I. Problem.

TheNorth-pole is alwaies the moft vigorous and ftrongpole, to all Magneticall ,5, RidkjcJ. purpofes, if he have the quantity the South hath.
■Application.
Therefore the bloody fpirit induing the natute of the North, is moft efficacious to operate upon the Southern nature Magnetically or attradively.
z Problem,
The Loadftone drawet^ the Iron more ftrongly from the North-pole , than any Gilbeft. dt point elfe of the faid Stone. ' Mag.tib.i.
yipflication.
I This confirmcth the fore-faid Problem.To conclude, the Magneticall at traitlon of theNorthernblood, is the caufeof plancingthe light of more fpirirs intheun- duous Magnet ; whereby it is made ftronger in his operation.
3. Problem.
The Loadftone hath his points, that is to fay, his true poles, in the which do abide GWhtu. it his greateft virtue. And for this caufe it doth not attraft the Iron withequal force, ^'i- '• *• *• from every part; and alfo the Magneticall Subjeil doth not move or flow unco eve- ry part of the Magnet.
. 4 Problem.
The parts that are neareft the North-pole, are the ftrongeft in attraction, and the parts that are remote, are obferved to be the weaker and more infirm in their draw- ing virtue.
O o Dt'
Kidleyc. 14. Ridley C.I?
j^g^ Mef
Demonfirtiiion.
s;)r^o;vj„^;n"ofisss:L.>j=naon^
will Iknd du-edUy North and South. • ^^^^^^^ ^1^^^ h a cork,
... -. Fifcl V, fet two Load-tlones with their P ''^^°' °"'Lj„,^ ^ clav , NvhUe k cool-
''"^^'■' '^' North pole or South-pole of each, at each end ot a piece ot clay ,
eth, and both end. wUl be of one nature ^^^ afterwards let it
Sixtlv, put a piece ot clay of f/'^"§.^^'"^^";'^^;„„e • After that barn it again,
t^iUj. cool No^'th^and South, and ^V^iVooS fi rNc^r ^cool n^v Sourh,and k will be
inthefire, andletthat «"d wh>ch coole^^^^ ^^^^^^
changedintothenatureof the South, anatn u
Applicatidft,
Bythefit.thereforeof thel^Prc^lem^andcxperi.^^^^^^^^
fountain of vigorous attraftion ^?^/;;i;^^^{,.7bi;odY Splric induing the nature of Northern cold is toattrait, ^"^ J.^^f^'^^^f^^
theNorthbeco;nmethMagneticall. as ^^^^ J^J"^ c^ ^ ^m this Northern fpirir, I willcon.e novvtheretoretodernon t^^^^^^^^^
and the Southern,do make by ^^ej^ mun^^» ^^J °^^^^^„,^ produce an ^qui-
NorrhernandSouthern-polebytheKuntermemate r^ ^^
neticall proofs are thefe.
, '■ ■ ^ roof>rher at their poles, thofe two poles
not excite or hold a needle thus touching.
application.
.hcrncqninoaMl, orhvelyord,htedon^ . m^=^^^^^^
cally unto the wound.
The tenth M-mber of the Tropofnior,, wish his Proofs.
ThetenthMember ofrhe Pro.oruioni.,that by alWdyfom^^^^^^ tion of his like being made, by erfufion ot k ^"fo d^ ^F;^ ^ J^ cold air _ ^^^^^^ ^ pin,, northern, or congealed, may, ^^^^^'^^^^'^^''^^ fomhern or equinoaiall Ind^orroborared; andloby I^^j-^'^S X" ^"^ , one homogeneall narare narure , may, by a fj^-^^^^;" i " J,^ Zhn by little and Ut^tle th. nature vviththelivelyl.loodyfpirit,
oftheplantoranm-ial mafs inwhicU nc !!> ^rauc , j ^^^^
Eidle)C,i9.
Scft-i." MofaicallPbilofopb,: ,o.
Certain 'Probkmatkall Ti'monn-y^t,,^, »„,.£• / .
If a Magnet of no force or ftren(»th rh3rr^« pole of a Uad-lione chat i. rtron>Je ^ill (l.w f ^ ''' '^'^'^^"^^ ' ^^ f« <>" the asrheLoad-ftoneis,vvhereuntohrisun^cd buraLT."'' ^^^^^'^'^ ^^ ftrong A/ asvveakasbefore,unlefsitbe often done ' ^'" ^'^ '' "^^" ^"^^"i > hewUlbl
Afflication,
/rom Che externall aire's inclemenc v a, rif 1^ T? '.^' tranfphnced fpiric
aed fouthern nature , it dorh re" vVaeai^th^^^^^^^^ • '""^ °^ " ^^ ^'^ ^"'•"- tranfported , even as ^e fee the^^^-^^'g^. ^j'^.^^^^^ fP'F«s of thefainting blood fo
earth is by the earth anirnated with he Sun barS^ T" °^^^^'' ^""^^ i° the death to life. But if that a part o the Lnrme^rh ' J ^ '■'''''^' '^ '^ w^^^' f^orn the weapon, where the blood doth ftick^oSooir'" ^^V^^"^ ^^^ P^^^^ of willtherevivedfpiritsfaintagain'ndtCou^^^^^^^^^ then
fore the blood was buried in the ;>yntment ev "n a^* L t r°"'l'/^ ^^^ i'^' from the vigorous fpirits in the deJd c^Tain ;hev wi I fS/ '^ '5\""^ ^= ''^'"^^^'l grow and multiply/ But ifthe oyntmC anSeH f'J"; '"'^ l^= P^^"^ ^»J» "ot
wound will nrolper, and heal with^uS.n3em^^^^^^ was removed from the revived fpiric in the ar.?n K. a/^o then if theearth, that
/ K will profper again. ^ ' '^' §"'"' ^^ te-applyed unto it , fuddainly
a Problem,
^fplicMtion^ '
■^pplvatUu,
tftrlih 1 ^^t% m.
4 Prok'tm. '^pphci^ioh.
&lib.i.caf.U
Oo 2
7lt«
2,§4. MofmdVhilofo^y. Book 5,
The eleventh Member of this frofofition, with his Proofs,
The eleventh Member is , That the alteration of the aire dothoper^tc equally
up Mn either extream, which h an evident argument of a continued unity in ipirit,
between the tranfplanted blood in the oyntment, and the wound ; fo that what
pairionthediftemperedorundement aireoperatech in the one, is felt by the o-
.... ther, no other wife, than if a thread be tyed at both ends of a Gallem, the one end
bein" touched, the other end doth fympathize,or aft likewifcby confent , which
is an evident argument, that the aire is thzratdium or vehicle, in which the fpiritu-
all influence doth pafs; and that the faidformall , celelHall, or influential! fpirit
which is carried in it, doth, by an immediate contact , communicate with thedi-
Itempersof itsairy vehicle, and,by confequence, it is by that means changed by
turns and by portions, into a northern or fouthern difpodition. And therefore by
the externali air's cold, it fucketh fpirits from the wound , and leaveth it diRem-
pered and dolorous, it being by that kind ofartradtion deprived of fome naturall
heat. So that fymparhy is turnedinto antipathy , as it appeareth, when the oynt-
ment is taken off from ilie wounding placeof the weapon , either totally, or in
part, as is faid before.
CertaiM Preblematic.tll Demonjlmtio/is , to confirm this Alcmlrr.
I Problem,
Tn the Weather-glafs , fo often mentioned before, you (hall find between th« bolts-head or mattras above, and the water below , aconrinued aire in the neck of thef'lafs; and you rauUimagine , that fuch included aire is not without his ful- phureous fpirits, which by dilatation ofthemfelves,do alfo dilate the airy vehicle they arein, and with the dilated vehicle the water is ftricken down ; and by ct)n~ traiUonofthemfelves, the airy vehicle is alfo contracted, and the water is fucked up. And yet we fee, that the aire which is between both extreams, is all one con- tinued aire from the one extream unto the other, and therefore muth more the occult and celeUtiallfulphureous fpirit, which dwellerh and acterh within it, and is as the fcul in a body, in mo.& in ejualtbet fane , and that indivifibly , or not fe- parated into parts. And becaufe this included adingfpJLiit being but one in num- ber, is deriVed from the foul of the world, Look as the generall worketh in the oreat world, namely, from the north or from the fouth; even foalfo doth this member of the generall operate in his included aire : For if the catholick fpirit of the world aftethorbreatheth from the north, andbringeth forth in the air, congea* lative and contra6live effetSis , then the centrall fpirit in the glafs doth operate likewife after the fame manner , for it contrafteth his -vehicle , and fucketh up the water : But if the world's catholick fpirit bloweth from the fouth, then is the aire, before contra^ed , now again dilated; and then alfo will the included formall fpi- rits in theglafs operate after the fame fafhionj and dilfipate or extend out their airy vehicle in a larger proportion or mannef, as by ocular obfervation you may difcern in the faid inftrument.
4 Problem',
.vv;UO "^ ThenorthwindblovvingliitbegreatworldjContinueth the effenceofhis blaft .«- ■^^ from north to fouth , but the nearer that it approacheth the equinoftiall line, the
>)\.\ > ■■' ■■ more weak is his efted in contraftion and congelation , agreeing in this with the M:: potent are they in their operative or attraftive powfer ; and the farther they are off, t,he more infirm anddebll they arc.' But this emanating fpirit from the north to fheequinocliaU, is one andtnefamefpTrit ineflence, although in property it va- rieth inhis parts. Likewife the fouth wind having dominion , doth fend out from the eqmnofliall unto the north his blaft , without any difcontinuance ofhisef- fence ; and yet the nearer it approcheth unto the north, the weaker is his force in dil.iratinn and di.ffohuion , and yet the fpirit is ope and the fame in etfc»cia with tlvit of t be-north ; forit ishmone/is/w^ w/»«^/, or vivlf^^^ingfpiric ofthe world,
5^T OO
Sed. 1. MofaicaU fbilofofty. 28^
which the Platoniftelkem, to have his dwelling in the Sun. And I>4t/;^ fair h, He put his tabernacle in the Stin. And therefore the winds are called by forhe Titanti }i/ii, the fans of Titan or the Sun. And the Prophet argueth aswell the Unity as the Omnipotency, of this vivifying Spirit , where he faith, fl;n!,Spirirfti, a ijHMuar j^zcii. jgi vcmis^ & infujfia interfen:os ijhs-, ut rtvlvifcanc i C^me^ Sfir'tt, from the foKt wifidstHi'tii, jtf. and breathe upon tkefe (lain per fans, that they may live. Where he argueth , thac, it is but one effentiall Spirit, which (as 5c/owo/; faith) filleth the world , and is in every thing of the world; but after a manifold property.
The conclnjive Application.
We conclude therefore, thatthefpirit inthe wounded man's blood, not ex- hmfted , and that in the blood exhauHed, is all one fpirit in eflence , howfoever it vary in property;and therefore being continuate and indivifible in effence, icisno marvell though it adlcth fromone extreame unto another diverfly, namely Magne- tically and attractively from the Oyntment : for there by reafon of its abfencc from the Southern or lively blood in the body, it indueth a Northern nature , and fucketh or attraileth his like, being emanated in the aire , and the Southern-pole or iquino6lial point by dilatation, fendeth out his fpirit to be at t raided ; and fo there is made a communication berwixt the Balfamick nature, and the wounded, the felf-fame fpirit operating diverfly. Arid I will exprefs unto you a notable ex- ample in the great world. When the Sun is beyond the squinoclial Southward, ( which happeneth in the winter) then is the Northern nature moft powerful! in attraction, congelation, and infpitiationon this fide the xquinoiitial. As contrl- riwife, the Southern nature is molt vigorous, andefficacious in dilatation, diflo- lution, andfubtiliation ;- and yet you fliall plainly difcern , how one and rhe fame Spirit in the world, doth operate from the one extream unto the other : For when the 5un in the South- dorh dilate the aire and the waters there, which the precedent winter had thickened and incraflated by attraction of cold, and by dilatation doth diilipate it , then that aire and water fo dilfipated, requireth a la^-ger pla e, and fli- ethfromtheafpeft of the Sun Northward. And again, the Northern propertie of the fame fpirit , being now in the winter time moft potent , doth by attraction fuck and direft Magnetically, thofe fpirits, whichare chafed from the South; and the nearer it draweth them unto the pole, the more fuddenly it condenfeth them into clouds ; which by reafon of the Sulphureous nature , which it bringeth from the Summer or aiquinoftial, do immediatly diffolve themfelves into rains. And thisis the reafon that the Southern winds are fo rife atriong us inthe winter, and confequently, that we have fo much rain in that feafori ; So that we may fee how the double property of one and the fame fpirit , doth operate at one and the fame time, about the effecting of one and the fame thing, inoneand thefamecatholick aire of the world ; as 1 hare told you before in my foregoing Difcourfe, As alfp, in theafcendingordefcending of fountains in each Hemifphere, the like is effe- cted. All which is molt lively demon (trated and performed in the Weather-glafs; as I have expr^fled before. Whereby it is confirmed, that being the Microcofmi- c all fpirit is all one in condition , with the Macrocofmicall. It foUoweth, th t though the body of it be divided, yet the fpirit remains indivifible, andean dilate and contract it felfat anyextention; as is proved by the properties of the two con- trary winds, whofe fpirit is continued from both extremities ; and by the fmill pieces in the Load-ftone, which have their compleat pbles as well as the wbole. Alfobythis, a man way fee, that this fpirit's operation, is not to be limited by any of the Peripateticks imaginary Sphere of aftiviry, and confequently that ic may work at anydiftance, being directed and guided by a right and homogeniall Magnet; that is to fay, agreeing ar the leaft-wife in fpeciality , if not in individu- ality'or both; as the blood of the wounded, which is tranfplanted , andth.it in trie body, bath which are identity in nature ; andalfoas is the Uz-Kea^ and Mummy in the Oyntment, which is of the fame Specifick, though not of the Individuall.
You fee therefore (Learne Propofition , hath been demonttrated, aswellby theLoad-ltone, as the naturall praCtifein the great world, and in praCtife of th: Weathir-glafs; which I term
my
zSS Mofaicall Philofofby, Book 5.
my Demonftrative Inftrument. But becaufe there are fome ftrange accident^ which happen in this cure, by chance and unlocked for; areafon whereof, could never hicheto be expreffed: I willfpeakawordortwo of them in a fecond Pro- pofition; and fo 1 will end this Chapter.
The fecond Prepofit'ton,
It hath been obferved, in the cure of wounds, by the Weapon- falve, that if there happen in the time of the cure, anyifl'ueof blood from fome other part of the wounded man, asbleedingat the nofe, piffing of blood, or by fome other wound; or elfeif he have to do with any menftruous woman in the mean time, the force of the Ointment will be diverted, and the efficacy of it will Hand but in little ftead ; and the reafon that I can give, is, becaufe the Southern bloody fpirit, which, raign- ing in the veins, did emit and direct his beams unto the Gyntment , waseafily at- tracted, and imbibed by the Oyntment : but when that fpirit is diverted and tur- ned another way, andisattraftedby a contrary Magneticall Subject; then will a divorce, as it were, be made by the fecond Magnet, betwixt the emanating Spi- rit and the attractive in the Oyntment. And I will maintain and demonftrate this to be true, by this Magneticall experiment.
j4 Problem to confirm the Profofithn out of Gilb. lib. 2. de Mag cap. 51.
Two Load-ltones or Irons excited, rightly cohxrin^ by the comming of ano- ther freftier and Itronger Load- Hone or Iron excited, do make an abort ; and the newconamer will eafily drive away the other, with a contrary face, and will com- mand him; andfo the endeavour or the delire of the other two, which were firit joyned, will end.
Application,
Thus you fee, how fitly thefetwo do concur, namely the fore-recited animal a£t,. with thefe of the mineral. I end this Chapter with this Affertion, Spirits that . • ' '^- have their fubriliation and aftion from natural heat, do z(X livelily; fo longas they
abide within the fenlible Orbe of Light's calefadting beams, being Itirred up a cen- tro ad ctrcttmferemiam. But if the faid Spirits depart or wander out of the Orbe of , Light, and arc environed by the cold a£t of darknes, then they contract them-
felves from the Circumference unto the Center, andfo refling in the Center, do ceafe to aft except they be incited or provoked by the virtue of heat , which doth fubtiliate, andbyfubtiliationmake both extreames alike. As is proved by the Weather-glafs, and by blood ifluing out of the wound, &c. as is faid before. Wherefore I will boldly conclude, that thefpirits of the blood , conveyed either in the body of the blood, orfuckedupintothe wounding weapon , orin a ftickj knitting-needle, probe, or fuch-like; may be evoked, extra£ted,or revived,and uni- ted unto his fountain; partly by preferving it from theexternall aire's inclemency, till it be diffevered by comfortable warm neat of his kind; and partly by the live- ly coition, or concurrence, and conjunftion of bis like , by a favourable and falutary afpe£t. I have been ( I fear me) too tedious in this Chapter; and yet not longer than the bufinefs doth rightly deferve ; confidering how the world hath been puzzelled, andallPhilofophersput to their wits end, about the due fearch and enquiry of this curing exploit : Forafmuchas they in the conclufon , were able to fay fo little, and to demonftrate lefs to prove this manner of cure to be naturall; that they gave way without controlement , unto the rafli and temerarious cen- fures of fuchfelf-conceitedperfons, as would (forfooth) have this kind nf cure, to be onely Cacomagicall , and Diabolicall ; which they infuhirgly go about therefore to maintain ; becaufe great appearing Philofophers , which did write in the defence of this Subje£t, could fay fo little, and to fofmall purpofe unto the contrary. I will fpeak a few words concerning fome other Hiftories, which are, and mny be referred unto the felf-fame manner of cure.
CHAP.
Sea. 2. MofaicdlPhikfoiby: ^^7
CHAP. VII.
The Propofnion,
■ r. ^; «n . difeafe in the blood and body may be cured , by I T ispo(nble, that an ^"^^^^^'^^J^?'^^^^^^^^ of the blood, to wit, oi the fick par- 1 cranlplanting of the excrem.ntinou ^J^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^is proper to comtorc
;£rid\^J£utd"?^^^^^^^ '^'''--''- .
An experimental hifiorj to confirm th^.
Thereh aNoble-man ,hebert elleem. ^;'ho ufeth commonly ^ocu^^ ^^^ :hat onely by
fometirnes(ashehathrebtedituntorne)W ^j^^^^^^^^.^ ^^^^ He
nieans of the lick parties ^]};^lf;^^^Z] knov;n among us here \r.EngU^d takerhth
and m-ingleth the """^.T .V^^^.'.tmpt vvh ch ^ caufeth to be framed up mto apafte, the which is divided into lump. , j^^ -^ballshe maketh ahole, and j7,or9 balls, and in the ^OP f ff \X fiUerh upthehole with thefaid J;JabUde of Saftron ^^J-hhjk' J^^f ^g^'J^^ ^^^^ P^t place, where no Line ; and then he pujteth or ^ Po^h \n^ ^^ j^^„di,, i„ ,he patient be he body may meddle vv.th ^^em , and imrneciut y j^^.^^ ^. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ j
further or nearer off ^^^^^^'^^ ^ t' h been^rved on above a hundred poor and rich, wearaway.Andthisexperime"thathb.en^^ ^^^ ^^.^ notonely he,
and many of them were ^V.^^ ,\^ J;^^^^^^^ Gods fake, have in this cafe done
but aU-o the nobleLadies his dj^^^^'^X true. And thus much I can affirm my oood to many poor people, do ffirm to b^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^erthac other Do- ?elf, that being caUed unco aChuur^gonsw^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ J7^ infefted with
aors hadbeen with her , ^^uj Jo htae^urp ^^j-^^i ,pofe, at herrequeft,
this difeafe ; and having ufed ;°'^^^^'^Xe„er unto that noble perfonage , to im- I rent her man i"^°^he count ^Vj^^h Lett r^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ p f.va-
plore his help: But in the inter m that tne^^ ^^.^^
Sedbyfomefincere fools,thatit w^s witcn 'whereupon I fent a meffenger to rave , and to ufe her rnan hardly ^t his re^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^j^^ ^^ ^^^,
forthwith to defire hi^^LordOiip , to un ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ . g ^^^^ he,
of the ingratitude of the ^o^^^^l-.^^Sr? do now what I can : And indeed (be .ic will be but in vain, for It will cure ^e^ daughter unro a
tended ^^^mediately upon it Alfo^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ding that ufuaU re-
Tord who was muchinfeaedwitntneidw ... ^er unto the faid noble LedtrPhvfKk did her little or no good^^I^^^^^^^^^^ Sade,who-did his endeavour :But^w^^^^^^^^
uponher,thouohherur nedid ar^^^^^^^ ^^^_ ^^ ^^^^^'^.T/L^hwirh
noble perfonage of the fmaUeftetttne ^^^^^^„^ ,i^e , and did forthwuh
aoain , and the fick Lady did fend .^-'^J/;;; . r^j ^ Thereis another, who, S omend, and within a few daiesw^p.^^^^^^^^^^^ of theirvvater or
untomyknowledgehathcuredfoao^^^^^^^ urineawayonagentlehre; tmn^ V
pecfiition or witchery.
C«rf*»
iSS MofaicallPbilofo{by. Book 3,
Certntn ProhtematicaU DemoKflj-atioTis, to confirm the froimbiHtj ofthis-Prapo/itian.
I Prcblem.
The nails and hair of the fick party being taken, and. put into a hole that is bored in an Oke, and the Oke being topped up with a peg ot the 4ame wood , cureth :,n Atrophiaticall or waited member ^ as is proved before,
Afflication.
Artd therefore much more the ferous matter which is feparated from the blood , becaufcthc elVcntiall vegetable fait of the blood in the Ipecihck , in which arc fomeftintills or fparks, is mingled with it ; and by vcrcue of them, there is a con- rinuated fympathy or refpeil between the fait and fulphure in the balls, and the infeiled blood-" For ( as 1 proved in the precedent Chapter ) the fpirit in the urine IS as continuntcd withthat in the blood, as was the fpiri t of the wounded and tlu Oyntment; fo that by a continuity and union of confent, tSie curative faculty of the vegetable afhes doih operate fpiritually,3s well upon the infettted blood iii ihe body, as upon the urine ;■ and therefore that is the reafon , that as the fait in the aOie's do work on the fait in the urine , fo do both of them communicate theirfor- cesbyamutuall confent , through the reafon of the fame continuity, unto the blood; fo that as the vertue of the plant with the Saffron do kill and poifon the.in- teitionin rhe urine ; foalfo, by the mutuall confent which is betwixt the two infeJting extreams , namely, the blood and the urine , the infeiition alio in tlie blood is obferved by little and little to dye, wither, and decay. But I will pro- duce unto you a magneticall Problem, to confirm the poifibility of this Prc- po[ition. /
■J Tiohlem.
^' Two Load'liones tightly cohering ac oppofite poles , by the comming of a ' flronqer Load-llone oi'lron incited, do make an aoort , and the new commer will eafily drive away ihe other which is with a contrary face, and will command him, and fo the coherence orunion of the other two will ceafeor end.
Applicmon,
So that union which vvas made between the fpirit infcifted, with thecoirupiing humour and the corruptedblood is feparated, and the unnaturall is forced to fly and depart from the naturall , by the help of another, which is more potent then the unnaturall, which is lefs homogeneall,and proper to reef iflc and purifieby the union of his fpirit, the impurity in the naturall blood, and to kill and mortitiethe corrupter in the urine. ♦
I need not to fay much more for the proof hereof, beingthat the precedcnc