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etc._n viii_o pectoral_o as_o scabious_a orris_n etc._n etc._n ix_o breed_n milk_n as_o 〈◊〉_d smallage_n etc._n etc._n x._o breed_n seed_n as_o pease_n bean_n etc._n etc._n xi_o extinguish_v seed_n as_o rue_v etc._n etc._n xii_o help_n burn_n as_o plantain_n etc._n etc._n xiii_o dissolve_v swell_n as_o marsh-mallow_n orris_n etc._n etc._n 18_o you_o have_v the_o manifest_a quality_n of_o simple_n the_o hide_a quality_n follow_v 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d can_v tell_v what_o to_o make_v of_o only_o their_o ancestor_n give_v they_o with_o good_a 〈◊〉_d they_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o but_o only_a tradition_n and_o by_o that_o they_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o nose_n as_o they_o use_v to_o lead_v bear_n along_o the_o street_n and_o in_o so_o do_v pray_v tell_v i_o how_o much_o they_o differ_v from_o empiric_n 20_o you_o have_v the_o common_a alter_a quality_n the_o proper_a follow_v as_o they_o be_v attribute_v to_o certain_a part_n of_o the_o 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testicle_n a_o huge_a great_a fat_a belly_n 12_o cause_n of_o barrenness_n in_o woman_n be_v vice_n of_o the_o womb_n vice_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o womb_n but_o usual_o in_o the_o womb_n itself_o and_o that_o either_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o it_o or_o in_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o mouth_n of_o it_o be_v either_o too_o wide_a or_o weaken_v by_o some_o violent_a 〈◊〉_d or_o fill_v with_o moist_a excrement_n or_o shut_v by_o some_o scar_n or_o excrescence_n of_o flesh_n or_o compress_v by_o fatness_n of_o the_o belly_n second_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o womb_n be_v hardness_n weakness_n or_o cold_a and_o moist_a distemper_n the_o affliction_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n the_o air_n too_o much_o grossness_n or_o slenderness_n weariness_n stifness_n too_o much_o too_o little_a or_o corrupt_a sweat_n pain_n in_o the_o fleshy_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o in_o the_o joint_n bunch_n you_o have_v the_o internal_a affliction_n the_o external_a follow_v lib_fw-la ix_o of_o external_n affliction_n 1_o of_o external_n affliction_n be_v two_o kind_n for_o some_o cause_n deformity_n some_o other_o vice_n 2_o deformity_n be_v either_o in_o the_o hair_n or_o in_o the_o nail_n or_o in_o the_o skin_n 3_o of_o the_o hair_n when_o there_o be_v too_o much_o too_o little_a or_o none_o at_o all_o when_o it_o be_v tangle_v when_o it_o curl_n too_o much_o or_o not_o at_o all_o or_o be_v too_o hard_a too_o soft_a or_o not_o of_o the_o colour_n you_o will_v have_v it_o 4_o the_o default_n of_o the_o nail_n be_v when_o they_o be_v loose_a too_o long_o or_o too_o thick_a or_o too_o thin_a or_o spot_v or_o slit_v 5_o deformity_n of_o the_o skin_n be_v in_o certain_a part_n or_o in_o incertain_a in_o certain_a part_n be_v in_o part_n that_o have_v hair_n or_o else_o in_o the_o face_n or_o hand_n 6_o in_o place_n that_o have_v hair_n be_v dandruff_n 7_o in_o the_o face_n be_v wrinkle_n sunburning_a freekle_n 8_o the_o hand_n be_v scaly_a hard_a chop_v 9_o the_o incertain_a part_n be_v deformity_n of_o the_o skin_n roughness_n the_o mark_n of_o woman_n long_n 10_o spot_n be_v either_o original_o as_o mould_v or_o else_o tetter_n ringworm_n bite_n of_o flea_n or_o louse_n itch_n scab_n etc._n etc._n 11_o thus_o much_o of_o deformity_n other_o affliction_n follow_v 12_o swell_n be_v either_o with_o pain_n or_o without_o pain_n 13_o with_o pain_n be_v either_o tumour_n or_o pustules_fw-la 14_o tumour_n be_v either_o primary_n or_o secundary_a 15_o primary_n be_v those_o that_o have_v their_o original_a from_o collection_n of_o blood_n as_o erisipelas_n and_o cancer_n 16_o collection_n of_o blood_n be_v cause_v either_o by_o inflammation_n or_o bruise_n inflammation_n be_v great_a or_o lesser_a the_o great_a inflammation_n be_v that_o which_o occupy_v either_o incertain_a part_n or_o certain_a 17_o inflammation_n occupy_v certain_a part_n be_v either_o in_o the_o glandulae_fw-la or_o in_o the_o joint_n 18_o a_o 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pustle_v that_o eat_v 2_o phlictenae_fw-la blister_n 3_o epinictides_n night_n gall_n 4_o hydrea_n blue_a pustules_fw-la 5_o dracunculus_fw-la crimson_a vein_n 22_o oedema_n be_v either_o 1_o atheroma_fw-la a_o soft_a tumour_n in_o the_o head_n with_o matter_n and_o without_o pain_n 2_o steatoma_n with_o matter_n and_o hardness_n like_o grease_n 3_o melicerus_n with_o gravelly_a hard_a matter_n 4_o hydrocele_n of_o watery_a rupture_n 5_o dropsy_n 6_o scrophulus_fw-la the_o king_n evil._n 7_o bronchocele_n a_o great_a tumour_n about_o the_o throat_n 8_o hydrocephalea_n a_o watery_a humour_n in_o the_o head_n 23_o schyrrus_fw-la be_v either_o 1_o a_o cancer_n ulcerate_v or_o not_o ulcerate_v 2_o elephantiasis_n a_o leprosy_n 3_o psora_n dry_a scab_n or_o itch._n 4_o enchymoma_n bruise_n black_a and_o blue_a spot_n 5_o sarcosele_n fleshy_a rupture_n 6_o polipus_n spongy_a flesh_n grow_v in_o the_o nose_n 7_o verrucae_fw-la wart_n 1_o acrocordones_n hang_v by_o a_o string_n 2_o 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