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the_o superabounding_a humour_n of_o his_o body_n in_o his_o sickness_n or_o inclination_n to_o sickness_n it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o man_n that_o be_v not_o a_o idiot_n have_v many_o notion_n of_o divine_a and_o humane_a thing_n in_o his_o head_n whereon_o to_o enlarge_v in_o his_o natural_a dream_n and_o to_o add_v compound_n and_o divide_v and_o make_v up_o the_o whole_a fantasy_n but_o the_o rise_n and_o spring_n from_o whence_o these_o natural_a dream_n proceed_v be_v the_o predominant_a quality_n and_o overflow_a humour_n of_o the_o body_n so_o that_o according_a to_o they_o be_v the_o complexion_n and_o system_v of_o the_o dream_n as_o from_o the_o predominancy_n of_o blood_n in_o the_o sanguine_a complexion_n proceed_v dream_n of_o cheerful_a colour_n thing_n action_n as_o of_o red_a and_o damask_n rose_n and_o flower_n purple_a saffron_n flower_n etc._n etc._n of_o music_n banquet_n dance_n leaping_n laughing_n jesting_n etc._n etc._n from_o the_o predominancy_n of_o phlegm_n 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shadow_n in_o comparison_n of_o our_o wake_a reason_n four_o many_o hee_a dream_n rather_o out_o of_o a_o sinful_a superstition_n then_o for_o any_o just_a cause_n give_v up_o themselves_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o confidence_n and_o subjection_n that_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v and_o it_o must_v be_v so_o with_o they_o and_o can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o then_o according_a to_o their_o dream_n and_o hereby_o tempt_v themselves_o to_o do_v that_o which_o they_o dream_v so_o that_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v because_o they_o will_v do_v it_o not_o predict_v it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v because_o they_o dream_v it_o just_o as_o some_o melancholy_a person_n do_v many_o strange_a thing_n only_o because_o they_o have_v a_o strange_a fantasy_n they_o must_v do_v it_o they_o shall_v not_o avoid_v it_o but_o must_v needs_o do_v it_o though_o the_o necessity_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o dependence_n of_o thing_n or_o of_o themselves_o with_o those_o thing_n but_o only_o
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