fifety, or ufefultefs -,b\it as for their beauty ,1 have trea-
ted largely of it in my youthful merry Poems.cV now am not
minded to tranferibe my tender nice fubject, and couple it
with my fever er ftilej I willonely note how fafely they are
guarded, mdfirfy framed out for the ufe they are intended :
The Brow and the Nofc faves them from harder ftrokes-, but
fuch a curious part as the Eye being necefiarily liable to mif-
chief from fmalleft matters , the fweat of the Forehead is
fenced off by thofe two Wreaths of Hair which we call the
Eye-brows^ and the Eye-lids are fortified with little ftirt bri-
dles, as with Pallifadoes, againft the aflaultof Flyes and
Gnats, and fuch like bold Animalcula-, befides, the upper-lid
prefently claps down, and is as good a Fence as a Port-Cullis
againft the importunity of the Enemy-, which is done'alfoe-
very night, whether there be any prefent aflault or no , as
if nature kept Garrifon in this Acropo/u of mans body, the
Hm^, andMookM that fuch Laws ihould be duly obferved, as
were mod for his fafcty.

And now for the ufe of the Eye , which is fight, it is evi-
dent that this Organ is fo exquifitely framed for that p»r-
pofe , that not the leaft 'curiofity can be added : For firfr,
the Humor and Tunicles are purely tranfparent to let in light,
and colours unfouid,and unsophisticated by any inward tin-
fiure. And then again, the parts of the Eye are made coh'
vex, that there might bea direction of many raies coming
from one point of the object, unto one point anfwerablein
the bottom of theeye^ to which purpofe the Chryftalline hw
mor is of great moment, and without which, the fight would
be very obfeure and weak. Thirdly, The Tunica uvea hath a
Mnfctthus Power, and can dilate and cqntrad that round
hole in it which is called the Pupil of the Eye, for the better
moderating the tranfrniflion of light. Fourthly, Theinfide

Rofie 'Crtid an PHYSICK. 3

of the uvea u bitched, like the Wall of a Tennis-Court,
the raies falling upon the Retina again; for fuch t repercufll-
on would make the fight more confufed. Fifthly, The 7V
McaJrachnoides twhichjnvzllops the Chrjflalline Humour ,by
vertue of ics Prcceffus CilUres% can thruft forward, or draw
back that precious ufeful part of the Eye, as the nearnefs or
diftanceof the objeds {hall require. Sixthly and laftly, The
Tunica Retina is white, for the better and more true recepti-
on of thefpeciesof things, (as they ordinarily call them )
as white paper is fitted to receive thofe Images into a dark
room i "nd the eye is already fo perfect, that I believe it is
not needful to fpeak anymore thereof j we being able to
move our head upwards and downwards , and on every fide,
might have unawares thought our felves fufficicntly well
provided for ; but Nature hath added Mufclesalfo to the
Eyes, that no perfection might be wanting •, for we have ofc
occafion to move our Eyes, our Heads being unmoved, as in
reading , and viewing more particularly any objed fet be-
fore us •, and that this may be done with more eafe and ac-
curacy, (he hath furniftied that Organ with no leffc then fx
feveral Mufclcs j and indeed, this framing of Mnfcles, not
onely in the Eye, but in the whole body, is admirable • for is
it not a wonder that even all our rlefh fhould be fo handfom-
ly formed and contrived into diftinct pieces, whofe rife and
infertions fhould be with fuch advantage that they do ferve
to move fome part of the body or other ? and that the parts
of our body are not moved onely fo conveniently as wil ferve
us ro walk and fubfift by, but that they are able to move e-
very way imaginable that will advantage us^ for we can fling
out Legs and Arms upwards and downwards, backwards.)
forwards, and round , as they that fpin , or would fpread a
Mole-hill with their feet. To fay nothing of Refpiration, the
conftriclionof the Diafhragme for the keeping down the
Guts, and fo en'arging the Thorax, that the Lungs may have
play, and theafliftanceof the inward interccftd Mufcles'm
deep fufpi rations, when we take more large gulps of aw* to
coo! our heart over-charsed with love or forrow; nor of th

curious Fsbrick of the Lair.ix, fo well fitted with Mufclcs for

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the modulation of the Voice, tunable fpcech , and delicious
fnging : You may adde to thefe the notable contrivance of
the Heart, its two ventrirfes,*nd its many v*Iv«U, fo fram'd
and fcituatcd, as is mod fit for the reception and tranfmifti-
on of the blood, and it's fent thence away warm to comfort
and cherifti the reft of the body-, for which purpofc alfo the
valvftU in the veins are made.

But we fee by experience that joj and grief procted not in
all men from the fame caufes, and that men differ very much
in the constitution of the body, whereby that which help-
eth and furthcreth vital conftitution in one , and is therefore
delightful, hindereth & crofTeth it in another, and therefore
caufeth grief. .The difference therefore of Wits, hath its origi-
nal from the different paflions,& from the ends to which the
appetite leadcth them. As for that difference which arifeih
from ficknefs, and fuch accidental diftempers, I have appoin-
ted them for the fecond Part of this Book, and therefore I
omit the fame as impertinent to this place , andconfider it
onely in fuch as have their health, perfc&ion of body , and
Organs well difpofed.

CHAP. II.

Of the perfection of the Body, and then of the Nature of the Sen-
fes-, of Delight, P*i», Lave , Hatred, fenfual Delight , and
Pains of the Bod), Joj, and Grief,

OTher things I have to fay, but I will rather infiftupon
fach things as are eafie ahd intelligible even to Idiots, or
fuch Phjfictaw that are no wifer , who if they can but tell
thejoints of their hands,or know the ufe of their teeth, they
may eafily difcover itwasCounfel not Chance,thaj created
them^andif they but underftand thefe natural MedecinesJ
have prepared in this Book for their example, they will know
that they (hall be cured of all Difeafes without pain, or any
great coft, and Love>not Aioney, was i t that made meunder-
take this Task. Now of the well-framM parts of our bo-

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dy, I would know why we have chree roints in our Legs and
Arms^salfo in our fingers, but that it was much better then
having but two. or four? And why are our fore-teeth /harp,
like Chizzels, to cut, but our inward teeth broad, to grind} but
this is moreexquifitc then having them all (harp , or all
broad, or the fore-teeth broadband the other (harp-, but we
might hare made ahardftuft to have lived, though in that
worfcr condition. Again, Why are the Teeth fo luckily pla-
ced? or rather, Why are there not Teeth in other b$nes as
well as in the Jaw-bones, for they might have been as capa-
ble as thefe ;But the reafon is, Nothing is done foolKhly , nor
in vain. I will (hew you how to prolong //7<?,and to return from
age to youth-, and how to change, alter ; and amend the Hate of the
body-, but that I intend in a Trcatife entituled The Wife Mans
Crown : To keep the body in perfect health is my prefent de-
Cign,andto cure allDifeafes without reward-Jo^ there is zDivine
Providence that orders all things. Again, (to fay nothing of
the inward curiofity of the Ear ) Why is that outward frame
of it, but that it is certainly known that it's for the better-
ing of our hearing?