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exenteration_n find_v these_o animal_n in_o their_o belly_n and_o the_o experiment_n of_o the_o worthy_a peireschius_fw-la and_o learned_a emanuel_n vizzanius_n in_o that_o chameleon_n which_o have_v be_v often_o observe_v to_o drink_v water_n and_o delight_n to_o feed_v on_o meal-worm_n likewise_o this_o animal_n have_v all_o part_n official_a unto_o nutrition_n which_o be_v its_o aliment_n the_o empty_a reception_n of_o air_n their_o provision_n have_v be_v superfluous_a it_o have_v likewise_o a_o tongue_n for_o which_o there_o be_v two_o end_n either_o the_o formation_n of_o voice_n or_o for_o taste_n it_o can_v be_v use_v for_o the_o first_o it_o be_v a_o mute_a animal_n as_o for_o taste_n if_o their_o nutriment_n be_v air_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v a_o instrument_n thereof_o for_o the_o body_n of_o that_o element_n be_v ingustible_a his_o tongue_n also_o seem_v contrive_v for_o prey_n for_o in_o so_o little_a a_o creature_n it_o be_v at_o least_o a_o palm_n long_o and_o it_o 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have_v into_o a_o part_n wherein_o we_o can_v never_o find_v 〈◊〉_d the_o poison_n lie_v about_o the_o tooth_n and_o communicate_v by_o bite_v in_o such_o as_o be_v destructive_a the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o book_n the_o four_o book_n of_o many_o popular_a and_o receive_v tenant_n concern_v man_n which_o examine_v prove_v false_a or_o dubious_a chap._n i._o of_o the_o erectness_n of_o man._n that_o only_a man_n have_v a_o erect_a figure_n and_o for_o to_o behold_v and_o look_v up_o towards_o heaven_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n pronaque_fw-la cum_fw-la spectant_fw-la animalia_fw-la cetera_fw-la terram_fw-la os_fw-la homini_fw-la sublime_a dedit_fw-la coelumque_fw-la tueri_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o erectos_fw-la ad_fw-la sydera_fw-la tollere_fw-la vultus_fw-la be_v a_o double_a assertion_n who_o first_o part_n may_v be_v true_a if_o we_o take_v erectness_n strict_o and_o so_o as_o galen_n have_v define_v it_o for_o they_o only_o say_v he_o have_v a_o erect_a figure_n who_o spine_n and_o thigh-bone_n be_v carry_v in_o right_a line_n and_o so_o indeed_o of_o any_o animal_n yet_o know_v man_n only_o be_v erect_v but_o for_o the_o end_n of_o this_o erection_n to_o look_v up_o to_o heaven_n be_v not_o so_o ready_o to_o be_v admit_v it_o be_v ancient_o reject_v by_o galen_n who_o determine_v that_o man_n be_v erect_v because_o he_o be_v make_v with_o hand_n and_o be_v therewith_o to_o exercise_v all_o art_n which_o in_o any_o other_o figure_n he_o can_v not_o have_v perform_v and_o as_o to_o look_v up_o to_o heaven_n man_n have_v a_o notable_a advantage_n in_o his_o eyelid_n whereof_o the_o upper_a be_v far_o great_a than_o the_o low_a which_o abridge_v the_o sight_n upward_o contrary_a to_o those_o of_o bird_n who_o herein_o have_v the_o advantage_n of_o man_n insomuch_o that_o the_o learned_a plempius_n be_v bold_a to_o affirm_v that_o if_o he_o have_v have_v the_o formation_n of_o the_o eyelid_n he_o will_v have_v contrive_v it_o quite_o otherwise_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o heart_n that_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o left_a side_n be_v a_o assertion_n which_o strict_o take_v be_v refutable_a by_o inspection_n whereby_o it_o appear_v the_o base_a and_o centre_n thereof_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o chest_n though_o the_o mucro_n or_o point_n incline_v towards_o the_o left_a nevertheless_o we_o can_v proper_o say_v it_o be_v place_v in_o the_o left_a that_o assertion_n also_o that_o man_n have_v the_o large_a brain_n be_v a_o thing_n much_o doubt_v but_o upon_o trial_n be_v find_v very_o true_a the_o brain_n of_o a_o man_n weigh_v 4_o and_o sometime_o 5_o pound_n if_o therefore_o a_o man_n weigh_v 140_o pound_n and_o his_o brain_n 5_o his_o weight_n be_v 27_o time_n as_o much_o as_o his_o brain_n now_o in_o a_o snipe_n which_o weigh_v 4_o ounce_n 2_o drachm_n the_o brain_n weigh_v but_o half_a a_o drachm_n so_o that_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o body_n exceed_v the_o weight_n of_o the_o brain_n 67_o time_n and_o m_z a_o sparrow_n in_o the_o total_a we_o find_v to_o weigh_v 7_o drachm_n and_o 24_o grain_n whereof_o the_o head_n a_o drachm_n but_o the_o brain_n not_o 15_o grain_n which_o answer_v not_o full_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o brain_n of_o man._n chap._n iii_o of_o pleurisy_n that_o they_o be_v only_o on_o the_o left_a side_n be_v a_o absurd_a and_o dangerous_a tenent_n the_o membrane_n which_o be_v inflame_v and_o cause_v the_o pain_n be_v proper_o call_v the_o plura_fw-la whence_o the_o disease_n have_v its_o name_n and_o invest_v not_o only_o one_o side_n but_o overspread_v the_o whole_a cavity_n of_o the_o chest._n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o ring-finger_n a_o common_a opinion_n there_o be_v that_o presume_v therein_o a_o cordial_a relation_n but_o it_o be_v a_o common_a error_n man_n only_o make_v use_n of_o that_o as_o most_o convenient_a for_o that_o purpose_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o right_n and_o left_a hand_n that_o man_n natural_o make_v use_n of_o the_o right_n and_o that_o the_o use_n of_o the_o other_o be_v a_o digression_n or_o aberration_n from_o that_o way_n which_o nature_n general_o intend_v though_o it_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o other_o in_o almost_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o in_o submission_n to_o future_a information_n we_o be_v unsatisfy_v to_o great_a dubitation_n for_o do_v it_o arise_v from_o a_o constant_a root_n in_o nature_n we_o may_v expect_v the_o same_o in_o other_o animal_n wherein_o we_o can_v discover_v no_o comply_a account_n again_o be_v it_o so_o why_o have_v they_o not_o the_o same_o difference_n in_o their_o sense_n which_o we_o find_v equal_a on_o both_o side_n as_o for_o their_o dextral_a activity_n it_o proceed_v only_o from_o the_o more_o use_n and_o likewise_o that_o a_o woman_n upon_o a_o masculine_a conception_n advance_v her_o right_a leg_n will_v not_o be_v find_v to_o answer_v strict_a observation_n and_o that_o male_n be_v conceive_v in_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o womb_n female_n on_o the_o left_a though_o support_v by_o ancient_a testimony_n will_v make_v no_o infallible_a account_n it_o be_v also_o suspicious_a what_o be_v deliver_v concern_v the_o right_a and_o left_a testicle_n that_o male_n be_v beget_v from_o one_o and_o female_n from_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o that_o way_n which_o be_v deliver_v for_o masculine_a generation_n to_o make_v a_o strait_a ligature_n about_o the_o left_a testicle_n thereby_o to_o intercept_v the_o evacuation_n of_o that_o part_n deserve_v consideration_n chap._n vi_o of_o swim_v and_o float_v that_o man_n swim_v natural_o if_o not_o disturb_v by_o fear_n that_o man_n be_v drown_v and_o sink_v do_v float_v the_o nine_o day_n when_o their_o gall_n break_v that_o woman_n drown_v swim_v prone_a but_o man_n supine_n be_v popular_a affirmation_n whereto_o we_o can_v assent_v and_o first_o that_o man_n swim_v natural_o as_o other_o animal_n we_o be_v not_o forward_o to_o conclude_v for_o other_o animal_n swim_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o they_o go_v without_o alteration_n in_o the_o stroke_n of_o their_o leg_n or_o position_n of_o their_o body_n but_o man_n alter_v his_o natural_a posture_n and_o swim_v prone_a whereas_o he_o walk_v erect_v likewise_o to_o support_v and_o advance_v the_o body_n be_v a_o point_n of_o art_n and_o such_o that_o some_o in_o their_o young_a and_o docile_a year_n can_v never_o attain_v though_o it_o have_v somewhat_o more_o of_o nature_n than_o other_o art_n for_o be_v once_o obtain_v there_o be_v not_o any_o who_o from_o disuse_n do_v ever_o yet_o forget_v it_o second_o that_o person_n drown_v arise_v and_o float_v the_o nine_o day_n when_o their_o gall_n break_v be_v questionable_a both_o in_o the_o time_n and_o cause_n for_o the_o time_n of_o float_v be_v uncertain_a and_o according_a to_o the_o time_n of_o putrefaction_n which_o be_v soon_o in_o fat_a body_n and_o not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o break_n of_o the_o gall_n of_o which_o experiment_n have_v inform_v we_o chap._n vii_o concern_v weight_n that_o man_n weigh_v heavy_a dead_a than_o alive_a if_o experiment_n have_v not_o fail_v we_o we_o 〈◊〉_d reasonable_o grant_v a_o man_n will_v weigh_v light_a when_o he_o sleep_v than_o when_o he_o wake_v as_o also_o he_o be_v by_o many_o pound_n light_a by_o transpiration_n in_o summer_n than_o in_o winter_n likewise_o we_o have_v convict_v that_o opinioâ—â—_n by_o experiment_n of_o man_n be_v light_a after_o meal_n than_o before_o but_o a_o man_n in_o the_o morning_n be_v light_a in_o the_o scale_n because_o in_o sleep_n some_o pound_n have_v perspire_v and_o to_o speak_v strict_o a_o man_n that_o hold_v his_o breath_n be_v weighty_a while_o his_o lung_n be_v full_a than_o upon_o expiration_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o passage_n of_o meat_n and_o drink_n that_o there_o be_v different_a passage_n for_o meat_n and_o drink_n be_v a_o popular_a tenent_n in_o our_o day_n and_o the_o assertion_n of_o learned_a man_n of_o old_a for_o the_o same_o be_v affirm_v by_o plato_n eustathius_n and_o eratosthenes_n and_o several_a other_o but_o here_o they_o contradict_v experience_n not_o well_o understand_a anatomy_n for_o it_o be_v a_o error_n to_o think_v that_o drink_n shall_v descend_v by_o the_o weasand_n it_o be_v only_a inservient_fw-la to_o the_o voice_n and_o respiration_n beside_o we_o have_v a_o epiglottis_fw-la or_o flap_v on_o the_o open_n of_o the_o larinx_n or_o throttle_v which_o open_v for_o the_o admission_n of_o air_n but_o always_o close_v when_o we_o swallow_v and_o when_o either_o meat_n or_o drink_v get_v in_o thereat_o it_o occasion_v a_o cough_n until_o it_o be_v eject_v and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o a_o man_n can_v breathe_v and_o drink_v at_o the_o same_o time_n chap._n ix_o of_o sneeze_v the_o custom_n of_o blessing_n people_n upon_o their_o sneeze_n be_v