II. Another Magnetkall Exferiment to conjirm the precedent,

f r I Johannes Rhamelias Pha--am Book° lately* "^'' °f ttanfplantaion in this manner. He cutteth off the hair from the feet , legs, printed in the and rhighs ; and alfo he pareth ofFthe nails of the feet. Then he maketh a hole in German an Oke, evenuntothe very Center or pith of the body, and puUeth into it the Tongue. hair and the nails, and afterward he Hoppeth up the hole with apeg or pin, framed out of the fame Tree ; and laftly , he daubeth it without with cow-dung. This Author faith, that by this Magneticall experiment onely he hath cu'ed many But if it chance (faith he) that the Gowtfhall for all this return again , within the fpace of three months, then it is an Argument that the Oke is infufficient to draw Magnetically, and then he proce^deth thus, namely he boreth another like hole ina fecond Oke ; and afte^r this, he taketh thepeeces, of the Oke , which fall out in the boring of the hole, and bruifeth t hem, and fticheth them in a little bng, and applieh it unto the dolorous or infected member. And this he doth three daies before the New- Moon. Then in that very hour, that the New-Moon is in, he re- moveth the bag from the part affected , and thruReth it into the hole of the fame Tree, andftoppeth it witha pin of thefame wood, as before. And he affirmeth, that by this fecond practice, when the firll hath failed, he hath cui'd many- But if it happen for all this , that the pnin doth return within three other monechs; then he cutteth off the hair, and pareth the nails, the fecond time, and tieth them upon the back of a Crab,or Crab-fini,and fo calkth it into the running waters,and the fick will be cured. He concluderh there , that he hath cured many by the firft ; ma- ny others by the firrt and fecond; and many,by thefirft, fecond, and third Expe- riments.
A third Experiment tried by the fame Author,
The fame Author doth verifie, that by this very manner of tranfplantation , he hath cured many of tfie Rupture or Hernia ; and his praftice is after this manner. He taketh a new laid Egge piping hot (as they fay) and he rubbeth the Gowry place with it often, but gently : then he taketh away the bark of a good big tree, and with a great auger, he boreth a hole fo big, as that the Egge might eafily enter inroit; then doth delay on a«iin the hnk as before, ftopping well rhc hole there- of vvirh it, and iinoinnng or daubirgir with tree waxorcsment. Al' whichbufi- nefles muft beeffciSled in 5ue order and time, hvsd he telleth us, that when the barks
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of the tree do grow cogecher, then alfo will the Hff;-^/^ and rupture alfodofe up. But if it happen that the Hernia be not cured within one moneth, then bore a hole inanOke, and take the pieces that fall from the hole, bruife them, and f^ick them in a fmall bag, and apply it to the grief as is faid , about three daies before the new Moon; and then about the hour of the new Moon, put it into the hole , and do in all things as is told you before. Hetelleth many other obfervations , as well touching the time, namely if the Hernia'' sfirll increafe, were in the Moon's in- creafeor decreafe; which for brevity fake I here omit: LalHy, if thi Hernia be not for all this fodered or glued up , thenheboarethahole in the Oke, and puts in the nail and hair of the Patient's hands and feet ; as alfo the hair of his privy parts , llopping it as is before faid: For he affirmech that when the hole will be grown up , the Hernia willbe alfo clofed. There alfo he flieweth the reafon , that he is forced to ufe more or lefs of thefe operations in his cure, according unto the na- ture of the Hernia, namely to the incipient Hernia one operation will ferve ; to the inveterate more will be required. And he faith, that in this cure is chiefly to be obfe rued the time, the meafureof the tree, and the depth or profundity of the hole.
Another Experiment by him,
Alfo he faith, that if we take the nailes of the feet and hands of an Hydro*k perfon, andtranfplant them on theCrey-fiflioftbe river, and bind them unto the back of her, and calt her into the river, it will cure the Dropfy. Whereby yoa may plainly obferve b^ approved experience , that the marrow and (trengh of the forefaidPropofition, is in every refped confirmed ; and again , if we do but burn the nails, and hair, andfcrapings of the skin, andtake, by analimbeckwithout a bottom, the fume of it, we (hall hnd a kind of Balfamick oyle to ilTue from them, which is very attraftive, drying, and agglutinating of wounds. And therefore it ap- pearetb , that there is a Balfamick virtue in thefe kind of Excrefcences ; thou'^h un- to the ignorant they appeare but of little value. But this Magnetick virtue of thefe Excrementitious parts, may, in fomefort, be alfo dcmonftcated by the property of the MinerallLoad-ftone. As for Example,
IV, A Magneticdl Vemonfiration.
We may rightly compare the mafs of thefe fuperfluous Excrefcences , unto a leffer Load-ltone, cappedwithfteel : For whenit istranfplantedinto the Plant, it becommeth of a greater force of attradion : For as the Iron being added unto the pole of the Load-ftone , though it be but weak; yet itdothfortifie it, and maketh it able to attraft a far greater weight ; for the Iron giveth it ftrength. In like manner, if Magnetick Excrefcences , be grafted in the body of the Magneti- call Tree; then that Tree will fuck and draw his like, namely the fpitit of defe« dive limbs moreftronglyuntoit; making them to become vegetative , and to in- creafe and grow, which before did pine and wither : For the fpirit fucked and con- tinued by dilatation, from the member unto the vegetative nature of the Tree, doth indue the like nature; and doth by a continuity animate the fading fpirits in the member, to increafe, and vegetate* or profper in his growth. Now to prove this Magneticall relation, I will produce certain Problems, touching the nature of the Load-itone.