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throat_n and_o by_o that_o compression_n force_v it_o into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o gullet_n for_o be_v so_o environ_v as_o that_o it_o can_v slip_n away_o either_o by_o the_o funnell_n above_o lead_v to_o the_o nosestrill_n or_o by_o the_o palate_n it_o must_v be_v cram_v into_o the_o orifice_n of_o the_o gullet_n there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n or_o door_n leave_v open_a by_o which_o it_o may_v free_v itself_o from_o compression_n nor_o do_v this_o compression_n instant_o cease_v but_o be_v continue_v till_o the_o root_n of_o the_o tongue_n and_o head_n of_o the_o larynx_n fill_v up_o the_o whole_a cavity_n of_o the_o throat_n have_v thence_o drive_v all_o the_o matter_n contain_v therein_o and_o thrust_v it_o down_o into_o the_o gullet_n 2._o whilst_o this_o action_n be_v perform_v the_o muscle_n of_o the_o pharynx_n be_v also_o vigorate_v i._n e_o set_v on_o work_n by_o tension_n cause_n its_o membrane_n close_o to_o embrace_v the_o root_n of_o the_o tongue_n and_o head_n of_o 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the_o same_o time_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o artery_n remit_v its_o expansive_a motion_n which_o be_v the_o other_o cause_n that_o hinder_v the_o artery_n from_o contract_v themselves_o and_o those_o two_o impediment_n remove_v for_o that_o time_n the_o fibre_n of_o the_o artery_n now_o prevail_v and_o by_o contract_v themselves_o return_v to_o their_o middle_a posture_n of_o quiet_a by_o that_o contraction_n press_v the_o blood_n forward_o on_o its_o journey_n till_o it_o be_v impel_v into_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o part_n from_o whence_o after_o it_o have_v do_v its_o office_n it_o be_v soon_o force_v to_o return_v towards_o the_o heart_n through_o the_o vein_n partly_o by_o more_o blood_n flow_v after_o and_o press_v it_o behind_o partly_o by_o the_o renitency_n and_o tonic_a motion_n of_o the_o part_n partly_o by_o the_o tension_n of_o the_o muscle_n in_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n and_o in_o fine_a by_o the_o pulsation_n of_o the_o vena_fw-la cava_fw-la 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cordis_fw-la calor_fw-la innascitur_fw-la unde_fw-la tanquam_fw-la à _fw-la microcosmi_fw-la sole_a part_n omnes_fw-la jugiter_fw-la refocillantur_fw-la ac_fw-la propterea_fw-la minùs_fw-la placet_fw-la quòd_fw-la plantarum_fw-la germane_a corculi_fw-la nomine_fw-la indigitaveris_fw-la good_a reason_n than_o have_v our_o most_o sagacious_a harvey_n to_o sing_v so_o many_o hymn_n as_o it_o be_v to_o this_o sol_fw-la microcosmi_fw-la that_o continual_o warm_v comfort_n and_o revive_v we_o discourse_v of_o the_o primogeniture_n of_o the_o blood_n in_o a_o embryon_n lib._n the_o generate_v animal_n exercit_fw-la 50._o he_o fall_v into_o this_o elegant_a encomium_fw-la of_o it_o exit_fw-la observatis_fw-la constat_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la esse_fw-la partem_fw-la genitalem_fw-la fontem_fw-la vita_fw-la primùm_fw-la vivens_fw-la &_o ultimò_fw-la moriens_fw-la sedemque_fw-la animae_fw-la primariam_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_fw-la fonte_fw-la calor_fw-la primò_fw-la &_o 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