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 smelt sweete but from some medicine taken inwardly; whereas I know the contrary to happen in my own certain knowledge. Besides I remember above forty years ago that one winter pulling off my shoes, and setting them to the fire, my chamber fellow coming into the room at the same time presently cry'd out, what a mighty smell of musk or civet is here! At which I smiling desired him to draw near, and smell to my shoes, which he did, but soon found a different smell there. But I know not how I thus insensibly run into this humour of talking of myself. Let us return to Gretrakes and his cures, which it is manifestly plain may be within the bounds of nature, (though perhaps not a little purified and defecated by the help of religion) because he could only relieve or cure afflicted Nature, but not restore it when decaying. But that which to me seems wonderful above all the rest is, that subtil morbifick matter, which,