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division_n of_o the_o earth_n 15_o the_o zone_n or_o climate_n of_o the_o earth_n how_o many_o and_o how_o great_a they_o be_v 16_o of_o earth_n quake_v 17_o of_o the_o sea_n how_o it_o be_v concrete_a and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v bitter_a 18_o how_o come_v the_o tide_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n 19_o of_o the_o circle_n call_v halo_n chapter_n of_o the_o four_o book_n 1_o of_o the_o rise_n of_o nilus_n 2_o of_o the_o soul_n 3_o whether_o the_o soul_n be_v corporal_a and_o what_o be_v her_o substance_n 4_o the_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n 5_o which_o be_v the_o mistress_n or_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o wherein_o it_o do_v consist_v 6_o of_o the_o soul_n motion_n 7_o of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n 8_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o sensible_a thing_n 9_o whether_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n be_v true_a 10_o how_o many_o sense_n there_o be_v 11_o how_o sense_n and_o notion_n be_v perform_v as_o also_o how_o reason_n be_v 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do_v yield_v natural_a seed_n 6_o after_o what_o manner_n conception_n be_v 7_o how_o male_n and_o female_n be_v engender_v 8_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v 9_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n accompany_v often_o time_n carnal_o with_o a_o man_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 10_o how_o twin_n both_o two_o and_o three_o at_o once_o be_v occasion_v 11_o how_o come_v the_o resemblance_n of_o parent_n 12_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o infant_n be_v like_a to_o some_o other_o and_o not_o to_o the_o parent_n 13_o how_o woman_n prove_v barren_a and_o man_n unable_a to_o engender_v 14_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o mule_n be_v barren_a 15_o whether_o the_o fruit_n within_o the_o womb_n be_v to_o be_v account_v a_o live_a creature_n or_o no._n 16_o how_o such_o fruit_n be_v nourish_v within_o the_o womb_n 17_o what_o part_n be_v first_o accomplish_v in_o the_o womb_n 18_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o infant_n bear_v at_o seven_o month_n end_n do_v live_v and_o be_v 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