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dissembler_n in_o regard_n that_o both_o timorousness_n and_o dissimulation_n proceed_v from_o the_o weakness_n which_o attend_v the_o melancholic_a temperament_n and_o then_o it_o be_v that_o the_o effect_n be_v sign_n of_o a_o effect_n now_o since_o cause_n and_o effect_n serve_v for_o sign_n to_o the_o be_v we_o treat_v of_o the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v know_v be_v what_o these_o cause_n and_o effect_n be_v art_n 1._o what_o cause_n they_o be_v which_o serve_v for_o sign_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o the_o cause_n which_o contribute_v to_o the_o discovery_n of_o man_n must_v be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o influence_n over_o man_n and_o be_v in_o he_o that_o be_v such_o as_o cause_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n and_o promote_v and_o change_v the_o action_n of_o both_o of_o these_o there_o be_v two_o order_n some_o be_v internal_a some_o external_n the_o internal_a cause_n be_v the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o temperament_n the_o 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