1few hours in ſetting down my Doubts, in
preſenting Your Lordſhip ſome Hints,
and in conſidering whether the Tryals
made in our Engine, will at leaſt aſſiſt us
to diſcover wherein the Deficiency lies
that needs to be ſupply'd.
preſenting Your Lordſhip ſome Hints,
and in conſidering whether the Tryals
made in our Engine, will at leaſt aſſiſt us
to diſcover wherein the Deficiency lies
that needs to be ſupply'd.
And this, My Lord, being all my pre
ſent Deſign, I ſuppoſe You will not ex
pect that (as if You knew not, or had for
gotten what Anatomiſts are wont to
teach) I ſhould entertain You with a need
leſs Diſcourſe of the Organs of Reſpira
tion, and the variety of their Structure in
ſeveral Animals; though if it were ne
ceſſary, and had not been perform'd by o
thers, I ſhould think, with Galen, that by
treating of the Fabricks of living Bodies,
I might compoſe Hymns to the wiſe Au
thor of Nature, who, in the excellent con
trivance of the Lungs, and other parts of
(thoſe admirable Engines) Animals, ma
nifeſts himſelf to be indeed what the Elo
quent Prophet moſt juſtly ſpeaks him,
Wonderful in Counsel, and excellent in
working.
ſent Deſign, I ſuppoſe You will not ex
pect that (as if You knew not, or had for
gotten what Anatomiſts are wont to
teach) I ſhould entertain You with a need
leſs Diſcourſe of the Organs of Reſpira
tion, and the variety of their Structure in
ſeveral Animals; though if it were ne
ceſſary, and had not been perform'd by o
thers, I ſhould think, with Galen, that by
treating of the Fabricks of living Bodies,
I might compoſe Hymns to the wiſe Au
thor of Nature, who, in the excellent con
trivance of the Lungs, and other parts of
(thoſe admirable Engines) Animals, ma
nifeſts himſelf to be indeed what the Elo
quent Prophet moſt juſtly ſpeaks him,
Wonderful in Counsel, and excellent in
working.
Galenus de
, Part:
lib. 3.
, Part:
lib. 3.
a.28.29.
Nor ſhall we any further meddle with
thoſe Controverſies ſo much agitated a
mong the Moderns, namely, Whether the
motion of the Lungs in Reſpiration be their
thoſe Controverſies ſo much agitated a
mong the Moderns, namely, Whether the
motion of the Lungs in Reſpiration be their