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 200 . But for all your hast, your Head will be laid in a short time, and then he that is your chief Mourner, will quickly want another for himself.

XXXV. An Eye that's strong and rightly dispos'd, is indifferent to all Colours, therefore if it calls for Greens, 'tis a sign 'tis weak and out of order : Thus when the Hearing and Smelling are in a good condition, they don't pick and chuse their Objects, but take in all manner of Scents and Sounds, thus a Strong Stomach dispatches all that comes into it, like a Mill that Grinds all sort of Grain. And thus a Mind that's Sound, and Healthy is prepared to Digest all sorts of Accidents ; And therefore when 'tis clamorous in such wishes as these, O that my Children may Live and Flourish, that I may be every Bodies Favourite, and he commended for every thing I doe : When the Mind I say is thus sickly and untoward, 'tis just like an Eye that's all for Green Colours , and like a set of Teeth that would touch nothing by their Good will, but Flummery, and Pudding.

XXXVI. There's no Body so Happy in his Family and Friends, but that some of them when they see him going, will wish for a good Riddance, and almost keep a Holy Day for his Death : Let him be a Rh