And for this cause , it is very offensive to all fine , tender Spi ∣ rited Persons , Use and Custom makes it familiar to most , there being no other reason to be given for its Vertues , but only that it is the dearest of Stinks ; and if Hogs Dung were as scarce , its probable it might be as much in esteem , for the Creature is much fiercer than a Hog , and the Houses where they are kept are many degrees more offensive , and we are not mistaken , if we should affirm , that Hogs Dung is a better perfume , and less offensive to Nature .It is likewise to be considered , that the evil Scents and Smells that doth arise and proceed from each particular Creatures Ex ∣ crements or Putrifaction , are more offensive to themselves than the evil Smells and Scents proceeding from Animals of another Kind , that is , evil Smells or Scents that arises from the Dung of Horses , and putrified matter in close Stables , is not only offen ∣ sive , but takes off their Stomachs from their Meat , and infects them with sundry Difeases .The like is to be understood of Sheep .

It is likewise farther to be considered , that all or most of those Scents or sweet Smells that proceed from the Animals , are for the most part hurtful to the fine Spirits in Man , more especially when they are too near , as the Civet Cat , a rapacious Creature , and fiery by Kind , therefore that substance or matter called Musk , is nothing else but an Excrementitious matter , or the ume or froth proceeding from a fierce , fiery , violent Na ∣ tured Creature .And for this cause , it is very offensive to all fine , tender Spi ∣ rited Persons , Use and Custom makes it familiar to most , there being no other reason to be given for its Vertues , but only that it is the dearest of Stinks ; and if Hogs Dung were as scarce , its probable it might be as much in esteem , for the Creature is much fiercer than a Hog , and the Houses where they are kept are many degrees more offensive , and we are not mistaken , if we should affirm , that Hogs Dung is a better perfume , and less offensive to Nature .It is likewise to be considered , that the evil Scents and Smells that doth arise and proceed from each particular Creatures Ex ∣ crements or Putrifaction , are more offensive to themselves than the evil Smells and Scents proceeding from Animals of another Kind , that is , evil Smells or Scents that arises from the Dung of Horses , and putrified matter in close Stables , is not only offen ∣ sive , but takes off their Stomachs from their Meat , and infects them with sundry Difeases .

And these secret and wonderful Operations cannot be perform ∣ ed any other way , but only by the five great Princes or compleat Governors , called Senses ; the Creator hath appointed each of them its province and government , who are always ready and on their Guard to defend the Tree of Life , that is , that nothing should be communicated to the Central parts of Nature that should be injurious or hurtful ; for no evil can be conveyed unto the Mind of Man , but only by the admittance of one of these Governors or Senses , as we have treated else where ; and there ∣ fore it is advisable not to keep bad Company , nor Communicate with any thing wherein the wrathful powers and grosser putrifa ∣ ctions have obtained the Ascendant , for no Person can withstand the secret Conveyances and Operations of Nature , every parti ∣ cular principle and quality goes constantly on in its own way , and doth its own work , and meddles not with its Neighbour ; each Sense judges of all things under and belonging to its own province , and is only capable of communicating them to the Microcosmical World .It is likewise farther to be considered , that all or most of those Scents or sweet Smells that proceed from the Animals , are for the most part hurtful to the fine Spirits in Man , more especially when they are too near , as the Civet Cat , a rapacious Creature , and fiery by Kind , therefore that substance or matter called Musk , is nothing else but an Excrementitious matter , or the ume or froth proceeding from a fierce , fiery , violent Na ∣ tured Creature .And for this cause , it is very offensive to all fine , tender Spi ∣ rited Persons , Use and Custom makes it familiar to most , there being no other reason to be given for its Vertues , but only that it is the dearest of Stinks ; and if Hogs Dung were as scarce , its probable it might be as much in esteem , for the Creature is much fiercer than a Hog , and the Houses where they are kept are many degrees more offensive , and we are not mistaken , if we should affirm , that Hogs Dung is a better perfume , and less offensive to Nature .