PART xiir.

EPIC u n tP &
as ftiexan, to make way for the Good to come Soul in that part whereto ir {. v, • her, and conrrads herfe.f ro prevenc the. ftnhes the r^e. of t,;"s°oS;:S’- . • _ - .. M^^rouen the whole PoHv oriri .1- .. *;
111.
There is a Diffafion, or Dilatation ; for as ! loon as ever the Form of a good and pleafing thing ftrikestheSenfe, or moveth the Mind the Jittle Bodies, of which it confifcs, foinfinuate into the organs of Scnfe, or into the Heart itfelf, as that being accommodated as well to the Soul, as to the Body, they, in a more particu¬ lar manner, gently ftroke and delight the Soul and, like little Chains^ allure and draw it to¬ wards that thing out of which they were fent : Whereupon the Soul being turned cowards and intent upon that thing, gives a great leap as it were, towards it, with all the fcrength it hath that It may enjoy it.
On the other fide there is Cantraftion bc- caufeas foon as ever the Form of a painful thin*- ftrikes the Senfe, or the Mind, the little Bodies of which it confifts, as fo many little Darts or Needles, prick the very Soul together vvith the Organ, in fuch; manner, that they loofen its Co^exture, while Ihe, to prevent them as much as Ihe can, Ihuts herfelf up, and retires to her very Centre or Root, where the Heart or Iii- telki^f is placed.
It win not be necelfary to repeat what we for- nierly laid, that it depends upon the contexture of the Soul, why one Animal is more inclined to Anger, another to Fear, a third to calm frnooth Motions} nor to add, that this difference is found in Men alfo, according as their Souls par¬ ticipate more of a fiery, or a flatuons- -Or of an aerial Principle. Or we may obferve even in Men that are poUfhed by Learning ■ thefe Seeds cannot be fo rooted out, but that one is more propenfe to Anger, another more fubjea to Fear, a third more prone to ClenienCy than he ought. Moreover, the difference of Planners'
Anitnals only but iii;Men from one another is plainly enough dermd from the various com- miftion of thefe Seeds. .
CHAP. XX. •'
' • :'n ' ■ ; . , ■ ;
Of niuHtary motion; aHd^^articul^W^ of Ste ah. and Jmpfitionhf Names, ' •* ,>'
NO VV^^the Soul Being naturally ftirring, and ready for, motion, and able to 'move the vyherein it exiftsjiand the Member$ there-' well knowil;;,that Whenfoyser' flid-fno-' ,tijf .^ody, or its^ Members with:*£lhy 'mb- ' tion .whatfpover, fhe therefore doth -bteaufe
\x7;n and: «h^t this anrl . ’^^^ntelledii Jiffi3|iniiig :
lufthatt^Imaginationiscaufed by'tHerrm^ge
takes It : {or thelntellea, or Mihdj rietir
l *’■***■= forefeoth/kiiaor
“nlefs fte firft have thennsgeof
Iwa.4.879. ffc when weinovh ifor Eitanidlei) the Tjhigte, nnd walk, f hi^ is, .therefore tdone be- ' S* /vyaIking;comingtd the
thence proceeds- i»i;Will-n:b
walk ; then when the Mind hath fo movMItfelf as that it wills to walk, it inftantly ftrikes the
I •“
U , V" . wnicn is dibuled
rte c ' efpraally through
nie 1 highs and Feet. Thus the whole Frame i?
by degrees thruft forwards, and moved ; Not cb
^ Air conduceth fomthingthere-
i Sih^d r ^ becomes.
« ^ “i^he Air infinuates into its'pdrcs. The
Body therefore IS moved from -tWo- caufes ^CnH Ship, which is driyen on by Oiirs Ind’
ri beginning of Motiori’pfbceeds from r
Che Heart where the Mind is feared ‘ is mani- feft, for that we fee fomtimes Horfear for Ex- *^'>P e ) cannot, as fpon as ever the Barrier is let down break forth, hor ftarc away fo fud denly, as their Will prompts them •’ beLufe whole lubftance-of the Soul diffbfefl v ? all the Limbs, muft firft'be “hef Tl ft being ftirred up, it may folloiv the dclign of the Mind Thus 'it proceeds fitft from the „i|i of
the Mind, and then tiiorongi, tlieLTand
It may perhaps feeni' ftrange that fo llfrk f ‘f?*® ’ Mini confifc
lo ^eat a weight 3S1S that of the Body, But what wonder, when.-fhe Wind ' a thine fo
IwaftSh " ^ ^orce drive ’forwam
a vaft Ship • and one Hand, one Rudder turn it about and guide it, though under full Saif? And are there not Engine^ which ^ Pu ieslnd .Screws, move and.draw up hrag WriJ ' i Jt that with no great foi-ce
^t fbrafinuch a^ 6f di^ mofibhs 'fei- whic i weinove the parC5^fi.lie‘Body, as^^if om'-"
^ Tongue is moft' conQ^I aElc
Spe.'iking, it feems rcquuite ta
fayTom^hingofthis in particular. ^
niah a-fSS breathing Ani-
ma s aftei fuch a manner, as that if can break
and, as it were, mpu|d the Air which is vnhp*
b^whed fo.rth'.>nd .tiief4oi^^^^ ■
^rtdjTenceit l#'pe %h;fhnt.aSre^
•'^^dupon tii.e’buli butts ,WKh his F^orns.tbe Hprfe Itvikcs with Kis HeS'' the tyom tearef h with- his Teeth and daws thi Bud truftsto her Win0 -, hence ic lianneJh I fay, tjiat Animals and cfilefly Meii ■Der'ceivinDr th^aMity_ of theiir':tt.ng|e ’[o e.vfffE’^'thVaf?
even when they
hgmfie fonithiiig, that without them ) they fend oupaSound.Jyhich if called Voice ’and bl
I inftance Animals_aJib, -becaiif& we-fee that they hkewife fend forth feveral Voices, according
ps they are joy?d or gn thing Dogs, for. Example, make feveral Noifes, when chey-atot furiouny, when they
rhSV- r ^ play with their Whelps, when
'are! hhrt',and cry of Jiow'l ^
3 Horle hffigl^th aftera different manneruwheb
and^ttflleBii^^piirt-’d bvmiRiikr And RirHc
tne^r'TVCy
wherfth^ 1ft F^Iy, ftiU?^ ^ ^
Hojt
592
tumu ib.
litrt.
'itm.
iJtrt,
Lucret. S' 1040.
Utn.
E PI GURUS.
^ART XUL
Now Man, above tbe reft, perceiving the great power of bis Tongne, and how he can bend it various waysjfo as to make divers articu¬ late Sounds, which may be accommodated to fignifie feveral things, hence proceeds Speech, by which Men ordinarily difeourfe with one ano¬ ther, exprefling the paflions of the Mind, and other things, no othervvife than as by nodding the Head, or pointing with the Finger.
Here, becaufe it is ufually demanded,^ How Men came at firft impofe Names on things ? We mult know, that Names were not im^ofed merely by Invention of Man^ nor by fome Law •, but the very Natures.^ or natural Difpo/itions of Men^ which were in feveral Nations^ beings upon the prefentment of things to them^ ajfeiJed with par ticular motions of the mind^ and compelled by ima ges proper to the things.^ fent forth the Air out of their mouths j after a peculiar frfhion^and broke and articulated it^ according to the impulfion of the fevc- ral ajfedions or phantafieSy and fometimes according to the difference of places^ as the Heaven and the Earth is various in different Countries. The words which were thus pronounced, and partis cularly with a will of denoting things to others, became the names of things.
Some alfo deftring to mention fome things to 0- thers^ which were out of their fight pronounced cer¬ tain founds or words^ and then were conftrained to repeat the fame words ; whereupon the hearers find¬ ing out the thing by fome difeourfe and conjeffure^ at lafi^ with much ufe^ underfieod what the others meant.
And becaule feveral Men ufed feveral Names, to fignifie the fam€ things to others, and there¬ upon there was a variety of Names *, for this Reafon, Names proper to fignifie things were in every Nation by degrees^ and, as it were, with com¬ mon confent chofen and appointed, fo as their mutual ftgnif cations might be lefs .ambiguous, and things might be explicated by a more compendious way of fpeaking.
For this Reafon I conclude,That the firft Man impofed Names on things, not out of certain Science, or by the Command or Didatc of any one Man j for how Ihould he come by that Sci¬ ence, or have power to compel many Men to ufe the words which he dictated •’ But rather, that they impofed them, being moved by a certain natural Impulfion, like thofc who cough, fneexe, bellow, barki figh. Ah4 therefore we may fay, that Namds are not by, Inftitution, but by Na¬ ture, feeing they are the Effeas and Works> as it were, of Nature *, for, to fee and bear things (which are certain Effects and Works ofNaturc,) arc of the fame kind, as the giving of Names -to Things; V;
CHAP. XXI.
A
, n
, Of Sleep and I^r earns.
IT refls, that we add fomething concerning
Sleep, and the Death of Animals, ^wp things near pfRin j for one isan l;ntcrmjft|n,thjS^other the Extinction of Senft , arid DeaOw ordinarily termed atiEverlaftipgSl^cp*'
Skeois caufed, wbm ihe f ayts of the Soul, which are djfufid thorough', the compofttmyf thf
Body, are either reprejfed or fegregated - or elfe
fome little Bodies, either from the Air or from Food,
light upon the difperfed parts , which partly, drive
them away from the Body-, partly crowd them into Lucret.4.9iS,
the Body, and difeompofe them. For hereupon the
Body, asdeftitute of its ordinary fupport and
government, becometh weak, and all the limbs
grow feeble, the Arms and Eye-lids hang dpwn,
the Knees fink, and, in a word.therc is no more
Senfe. _
For it being certain, that Senfe proceeds from iiicret. 4.91*. the Soul, it is no lefs evident, that when Sleep hindcreth the Senfe, the Soul is difturbed, and thrown out of doors •, not the whole Soul, for then it were not Sleep, but Death •, but a pare only, and yet fo, as that which is left behind is ■^prefled within, and buried like Fire rak’d up in afhes. And as, if we ftir up the Fire,it wakes, as it were, and a flame arifiss from it, in appear¬ ance extinguiflicd •, fo the Senfes arc reftored throughout the Members, and raifed again out of a thing in apearance dead.
When 1 lay, that little Bodies qoming from i^ret. the Air caufe this diliurbance, 1 mean, partly the exterior Air, which never ceafeth to beat and drive againft the Body, ( whereby it comes to pafs, that the outward part of every Animal becomes folid and hard, ) partly the interior, or that which is drawn in at the mouth, and blown out again. For the ftroke of each of thefe paf^ fing through the little vacuitic5,to the princi¬ ples and firft elements of the Body, their Pofiti- ons are fo difordered, that part are call out,