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A05418 Curiosities: or the cabinet of nature Containing phylosophical, naturall, and morall questions fully answered and resolved. Translated out of Latin, French, and Italian authors. By R.B. Gent. Never before published. Basset, Robert. 1637 (1637) STC 1557; ESTC S101058 58,950 311

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verse_n conclude_v he_o so_o to_o be_v which_o say_v nos_fw-la aper_fw-la auditu_fw-la lynx_n visu_fw-la simiagustu_fw-la vultur_n odoratu_fw-la praeceb●it_fw-la aranea_fw-la tactu_fw-la the_o boar_n hear_v better_a lynx_n see_v vultar_n smell_v the_o ape_n taste_n and_o spider_n touch_v far_o man_n 〈◊〉_d in_o taste_n and_o touch_v he_o be_v far_o more_o curious_a and_o excellent_a as_o dup●●●_n 〈…〉_z stant_o maintain_v man_n prerogative_n affirm_v of_o the_o interior_a sense_n qu._n wherefore_o be_v they_o term_v interior_a an._n to_o extinguish_v they_o from_o the_o exteriour_o foreven_n as_o the_o exteriour_o do_v perceive_v their_o object_n outward_o so_o do_v these_o they_o interiorly_a within_o the_o head_n and_o these_o be_v term_v first_o sensus_fw-la communis_fw-la which_o be_v the_o intellect_n second_o phantasie_n or_o imagination_n and_o three_o memory_n qu._n what_o be_v that_o which_o be_v term_v the_o common_a sense_n a._n it_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o master-sense_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o exteriour_o and_o have_v its_o seat_n in_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v the_o brain_n where_o all_o the_o exteriour_o take_v their_o root_n by_o nerve_n and_o they_o as_o scout_n or_o spy_v send_v out_o to_o all_o part_n come_v and_o give_v it_o a_o account_n of_o their_o several_a object_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o may_v judge_v and_o distinguish_v the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o so_o that_o it_o be_v that_o which_o give_v we_o notice_n and_o knowledge_n of_o what_o the_o exteriour_o declare_v unto_o it_o q._n what_o be_v fantasy_n or_o imagination_n an._n fantasy_n according_a to_o aristotle_n cap._n 3._o lib._n 7._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la be_v a_o apparition_n or_o imagination_n under_o which_o be_v also_o meditation_n and_o think_v comprise_v by_o which_o be_v represent_v idaea_n of_o thing_n which_o may_v fall_v under_o the_o exterior_a sense_n but_o also_o a_o infinity_n of_o other_o thing_n which_o neither_o be_v 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inward_a part_n there_o to_o help_v nature_n to_o digest_v that_o meat_n we_o have_v former_o receive_v and_o from_o digestion_n fume_n do_v arise_v from_o the_o heart_n to_o the_o brain_n the_o which_o vapour_n do_v stop_v the_o pore_n of_o the_o body_n by_o which_o the_o natural_a heat_n shall_v be_v disperse_v to_o the_o outward_a part_n and_o then_o the_o say_v outward_a part_n be_v cold_a and_o humid_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o brain_n sleep_n be_v procure_v and_o that_o sleep_n prove_v sweet_a which_o be_v get_v by_o labour_n qu._n wherefore_o be_v it_o that_o a_o man_n may_v sleep_v more_o sound_o in_o some_o one_o house_n than_o in_o another_o an._n because_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o one_o may_v be_v more_o proper_a to_o that_o effect_n than_o that_o of_o the_o other_o and_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o climate_n as_o by_o be_v elongate_v and_o remote_a from_o any_o obstreperous_a noise_n and_o the_o like_a also_o in_o cold_a humid_a and_o 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