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their_o licentiousness_n which_o on_o every_o post_n and_o pillar_n through_o all_o the_o street_n of_o this_o city_n of_o london_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o there_o be_v a_o college_n of_o able_a and_o learned_a physician_n they_o publish_v not_o only_o to_o the_o seduce_a but_o ruinate_v of_o many_o of_o your_o majesty_n poor_a subject_n i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o this_o i_o allow_v or_o speak_v for_o in_o this_o place_n but_o the_o pure_a astrology_n of_o the_o ancient_n without_o which_o hypocrates_n and_o galen_n account_v a_o phisian_n a_o fool_n advise_v man_n not_o to_o trust_v themselves_o or_o their_o life_n in_o such_o man_n hand_n and_o without_o which_o avicenna_n account_v they_o butcher_n rather_o than_o physician_n homicidas_fw-la medicos_fw-la astrologiae_fw-la ignaros_fw-la and_o thurnesserus_fw-la paracelsus_n with_o other_o will_v admit_v of_o no_o physician_n without_o it_o medice_fw-la sine_fw-la coeli_fw-la peritia_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la many_o physician_n i_o know_v be_v of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n but_o as_o the_o one_o be_v too_o nice_a the_o other_o be_v too_o remiss_a to_o mediate_v therefore_o between_o both_o i_o shall_v in_o short_a give_v your_o majesty_n what_o may_v just_o be_v say_v for_o it_o in_o these_o two_o proposition_n 1._o
whosoever_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o temperature_n of_o man_n body_n by_o which_o disease_n be_v occasion_v must_v needs_o be_v ignorant_a in_o the_o cure_n and_o of_o that_o which_o much_o conduce_v and_o help_v thereunto_o but_o man_n body_n alter_v in_o their_o temperature_n with_o the_o season_n which_o change_n according_a to_o the_o motion_n and_o place_n of_o the_o several_a constellation_n and_o celestial_a body_n whence_o follow_v many_o infirmity_n and_o disease_n ergo_fw-la whosoever_o be_v ignorant_a of_o astrology_n that_o be_v that_o do_v not_o know_v the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n which_o cause_n disease_n and_o alter_v our_o temperature_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o cure_n and_o therefore_o that_o astrology_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v know_v by_o all_o such_o as_o practise_v physic_n will_v not_o be_v deny_v for_o so_o hypocrates_n stiff_o maintain_v in_o lib._n de_fw-fr aëre_fw-la aqua_fw-la &_o locis_fw-la and_o therefore_o conclude_v in_o many_o part_n of_o his_o work_n that_o man_n who_o be_v ignorant_a in_o the_o nature_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o celestial_a body_n be_v blind_a and_o in_o the_o dark_a refer_v all_o alteration_n in_o our_o body_n and_o disease_n to_o the_o star_n and_o mutation_n of_o the_o moon_n so_o do_v galen_n throughout_o all_o his_o work_n especial_o in_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr dâ—â—_n bus_fw-la decretoriis_fw-la cap._n 2_o 3_o 4_o &_o 5._o etc._n etc._n second_o whatsoever_o discover_v unto_o we_o the_o state_n and_o câ—â—sis_n of_o a_o acute_a disease_n and_o be_v the_o only_a true_a and_o exact_a way_n to_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v study_v &_o know_v by_o all_o physician_n but_o astrology_n and_o it_o only_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o motion_n nature_n position_n and_o influence_n of_o the_o moon_n discover_v unto_o we_o the_o true_a crisis_n in_o all_o sharp_a and_o violent_a disease_n as_o be_v abundant_o show_v by_o galen_n in_o 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it_o necessary_a to_o give_v a_o short_a description_n of_o their_o several_a kind_n of_o poison_n their_o nature_n sign_n diagnostick_n prognostic_n and_o antidote_n and_o for_o the_o better_a avoid_v those_o horrid_a mischief_n which_o i_o have_v know_v occasion_v by_o the_o unadvised_a and_o ignorant_a rash_a action_n of_o empiric_n and_o intrude_a practitioner_n in_o the_o art_n of_o physic_n which_o we_o hope_v the_o judicious_a and_o ingenious_a be_v so_o sensible_a of_o as_o that_o they_o will_v make_v it_o their_o endeavour_n in_o their_o several_a place_n to_o rectify_v and_o amend_v by_o discountenance_v and_o suppress_v of_o they_o and_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o add_v any_o more_o but_o that_o i_o be_o and_o shall_v be_v so_o long_o die_v 7.niâ—7_n â—_o â—â—obâ—â—_n 1660._o thy_o servant_n w._n r._n to_o the_o more_o imprudent_a and_o rural_a reader_n the_o more_o prudent_a and_o judicious_a sort_n of_o man_n will_v not_o be_v much_o concern_v in_o what_o i_o 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