consent_n and_o dissent_v and_o whence_o these_o hide_a quality_n arise_v be_v hard_a to_o be_v find_v and_o it_o be_v more_o hard_a to_o find_v out_o individual_v in_o man_n as_o balm_n and_o walflower_n if_o paracelsus_n can_v have_v do_v it_o he_o have_v do_v well_o for_o profit_n for_o as_o cold_a and_o heat_n moisture_n and_o dryness_n be_v in_o man_n because_o the_o element_n be_v in_o he_o and_o as_o the_o vital_a heat_n in_o the_o heart_n like_o that_o in_o the_o heaven_n be_v send_v to_o the_o whole_a body_n therefore_o because_o they_o say_v the_o property_n of_o balm_n and_o other_o plant_n be_v in_o man_n let_v they_o show_v in_o what_o subject_n they_o be_v and_o where_o they_o lie_v they_o be_v also_o because_o the_o knowledge_n of_o man_n be_v only_o from_o outward_a thing_n for_o there_o be_v more_o in_o the_o species_n then_o in_o the_o genus_fw-la or_o general_a and_o there_o be_v more_o in_o man_n who_o be_v the_o end_n of_o natural_a thing_n then_o in_o other_o 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