The secret miracles of nature: in four books. Learnedly and moderately treating of generation, and the parts thereof; the soul, and its immortality; of plants and living creatures; of diseases, their symptoms and cures, and many other rarities not treated of by any author extant ... Whereunto is added one book containing philosophical and prudential rules how man shall become excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his life with health of body and mind / [Levinus Lemnius].

Levinus Lemnius

Date:: 1658

Credit: The secret miracles of nature: in four books. Learnedly and moderately treating of generation, and the parts thereof; the soul, and its immortality; of plants and living creatures; of diseases, their symptoms and cures, and many other rarities not treated of by any author extant ... Whereunto is added one book containing philosophical and prudential rules how man shall become excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his life with health of body and mind / [Levinus Lemnius]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Chap. Page 24. nAt what age Maids defire to he mar¬ ried, and are fit to conceive. Again, when womenin jears grow barren, and their cou/fes ceafing,they ceaf ? to he long¬ er fruitfully In which Narration, the condition of Man is examined alfo. 308 '2 5. Who chiefly take dtfeafes from others csind how it comes about, that Children grow well3 when Phyfick is given to the Nurfe. 3 10 2 6. Of the skin or feather covering of the Culture, that is of great force in fireng- thening the Ventricle, and in getting of Afiomdch,fomething more effectual than (finger, whofe nature is here fet down alfo, that every man hath not ohferved. 312 A Table of all the Chap¬ ters contained in the Exhortation. Chan. Page 1. TTVTf mufi chiefly lift up our y . y Eyes and Minds to Cjod by by Chrifi. 3 1 5 2. Now great things, God,the Maker of all things, hath done for Man. 316 3. There is nothingmore dear to God than Man; and all things were created for Man's ufe. , 31^ 4. How great Man's thankfulnefje fhould be unto God. 3 17 5. what Baptifm adds to CMav, and what it minds him of. 3 1 & 6. Next unto God we mufi love our neigh¬ bours. 318 7. How great fijoutd be the piety of Chil¬ dren towards their (Parents. 319 8. How every man ought to behave him- felf toward his Mafier. 319 9. To whom chiejiy amongfi men, mufi we give honour and reverence. 320 Chap. Page 10. what good teaching doth for a man, and what kind of teaching it mufi be. 311 11. whence we mufi fetch Integrity of man¬ ners , and the befit Precepts of life. 323 12. what Authors are fit to be read to learn Eloquence of fpeech, and foundnefie of Judgment, and what Arts are principal¬ ly to be learned. 325 13. A Cenfure upon the Heathen writers, 327 14. The ofjice of a Poet, and what helps he brings to ftudiow youth, and to thofe that are of ripe years. 32 6 1 5. Of the ufe and profit of Hifiories. 32 7 16. Of Comedy. 328 17. Of the Art of Eloquent fpeaking,which is neceffary for any man of what Lan¬ guagefoever he be. 328 18. To what Sciences do the fiudies of Hu¬ manity make way for us. 329 ly.we mufi fiandfafi to fome certain kind of flatly. 330 20. what fiudies and employments are la- bourfome, and lefie profitable • what are hurtful! and pernicious. 331 21. we mufi not lefle take care for our Minds than for our bodies. 332 22. How we mufi help the body, that it may fubfisi in p erf eft health. 333 2 3. Meats that God hath liberally and mu¬ nificently beflowed upon m, musi be re¬ ceived with great gratitude and tha nk- fulaefe. 33 5 24. How we mufi take care for Hofpita- Hty. * S36 25. Of the care of our Families and pri¬ vate eflates, and the adminifiration thereof. 338 2 6. Moderation in flee ping and waking. 341 27. what profit or difprofit comes ly full- neffe or emptinefje ; or when the belly is bound too much, or is too loof *. 3 4 2 ■ 2 8. Students and Magifirates mufi often purge the paj]ages of their Excrements; 343

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