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their_o own_o tormentor_n final_o if_o we_o compare_v human_a ventricles_n among_o themselves_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o variety_n to_o be_v great_a in_o respect_n of_o difference_n in_o age_n sex_n stature_n diet_n and_o above_o all_o in_o habitual_a temperance_n or_o intemperance_n great_a be_v the_o capacity_n of_o the_o ventricle_n common_o in_o man_n than_o in_o woman_n in_o proportion_n to_o their_o body_n and_o yet_o woman_n be_v not_o as_o aristotle_n believe_v great_a glutton_n than_o man_n but_o rather_o less_o as_o have_v less_o room_n in_o their_o belly_n to_o receive_v and_o less_o of_o heat_n to_o concoct_v food_n great_a in_o man_n of_o middle_a age_n and_o of_o tall_a stature_n than_o in_o old_a and_o of_o low_a stature_n great_a also_o in_o glutton_n and_o drunkard_n than_o in_o the_o sober_a difficult_a it_o be_v therefore_o to_o determine_v what_o be_v the_o positive_a magnitude_n of_o it_o in_o
wherefore_o the_o native_a temperament_n of_o all_o fibre_n be_v cold_a and_o moist_a indeed_o but_o enrich_v with_o delicate_a and_o noble_a spirit_n however_o fix_v and_o consequent_o they_o require_v to_o be_v nourish_v with_o a_o spermatic_a aliment_n the_o corpulency_n or_o fleshiness_fw-mi of_o fibres_fw-fr be_v variable_a sometime_o great_a as_o in_o strong_a and_o laborious_a man_n sometime_o less_o as_o in_o weak_a lean_a and_o sedentary_a the_o cohaerence_n of_o part_n ought_v to_o be_v firm_a and_o tough_a that_o they_o may_v be_v extend_v without_o danger_n of_o divulsion_n or_o rupture_n and_o return_v to_o their_o natural_a posture_n by_o spontaneous_a contraction_n after_o extension_n their_o flexibility_n depend_v partly_o upon_o their_o tenacity_n partly_o upon_o their_o middle_a constitution_n betwixt_o hardness_n and_o softness_n that_o they_o may_v be_v neither_o rigid_a or_o stiff_a nor_o flaggy_a the_o organical_a native_a constitution_n of_o fibre_n consist_v 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