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frequent glances, and continual imagination , encounter point to point, beams to 1beam?, eyes to eyes, do generally tilt up love. But why a man is taken by this Fas-cination with one, and not another, appeareth by the former, and this reason: sorichapperteth from the intention of the Inchantor, who by those spirits or vapors, istransmitted into the bewitched person; and he receiving them,is made like unto himsFor the infectionjeizing on his mind, and fixing in his imagination,becomes a perma-nent habit, and maketh the spirits and blood obedient to it; and so bindeth the ima-gination,and inflameth them with the thing beloved. Although the mind(which opi-nion is fathered upon Avicen, neither doth it want his authority) can of its own willand power, produce such passions, MussuiViiM have the eyes to lay the foundationof Love, and to be the chief allurements of it. And r Diogeniantu faith, That Love isbegotten by looks, affirming that it is impossible for a man t o fall in love unawares.So Juvenal placeth that Lover among prodigies,

Whs burnt with Love of her he never saw t

for the bright glances of the eyes, drive th the Object into a kind of madness, andteach the rudiments of Love. The other parts are scarce any cause of Love, but pro-voke and entice the beholder to stay, and gaze a while upon their beauty, whilst theeyes wound him ; for there they fay, Cupid lieth in ambush with his bowe , ready toshoot his arrows into the beholders eyes, and set his heart on fire. For thy eyes jlidein through my eyes (faith Apu/eius ) and raise a cruel fire within my heart. Now I havediscovered the original of it unto you ; unless youareqtiitemad,youmay many waysfertifie your self against it. But many one may well wonder,considering those diseaseswhich come by infection, as the itch,scabbiness,blear-eyes, the plague, do infect bysight, touching or speaking, and presently cause putrefaction , why Love’s contagion,w hich is the greatest plague of all, doth not presently seize upon men, and quite con-sume them: Neither doth it infect others onely , but sometimes it feturneth upon itself , and the persons will be ensnared in their own charms r It is reported by theAntiencs of Futelidtst that he bewitched himself by reflection in waier, looking-glssses, or fountains, which returned his own shadow upon him. So that he seemedso beautiful unto himself, that falling in love with that wherewith he used to entrapothers , he lost his former complexion, and died a Sacrifice unto his own Beauty. Sochildren oftentimes effascinate themselves, when their parents attribute k to hag-gards and witches. New take

Some Preservatives against LoVe.

There ate many prescribed by wise antiquity. If you would endeavor to remove thefcharms of love, thus you may expel them. Turn your face away, that she may notalien her eyes on yours, nor couple rays with you; for yoii must remove the causestem the place,where it ufeth to make its impression : forsake her company,avoid idle-ness,employ your mind in business of concernment; evacuate blood,sweat,and otherexcrements in a large quantity, that the infection may also be voided with them.

A Preservative against Envy,

If it be the witchcraft of Envy, you may know it thus. The infected loseth his co-lour, hardly openeih his eyes, always hangeth his head down, sighs often, his heartis ready to break, and sheddeth salt and bitter tears, without any occasion or sign ofevil. To disencharm him, because the air is corrupted and infected, burn sweet per-fume topurifie the air again, and sprinkle him with waters sweetned with cinna-mon, cloves, cypress, lignum aloes, musk, and amber. Therefore the old customeis continucduntil this day, and observed by our women, to smoke their children, androwi them about in frankincense. Keep him in an open air, and hang Carbuncles,Jacinthes,or Saphires about his neck. accouuteth Chtists Thorn, wilde

Hemp, and Valerian, hunguf^jn the house, an amulet against witchcraft. Smell toH) slope, and theiweet Lilly ^wear's ring made of the hoof of a tame or Wilde Ass;also Satyrion, the maleandTemale, are thought the like. Aristotle commendcth Rue,being smelt to. AU these do abate the power cf witchcraft-.

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