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four_o humour_n do_v supply_v the_o ultimum_fw-la alimentum_fw-la to_o the_o body_n do_v not_o say_v any_o one_o alone_a of_o they_o separate_v from_o the_o rest_n do_v supply_v any_o aliment_n at_o all_o no_o more_o than_o he_o that_o shall_v say_v bread_n do_v nourish_v be_v bind_v to_o affirm_v that_o any_o one_o constitutive_a part_n of_o it_o or_o any_o res_fw-la contenta_fw-la in_o it_o separate_v from_o re_fw-mi composita_fw-la do_v so_o for_o that_o may_v be_v true_a in_o toto_fw-la composito_fw-la which_o be_v not_o true_a in_o any_o one_o of_o its_o part_n separate_v from_o the_o rest_n so_o that_o that_o part_n of_o dr._n harvey_v assumption_n will_v be_v easy_o grant_v that_o pure_a blood_n alone_o be_v no_o nutriment_n to_o the_o body_n but_o the_o whole_a mass_n as_o it_o be_v conjoin_v with_o the_o humour_n that_o be_v as_o he_o call_v they_o the_o commixti_fw-la succi_fw-la in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o do_v true_o assume_v that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o regress_n of_o any_o of_o the_o humour_n into_o blood_n back_o again_o and_o that_o melancholy_a be_v the_o last_o it_o will_v true_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o concoct_v but_o not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o best_a concoct_v for_o it_o be_v over_o bake_v nempe_fw-la ex_fw-la caloris_fw-la consequentis_fw-la excessu_fw-la so_o not_o the_o principal_a and_o chief_a nutriment_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o affirm_v though_o it_o be_v the_o last_o acc_fw-la to_o aristotle_n but_o do_v not_o follow_v from_o the_o opinion_n lay_v down_o by_o the_o school_n but_o pray_v what_o be_v here_o against_o the_o four_o humour_n do_v he_o that_o say_v melancholy_a be_v the_o last_o and_o most_o concoct_v and_o to_o which_o the_o other_o humour_n seem_v to_o tend_v do_v he_o say_v there_o be_v but_o one_o nay_o do_v he_o not_o the_o contrary_a rather_o or_o if_o they_o tend_v to_o that_o humour_n do_v they_o tend_v thither_o to_o be_v swallow_v up_o by_o it_o or_o as_o they_o may_v stand_v together_o in_o 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book_n of_o hypocrates_n vain_a as_o he_o do_v that_o learned_a book_n of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 243._o and_o in_o another_o commend_v that_o say_n of_o helmont_n who_o call_v galen_n the_o great_a corrupter_n of_o so_o much_o as_o be_v tolerable_a in_o hypocrates_n 240._o pag._n 240._o word_n too_o big_a for_o the_o mouth_n of_o such_o a_o mushroom_n as_o he_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o galen_n in_o all_o part_n of_o learning_n but_o i_o shall_v only_o say_v this_o of_o he_o that_o it_o be_v much_o easy_a to_o revile_v a_o man_n that_o be_v dead_a than_o to_o have_v meet_v he_o in_o the_o school_n live_v i_o may_v here_o very_o well_o take_v occasion_n to_o examine_v the_o ancient_a doctrine_n both_o of_o the_o composition_n of_o body_n out_o of_o the_o four_o element_n as_o that_o of_o the_o humour_n and_o combination_n of_o the_o four_o quality_n but_o that_o i_o shall_v have_v a_o sitter_n opportunity_n for_o that_o purpose_n when_o i_o come_v to_o examine_v 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ancient_n he_o only_o oppose_v a_o new_a sort_n of_o quartan_a in_o the_o year_n 1662._o which_o have_v token_n of_o malignity_n and_o some_o other_o in_o the_o year_n 1657_o and_o 1658._o both_o in_o the_o spring_n and_o fall_v of_o the_o year_n and_o in_o the_o autumnal_a quarter_n of_o the_o other_o in_o which_o be_v these_o word_n 30._o pag._n 30._o whereas_o i_o have_v observe_v general_o in_o former_a year_n and_o particular_o in_o this_o spring_n that_o body_n either_o ill-habited_a or_o scorbutical_o incline_v be_v phlebotomize_v for_o ague_n have_v grow_v very_o much_o worse_o upon_o it_o etc._n etc._n then_o follow_v a_o mistranslation_n of_o sennertus_n his_o word_n plurimae_fw-la febres_fw-la quae_fw-la hîc_fw-la aegros_fw-la infestant_fw-la omnes_fw-la notas_fw-la febrium_fw-la à _fw-la graecis_fw-la &_o arabibus_fw-la descriptas_fw-la non_fw-la obtinent_fw-la by_o he_o thus_o render_v most_o ague_n which_o inse_v man_n in_o this_o age_n do_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o 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be_v not_o at_o all_o material_a to_o inquire_v into_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o change_n nor_o whether_o the_o ancient_n know_v they_o or_o not_o but_o certain_o he_o be_v very_o far_o from_o have_v prove_v either_o a_o total_a or_o a_o partial_a alteration_n of_o man_n or_o disease_n in_o their_o nature_n all_o age_n have_v produce_v as_o great_a mortality_n and_o as_o great_a rebellion_n in_o disease_n as_o this_o and_o complication_n with_o other_o disease_n as_o dangerous_a what_o plague_n be_v ever_o more_o spread_v or_o dangerous_a than_o that_o writ_n of_o by_o thucydides_n bring_v out_o of_o attiea_n into_o peloponnesus_n what_o complication_n now_o cause_v by_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o pox_n or_o scurvy_a in_o a_o sick_a body_n can_v make_v a_o great_a alteration_n in_o any_o disease_n than_o the_o complication_n of_o the_o like_a disease_n with_o the_o leprosy_n heretofore_o do_v he_o not_o believe_v there_o be_v as_o great_a a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o blood_n by_o the_o leprosy_n as_o the_o pox_n yet_o those_o disease_n be_v cure_v by_o the_o ancient_a method_n why_o not_o these_o so_o that_o for_o aught_o i_o see_v we_o need_v not_o be_v put_v to_o the_o necessity_n of_o establish_v new_a doctrine_n 204._o pag._n 204._o new_a method_n and_o rule_n of_o curation_n agreeable_a to_o the_o new_a frame_n of_o humane_a nature_n and_o to_o the_o new_a phaenomena_n of_o disease_n the_o old_a notion_n and_o old_a remedy_n may_v be_v good_a enough_o not_o that_o i_o shall_v discourage_v he_o or_o any_o man_n for_o increase_v the_o materia_fw-la medica_fw-la with_o any_o new_a piece_n of_o knowledge_n but_o dislike_v they_o shall_v pretend_v to_o what_o they_o have_v not_o as_o many_o do_v to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o other_o far_a more_o know_v then_o themselves_o these_o thing_n be_v consider_v this_o chapter_n be_v not_o so_o hard_a but_o it_o may_v be_v read_v over_o without_o a_o festuke_v or_o spelling-book_n and_o by_o those_o that_o 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