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cheat_n and_o delusion_n which_o lie_v in_o such_o universal_a conclusion_n nay_o to_o assert_v that_o because_o some_o error_n may_v be_v find_v in_o it_o the_o whole_a hereupon_o ought_v to_o be_v proscribe_v and_o desert_v be_v alike_o mad_a and_o impious_a practice_n as_o immediate_o to_o bury_v that_o man_n who_o toe_n be_v sphacelate_v when_o a_o expert_a chirurgeon_n by_o a_o mature_a amputation_n of_o the_o joint_n which_o be_v mortify_v may_v preserve_v the_o life_n of_o his_o patient_n but_o i_o shall_v choose_v to_o deliver_v my_o sense_n in_o the_o word_n of_o a_o learned_a author_n as_o i_o have_v throughout_o this_o treatise_n do_v in_o matter_n of_o controversy_n say_v the_o experience_a seidelius_n 133._o nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la morbus_fw-la qui_fw-la curatus_fw-la arte_fw-la humana_fw-la aliter_fw-la curatus_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la juxta_fw-la veteris_fw-la &_o verae_fw-la medicinae_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la methodumque_fw-la objicient_a hic_fw-la statim_fw-la nun_n curavimus_fw-la nos_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la pro_fw-la desperatis_fw-la relictos_fw-la quibus_fw-la respondeo_fw-la nescire_fw-la i_o illud_fw-la neque_fw-la hactenus_fw-la certo_fw-la rem_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la comperisse_fw-la praeter_fw-la privatas_fw-la enim_fw-la praedicationes_fw-la atque_fw-la laudes_fw-la &_o domestica_fw-la testimonia_fw-la in_o conventiculis_fw-la clandestinis_fw-la ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la conficta_fw-la levissime_fw-la aliud_fw-la fide_fw-la dignum_fw-la nihil_fw-la auditu_fw-la percepi_fw-la quot_fw-la vero_fw-la homines_fw-la diris_fw-la modis_fw-la jugulaverint_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la publicis_fw-la quorundam_fw-la scriptis_fw-la sunt_fw-la accusati_fw-la id_fw-la altissimo_fw-la silentio_fw-la obruunt_fw-la &_o interim_n the_o quintis_n atque_fw-la arcanis_fw-la essentiis_fw-la immani_fw-la precio_fw-la auri_fw-la extractis_fw-la nugantur_fw-la ut_fw-la imperitis_fw-la fucum_fw-la faciant_fw-la etc._n etc._n h._n e._n there_o be_v never_o any_o cure_n wrought_v by_o humane_a art_n and_o skill_n which_o derive_v not_o its_o succesfulness_n from_o the_o sure_a foundation_n and_o method_n of_o the_o ancient_a and_o true_a way_n of_o medicine_n but_o here_o they_o will_v object_v have_v not_o we_o recover_v very_o many_o forsake_v by_o you_o i_o answer_v that_o i_o know_v no_o such_o matter_n neither_o