{"id":1502,"date":"2019-04-29T21:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2019-05-11T01:42:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:42:49","slug":"the-several-keys-of-nature-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"The Several Keys of Nature, which Unlock the Several Boxes of her Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1502' title='the Several Boxes of her Cabinet] &lt;em&gt;her severall &lt;\/em&gt;Cabinets. 1653. Before this title is the structural marker \u201cFANCIES,\u201d perhaps indicating that Parts I-II were made up of Poems but Part III shifts instead to Fancies. '><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>A bunch of keys did hang<span id='easy-footnote-2-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-2-1502' title='did hang] which hung 1653 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> by Nature\u2019s side,<br \/>\nWhich she, to open her five<span id='easy-footnote-3-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-3-1502' title='Which she, to open her five] &lt;em&gt;Nature&lt;\/em&gt; to unlock these her 1653 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> boxes,<span id='easy-footnote-4-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-4-1502' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads, \u201cThe five senses are Nature\u2019s boxes, cabinets: the brain her chief cabinet.\u201d In 1664 and 1668, the note reads, \u201cThe five boxes are the five senses, and the cabinet is the brain.\u201d '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> tried.<br \/>\nThe first was wit; that<span id='easy-footnote-5-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-5-1502' title='that] which 1664, 1668 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> key unlocked the ear,<br \/>\nOpened the brain to see what things were there.<br \/>\nThe next was beauty\u2019s key, unlocked the eyes,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nOpened the heart to see what therein lies.<br \/>\nThe third was appetite, which quick did go,<span id='easy-footnote-6-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-6-1502' title='which quick did go,] that &lt;em&gt;Key &lt;\/em&gt;was quick, 1653 '><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nOpening the stomach to put meat into.<span id='easy-footnote-7-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-7-1502' title='Opening the stomach to put meat into.] Opens the &lt;em&gt;Stomack&lt;\/em&gt;, meat to put in it. 1653 '><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe key of scent unlocked<span id='easy-footnote-8-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-8-1502' title='unlocked] opens 1653 '><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the brain, though hard,<br \/>\nFor of a stink the nose is much afeard.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<br \/>\nThe key of pain did open<span id='easy-footnote-9-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-9-1502' title='did open] unlocked 1653 '><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> touch, but slow,<br \/>\nFor Nature\u2019s loath any disease to show.<span id='easy-footnote-10-1502' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502#easy-footnote-bottom-10-1502' title='For Nature\u2019s loath any disease to show.] &lt;em&gt;Nature&lt;\/em&gt; is loath &lt;em&gt;Diseases&lt;\/em&gt; for to shew. 1653 '><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of keys did hang by Nature\u2019s side, Which she, to open her five boxes, tried. The first was wit; that key unlocked the ear, Opened the brain to see what things were there. The next was beauty\u2019s key, unlocked the eyes,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Opened the heart to see what therein lies. The third was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1502\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Several Keys of Nature, which Unlock the Several Boxes of her Cabinet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fancies","category-part3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}