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Moreover Collyries, and Unguents, conveying the vertues of things Naturall, and Celetiall to our pirit, can multiply, tranmute, transfigure, and transform it accordingly, as alo tranpoe thoe vertues which are in them into it, that o it cannot act only upon its own body, but alo upon that which is neer it, and affect that by viible rayes, charmes, and by touching it, with ome like quality. For becaue our pirit is the ubtile, pure lucid, airy, and unctuous vapour of the blood; it is therefore fit to make Collyries of the like vapours, which are more utable to our pirit in ubtance, for then by reaon of their likenes, they do the more tir up, attract, and tranform the pirit. The like vertues have certain ointments, and other confections. Hence by the touch ometimes icknes, poionings, and love is induced; ome things, as the hands, or garments being anointed: Alo by kies, ome things being held in the mouth, love is induced, as in Virgil we read that Venus prayes Cupid

"That when glad Dido hugs him in her lap At royall feats, crown'd with the cheering Grape, When he imbracing, hall weet kies give, Inpire hid Flame, with deadly bane deceive, He would - -"

Now the ight, becaue it perceives more purely, and cleerly then the other enes, and fatening in us the marks of things more acutely, and deeply, doth mot of all, and before others agree with the Phantatick pirit, as is apparent in dreams, when things seen do more often present themselves to us then things heard, or any thing coming under the other enes. Therefore when Collyries transform viuall pirits, that pirit doth easily affect the imagination, which indeed being

