and_o methodicke_n chirurgeon_n know_v well_o that_o other_o remedy_n be_v require_v in_o a_o choleric_a body_n then_o in_o a_o phlegmatic_a and_o so_o of_o the_o other_o temperature_n both_o simple_a and_o compound_n under_o the_o which_o indication_n of_o the_o temperature_n shall_v be_v comprehend_v that_o of_o the_o age_n which_o receive_v not_o all_o remedy_n alike_o but_o demand_v some_o for_o the_o young_a person_n and_o other_o for_o the_o old_a moreover_o indication_n be_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o custom_n or_o manner_n of_o live_v of_o the_o patient_n as_o whether_o he_o have_v be_v accustom_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_n much_o and_o at_o all_o hour_n for_o than_o you_o ought_v not_o to_o ordain_v he_o such_o a_o exquisite_a diet_n as_o unto_o he_o that_o be_v accustom_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v but_o little_a and_o at_o certain_a hour_n and_o therefore_o the_o diet_n of_o panades_n be_v not_o so_o proper_a unto_o we_o as_o unto_o the_o italian_n because_o our_o body_n 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agitation_n that_o they_o make_v the_o earth_n to_o tremble_v and_o quake_v thereat_o thereby_o deboâ—lishing_v city_n and_o ruinate_v building_n and_o transport_v they_o from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o as_o the_o town_n of_o megara_n &_o egina_n ancient_o much_o celebrate_v in_o the_o country_n of_o greece_n perish_v by_o earthquake_n can_v witness_v unto_o us._n i_o omit_v to_o discover_v as_o but_o little_o serve_v to_o our_o purpose_n how_o the_o wind_n enclose_v in_o the_o entrail_n of_o the_o earth_n make_v a_o noise_n of_o deuers_a sound_n &_o very_o strange_a according_a to_o the_o diverse_a form_n of_o the_o conduit_n and_o passage_n through_o the_o which_o it_o yssu_v by_o even_o afâ—er_v the_o manner_n of_o musical_a instrument_n the_o which_o be_v large_a do_v give_v a_o great_a and_o base_a sound_n and_o be_v narrow_a do_v make_v high_a and_o sharp_a note_n and_o be_v crooked_a or_o reply_v makâ—_n diverse_a sound_n as_o we_o see_v by_o experience_n in_o the_o 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sinuous_a ulcer_n and_o upon_o the_o hollow_a tent_n &_o that_o therein_o there_o be_v place_v a_o sponge_n to_o receive_v the_o sanies_fw-la for_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o expulsion_n evacuation_n and_o absumption_n thereof_o shall_v be_v much_o better_o in_o roll_v the_o ligature_n ought_v to_o be_v first_o begin_v on_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sinus_fw-la with_o a_o mean_a combustion_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o retain_v within_o the_o cavity_n thereof_o the_o roller_n and_o bolster_n proper_a to_o this_o operation_n shall_v be_v first_o moisten_v in_o oxycrat_n or_o sour_a wine_n or_o in_o any_o other_o astringent_a liquor_n to_o roborate_v and_o strengthen_v the_o part_n and_o to_o hinder_v the_o defluxion_n but_o great_a heed_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v that_o there_o be_v not_o too_o great_a a_o astriction_n make_v upon_o the_o part_n because_o that_o through_o the_o astriction_n or_o straight_o bind_v extreme_a pain_n may_v be_v produce_v by_o mean_n of_o the_o exhalation_n of_o the_o fuliginous_a excrement_n which_o thereby_o be_v prohibit_v also_o it_o may_v cause_v the_o member_n to_o become_v atrophy_v or_o wither_v through_o the_o too_o long_a continuation_n of_o the_o say_a roller_n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o mean_n to_o draw_v forth_o such_o strange_a body_n which_o shall_v yet_o remain_v to_o be_v extract_v and_o where_o there_o shall_v remain_v any_o splinter_n of_o bone_n which_o at_o the_o beginning_n be_v not_o extract_v by_o the_o aforesaid_a instrument_n than_o you_o ought_v to_o apply_v this_o medicine_n which_o be_v of_o great_a power_n to_o draw_v they_o forth_o and_o all_o other_o strange_a body_n â„ž_o radicis_fw-la ireos_fw-la florent_fw-la panac_n &_o cappar_n a_o Ê’_n iij._o aristolochiae_fw-la rotundae_fw-la mannae_fw-la thuris_fw-la a_o Ê’_n i._o in_o pollinem_fw-la redecta_fw-la concorporentur_fw-la mell_o rosar_n &_o terebinth_n venetae_fw-la ana_fw-it â„¥_o ij_o another_o remedy_n to_o take_v away_o the_o say_a splinter_n and_o corrupt_a bone_n â„ž_o resina_fw-la pini_fw-la siccae_fw-la â„¥_o iij_o pumicis_fw-la combusti_fw-la &_o extincti_fw-la in_o vin_fw-fr albo_fw-la radic_fw-la ireos_fw-la aristolochiae_fw-la ana_fw-la Ê’_n ss_z thuris_fw-la Ê’_n i_o squamae_fw-la aeris_fw-la ss_z ij_o in_o pollinem_fw-la rediganter_n diligenter_fw-la incorporentur_fw-la cum_fw-la melle_fw-la rosato_fw-la &_o fiat_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la beside_o these_o remedy_n which_o have_v in_o they_o &_o from_o their_o nature_n such_o power_n to_o attract_v forth_o strange_a body_n there_o be_v of_o other_o which_o have_v the_o like_a effect_n and_o virtue_n by_o putrefaction_n ut_fw-la omne_fw-la stercory_n animalium_fw-la also_o leaven_n and_o such_o like_a as_o galen_n write_v chap._n viii_o of_o the_o indication_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o say_a wound_n the_o mundification_n and_o the_o extraction_n of_o the_o say_v strange_a body_n be_v do_v it_o follow_v then_o to_o aid_v nature_n both_o 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