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therapeuticke_a or_o curative_fw-it physic_n we_o term_v that_o which_o restore_v the_o patient_n unto_o sanity_n and_o take_v away_o disease_n actual_o affect_v now_o of_o disease_n some_o be_v cronicall_a and_o of_o long_a duration_n as_o quartane_a ague_n scurvy_a etc._n etc._n wherein_o because_o they_o admit_v of_o delay_n we_o defer_v the_o cure_n to_o more_o advantageous_a season_n other_o we_o term_v acute_a that_o be_v of_o short_a duration_n and_o danger_n as_o fever_n pleurify_v etc._n etc._n in_o which_o because_o delay_n be_v dangerous_a and_o they_o arise_v unto_o their_o state_n before_o the_o dog-day_n determine_v we_o apply_v present_a remedy_n according_a unto_o indication_n respect_v rather_o the_o acuteness_n of_o the_o disease_n and_o precipitancy_n of_o occasion_n than_o the_o rise_n or_o set_v of_o star_n the_o effect_n of_o the_o one_o be_v disputable_a of_o the_o other_o assure_v and_o inevitable_a and_o although_o astrology_n may_v here_o put_v in_o and_o plead_v the_o secret_a influence_n of_o this_o star_n yet_o galâ—n_v i_o perceive_v in_o his_o comment_n make_v no_o such_o consideration_n confirm_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o aphorism_n from_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o year_n and_o the_o operation_n of_o medicine_n exhibit_v in_o regard_n that_o body_n be_v heat_v by_o the_o summer_n can_v so_o well_o endure_v the_o acrimony_n of_o purge_v medicine_n and_o because_o upon_o purgation_n contrary_a motion_n ensue_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o air_n attract_v the_o humour_n outward_a and_o the_o action_n of_o the_o medicine_n retract_v the_o same_o inward_a but_o these_o be_v ready_o salve_v in_o the_o distinction_n before_o allege_v and_o particular_o in_o the_o constitution_n of_o our_o climate_n and_o divers_a other_o wherein_o the_o air_n make_v no_o such_o exhaustion_n of_o spirit_n and_o in_o the_o benignity_n of_o our_o medicine_n whereof_o some_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n other_o well_o prepare_v agitate_v not_o the_o humour_n or_o make_v a_o sensible_a perturbation_n nor_o do_v we_o hereby_o reject_v or_o condemn_v a_o sober_a and_o regulate_v astrology_n we_o hold_v there_o be_v more_o truth_n therein_o then_o in_o astrologer_n in_o some_o more_o than_o many_o allow_v yet_o in_o none_o so_o much_o as_o some_o pretend_v we_o deny_v not_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n but_o often_o suspect_v the_o due_a application_n thereof_o for_o though_o we_o shall_v affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o all_o thing_n that_o heaven_n be_v but_o earth_n celestify_v and_o earth_n but_o heaven_n terrestrify_v or_o that_o each_o part_n above_o have_v a_o influence_n upon_o its_o divide_v affinity_n below_o yet_o how_o to_o single_a out_o these_o relation_n and_o due_o to_o apply_v their_o action_n be_v a_o work_n oft_o time_n to_o be_v effect_v by_o some_o revelation_n and_o cabala_n from_o above_o rather_o than_o any_o philosophy_n or_o speculation_n here_o below_o what_o power_n soever_o they_o have_v upon_o our_o body_n it_o be_v not_o requisite_a they_o shall_v destroy_v our_o reason_n that_o be_v to_o make_v we_o rely_v on_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n when_o she_o be_v least_o able_a to_o relieve_v we_o and_o when_o we_o conceive_v the_o heaven_n against_o we_o to_o refuse_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o earth_n create_v for_o we_o this_o be_v to_o suffer_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o dog_n above_o what_o other_o do_v from_o the_o tooth_n of_o dog_n below_o water_n that_o be_v to_o be_v afraid_a of_o their_o proper_a remedy_n and_o refuse_v to_o approach_v any_o water_n though_o that_o have_v often_o prove_v a_o cure_n unto_o their_o disease_n there_o be_v in_o wise_a man_n a_o power_n beyond_o the_o star_n and_o ptolemy_n encourage_v we_o that_o by_o foreknowledge_n we_o may_v evade_v their_o action_n for_o be_v but_o universal_a cause_n they_o be_v determine_v by_o particular_a agent_n which_o be_v incline_v not_o constrain_v contain_v within_o themselves_o the_o cast_a act_n and_o a_o power_n to_o command_v the_o conclusion_n last_o if_o all_o be_v concede_v and_o be_v there_o in_o this_o aphorism_n a_o unrestrained_a truth_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o reasonable_a to_o infer_v from_o a_o caution_n a_o non-usance_n or_o abolition_n from_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v use_v with_o discretion_n not_o to_o be_v use_v at_o all_o because_o the_o apostle_n bid_v we_o beware_v of_o philosophy_n head_n of_o extremity_n will_v have_v none_o at_o all_o a_o usual_a fallacy_n in_o vulgar_a and_o less_o distinctive_a brain_n who_o have_v once_o overshoot_v the_o mean_a run_v violent_o on_o and_o find_v no_o rest_n but_o in_o the_o extreme_n and_o hereon_o we_o have_v the_o long_o insist_v because_o the_o error_n be_v material_a and_o concern_v ofttimes_o the_o life_n of_o man_n a_o error_n to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o state_n and_o provide_v against_o by_o prince_n who_o be_v of_o the_o opinion_n of_o solomon_n that_o their_o riches_n consist_v in_o the_o multitude_n of_o their_o subject_n a_o error_n worse_o than_o some_o repute_a heresy_n and_o of_o great_a danger_n to_o the_o body_n than_o they_o unto_o the_o soul_n which_o whosoever_o be_v able_a to_o reclaim_v he_o shall_v save_v more_o in_o one_o summer_n than_o themison_n destroy_v in_o any_o autumn_n he_o shall_v introduce_v a_o new_a way_n of_o cure_n preserve_v by_o theory_n as_o well_o as_o practice_n and_o man_n not_o only_o from_o death_n but_o from_o destroy_v themselves_o the_o five_o book_n of_o many_o thing_n questionable_a as_o they_o be_v common_o describe_v in_o picture_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o picture_n of_o the_o pelecan_n and_o first_o in_o every_o place_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o picture_n of_o the_o pelecan_n open_v her_o breast_n with_o her_o bill_n and_o feed_v her_o young_a one_o with_o the_o blood_n distil_v from_o she_o thus_o be_v it_o set_v forth_o not_o only_o in_o common_a sign_n but_o in_o the_o crest_n and_o scucheon_n of_o many_o noble_a family_n have_v be_v assert_v by_o many_o holy_a writer_n and_o be_v a_o hieroglyphic_a of_o pietiâ—_n and_o pity_n among_o the_o egyptian_n on_o which_o consideration_n they_o spare_v they_o at_o their_o table_n notwithstanding_o upon_o enquiry_n we_o find_v no_o mention_n hereof_o in_o ancient_a zoographer_n and_o such_o as_o have_v particular_o discourse_v upon_o animal_n as_o aristotle_n aelian_a pliny_n solinus_n and_o many_o more_o who_o seldom_o forget_v propriety_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n and_o have_v be_v very_o punctual_a in_o less_o considerable_a record_n some_o ground_n hereof_o i_o confess_v we_o may_v allow_v nor_o need_v we_o deny_v a_o remarkable_a affection_n in_o pelecan_n towards_o their_o young_a for_o aelian_a discourse_v of_o stork_n and_o their_o affection_n towards_o their_o brood_n who_o they_o instruct_v to_o fly_v and_o unto_o who_o they_o redeliver_v up_o the_o provision_n of_o their_o belly_n conclude_v at_o last_o that_o heron_n and_o pelecan_n do_v the_o like_a as_o for_o the_o 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another_o story_n that_o be_v from_o earnest_o protect_v her_o young_a when_o her_o nest_n be_v set_v on_o fire_n for_o as_o for_o let_v out_o her_o blood_n it_o be_v not_o the_o assertion_n of_o the_o egyptian_n but_o seem_v translate_v unto_o the_o pelecan_n from_o the_o vulture_n as_o pierius_n have_v most_o plain_o deliver_v sed_fw-la quod_fw-la pelicanum_fw-la â—t_a etiam_fw-la alijs_fw-la plerisque_fw-la persuâ—sum_fw-la est_fw-la rostro_fw-la pectus_fw-la dissecantem_fw-la pingunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la svo_fw-la sanguine_fw-la filios_fw-la alat_fw-la ab_fw-la aegyptiorum_n historiâ_fw-la valde_fw-la alienum_fw-la est_fw-la illi_fw-la enim_fw-la vulturem_fw-la tantum_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la and_o last_o as_o concern_v the_o picture_n if_o natural_o examine_v and_o not_o hieroglyphical_o conceive_v it_o contain_v many_o impropriety_n disagree_v almost_o in_o all_o thing_n from_o the_o true_a and_o proper_a description_n for_o fiâ—st_n whereas_o it_o be_v common_o set_v forth_o green_a or_o yellow_a in_o its_o proper_a
a_o torrent_n down_o a_o hill_n but_o the_o experimental_a testimony_n of_o gillius_fw-la be_v most_o considerable_a of_o any_o who_o have_v behold_v the_o course_n thereof_o and_o make_v enquiry_n of_o miller_n that_o dwell_v upon_o its_o shore_n receive_v answer_v that_o it_o ebb_a and_o flow_v four_o time_n a_o day_n that_o be_v every_o six_o hour_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o ocean_n but_o that_o indeed_o sometime_o it_o observe_v not_o that_o certain_a course_n and_o this_o irregularity_n though_o seldom_o happen_v together_o with_o its_o unruly_a and_o tumultuous_a motion_n may_v afford_v a_o beginning_n unto_o the_o common_a opinion_n thus_o may_v the_o expression_n in_o ctesiphon_n be_v make_v out_o and_o by_o this_o may_v aristâ—â—le_n be_v interpret_v when_o in_o his_o problem_n he_o seem_v to_o borrow_v a_o metaphor_n from_o euripus_n 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o section_n he_o â—nquireth_v why_o in_o the_o upper_a 〈◊〉_d of_o house_n the_o air_n do_v 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the_o ocean_n and_o narrow_a sea_n beside_o white_a we_o refer_v it_o unto_o the_o moon_n we_o give_v some_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o ocean_n but_o no_o general_a salve_n for_o â—reeks_n and_o 〈◊〉_d which_o know_v no_o flood_n nor_o resolve_v why_o it_o â—lowes_n three_o or_o 〈…〉_z in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o golâ—e_n yet_o scarce_o at_o all_o at_o ancoâ—â—_n durazzo_n or_o 〈◊〉_d which_o lyâ—_n but_o by_o the_o way_n and_o therefore_o old_a abstrusity_n have_v cause_v new_a invention_n and_o some_o from_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o copernicus_n or_o the_o diurnal_a and_o annual_a motion_n of_o the_o earth_n endeavour_n to_o 〈◊〉_d the_o flow_v and_o motion_n of_o these_o sea_n illustrate_v the_o same_o by_o water_n in_o a_o â—oale_n that_o rise_v or_o fall_v to_o either_o side_n according_a to_o 〈…〉_z of_o the_o vessel_n the_o conceit_n be_v ingenuous_a salve_n sâ—me_v 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v discover_v at_o large_a by_o galilaeâ—_n in_o his_o systeme_n of_o the_o world_n however_o therefore_o aâ—â—stotle_n die_v what_o be_v his_o end_n or_o upon_o what_o occasion_n although_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o assure_v yet_o that_o his_o memory_n and_o worthy_a name_n shall_v live_v no_o man_n will_v deny_v nor_o grateful_a scholar_n doubt_n and_o if_o according_a to_o the_o elegy_n of_o solon_n a_o man_n may_v be_v only_o say_v to_o be_v happy_a after_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o cease_v to_o be_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d capacity_n of_o 〈◊〉_d or_o if_o according_a unto_o his_o own_o ethic_n sense_n be_v not_o essential_a unto_o felicity_n but_o a_o man_n may_v be_v happy_a without_o the_o apprehension_n thereof_o sure_o in_o that_o sense_n he_o be_v pyramidal_o happy_a nor_o can_v he_o â—ver_o perish_v but_o in_o the_o euripe_n of_o ignorance_n or_o till_o the_o torrent_n of_o barbarism_n overwhelm_v all_o a_o like_a conceit_n there_o pass_v of_o melâ—sigenes_n alias_o homeâ—_n the_o father_n poet_n that_o he_o pine_v away_o upon_o the_o riddle_n of_o the_o fisherman_n but_o herodotus_n who_o write_v his_o life_n have_v clear_v this_o point_n deliver_v that_o pass_n from_o samos_n unto_o athens_n he_o go_v sick_a ashore_o upon_o the_o island_n jos_n where_o he_o die_v and_o be_v solemn_o inter_v upon_o the_o sea_n side_n and_o so_o decide_o conclude_v exit_fw-la hac_fw-la aegritudine_fw-la extremum_fw-la diem_fw-la clansit_fw-la homerus_fw-la in_o io_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la aliqui_fw-la aenigmatis_fw-la perplexitate_fw-la enectus_fw-la sed_fw-la morbo_fw-la chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o wish_n of_o philoxenus_n that_o relation_n of_o aristotle_n and_o conceit_n general_o receive_v concern_v philoxenus_n who_o wish_v the_o neck_n of_o a_o crane_n that_o thereby_o he_o may_v takâ—_n more_o pleasure_n in_o his_o meaâ—_n although_o it_o pass_v without_o exception_n upon_o enquiry_n i_o find_v not_o only_o doubtful_a in_o the_o story_n but_o absurd_a in_o the_o desire_n or_o reason_n allege_v for_o it_o for_o though_o his_o wish_n be_v such_o as_o be_v deliver_v yet_o have_v it_o not_o perhaps_o that_o end_n to_o delight_v his_o gust_n in_o eat_v but_o rather_o to_o obtain_v advantage_n thereby_o in_o sing_v as_o be_v declare_v by_o mirandula_n aristotle_n say_v he_o in_o his_o ethic_n and_o problem_n accuse_v philoxenus_n of_o sensuality_n for_o the_o great_a pleasure_n of_o gust_n in_o desire_v the_o neck_n of_o a_o crane_n which_o desire_n of_o he_o assent_v unto_o aristotle_n i_o have_v former_o condemn_v but_o since_o i_o perceive_v that_o aristoâ—le_n for_o this_o accusation_n have_v be_v accuse_v by_o divers_a writer_n for_o philoxenus_n be_v a_o excellent_a musician_n and_o desire_v the_o neck_n of_o a_o crane_n not_o for_o any_o pleasure_n at_o meat_n but_o fancy_v thereby_o a_o advantage_n in_o sing_v or_o warble_n and_o devide_v the_o note_n in_o music_n and_o indeed_o many_o writer_n there_o be_v which_o mention_n a_o musician_n of_o that_o name_n as_o pluâ—arch_n in_o his_o book_n against_o usury_n and_o aristotle_n himself_o in_o the_o eight_o of_o hiâ—_n politic_n speak_v of_o one_o philoxenus_n a_o musician_n that_o go_v off_o from_o the_o doric_a dytherambick_n unto_o the_o phrygian_a haâ—mony_n again_o be_v the_o story_n true_a or_o false_a right_o apply_v or_o not_o the_o intention_n be_v not_o reasonable_a and_o that_o perhaps_o neither_o one_o way_n nor_o the_o other_o for_o if_o we_o right_o consider_v the_o organ_n of_o taste_n we_o shall_v find_v the_o length_n of_o the_o neck_n to_o conduce_v but_o little_a unto_o it_o for_o the_o tongue_n be_v the_o instrument_n of_o taste_n and_o the_o tip_n thereof_o the_o most_o exact_a distinguisher_n it_o will_v not_o advantage_v the_o gust_n to_o have_v the_o neck_n exâ—ended_v wherein_o the_o gullet_n and_o convey_v part_n be_v only_o seat_v which_o partake_v not_o of_o the_o nerve_n of_o gustation_n or_o appertain_v unto_o â—apor_n but_o receive_v they_o only_o from_o the_o six_o pair_n whereas_o the_o neâ—ves_n of_o taste_n desâ—â—nd_n from_o the_o three_o and_o forth_o propagation_n and_o so_o diffuse_v themselves_o into_o the_o tongue_n and_o therefore_o crane_n herne_z and_o swan_n have_v no_o advantage_n in_o taste_n beyond_o hawk_n kite_n and_o other_o of_o short_a neck_n nor_o if_o we_o consider_v it_o have_v nature_n respect_n unto_o the_o taste_n in_o the_o different_a contrivance_n of_o neck_n but_o rather_o unto_o the_o part_n contain_v the_o composâ—â—â—â—_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o manner_n whereby_o they_o â—eed_v thus_o animal_n of_o long_a legâ—_n have_v general_o long_a neck_n that_o be_v for_o the_o conveniency_n of_o feed_v as_o have_v a_o necessity_n to_o apply_v their_o mouth_n unto_o the_o earth_n so_o have_v horse_n camel_n dromedary_n long_a neck_n and_o all_o tall_a animal_n except_o the_o elephant_n who_o in_o defect_n thereof_o be_v furnish_v with_o a_o trunk_n without_o which_o he_o can_v not_o attain_v the_o ground_n so_o have_v crane_n herne_z stork_n and_o shovelards_n long_a neck_n and_o so_o even_o in_o man_n who_o figure_n be_v erect_v the_o length_n of_o the_o neck_n follow_v the_o proportion_n of_o other_o part_n and_o such_o as_o have_v round_a face_n or_o broad_a chest_n and_o shoulder_n have_v seldom_o or_o never_o long_a neck_n for_o the_o length_n of_o the_o face_n twice_o exceed_v that_o of_o the_o neck_n and_o the_o space_n betwixt_o the_o throat_n pit_n and_o the_o navel_n be_v equal_a unto_o the_o circumference_n thereof_o again_o animal_n be_v frame_v with_o long_a neck_n according_a unto_o the_o course_n of_o their_o life_n or_o feed_n so_o many_o with_o short_a leg_n have_v long_a neck_n because_o they_o seed_n in_o the_o water_n as_o swan_n goose_n pâ—â—â—licans_n and_o other_o sin-footed_n animal_n but_o hawk_n and_o bird_n of_o prey_n have_v short_a neck_n and_o truss_a leg_n for_o that_o which_o be_v long_o be_v weak_a and_o flexible_a and_o a_o short_a figure_n be_v best_a accommodate_v unto_o that_o intention_n