only_o deprehend_v and_o know_v from_o the_o affect_v chap._n vi_o of_o the_o difference_n of_o star_n namely_o of_o the_o benign_a the_o mean_a and_o the_o extreme_a hurtful_a if_o the_o inferior_a body_n be_v as_o the_o superior_a which_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o of_o hermes_n than_o all_o the_o star_n in_o the_o firmament_n do_v contain_v in_o they_o the_o anatomy_n of_o disease_n and_o death_n but_o many_o be_v find_v forth_o who_o resolution_n be_v wholesome_a for_o in_o the_o inferior_a globe_n nature_n have_v set_v before_o our_o eye_n gold_n silver_n gem_n balmmint_n rose_n violet_n betony_n wheat_n barley_n wine_n milk_n withal_o which_o nature_n refresh_v the_o vital_a spirit_n continual_o as_o with_o food_n and_o aliment_n again_o we_o see_v the_o herb_n and_o medicamental_a simple_a body_n lettuce_n cassia_n rheubarb_n polypody_n or_o oakfern_n vinegar_n agarick_n the_o herb_n trinity_n arsemart_n cuckowpitle_n and_o other_o of_o 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arsenic_n sulphur_n woolfbane_n scammony_n ellebor_n the_o herb_n devil_n milk_n colocynth_n etc._n etc._n from_o these_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o natural_a thing_n and_o fruit_n of_o the_o element_n as_o well_o of_o the_o superior_a as_o of_o the_o inferior_a sphere_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o order_n into_o those_o which_o be_v benign_a and_o friendly_a unto_o man_n nature_n and_o into_o those_o which_o be_v indifferent_a and_o mean_a and_o last_o into_o those_o which_o be_v extreme_a hurtful_a and_o bring_v present_a death_n and_o destruction_n as_o all_o fruit_n of_o aliment_n and_o resolution_n of_o seed_n whether_o they_o be_v alimentary_a or_o medicamentary_a or_o extreme_a hurtful_a chap._n vii_o of_o the_o difference_n of_o star_n of_o which_o some_o benign_a some_o malicious_n though_o it_o be_v not_o our_o purpose_n to_o handle_v of_o the_o difference_n of_o star_n in_o this_o place_n and_o to_o explain_v their_o nature_n and_o property_n in_o particular_a see_v that_o 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malignant_a and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o nature_n property_n and_o difference_n of_o the_o err_a star_n now_o concern_v the_o fix_a star_n and_o especial_o the_o sign_n all_o be_v not_o endue_v with_o poisonful_a and_o malignant_a property_n manifest_o but_o use_v and_o experience_n have_v observe_v four_o namely_o piscis_fw-la aquarius_n scorpio_n and_o cancer_n these_o be_v also_o malignant_a pleiades_n hyades_n the_o constellation_n of_o pisces_fw-la which_o represent_v stupefactive_a somniferous_a poppy_n and_o the_o mandrake_n tincture_n as_o also_o the_o sulphureous_a and_o vitriol_n tincture_n in_o like_a manner_n boötes_n and_o vrsae_fw-la have_v the_o poisonful_a property_n of_o aquarius_n so_o also_o of_o scorpio_n and_o cancer_n the_o saturnine_a and_o martial_a star_n obtain_v the_o poisonful_a property_n but_o more_o forcible_a and_o grievous_a of_o auâ—ipigmental_a spirit_n arsenic_n armonial_a and_o sulphureal_a spirit_n the_o revolution_n or_o circular_a motion_n of_o these_o star_n be_v make_v with_o great_a eclipse_n and_o conjunction_n hypocrates_n lib._n epidem_fw-la
lie_n it_o be_v certain_a and_o most_o true_a that_o that_o which_o be_v below_o be_v as_o that_o which_o be_v above_o and_o that_o which_o be_v above_o be_v as_o that_o which_o be_v below_o this_o say_n of_o hermes_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o conspiration_n and_o harmony_n or_o conflux_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o first_o and_o uncorrupted_a matter_n or_o of_o the_o star_n of_o generation_n in_o both_o the_o globe_n but_o also_o of_o the_o conspiration_n of_o the_o superadded_a tincture_n and_o star_n of_o transplantation_n the_o holy_a ghost_n confirm_v this_o hermes_n his_o concord_n of_o the_o superior_a and_o inferior_a thing_n and_o as_o well_o of_o the_o first_o perfect_a nature_n as_o of_o the_o corruptible_a and_o superadded_a nature_n by_o john_n in_o the_o apocalyp_n where_o it_o be_v write_v that_o â—_o apoc._n â—_o the_o star_n of_o wormwood_n fall_v upon_o the_o water_n and_o make_v the_o water_n bitter_a for_o the_o destruction_n of_o man_n 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earth_n for_o the_o fall_n and_o prevarication_n of_o the_o first_o man_n be_v curse_v and_o fill_v with_o thorn_n and_o brier_n even_o so_o the_o superior_a body_n the_o like_a spiritual_o which_o the_o inferior_n receive_v corporal_o which_o hermes_n and_o all_o real_a astrologer_n confirm_v by_o experience_n do_v affirm_v chap._n v._o of_o the_o be_v of_o poison_n in_o the_o visible_a star_n see_v that_o in_o the_o visible_a star_n of_o the_o firmament_n there_o be_v find_v not_o only_o the_o form_n of_o the_o wheat_n but_o of_o darnel_n and_o not_o only_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n balmmint_n and_o rose_n but_o of_o arsenic_n woofsbane_n and_o poppy_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o the_o be_v of_o poison_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o be_v of_o the_o star_n though_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o be_v of_o poison_n in_o the_o inferior_a body_n because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o star_n spiritual_o but_o in_o the_o inferior_a body_n corporal_o for_o paracelsus_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ente_fw-la astr_n cap._n 9_o write_v that_o there_o do_v not_o more_o poison_n exist_v in_o the_o earth_n than_o do_v in_o the_o star_n when_o as_o he_o say_v all_o the_o kind_n of_o poison_n which_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o inferior_a globe_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n do_v show_v unto_o we_o be_v likewise_o contain_v the_o star_n of_o the_o firmament_n and_o furthermore_o he_o say_v of_o those_o exalt_a star_n poison_v with_o impurity_n and_o resolve_v seed_n that_o they_o can_v produce_v all_o disease_n which_o these_o inferior_a body_n by_o the_o be_v of_o their_o poison_n can_v produce_v for_o the_o original_n and_o cause_n of_o all_o disease_n be_v the_o be_v of_o poison_n and_o all_o disease_n be_v generate_v from_o poison_n wherefore_o physician_n persuade_v themselves_o that_o all_o disease_n as_o well_o spiritual_a as_o corporal_a have_v their_o original_n and_o beginning_n from_o the_o spiritual_a or_o corporal_a be_v of_o poison_n the_o be_v of_o poison_n be_v right_o distinguish_v for_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o superior_a and_o inferior_a body_n into_o the_o spiritual_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o superior_a and_o corporal_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o inferior_a body_n we_o have_v say_v in_o our_o philosophy_n that_o no_o element_n do_v bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o his_o own_o proper_a place_n but_o in_o a_o strange_a place_n and_o that_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o firmament_n be_v absolve_v and_o perfect_v in_o the_o air_n for_o as_o the_o fruit_n of_o sanity_n flow_v from_o the_o firmament_n be_v absolve_v in_o the_o air_n so_o also_o the_o star_n of_o the_o firmament_n do_v lay_v down_o the_o fruit_n of_o disease_n and_o death_n in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o air_n that_o there_o they_o may_v attain_v the_o predestinate_v term_n and_o perfection_n but_o see_v that_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o air_n be_v so_o great_a to_o all_o live_a creature_n that_o they_o can_v want_v it_o for_o a_o moment_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o not_o only_a brute_n animal_n do_v attract_v corrupt_a and_o infect_a air_n by_o breathe_v but_o also_o man_n for_o the_o aliment_n of_o the_o microcosm_n as_o of_o the_o superior_a globe_n be_v altogether_o invisible_a and_o spiritual_a hypocrates_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr flatibus_fw-la show_v the_o unresistible_a necessity_n of_o this_o aliment_n the_o necessity_n of_o breathe_v be_v so_o great_a to_o all_o mortal_a creature_n that_o though_o man_n abstain_v from_o all_o other_o thing_n so_o that_o he_o neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v yet_o he_o may_v live_v two_o or_o three_o day_n or_o more_o but_o if_o any_o man_n have_v the_o passage_n stop_v by_o which_o breath_n enter_v into_o the_o body_n he_o die_v in_o less_o than_o a_o moment_n of_o a_o hour_n again_o man_n may_v cease_v from_o other_o labour_n but_o there_o be_v no_o rest_n or_o cease_v from_o breathe_v grant_v to_o any_o paracelsus_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ente_fw-la astror_fw-la cap._n 7._o call_v the_o air_n a_o great_a mystery_n but_o yet_o for_o some_o analogy_n or_o similitude_n for_o by_o the_o air_n he_o understand_v the_o star_n of_o the_o air_n which_o give_v life_n unto_o all_o thing_n and_o it_o be_v true_o say_v of_o paracelsus_n in_o the_o same_o treatise_n cap._n 7._o that_o all_o body_n and_o element_n be_v preserve_v by_o the_o air_n but_o not_o by_o the_o air_n alone_o but_o by_o seed_n and_o star_n for_o all_o aliment_n and_o nutriment_n be_v seed_n but_o mix_v with_o impurity_n neither_o be_v the_o air_n alone_o as_o far_o as_o it_o be_v a_o element_n infect_v with_o poisonsome_a property_n but_o that_o great_a mystery_n from_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o poisonful_a tincture_n be_v transplant_v and_o transmutate_v which_o give_v aliment_n to_o the_o vital_a balm_n so_o that_o this_o aliment_n be_v receive_v and_o the_o great_a mystery_n be_v transplant_v and_o transmutate_v the_o animal_n and_o vital_a balm_n be_v also_o infect_v whereupon_o 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separate_v in_o the_o womb_n by_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o natural_a balm_n for_o they_o do_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o first_o matter_n but_o with_o the_o individual_n and_o principle_n of_o man_n nature_n and_o anatomy_n which_o be_v make_v manifest_a from_o hence_o because_o they_o come_v unto_o divers_a difference_n of_o age_n as_o sometime_o the_o hereditary_a disease_n happen_v to_o end_v at_o the_o four_o offspring_n sometime_o at_o the_o six_o sometime_o at_o the_o ten_o the_o root_n therefore_o be_v spend_v and_o consume_v those_o which_o have_v not_o the_o gout_n be_v beget_v of_o those_o which_o have_v the_o gout_n and_o those_o which_o have_v not_o the_o epilepsy_n be_v beget_v of_o those_o which_o have_v it_o of_o madman_n and_o melancholic_a 222._o from_o leper_n leper_n be_v still_o beget_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o in_o seu._n p._n 222._o be_v beget_v those_o which_o be_v not_o mad_a and_o melancholic_a concern_v that_o we_o say_v that_o the_o disease_n from_o the_o be_v of_o seed_n of_o the_o parent_n contain_v in_o they_o the_o four_o course_n of_o the_o element_n planet_n humour_n and_o quality_n these_o four_o course_n be_v but_o one_o course_n for_o in_o every_o disease_n these_o four_o concur_v first_o all_o disease_n be_v elementate_v and_o have_v their_o beginning_n second_o all_o disease_n be_v from_o the_o planet_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o place_n for_o all_o disease_n whether_o they_o rise_v by_o the_o hurt_n of_o the_o aliment_n or_o hurt_n of_o the_o external_a impression_n or_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o parent_n either_o be_v solar_a lunar_a saturnine_n martial_n venerial_a mercurial_a or_o jovial_a three_o salt_n concur_v in_o every_o disease_n for_o from_o three_o principle_n all_o disease_n be_v generate_v and_o not_o from_o one_o four_o quality_n be_v find_v to_o be_v in_o all_o disease_n for_o the_o disease_n be_v either_o hot_a or_o cold_a moist_a or_o dry_a part_n iii_o chap._n i._o of_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o star_n of_o generation_n and_o transplantation_n and_o of_o the_o cure_v of_o disease_n the_o star_n of_o generation_n be_v fourfold_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o element_n for_o every_o element_n have_v his_o star_n vital_a principle_n and_o agent_n form_n which_o produce_v divers_a effect_n which_o differ_v in_o exterior_a form_n but_o be_v like_a and_o every_o way_n correspondent_a in_o the_o interior_a form_n though_o there_o be_v four_o of_o these_o star_n and_o some_o diversity_n of_o generation_n yea_o the_o great_a difference_n of_o the_o fruit_n may_v be_v behold_v in_o the_o element_n yet_o if_o we_o examine_v the_o matter_n more_o deep_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o star_n and_o the_o golden_a chain_n of_o homer_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o the_o inferior_a body_n be_v as_o the_o superior_a be_v and_o the_o superior_a be_v as_o the_o inferior_a be_v hermes_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n bear_v witness_n because_o the_o heaven_n conspire_v with_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o earth_n with_o the_o heaven_n in_o all_o thing_n who_o will_v deny_v the_o unity_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o society_n of_o the_o invisible_a nature_n with_o the_o visible_a wherefore_o we_o profess_v that_o all_o the_o star_n of_o the_o element_n be_v only_o one_o star_n which_o have_v be_v unite_v from_o the_o begin_n in_o the_o fountain_n of_o unity_n concern_v that_o they_o produce_v divers_a effect_n in_o divers_a place_n we_o do_v not_o ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o star_n but_o to_o their_o science_n gift_n and_o interior_a signature_n in_o the_o general_a explication_n of_o disease_n we_o have_v mention_v three_o kind_n of_o being_n of_o disease_n the_o be_v of_o star_n the_o be_v of_o nature_n and_o the_o be_v of_o poison_n but_o wherefore_o be_v there_o these_o three_o being_n for_o there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a star_n of_o transplantation_n and_o there_o be_v only_o one_o nature_n which_o suffer_v yet_o not_o nature_n itself_o but_o 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josephus_n michaelis_n in_o his_o chemical_a apolygy_n p._n 21._o the_o nature_n of_o every_o thing_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n by_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v that_o they_o be_v and_o do_v that_o they_o be_v command_v to_o do_v at_o his_o bâ—ck_n the_o element_n observe_v the_o prescribe_a law_n and_o the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n do_v obev_n the_o substance_n and_o essence_n of_o nature_n be_v inbred_a heat_n thing_n in_o which_o it_o be_v primary_o and_o by_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o accident_n what_o do_v he_o mean_v by_o this_o definition_n of_o nature_n for_o it_o make_v nothing_o for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o nature_n for_o though_o thou_o say_v unto_o i_o that_o nature_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o motion_n or_o that_o which_o move_v all_o thing_n nevertheless_o it_o remain_v as_o yet_o unexplain_v and_o define_v what_o the_o substance_n of_o nature_n and_o what_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o movent_fw-la be_v from_o whence_o 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impurity_n so_o all_o nutriment_n be_v spiritual_a and_o humid_a after_o the_o similitude_n of_o seed_n which_o in_o the_o beginning_n of_o generation_n must_v be_v spiritual_a and_o humid_a but_o he_o express_v his_o mind_n more_o plain_o by_o much_o in_o these_o word_n these_o two_o be_v sufficient_a both_o for_o all_o other_o and_o for_o themselves_o but_z separately_z they_o be_v neither_o sufficient_a for_o themselves_o or_o other_o what_o mean_v he_o almost_o by_o this_o divine_a oracle_n but_o that_o these_o two_o fire_n and_o water_n that_o be_v nature_n and_o essence_n to_o constitute_v all_o natural_a thing_n from_o which_o they_o have_v their_o name_n but_o separately_z they_o be_v neither_o sufficient_a for_o themselves_o nor_o other_o that_o be_v neither_o fire_n without_o water_n nor_o water_n without_o fire_n or_o otherwise_o neither_o nature_n without_o essence_n nor_o essence_n or_o substance_n without_o nature_n can_v subsist_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o 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