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do_v yield_v natural_a seed_n 6_o after_o what_o manner_n conception_n be_v 7_o how_o male_n and_o female_n be_v engender_v 8_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v 9_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n accompany_v often_o time_n carnal_o with_o a_o man_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 10_o how_o twin_n both_o two_o and_o three_o at_o once_o be_v occasion_v 11_o how_o come_v the_o resemblance_n of_o parent_n 12_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o infant_n be_v like_a to_o some_o other_o and_o not_o to_o the_o parent_n 13_o how_o woman_n prove_v barren_a and_o man_n unable_a to_o engender_v 14_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o mule_n be_v barren_a 15_o whether_o the_o fruit_n within_o the_o womb_n be_v to_o be_v account_v a_o live_a creature_n or_o no._n 16_o how_o such_o fruit_n be_v nourish_v within_o the_o womb_n 17_o what_o part_n be_v first_o accomplish_v in_o the_o womb_n 18_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o infant_n bear_v at_o seven_o month_n end_n do_v live_v and_o be_v 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disease_n 30_o of_o health_n sickness_n and_o old_a age_n the_o first_o book_n of_o philosopher_n opinion_n the_o prooeme_n be_v mind_v to_o write_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n we_o think_v it_o necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o before_o all_o thing_n else_o to_o set_v down_o the_o whole_a disputation_n of_o philosophy_n by_o way_n of_o division_n to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v know_v which_o be_v natural_a and_o what_o part_n it_o be_v of_o the_o whole_a now_o the_o stoic_n say_v that_o sapience_n or_o wisdom_n be_v the_o science_n of_o all_o thing_n aswell_o divine_a as_o humane_a and_o that_o philosophy_n be_v the_o profession_n and_o exercise_n of_o the_o art_n expedient_a thereto_o which_o be_v the_o only_a supreme_a and_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o three_o most_o general_a virtue_n to_o wit_n natural_a moral_a and_o verbal_a by_o reason_n whereof_o philosophy_n also_o admit_v a_o threefold_n distribution_n to_o wit_n into_o natural_a moral_a rational_a or_o verbal_a the_o natural_a part_n be_v that_o when_o as_o we_o inquire_v and_o dispute_v of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o thing_n contain_v therein_o moral_a be_v occupy_v in_o entreat_v of_o the_o good_a and_o ill_a that_o concern_v man_n life_n rational_a or_o verbal_a handle_v that_o which_o pertain_v unto_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n and_o to_o speech_n which_o also_o be_v name_v logic_n or_o dialelectique_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v disputative_a but_o aristotle_n and_o theophrastus_n with_o the_o peripatetic_n in_o manner_n all_o divide_v philosophy_n in_o this_o manner_n namely_o into_o contemplative_a and_o active_a for_o necessary_a it_o be_v say_v they_o that_o a_o man_n to_o attain_v unto_o perfection_n shall_v be_v a_o spectator_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o a_o actor_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v seemly_a and_o decent_a and_o may_v the_o better_o be_v understand_v by_o these_o example_n the_o question_n be_v demand_v whether_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o live_a creature_n according_a as_o it_o seem_v to_o the_o sight_n to_o be_v or_o no_o he_o that_o search_v and_o enquire_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o question_n be_v altogether_o therein_o speculative_a for_o he_o seek_v no_o far_a than_o the_o contemplation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v semblable_o if_o the_o demand_n be_v make_v whether_o the_o world_n be_v infinite_a or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o pourprise_n of_o the_o world_n for_o all_o these_o question_n be_v mere_a contemplative_a but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n move_v it_o may_v be_v how_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o live_v how_o he_o shall_v govern_v his_o child_n how_o he_o be_v to_o bear_v rule_n and_o office_n of_o state_n and_o last_o in_o what_o manner_n law_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v and_o make_v for_o all_o these_o be_v seek_v into_o in_o regard_n of_o action_n and_o a_o man_n conversant_a therein_o be_v altogether_o active_a and_o practic_a chap._n i._n what_o be_v nature_n since_o then_o our_o intent_n and_o purpose_n be_v to_o consider_v and_o treat_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n i_o think_v it_o needful_a to_o show_v first_o what_o be_v nature_n for_o absurd_a it_o be_v to_o enterprise_v a_o discourse_n of_o natural_a thing_n and_o meanwhile_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nature_n and_o the_o power_n thereof_o nature_n then_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o aristotle_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o motion_n and_o rest_n in_o that_o thing_n wherein_o it_o be_v proper_o and_o principal_o not_o by_o accident_n for_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v see_v which_o be_v do_v neither_o by_o fortune_n nor_o by_o necessity_n and_o be_v not_o divine_a nor_o have_v any_o such_o efficient_a cause_n be_v call_v natural_a as_o have_v a_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a nature_n of_o their_o own_o as_o the_o earth_n fire_n water_n air_n plant_n and_o live_a creature_n moreover_o those_o other_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v see_v ordinary_o engender_v as_o rain_v hail_n lightning_n presteres_fw-la wind_n and_o such_o like_a for_o all_o these_o have_v a_o certain_a beginning_n and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v not_o so_o for_o ever_o and_o from_o all_o eternity_n but_o do_v proceed_v from_o some_o original_n likewise_o live_v creature_n and_o plant_n have_v a_o beginning_n of_o their_o motion_n and_o this_o first_o principle_n be_v nature_n the_o beginning_n not_o of_o motion_n only_o but_o also_o of_o rest_n and_o quiet_a for_o whatsoever_o have_v have_v a_o beginning_n of_o motion_n the_o same_o also_o may_v have_v a_o end_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n nature_n be_v the_o beginning_n aswell_o of_o rest_n as_o of_o move_v chap._n ii_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o a_o principle_n and_o a_o element_n aristotle_n and_o plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v a_o
and_o democritus_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o necessity_n and_o that_o destiny_n justice_n providence_n and_o the_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n be_v all_o one_o chap._n xxvi_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o necessity_n plato_n refer_v some_o event_n to_o providence_n and_o other_o he_o attribute_v to_o necessity_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o necessity_n be_v a_o cause_n apt_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o principle_n and_o element_n democritus_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o resistance_n the_o corruption_n lation_n motion_n and_o permission_n of_o the_o matter_n plato_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v one_o while_o matter_n itself_o and_o another_o while_o the_o habitude_n of_o that_o which_o be_v agent_n to_o the_o matter_n chap._n xxvii_o of_o destiny_n heraclitus_n affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o fatal_a destiny_n and_o that_o it_o and_o necessity_n be_v both_o one_o plato_n admit_v willing_o this_o destiny_n in_o the_o soul_n life_n and_o action_n of_o man_n but_o he_o infer_v withal_o a_o cause_n proceed_v from_o ourselves_o the_o stoic_n likewise_o according_a with_o the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n do_v hold_v that_o necessity_n be_v a_o cause_n invincible_a most_o violent_a and_o enforce_a all_o thing_n also_o that_o destiny_n be_v a_o connexion_n of_o cause_n interlace_v &_o link_v orderly_o in_o which_o concatenation_n or_o chain_n be_v therein_o comprise_v also_o that_o cause_n which_o proceed_v from_o we_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o some_o event_n be_v destine_v and_o other_o not_o chap._n xxviii_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o 〈◊〉_d heraclitus_n say_v that_o the_o substance_n of_o destiny_n be_v the_o reason_n that_o pierce_v throughout_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n plato_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o eternal_a reason_n and_o a_o perpetual_a law_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n chrysippus_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o certain_a puissance_n spiritual_a which_o by_o order_n govern_v and_o administer_v all_o thing_n and_o again_o in_o his_o book_n of_o definition_n he_o write_v thus_o destiny_n be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o world_n or_o rather_o the_o law_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n administer_v and_o govern_v by_o providence_n or_o else_o the_o reason_n whereby_o thing_n past_a have_v be_v thing_n present_a be_v and_o future_a thing_n shall_v be_v the_o stoic_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v the_o chain_n of_o cause_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o order_n and_o connexion_n which_o can_v be_v surmount_v and_o transgress_v posidonius_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v the_o three_o after_o jupiter_n for_o that_o jupiter_n be_v in_o the_o first_o degree_n nature_n in_o the_o second_o and_o fatal_a destiny_n in_o the_o three_o chap._n xxix_o of_o fortune_n plato_n define_v fortune_n to_o be_v in_o thing_n proceed_v from_o man_n counsel_n and_o election_n a_o cause_n by_o accident_n and_o a_o very_a casual_a consequence_n aristotle_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o from_o some_o deliberate_a purpose_n and_o impulsion_n tend_v to_o a_o certain_a end_n which_o cause_n be_v not_o apparent_a but_o hide_v and_o uncertain_a and_o he_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o fortune_n and_o rash_a adventure_n for_o that_o all_o fortune_n in_o the_o affair_n and_o action_n of_o this_o world_n be_v adventurous_a but_o every_o adventure_n be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o fortune_n for_o that_o it_o consist_v in_o thing_n without_o action_n again_o fortune_n be_v proper_o in_o action_n of_o reasonable_a creature_n but_o adventure_n indifferent_o in_o creature_n as_o well_o unreasonable_a as_o reasonable_a yea_o and_o in_o those_o body_n which_o have_v neither_o life_n nor_o soul_n epicurus_n say_v that_o fortune_n be_v a_o cause_n which_o will_v not_o stand_v and_o accord_n with_o person_n time_n and_o manner_n anaxagoras_n and_o the_o stoic_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o cause_n unknown_a and_o hide_a to_o humane_a reason_n for_o that_o some_o thing_n come_v by_o necessity_n other_o by_o fatal_a destiny_n some_o by_o deliberate_a counsel_n other_o by_o fortune_n and_o some_o again_o by_o casuality_n or_o adventure_n chap._n xxx_o of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d hold_v that_o nature_n be_v nothing_o only_o that_o there_o be_v a_o mixture_n and_o divulsion_n or_o separation_n of_o element_n for_o in_o this_o manner_n write_v he_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o physics_n this_o one_o thing_n more_o i_o will_v yet_o say_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v humane_a and_o mortal_a mature_a none_o there_o be_v and_o death_n end_n be_v but_o vain_a amixture_n and_o divulsion_n of_o element_n and_o of_o all_o only_o there_o be_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o man_n do_v nature_n call_v semblable_o anaxagoras_n say_v that_o nature_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o concretion_n and_o dissipation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v generation_n and_o corruption_n the_o second_o book_n of_o philosopher_n opinion_n the_o prooeme_n have_v now_o finish_v the_o treatise_n of_o principle_n element_n and_o such_o other_o matter_n link_v and_o concur_v with_o they_o i_o will_v turn_v my_o pen_n unto_o the_o discourse_n as_o touch_v their_o effect_n and_o work_n compose_v of_o they_o begin_v first_o at_o that_o which_o be_v most_o spacious_a and_o capable_a of_o all_o thing_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o world_n pythagoras_n be_v the_o first_o who_o call_v the_o roundle_n that_o contain_v and_o comprehend_v all_o to_o wit_n the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o orderly_a digestion_n observe_v therein_o thales_n and_o his_o disciple_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o world_n democritus_n epicurus_n and_o their_o scholar_n metrodorus_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v innumerable_a world_n in_o a_o infinite_a space_n according_a to_o all_o dimension_n and_o circumstance_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o course_n and_o race_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o very_a circumscription_n of_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o very_a confinement_n thereof_o seleucus_z hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v infinite_a diogenes_n affirm_v the_o universality_n to_o be_v infinite_a but_o the_o world_n finite_a and_o determinate_a the_o stoic_n put_v a_o difference_n between_o universal_a and_o whole_a for_o they_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a together_o with_o voidnesse_n be_v infinite_a and_o that_o the_o whole_a without_o voidnes_n be_v the_o world_n so_o as_o these_o term_n the_o whole_a and_o the_o world_n be_v not_o both_o one_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o figure_n and_o form_n of_o the_o world_n the_o stoic_n affirm_v the_o world_n to_o be_v round_o some_o say_v it_o be_v point_v or_o piramidall_a other_o that_o it_o be_v fashion_v in_o manner_n of_o a_o egg_n but_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o his_o world_n may_v be_v round_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o they_o be_v apt_a beside_o to_o receive_v other_o form_n chap._n iii_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v or_o endue_v with_o a_o soul_n all_o other_o philosopher_n agree_v that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v &_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o democritus_n epicurus_n and_o as_o many_o as_o maintain_v atom_n and_o with_o all_o bring_v in_o vacuity_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o animate_v nor_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o by_o a_o certain_a nature_n void_a of_o reason_n aristotle_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o animate_v whole_o and_o throughout_o all_o part_n nor_o sensitive_a nor_o reasonable_a nor_o yet_o intellectual_a or_o direct_v by_o providence_n true_a it_o be_v quoth_v he_o that_o celestial_a body_n be_v capable_a of_o all_o these_o quality_n as_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o sphere_n both_o animate_v and_o vital_a whereas_o body_n terrestrial_a and_o approach_v near_o unto_o the_o earth_n be_v endue_v with_o none_o of_o they_o and_o as_o for_o the_o order_n and_o decent_a composition_n therein_o it_o come_v by_o accident_n and_o not_o by_o prepense_a reason_n and_o counsel_n chap._n four_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v incorruptible_a and_o eternal_a pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v that_o the_o world_n be_v engender_v and_o make_v by_o god_n and_o of_o the_o own_o nature_n be_v corruptible_a shall_v perish_v for_o sensible_a it_o be_v and_o therefore_o corporal_a howbeit_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n which_o preserve_v and_o maintain_v it_o perish_v it_o shall_v never_o epicurus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v corruptible_a for_o that_o it_o be_v engender_v like_v as_o a_o live_a creature_n or_o a_o plant_n xenophane_v hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v eternal_a ingenerable_a uncreated_a and_o incorruptible_a aristotle_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n under_o the_o moon_n be_v passable_a wherein_o the_o body_n also_o adjacent_a to_o the_o earth_n be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n chap._n v._o whereof_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v aristotle_n say_v that_o if_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v it_o be_v
side_n it_o lie_v low_a of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o by_o occasion_n thereof_o rest_v unmooveable_a have_v no_o cause_n why_o it_o shall_v incline_v more_o to_o one_o part_n than_o to_o another_o but_o yet_o some_o place_n of_o she_o because_o of_o their_o rarity_n do_v jog_v and_o shake_v epicurus_n keep_v his_o old_a tune_n say_v it_o may_v well_o be_v that_o the_o earth_n be_v shog_v and_o as_o it_o be_v rock_v and_o beat_v by_o the_o air_n underneath_o which_o be_v gross_a and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o water_n therefore_o move_v and_o quake_v as_o also_o it_o may_v be_v quoth_v he_o that_o be_v hollow_a and_o full_a of_o hole_n in_o the_o part_n below_o it_o be_v force_v to_o tremble_v and_o shake_v by_o the_o air_n that_o be_v get_v within_o the_o cave_n and_o concavity_n and_o there_o enclose_v chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o sea_n how_o it_o be_v make_v and_o come_v to_o be_v bitter_a anaximander_n affirm_v that_o the_o sea_n be_v a_o residue_n remain_v of_o the_o primitive_a humidity_n whereof_o the_o sun_n have_v burn_v up_o and_o consume_v a_o great_a part_n the_o rest_n behind_o he_o alter_v and_o turn_v from_o the_o natural_a kind_n by_o his_o excessive_a ardent_a heat_n anaxagoras_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o say_v first_o humidity_n be_v diffuse_v and_o spread_v abroad_o in_o manner_n of_o a_o pool_n or_o great_a mere_a be_v burn_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o sun_n about_o it_o and_o when_o the_o oileous_a substance_n thereof_o be_v exhale_v and_o consume_v the_o rest_n settle_v below_o and_o turn_v into_o a_o brackish_a and_o bitter-saltnesse_n which_o be_v the_o sea_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o sea_n be_v the_o sweat_n of_o the_o earth_n enchafe_v by_o the_o sun_n be_v bathe_v and_o wash_v all_o over_o aloft_o antiston_n think_v it_o to_o be_v the_o sweat_n of_o heat_n the_o moisture_n whereof_o which_o be_v within_o be_v by_o much_o seethe_a and_o boil_v send_v out_o become_v salt_n a_o thing_n ordinary_a in_o all_o sweat_v metrodorus_n suppose_v the_o sea_n to_o be_v that_o moisture_n which_o run_v through_o the_o earth_n retain_v some_o part_n of_o the_o densitie_n thereof_o like_a as_o that_o which_o pass_v through_o ash_n the_o disciple_n of_o plato_n imagine_v that_o so_o much_o of_o the_o elementary_a water_n which_o be_v congeal_v of_o the_o air_n by_o refrigeration_n be_v sweet_a and_o fresh_a but_o whatsoever_o do_v evaporate_v by_o burn_v and_o inflammation_n become_v salt_n chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o tide_n to_o wit_n the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o aristotle_n and_o heraclitus_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o sun_n which_o do_v it_o as_o who_o stir_v raise_v and_o carry_v about_o with_o he_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o wind_n which_o come_v to_o blow_v upon_o the_o ocean_n cause_n the_o atlantic_a sea_n to_o swell_v and_o so_o make_v the_o flux_n or_o high_a water_n but_o when_o the_o same_o be_v allay_v and_o clean_o down_o the_o sea_n 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