X. ae Plihf. like of the Load-(tone that toucheth it.

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No\V that the vlrall fpirits of the wounded animal , do penetrate in the very moment of the ftroak into the weapon , and that the weapon doth greedily fuck them in; it is proved by this following obfervation.
Some Country Chirurgions , not daring to fearch fomedeep wounds with a Probe, doufe to take the weapon that made the wound, be it fword, dagger, knife, and fuch like, and put it into the fire; and though before you faw no difference in the colour of the weapon , yet after it cometh out of the fire , you {hall fee the place of it that wounded, altered in colour from the other, by reafon of fuch fpi- • rits as it did imbibe. This is commonly found true by experience.
Another proof to maintain this, is, that if a Viper or Adder be cut with a fword or knife, in peeces, the venomous, odious, and irafcible fpirit of the Serpent will penetrate into the fubftance of the fteel ; which is confirmed by this , namely be- caufethat if a man be afterward wounded by this weapon, that did cut and divide the Adder or Viper, it will foinvenome the wound, that it will be made incura- ble, except an Antidote made of Adder or Viper be applied: So alfo the Scorpi- on, being bruifed and applied unto the wound , that is made by the Scorpion , will cure it ; as alfo an Oyle made of the fame.
The fecond member of the PropoftioM, with the proofs.
Secondly, that if a Magneticall body, be it animal, vegetables or minerall, be divided into parts, the fpirituall nature of thefe parts do alwaies tend unto Unity, although thefe parts be divided far from one another : which is an Argu- ment, that they are no continued thing in fpirits ; and therefore one pirt dothdi- reftly co-operate and fend out aftuall beams of fympatheticall identity untoan- other 5 though the bodily divided parts be abfent or diftant in fpace from one another.
yJ Demonfiration to confirm this.
This is fufficiently proved, by the ocular Demonflrations , recited for the con- firmation of the firli member ; but more efpecially by the fecond Demonfiration of the eighth Chapter of this prefenc Book : where I have fliewed ^'ou , that if a,
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long Load-ttone be divided in th^e middle, between the two Poles; that is to fay, about the acquinoftial line, and each of chefe divided parts be puctoflote in his fmall velTell or bark on the ftill water. The influential! fpirit , which is one in erfence , and continued between them, dothdefire and covet to utiite the divi- ded minerall bodies , whofe limbs are by a wound or Solution of continuity fe- parated, and to reduce them into the naturalletlate, they were in at the firlt; and for that caufe B, and C; whereof the one is Meridionall , namely B; and the other Septentrionall, to wit, C, which were at the firftcontinuated parts, but now di- vided, areby that unfeparable Spirit, which giveth life unto both the parts, reuni- tedj fucked, and drawn together , and reduced unco the eftate of their priHine '"ontinuity; that is, of two (tones they are made one ; fo that the portion of fpi- rit in C, draweth and attracteth the bodily B, unto it , and the proportion of fpi- rit in B, fucketh and inciceth C, unto it: For we muftnote , that the unity of fpirit, dothevermoredefireandeffed the unity of the body, in whichitdwelleth; for the quinceffenriall or formall fpirit , delighceth not in the variable difpofition of the airy fpirit , and therefore coveteth to inhabit the dofe fpecificall houfe or pallace, which it did poffefleimmediatly after his difcent from his celeftiallftarry parents. This is the reafon , that one fpecifick fpirit is mofteafy, yea, andre- joyceth to communicate with his like ; but efpecially one and the fame fpirit muft needs aft with , and never be abfent from the other; and therfore when the frozen. Northern , and as it were congealed nature is incited and ftirred up , by the ^qui- nofliall or Southern property , if it berighcly adopted ; andthe Southern Iron's p-opert y is touched with the Magnecicall North-pole of the other, they will effed^ attraction the better; and to this purpofefpeakech this Problem.
If Magneticall bodies be divided, orany part broken ofFfrom the whole, each Gilbert, ie p.irc fo broken off, will have his North and South. ^t- '•*• '■^^'
And therefore each particle of Iron, or of the Load ftone, being divided from the whole, will have a Northern property, and a Southern, which doth manifeftly confirm unto wife men's capacities, that the fpirit of every Specifick, yea, of eve- ry individuall , hath a Northern and a Southern condition , and confequently an attraftive and dilative property; and not only the fpirit of the wh61e,but alfo of eve- ry particular of it (if it may be fpoken) being that the formall fpirit is in all, and in every part.
Yee may therefofe perceive by this, how polTible and fezible it is , that the fpiric in the dead blood or weapon, being transferred, andasit weretranfplanted at a far dirtance in the Ointment, as having a Balfome not differing from the animall nature; but efpecially in refpeft of the vegetable Salt of the Ux^tittu, in the which Zf^^et ftauncli altogether lurke fpirits, which by the prefent application of the Southern, live- blooJ. ly, and warm fpirit sin the wounded man, guided unto it by the fpirits tranfpor- tedortranfplantedbood, doth re-vivify, andco-operarewith the fame fpirit; not onely in the ftanchingof the flowing blood, but alfo in the healing and confolidt- ting of the wound : as fhall be fhewed you more amply hereafter.
The third Member of the Profofition^ is confii med by thefe proofs.
Thirdly, that it is not the animaPs externall blood, but the incernall in the ex- ternall ; which being feparated from his fountain, and tranfplanted on another un£tuous flock, doth operate Magnetically from the ftock on which it is planted, unco the fountain or fpring, from whence it floweth. And i t is maintained thus.
A Demonfirat'ton to coti firm thu fir ji Problem.
It is not any corporeall thing, which floweth from the Load-ftone, or which , penetrateth inco Iron , or that is poured , or excraded out of the Iron, being ^l"i\.f. awaked by the Load-Hone's power : but one Load-ftone difpofeth another , by an *' * '** origisall or primary Form; and the Load-ftone doth revoke, and difpofeth the
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Iron, which is familiar unto his nature, together with it felf, unto a formed vigour., for whi>.h reafon, the Iron runs unco the Load-ltone , and dorh greedily conform it felfunco it, (each forces or vigours fyrr-.phoniacally provoking).
triplication.
Therefore it is a formall fpirit,or fubcle celeftiall influence, which doth ope- rate mutually from the wounded body, unto the tranfported or tranfplanted blood, and not the body, or the blood, or the aire, or the oynrment, in which the tranfported blood, or bl oody fpirits are contained ; fothatthe excited fpirits in thcoyntment,do apply their regard unto the beams of the exciter, the north fpi- racle unco the fouthern ; and fo a union is made between the fpirits of the oynt- mencwich the adopted blood, and thofeof the wounded body. And as we fee, that by the concourfein themacrocofmicall aire of the north- wind and the fouth, both fpirits are united into one form, and arc magnetically , with their airy vehicle , concraftedintoa clovvd, which containeth in itaformall fire or lightning, and a watry body: So the two emanations do caufe acontrafted aery fpirit in the place of their concourfeoc application, which doth in his contradionattraft thebal- famick fpirit which the oyncment doth fend forth; even as we ice in the Weather- glafsjthac the contraded airefuckethup with it the mafTeof the water, and yet the airefoconcraftedisnotfor all that vilible. But this is further confirmed by this Problem.
2 Problem.
G'ilb ie Mae. ^'"o" ^^ allured and drawn, onely by the immateriall aft of form , that is to fay, lib, i. Cay. 4, by an incorporeall proceeding,the which doth act and is conceived in the iron fub- jeit , as in a continuate homogeneall body : And thisisthe reafon, that Iron is moved and drawn unco the Loaa-ftone , without being impedired or hindred, by the incerpofition of denfe and well-compafted bodies between them. And again. Iron drawethto it the Load-(T:oneitfelf , and the concourfe unto unity is mo- ved by a mutuallconfent and vigour, the which concourfe is vulgarly termed . Attraction.
.y^pplicat'tonm
Here we fee that reference, which is between the Magnet and the Mine , out of which that fpirit which doth animate the Magnet is drawn; As for example, In the forementioned Chapter, the fpirit of the microcofmicall Mummy is in theexcre- mentitious excrefcence tranfported unto thePlant; and fo the plant, animated by that fpirit, becommeth a magnet, which direfteth his vegetating fpirit to apply un- to thefpirit orbeam of the weak member, j£C. I come now to the proof of the fourth Member.
The fourth Aicmber of the Prof option k ietnonjlrativelj proved, thus.
Fourthly, that there is a fpirituall penetration made from one body unco ano- ther, before any magneticall operation can be effedTied.
Vemonftratlon .
This member is fufficiently confirmed by that which is already faid in the other members, and yet it is more plainly expreffed by this Problem.
Problem.
The Load-ftone doth guide and direct magnecicall thing?, the which do con- Om. de "^*t- ceive vigour and force from it, not onely in their extremities, but alfo in their in- * ' ' ' teriours, and very marrow : As for example , A piece of Iron, fo foon as it is tou- ched or attainted withrhe very breath of the Load-ftone, it is excited magneti- cally at the end at which it is touched or regarded, and that very power which it received by that conchy paffeth quite through from the end touched unto the other,
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not onely fuperficially, but alio centrally, and (as I may fay) at the very marrow.
A^fi.catioH.
It appeareth evidently by this, that as the formall beams of one Load-ftonedotfa penetrate unto the very center of thi other, and the other again reciprocally into the very center of it ; fo alfo the fpirit of the wounded man doth penetrate , partly by e nilfionfrom it felt , and partly by attraction of his like in the oynt- ment, into the bowels of the oyntment , unto the fpirits of his own kind that are hid in it , and reciprocally the oyntment being made a magnet by the imbibin" of theMummial fpirits of the blood, applyeth his attradive beams unto thofe, which are emitted from the wolind, being dire(aed therein by the fpirit of the dead bloodin the unguent, as {hall be (hewed hereafter more at large.
The fifth Member of the Propofitian, with the Proofs.
Fifthly, that the magneticall aft and operation of celeftiall, aftralicall or ftarry, f .
and infiuentiall fpirits, are not to be limited, nor yettobeimpeditedor hindred in their motion, if we look into the myftery of this Dufinefs with intelleftuall eyes.
We mu(f diftinguifti this Member , for your better underltanding, into two fe- verall articles or b anches, whereof the firlt muft (hew , that the extenflon of the emanations made from two aftralicall or ftarry fpirits, are not to be limited by mans underftanding, howfoever by an externall effedt, it may at random be gueffed at. Thefecondfhall prove, that fuch influential! ftarry beams, orquinteffentiall emilfions, as are fent forth from the Load-ftone unto the Iron , or from one Load- ftone unto his like in nature, and confequently from all other magneticall bodies, oflike condition in eflence, cannot be hindered by the interpofition of anyfolid or well-compa£led bodies , as fome Fool lofophers , rather than Philofophers , have temerarioufly averred in their writings.
Touching the firft, which includeth the imaginary termination or boundin" of beamy or formall extenfions, or emanations from m^neticall bodies, within a fetled, or known limited fphear of adiivity, theimpoflibility thereof (howfoevec our Peripatetick Philofophers have feigned the contrary ) is argued by thefe fol- lowing problematical! Demonftrations.
Certain Problematlcall Demonjirations, confirming the contents of this Members jirfi Article i . Problem,
Thevigour in heavenly bodies, whereby they move themfelvcs, doth "argue a foul in them , and for that reafon they areefteemedby the wifeft Philofophers , to be endued and animated with a divine aft or fpirit , by means whereof they move; which being fo, the extenfion ef application of their beams muft alfo prove uncer- tain, and therefore without limit, being that their fpirits, after the emanation madejdo concur fometimes in the aire, fometimes in the water, and fometimes, without refiftance, they pierce even unto the center of the earth, to operate upon the mineral Kingdom, beftowing on the earthly fubjeftsthatare underrhem , of that very formall aft and vertue , whereby they operate in their acute, penetration: And therefore thefe infenour creatures of alike nature , are able to fend forth and extendtheiraftralaicallorbeamyvertuesasfar, and to apply their beams at as an unterminable diftance, as their ftars in heaven are obferved to do.
a Problem.
It is rightly then faid, that the Load-ftone doth move the Load-ftone, and doth both difpofe of oneanotherby their primary form, which it receiveth from his ftarry fountain. And therefore it was not any abfurdity in the wife man, Thalet MilefiHt, nor yet any madnefs in Scaliger, to altigne a foul unto the Magnet, feeing that by it , it is centrally incited, direfted, and carried or moved circularl y : As for example.
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Example.
Gilbert, lib, a. If two Magnets be put one agaioft the other in their fniall barkes , upon the \va- tof. 4. ter, they will not prefently concur together, but firit they do mutually conforrae
ihemfelves unto one another , or elfe the lefler doth obey the greater , moving ic felf after a circular faQiion, and when at the laft they are difpofed , according un- to their naturall pofition, they run or concurr together.
The like effeft alfo will appeare between the Magnet and the Iron, and tjie Iron andthelron; as fliail be expreffed hereafter.
^» Addition.
Whereby, although it may be replied , that this Aft of the Load-ftone with the Load-ltone, or it with the Iron , doth by effeftfeemto be limited > within a certain dimention, and therefore what I fay, proveth not much as yet , for the un- bounded dimenfion of the Magnecicall bodie's emanation. I anfwer , That the fenfibleaft, which is between the Load-llone and Load-ftone, doth not argue, that becaufe the two ponderous bodies , have their motion but at fuch a dillance, therefore their fpirits can extend themfelves , or apply their beams no further: For it is one thing to operate fenhbly, by a violent attraftion of a heavy mafs, and another thing for one Form onely, toembraceand concur ina naturall rejoycing fympathy wirh another. And this alteration, is verified even of fuch as are well pra- ftifed in the Load-ftone's property, by this following Problem.
3. Problem.
The Orbe of the internall or fpirituall Magneticall virtue, doth extend it felf ac
Gilbert, de a larger diftance, than the Orbe of any fenfible, or externall, or vifible motion
*"*•'''■ *'^^' can warrant : For the thing that is Magneticall , is effeded in the extremity of it,
a far off, although it doth not move by a local! motion : But if the Load-itone be
applied nearer unto it , then will alfo the whole Magnetick mafs move corporally
unto it.
"Whereby is acknowledged, that the virtuous extention of the Magnet , is farre beyond the limits of the Orbe of vifible Magneticall motion. But I will prove it by degrees more evidently, namely that the ftarry influentiali virtue in the Magnet, extendethit felf beyond the limits of any fenhble capacity.
ij.. Problem.
The needle touched Magnetically, will afpcd the North-pole, even from the ti^"l'tf' zt arquinoftiall point , which is an Argument of the unlimited extention of the *i- . •'^■*5«LQjj.^Qjjg5YJj.jyg^ As for example: Let there be a long Load-ftone prepared, anddireftly in the middle upon thexquinoftialB, where the Axis runneth, plant an incited needle, and it will look direclly unto the North-pole A. Alfo if within the Orbe you place another incited needle without the Stone in C, it will alfo look diredly upon the faid Pole : whereby we may difcern , the long diftance which is between the afpeft of the Magnet, and that of the incited body , name- ly go Degrees.
Again, each part or fragment that is divided from the Magnet, (be it animal, ve- getable, ormineralli hath therefore the felf-fame dimenfion , becaufe it is as well indued with his polar virtues, as the whole. And this is fufficiently teftified by this Problem.
5. Problem. '
di ^^ Magneticall fubjefts be divided, or any piece be broken off from it by any
Mif. i2.r. ?3. "iS3"s, every part fo broken off from the whole, will have an end as well Septen-
RiJlejc'tt. trional as Meridional, as well as the whole had. As for example : If a fmaller pare
or piece betaken out of a greater Load-ftone, it will be indued wich the fame
life and vigor , which the whole Magnet had, no otherwife then the child will,
touching his life wholly correfpond with the Father in life & pa-rts; and ic will be as
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icwere a new creature, and will have his polc^^aDd3equinodiaI a'; well as the whole
Stone had. Alio it an Iron-rod , as is that of the Curtain bj hung up , and hivv. Ridley c. if.
his pofiti-^n North and South, without bs:ing touched (forbv;ing iorged North
and Sou'-h, it will indue thole properties, nanriily the polar virtues, and move in
the aire being hungup by a thread, o. put into a boat on the water, unto the
North and South ; If ( I fay) a imall piece of the rod be broke off from the
North part, it will have his North and Souch-pole, as well as the whole rod of
Iron from the which it was broken.
Whereby it is apparenr, that if every portion or fragment of the Load-ftoneor Iron, havehispoleaswellasthewhole, then the fpiric which is within, hathhis relation or application with the Northern pole-ftar of the g eat world ; and doth alfobehold the Southern Virtue, with his South-pole ; for except there were the Scintil of the Anima m.mdi, which is in it and operateth in ir, according unto the fmall proportion of it, no o herwife then it doth in the great world, ir could not afped eachPole, as it is obfervedby experience to do ; and confcqu^ntly as the aftions of the Anlma munii are fo cat holick , that they cannot be limitsd; fo are the fpirituall, quinteffentiall, or aftralicall Emanations. I prove k further thus.
6. Vrobletn.
If you take an Iron rod , made of good Iron, and hang ic up in the aire on a thread, asif it weretouchedwithaLoad-itone, &c^
The Experience is this.
Take 3 flraight piece of Iron or fteel of fix foot long, and a finger thick, hang it up in a clofe chamber, into the which there cometh no wind, (and therefore this /^'%' experiment ought to be tried when the aire is calm, and thedaynot windy; and muft hang on a lilken thread, which is not twifted but woven ; and the Iron muil hang direCily equilibrous, or in an equall ballance) and you fhall difcern it {lowly to move, and by little and little to attain with his extremities or ends of rhe points of North and South, no otherwife then the needl's dointheDialls, whuhare touched with the Load-ltone.
Moreover, we fhall find that the Load-ftone, or any thing elfe, rhatistou-'hed or excited by the Load-llone, will diredt their afpeft, being planted in fmall boats, on the needleon his vertical unto the North-pole.
The Conclttfion.
Whereforelt ismademanifeft, that the extemion of the Load-ftone's fpiritu- all or formall Emanation; as alfothac of other Magneticall bodies, is not to be limited, being that they do aft and apply their beams , unto the vety Itate of the Pole-ftar, and the Pole-flar by his like emitted influences, doth operate reciprocal- ly and apply unto or afpeft the Load-ftone, and fo make a continuated Spiriruall union betwixt them, being that we ocularly difcern, that both it and the Iron, doth diligently, and with a manifed Sympathy al'peil: , and aftually move unto the faid ftar. And then, after this is well confidered , ler us but think and ponder thediftance, whichisbetween the Pole-flar and the Magnet, namely betwixt the eighth Sphere, and the earth, andhe will perceive it to be in a manner infinite and incommenfurable, and confequently the emitted beams of the Load-ftone, can- not by any phantafticall Sphere, of fenfible and fcnfuall Philofophers , be com- prehended or limited. But if the aft of the Pole-ftar on the Magnet be denied. And Fr namely that the Load-ftone, the Iron, and the needle touched , do tend unto the North-pole, by reafon of the attraftion of certain Rocks of Loid-ftone, vvhi. h areinthe /fy^fr^arf^j/mountains ; if this opinion ( I fay) were admirred to be true, yetmay wefee by it, thattheaft of the M.ignet, and the aftuill refpeft, vvhichtheMagneticallbody beareth untoit , is nottobe limited ; bc;ing thnr fo they will be obferved to co-operate from the apquinoftialb, unro the Northern Hyperborean Rocks. Bur this opinion harhbeen p'oved falfe by us in anohcc place, and ftuU hereafter be demonftrated by us to be fo. We will now come to our Application, touching this firft Article,
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application. '
The firrt and fecond Problem teacheth us, that there is fuch a celeftiall or aftra- licall fubtlefpiric, in all magneticall bodies of the earth , as is in the heavenly ones , and confequently , that the beams of each of them may penetrate as far , though they be not difcerned by fenfe , as the beams of each liar. By this there- fore we maybeaflured, that mans heavenly fpirit being of a more pure apd fubtle a ftuff, than is that oEthe Load-ftone,may fend forth the aftralicall beams of his ver- tue, not onely to the mark that the Load-Hone aimech at , but alio unto the high- eft throne of divinity. Again, hereby it is argued, that the fpirit in the tranfplanted blood, is able to operate at any dillance on the wound ; and the beamy fpirit of the wound again, toco-operate, and have a continuated union and refpedunto one another.
The third inflru£leth us, that chough theoyntment and blood in it do not ap- pear mobil or movable at a far diltance, yet they may co-operate and be conjoyned with the fpirit of the wounded, at an unknown proportion of fpace,
By the fourth and fifth we learn, that the exteniion of the northern bloods af- pe£l unto the fouthern, may be fo far, as the xquinoAiall is from the pole, name- ly, 90 degrees. But, I fay, that as the northern and fouthern emanation of the foul of the world, fillethallthe cavity of the world , fo alfo by it, and in it , may this aft of that foul in man extend it felf, far beyond the capacity of Hefh and blood and therefore is onely intelledually to bs underltood. '
By the fifth, that each particle of mans blood , or fpirituall Mummy 5 being di- vided from the whole, hath all the parts or proportions in it ideally described, that the whole hath , and therefore doth operate as well with a northern , as fouthern afpeft, and confequently draweth down from the heavens a like property , as oc- _ , . cation is given: Forfo this one Spirit is faid to come from the four winds , and yet' " ■ ^ ■ it is but one fpirit ineffence, though four-fold in property ; for it was by the vertue of it, that the dead, mentioned by the Prophet , did rife again. And there- fore fo far as the north wind or fouth winds extenfion may be , fo far is this fplric in man able to fend forth his fpirituall beam.
I will come now unto the proof of the fecond.
Touching the fecond Article, which fheweth the acute penetration of this fpirit, and that it is effefted without any impediment , contrary unto fome igno- rant perfons opinion, who think, that cafiles, ftones, woods, hills, andfuchlike, may hinder the penetration of this fubtle and all-penetrating fpirit : The proof is madeby thcfeproblematicalldemonftrations.
Demon fir ations co»firm!»g this Meinbei*s fecond Article, I Problem.
Oilb.de Mag, Neither fire, nor water, nor earth, can hinder the ingreffiveaftion, or piercing /j*. j.c.4i vertue of the Load-ftone upon the Iron , being it is proved by experience , that it fucketh and draweth it unto him quite through them ; as for example, If a candle, or flame of fire, be interpofed between the Load-ftone, and afmall piece of wyer, you fhall find the piece of Iron will leap quite through the flame unto the GilbM Mtg. Load-ilone. In like manner , the Needle on his turn-pin, will, for all the interpo- iib. a.c.4. fitionofaflame, turn unto the Load-ftone, and that with the fame celerity that it would do in the open aire. So that you may fee by this experiment, that the co- ition of thefe magneticall bodies are not hindred by fire. Alfo if water or earth be interpofed between them, it will do the like.
There is anotherProblem, which exprefleth the unrefiftable penetrative ver- tue of this, more efFe6tually,in thefe terms.
2 Problem,
Iron ii allured onely by an immareriall aft , or an incorporeall procef" , whicl? doth operate, and is conceived in an Iron fixbjeft, as in a continuated homogeniall bodv, and therefore it hath no need of large or wide pid'age'; : And forthis reafon, the Iron is moved and drawn by the Load-Hone it felf; and again, the Iron doth
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draw chi Load -(lone it felf, and aconcourfe , or a meering cogecherin auniry, is made by their beams, aUhougri chac thi^k bodies be interpoied a .ticklers b>;r.\teen them.
So that you fee, that the putting or applying of thick fubftances between the Iron and the Load-ftone, cannot hinder the coicion of fpirirs; whi.hi> atoken, that the influential! or foimall fpliit cannot be inpedicedin his motion. And therefore rhis fubtle (pirit , vvhii h hath his beginning from the foul of th;: world, is faid by the wifeft Philofopher, Omma fermeart enua^ Jof^fs or travers nil things. But yet more plainly.
3 Problem,
The Load-ftone, without any frication or rubbing, or being exficcatedby hear,(j,|j .^ ^ orperfufedwith moyilure, in the aireand in the water, dorhp'"Ovokeandallu^.;jj j' ^ j,^ unto it ma^nencallfubjeds, andalfo folid as well-conpaiited bodies, as thik boards, or taoles of (tone, or groite plates of mettle, as filver, gold, or brafs, being put between.
And ^;ii^/ey faith, That although fuchfubftances as be not n»agneticall, be placed /i irf/7 ;» h'u between the Needle and the Load-ltone , yet they cannot hinder the orbe and p'-o- T emife ceedingof the magnetick vigour: As for example , If a Load-ltone fhouldbe pl'-'J'''*"^''^^''''^''' ced in a box of wood , Hone, tinne, filver, or brafs, yet the Loadftone will extcna "» '^''^' '** bis magneticall orbe.
Application.
I conclude therefore by this typicall expreftion , that the emilTions of mans vi- tall fpirics arefofubde, and fo piercing, that no interpoied bodies a"e able o hinder it in its motion to his pretended mark, nor yet the magnericall blood in f he oyntment b^ing excited, can be hindred in his concourse or union , with the lime fouchernor vivifying fpiritj and that efpecially, becauferhe formill fpi itsofthe one is connnued and homogeneal unto the other. 1 prOLCsd now unto the lixc Member of the forefaid Propofition.
Thefxt Member of the 'Propoftt'wn, with the Proofs,
Sixtly, that after a Body (be it Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral is made , by a tranfplantation of another bodies fpirits, magneticall, oram'gnec, unro thit o- ther body; it doth, by attrafting of its beloved's fpirits unto it , i npa^-t unrofh.-Ti of that vertue and property, which appertaineth unto it felf; infomu hihatasrhe lover doth participate with the nature of the beloved , foalfothe beloved dorh partake and fhare with the lover's condition, efpeciallyifthey be homogenealJ in kind, and reciprocall in affeftion.
Certa':n ProblematicAll DemoMjirations^ to confirm this member of the fne-faid Propofniou. I Problem,
Ottodlibet corpus cui Mummitt viv* i» aLo hom't»e prop'ittatHr,illico fit ma^nes'. Every irr n
body, to whom the lively Mummy from a man is given or adminiftred, isforth\vich./^j',^'^;i„;^r * made a Magnet.
AppUcatioft.
This Problem is animal, and not mineral, but it inferreth, that bythetranf- planting of mans bloody fpirits into the oyntment , the oyntment is forthwith be- come magneticall and attrailive ; even as before I told you, that the hair and mils beingplanted or grafted on theOke, make it forthwith, by communicating of the fpirits of the one with the fpirics of the other, attradiveandmagnecick.
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27 ^ Mofttcall Philojbfby. Book 3;
a Problem/t Mut^^neticHm,
The Loid-ltonc hath nothing, neither can do any thing , which the Iron being excited cannot d,o; and that not onely by contact, but at a reafonable diftance.
■^pflioatiort.
Neither can the live man's fpirit perform any aftion , that the dead blood tranf- planted in the Salve , by the Magneticall alhitance of ths Salve , cannot per- torni ! yea verily, it goeth yet further j for it infpireth into the wound a Sanative influence.
3 . Problem,
. Iron being touched, doth recreate another Iron, and inftructeth it unto Mag-
'^^uliliJ. 4 "s^call motions ; fo that it draweth unco it a third. As for example : The LoaS- ftone being applied unto A, it draweth unto it the piece of wier B; and alfo after B, itdrawetnC, and after C, it draweth D.
Application.
The Iron B, is compared unto the fpirirs, thttarefirlt animated by the lively fpirits in man, andthat animates the Oyntment's fpirits , which are of a Micro- cofmicall nature , by reafon of Uzneas volatil fait , which is the receptacle of fuch vegetating and vivifying Spirits as give life unto man, fave onely they are of a Northern property, and as it were dead ; Thefefpirus in Oyntmenc are refer- red unto C, which work and operate, being fo excited in D; which importeth the emitted fpirits of the wounded man: fo that we fee, that it is but one and the fame continuated Spirit, which putteth into ailion the three feverall Subjects, and theirfpirits, namely the blood tranfported, the Oyntment and the Body of the wounded.
4 Problem,
Giiktri. de ^^^ Load-ftonc and the yeine of Iron are all one » and have all one matrix,
M«i. /. a, C.4. 3" And therefore the Iron which is cxtra(^ed from them both , nath all the Magneti- call virtues, as well in the vein, as being made by fcparation, but more weakly, except it be excited by the Load-ftone, and added unto it by capping : For fo ic will be ftronger in his Magneticall power, than the Load-ftone it felf.
ApflicatioK,
In like manner, the blood in the wounded perfon , andthat which is tranfplan- ted to be purified, and comforted in the Oyntment , came out of oneandthefame vein, and have all one matrix, and therefore that extrafted blood , hath in ic ail the Magneticall virtues, but more weakly, and more in puiffance than in acl , ex- cept it be excited by the Southern fountain of blood, and capped with the Balfa- mick nature of the unguent. For being fo prepared , namely incited and addref- fcd, it will have his own Northern power , and that Balfamick and attractive vir- tue of the Uznea, isfopowerfull in his Northern Saturnine, condition, that ic fuddenly fealeth up and arrelleth by congelation, the Southern blood that flow- eth; even as the Northern wind convertech the aire into fix, and im.mobil fnow o- hail.
5 Problern.
Cibit.dt TIk Load ftone and the Iron, among all other bodies that are known unto us, are
MiiJ.-.i-. t(. more near in nature and condition unto the earth; for they have in them a fubftancc that is mod genuine .uid homogeniall, and approaching unco the earth. And there- fox thv'fe three do a^rce in nature together.
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Seft. 2. MofakallPhihfojhy, zyj
Apflicatioft.
By thisitappeareth, what near reference there 5s, between the body of Man, which we compare rightly unto the Earth, and the blood which ill'ueth out of the veins of the Earth referred to the Load Hone, and the Ointment indued with a bloody fpirir,and which was extraded out of blood: For the fat and the Uznea,and Mummy were ot blood : For Scriptures tell us, that the Soul of theflefli,3ndcon- fequently of the fat and boneS) is in the blood. Whereby we may fee, that thouoh thefe three do differ in bodily Sublhnce, yet they agree in the homogeniety of fpi- rit. And rherfore it is no marveU though there is a continuity between the fpiric of the bodily blood, and that tranfplanred ; neither alfo ought we muih to won- der at the naturall commerce, which is between the bloody fpirits, and the Oynt- ment, that fofuddenn union fhould be made between them , and that it fhould forthwith become a Magnet , adapted onely in his Balfamick and fanative operati- on: for the wound, being that it is guided and direfted by thefe bloody fpirits, which are tranfplanred in it, and, after animation, did convert the beams of his na- tureunto his like, being as near in fpirit and property unto the wounded man's blood, as is a piece of Iron, orLoad-ttone, which is broken from off the whole, which accordetn in every refpeft with the fpirit of his Father, from whence ic fprung. So alfo we fee, that though the Macrocofmicall aire doth feem to vaiy in nature, according to his pofition, ( for the Northern aire is cold, the Sourhern or iquinoftiall is hot)} yet ic is but one fpirit, howfoever it is divided into this or that cloud. And again, the internall or formal Spirit, which animateth diverfly the four winds, is but one and the fame indivihble fpiric , ( as the Prophet Ez.ekjel tellethus). Inlikemanner, it is but one and the fame identity of fpiric, which aiSleth in the wound,the conveyed blood and theOyncment,being all threejasitwere. but one blood, as the ApolHe taught the ^thenims , that all men came of one * ''* blood , and confequently of one fpirit in the blood. I prove it alfo by this Problem.
6. Troblem.
Attraftionis made in the primary bodies , and thefe are neareft unto one ano- ther, and of a mutuallconfent, among themfelves, by reafon of their identity, in condition. And for this reafon the Load-llonedraweth the Load-ltone, and Iron drawethlron, and earth of them all draweth earth; and again, each of them draweth another.
Amplication,
Hence therefore is gathcreda reafon, why blood draweth blood,and one body his like, and the Oyntment being animated by one and the Cam; nature,doth attracft his like unto him. And therefore P^jr/if^/yMj faith iu[Uy, QuoA'ibet corfHs, cvit Mi-.m- mia viva in alio homine propinatur^ illico fit mtcmes : Everj body that Ar'inkjth oi take- eth iinvarMy the lively Mvmmy of Another mar. , is forthwith made a Magnet, And therefore we may fay juftly, feeing experience hath made it manifell, that every MicrocofmicalOyntmenr, that hath imbibed or comprehended the fpiritual Mum- my of another man's blood, isforihwirh made a Magnet, and by the incication of the Mummial fpirit , which it containeth, doth greedily thirit , and covet af- ter his like. Andfor that reafon draweth, and allurcth it unco it; thereby to im- part as well unto it, as it doth communicate his vivifying property unto hisactra- &-OX, Icouldfay muchmore, to prove the reafon of the ttrong attra^lion of this Oyntment, after it is animated with the live man's fpirits : but I fliall be too tedi- ous;and again, I fhall touch it in the confequencej and forthat reafon, I will leave this member to proceed to the feventh,
Thefventh Member of the Propojipon with the Proofs.
Seventhly, that the Agent which caufeth the Alien or llrange body, muchmore that which is of his confanguinity, to become Magnetick, and aflfeftionate, or con- cupifcible, and that by a kind of proximity in nature, k the bloody fpirit tranf-
N n planted,
174 Mofaicall PbHofofby. Book j;
planted into the animal unguent, or vegetable plant, (of which I have fpoken be- fore) the which fpirit alfo is the direiCtor or guiderunto theuniluous Magnet > to operate magnecically upon the fubjeft , and his fpirit from whence it was derived ; thewhich fpirit, if it be llrong and potent, it worketh potently ; if debil or weak , h operateth but weakly.
Certain FrolilematicallDemonflrAtionSy to confirm the Member of the forefaid Profofuion.
This Member, for the better explication of our purpofe , we muft divide into three Articles or Particles, whereof the firft fhall prove. That the tranfplanted fpi- rit maketh the unguent, into the which it is committed, a Magnet unto the woun- ded perfon : The Second, That it is the onely guider and direftor of the oyntments force, and conductor of his balfamick faculty unto the wounded fpirit : And the hll fhall demonllrate, how a weak and impotent fpirit operateth but weakly of ic felf , and yet by ch; alfillance of a founder and llronger nature, it isrefrefhed , and becommcth Ilrong again.
Demonflrat'ions confirming the contents of this Members fir ji Article.
Touching the firft Article of this Member, which maketh the tranfplanted fpiric thecaufe,thattheoyntmentismagneticall, we prove it thus.
I Problem.
... . Experience hath taught us. And Baptifla Porta confirmeth fo much, that if a
Mil. I'.i, i:.-!-j.^'^^^^ Load-Hone behidinthe dull of Steel for a feafon, it will become mora Itrong and powerfull in his attradlion, alfo the Steel will be bettered by his nature. Bat Paracelfm commeth more near in his relation, and faith, That by hea- ting of the Load-Hone, and extinguifhing of him in an oyle oi Crocus M't'-tis , whichismadeofthebefiCarinthian Steel, fooften, till itwillimbibe no more, ic will fo corroborate this Load-Hone, that it will have ten times more force then ic had,inattradion,
j^pplicatitK,
By a like relation , the weak fpirits in the tranfplanted blood being imbibed by the animal unguenr, which hath tne felf- fame relation unto the fpirituall Mummy in it, as the oyl of Croc«/yl^ will be revived and recreated in his magnetick vigour , and being mingled with his uniluous like, will make a compourided Magnet , which will draw his like fpirits more if rongly by far , then it could before. Again, as the fmall or weak Magnet doth recover force, by being buried in the duH, or ferruginous earth, which is of his nature; foalfo the bloody fpirits being interred in the unftuous earth of his own nature, dothby theattra the falutary fpirit from theoyntment, fo unite it felf unto the oyntment , that ic createth by emanation a fit Magnet , which communicateth his balfamick nature unto them both, and by attraction of the fpirit of the wounded member , icren- drerhir felfmedicinable ; fothat by a continuity and integrity of fpirit , it confer- reth, through an immediate fpirituall contadf, the balfamick fpirit oftheUznea^' and other unftuous ingrediences, into the wound. Do wenotobferve, thatthe water which pafleth or runneth by aheap of fait , doth endue wholly thevertueof the fair, though rhc Hream of it be long, and doth communicate that nanire from one extream unto the other : And much more the aire will carry the nature of the place it p.ifT^tl) by afar off, and yet all that aire fo animated, will be continuate, and therefore much morethat fubtle celelliall fpiric which doth inhabit the aire.
2 P rob 'em.
Iron being touched, doth recreate other Iron by touching it , and ir»ftrU(i^etb ic
ll i\ I A uatomaiin'cicall motions. jnH 1.- f-4' •
Sed. !• Mofaicall Philofofhy. 27 -j
■Application,
By the like proportion in the Animal kingdom , the tranfplanted fprrit being firft animated by his fouthern or living fountain , doth animate and recreate mag- netically theunguentj fo that ic doth operate upon the wounded man's fpirit , be- ing emanated andattrafted unto it by bettering of his wounded nature, through his btlfamick emilTion.
J Problem,
Set a Load-ftone of no force or (Irength that can be perceived , upon a Load- A» ftoneofgood ftrength and vigour, efpccially upon the poles, andhe will fliewa?''^^''.^'''*' vigour, as if he were as (trong as the other Load-ltone,whereunto he was united; " J*'"****" but after he is taken away , he will be as weak as he was before , unlefs it be done again often. The felf-fame effed foUoweth, if a piece of Iron be placed on a tlrong Load-ftone, but take it away from the Stone, and almoft all the vertue will be loft.
AppHcation.
In the like manner, the weak northern blood being tranfplanted into the oynt=> raent, and applying it felf unto the lively fpirit's emanation , by the prefervation and corroboration of the oyntment, vvaxech llrong , and draweth or operatethef- feclually, rendring the whole oyntment magneticall. But if it happen , that the oyntment be either pared off fromthe place of the weapon, in which the fpirits did penetrafe,(as Sir Eevis Ihelwsl did prove on'the ax that wounded the Wheeler) or b;f}rack or wiped oft, (as did happen unco the ax chat wounded the Ship-wrighr, by theftrikinq down unadvifedly of Sir Nichn/asGili'ur-Js hilt ofhisfword ) thenic will leave nis vertue, which ic received from the bloody fpirirs in the live man, and the balfamick unfture of rhe unguent ; andtherefore will the wound by that di- vifion, be as dolorous, or more painfull, than before: But if the oyntment be re- applyed unco the place again, and it be wrapped warm , the magneticall concourfe will be renewed) and the dolour will forthwith ceafe, as it hath been tryed by ma- ny; and this diftemper is not made by the cold aire onely , caufing a chill dolour in the wound, but aUbby the heat of the fire it becommeth inflamindy or bur- ningly dolorous: For Mr.James /^/y unto the Queen, and dwelling in Black^Frkrs , did this lall year make of the un- guent; and for arryall, did wound with his Lancet a man in the arm, and afterward didannoint the Lancet, and applyed it to the fire, that the oyntment melted » and the Lancet waxed hot ; and it fo fell out, that at that inftant the wounded perfon found fo great a burning pain in his wound , that he could nor endure it ; and then immediately he annoinced it again , and the wound was forthwith pacifick, and healed immediately. The Apothecary is extant, and will be ready to maintain it. The fame is better confirmed by this Problem.
4 Problem.
If a weak Magnet be rubbed at one of his poles with a ftronger Load-ftone, it will Rtiltj, ibid. ; be bettered by it by his vigour and vertue* if not augmented in power.
application.
The very fame proportion of aftion, is between the Mummy in the nails and hiir, and the vegetable Magnet; as alfo between that in the tranfplanted blood, and in the oyntment : for the vegetable Magnet or Oke did reduce the occult andfe- cret Mummy inthem, from puiffance unto aft, by opening the clofets of nature , nootherwife than the earth doth the grain of Wheat by rotting; and even fo alfo is the pocentiall ornorthern nature of the fpirituall bloody Mummy, being ex- raftecl and reduced unto aftion, by the unftuous earth, or magnetick oyntment.
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5 PrehUm,
K-iltie i« Ifthemagneticall Needle, being firft touched with a Load-ftone, be madered- Kjauj .. J. ^^^ .^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^. jj j^j-^ ^^j j^.^ p^jjj. puiffjjice or vertue , and dircaive faculty ;
but if it be f reflUy touched again , it will recover his vertue and act again.
Apflication,
So by converting the Propofiiionfor eadem eft ratio comrarlorum^z reafon of con- traries point at one and the fame. If the tranfplanted blood, whichwas touched magnetically with the fpirit of life, be frozen or congealed with cold , it lofeth 3II hisltrength, and operative and diredive vertue; but if itbe conforted by the oyntment, and re-animatcd with the Southern or vitall fpirit, as before, it will not onely wax alive and aft again, but alfo render the oyntmenc magneticall , and di- rect it in his courfe unto the member affefted.
6 Vrebhtn,
Kidtef,TTeaufi: If there bc a thin plate of Steel faftnedunto the neather pole of the Magnet or tfMiinttkk Load-lionc, namely, bet ween the Load-ftone and the way ofit, then the Magnet bidtcs. will lift double, and fometimes decuple , or ten-times fo much as it did. From
this praaice began t he capping or arming of the Load-Ilone with Steel or Iron, af- ter divers manners.
ApplicAthH.
So is the trandated northern blood rightly compared unto the Load-Rone , and the Oyntment to the capping or arming with Iron: For_ by uniting the frozen blood iinto the Ointment, the attraftivepowerand Magnetical force is far the grea- ter, and is able to fuck and draw ftrongly unto it, the Southern fpirit of lively blood in the wounded. I prove ihi» better, by this Problem following.
7. Problem,
If two Load-ftones, armed with two teeth a-piecc be f« before us; the one being (irong the other weak, or much lefs, whofe Axis or Diameter betwixt the teeth is equall, and of likelength; then fet the teeth of thcfe together, that came from contrary Poles and parts, and the ftronger will apprehend and lift up the weaker; and the weaker being united, and incorporated with the ftronger , by the virtue that it receiver h from the ftronger , will lift up from the ground, and re- tain the ftronger and greater very firmly ; although he be much heavier then the weight which the fmall ftonc doth ordinarily lift up.
uifflicatieti.
By this Minerall typewe are taught, ( by changing the meafures of weights in- to proportions , in vigor of fpirit ) that the frozen, evacuated, and tranfporced bloody fpirits, being capped and armed with the Oyntment, whofe nature is as near as the blood unto the fpirits, is made a Magnet fopuiffant, that it is able to att raft unto it felf, the bigger and ftronger bloody nature , by applying to it the lef- fer Magnet's Northern nature, and as it were his Northern-pole , unto the bigger Magnets Southern nature; for by that means in the mineral kingdom, a natural Union is made, as is proved by this Problem.
8. Problem.
Kiiky. ibid. There is a naturall Union, and a violent and depraved Union ; and the naturall is, when the coition is made by contrary Poles , as by the North pole and the South. Again, thattheftrongeft attraftion is from tne North-pole, this Pro- blem doth confirm.
g. Pro-
Seft. «r Mofaicall Philtfofhy, zj-j
9, Problem,
The North-pole is the moft ftrong and vigorous pole , to all Magnetick intents jmu (, (^ and purpofes, if he have the quantity that the South hath.
ApfUcatioH.
Whereby it is evident, that the Northern nature i which is in the nnf^uous -jj^ - Magnet and his influential! fpirit, is by far more attraftive than the Southern or ' '
warmfpirit ; neithercan the Southern or xquinoftial draw unto it , but as he par- ticipates of the Northern nature, byanaturall concurrency, unto his like; and that is the reafon, that the naturall Union , is faid to be where a concurrency is made of crppofite polar natures: For from them is the Itrongeft attraction made; becaufe that it is the nature onely of cold to contra(5b ; as contrariwife , heat doth dilate. This polar force therefore, iscondufively maintained by this Problem; with the which I conclude this Article's proof.
10. Problem. The Load'ftones that be capped, take and apprehend at the Pole onely. «;%«. t^
Application;
As who fliould fay, that the Noi them or congelated Mummy, capped or ar- med with the Ointment of his own nature, aud the Southern or lively Mummy, capped with flefh, doapply Magnetically unto one another at the Poles; namely the lively Mummy, at the Southern or aequinodiall, and the weak and frozen at the Northen ; and therefore ^the raanifelt attradtion is from the unftuous Mag- net, and his imbibed Agent.
I now come unto the fecond Article, or Particle of this Member. j^ /trtkle.
Demenftrations confirmingthe Contents efthe Member's fecond Article or Particle.
As concerning the fecond Article of this member, which fheweth that thefpi- rituall Mummy of the tranfplanted blood, is the direftor and guider of the Oynt- ments Magneticall force, or vigor unto the wound, atwhatdiftancefoever; Ide- monlirate it, by thefe problematicall aflertions following.
1, Problem,
The Load-ftone doth guid and direft Magneticall things, which do conceive.^/'**''' ^*^' vigor andforce from it, notonely in the extremities, but alfo in their interior and ' '^^' veiny marrow. Asfor example : So foon as apiece of Iron is apprehended , it is accited Magnetically intotheendwhere it was touched, and that very force fo bi- llowed upon it, penetrateth quite throughout, even unto the other end or extre- mity, notonely fuperficially but alfo centrally.
Application,
By this Example it is proved, that the formall Mummy of the blood , operateth in the very like manner with the Oyntment; which is to it , as the Iron is unto the Load-ftone; fothac as theLoad-ftone by touching the Iron , makethit after the imbibition of his fpirituall vigor a Magnet ; So alfo after the imbibition of this bloody fpirituall Mummy, the unguent becommeth a Magnet : Forafmuch as it is throughly animated with a Magneticall vigor. And doth by virtue of this Mum- miallibul, direft his beam and Balfamick force, unto the fountain, from whence that Mummiall fpirit did arife. I prove the direction to be true, by thefe other ^Pro- blems following.
a. Prf
2^-8: MofaicallTbilofofhy. j. Book 3.
Z. Ptob'tTK.
One Load-ftone doth difpofe of the other, one doth convert the other, and re- ' ducethit in his order, andguideth and direiteth it into his Concordances, and when they are met and joyned together , they do mutually adhere firmly unto one another. The example is evident : For if you take two Iromwiers of a length, bein^excited at the ends by contrary Poles, and thruft them through round corks, as bi^as Hazfil-nuts, and put them tofwim in the water ; you fhall find that they will by little and little order themfelves, and the Northern fpirituall contain of the one, will firft direft his axil-tree, and after draw the South-pole unto it , un- t,iirooth meecone another, in the manner of two Tilters or Horf-men with their
i'peares. • . ^ ,. •
The D.monjtration. ■^pp'.tc.tnan.
The fpirituall Mummy in the tranfplanted blood , is one Load-flone , which doth difpofe the Oyntment in fuch a manner, that it becometh a Magnet alfo j and this Magnet is direitedby thefpiritof the Mummy into the concordances of the fpirituaU Mummy, whichbreatheth forth of the living wounded man, which it attractethanduniteth, and partly participatethwith-hisvivifving force, and part- ly communicareth with him of his Ballamicall fpirit ; which by reafon of his con- tinuity with the wound, it doth eafily, though invifibly transfer unto the wound. Iproceednowuntothethird Article or Particle of this Member.
VemonliratioTis^conjirming the Contents of this member's third and laftArt'ick orParticle.
As for the third and lalt Article of this Member, which fheweth , that a weak and 5 .4r,Mfe. impotent fpirit operaterh but weakly of it felf , but by the alfiftance of a ftronger nature, it is recreated, and becommeth vigorous. And lalUy again, it is alfo confir- med by many fufficient Problematical! condufions , which are produced from the
Load -itone's properties.
I Problem.
A Load-llone lofeth his attractive vertue, and doth, as it were, decay with age, if
Glib. lib. I. it be long expofed unto the open aire,and not kept and put into the filings or fcales
of Iron. ^ ,. .
Application.
Glh lb ^'^° the life-blood , fo foon as It is effufed out of his warm mineral veins , and
* " taftethofthecoldaire,lofethhisaftive vertue,andbecommethdeadandcongealed,
except it be with the weapon conveyed unto his oyntment, which keepeth it from
the cold aire, and ferveth the fpirituall Mummie's turn to preferve it, as the filings
of Steel doth the formall fpirit of the Load-ftone.
2. Problem.
B while,and afterwards he found it more vigorous and efficacious in his attradive ver- tue. Alfo Paracelfiu, by heating a Load-ltone, and imbibing it with the oyl of L^on, did increafe the vigour of it by many degrees, as is faid before.
Application,
In like manner, if the.fpirituall Mummy in the tranf ported blood be but weak or faint, yet if it be kept a while in the animal falve, it will become vigorous, in- fomuch that it will alfo animate the whole falve,
3 Problem.
Set a Magnet, of no force or ftrength that can eafily be perceived, upon a Load- Ridhy's Tted- (^^ne of g^od ftrength and vigour, efpecially upon the poles > and he will fhew a "nd^'^c'xi vigour as if he were as ftrong as the Load-ftone is, whereunto he is united ; but af- ' " te'r he is t.iken away, he will be as weak as before, unlefs it be often done.
Ap.
Scd.i. MofaicdlTbilof&fby, tjp
So alfo if the fpirits, tranfported with the blood, be planted on a found and bal- fwnick unguent, it will gather ftrength ; but if the unguent be either wiped , or pared, or melted off from the weapon, it will immediately lofe his farce. And again, ifit be frefhlyannointed, and covered warm, it will be forth-with recreated again^ as is faid before. Moreover, this is alfo confirmed by this Problem mentio- ned before.
4 Vroblem.
If a weak Magnet be rubbed at his poles with a (tronger Load-ftone , he will be fi^„ ibid. bettered by it in his vigour and yertue, if not augmented therein,
5. Problem.
A rtronger and bigger Load-ftone doth augment theforceof alefler , ifit be put j^, ©n the pole of the greater Magnet, for then will the north pole ofit be the more
vigorous
^pp/icatioff.
The ftrong blood and fpirit in the wounded man by afpeft , maketh the weak blood and fpirit, which is tranfplanted in the oyntment , to operate magnetically , and to apply anddireft the fpirit of the unguent unto it ftrongly , which it would not dO) without the union which it hath with its fountain , which is more lively, agil, androbuft.
The eighth A^emher of the Propofnion , with his Proofs.
Theeighth Member of this Propofition is , that in all magneticall operations , there mull be a reciprocal! application or afpeci^ , made between the lover and the beloved , as between the matter or feminine vvhich coveteth,, and the form or male which is coveted; and by a likenefs or continuation of formall fpirits, like is united unto his like, which afteth in the matter. So the Boreall fpirit , with his unituous materiall body , coveteth and allureth effeftually the formall and squi- oo^iall beams, or emanating fpirit of the wound, anddirefteth theun net tobringto pafs theeffedt of his concupifcence, which is eafily effeded , being that there is a continuation between their fpirits. But to our Proofs.
Cert4i» Problcmaticall Demonftrat'wKs^ to confirm this Problem.
I Problem.
The magneticall coition is an a6l of the Load-ttoneand the Iron; not of one, but Gilbert, de of both, like man and wife. ^'i- '•'•'^' ^•
y4pplicatio».
As the woman that is colder, and of a more northern nature, doth covet the man vvhich is of a hotter and fouthern difpofition, fo alfo by a fympatheticall like- nefs in either's fpirit, they meet and unite their feeds of affeftion: In the very like manner , the cold fpirit in the congealed blood , coveteth the hot fpirits of the lively and aftive blood, and after each of them are met, they unite natures, and pro- create a third, as a child, which partaketh ofthem both.
a Problem.
The firtt vertue of the primary form in the Iron , was at the firft difiinft , but is now confufed, by the fuhon or melting of hisbody, when the magneticall or iron- '""'' »*«^' vein was examined; and yet neverthelefs, after that a whole and lirong Load-ftonc is applyed unto, it returneth again unto his former aft ; for his form being difpo- fed and ordered with the magnet, thev both do conjoynetog^therfociable forces, confentingmagneticallyan^ mutually unto unity in all motions , andare adjoy- ned together without anycorporeall contaft,and confequently are made all one.
iSo Mefakalt Philofopby. Book j ,
The felf-fame is rhe reafon of Contraries, and theretore ihz felf-famc may be faid touching the extremity of cold, which is, in the Problem, reported of the extremity ofheat. Wefay therefore , That the blood , which, vvhillt it was in his naturall vein, wasdiftinit inhisaftion , is now, by pouring it out into theccld aire, made confufed, and void of any manifeil formal! action ; but when by the affiRance of the oyntment it is iHrrcd up, and applyed again, unto the I'pirituall emanation of thelhongblood,it is rectifycd again, and doth conjoyne his nature with the adop- ted power it hath from the oyntment, and fo a union of both natures is made, whereby the wound's fpirit doth participate with the baUamick nature of the Mummy. Again, in the true nature of the faid Problem , without any converlion of propofuion , the bloody fpirit in the unguent became confufed through over- much heat, as it appearerhby IJi:. James /^;V« his experiment, in holding the Lan- cet by the fire, after it had wounded, and was annointed.
3 Prohhm.
G'ilb, TwoLoad ftones being difpofed into fevered Boats, and placed on the fuper-
ficiesof rhe water, if they be fufficiently placed within the oiDS of their vertues , they will with mutual! atfeftion prepare themfelves foramceting, andatthe lalt embrace or adhere unto one another.
Alfo if an Iron be fitted in one Bark, and a Load-ftone in another , the Iron will hallen in the very fame manner unto the Load-lfonc, and alfo the Load-fione being in his Bark, will move unto the Iron, infomuchthat eirher of them are carried from their places in fuch a manner, that atthe lalf they are joyned together, and fodortft, as being well fatisfied and contented in their loves.
The like alfo will be effected , if two wiers, excited by the Load-flone, bepuc through like corks , and placed on the water to fvvim; for you fhall fee themraake love to one another, and moving by little and little, they will fenfibly meet, and with their ends (kike and touch one another.
Afflkation,
Ridlej c. 14. ^" '''^^ manner, the Northern or congealed blood, or bloody trarfported Muti- my , by thecondud of his unftuous vehicle , which is alfo by his prefence made Magnctick, doth covet the Southern union, of the living and moving bloody fpi- rits of the wounded, as Matter doth Form, or the female doth the male ; and be- caufe the fpirit is continuated betwixt them both, as the aire is continnaced be- twixt the North-pole, and the South xquinoftial in the g'-eat world , though each extremity be of diffe-ent natures , namely the one cold and dry, congclative , at- trad^ive, andimmobil; the other hot and moift, diflblutive, difcuffive, and rr.obil, oragill ; therefore they eahly do concur, and meet with a fympathetical em-
bracing.
4, Problem.
K-.Ai., . The naturall union of Magnericall Spirits, isjwhen the condition is made by
contrary parts , as by the pole North or South.
Amplication,
So the Northern blood -^r the fpirits in the tranfported blood,rhat are congealed, and have affumed a Northern property , willeafily concur with fpirits of a Sou- thern or iquinoftial nature, namely with the fpirits of the lively fountain, from whence they come, being that like doth naturally covet his like ; efperially when it is compafled about by the cold and crude aire , and fo con'lrained ro contrail it felf with its airy vehicle froni]his cold adverfary : for fpirits chirare denved frotn the xqiiinoilial, do efchewby a naturall inilinit, even as the airy nature dorh, the chill difpofirion of the earth; and therefore being fled or conrrafted inro the Center, it dnws imroit the lively beams of the Southern blood. This is the rea- loninthe Macrocofm , that when the North-wind bloweth llrongly, and the
South
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South wind not foltrongly, 'Jieaireis often times condanled into a cloud, by the contraiVion ot' the fiery, formal, and srquinoil:iaI or allrall beams in the aire To condenfed ; which, by realon of rheoucwardcold, do fly from the air's Circum- ference unto the Center : Infomuch, that for this reafon often times ic is fcen, that it breaketh out into Lightnings and Corufcations. This contradion alfo in the included aire, when the externall aire is cold, is eafily difcerned in effect, by tlic Wether-glafs, namely when the water is drawn up, and the included aire concra- £ied or coarfted into a narrow room.
The ninth Member of the Propofition , with hii Proofs.
Theninth member of the Propofition is , that the rtrong attraAive faculties of every Magnet is of aNorthern condition , or Boreal property , and confequently hath hiscnief artradive faculty from thepole-flar. And therefore after the man- ner of the Load-'.lone, ic drawech from the Circumference unto the Center. A^ain, all things coveted or beloved; forafmuch as they are formal, do participare of the .cquin.'dliall faculty, which emitteth beams by dilatation from the Center; and therefore their union by application, maketh a mixtion of temper, which is be- tween the Northern-pole, and the xquino6tial, that is partly attradive, and part- ly dilative, as is mans vitall fpirit, which acteth in Syllole and Diafiole , or contra- ction and dilatation, even fuch is the Ack of Magoeticall coition.
Certain P>oilematicA/ Dcmonjlrattons to confirm this Member.
Firft, I will proveunto you demonftratively , and that by a relation made unto the Load-Hone, that the moft vigorous Mngneticall attratlion is from the North- pole and confequently that by the blood's induing of a Northern and congelative faculty, it mult needs become moft attradive and cpntraftive of his like, as we fee that the movable and thm expanfedairebecometh thick Snpw, when the North wind do:h blow, or ice, or frolt, or hiil.