\ i*-v l^-s. ^*-X:5^ I*. >->^.i: '•f:«'«" L^-^^ 'c:'^ .A-Ji ■^ ■^■%^, '1^ ^riW^itf '^a>9^. /5S'#f5>*c>.ij mmw )^o>kSk^j^^S^^ To the Right Honorable Bafill Earle of Denbigh Vifcount Feilding and Baron of Newnham. M Y L ORD, OVR Lordfiip ha- ving fometime ca[t ^ your eye upon the Originall of thk Treatife, feemed to ratifiethe credit it had received in the World by the honor ofyourAfprohati- A 2 on: The Eplftle Dedicatory. on .* Vfon the intimation whereof y I have Cout of my ejfeciall Obligations to your Lqrdfhif J pretermitted my more peculiar Studies for the Tranflation of this Peece : Not that it could thereby re- ceive the better acceptance with your Lordjhip ( where there isfo much Language , as i other accomflifhments of ho-r] nor) hut in rej^eB of the thing «fe//f^Myfterfe o/Philo- ibphy) lefl itfhould out-grow the better knowledge, as it hath the common Treffe. My The Epiftlc Dedicatory. My Lord J Tbefe confidera- tioris have chiefly induced the imfloyment of my heft Ende- njours in the performance of this VVor}\, ejfecially the afu- ranceoj your Lordfhip Vro- ie^ion; under n>hich confi- dence I have made it Pub- lick, as the least acknowledge- ment of my duty to your Lord- fhip ^ or refpeBs to the Generall Good Which if it may receive the favour of your Lordfhip f Countenance J I fh ill not douht jrVj preferment, and therein the advancement of the Mag- leticall Myfterie. A I The Epiftle Dedicatory, I confeffe, Suhjc^s of this nature are notfo ufually quali ■ fiedwhb that honor here as in forain fartf, under the fro- te&ion of Great Pcrfonages; yet is it not for n>ant of Prefi- dentybut rather ofReafon.,for Nobiliseft folus,Virtuteinfignis,8c Arte: which is more then demonjira- tive inyour Lordfhif : n^here- fore the Dedication of this "TreatiTe, being Exemf lifted hy the Author to feverall fer- fonsof honour Cand thife ihe moji Eminent J I may ho'pe your Lordfbi^ Cas inferiour to none ^The Epiftle Dedicatory. none J mil vouchfafe me the ■j^nviledge to ^urfue my Ori- ginal! ; So may the defeBs of the Body he fupplyed in the Countenance J 73:'hile your Lo^'- favour fiall Tatroni^e hoth, hy a dijpenfation or ac- cepance of thefe my Ende- vorSjto the future Encourage^ ment of, My Lord, - Your Lordfliips moft humble Serv. F E R D, P A R K H URS T.^ ^hctranjlstor to the Reader'^ TH E Philofopher contcm-i' platin-g the life of Man, would have Homo animalibus fa^ -pientius ejfe^ man to be wifer then all other creatures ; I con- fefle itisthepartof a wife man fo to be, but how to be ib every creature may direO: : for though reafon be appropriated to Man^ fenfe is as common to Animals, who by inftinfi: have learned the knowledge of their own prerervation without ourpr/V/- ciples of Reafon i and by certain dcmonftiations (as) from the . htberall Sciences of Nature^ doe daily teach us that Ti-^^'cefv^ia or Art IQlKnot^kdge^ di fpu ting N^/^^rf^ the The EftflU the commanding Emperefje of all Learning according to Menander-y So that mans rcafon cfpecially being prompted by the oecono^ wies ot islature^WiW conclude him no lelFe then what he is, (w^ ) the f/.JteV-«Tp.G- znd Ccmpefjdinm of her flf^ or the very centre^ in which all the rayes and influ- ences of her S phear do meet^ And thpsfrom the ^^pyc-ij. and conjunction of Nature and 7(ea^ fon a new faculty is created^called Art'^ whole fublime and fubtle qualities in emulation of her Vrogenitrices^zxc drawn from her own princtpies\Ars imitari T^atu^ r^efo/ertii^m poteji : from whence it confequcntly appears, that, fcoth Art and hlature are requi::= to the Reader. fite in the woik oiferfe^ion. Neqne Natnra fine arte fufficit (tijquam omnino qnocunque inftndio - KecAnfcrfepnefrdfidio NMura* Through this Coadjutorftiip and onCoficatenatiofj^zvc allthings governed under the Title of ^ProzficUnce^y whole Soveraign^ ty Man cfpecialiy conrributing inobediencejs not only protets: ;ftcd,biu alio his lelf:::j)relervati^ on and fecuricy fealcd to him under char Magf^a Cbarta^ Homo HatHrce obediens homini nocere non p^/r/?, Man obeying the Lawes ot N^/«re, can neither hurt him- felf nor prejudice another^ This is no rigid Law, but a Rule in Fquity^nay rather a gentle pre- cept of an indulgent Mother, that hUtZT rerum omnium the Philo. The Bpi/lle Philofophers fomuch adore- When therefore (by omnjp:^^ tent Tr9v'tdiince^ Nature^ Reafon^ znd Arf^ with all their faculties confpire together for the pre^ fervation of mankinde, as the greateft miracle oi the world ; what ftupid Nature, would not inreafon ftudy that myfterious Art^wherein the life and con:^ fervation of our felvcs depend ? Wherefore 1 (hall here (by wayot Prcfidcnt) prefenc thee with an AhftraSl from that moft learned Philofopher Theophra- jlu^ Faracelju^^who (out of the confiderationsaioreiaid) did not only fearch into the inofc occult andfccrcr ciufcs of Nature^ but allo(^being well experimented bj his own Art Sc Pra6tite midc them . . _„j to the Reader. :hem publick to the world in lis TraB de Tempore feu Fhilofo^ ybia) Which piece (being illu- Irated by Andrea Te^t^clius^ Dr. in fhilofophy and Pbyfu\) [ may here preter as an Epitome )fchemoftabftrufe part off i?/- ' fopky^ creating of many bidden Myfteries and operations^ in the rare and admirable cure of dif- ^afesat diftance^ by tranfplanta* 'ioninto other fpecies^ through a Mumiall and Magnetkall power, drawn chiefly from the Sympathy ind .4«//>^//^ of natural things. This excellent piecc.being re- commended to my acquaintance Iby the favour of a vjonhy friend, my refpc^s could not leffe then falutehim with ^Lgratnlor ad^ven- turn at the firft fighc j Afterward findin? T'he Efiftle finding him ('as)a complcat Gen- tleman by his language in the La- tirje tongue Cthough of Germane parenrs)and raoft accomplirtit in his fibjefl and matter^ ("being therewith fo much afFcded ) I could not in dilcharge ofmy ob**' ligations to my friend^ (upon his rcqueft}myown facisladionjand thegood will I bear to general! Learnings but difcover his true TPorth 3ind i?itrinfecalwen\its to a morcpublique 5wry the interpofition of theic partsy farts yVjhWc the ^cufoy,cvov is con fpi- cuousto thofc of another Mri' Defciep2ceso{ this Nature arc moft contingent in a felf opini- on ; which is, (for the niofk part^ either fo blinded by igno- rancc^or hoodwincktby conceit^ that chey dare not inquire be- yond their own knowledge^leaft by difcovcring them lei ves they (hould forfeit that which they only pretend to; Thefe of all othersldefire not to meet with^ all, but if it be my fate, I vvilTi they would begin where ^ — Here Iclofe, // ts nvfdome to learn thh rvhich a mxn r.Qi known , On his worthy Friend Mr. FarkfmrB and his Tranflation of this Mumia^ Treatife. TKis Rare P/^ff (treating of the wonderful effefts to be wrought by Mumie ) I com- mend unto this Natiouy inviting the Courte- ous Readers hereot;, unto a due acknowledg- ment of the learned Tranjlators induftryj Who, having met with fo Crabbed a Lrtf/>Zff Amhor^(uch tedious Parenthefes thcreiujwords fo ambiguous and infignificanr, yet hath he very judicioufly and dexterioufly overcome thofc difficulties^ and rendered his /lufrorin a Jperfed intelligible and pleafant English ftyk. The Suhje^ he Treats of, is Sublime and I high fif notthegreattil Myftery known to , Imortall Man^Jbethou therefore thankfull I who llialt read if, and learn, rather to admire then defpife the wonderful! works of the j^lmighty^ although unto thee they may feeoi Clouded, mUiam Lilly Student in iVftrology, To his ingenious Friend M^.Terdinando Farkhurfi the induftrious Tranflator ofthisEj^cellent Treatifc. pHyftciam need no more their TraJe advance, * By tedious, fulfome long Rcceic? and chance > Uerezhcy may meet a neerer liirer wayj Which will their tedious Fallacies difpiay. And lliew, what Nature, when difcovered, can Work in the body of imperfeftMin; Bymeanesfo eafy^and lb fccrct, that They flily order and direft'our fate. So what great Pa'-acelfm fcarchin^ mindej Led by a higher Genius, firfl did hnde, Aftd what fem^elius did from him difplay, Scattering b"? c/o/zc/j and fnewing brighter day; • Wc (being r.-ade (hareisot fiich we.Uih) muitowe (Since you h'vc given it to th' Eng^lifli World) to y$u Whofc worthy carehach now brought home ihlspeecc. And with ir giycn us a Golden Fleece^ Roger Ellis '^{q;. To i To my honored friend Mr. FerdwanJ^ PArkhurft Tranflator of this Magneti- call Traft. Vf Y deareft Fmnd^\ich is thy worthinefle. That nothing but thine owne can //;« exprefie J What ever Learning^ Wit, or ^'//, can teach. Is comprehended a// within the reach OUh^ capic'ity 5 for who can fay Thou art not read in ^/i^,althoii^h fome may Expofe their Qenlut more to piiblick fight ; Thy modtfly concealetvihat othen write. VVhilc Learning languillieth, thou doeft Tran/Iat: Great Paracelftis from his'firft Eftatc Into, thy Native Country, and there land him .Safe to all thofe that rightly underftand him ; But let your Mounttbatick., leech, ^uak^ and thsHj TK^c deal in SlmpleSy and their common Dojey Keep to their Simple 5 ^i\[ 5 for igncyance fure Can ncrc affume th; true MflgmUck^cure, P. t. (a 3) Oa On my moft worthy and ingenious Friend Mr. PArkhurJl and his Tranf- htion of this Myfticall Subje^. t^Hcn Art and Nature onzftxk^lon make. Who can (wiLhoiu piefampcion) undercakc To rpeak their own conceptions) or to tell That rhij is rare inuccdj That not fo well ? If any fuch there be, I could dclire Their hUnce j while the Learned ^o admire What every Page prefents with new delight 5 Tor admiration crowns the £pff/;//e. Whether the Author or Tranflalor be Chiefly prelcnted in ihisMnigmey Is not Ellciitiall > yet that none mifl.ikc May ( happily ^ aiife for Either s fake j When To great worth is brought in comperition, Know one's a Miiftcr^ th'other a Phyfician. Both have their parts for Learni'iJg, either Are exqnifite in all j Now choofc you whether. a F. A Tabic of the feverall Chapters (and matters therein contained) in this 3///w//i// Treatife. Chap. I. of the dtfimtioni, diver fttj^ cor}firttctio.ny nature and property of . Mumic. Chap. 2. of the differences of Mumie. Chap. 3. of the Extracitcn of Aercall Mumie. .« Firf manner of Extrusion of Mumic I or of theTincIure of the Miaoco[mc. • ^ 1 Second Extrac7ron of Mumic after ^ ] the manner of Qnnlc{{cncc. Third Extraction , or of Aercall ^^ Mumie. Chap. 4. off ^^ Spirituall Mumie of a M/crocofmica/l living body. Chap. 5. of the foundation of the Ex- traciion of Spirituall Mumic and its Magncs. Ch:ip. 6. ofthefrocefion^ or planner of ^A-zr^^T/i?;; ^/Spiritual! Miunie* Chap. The Tabic. Chap. 7, of the *f/Jr^/SpirituaIlMumic (JngcneraU.) Chap. 8. of the fa^voarof the Heavens towards the afore [aid operations. Chap. 9. of the time defined hy the Hcavcns/(?r the propcfed operationsm Chap. 10. 6//^^/^/;? ^/Spiritual Mumie (in Cp^[c)arjdfirf to reconcile a friend- fhipletrvcm two men. Chrp. II. To reconcile private or publick Enemies. Chap. 12. To reconcile the Ape and Scrpcm { naturally hating onea,jother) and other AnimalSj rvho are ^y -Mture enemies. Chap. i^.To precureamutuall love and affection betwixt a Man and his Wife* Chap. 14. Of the ope, ^v^ton /' the definitiofj^ diverfttiCy cenjfrucfi'^ on^nature^aj^dfrofcrty ^Miimic. Eing now upon the Treatife of Mumie^ \ conceive it nioft proper firft to fliew what is conipionly underflood by Mu^ wle:, and what is meant by the ame in this place. Mumie,fron. the-l ^ Jrahiafl. irahlans dJ^Q is I ienerally denoted | 2, j^Oypttdtl. J the Phy(icians >^ T>'/rnJ J ■ nd Apothecaries 3. rifJajphaltOf^ nder thefe fourc , j / • B 3. Jm-* 2 A MumtAll Treatife. . I. Arabian Mumie^is a certain compofidon of AloeSj Mycrhe, Croco's, and Balfamum, with which they doe ( ufually ) enibalme dead bodies 5 which ( after a while being taken out of the iepulchres) with the Sa- nies or matter fweating forth from the Ca- daver^ is preferved and kept for Phylicall ufes. . Thus much EM^ki affirmcth ( in his Syno- r.ywii ) faying, Mumie i? a thing which is found in the earth, where the bodies of tht dead embalmed with Aloes are intombed^anc tht humours of the Cadaver is refolved wich the mixture of the Aloes : S^rufU his Inter- preter teftificth the fame, chap. 283. who wriceth, that Mum'ie of the Sepulchres \\ fr6m the humidity of an humane body, intermixt and incorporated with x'Vloes* Myrrhe^ and other ingredients. 2. Mg^yptian Mumie/is tranfportcd from ^^^i^/tousj which is not made of any bo- dies embalmed with Aloes and Myrrhe, buf from ol7;eihlG- ("fo termed by the Greekf] which is a kinde of fat clay or fulphury matter of an aereal and fiery quality : ) Foi as the Nobility did ufe Croco's, Aloes Myi rhejd^c. for Embalmings, whofe bodie; (as ScalijT^er reports) was death to dig up (fo as Straho writes) the dead bodies o' the eommon people were ufually embal- mc( A MumhW Tredtife. 5 tned with A[pbaItoS) to keep and prcferve them from corruption. $. Pijfa^baltas, (by the Greekjmajccjtpd^hr^y from ^'»a pixy & ^^(pxhrQ- bitumen) is a com* po/icion ot a pitchy and fulphury matter; or rather^, this Mumie is a fubftance retai- ning the fame virtues which Pi.5r/cor/^^/ attri- butes to TiJfajphaltoSy having, the lame ef- fects as Bitumen mingled with pitch ; but in the mean while we get not the true Mumie^ and very rarely the Tiffaf^halm oiDiofcori" des\ but there is a counterfeit Conledion of Pitch and Bitumen commonly fold for Ffjfajphaltos, 4. Lybian Mumie ( is fo called in refpeft t)f the place from whence it is ) viz* for in he Region of Hafnmon being a part of '-'yhia-, which is between the Countrey of yrene and Alexandria are many Qiiickfands ailed by impetuous and turbulent whirle* vinds, by which meanes the unwary Par- en gers are oftentimes fwal lowed up^ and b through the obvolution and rowling >f the mouRtainous lands are fbon par- hed and dryed by the heat of the Sun j he flefh thus fcorched with the humane •ones, is brought away without any ommixtures or other embalmings : (which > he Mumie here meant. ) B 2 Wherefore 4 A Uumhll Treatift. Wherefore it evidently appears, that ther< are four common forts oiMumie-y fo thai TuihiM is not a little miftaken, in lib* i Paradox. 40. ca]f. when hee endevours tc make Seraph contradict himfelfe, and Avi t'^wand Khafes to oppofe themfelves, anc the whole Seft of Arabians:-, making Fijfaf- f hallos ( in fome places ufcd for Mumie ) th« onely Mumie^ excluding all other. Although thefe kindcs of Mumie an efteemed very advantagious for the curin§ of green wounds, ruptures, and bruifes yet in the profccution of this Treatifc. will appear the danger of adminiftrin^ the Mumie of any body promifcuoufly for that Mumie is alwayes raoft necedarilj to be avoyded, that is not certainly known to be collected from an wholfomc anc found body. Wherefore 'Theofhraflus Taracelfus upor this fubjcft adds a fitt iort of Mumie^ viz^ that which is extracted trom fome perfeQ body, not dying of any natural) difeafejbul of fome violent deaths upon the reafonj following. For as by divine ordination no edible Creature was to be flain for mans food- but fuch as was perftftly found, and free from difeafts, left with the decoClion of the meat 3 wc (hculd receive thedifeai into A Murhhll Treatife. y 'Into US; much lefTe diould any thing that ^iyeth naturally be for internall u/e, or ' :aktn for nourifliment^ when as the fa me death or difeafe that accompanyed it be- orc, might afterward enfue. And this is generally manifefted by alJ Creatures of Prey, as Wirds -^ C^^^^' Eaele, Hawke,*] Beaflsr \Ly0n5 Wolfe^Fox/ >thed^c. F//^fj"V /Cungre, Dolphin A J L Tuny, Mullet, J Thefe, and many other Animals, that kffeft and live on Prey, ( except the Bear by chance, J will not feed on, or any wayes touch Carrion, unlelTe meer hun- ger compell them ; the reafon is, be- caufe they doe not onely nourifh and increafe their owne bodies by the fub- ftance of their Prey, but alfo their ownc Mumie by their fpirituall Mumie, which doth for the nioft part evaporate with a naturall expiration of the living Crea^ turcs. From whence it is apparent, that if we could feed on living Creatures, and digefty alter, and fubdue the matter, it would bee much more conducible to B 3 the 6 A Mum'taU Treatife. the nourifhing and prefervacion of out bodies and Ipirits ; For as frefh fleft VPhich is tender, is more wholefonie then that which is pr;£macerated5 ^"d corrupr, having more vitality , fo confequentlyj that which is found, and vivacious, is niore nutrimentall then any which 'a di(- eafe hath killed, and thereby deprived it oi its rpirit or Muwie, For thus through the harmonies and cpnimiiTures of the parts kept found, and clean, may be extrafted the virtues and faculties of things more entirely, then oiherwife by opening and extending the moft occult and internall parts, which caufeth evaporation : This is experiment ted by the Trogioditcs or Hed^e fparrow, feafoned with pepper and fait, and eaten raw by any one troubled with the Stone, it hath an eminent faculty of breaking or diifolving the fame, which being boy- led or otherwifc prepared, lofeth that cffeft. Another reafon may be here given, that nothing can be proper for foe d, unlclfc that which is alible and vitall, btcaufe our life and fpirit cannot be otherwife fuftai- red, then by the Analogical! and vitall fpi- rit of another. Neither can the fubf^ance of oar body be fupported, without the materialit/ ^ Mnrntall Treat ife. 7 "Jr|flateriality of fome other ; wherefore fihoie creatures that feed and live on the afjvholefomeft things,are moft nutrimentall "or us. Moreover every part cherifheth and iffefteth it felf with a certain delectation ; , 1 /- . . CBrainsT^s nouriflied hot through a fpin-y„ngsCby thelike in tual and rubttanti-^Liver C-oiher Crea- Now as Jheofhr. Varacelfus delivers^ this Mumie can no where be moretruly had^then From the bodies of criminall perfons (yiz. fuchas violently fuffered death by ftrangu- lation, as on Gibbets, &c ) For iFrom fuch there is a gentle ficcation that expungech the watery humour, without deftroying the oily and fpirituall, which is cherifhed by the heavenly Luminaries, and (Irengthened continually by the affiuence and appulfes of the celeftiall Spirits; whence it may pro- perly be called by the name of Conftellated, or Celeftiall Minnie. Wherefore Ihe^phrafim preferreth this Aereall fpirit forM;^^/^^ before all other corporcall Mumies^ either of fire, water, or earth ; which may chiefly be^ obferveil from his own words in the Germane Tongue, as followethj — — B 4 'Btm 8 A Mumiall Treatip. IBcntiOie^rmeunb fontt manntglicfj tru* flen? toae mit biefer Mumia fi\x^\xx\tl)mm ,' uberiJ^ep Cag am£DaIgen oijer auffCiem ITaOe Itegen bIeibcn,font5ern })intoeg scnommen,fcQ| es anvjers muglicl) toere (that is) It Phyfiti- ansorany other body underftood but the right ufeof this Mumic^ or what it is good for, not any Malefaftors would be left three daies on the Galloives, or conti- nue on the Wheels from being ftohi away ; tor they would run any hazard for procu- ring of thefe Bodies. Now Paracelfiis doth not fpeak only of thisj but alfo of another fpirituall Idumie produced and derived from thence, (though foniewhat ob feu rely ) in thele ivords: $iDaf6 nocl; tim auOCrc Mumla herijG'ni^en, nemblici) die, tnelcbetoneinem lebentiigfn Hleibe fcparirt uni) prsepa- rirt birC). 2Dcnn tin iegltcbec ^enfcl; fcan fetnen leib in Mumiam tranfmutirn, feinrm Eeib un^ ILeiticn oftne fcatjcn, wnt) cm Piw^ l3cn feim Jleib neljnien tjsfs mans docj; oem lletti nicbt m* There is yet another Mumie, namely, that which is taken from a living bo- dy, feparatcd and prepared accordingly , far A Mnmhll Treatifc. p for any ones body n^ay be tranfimned into Mumie, without prejudice either to the body or the lite thereof, and the body (hall be no whit the worfc for it, neither fhall it be difccrncd that any fuch thing hath been done there- unto. Therefore I fhall further explain what Taracelfuf meancch by corporeal! and fyh ritual! Murvidy and what is to be under- itood by it. Now it is to be obfervcdj that it is called Corporeall Mumie^ not by rcafoii of its formall cxiftent part, as that it is fo in and by its felf naturally, for there is no Mumie properly but fpirituall, or only in the fame refpeft ; becaufe from the deftruftion and didipation of the fpi^ fit or vitall Balfome, the ddt^ of all true Mumie may be argued^ the body in the mean while no waies fuffring : but fo called in refpeft of its fubfiftence and operation, as it may be inherent to the body, as well by its felf as by its pro- perties, and advance its power and effica- cy, according to the otcommie and order of the Artift, no otherwife then by, and with the fame body. As therefore you may fee from the Au- thor it is improperly called cdrforeaH^ fo 10 A Mtimiall TreAtife. io likewife he doth not only call it fpiritual y^T AUTO according ro its eu^ or beings but yj^ ^^v, according to its relation^ becaufeit keepethdill and efFedeth its intei.idcd ope- ration, botli beyond and without its cor- poreal! fubje'^V^even by the emanation of the virtue of the Mmie orjy^ ?.s the accident from the fubjtift 5 fo fpirituill Mum'ie is here fj properly called by Paracelfm^Wc^uic properly and fubflantially it is not fpiriru- all Mum'ie^ biit only the property of it. For how can the fpirithave any divorcement or reparation from the body, if this be not al- fo divided ? Or would not fome violent cxercife, motion, Phyfick, or opening a vein, by which the fpirit evaporates, pro- cure an eminent danger, and irrecoverable lofie ofit ? From hence we do not determine truly and Plulorophically, the corporeity and fpiritual ity of M;/wi? according to the ef- fentiall difference ofit alorefaid^but only to fpeakofit in refpeft of its fubiificnce nnd medicinall ufe, or in rcfpec^ of its profita- ble difpcnfation, which would other wife require fevcrall denominations; for the Phylician doth not ci-Tinguirh tirtejCu^ ac- ciiratel37-3 but for the moft pare ^'^^'-^ re- lative! vs and fo fiates and dehnes the iinimall, Vitally and Naturall Spirits in man A Mffmldll Treatip* 1 1 hian; which notwithftanding are but fuch n a certain comparation . For as the'{ccd Df man is neither part of the man^ nor iny fubftantiall of the parts of the fame Dody, but only a power or certain form jefcending into the Tefticles, with the moft refined and fubtile matter of the alie- mentall fupcrfluity^by whofe (^om^rDmniT.iM ) or fpcrmaticall proclivity it is afterwards more exaftly decofted, and augmented by [he mechanick and fiibordinate fpirits, and is endued with a multiplying faculty of it felf in the place and time appointed by the I.iturgie and rule of Nature. So fpi- rituall Mum'ie^ in fo much as it under- goeththe work of Tranfplantation ; (fee- ing that oir^t to be performed with- out any detriment of the body ,) can- not be part of the internal 1 M-'Amie, much lelle of the body it felfe^ but muft of neceflity be a kinde of ^j^Cahw or ^a,Ca.mv^ addition or traje6tion5 which wholly per- takes of the faculties^ and properties of the internall principle; and fo being re- ceived, diffipates its felf, not only amongft the utmoft parts of the body, but even into the beft difpofed matter, and drf- covereth the fame virtues as if the very principle aad fubftance of the Mumie were every where prefent f throughly diffipated) 1% A Mumhll Treatife. difljpated) which vertuc doth refemblethat which is appropriated to the Magnet or Loadftone: for alttr the fame manner the foul difpofeth it fclf into thealimentall ac- ceiTion of new matter ; far as the flame of one lamp tranfmigrateth into another, and yet remaineth intire, fo likewifedoth the Raycs or beams i/fue out of the body \ and although it be fomethingof, or per taining to the body, yet it is not the body it feIf,nor any part of it. From hence it may evidently appear that Iheo^hr. Paracelfiis called Spirituall Mumie its felfj and its geniturc fas I may termc it) by one and the fame name, which pro- perly fitteth it forTranfplantation :The{e confiderations being had will anticipate many doubts and errors which might o- therwife happen in the enfuing Treatife. This premifed, we come now to the definition of the thing it felf; ^^Mume *f properly fo called is the raoft fubtile ^.^ fubftanceof the body, Spirituall, ^the- ^<^ riall, and in refpeft of itsNuurc and ^^ fpccies coineeniced, permanent in fome ^^mcafure both in and after death, retai '^•ling for the moft part both its afFe6li- '^ons, an.i intern a II and fpeciall virtues, ^^wonderfully diffufiveof its felf and is ^^qualicies by means of it| cxtrafted and "con- A Muwiall Treatife. 15 "conftellated Tranfplantation, to the end "the unfound and viciatcd dirpoiition ^«may be reftified, and the uncorruiptcd « and perfeft be preferved and ftrengthned. We may inftancc many examples before us of this Mamie^ notwithftunding one or two I hope may be fufiicient in this place, taken partly from another kinde, from whence we may gather its wonder- ifull operation. There is a proper aliment or food ordai- ned for every kinde of Creature^ as certain flies feed on the leaves ot Napell, by fome called Wolfebane ; Hemlock^ which ispoyfonousto man, is nourifhing to the bird called the Starling;and the hearb Hel* lebore that is noxious to men, is food for theQuiile. Moreover every part of the body doth accommodate it felf, and hath its cxiftency from its moft proper nutri- ment ; as the bone by the bony fubflance, the fiefh by the fle(hy is preferved and augmented ; which is no other then the quality and propriety of the afore- faid Mumie^ which reqnireth the proper Mttmie of another for the confervation of it felf, accommodating and applying it to its own ufe. This is experienced in the Phthy- fick (or Confumption of the Lungs) which is cured by ufing and eating the Lungs of a Fox 1 4 A MumiallTreatife. FoXjWhcn as the Lungs 3"«w