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this_o heat_n decrease_v the_o humour_n thicken_v and_o as_o it_o be_v congeal_v &_o so_o the_o light_n grow_v dimmer_v be_v quite_o dead_a there_o remain_v the_o congeal_a humour_n white_a like_o a_o piece_n of_o chalk_n those_o i_o take_v be_v for_o three_o or_o four_o night_n so_o shine_v that_o hold_v the_o book_n near_o i_o can_v see_v to_o read_v by_o they_o again_o he_o say_v that_o grain_n who_o end_n be_v cut_v off_o will_v sudden_o sprout_v which_o thwart_v their_o opinion_n who_o say_v that_o the_o pismire_n bite_v off_o the_o end_n of_o the_o corn_n which_o they_o store_v up_o to_o prevent_v the_o growth_n thereof_o both_o these_o assertion_n may_v be_v true_a for_o corn_n cut_v at_o the_o end_n may_v grow_v and_o yet_o that_o may_v fail_v which_o the_o pismire_n bite_v because_o of_o some_o malignant_a quality_n contrary_a to_o the_o grain_n impress_v upon_o it_o by_o the_o pismire_n bite_v which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o knife_n again_o he_o say_v book_n 3._o c._n 27._o that_o the_o plant_n animal_n or_o vegetable_a lamb_n of_o tartary_n be_v not_o much_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o if_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o lamb_n in_o the_o flower_n or_o seed_n sure_o it_o must_v be_v more_o than_o this_o if_o those_o that_o write_v the_o story_n thereof_o deceive_v we_o not_o for_o scaliger_n exerc_n 182.29_o describe_v it_o out_o of_o they_o to_o be_v like_o a_o lamb_n in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o in_o stead_n of_o horn_n it_o have_v long_a hair_n like_o horn_n it_o be_v cover_v with_o a_o thin_a skin_n it_o bleed_v when_o it_o be_v wound_v and_o live_v so_o long_o as_o it_o have_v grass_n to_o feed_v on_o when_o that_o be_v spend_v it_o die_v and_o they_o write_v also_o that_o it_o be_v a_o prey_n to_o wolf_n all_o these_o circumstance_n
stone_n find_v in_o the_o matrix_fw-la chap._n iu._n 1._o some_o without_o lung_n 2._o impostume_n void_v in_o urine_n 3._o worm_n the_o cause_n of_o many_o disease_n 4._o no_o change_n of_o sex_n 5._o giant_n 6._o some_o without_o liver_n 7._o fleshy_a bladder_n 8._o stone_n hair_n worm_n etc._n etc._n beget_v in_o our_o urine_n 9_o a_o woman_n without_o a_o matrix_fw-la chap._n v._n 1._o strange_n but_o not_o miraculous_a birth_n 2._o strange_a and_o strong_a imagination_n 3._o poison_n inward_a and_o outward_a 4._o poison_n of_o mad_a dog_n 5._o cantharides_n 6._o poison_v how_o it_o work_v 7._o why_o bird_n not_o poison_v as_o man_n 8._o amphiam_fw-la opium_n mandrake_n 9_o the_o plague_n no_o hectic_a nor_o putrid_a fever_n 10._o epidemical_a disease_n chap._n vi_o 1._o antipathy_n to_o some_o meat_n 2._o the_o force_n of_o fear_n 3._o blood_n void_v by_o the_o gum_n and_o navel_n 4._o black_a hair_n sudden_o gray_a 5._o violence_n of_o passion_n 6._o defect_n in_o nature_n recompense_v 7._o a_o fly_v void_v by_o urine_n 8._o monthly_o blood_n in_o man_n 9_o the_o cause_n of_o monster_n 10._o horn_n on_o man_n head_n and_o heel_n chap._n vii_o 1._o the_o effect_n of_o blood_n be_v drink_v 2._o some_o strange_a disease_n 3._o ply_v ca_fw-mi polonica_fw-la 4._o some_o eat_v poison_n without_o hurt_n 5._o stone_n in_o the_o intestine_n 6._o old_a man_n come_v young_a 7._o some_o strange_a monster_n chap._n viii_o 1._o of_o divers_a and_o strange_a spleen_n 2._o black_a urine_n 3._o one_o live_v without_o sleep_n 4._o the_o tarentula_n effect_n and_o cure_n the_o force_n of_o music_n 5._o serpent_n beget_v of_o dead_a brain_n 6._o of_o tiberius_n his_o sight_n alexander_n sweat_n strabo_n eye_n the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o strange_a disease_n and_o accident_n of_o man_n body_n chap._n i._n 1._o divers_a way_n to_o resist_v burn_v 2._o locust_n eater_n the_o lousy_a disease_n the_o baptist_n feed_v not_o on_o locust_n 3._o man_n flesh_n most_o subject_a to_o putrefaction_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o how_o putrefaction_n be_v resist_v mumia_fw-la 4._o the_o strength_n of_o affection_n and_o imagination_n in_o die_a man_n strange_a presage_n of_o death_n 5._o difference_n of_o dead_a man_n skull_n and_o why_o chap._n ii_o 1._o the_o benefit_n of_o sleep_n and_o reason_n why_o some_o sleep_v not_o 2._o why_o dead_a body_n after_o the_o nine_o day_n swim_v why_o dead_a and_o sleep_a man_n heavy_a than_o other_o why_o a_o blow_a bladder_n light_a than_o a_o empty_a 3._o strange_a epidemical_a disease_n and_o death_n the_o force_n of_o smell_n the_o rose_n smell_v 4._o strange_a shape_n and_o multitude_n of_o worm_n in_o our_o body_n 5._o the_o french_a disease_n and_o its_o malignity_n the_o disease_n of_o brasil_n chap._n iii_o 1._o centaur_n prove_v what_o they_o be_v 2._o why_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o wolf_n cause_v obmutescency_n 3._o pigmy_n prove_v gammadim_n what_o 4._o giant_n prove_v they_o be_v not_o monster_n 5._o the_o strange_a force_n of_o fascination_n the_o sympathy_n and_o antipathy_n of_o thing_n the_o lodestone_n attraction_n how_o hinder_v fascination_n how_o cure_v fascination_n by_o word_n chap._n iu._n 1._o strange_a stone_n breed_v in_o man_n body_n 2._o child_n nourish_v by_o wolf_n and_o other_o beast_n 3._o poison_n take_v without_o hurt_n poison_v eater_n may_v infect_v how_o how_o grape_n and_o other_o plant_n may_v be_v poison_v 4._o of_o strange_a mola_n bear_n by_o lick_v form_n their_o cub_n the_o plastic_a faculty_n still_o work_v chap._n v._n 1_o divers_a privilege_n of_o eunuch_n the_o fiber_n testicle_n 2._o dâ—_n versity_n of_o aliment_n and_o medicament_n the_o virtue_n of_o peacheâ—_n mandrake_n the_o nature_n of_o our_o aliment_n 3._o a_o strange_a story_n 〈◊〉_d a_o sick_a maid_n discuss_v and_o of_o strange_a vomit_n and_o monster_n and_o imagination_n 4._o man_n long_o live_v the_o dere_v long_a life_n 〈◊〉_d sert_v 5._o that_o old_a man_n may_v become_v young_a again_o prove_v chap._n vi_o 1._o of_o many_o new_a disease_n and_o cause_n thereof_o 2._o different_a colour_n iâ—_n our_o body_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o ethiopian_a blackness_n 3._o the_o 〈◊〉_d unicorn_n with_o his_o horn_n and_o virtue_n assert_v 4._o some_o bear_v blind_a and_o dumb_a recover_v a_o strange_a universal_a fever_n a_o strange_a fish_n and_o strength_n of_o imagination_n chap._n vii_o 1._o the_o diversity_n and_o virtue_n of_o bezoar_n stone_n 2._o a_o woman_n conceive_v in_o a_o bath_n of_o a_o incubus_n 3._o strange_a action_n perform_v by_o sleeper_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o lot_n incest_n in_o his_o sleep_n 4._o some_o animal_n live_v long_o without_o food_n the_o chameleon_n food_n be_v only_a 〈◊〉_d the_o contrary_a reason_n answer_v air_n turn_v to_o water_n and_o be_v theâ—_n pabulous_a supply_n of_o fire_n chap._n viii_o 1._o divers_a animal_n long-lived_a without_o food_n the_o chameleon_n live_v on_o air_n only_o 2._o divers_a creature_n feed_v only_o by_o water_n 3._o chilification_n not_o absolute_o necessary_a strange_a operation_n of_o some_o stomach_n the_o ostrich_n eat_v and_o digest_v iron_n 4._o how_o bee_n gnat_n etc._n etc._n make_v a_o sound_n of_o glow-worm_n and_o grain_n bite_v by_o pismire_n the_o vegetable_a lamb_n and_o other_o strange_a plant_n 5._o the_o tiger_n swiftness_n the_o remora_n stay_v ship_n chap._n ix_o 1._o lion_n afraid_a of_o cock_n antipathy_n cause_v fear_n and_o horror_n in_o divers_a animal_n 2._o spider_n kill_v toad_n the_o diversity_n of_o spider_n 3._o the_o cock_n egg_n and_o basilisk_n divers_a sort_n of_o basilisk_n 4._o amphisbaena_fw-la prove_v and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v 5._o the_o viper_n generation_n by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o mother_n prove_v and_o objection_n to_o the_o contrary_n refute_v chap._n x._o 1._o mole_n see_v not_o and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v 2._o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n concern_v divers_a animal_n maintain_v 3._o the_o right_a and_o left_a side_n defend_v 4._o the_o true_a cause_n of_o the_o erection_n of_o man_n body_n and_o the_o benefit_n we_o have_v thereby_o 5._o mouse_n and_o other_o vermin_n breed_v of_o putrefaction_n even_o in_o man_n body_n 6._o how_o man_n swim_v natural_o the_o indian_a swimmer_n chap._n xi_o 〈◊〉_d the_o picture_n of_o the_o pelican_n dolphin_n serpent_n adam_n and_o eve_n christ_n moses_n abraham_n and_o of_o the_o sibyl_n defend_v 2._o the_o picture_n of_o cleopatra_n of_o alexander_n of_o hector_n of_o caesar_n with_o saddle_n and_o stirrup_n maintain_v chap._n xii_o 1._o the_o picture_n of_o jephtha_n sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n maintain_v 2._o the_o baptist_n wear_v a_o camel_n skin_n 3._o other_o picture_n as_o of_o s._n christopher_n s._n george_n etc._n etc._n defend_v 4._o the_o antiquity_n distinction_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n of_o the_o samaritan_n and_o their_o letter_n chap._n xiii_o 1._o there_o be_v not_o heat_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n 2._o island_n before_o the_o flood_n prove_v 3._o the_o seven_o ostiaries_n of_o nilus_n and_o its_o greatness_n the_o greatness_n of_o old_a rome_n divers_a way_n prove_v nilus_n overflow_n how_o proper_a to_o it_o the_o crocodile_n of_o nilus_n its_o inundation_n regular_a chap._n fourteen_o 1._o the_o cause_n of_o nile_n inundation_n 2._o lot_n wife_n true_o transform_v into_o a_o salt_n pillar_n 3._o hell_n fire_n true_o black_a brimstone_n cause_v blackness_n 4._o philoxenus_n a_o glutton_n and_o his_o wish_n not_o absurd_a how_o long_a neck_n conduce_v to_o modulation_n chap._n xv._n 1._o heavy_a body_n swim_v in_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o the_o ancient_n in_o this_o point_n defend_v 2._o crassus_n have_v reason_n to_o laugh_v at_o the_o ass_n eat_v thistle_n laughter_n define_v in_o laughter_n there_o be_v sorrow_n in_o weep_v joy_n 3._o that_o christ_n never_o laugh_v prove_v 4._o fluctus_fw-la decumans_fw-la what_o chap._n xvi_o 1._o epicurus_n a_o wicked_a and_o wanton_a man_n impious_a in_o his_o opinion_n seneca_n judgement_n of_o he_o 2._o twelve_o of_o his_o impious_a and_o absurd_a opinion_n rehearse_v chap._n xvii_o epicurus_n his_o atom_n reject_v by_o nineteen_o reason_n chap._n xviii_o 1._o that_o crystal_n be_v of_o water_n prove_v and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v how_o it_o differ_v from_o ice_n 2._o the_o loadstone_n move_v not_o its_o antipathy_n with_o garlic_n of_o the_o adamant_n versoria_fw-la amber_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xix_o what_o the_o ancient_n have_v write_v of_o griffin_n may_v be_v true_a griffin_n mention_v in_o scripture_n grypi_n and_o gryph_n perez_n and_o ossifrage_n what_o chapr_fw-la xx._n 1._o the_o navigation_n of_o the_o ancient_n by_o the_o star_n they_o know_v not_o the_o compass_n 2._o goat_n blood_n soften_v the_o adamant_n gold_n lose_v its_o virtue_n and_o gravity_n with_o its_o substance_n iron_n may_v grow_v hot_a with_o motion_n coral_n be_v soft_a
which_o do_v abound_v in_o he_o do_v not_o present_o spend_v so_o long_o as_o they_o continue_v he_o live_v when_o they_o fail_v he_o fall_v down_o dead_a iu._n what_o wierus_n record_v in_o his_o work_n of_o imposture_n l._n 4._o ca._n 16._o concern_v some_o stone_n find_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o maximilian_n the_o second_o be_v not_o incredible_a for_o the_o same_o heat_n of_o the_o body_n that_o breed_v stone_n in_o the_o bladder_n kidney_n and_o joint_n can_v also_o produce_v stone_n in_o the_o heart_n if_o there_o be_v the_o same_o matter_n and_o disposition_n for_o such_o a_o production_n and_o this_o may_v be_v the_o work_n of_o nature_n alone_o without_o sorcery_n v._n nor_o be_v it_o incredible_a what_o be_v record_v by_o divers_a of_o worm_n find_v in_o the_o heart_n which_o cause_n consumption_n and_o strange_a distemper_n in_o our_o body_n which_o oftentimes_o deceive_v physician_n for_o the_o heart_n be_v no_o more_o privilege_v from_o worm_n than_o other_o member_n save_v only_o that_o its_o substance_n be_v hard_a and_o solid_a and_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o spirit_n and_o heat_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o subject_n to_o putrefaction_n as_o part_n more_o soft_a and_o loose_a and_o consequent_o not_o so_o often_o infest_a with_o worm_n and_o imposthume_n as_o other_o member_n be_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o exempt_v for_o i_o have_v read_v of_o one_o who_o heart_n be_v open_v there_o be_v find_v in_o it_o a_o white_a worm_n with_o a_o sharp_a beck_n which_o be_v place_v on_o a_o table_n and_o a_o circle_n of_o the_o juice_n of_o garlic_n make_v about_o it_o died_z be_v overcome_v with_o that_o strong_a smell_n by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o use_n of_o garlic_n be_v wholesome_a and_o needful_a for_o such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o worm_n as_o be_v their_o destroyer_n vi_o fernelius_n be_v deceive_v when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o heart_n do_v not_o putrify_v in_o we_o while_o we_o be_v alive_a because_o it_o be_v of_o a_o solid_a and_o hard_a substance_n and_o be_v the_o last_o that_o die_v in_o we_o but_o it_o be_v not_o more_o hard_a and_o solid_a than_o the_o bone_n which_o notwithstanding_o putrify_v while_o we_o be_v alive_a and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v the_o last_o thing_n that_o die_v in_o we_o for_o it_o do_v not_o total_o putrify_v till_o we_o be_v dead_a because_o all_o the_o heat_n motion_n and_o function_n thereof_o cease_v not_o till_o then_o vii_o and_o not_o only_o in_o the_o heart_n but_o in_o the_o brain_n also_o worm_n be_v engender_v as_o avicenna_n hollerius_n and_o other_o do_v witness_n and_o i_o have_v read_v of_o black_a and_o round_a worm_n that_o by_o sneeze_v powder_n of_o castoreum_n and_o pepper_n have_v be_v void_v by_o the_o nose_n and_o of_o ear-worm_n also_o chap._n iii_o 1._o epilepsy_n 2._o incubus_n 3_o vertigo_n 4._o of_o a_o stone_n in_o the_o tongue_n 5._o one_o of_o nine_o year_n old_a bring_v to_o bed_n 6._o body_n turn_v to_o stone_n 7._o sleep-walkers_a 8._o superfetation_n ventriloques_fw-la 9_o a_o strange_a stone_n find_v in_o the_o matrix_fw-la the_o epilepsy_n and_o malignant_a fever_n oftentimes_o end_v in_o deafness_n and_o this_o be_v hold_v a_o good_a sign_n of_o recovery_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o nature_n thrust_v out_o the_o malignant_a humour_n from_o the_o brain_n into_o the_o next_o passage_n which_o be_v the_o ear_n ii_o some_o take_v the_o nightmare_n or_o incubus_n for_o a_o spirit_n but_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o feculent_a humour_n adhere_v to_o the_o vital_a part_n and_o with_o its_o black_a or_o melancholy_a fume_n trouble_v the_o diaphragma_n lung_n and_o brain_n and_o distemper_a the_o imagination_n with_o horrid_a shape_n iii_o nature_n be_v very_o skilful_a and_o provident_a in_o help_v herself_o when_o art_n fail_v for_o many_o disease_n have_v be_v cure_v by_o nature_n which_o the_o physician_n have_v be_v force_v to_o give_v off_o zacutus_fw-la obs._n 15._o mention_v one_o who_o be_v every_o month_n vex_v with_o a_o terrible_a vertigo_n which_o for_o a_o time_n make_v he_o stupid_a and_o senseless_a be_v cure_v by_o a_o flux_n of_o blood_n gush_v out_o of_o his_o eye_n without_o any_o inflammation_n at_o all_o or_o redness_n of_o the_o eye_n by_o those_o vein_n that_o feed_v the_o eye_n nature_n find_v out_o a_o way_n to_o ease_v herself_o which_o vein_n be_v open_v by_o the_o violent_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o head_n and_o the_o abundance_n of_o blood_n press_v into_o those_o vein_n which_o make_v a_o eruption_n iu._n and_o it_o be_v no_o less_o strange_a what_o he_o record_v obs._n 72._o of_o one_o upon_o the_o tip_n of_o who_o tongue_n be_v find_v a_o stone_n as_o big_a as_o a_o filbert_n nut_n which_o grow_v there_o within_o a_o swell_a cause_v by_o a_o great_a flux_n doubtless_o of_o slimy_a matter_n into_o that_o part_n and_o bake_v into_o that_o consistence_n by_o a_o preternatural_a heat_n for_o he_o be_v much_o subject_n to_o catarrh_n v._o that_o be_v not_o incredible_a which_o be_v record_v by_o jaubert_n in_o his_o vulgar_a error_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o of_o young_a woman_n who_o have_v be_v bring_v to_o bed_n at_o nine_o or_o ten_o year_n of_o age_n for_o nature_n be_v more_o pregnant_a and_o forward_a in_o some_o then_o in_o other_o this_o we_o see_v in_o some_o tree_n and_o other_o vegetables_n but_o these_o woman_n give_v off_o child-bearing_a betimes_o to_o wit_n about_o one_o or_o two_o and_o twenty_o for_o quod_fw-la cito_fw-la sit_fw-la cito_fw-la perit_fw-la and_o as_o we_o say_v soon_o ripe_a soon_o rot_v for_o such_o hasty_a and_o precipitate_a work_n of_o nature_n be_v not_o permanent_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o woman_n who_o soon_o attain_v to_o their_o growth_n then_o man_n decay_n soon_o than_o man_n vi_o for_o stone_n to_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o lung_n which_o be_v oftentimes_o the_o cause_n of_o dry_a cough_n be_v no_o great_a wonder_n for_o divers_a time_n such_o stone_n have_v be_v void_v by_o cough_v but_o for_o a_o man_n body_n to_o be_v convert_v into_o a_o stone_n as_o be_v record_v in_o the_o memorial_n of_o lion_n in_o france_n be_v more_o strange_a yet_o not_o impossible_a and_o therefore_o the_o conversion_n of_o lot_n wife_n into_o a_o salt_n pillar_n be_v not_o incredible_a although_o this_o be_v the_o sole_a work_n of_o god_n neither_o be_v that_o incredible_a which_o be_v write_v of_o the_o lake_n that_o turn_v the_o stick_v cast_v into_o it_o into_o stone_n nor_o that_o cave_n in_o scotland_n where_o the_o water-drop_n be_v turn_v to_o stone_n i_o have_v keep_v a_o apple_n till_o it_o grow_v to_o that_o hardness_n that_o no_o wood_n can_v be_v hard_a for_o scarce_o can_v a_o knife_n cut_v it_o i_o will_v not_o say_v this_o be_v a_o perfect_a stone_n into_o which_o this_o body_n be_v thus_o turn_v but_o it_o may_v be_v as_o hard_a and_o dry_a as_o a_o stone_n for_o the_o body_n that_o be_v find_v in_o the_o sand_n of_o egypt_n be_v very_o dry_a and_o hard_a vii_o horstius_n and_o 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