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as_o who_o will_v imagine_v blood_n can_v ever_o be_v make_v of_o iron_n which_o notwithstanding_o the_o ostriche_n alter_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o by_o no_o heat_n of_o fire_n it_o can_v be_v soon_o melt_v than_o it_o be_v digest_v in_o the_o stomach_n of_o that_o feather_a foul_a now_o nature_n dige_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v use_n of_o nourishment_n thereof_o else_o whatsoever_o enter_v into_o the_o body_n pass_v as_o it_o come_v and_o have_v no_o welcom_v but_o be_v refuse_v as_o impertinent_a nature_n bestow_v no_o handle_v thereof_o more_o than_o a_o skilful_a painter_n to_o counterfeit_v the_o fashion_n of_o some_o excellent_a beauty_n will_v dip_v his_o pencil_n in_o the_o mire_n in_o steed_n of_o perfect_a colour_n to_o these_o probability_n may_v be_v add_v how_o some_o nature_n change_n into_o a_o far_a diverse_a quality_n that_o which_o they_o have_v receive_v than_o it_o stand_v by_o nature_n as_o the_o family_n of_o marsie_o in_o italy_n &_o psillie_a in_o lybia_n which_o be_v so_o temper_v that_o they_o do_v without_o hurt_n suck_v the_o poison_n of_o viper_n and_o without_o peril_n do_v usual_o hunt_v they_o and_o so_o by_o necessary_a consequence_n to_o be_v gather_v that_o they_o do_v receive_v nourishment_n by_o they_o what_o soever_o enter_v into_o the_o stomach_n either_o be_v alter_v into_o familiarity_n of_o nature_n or_o else_o have_v a_o actual_a power_n not_o hinder_v alter_v with_o repugnancy_n the_o nature_n which_o have_v receive_v it_o if_o it_o alter_v it_o whole_o then_o destroy_v it_o if_o in_o part_n then_o carry_v it_o on_o the_o one_o part_n nourish_v and_o alimentarie_a virtue_n and_o on_o the_o other_o a_o medicinable_a power_n so_o it_o shall_v seem_v these_o psillie_n even_o by_o virtue_n of_o nature_n make_v nourishment_n of_o that_o which_o to_o other_o be_v deadly_a poison_n whereupon_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o nourishment_n in_o some_o body_n have_v not_o such_o power_n as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o see_v they_o be_v make_v in_o certain_a of_o poison_n the_o same_o may_v be_v declare_v in_o duck_v and_o hen_n which_o feed_v upon_o toad_n notwithstanding_o their_o flesh_n we_o feed_v of_o with_o health_n and_o strength_n to_o our_o body_n quail_n likewise_o feed_v of_o sneeze_n powder_n seed_n and_o fieldfare_n of_o hemlock_n the_o one_o much_o approach_v nigh_o unto_o and_o the_o other_o famous_a by_o the_o athenian_a execution_n for_o most_o infamous_a poison_n all_o which_o notwithstanding_o their_o flesh_n be_v not_o refuse_v at_o the_o table_n of_o the_o most_o delicate_a and_o dainty_a hereby_o in_o appearance_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o skill_v not_o much_o what_o meat_n be_v receive_v in_o respect_n of_o sustain_v this_o or_o that_o complexion_n see_v that_o poison_n may_v be_v make_v by_o virtue_n of_o concoction_n familiar_a nourishment_n yea_o which_o be_v more_o available_a to_o uphold_v this_o matter_n and_o strange_a
natural_a melancholy_n both_o ivyce_n and_o excrement_n it_o remain_v next_o to_o show_v what_o that_o humour_n be_v which_o rise_v of_o this_o or_o any_o else_o corrupt_v call_v also_o by_o the_o name_n of_o melancholy_n chap._n viii_o what_o burn_v choler_n be_v and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o that_o kind_n of_o melancholy_n which_o be_v call_v atra_fw-la bilis_fw-la rise_v by_o excessive_a heat_n of_o such_o part_n where_o it_o be_v engender_v or_o receive_v whereby_o the_o humour_n be_v so_o adust_a as_o it_o become_v of_o such_o a_o exulcerate_v and_o fret_a quality_n that_o it_o waste_v those_o part_n where_o it_o light_v this_o most_o common_o rise_v of_o the_o melancholy_n excrement_n before_o say_v and_o diverse_a time_n of_o the_o other_o thick_a part_n of_o blood_n as_o also_o of_o choler_n and_o salt_n phlegm_n which_o take_v such_o heat_n partly_o by_o distemper_n of_o the_o body_n and_o partly_o by_o putrefaction_n that_o thereby_o a_o humour_n rise_v breed_v most_o 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