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 it, is the universal nourishment of all living Creatures, and the immediate and whole Matter of Blood; whence, and from the three parts whereof, viz. the Butyraceous, Serous, and Caseous, and their various concoction in the Stomach, and constitution in the Veins, he would deduce the different nature of the Humors and Spirits composing the blood; as from the different Quantity and Quality of these, he would derive the whole business of Health, and Sickness, and the method of Cure.

But as to the Observations made upon the Person and Dissection of ''Thom. Parre,'' 'tis noted;

1. That he was a poor Countryman of Shropshire, whence he was brought up by the Right Honorable Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and that he dyed, after he had out-lived nine Princes, in the tenth year of the Tenth of them, at the age of 152 Years and 9 Moneths.

2. That being open'd after his death (viz. An. 1635. Novemb. 16.) his body was found yet very fleshy, his breast hairy, his Genitals unimpaired, serving not a little to confirm the report of his having undergone publick Censures for his incontinence; especially seeing that after that time, viz, at the age 120 years, he married a Widow, who owned, Eum cum ipsa rem habuisse, ut alii mariti solent, & usque ad 12 annos retroactos solitum cum ea congressum frequentasse. Further, that he had a large Breast, Lungs not fungous, but sticking to his ribs, and distended with much bloud; a lividness in his face, as he had a difficulty of breathing a little before his death, and a long-lasting warmth in his Armpits and Breast after it (which sign together with others were so evident in his Body, as they use to be in those, that die by suffocation.) His Heart was great, thick, fibrous, and fat. The bloud in the Heart blackish and dilute, The Cartilages of the Sternum not more bony, than in others, but flexile and soft. His Viscera very sound and strong, especially the Stomach; and it was observ'd of him that he used to eat often by night and day, though contented with old Cheese, Milk, course Bread, small Beer, and Whey; and which is-more remarkable, that he did eat at Midnight, a little before he died. His Kidneys cover'd with fat, and pretty sound; only in the anterior surface of them there were found some aqueous or serous (as 'twere) abscesses, whereof one was near the bigness of a Hen-egge, with a Rh