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six_o chapter_n entitle_v concern_v place_n or_o
water_n that_o be_v abominable_a in_o either_o taste_n or_o smell_n say_v that_o there_o be_v two_o general_a cause_n of_o all_o thâ—_n stink_v of_o terrestrial_a thing_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v pâ—…se_n as_o they_o say_v by_o the_o mixture_n of_o a_o thing_n natural_o putide_fw-la and_o the_o other_o accidental_a and_o by_o way_n of_o rottenness_n and_o do_v present_o subjoyâ—…_n that_o almost_o the_o whole_a substance_n of_o sulphur_n by_o which_o i_o think_v he_o can_v understand_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o brimstone_n consist_v in_o a_o rot_a smell_n and_o that_o the_o mixture_n of_o it_o with_o earth_n or_o water_n be_v the_o first_o and_o general_a cause_n of_o all_o abominable_a smell_n and_o taste_v yea_o of_o natural_a rottenness_n as_o he_o write_v a_o little_a after_o but_o that_o the_o second_o cause_n of_o any_o stink_n be_v putrefaction_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o digestion_n and_o concoction_n as_o say_v aristotle_n viz._n the_o corruption_n and_o indigestion_n 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