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be_v very_o dull_a and_o yet_o of_o vast_a memory_n who_o remember_v all_o thing_n but_o can_v scarce_o be_v ever_o make_v to_o discourse_v of_o and_o understand_v any_o thing_n and_o of_o man_n that_o be_v too_o light_a and_o fantastical_a who_o only_o talk_v general_o without_o apply_v these_o general_n to_o any_o particular_a the_o one_o be_v like_o a_o ship_n which_o be_v overload_v with_o ballast_n and_o not_o have_v sail_n proportionable_a can_v scarce_o be_v make_v to_o sail_v with_o any_o wind_n the_o other_o be_v like_o a_o ship_n which_o have_v no_o ballast_n and_o so_o much_o sail_v that_o she_o be_v never_o in_o any_o steadiness_n but_o carry_v hither_o and_o thither_o upon_o every_o small_a puff_n of_o wind_n the_o one_o will_v upon_o any_o discourse_n or_o ratiocination_n be_v still_o absurd_o tell_v particular_a story_n which_o he_o in_o his_o defect_n of_o understanding_n suppose_n shall_v be_v the_o universal_a and_o prime_a reason_n of_o the_o discourse_n whereas_o the_o other_o from_o the_o lightness_n of_o his_o fantasy_n and_o defect_n of_o memory_n never_o apply_v his_o general_a notion_n to_o any_o particular_a thing_n and_o so_o conclude_v nothing_o 8._o whereas_o aristotle_n and_o the_o doctor_n affirm_v that_o experiment_n proceed_v experiment_n axiom_n and_o principle_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o experiment_n from_o many_o memory_n or_o memory_n multiply_v and_o that_o ratio_fw-la universalis_fw-la definitiones_fw-la etc._n etc._n proceed_v from_o experiment_n a_o man_n may_v just_o deny_v it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o many_o thing_n or_o multiply_v thing_n which_o can_v make_v ratio_fw-la universalis_fw-la but_o ratio_fw-la universalis_fw-la axioma_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v that_o which_o do_v not_o signify_v many_o thing_n only_o but_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v comprehend_v in_o the_o term_n and_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v make_v experiment_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v comprehend_v under_o one_o general_a 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the_o fire_n he_o will_v burn_v it_o and_o that_o if_o he_o be_v long_o over_o head_n and_o ear_n in_o the_o water_n he_o will_v drown_v himself_o then_o make_v experiment_n thereby_o to_o be_v account_v a_o wise_a and_o prudent_a man._n afterward_o he_o say_v from_o hence_o it_o be_v viz._n for_o want_n of_o experience_n many_o pretender_n 30._o page_n 30._o to_o knowledge_n and_o sophister_n crop_v of_o the_o invention_n of_o other_o man_n the_o same_o thing_n every_o where_o the_o order_n only_o and_o word_n change_v and_o a_o few_o thing_n of_o small_a moment_n add_v do_v confident_o challenge_v for_o their_o own_o and_o render_v philosophy_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v certain_a and_o perspicuons_a obscure_a intricate_a and_o confuse_a it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o all_o argumentation_n a_o posteriori_fw-la viz._n from_o the_o effect_n to_o endeavour_v to_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n there_o can_v be_v no_o direction_n without_o experiment_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o very_a 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