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Cona»arion or ?tm']^rntl^ (as Cardan^ 1 take it, faith) of the other twoj the Soul and the Sprit muft needs reft, and be rooted there tlfo.
Seeing the Mind feethand knoweth nothing but by- means of the Soul and his inward IVits and Sfirhi^ not thefe alone neither, but by the helps of the outward one?, called the Jngels or Meffengers of ff^its ; nor nei- their of both, without the parts where they lodge and reft : Then even as the parts of the Body ftandaf- fefted and difpofed, fo doth the Mind underftand. Let us go down more particularly to the matter, and railea* nother image in the (econd Face of Pijcesj and upon ic will defcend a 5^irif of a pleafant humane voice, that will tell us what condition or diipofition of theBo^ helps or hinders the work of Vnderftanding : After that a man hath abftrafted himfelf from his Dody^ how to do it, I (hall tell you in its due place, and that the Soul thus abftrafled hath given the matters to the five JFits and MeJJengers ^ and after they have received them, and delivered up the tidings to the threefold Glafs within the Brain ; and this by ftirring and running up and down, prefent and mufters them before the Mind^ and (he by cafting her light and view, judgeth and deter- mineth that we may eafily and quickly gather two things needful to IFifdome and good underftanding ; Firft, fuch a Gla(s or fuch inward Spirits, as are able to receive and hold many (hapes imprinted 5 that is, very dean and clear Sfiritshy t\\t example of an Ejg, that kindly Glajs^ or of an artificial one, or of a Garment, all which will eafily take and (hew in that cafe every little fpot, (hape and faOiion fet upon them , whereas when they are dark, foul and uneven, they can take nothing, nor yet reprefent them, if they had them.
In the 1 aft Face of Pzyce/,Afcep.'is a young Man naked, with a Pofie of Flowers, and upon this Figure defcends
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a Guardian Genius^ that faith, thefe Spirits are quick, hot and lively, able by their fwift running to and fro, to reprefent and (hew all apace and eafily ; for the Mind doth all by matching and laying things toge- ther : and faith, that he is the caufe of quicknefs, and ftirring of the Spirits, as appears in fickne(s, age and Coimd Sleep', efpecially, in age and yJci^we/} more clear- ly then needs any light of teaching. But how in fleep > when the heat of the Spirits (erving Wit, is either ioaden with the clogging fumes and breaches of the Stomack, whilft the Soul wanders, the Body is fpent with labour , or with fweet and ftill fleep beholding : for reft abates heat, as lever faid, or el(e lent for a time unto his fellow Servants the Spirits of life, for the digeftion fake. Thus we have clogged our felf after Jhurfdajs Journey : make good ufe of what hath been (aid, and faft and pray to God for a bleffing, and upon Friday you (hall know more and greater things then thefe. Read our Holy guide.
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