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in_o such_o sort_n as_o it_o breed_v and_o engender_v a_o great_a bunch_n or_o lump_n of_o flesh_n which_o do_v strangle_v and_o choke_v the_o party_n especial_o when_o the_o southern_a and_o eastern_a wind_n do_v reign_v and_o such_o a_o lump_n of_o flesh_n be_v most_o common_o sofie_v and_o tender_a but_o very_o rare_o and_o seldom_o be_v it_o hard_a but_o i_o may_v not_o forget_v this_o one_o thing_n palsy_n the_o sense_n of_o smell_v corrupt_v and_o destroy_v by_o the_o stuff_n of_o the_o head_n the_o sense_n of_o touch_v corrupt_v &_o destroy_v by_o the_o palsy_n that_o the_o sense_n of_o smell_v be_v sometime_o corrupt_v and_o perish_v by_o a_o â—â—treame_n stuff_v of_o the_o heart_n like_v as_o the_o sense_n of_o touch_v be_v corrupt_v by_o the_o palsy_n the_o which_o do_v make_v a_o kind_n
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devil_n to_o mix_v and_o convey_v himself_o into_o and_o among_o they_o and_o so_o to_o trouble_v the_o fantasy_n of_o the_o party_n thus_o you_o see_v the_o very_a word_n use_v by_o this_o doctor_n 5._o questione_fw-la 115._o tim._n 1._o sacrae_fw-la theologiae_n art_n 5._o which_o may_v serve_v also_o against_o hypocrates_n who_o deride_v some_o in_o his_o time_n that_o think_v the_o falling-evill_a to_o be_v cause_v only_o by_o the_o wrath_n and_o anger_n of_o the_o god_n and_o not_o of_o any_o disturbance_n or_o depravation_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n falling-evill_a lib._n de_fw-fr sacro_fw-la morbâ—_n hypocrates_n his_o opinion_n touch_v the_o falling-evill_a as_o he_o say_v they_o use_v then_o expiation_n and_o charm_n to_o chase_v and_o drive_v away_o this_o sacred_a evil_n or_o disease_n the_o which_o he_o deny_v to_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o ought_v in_o any_o sort_n to_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o god_n do_v in_o any_o sort_n cause_n it_o because_o the_o 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reason_n which_o he_o afterwards_o yield_v in_o show_v fit_n that_o the_o devil_n do_v serve_v himself_o of_o the_o humour_n or_o brain_n in_o man_n corrupt_v &_o so_o seize_v on_o the_o same_o do_v enter_v into_o the_o body_n of_o such_o distemper_a person_n in_o the_o tiem_n of_o their_o fit_n that_o from_o the_o brain_n trouble_v and_o offend_v do_v proceed_v this_o disease_n of_o the_o epilepsy_n or_o the_o falling-evill_a but_o i_o say_v according_a to_o the_o resolution_n of_o saint_n thomas_n aquine_n that_o the_o devil_n may_v possess_v the_o humour_n be_v corrupt_v or_o the_o brain_n be_v so_o trouble_v and_o offend_v of_o the_o paâ—tie_n so_o disease_v and_o that_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o do_v happen_v usual_o and_o common_o and_o i_o wot_v well_o that_o the_o ancient_a magician_n to_o call_v up_o their_o devil_n or_o spirit_n and_o to_o know_v of_o they_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v to_o come_v do_v help_v themselves_o with_o the_o body_n of_o epileptiques_n and_o 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