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other_o circumstance_n as_o in_o the_o carriage_n of_o the_o party_n possess_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o utterance_n in_o the_o place_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n belong_v to_o it_o very_o different_a but_o here_o i_o must_v stop_v a_o while_n to_o remove_v a_o objection_n for_o what_o if_o all_o these_o pretend_a enthusiastical_a divination_n by_o oracle_n or_o otherways_o be_v but_o mere_a gullery_n and_o imposture_n to_o get_v money_n as_o be_v daily_o practise_v to_o this_o day_n though_o not_o in_o the_o same_o kind_n in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n &_o to_o amaze_v credulous_a and_o superstitious_a people_n or_o at_o the_o best_a the_o subtle_a device_n and_o artifices_fw-la of_o well-meaning_a politician_n to_o compass_v great_a matter_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n as_o must_v always_o be_v presuppose_v and_o their_o own_o good_a content_n that_o this_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o ancient_n even_o heathen_n and_o be_v at_o this_o day_n of_o many_o learned_a christian_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o upon_o some_o further_a enquiry_n into_o the_o business_n i_o hope_v i_o shall_v be_v allow_v to_o deliver_v my_o own_o opinion_n without_o offence_n which_o be_v this_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o very_a partial_a or_o very_o illiterate_a account_n or_o come_v off_o in_o a_o matter_n as_o to_o the_o cause_n of_o such_o both_o consequence_n and_o obscurity_n first_o i_o call_v it_o a_o partial_a account_n among_o heathen_n there_o be_v divers_a sect_n for_o which_o there_o be_v as_o much_o strife_n and_o emulation_n as_o be_v now_o among_o christian_n of_o different_a opinion_n the_o two_o grand_a sect_n be_v of_o those_o that_o maintain_v the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n whether_o one_o for_o more_o and_o his_o providence_n over_o the_o world_n on_o the_o one_o side_n on_o the_o other_o those_o that_o either_o absolute_o deny_v the_o very_a be_v of_o any_o deity_n which_o few_o dare_v or_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n yet_o
be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n before_o we_o come_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o particular_a reason_n and_o cause_n i_o think_v it_o necessary_a for_o their_o sake_n that_o be_v not_o use_v to_o the_o speculation_n of_o nature_n and_o her_o secret_n to_o insist_v a_o while_n upon_o some_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v certain_o know_v though_o from_o cause_n to_o most_o man_n unknown_a and_o incomprehensible_a to_o be_v natural_a and_o some_o such_o thing_n also_o which_o in_o themselves_o if_o well_o consider_v deserve_v no_o less_o admiration_n though_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o unknown_a this_o will_v be_v a_o very_a good_a way_n as_o i_o conceive_v to_o prepare_v man_n not_o verse_v in_o such_o speculation_n not_o to_o cast_v off_o present_o for_o ridiculous_a or_o impossible_a all_o thing_n the_o reason_n whereof_o they_o can_v understand_v i_o will_v not_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o nature_n amplitude_n in_o this_o kind_n as_o full_a of_o wonder_n as_o it_o be_v of_o object_n if_o rational_o and_o philosophical_o look_v upon_o it_o be_v sure_a enough_o that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o of_o nature_n work_n how_o mean_a soever_o and_o ordinary_a to_o vulgar_a sight_n and_o eye_n but_o may_v afford_v somewhat_o in_o the_o cause_n whereof_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o most_o rational_a and_o understanding_n may_v be_v pose_v i_o will_v confine_v myself_o to_o such_o thing_n general_o know_v and_o such_o as_o may_v have_v some_o reference_n to_o our_o present_a occasion_n that_o which_o i_o shall_v first_o propose_v to_o be_v consider_v be_v that_o quickness_n and_o exactness_n of_o some_o sense_n in_o some_o dumb_a creature_n so_o far_o exceed_v that_o proportion_n wherewith_o nature_n have_v endow_v man._n as_o for_o example_n who_o know_v not_o that_o hound_n and_o dog_n excel_v in_o smell_n beyond_o all_o comparison_n hunter_n they_o that_o have_v write_v of_o it_o as_o some_o ancient_n and_o they_o that_o practice_n it_o daily_o tell_v of_o strange_a thing_n in_o that_o kind_n but_o who_o do_v not_o daily_o observe_v it_o in_o every_o ordinary_a cur_n who_o know_v not_o that_o by_o their_o bare_a smell_n they_o can_v discern_v their_o master_n among_o thousand_o a_o argument_n of_o their_o exactness_n in_o dijudicate_v of_o different_a smell_n among_o so_o many_o of_o one_o kind_n and_o how_o they_o will_v trace_v their_o step_n throughout_o a_o whole_a country_n and_o find_v their_o own_o way_n home_o at_o a_o vast_a distance_n by_o the_o same_o faculty_n naturalist_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o excellency_n in_o that_o sense_n be_v because_o the_o nervus_fw-la odoris_fw-la be_v very_o great_a great_a they_o say_v in_o a_o dog_n than_o it_o be_v in_o a_o ox._n whether_o that_o be_v it_o or_o no_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o dispute_v but_o suppose_v that_o a_o man_n as_o many_o thing_n happen_v to_o man_n natural_o contrary_a to_o the_o common_a course_n of_o nature_n suppose_v i_o say_v that_o a_o man_n unknown_a to_o other_o shall_v be_v bear_v to_o such_o a_o perfection_n of_o sense_n may_v not_o he_o by_o the_o advantage_n of_o reason_n to_o boot_v do_v strange_a thing_n think_v we_o to_o the_o admiration_n of_o all_o man_n that_o shall_v not_o know_v the_o cause_n as_o for_o example_n disclose_v secret_n which_o no_o man_n will_v think_v possible_a except_o he_o be_v a_o witch_n to_o tell_v who_o come_v to_o his_o house_n though_o he_o see_v they_o not_o and_o from_o whence_o and_o in_o a_o good_a measure_n what_o shall_v be_v do_v in_o it_o by_o day_n or_o by_o night_n though_o he_o stir_v not_o from_o one_o place_n all_o this_o and_o many_o such_o thing_n by_o the_o advantage_n of_o that_o one_o sense_n heighten_v to_o that_o perfection_n join_v with_o humane_a ratiocination_n and_o wit_n he_o may_v do_v for_o which_o i_o believe_v be_v will_v be_v no_o less_o admire_v and_o even_o in_o that_o kind_n he_o may_v do_v much_o too_o by_o the_o say_a advantage_n then_o if_o he_o do_v foretell_v many_o thing_n future_a but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o supposition_n it_o be_v true_a but_o such_o a_o supposition_n as_o show_v a_o possibility_n in_o nature_n of_o thing_n that_o will_v general_o be_v deem_v supernatural_a and_o there_o be_v some_o example_n of_o man_n that_o have_v excel_v if_o not_o in_o this_o one_o yet_o in_o some_o other_o sense_n far_o beyond_o the_o ordinary_a proportion_n of_o man_n 246._o joannes_n leo_n of_o africa_n a_o man_n for_o his_o fidelity_n among_o the_o learned_a in_o the_o eastern_a language_n and_o history_n of_o very_a good_a esteem_n have_v a_o strange_a relation_n of_o a_o blind_a man_n that_o be_v a_o guide_n to_o certain_a merchant_n travel_v through_o the_o desert_n of_o arabia_n the_o man_n ride_v upon_o a_o camel_n and_o lead_v his_o company_n not_o by_o his_o eye_n which_o he_o have_v not_o but_o by_o his_o smell_n which_o be_v so_o exquisite_a that_o have_v be_v acquaint_v with_o those_o way_n before_o he_o can_v find_v by_o the_o send_v of_o the_o very_a earth_n nay_o of_o the_o sand_n which_o be_v reach_v unto_o he_o at_o every_o mile_n where_o he_o be_v and_o will_v describe_v the_o place_n unto_o they_o as_o they_o go_v along_o yea_o tell_v they_o long_o before_o which_o prove_v true_a though_o not_o believe_v then_o when_o they_o draw_v near_o to_o inhabit_v place_n but_o we_o will_v consider_v something_o more_o common_a and_o more_o general_o know_v in_o man_n wherein_o if_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o body_n or_o the_o soul_n but_o especial_o upon_o some_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o their_o several_a function_n in_o the_o body_n we_o have_v matter_n of_o admiration_n enough_o it_o be_v well_o know_v how_o galen_n in_o the_o consideration_n of_o these_o thing_n be_v often_o pose_v in_o the_o cause_n and_o do_v ingenuous_o acknowledge_v his_o ignorance_n fernelius_n who_o be_v account_v the_o galen_n of_o his_o time_n have_v collect_v many_o passage_n out_o of_o he_o to_o that_o purpose_n and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o pretend_v to_o give_v we_o light_v himself_o in_o those_o thing_n where_o galen_n want_v eye_n that_o he_o make_v it_o his_o task_n to_o show_v we_o only_o that_o they_o be_v thing_n to_o man_n incomprehensible_a i_o will_v insist_v upon_o somewhat_o that_o may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v some_o affinity_n with_o possession_n and_o enthusiasm_n and_o what_o more_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o in_o this_o kind_n than_o the_o power_n of_o the_o fancy_n which_o be_v able_a to_o carry_v a_o man_n out_o of_o his_o bed_n in_o his_o sleep_n to_o make_v he_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o to_o lead_v he_o over_o bridge_n and_o to_o set_v his_o hand_n at_o work_n sometime_o all_o this_o in_o his_o dead_a sleep_n to_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o no_o man_n otherways_o will_v have_v think_v can_v have_v be_v do_v without_o the_o use_n of_o open_a eye_n and_o perfect_a reason_n example_n of_o this_o distemper_n of_o body_n for_o it_o be_v but_o a_o distemper_n of_o body_n there_o be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o strange_a both_o in_o the_o writing_n of_o physician_n and_o other_o history_n beside_o what_o daily_a experience_n do_v afford_v that_o i_o shall_v willing_o spare_v they_o here_o i_o will_v insist_v upon_o another_o thing_n of_o itself_o more_o wonderful_a by_o far_o though_o common_o less_o wonder_v at_o as_o the_o fashion_n be_v among_o the_o vulgar_a of_o man_n because_o more_o ordinary_a and_o that_o be_v the_o power_n of_o memory_n in_o man_n i_o know_v no_o man_n that_o have_v do_v upon_o that_o subject_a better_o than_o s._n augustine_n in_o his_o confession_n he_o have_v bestow_v several_a chapter_n upon_o it_o not_o to_o find_v out_o the_o natural_a cause_n which_o he_o profess_v to_o be_v far_o above_o his_o reach_n but_o to_o set_v out_o which_o he_o do_v very_o pithy_o and_o copious_o to_o the_o view_n and_o consideration_n of_o other_o man_n the_o wonderful_a effect_n of_o it_o magna_fw-la ista_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la memoriae_fw-la magna_fw-la nimis_fw-la etc._n deus_fw-la meus_fw-la penetrale_fw-la amplum_fw-la etc._n etc._n c._n 8._o et_fw-la hoc_fw-la quis_fw-la tandem_fw-la indagabit_fw-la quis_fw-la comprehendat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sit_fw-la ego_fw-la certe_fw-la domine_fw-la laboro_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o laboro_fw-la in_o meipso_fw-la factus_fw-la sum_fw-la mihi_fw-la terra_fw-la difficultatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ch_n 16._o and_o again_z ch_z 17._o magna_fw-la ista_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la memoriae_fw-la nescio_fw-la quid_fw-la horrendum_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la profunda_fw-la &_o infinita_fw-la multiplicitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n aboali_n to_o who_o julius_n scaliger_n give_v this_o testimony_n 307.28_o that_o he_o be_v omnium_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la acutissimus_fw-la atque_fw-la cordatissimus_fw-la that_o be_v the_o wise_a and_o acute_a of_o all_o philosopher_n after_o he_o have_v turn_v himself_o all_o the_o way_n
sect_n 30.1_o have_v a_o long_a discourse_n of_o the_o several_a effect_n of_o the_o atra_fw-la bilis_fw-la according_a to_o its_o different_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o temperature_n that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v mix_v either_o with_o heat_n or_o cold_a among_o other_o thing_n he_o have_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v they_o to_o who_o this_o melancholic_a temperament_n be_v natural_a it_o present_o show_v itself_o in_o the_o variety_n of_o their_o nature_n and_o disposition_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o temperament_n or_o mixture_n they_o that_o have_v superfluity_n of_o it_o and_o cold_a they_o be_v natural_o sluggish_a and_o stupid_a but_o they_o that_o abound_v with_o it_o join_v with_o heat_n they_o be_v wildish_a good_a nature_a or_o witty_a prone_a to_o love_v quick_o move_v to_o passion_n and_o concupiscence_n and_o some_o also_o very_o talkative_a or_o discursive_a and_o some_o again_o because_o of_o the_o nearness_n of_o this_o heat_n to_o the_o seat_n of_o reason_n be_v liable_a to_o distemper_n of_o madness_n and_o enthusiasticknesse_n hence_o also_o be_v proceed_v the_o sibyl_n and_o the_o bacchick_n and_o all_o that_o be_v true_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_n call_v and_o account_v that_o be_v divine_o possess_v and_o inspire_v when_v it_o do_v not_o happen_v through_o sickness_n but_o by_o natural_a temper_n aristotle_n do_v seem_v to_o contradict_v himself_o in_o those_o last_o word_n in_o that_o have_v make_v enthusiasticknesse_n a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o distemper_n or_o sickness_n he_o do_v afterward_o affirm_v that_o the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v so_o by_o their_o natural_a temper_n which_o perchance_o make_v budeus_n to_o leave_v out_o those_o last_o word_n in_o the_o greek_a 698._o where_o he_o cite_v they_o in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o the_o pandect_n but_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v which_o be_v note_v before_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v for_o a_o bodily_a disease_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_o confound_v be_v distinct_a aristotle_n purpose_n be_v to_o say_v that_o both_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o disease_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d natural_o proceed_v from_o this_o kind_n of_o mixture_n of_o the_o atra_fw-la bilis_fw-la but_o again_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v some_o say_v so_o real_o how_o natural_o except_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o aristotle_n intend_v to_o assign_v a_o double_a cause_n the_o one_o natural_a in_o prepare_v the_o body_n without_o which_o preparation_n nothing_o will_v be_v do_v the_o other_o supernatural_a the_o formal_a and_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o operation_n and_o if_o this_o be_v his_o meaning_n than_o he_o be_v much_o wrong_v by_o they_o who_o lie_v to_o his_o charge_n as_o though_o he_o 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