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that_o pestilence_n for_o which_o cause_n there_o be_v ambassador_n send_v to_o the_o city_n of_o epidaurus_n to_o entreat_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o citizen_n and_o priest_n that_o holy_a beast_n or_o snake_n as_o be_v profane_o suppose_v and_o they_o attain_v the_o end_n of_o their_o journey_n for_o the_o epidaurian_o do_v kind_o entreat_v they_o and_o send_v the_o snake_n of_o aesculapius_n and_o then_o say_v he_o tam_fw-la promptam_fw-la epidauriorum_n indulgentiam_fw-la numen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dei_fw-la subsecutum_fw-la verba_fw-la mortalium_fw-la coelesti_fw-la absequiâ—_n comprobavit_fw-la that_o be_v the_o very_a grace_n and_o power_n of_o god_n second_v that_o favourable_a indulgence_n of_o the_o epidaurian_o and_o with_o a_o heavenly_a obsequiousness_n allow_v and_o perform_v the_o word_n and_o write_n of_o mortal_a creature_n mean_v the_o sibyl_n write_n aforesaid_a for_o that_o snake_n which_o the_o epidaurian_o never_o see_v but_o they_o worship_v with_o as_o great_a reverence_n as_o they_o will_v aesculapius_n himself_o for_o it_o never_o appear_v but_o for_o their_o exceed_a great_a good_a and_o commodity_n begin_v to_o slide_v about_o the_o broad_a street_n and_o noble_a part_n of_o the_o city_n gentle_o look_v upon_o every_o body_n and_o lick_v the_o earth_n and_o so_o continue_v three_o day_n to_o the_o religious_a admiration_n of_o all_o the_o beholder_n bear_v a_o undoubted_a aspect_n and_o alacrity_n for_o the_o obtain_n and_o aspire_v a_o more_o beautiful_a habitation_n so_o at_o last_o it_o come_v to_o the_o isle_n near_o rome_n call_v triremis_fw-la whereinto_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o the_o mariner_n it_o do_v ascend_v and_o enter_v and_o lodge_v itself_o round_o in_o that_o place_n where_o stand_v the_o house_n of_o quintus_fw-la ogulimus_fw-la which_o story_n be_v thus_o most_o excellent_o follow_v by_o ovid_n in_o his_o metamorphos_n the_o folk_n of_o rome_n come_v hither_o all_o by_o heap_n both_o man_n and_o wife_n and_o eke_o the_o nun_n that_o keep_v the_o fire_n of_o v_n esta_fw-es as_o their_o life_n to_o meet_v the_o god_n and_o welcome_v he_o with_o joyful_a noise_n and_o as_o the_o galley_n row_v up_o the_o stream_n great_a store_n of_o incense_n be_v on_o altar_n burn_v on_o both_o the_o bank_n so_o that_o on_o either_o side_n the_o fume_n of_o the_o frankincense_n the_o very_a air_n do_v hide_v and_o also_o slay_v in_o sacrifice_n full_a many_o catteldyed_a anon_o â—e_n come_v to_o roâ—ie_v the_o head_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o there_o the_o serpent_n lift_v up_o himself_o begin_v his_o head_n to_o bear_v right_o up_o along_o the_o mast_n upon_o the_o top_n whereof_o on_o high_a he_o look_v round_o aâ—out_v a_o meet_a abide_a place_n to_o spy_v the_o tiber_n do_v divide_v itself_o in_o twain_o and_o do_v embrace_v a_o little_a isle_n triremis_fw-la for_o so_o the_o people_n term_v the_o place_n from_o either_o side_n whereof_o the_o bank_n be_v distant_a equal_a space_n apollo_n snake_n descend_v from_o the_o mast_n convey_v he_o thither_o and_o take_v off_o his_o heavenly_a shape_n as_o one_o repair_v hither_o to_o bring_v our_o city_n healthfulness_n do_v end_v our_o sorrow_n quite_o thus_o say_v ovid_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o poet_n do_v but_o feign_v this_o thing_n for_o the_o excitation_n and_o stir_v up_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o religion_n and_o religious_a worship_n of_o the_o heathen_a god_n and_o therefore_o this_o snake_n of_o epidaurus_n be_v but_o a_o fiction_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o history_n he_o make_v it_o to_o be_v aesculapius_n in_o the_o likeness_n of_o a_o snake_n for_o in_o a_o vision_n he_o show_v how_o that_o aesculapius_n appear_v to_o the_o roman_a ambassador_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o will_v appear_v in_o that_o form_n say_v pone_fw-la metus_fw-la veniam_fw-la simulachraque_fw-la nostra_fw-la relinquam_fw-la hunc_fw-la modo_fw-la
ibid._n 695._o 810._o rest_v procure_v 345._o rheum_n 165._o 431._o 567._o 662._o rib_n 204_o ring_n worm_n 75._o 104._o ibid._n 202._o 505._o 533_o 661._o 663_o 810._o robber_n of_o orchard_n to_o find_v out_o 663._o run_v blood_n 501._o rupture_n 498._o 504._o 5_o 3._o 534._o 537._o 545._o 217._o 220._o 741._o s._n salamander_n venom_n cure_v 750._o sand-blind_a 347._o scab_n 22._o 51._o 196._o 200._o 505._o 532._o 533._o 616._o 723._o st._n paul_n lineage_n pretend_v 625._o 805._o scar_n 22._o 498._o 499._o 502._o 505._o 533._o 742._o sealded_a 401._o 410._o secondine_n 201._o 215._o 216._o 337._o 814._o sciatica_n 349._o 402._o 545._o 165._o 217._o 662._o 695._o 814._o scurf_n 22._o 71._o 198._o 535._o shoulder_n ache_n 567._o 346._o serpent_n most_o spot_v lest_o venomous_a 617._o serpent_n 50._o 196._o 198_o 199._o 337._o 535._o 544._o 545_o 566._o 220._o serpent_n prepare_v 616._o serpent_n bite_v cure_v 615._o 670._o 691._o 699._o 810._o serpent_n blood_n better_o than_o balsam_n 616._o serpent_n creep_v into_o one_o belly_n 338._o serpent_n to_o drive_v away_o 618._o serpent_n to_o take_v 626._o scorpian_o sting_a 23._o 199._o 338._o 391._o scorpion_n to_o drive_v away_o 755._o 756._o scorpion_n antidote_n 694._o 741._o scorpion_n kind_n many_o 751._o shrewmouse_n bite_v 338._o 391._o 400._o 418._o 419._o 420._o 506._o ibid._n 566._o shot-free_a 341._o skin_n soften_v 533._o skin_n make_v fair_a 378._o skin_n foul_a 64._o skin_n make_v white_a 22._o skin_n to_o soften_v 616._o skin_n thick_a 742._o shamefacedness_n 337._o sides_n pain_n 533._o 545._o sinew_n pain_n 39_o 64._o 204._o 215._o 336._o 345._o ibid._n 346._o ibid._n 695._o 723._o sinew_n shrink_v 536._o 566._o 567._o 723._o sleep_v 22._o 39_o 65._o 200._o sleep_v cause_v 504._o 582._o 220._o 723._o sense_n to_o sharpen_v 810._o sight_n to_o preserve_v 25._o smell_a 75._o snake_n venomous_a only_o at_o some_o time_n of_o the_o moon_n 615._o soft_a to_o make_v 27._o 50._o 51._o 70._o slow-worme_n venomous_a cure_v 764._o snake_n remedy_n 768._o sneese_v 39_o soul_n transmigration_n 342._o sore_n cure_v 247._o 501._o 506._o sore_n 149._o 203._o sore_n inward_a 337._o spider_n remedy_n 773._o 774_o 775._o 776._o spleen_n sick_a 25._o 22._o 64._o 65._o 75._o ibid._n 73_o 104._o 105._o 149_o 179._o 198._o 203._o 204._o 337._o 346._o spleen_n swell_v 500_o 504._o 788._o splint_n to_o draw_v forth_o 751._o spit_v matter_n 410._o spot_n 64_o 93._o 165._o 197._o 198._o 695._o stellion_n bite_v cure_v 792._o stitche_n 502._o 583._o stink_v breath_n 215._o stomach_n cold_a 65._o stomach_n raw_a 645._o stomach_n pain_v 39_o 65._o 104._o 201_o 431._o 536_o 583._o stomach_n weak_a 458_o 220._o stomach_n ulcerate_v 22._o stomach_n bleed_v 27._o stone_n 165_o 178_o 179._o 197_o 198_o 203._o ibid._n 214._o 215._o 216._o 337._o 500_o 501._o 5â—2_n 506._o 536._o 537._o 545._o 582_o 584._o 217._o ibid._n 645._o 810._o 814._o stone_n of_o the_o bladder_n 25._o 84._o 349._o 220._o 727._o 757._o 768._o stone_n colic_n 338._o 339._o 346._o 403._o strain_n 201._o 615._o strangullion_n in_o a_o horse_n 616._o strangury_n 21._o 104._o 198._o 440._o 546_o 566._o 568._o 385._o 220_o 645._o strength_n restore_v 431._o stripe_n heal_v 204._o 498._o 499._o struma_n 615._o surbate_z 533._o suffocation_n of_o the_o belly_n 615._o suppositary_n 498._o sweat_v 199._o 338._o sweat_v sickness_n 671._o sun_n burn_v 93._o 204._o 215._o suffusion_n 695._o swell_n 25._o 34._o ibid._n 70._o 64._o 93_o 104._o 178._o 179._o 197._o 198._o 200._o 203._o ibid._n 392._o 400._o 455._o 504._o 532._o 200._o 661._o t._n tarantulaes_n venom_n cure_v 772._o tenasmus_n 65._o tooth_n 104._o 200._o 22._o 22._o 64._o ibid._n 104._o 616._o tooth_n white_a 501._o 502._o 559._o tooth_n fasten_v 339._o 391._o 504._o 536._o ibid._n 582._o 583._o tooth_n to_o make_v fall_n out_o 617._o 721._o 741._o 789._o tooth_n breed_v 215._o teeth-ach_n 22._o ibid._n 39_o 51._o 93._o 149._o 215._o 216._o 337._o 345._o 392._o 400._o 402._o 403._o 499._o 501._o 502._o 531._o 615._o ibid._n 616._o 617._o 670._o 692._o 741._o 814._o tetter_n 491._o 402._o 504._o 204._o 661._o 663._o temple_n 501._o tenasmus_n 617._o throat_n soar_v 22._o 64._o 65._o 201._o 203._o 385._o throat_n swell_v 534._o tongue_n sore_a 535._o thorn_n to_o pull_v out_o 65._o 84._o 204._o 215._o 216._o 220._o toad_n and_o spider_n antipathy_n 729._o toad_n poison_v cure_v 629._o 730._o tremble_v 204._o 537._o toadstone_n its_o original_n and_o virtue_n 727._o toad_n breed_v in_o man_n how_o cure_v 728._o toad_n three_o formerly_z the_o french_a arm_n 729._o touch_v with_o virtue_n 391._o tortoise_n good_a meat_n or_o not_o 796._o tortoise_n blood_n unite_v any_o thing_n cut_v asunder_o 799._o tumor_n 533._o tympany_n 346._o tyranny_n free_v from_o 342._o tyria_n what_o disease_n it_o be_v 808._o u._n venery_n 202._o venery_n provoke_v 662._o 695._o venomous_a bite_v 417._o 418._o 500_o 506._o 531._o 535._o 536._o 545._o 566._o 620._o 621._o 622._o 623._o 624._o 625._o venomous_a bite_v heal_v 352._o 400._o venomous_a beast_n drive_v away_o 345_o 378._o 619._o venom_n cure_v 723._o vertigo_n 431._o 568._o victory_n foreshow_v 715._o viper_n to_o take_v without_o danger_n 805._o viper_n bite_v cure_v 808._o ulcer_n 34._o 51._o 65._o 104._o 423._o 439._o 500_o 502._o 506._o 533._o 545._o 566._o 582._o 219._o 809._o 814._o virgin_n breast_n great_a 217._o voice_n weak_a 810._o vomit_n 104._o 431._o 546._o 619._o vinegar_n good_a against_o asp_n 636._o urine_n stop_v 34._o 71._o 68_o 220._o ibid._n 645._o urine_n incontinency_n 346._o 401._o 217._o urine_n to_o retain_v 458._o 499._o 536._o 546._o urine_n to_o provoke_v 339._o 403._o 536._o 545._o 546._o wula_n 385._o 582._o w._n water_n in_o the_o belly_n or_o stomach_n 338._o wart_n 149._o 400._o 410._o 500_o 505._o 532._o 220._o 661._o 789._o wasp_n sting_v cure_v 655._o 656_o 657._o 670._o wen_n 21._o 83._o 337._o 392._o 545._o 566._o ibid._n 629._o 692._o 741._o 792._o web_n in_o a_o horse_n eye_n 29._o 84._o weakness_n 39_o weasils_n bite_v cure_v 568._o whites_n 65._o 104._o whore_n of_o babylon_n 728._o wise_a to_o make_v 617._o witch_n use_v toad_n 730._o witchcraft_n 341._o 342._o windiness_n dissolve_v 431_o 499._o wit_n to_o quicken_v 810._o woman_n course_n 22._o 23._o 39_o 64._o 104._o ibid._n 203._o ibid._n 294._o 215._o 216._o ibid._n 431._o 455._o 499._o 501._o 502._o 504._o 506_o 616._o woman_n course_n to_o stop_v 439._o 500_o 502._o 504._o 663._o 570._o 695._o woment_n pap_n swell_v 500_o 532._o woman_n disease_n 532._o woman_n breast_n 149._o womb_n foul_a 337._o 315._o 202._o 670._o woman_n love_n to_o husband_n procure_v 342._o worm_n in_o calf_n 69._o 535._o worm_n 104._o 200._o 202._o 338._o 346._o 408._o 741._o 810._o 814._o worm_n in_o the_o eye_n 534._o wound_n bleed_v 65._o wound_n 501._o 502._o 533._o 219._o 617._o 691._o 692._o 789._o 814._o y._n yard_n sore_o cure_v 439._o yard_n ulcerate_v 93._o 202._o yard_n pain_n 498._o 505._o 506._o 544._o youth_n preserve_v 616._o finis_fw-la the_o theater_n of_o infect_v or_o lesser_n live_v creature_n as_o bee_n fly_n caterpillar_n spidr_n worm_n etc._n etc._n a_o most_o elaborate_v work_n by_o tho._n mouffet_n doctor_n in_o physic_n london_n print_v by_o e._n c._n 1658._o to_o the_o noble_a knight_n and_o the_o king_n chief_a physician_n dr._n william_n paddy_n theodore_n mayerne_n knight_n baron_n of_o st._n albon_n and_o companion_n to_o the_o chief_a physician_n in_o the_o court_n of_o britain_n wish_v much_o health_n your_o countryman_n mouffet_v a_o notable_a ornament_n to_o the_o company_n of_o physician_n a_o man_n of_o the_o more_o polite_a and_o solid_a learning_n and_o well_o experience_v in_o most_o science_n have_v former_o entitle_v this_o work_n of_o infect_v to_o the_o ever_o famous_a elizabeth_n who_o be_v wise_a above_o her_o sex_n valiant_a bear_v to_o reign_v well_o and_o rule_v so_o many_o year_n by_o the_o vote_n of_o her_o subject_n and_o by_o she_o own_o undertake_n and_o action_n that_o be_v so_o successful_a that_o they_o be_v envy_v at_o it_o be_v begin_v by_o other_o but_o augment_v by_o he_o polish_a and_o as_o it_o now_o come_v forth_o exact_o perfect_v and_o he_o think_v it_o no_o indignity_n to_o dedicate_v to_o the_o great_a princess_n the_o miracle_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o the_o small_a thing_n which_o testify_v the_o infinite_a power_n of_o the_o supreme_a creator_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o raise_v the_o mind_n of_o prince_n who_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o most_o high_a to_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o cause_n that_o they_o may_v in_o all_o place_n acknowledge_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o his_o bountiful_a hand_n in_o his_o singular_a direction_n in_o respect_n of_o they_o and_o his_o influence_n that_o act_n by_o election_n and_o may_v adore_v he_o with_o a_o
of_o bitter_a choler_n innumerable_a worm_n be_v ofttimes_o find_v and_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o worm_n may_v not_o breed_v from_o yellow_a choler_n as_o well_o as_o in_o wormwood_n from_o melancholy_a as_o well_o as_o in_o stone_n from_o blood_n as_o well_o as_o in_o sugar_n but_o if_o they_o be_v not_o breed_v from_o they_o whence_o have_v they_o matter_n that_o they_o breed_v of_o the_o physician_n of_o milan_n will_v answer_v it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o they_o can_v breed_v only_o of_o raw_a phlegm_n which_o either_o arise_v from_o too_o great_a quantity_n of_o the_o best_a meat_n for_o want_n of_o heat_n or_o quantity_n of_o bad_a meat_n corrupt_v by_o depravation_n which_o opinion_n though_o it_o well_o agree_v with_o galen_n aegineta_n aetius_n avenzoar_n avicenna_n coluâ—nella_n celsus_n alexander_n and_o chief_o with_o our_o mercurialis_n yet_o in_o my_o judgement_n hypocrates_n be_v in_o the_o right_n who_o think_v that_o live_a creature_n be_v breed_v in_o the_o little_a world_n as_o well_o as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o great_a therefore_o as_o in_o the_o earth_n there_o be_v all_o kind_n of_o humour_n heat_n and_o spirit_n that_o it_o may_v nourish_v live_v creature_n that_o breed_v so_o have_v man_n all_o kind_n of_o moisture_n that_o mourish_v thing_n that_o breed_v moreover_o when_o as_o these_o live_a creature_n do_v represent_v perfect_o earthworm_n no_o man_n in_o his_o wit_n will_v deny_v but_o that_o they_o have_v both_o the_o same_o original_n what_o phlegm_n be_v there_o in_o the_o earth_n yet_o it_o breed_v round_a worm_n and_o gourd-fushioned_n and_o ascaride_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o worm_n and_o the_o best_a and_o warm_a earth_n abound_v with_o they_o so_o far_o be_v it_o that_o they_o shall_v breed_v only_o of_o raw_a and_o corrupt_a humour_n do_v we_o not_o also_o daily_o see_v that_o worm_n be_v void_v by_o man_n that_o be_v in_o health_n for_o i_o know_v a_o woman_n of_o flanders_n that_o at_o francfort_n on_o the_o main_n 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