Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            Secondly, That it helpeth to excern by Sweat, and ſo maketh the parts
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            aſſimilate the more perſectly. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3011" xml:space="preserve">T
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            hirdly, that it maketh the ſubſtance of the
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            Body more ſolid and compact; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3012" xml:space="preserve">and ſo leſs apt to be conſumed and depre-
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            dated by the Spirits. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3013" xml:space="preserve">The Evils that come of Exerciſe, are, Firſt, That it
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            maketh the Spirits more hot and predatory. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3014" xml:space="preserve">Secondly, That it doth abſorbe
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            like wiſe, and altenuate too much the moiſture of the Body. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3015" xml:space="preserve">Thirdly, That
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            it maketh too great Concuſſion, (eſpecially, if it be violent) of the in ward
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            parts, which delight more in reſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3016" xml:space="preserve">But generally Exerciſe, if it be much, is
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            no friend to prolongation of life; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3017" xml:space="preserve">which is one cauſe, Why Women live
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            longer then Men, becauſe they ſtir leſs.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s3019" xml:space="preserve">SOme Food we may uſe long, and much, without glutting; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3020" xml:space="preserve">as Bread, Fleſh
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            that is not Fat, or Rank, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3021" xml:space="preserve">c, Some other (though pleaſant) glutteth
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              Solitary,
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              touching
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              Meats that in-
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              duce Satiate.</note>
            ſooner, as Sweet-Meats, Fat-Meats, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3022" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3023" xml:space="preserve">The cauſeis, for that Appetite con-
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            ſiſteth in the emptineſs of the Mouth, of the Stomach, or poſſeſſing it with
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            ſomewhat that is aſtringent; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3024" xml:space="preserve">and therefore, cold and dry: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3025" xml:space="preserve">But things that
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            are ſweet and fat, are more filling, and do ſwim and hang more about the
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            Mouth of the Stomach, and go not down ſo ſpeedily; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3026" xml:space="preserve">and again turn ſooner
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            to Choler, which is hot, and ever abateth the appetite. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3027" xml:space="preserve">We ſee alſo, that
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            another cauſe of Satiety, is an Over-cuſtom; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3028" xml:space="preserve">and of Appetite, is Novelty.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3029" xml:space="preserve">And therefore Meats, if the ſame be continually taken, induce Loathing. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3030" xml:space="preserve">To
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            give the reaſon of the diſtaſte of Satiety, and of the pleaſure in Novelty, and
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            to diſtinguiſh not onely in Meats and Drinks, but alſo in Motions, Loves,
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            Company, Delight, Studies, what they be that Cuſtom maketh more grate-
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            ful; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3031" xml:space="preserve">and what more tedious, were a large Field. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3032" xml:space="preserve">But for Meats, the cauſe
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            is Attraction, which is quicker, and more excited towards that which is
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            new, than towards that whereof there remaineth a reliſh by former uſe. </s>
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            And (generally) it is a rule, That whatſoever is ſomewhat ingrate at firſt, is
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            made grateful by Cuſtom; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3034" xml:space="preserve">but whatſoever is too pleaſing at firſt, groweth
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            quickly to Satiate.</s>
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