The like also he citeth out of _Leouellus_, in that place, of one that lay with her eyes shut, and dumb a whole day, and by conuenient remedies was deliuered from her fit, and could rehearse all that was done about her in the time of her fit. But the most pitifull example of all other in this kinde, is that which _Ambrose Paræe_ reporteth of _Vesalius_ a worthie Physition, & for anatomicall dissections much renowned, who being called to the opening of a Gentlewoman in Spaine, which was thought to be dead through the violence of one of these fits, began to open her, and at the second cut of the knife she cried out, and stirred her limbes, shewing manifest signes of life to remaine. The beholders were exceedingly amazed at the sight, and blamed the Physition much for it: who though hee tooke her for dead, yet tooke he great apprehension of sorrow for that accident, that he estranged himselfe. After through griefe and remorse of conscience for his error, pretended (as others say) a pilgrimage for the absenting of himselfe, and therein died. Many more examples to this end could I produce out of _Authenticall_ writers, and late experiences, if it were free for mee to mention them: but these may suffice to shew how wonderfully the vitall facultie is ouerthrowne in this disease, and withall respiration, sense, motion, and all the functions of the bodie by reason of this. _Cap._ 4. _Of that kind of this disease wherein the animall facultie is offended._ The second kind of this disease is, where the animall facultie doth principally suffer; and it is that faculty whereby we do vnderstand, iudge, and remember things that are profitable or hurtfull vnto vs, whereby also we haue sense and do feele the qualities of things, and moue to and fro, & performe diuers other voluntary actions for the cõmoditie of the bodie. For nature had made vs but base creatures, if she had giuen vs onely the vitall facultie barely to liue, and the naturall to grow, and to supply the expence that is daily made of naturall moisture: If she had not withall giuen vs knowledg and vnderstanding of such things as we are subiect vnto, and abilitie to moue our bodies at our pleasure, to apprehend that which is profitable & to shun that which is offensiue, &c. And therefore as a facultie making most for the dignitie and vse of man, it is placed principally in the braine; from whence it disperseth his beames of influence into euery part of the bodie, according to the seuerall vses and necessitie of each part. [Sidenote: _De motu musculorum lib. 2. cap. 7. 8._] [Sidenote: _De ciuitate Dei lib. 4: Cosmoscrit. lib. 1. pag. 156._] [Sidenote: _Medici parisienses in historia Martha. Brossier._ 1. Sam. 21. 13. _Gal. lib quomodo deprehendũtur qui agrotare se fingunt. cap. 1._] [Sidenote: _Epidemiorum 5. R. Scot. lib. 7: cap. 1._] [Sidenote: _Lib: 16. cap. 4._]