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affirm_v and_o say_v that_o in_o poville_n a_o country_n in_o italy_n therâ—_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o spider_n which_o those_o of_o that_o country_n call_v tatantola_n and_o some_o phalange_n which_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o summer_n be_v so_o venomous_a that_o whosoever_o be_v bite_v of_o they_o if_o he_o have_v not_o help_v present_o he_o lose_v his_o sense_n and_o die_v and_o if_o any_o escape_n death_n they_o be_v senseless_a and_o total_o not_o themselves_o for_o which_o evil_a experience_n have_v a_o remedy_n which_o be_v music_n that_o which_o these_o author_n say_v be_v as_o a_o testimony_n of_o their_o own_o experience_n as_o eye-witness_n who_o say_v that_o as_o soon_o as_o any_o one_o be_v bite_v they_o send_v present_o for_o one_o that_o can_v play_v upon_o the_o vian_n or_o flute_n or_o some_o other_o instrument_n which_o play_n and_o sing_v divers_a lesson_n which_o be_v hear_v by_o he_o that_o be_v strike_v by_o the_o venomous_a spider_n he_o begin_v to_o dance_v and_o 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that_o kill_v laughing_z other_o weeping_z and_z other_o sleeping_z as_o plutarch_n write_v to_o cleopatra_n chap._n xxviii_o of_o a_o strange_a medicine_n wherewith_o faustina_n be_v cure_v of_o dishonest_a love_n and_o of_o divers_a other_o remedy_n against_o that_o passion_n that_o the_o affection_n and_o prison_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v ordinary_o call_v love_n be_v a_o strong_a passion_n and_o of_o great_a effect_n in_o the_o soul_n let_v we_o ask_v of_o such_o man_n which_o by_o experience_n have_v know_v it_o and_o of_o such_o of_o who_o example_n be_v notorious_a namely_o of_o very_o excellent_a personage_n that_o have_v suffer_v their_o will_n to_o have_v be_v transport_v even_o so_o far_o that_o some_o of_o
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