the vaines and the organe or concauite of the braine: And alſo to fulfill the voide places, if there be any. The ſecond web and ſkinne is called Pia mater, the méeke mother, that is ſet vnder the hard mother, and is neſher and ſofter then the hard mother, & compaſſeth the ſubſtance of the braine, and departeth aſunder the foreſayd cells. And the milde mother is not ſuperfluous neither to much: for it harboureth & holdeth togethers the veines of the braine within. And kéepeth & knitteth the braine togethers, that it ſlow not neither faile by ye fléeting and ſoftneſſe thereof. Alſo this milde mother helpeth and beclippeth the braine, and defendeth it from the harde mother. Alſo by vaines that it hath, it nouriſheth the braine, and by the organe and ſmall vaines that it conteineth, it ſendeth ſpirit thereto. Alſo the braine is a member moouing and ruling all the lower members of the bodie, and giueth to all theſe limmes féeling and mouing. If the braine be let, all that is in the body is let: And if the braine be well, all that is in the bodye is the better diſpoſed. Alſo the braine hath this property, that it féeleth and followeth the mouing of the Moone. For in the waxing of the Moone, the braine waxeth: and waneth in ſubſtaunce of vertue in the waning of the Moone. For then the braine gathereth togethers in it ſelfe, and is not ſo fully obedient to the ſpirit of feeling, and that is ſéene in Lunatike, and Epalentike men, that bée moſt gréeued, when the Moone is newe, and alſo when it is olde. And that is it that Ariſtotle ſaith liber. 12. of the ſignes good and bad of the braine. Of the braine he ſayth, When it is too drie either too moiſt, doth not his worke and déed: but maketh the bodie colde, and melteth the ſpirite. And therfore falleth ſicknes of looſing of wit, and of vnderſtanding, and dyeth at the laſt. Alſo beaſtes that haue too greate braine bée full ſlouthfull, and that happeneth by reaſon of moiſture that is reſolved and commeth thereof, & changeth into ſmoake, & ſtoppeth the vaines of the braine, and cauſeth ſléepe. Alſo Ariſtotle ſayth in the ſame place, that the braine hath in it ſelfe no feeling of touching, as the bloud nor other ſuperfluities animal, hath no féeling of touch, and is not in the bodies of al beaſts but to ye preſeruation of kinde. And, which is wonder, yt braine giueth feeling to all the parts of the body: and notwithſtanding of it ſelfe, and in it ſelfe it feeleth nothing. Alſo he ſaith in the ſame place. Euery beaſt that hath bloud, hath braine, or ſome other membe in ſtéed of braine, as a beaſt with many féete, and other that be lyke thereto. And though euery beaſt that hath bloud hath braine, yet the braine conteineth no bloud in the ſubſtaunce of his marrow, as Ariſtotle ſayth liber. 3. Alſo liber. 16. Ariſtotle ſaith, that the ſubſtance of the braine is colde and moyſt, and therefore it is ſet afore the well of heate of the beaſt, that is to wit, the heart: to moyſture & to temper the ſuperfluitie of heat and drineſſe of the arterves or ſmall vaines, of the which the caul of ye braine is wone. For Haly ſayth, that artery, the ſmall vaines come out of the heart: of yt which is made a meruailous cauſe, in which the braine is wound & wrapped, and in that caule the ſpirit of féeling is laied and ruled: and by that ſpirit the vertues of the braine paſſe to other mēbers. And therefore as Ariſtotle ſayth there, the braine is the firſt member in the making of a beaſt, and after the making of the heart. But Galen ſaith, that the braine, that is well complectioned ought to be tēperate in foure qualities, But as Haly ſayth there, the kindlye complection of the braine ought to bee more colde and moyſt, then hot and dry. And that is néedfull to coole the foreſaid cau@e, and to slake the accidentall heate of the braine that commeth of the continuall moouing thereof: alſō liber. 15. Ariſtotle ſaith, that among all beaſtes, to his quantitie, onely man hath moſt braine, for the heart is moſt hotte, and therefore by maſterye of heate and of good complection man is of good wit, and of more vnderſtanding then all other beaſts. And children may not long hold vp their heads, for greatneſſe and heauineſſe of the braine: till it be made lighter by heate of the heart, and of the
