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page_n 16._o of_o the_o same_o learned_a epistle_n he_o say_v a_o good_a divine_a either_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v a_o good_a physician_n a_o divine_a in_o this_o compound_n mix_v malady_n melancholy_a can_v do_v little_a alone_a a_o physician_n in_o some_o kind_n of_o malady_n much_o less_o both_o make_v a_o absolute_a cure_n alterius_fw-la sic_fw-la altera_fw-la poscit_fw-la opem_fw-la hor._n and_o it_o be_v proper_a to_o they_o both_o and_o i_o hope_v not_o unbeseeming_a i_o who_o be_o by_o profession_n a_o divine_a by_o my_o inclination_n a_o physician_n i_o have_v jupiter_n in_o my_o six_o house_n i_o can_v say_v with_o beroaldus_n non_fw-la sum_fw-la medice_fw-la nec_fw-la medicinae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la expers_fw-la in_o the_o theory_n of_o physic_n i_o have_v take_v some_o pain_n etc._n etc._n §_o 126._o thus_o you_o see_v this_o thrice_o learned_a person_n be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o his_o geniture_n or_o afraid_a to_o own_o his_o star_n though_o