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cunning_a that_o he_o cure_v any_o disease_n for_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o help_v nature_n w_o t_o that_o that_o she_o have_v need_n of_o except_o it_o be_v first_o know_v what_o she_o need_v which_o none_o can_v know_v except_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v manifest_a to_o he_o so_o that_o he_o may_v minister_v thing_n direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n and_o therefore_o i_o can_v not_o but_o lament_v the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o common_a people_n that_o be_v persuade_v that_o one_o medicine_n be_v sufficient_a for_o one_o disease_n not_o consider_v that_o one_o disease_n may_v come_v of_o sundry_a cause_n and_o therefore_o it_o necessary_o require_v diverse_a medicine_n as_o for_o example_n weakness_n of_o the_o stomach_n that_o it_o can_v digest_v well_o or_o that_o it_o have_v no_o good_a appetite_n be_v one_o disease_n which_o nevertheless_o may_v be_v cause_v a_o dozen_o sundry_a way_n therefore_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o can_v not_o be_v 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through_o their_o transgression_n they_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o the_o pleasant_a paradise_n and_o cast_v forth_o into_o this_o vale_n of_o misery_n the_o earth_n themselves_o and_o their_o posteritée_n be_v curse_v for_o their_o offence_n yet_o it_o take_v soche_v effect_n that_o all_o mankind_n which_o have_v be_v since_o that_o time_n until_o this_o day_n have_v procee_v of_o they_o and_o their_o posteritee_n be_v engender_v by_o the_o conjunction_n of_o their_o parent_n soche_n be_v the_o wonderful_a providence_n of_o god_n omnipotent_a generatione_n from_o the_o beginning_n that_o all_o live_a creature_n shall_v contain_v in_o theim selue_o soche_v seed_n as_o do_v suffice_v to_o engender_v their_o like_a in_o their_o kind_n that_o thereby_o the_o frailtee_n and_o mortalitee_n of_o each_o kind_n of_o live_v create_v may_v by_o succession_n be_v preserve_v from_o utter_a decay_n and_o remain_v from_o age_n to_o age_n continual_o increase_v by_o many_o hundred_o year_n to_o the_o 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fashion_v by_o divine_a nature_n receive_v no_o norishement_n of_o blood_n until_o you_o e_o full_a time_n of_o birth_n but_o after_o that_o the_o infant_n be_v bear_v into_o the_o world_n as_o long_o as_o it_o be_v tender_a and_o weak_a it_o be_v feed_v and_o nourish_v with_o milk_n and_o when_o strengthe_n be_v increase_v then_o meat_n be_v minister_v to_o it_o of_o sundry_a substance_n conomicorum_fw-la &_o hard_a of_o digestion_n wherein_o if_o a_o due_a order_n and_o moderate_a measure_n be_v keep_v and_o certain_a other_o necessary_a circumstance_n observe_v which_o both_o reason_n and_o art_n prescribe_v as_o be_v hereafter_o declare_v than_o the_o body_n continue_v always_o unto_o the_o last_o age_n in_o safety_n and_o health_n moreover_o each_o member_n keep_v his_o natural_a estate_n and_o be_v both_o able_a and_o ready_a to_o do_v soche_n function_n and_o business_n as_o nature_n have_v ordain_v they_o to_o do_v as_o the_o stomach_n to_o have_v a_o good_a appetite_n vi_fw-la 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which_o many_o report_n to_o be_v about_o the_o hundred_o year_n of_o his_o age_n he_o be_v never_o vex_v with_o any_o sickness_n except_o it_o be_v with_o a_o sever_v call_v ephemera_fw-la etc._n which_o last_v but_o one_o day_n &_o that_o also_o he_o can_v easy_o have_v avoid_v if_o he_o have_v not_o more_o regard_v at_o sometime_o to_o pleasure_v his_o friend_n with_o his_o art_n then_o to_o observe_v in_o all_o point_v the_o exact_v preservation_n of_o his_o health_n but_o peradventure_o some_o will_v allege_v for_o this_o one_o example_n which_o be_v by_o hearsaye_v that_o they_o have_v seen_v and_o do_v know_v diverse_a physician_n which_o be_v often_o subject_a to_o sundry_a disease_n as_o well_o as_o other_o sort_n of_o man_n and_o therefore_o this_o little_a persuade_v they_o that_o any_o art_n may_v preserve_v a_o man_n long_o in_o health_n pleasure_n to_o who_o i_o answer_v that_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o those_o that_o study_n physic_n only_o to_o get_v a_o live_n thereby_o and_o they_o that_o search_n out_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o to_o guide_v their_o life_n according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o it_o of_o this_o last_o sort_n of_o physician_n be_v galen_n who_o think_v it_o a_o great_a reproach_n both_o to_o the_o science_n and_o to_o himself_o if_o this_o proverb_n may_v true_o have_v be_v verify_v of_o he_o aliorum_fw-la est_fw-la medice_fw-la ipse_fw-la ulceribus_fw-la staten_v that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o be_v physician_n to_o other_o himself_o be_v full_a of_o bile_n &_o sore_n of_o thesame_a sort_n also_o many_o other_o famous_a physician_n have_v be_v and_o at_o this_o present_n be_v ipsum_fw-la which_o man_n of_o indifferent_a &_o upright_a judgement_n do_v and_o may_v easelye_o perceive_v but_o of_o the_o first_o sort_n if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o or_o by_o chance_n at_o this_o present_n be_v i_o think_v they_o be_v a_o example_n to_o discredit_v this_o noble_a science_n only_o to_o those_o that_o be_v ignorant_a 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