obnoxious_a to_o external_a cause_n which_o produce_v disease_n on_o the_o other_o side_n if_o animal_n be_v happy_a it_o be_v as_o fool_n be_v who_o mind_n be_v quiet_a by_o reason_n of_o their_o ignorance_n and_o insensibility_n but_o as_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v sensible_a then_o insensible_a even_o upon_o the_o condition_n of_o endure_a pain_n sometime_o so_o it_o be_v more_o happy_a to_o have_v a_o rational_a mind_n though_o it_o cause_v trouble_n to_o we_o sometime_o then_o to_o have_v none_o moreover_o we_o can_v avoid_v the_o stroke_n of_o fortune_n otherwise_o then_o those_o of_o thunder_n namely_o by_o be_v very_o high_a or_o very_a low_a but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v above_o tempest_n then_o below_o they_o and_o to_o be_v incapable_a of_o they_o by_o reason_n as_o a_o wise_a man_n then_o by_o stupidity_n as_o a_o beast_n conference_n cxxx_o whether_o be_v better_a that_o man_n have_v many_o wife_n or_o woman_n many_o husband_n though_o plurality_n of_o wife_n or_o husband_n be_v disallow_v by_o the_o christian_a law_n yet_o not_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n for_o many_o admit_v it_o nor_o of_o nature_n during_o which_o it_o be_v in_o use_n we_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o doubt_v whether_o suppose_v polygamy_n it_o be_v better_a one_o husband_n shall_v have_v many_o wife_n or_o one_o wife_n many_o husband_n there_o be_v example_n of_o both_o plurality_n of_o wife_n be_v practise_v by_o lamech_v who_o first_o have_v two_o by_o abraham_n jacob_n and_o the_o patriarch_n for_o multiply_v of_o their_o lineage_n afterward_o by_o david_n and_o solomon_n who_o have_v 700_o wife_n and_o 300_o concubine_n and_o at_o present_a it_o be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o turk_n who_o be_v permit_v to_o have_v as_o many_o wife_n as_o they_o can_v keep_v as_o for_o plurality_n of_o husband_n though_o it_o be_v not_o now_o in_o use_n yet_o it_o be_v sometime_o among_o the_o amazon_n who_o make_v use_v of_o man_n only_o as_o stallion_n as_o also_o among_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n where_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n for_o a_o woman_n to_o have_v less_o than_o five_o husband_n and_o by_o the_o report_n of_o caesar_n in_o his_o commentary_n the_o woman_n of_o great_a britain_n have_v no_o less_o than_o ten_o or_o twelve_o husband_n a_o piece_n nevertheless_o this_o plurality_n of_o husband_n be_v something_o against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n according_a to_o which_o the_o male_a as_o the_o most_o perfect_a be_v the_o head_n and_o master_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o monstrous_a thing_n for_o a_o body_n to_o have_v many_o head_n so_o it_o be_v for_o a_o woman_n to_o have_v many_o husband_n beside_o that_o they_o hinder_v production_n of_o child_n for_o we_o see_v public_a woman_n be_v barren_a and_o on_o the_o contrary_a plurality_n of_o wife_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o much_o issue_n wherefore_o it_o be_v more_o expedient_a in_o a_o state_n who_o chief_a strength_n consist_v in_o the_o number_n of_o man_n that_o one_o husband_n have_v many_o wife_n than_o one_o wife_n many_o husband_n the_o second_o say_v though_o man_n abuse_v the_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o law_n to_o their_o own_o advantage_n have_v often_o marry_v more_o wife_n than_o they_o have_v permit_v they_o to_o have_v more_o husband_n yet_o the_o woman_n have_v as_o much_o reason_n of_o complaint_n in_o this_o point_n as_o in_o any_o other_o establish_v to_o their_o prejudice_n without_o their_o be_v hear_v or_o summon_v their_o vehement_a and_o irregular_a appetite_n after_o man_n of_o which_o the_o irregular_a motion_n of_o that_o animal_n in_o animali_fw-la be_v most_o certain_a evidence_n seem_v to_o conclude_v in_o their_o favour_n for_o woman_n alone_o of_o all_o animal_n desire_v the_o male_a at_o all_o time_n even_o after_o conception_n she_o the_o fire_n the_o sea_n and_o death_n never_o say_v it_o be_v enough_o as_o the_o matter_n have_v a_o continual_a appetite_n of_o form_n so_o have_v she_o of_o the_o male_a which_o desire_n be_v natural_a aught_o to_o be_v satisfy_v otherwise_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a but_o nothing_o be_v so_o in_o nature_n and_o therefore_o she_o ought_v to_o be_v permit_v more_o husband_n since_o one_o alone_a be_v more_o apt_a to_o irritate_fw-la then_o satiate_v she_o she_o be_v able_a and_o have_v wherewith_o to_o satisfy_v they_o but_o if_o one_o man_n can_v suffice_v one_o woman_n how_o can_v he_o acquit_v himself_o towards_o a_o dozen_o especial_o in_o this_o age_n wherein_o no_o doubt_n woman_n will_v appeal_v from_o the_o constitution_n of_o solon_n who_o will_v have_v man_n live_v with_o their_o wife_n only_o thrice_o a_o month_n as_o well_o as_o from_o that_o foolish_a custom_n of_o cato_n who_o never_o visit_v he_o but_o when_o it_o rain_v lycurgus_n be_v much_o better_o advise_v when_o he_o permit_v old_a or_o otherwise_o impotent_a person_n to_o choose_v out_o the_o handsome_a young_a man_n to_o lie_v with_o their_o wife_n this_o sage_a legislator_n well_o judge_v that_o they_o will_v of_o themselves_o take_v this_o liberty_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v better_o to_o grant_v it_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v quit_v of_o the_o vice_n and_o blame_n attend_v this_o action_n when_o prohibit_v the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o question_n the_o very_a report_n of_o which_o sometime_o put_v the_o roman_a dame_n into_o a_o aproar_n be_v of_o very_o great_a consequence_n to_o both_o party_n it_o be_v requisite_a to_o observe_v so_o much_o equity_n therein_o that_o the_o woman_n have_v no_o ground_n of_o exception_n though_o to_o speak_v truth_n i_o know_v not_o which_o will_v be_v most_o to_o their_o advantage_n whether_o to_o have_v more_o husband_n who_o will_v be_v so_o many_o master_n and_o tyrant_n or_o to_o share_v with_o other_o woman_n the_o caress_n of_o one_o alone_a the_o first_o be_v contrary_a to_o their_o haughty_a humour_n and_o the_o second_o to_o their_o jealousy_n beside_o the_o plurality_n of_o husband_n will_v hinder_v not_o only_o the_o propagation_n but_o also_o the_o education_n of_o child_n for_o none_o will_v take_v care_n of_o the_o child_n which_o be_v not_o his_o own_o and_o though_o they_o be_v he_o will_v not_o believe_v they_o belong_v to_o he_o it_o will_v be_v impossible_a for_o a_o father_n to_o know_v his_o own_o child_n the_o term_n of_o child-bearing_a be_v no_o more_o certain_a testimony_n than_o the_o resemblance_n of_o physiognomy_n moreover_o whether_o the_o wife_n be_v hate_v or_o love_v by_o her_o husband_n she_o will_v be_v displease_v to_o see_v all_o her_o rival_n in_o bad_a intelligence_n or_o the_o effect_n of_o their_o common_a hatred_n however_o be_v unable_a to_o please_v all_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o humour_n she_o can_v not_o avoid_v the_o disgust_n of_o some_o of_o they_o as_o for_o that_o impure_a pleasure_n it_o be_v too_o shameful_a to_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o account_n beside_o that_o the_o frequency_n of_o it_o will_v take_v away_o its_o sweetness_n no_o pleasure_n of_o life_n be_v such_o but_o upon_o the_o score_n of_o their_o rarity_n the_o four_o say_v they_o that_o fear_v the_o multitude_n of_o husband_n will_v hinder_v conception_n and_o consequent_o generation_n by_o the_o confusion_n of_o several_a seed_n know_v not_o how_o either_o be_v effect_v since_o physician_n affirm_v with_o hypocrates_n that_o the_o womb_n no_o soon_o receive_v the_o fruitful_a seed_n but_o it_o shut_v itself_o up_o to_o embrace_v the_o same_o strait_o as_o the_o stomach_n do_v the_o meat_n and_o that_o so_o exact_o as_o not_o to_o admit_v a_o needle_n point_n so_o that_o it_o can_v open_v again_o to_o receive_v new_a seed_n in_o a_o second_o coition_n and_o though_o superfoetation_n happen_v sometime_o yet_o it_o be_v very_o rare_a and_o be_v incident_a to_o a_o woman_n that_o lie_v with_o the_o same_o man_n several_a time_n as_o well_o as_o to_o one_o that_o lie_v with_o many_o the_o other_o inconvenience_n of_o the_o incertainty_n of_o issue_n and_o consequent_o of_o succession_n be_v as_o little_a considerable_a for_o man_n be_v not_o bear_v for_o himself_o but_o for_o the_o state_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n and_o child_n less_o belong_v to_o their_o parent_n then_o to_o the_o commonwealth_n whereof_o they_o be_v the_o nursery_n be_v more_o expedient_a that_o they_o be_v breed_v and_o instruct_v like_o those_o brave_a lacedaemonian_n at_o the_o public_a charge_n than_o of_o their_o parent_n who_o tenderness_n and_o too_o great_a indulgence_n be_v ofttimes_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o evil_a education_n moreover_o this_o be_v the_o design_n of_o that_o divine_a commonwealth_n of_o plato_n who_o will_v have_v not_o only_o other_o good_n but_o wife_n and_o child_n also_o common_a that_o so_o those_o ungrateful_a word_n of_o i_o and_o thou_o which_o
danubius_n and_o nilus_n the_o first_o which_o run_v from_o west_n to_o east_n be_v observe_v in_o hungary_n to_o move_v slow_a about_o noon_n then_o at_o other_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o water-mill_n which_o grind_v less_o at_o that_o time_n because_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v then_o contrary_a to_o that_o of_o the_o ecliptic_a it_o consequent_o appear_v more_o slow_a and_o as_o for_o the_o other_o effect_n namely_o the_o increase_n and_o inundation_n of_o nilus_n which_o begin_v at_o the_o summer_n solstice_n this_o river_n run_v direct_o from_o south_n to_o north_n from_o one_o tropic_a to_o another_o which_o be_v just_a the_o middle_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n when_o it_o come_v to_o incline_v its_o axis_n and_o return_v the_o antarctick_a part_n to_o the_o sun_n the_o stream_n of_o this_o river_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o that_o motion_n wax_v slow_a and_o be_v beside_o augment_v by_o the_o continual_a rain_n of_o summer_n swell_v and_o overflow_v the_o plain_n of_o egypt_n which_o make_v some_o ancient_n imagine_v that_o the_o north_n wind_n blow_v again_o the_o stream_n at_o that_o time_n and_o force_v the_o water_n back_o upon_o themselves_o conference_n cxlviii_o whether_o be_v better_a to_o love_n or_o to_o be_v love_v the_o same_o nature_n which_o by_o a_o instinct_n common_a to_o we_o withal_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n cause_v we_o to_o seek_v our_o own_o good_a oblige_v we_o likewise_o to_o love_n when_o we_o meet_v goodness_n or_o beauty_n in_o a_o object_n capable_a to_o render_v we_o happy_a by_o its_o possession_n which_o consist_v in_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o thing_n love_v it_o be_v in_o this_o union_n that_o the_o lover_n place_n his_o great_a felicity_n and_o according_o go_v out_o of_o himself_o to_o join_v himself_o to_o what_o he_o love_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o will_v of_o who_o number_n love_n be_v differ_v in_o this_o point_n from_o the_o action_n of_o the_o understanding_n that_o these_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o species_n receive_v by_o mediation_n of_o the_o sense_n into_o the_o intellect_n which_o can_v know_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o come_v home_o to_o it_o but_o the_o will_v when_o it_o love_v must_v go_v out_o of_o itself_o and_o become_v unite_v to_o the_o thing_n it_o love_v to_o the_o end_n to_o beget_v something_o for_o eternity_n and_o because_o thing_n be_v not_o know_v by_o the_o understanding_n till_o they_o have_v be_v first_o purify_v from_o the_o grossness_n of_o their_o matter_n by_o the_o illustration_n and_o abctraction_n which_o the_o agent_n intellect_n make_v of_o their_o phantasm_n or_o species_n hence_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o foul_a and_o most_o dishonest_a thing_n be_v always_o fair_a and_o laudable_a be_v spiritualise_v and_o make_v like_o the_o faculty_n which_o know_v they_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o will_n in_o love_v render_v itself_o like_o the_o object_n which_o it_o love_v be_v turn_v into_o its_o nature_n and_o receive_v its_o quality_n if_o the_o object_n be_v unlawful_a and_o dishonest_a it_o become_v vicious_a and_o its_o love_n be_v criminal_a which_o seem_v to_o argue_v that_o the_o lover_n be_v less_o perfect_a than_o the_o love_a into_o which_o he_o be_v transform_v as_o food_n be_v less_o perfect_a than_o the_o body_n into_o which_o it_o be_v convert_v and_o as_o that_o which_o attract_v be_v more_o excellent_a than_o what_o be_v attract_v because_o the_o strong_a draw_v the_o weak_a so_o the_o thing_n love_v must_v be_v more_o excellent_a and_o noble_a than_o the_o lover_n who_o it_o attract_v to_o itself_o moreover_o love_n according_a to_o plato_n be_v a_o desire_n of_o pulchritude_n which_o desire_n imply_v want_n and_o therefore_o he_o that_o love_v show_v thereby_o that_o he_o want_v some_o perfection_n which_o render_v the_o thing_n love_v amiable_a since_o the_o will_n be_v never_o carry_v to_o any_o object_n but_o what_o have_v some_o goodness_n either_o apparent_a or_o real_a only_o god_n love_v not_o his_o creature_n for_o their_o goodness_n since_o they_o have_v none_o of_o themselves_o but_o his_o will_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n he_o render_v they_o good_a by_o love_v they_o and_o willing_a good_a to_o they_o the_o second_o say_v since_o friendship_n consist_v in_o the_o union_n of_o two_o or_o at_o most_o of_o three_o will_n who_o mutual_a correspondence_n make_v that_o agreeable_a harmony_n and_o those_o sweet_a accord_n which_o make_v ravish_a lover_n die_v in_o themselves_o to_o live_v in_o what_o they_o love_v there_o be_v no_o true_a love_n but_o what_o be_v reciprocal_a which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o none_o can_v be_v contract_v with_o inanimate_a thing_n no_o more_o then_o with_o beast_n or_o fool_n and_o justice_n command_v we_o to_o render_v as_o much_o as_o be_v give_v we_o it_o be_v a_o great_a injustice_n not_o to_o love_v those_o that_o love_v we_o yea_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v the_o platonist_n it_o be_v a_o kind_a of_o homicide_n of_o the_o soul_n since_o he_o that_o love_v be_v dead_a in_o himself_o and_o have_v no_o more_o life_n but_o in_o the_o thing_n love_v if_o that_o refuse_v his_o love_n by_o mean_n whereof_o it_o shall_v live_v also_o in_o he_o as_o he_o in_o it_o he_o be_v constrain_v either_o to_o die_v or_o languish_v miserable_o and_o whereas_o he_o that_o love_v be_v no_o long_o his_o own_o but_o belong_v to_o the_o thing_n love_v to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v himself_o this_o thing_n be_v oblige_v to_o love_v he_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o oblige_v it_o to_o love_v its_o self_n and_o all_o that_o pertain_v thereunto_o but_o though_o perfect_a love_n be_v compose_v of_o these_o two_o piece_n to_o love_v and_o to_o be_v love_v yet_o the_o one_o be_v often_o find_v without_o the_o other_o there_o be_v many_o lover_n wound_v with_o the_o poet_n leaden_a arrow_n who_o instead_o of_o see_v their_o love_n requite_v with_o love_n have_v for_o all_o recompense_n nothing_o but_o contempt_n and_o refusal_n it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o love_v without_o be_v love_v then_o to_o be_v love_v without_o love_v there_o be_v no_o body_n but_o will_v choose_v rather_o to_o be_v love_v then_o to_o love_n upon_o those_o term_n because_o nothing_o flatter_v our_o ambition_n so_o much_o as_o to_o see_v ourselves_o seek_v unto_o yet_o love_v be_v a_o noble_a thing_n then_o to_o be_v love_v since_o honour_n be_v more_o in_o the_o honourer_n than_o the_o honour_a the_o honour_n receive_v by_o the_o love_a thing_n reflect_v upon_o he_o that_o love_v who_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v commend_v by_o every_o one_o that_o esteem_v a_o good_a friend_n as_o a_o good_a treasure_n and_o not_o he_o that_o be_v love_v be_v also_o more_o excellent_a and_o have_v more_o virtue_n inasmuch_o as_o he_o have_v more_o honour_n and_o praise_v which_o be_v the_o attendant_n of_o virtue_n moreover_o the_o lover_n act_v free_o and_o therefore_o more_o to_o be_v value_v then_o the_o love_a person_n who_o be_v force_v to_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v love_v for_o though_o desire_v common_o follow_v sensual_a love_n yet_o love_n be_v not_o a_o desire_n nor_o consequent_o a_o sign_n of_o indigence_n otherwise_o it_o shall_v cease_v with_o the_o desire_n and_o expire_v after_o enjoyment_n which_o be_v false_a for_o mother_n love_n their_o dead_a child_n and_o even_o before_o they_o come_v into_o the_o world_n not_o by_o a_o desire_n but_o by_o a_o motion_n of_o nature_n which_o cause_v we_o to_o love_v what_o appertain_v to_o we_o and_o the_o more_o if_o it_o cost_v much_o pain_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o mother_n who_o contribute_v more_o to_o the_o birth_n of_o their_o child_n and_o have_v better_a assurance_n that_o they_o be_v their_o own_o love_v they_o also_o more_o tender_o than_o father_n do_v the_o three_o say_v that_o to_o compare_v the_o love_a person_n with_o the_o lover_n be_v to_o equal_v the_o master_n with_o the_o servant_n for_o the_o amorous_a assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o quality_n of_o servant_n of_o the_o lady_n who_o they_o call_v their_o mistress_n manifest_a sufficient_o thereby_o that_o they_o yield_v they_o the_o pre-eminence_n and_o although_o they_o be_v the_o most_o interest_v in_o this_o cause_n yet_o they_o will_v never_o have_v the_o vanity_n to_o prize_v themselves_o above_o what_o they_o love_v which_o will_v be_v to_o condemn_v their_o own_o choice_n and_o their_o love_n of_o defect_n of_o judgement_n which_o make_v they_o sigh_v after_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o object_n they_o adore_v argue_v their_o want_n and_o indigence_n not_o to_o be_v supply_v by_o possession_n of_o the_o good_a they_o expect_v from_o it_o which_o herein_o like_o the_o intelligence_n which_o move_v without_o be_v move_v themselves_o excite_v passion_n and_o motion_n in_o the_o
of_o vacuity_n and_o wine_n and_o fruit_n lose_v their_o taste_n upon_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o spirit_n when_o they_o be_v freeze_v which_o spirit_n not_o be_v able_a to_o transpire_v in_o cabbage_n and_o other_o viscous_a plant_n digest_v their_o crudity_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n render_v the_o same_o plant_n more_o tender_a conference_n cxxvi_o of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o small_a pox._n the_o variety_n wherewith_o this_o malady_n afflict_v or_o that_o which_o it_o cause_v in_o the_o body_n have_v give_v it_o the_o name_n of_o variolae_fw-la variolle_n or_o vairolle_n as_o its_o resemblance_n to_o the_o blister_n and_o to_o the_o manner_n wherewith_o the_o venereous_a disease_n invade_v the_o indian_n to_o who_o the_o same_o be_v epidemical_a be_v cause_v by_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o air_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v call_v the_o small_a pox._n these_o be_v efflorescence_n or_o pustules_fw-la appear_v upon_o the_o body_n especial_o those_o of_o child_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o softness_n of_o their_o skin_n with_o a_o fever_n pain_n scabbiness_n and_o purulent_a matter_n this_o malady_n comprize_v three_o sort_n of_o disease_n namely_o intemperature_n in_o its_o fever_n and_o inflammation_n bad_a conformation_n in_o the_o little_a eminency_n and_o solution_n of_o continuity_n in_o the_o ulcer_n it_o be_v precedent_a sign_n be_v common_o hoarseness_n of_o the_o voice_n pain_n of_o the_o head_n inflammation_n of_o the_o whole_a face_n yawning_n distention_n tremble_v of_o the_o whole_a body_n sneezing_n and_o stitch_n it_o be_v concomitant_a essential_a and_o pathognomonical_a sign_n be_v deliration_n frightful_a dream_n pain_n of_o the_o breast_n and_o throat_n difficulty_n of_o respiration_n and_o a_o continual_a fever_n which_o be_v sometime_o putrid_a sometime_o not_o all_o which_o sign_n proceed_v from_o the_o violent_a ebulition_n and_o agitation_n of_o the_o humour_n the_o conjunct_a cause_n of_o this_o malady_n a_o effect_n of_o the_o natural_a heat_n which_o be_v irritate_v by_o their_o malignity_n drive_v they_o outward_o to_o the_o surface_n where_o they_o raise_v those_o little_a tumor_n which_o if_o red_a and_o less_o high_a make_v the_o measle_n and_o when_o more_o eminent_a the_o small_a pox_n the_o pimple_n whereof_o at_o first_o appear_v very_o small_a afterward_o in_o time_n wax_v red_a and_o grow_v big_a from_o day_n to_o day_n till_o they_o become_v white_a then_o they_o suppurate_a and_o dry_a and_o last_o fall_v off_o common_o leave_v mark_n behind_o they_o not_o to_o be_v get_v away_o because_o they_o have_v consume_v the_o skin_n which_o be_v never_o generate_v anew_o the_o second_o say_v a_o common_a effect_n must_v have_v a_o common_a cause_n now_o the_o small_a pox_n and_o measle_n which_o differ_v only_o in_o that_o the_o former_a be_v produce_v of_o thin_a and_o the_o latter_a of_o thick_a blood_n be_v disease_n not_o only_o common_a to_o many_o but_o so_o few_o escape_v they_o that_o a_o general_a rule_n here_o scarce_o admit_v any_o exception_n two_o cause_n there_o be_v the_o material_a or_o the_o efficient_a the_o former_a be_v the_o impurity_n of_o the_o menstrual_a blood_n which_o serve_v for_o nourish_v the_o foetus_fw-la in_o the_o womb_n where_o at_o first_o it_o attract_v the_o pure_a and_o sweet_a blood_n but_o when_o grow_v big_a the_o gross_a together_o with_o the_o thin_a so_o that_o as_o horse_n once_o in_o their_o life_n cast_v the_o strangle_v so_o man_n must_v also_o once_o purge_v and_o void_a that_o menstrual_a impurity_n which_o be_v equal_o disperse_v over_o all_o the_o body_n and_o in_o small_a quantity_n hinder_v not_o its_o function_n the_o efficient_a cause_n common_a likewise_o to_o all_o man_n be_v the_o natural_a heat_n which_o drive_v these_o impurity_n outward_o and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o appear_v upon_o the_o skin_n which_o be_v the_o universal_a emunctory_a of_o the_o whole_a body_n but_o especial_o upon_o the_o face_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o tenderness_n and_o because_o be_v the_o place_n where_o all_o the_o organ_n of_o sense_n terminate_v it_o be_v full_a of_o spirit_n than_o any_o other_o and_o consequent_o there_o be_v a_o great_a attraction_n thither_o of_o those_o malignant_a vapour_n now_o that_o it_o seize_v some_o in_o their_o childhood_n other_o in_o their_o youth_n some_o very_a few_o in_o old_a age_n and_o all_o after_o a_o different_a manner_n this_o depend_v upon_o our_o particular_a constitution_n either_o natural_a or_o acquisititious_a by_o custom_n and_o a_o long_a use_n of_o the_o thing_n not_o natural_a for_o according_a as_o the_o humour_n reign_v in_o the_o body_n they_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o eruption_n of_o that_o venomous_a quality_n which_o before_o lay_v hide_v as_o madness_n and_o leprosy_n sometime_o appear_v not_o till_o after_o divers_a year_n our_o diet_n also_o contribute_v thereunto_o for_o when_o it_o symbolise_v with_o that_o malignant_a humour_n it_o increase_v the_o quantity_n thereof_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o correct_v the_o same_o and_o retard_v its_o motion_n if_o it_o be_v of_o a_o laudable_a temper_n or_o exceed_v in_o contrary_a quality_n the_o three_o say_v what_o original_a sin_n be_v to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o the_o small_a pox_n seem_v to_o be_v to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o body_n for_o this_o disease_n common_o invade_v child_n who_o never_o commit_v any_o fault_n in_o their_o course_n of_o live_v and_o who_o nature_n shall_v be_v so_o much_o healthy_a by_o how_o much_o it_o be_v more_o vigorous_a and_o near_o the_o principle_n of_o their_o nativity_n wherefore_o it_o seem_v rather_o to_o proceed_v from_o the_o vitiosity_n of_o the_o parent_n and_o as_o many_o hereditary_a disease_n come_v from_o the_o bad_a disposition_n of_o the_o seed_n so_o from_o the_o impurity_n of_o the_o blood_n the_o material_a principle_n of_o our_o body_n some_o may_v also_o arise_v as_o tetter_n kibe_n corn_n and_o other_o deformity_n of_o the_o skin_n which_o happen_v to_o child_n very_o like_o this_o moreover_o this_o disease_n usual_o break_v forth_o in_o the_o seven_o and_o nine_o which_o be_v the_o first_o climacterical_a year_n when_o nature_n endeavour_v the_o perfection_n of_o her_o work_n by_o purge_v and_o cleanse_v it_o of_o all_o impurity_n and_o as_o new_a wine_n when_o it_o come_v to_o work_v cast_v forth_o all_o the_o heterogeneous_a impurity_n in_o its_o body_n so_o do_v the_o natural_a heat_n attempt_v the_o like_a by_o cause_v a_o ebullition_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n whether_o this_o fermentation_n happen_v by_o the_o universal_a spirit_n of_o the_o world_n as_o those_o in_o other_o natural_a body_n or_o whether_o as_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a it_o proceed_v from_o the_o very_a strength_n of_o nature_n who_o motion_n although_o regular_a and_o certain_a be_v yet_o unknown_a to_o any_o other_o beside_o itself_o which_o produce_v they_o according_a to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o subject_a wherein_o it_o reside_v the_o four_o say_v that_o be_v our_o body_n be_v always_o form_v of_o the_o maternal_a blood_n and_o endue_v with_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a heat_n which_o two_o be_v hold_v the_o material_a and_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o small_a pox_n this_o disease_n shall_v have_v be_v in_o all_o time_n and_o place_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v unknown_a before_o the_o arabian_n in_o who_o time_n it_o begin_v to_o appear_v for_o the_o little_a red_a round_n pustules_fw-la and_o those_o other_o like_a flea-bite_n mention_v by_o hypocrates_n aetius_n and_o some_o other_o ancient_n be_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o small_a pox_n to_o which_o not_o only_o woman_n during_o their_o suppression_n but_o even_o brute_n beast_n which_o have_v also_o their_o purgation_n as_o among_o other_o the_o bitch_n the_o mare_n and_o the_o shee-ass_n ought_v to_o be_v subject_a on_o the_o contrary_a such_o as_o have_v burn_a fever_n shall_v be_v free_a from_o it_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o seed_n and_o leven_a of_o this_o malady_n be_v dissipate_v by_o the_o ebullition_n of_o the_o blood_n which_o be_v vehement_a in_o a_o fever_n but_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v how_o a_o venomous_a and_o pernicious_a matter_n as_o that_o impure_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v say_v to_o be_v can_v be_v preserve_v for_o many_o year_n in_o its_o mass_n for_o be_v the_o blood_n serve_v for_o continual_a aliment_n to_o all_o the_o part_n these_o aught_o to_o resent_v something_o of_o that_o malignity_n yet_o those_o that_o be_v take_v with_o this_o disease_n be_v usual_o the_o most_o healthy_a and_o of_o a_o sanguine_a constitution_n which_o be_v the_o most_o laudable_a for_o this_o be_v to_o accuse_v nature_n either_o of_o imprudence_n or_o weakness_n but_o she_o be_v good_a wise_a powerful_a and_o solicitous_a for_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o to_o purify_v the_o body_n which_o she_o do_v not_o only_o while_o the_o child_n be_v in_o
sense_n of_o their_o party_n as_o vice_n have_v the_o three_o say_v that_o sensible_a and_o palpable_a thing_n as_o example_n be_v have_v more_o power_n upon_o we_o than_o bear_v word_n which_o can_v so_o well_o persuade_v a_o truth_n but_o that_o they_o always_o leave_v some_o doubt_n in_o we_o whereas_o example_n be_v sensible_a give_v we_o a_o more_o entire_a and_o perfect_a knowledge_n yea_o they_o have_v influence_n even_o upon_o brute_n beast_n who_o learn_v not_o by_o precept_n but_o by_o example_n which_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o their_o certainty_n for_o a_o thing_n be_v the_o more_o certain_a the_o more_o common_a it_o be_v to_o we_o with_o more_o hence_o plato_n affirm_v that_o example_n be_v necessary_a to_o persuade_v high_a and_o lofty_a matter_n precept_n indeed_o dispose_n but_o example_n animate_v the_o soul_n to_o virtue_n those_o admonish_v these_o stimulate_v and_o guide_v as_o in_o the_o resolution_n of_o do_v well_o instruction_n show_v the_o way_n but_o example_n drive_v we_o with_o the_o point_n of_o honour_n and_o the_o force_n of_o emulation_n nor_o do_v precept_n include_v example_n but_o the_o contrary_a and_o every_o example_n comprehend_v a_o document_n when_o we_o see_v a_o good_a man_n square_v his_o life_n out_o to_o his_o duty_n we_o find_v i_o know_v not_o what_o satisfaction_n and_o contentment_n in_o the_o admimiration_n of_o his_o virtue_n and_o this_o pleasure_n make_v we_o conceive_v yea_o strong_o persuade_v we_o that_o all_o virtue_n be_v amiable_a even_o vicious_a example_n sometime_o make_v vice_n appear_v to_o we_o so_o deform_v that_o we_o detest_v instead_o of_o pursue_v it_o hence_o the_o lacedaemonian_n set_v aside_o the_o precept_n of_o temperature_n be_v wont_a to_o make_v their_o slave_n drink_v that_o the_o ill-favoured_a spectacle_n may_v make_v their_o child_n abhor_v that_o vice_n last_o our_o saviour_n who_o life_n be_v a_o continue_a example_n of_o virtue_n do_v more_o work_n to_o teach_v we_o than_o he_o give_v word_n and_o precept_n most_o of_o which_o be_v comprehend_v under_o example_n and_o parable_n yea_o the_o devil_n well_o know_v that_o adam_n mind_n be_v too_o strong_a to_o be_v prevail_v upon_o by_o reason_n first_o gain_v that_o of_o his_o wife_n which_o be_v more_o weak_a that_o he_o may_v allure_v he_o to_o sin_n by_o her_o example_n the_o four_o say_v the_o end_n be_v not_o only_o more_o noble_a but_o also_o more_o effectual_a than_o the_o mean_n for_o it_o be_v to_o that_o alone_a that_o they_o aim_v and_o terminate_v now_o the_o end_n of_o all_o example_n be_v to_o deduce_v precept_n from_o they_o which_o precept_n be_v general_a notion_n ground_v upon_o many_o experience_n or_o example_n either_o of_o other_o or_o our_o own_o but_o these_o be_v whole_o particular_a can_v have_v no_o power_n upon_o the_o understanding_n which_o frame_v its_o conclusion_n only_o upon_o thing_n universal_o true_a as_o maxim_n and_o precept_n be_v and_o that_o more_o than_o example_n for_o these_o be_v never_o perfect_a but_o full_a of_o a_o thousand_o defect_n those_o sure_a and_o infallible_a moreover_o precept_n move_v the_o understanding_n which_o be_v the_o noble_a of_o all_o the_o faculty_n whereas_o example_n make_v impression_n only_o upon_o the_o outward_a sense_n and_o dull_a wit_n the_o five_o say_v that_o as_o the_o sight_n and_o the_o hear_v know_v how_o to_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o colour_n and_o sound_n without_o learning_n and_o all_o the_o faculty_n can_v natural_o discern_v their_o own_o object_n so_o the_o understanding_n know_v natural_o the_o first_o principle_n and_o clear_o behold_v those_o first_o verity_n the_o will_n have_v also_o in_o itself_o the_o principle_n and_o seed_n of_o virtue_n as_o the_o synteresis_fw-la and_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n in_o the_o most_o wicked_a sufficient_o prove_v and_o be_v of_o itself_o carry_v to_o virtuous_a action_n without_o need_v either_o preecept_n or_o example_n equal_o unprofitable_a to_o the_o bad_a who_o amend_v not_o thereby_o and_o to_o the_o good_a who_o want_v they_o not_o the_o six_o say_v that_o the_o question_n be_v to_o be_v decide_v by_o distinguish_v of_o the_o mind_n of_o men._n those_o that_o excel_v in_o judgement_n attribute_v more_o to_o reason_n than_o to_o example_n which_o be_v more_o sensible_a affect_v the_o imagination_n of_o dull_a head_n who_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o reason_n so_o that_o though_o precept_n and_o argument_n be_v without_o comparison_n more_o perfect_a than_o example_n yet_o because_o very_o few_o be_v capable_a of_o they_o because_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o world_n be_v stupid_a and_o dull_a therefore_o they_o be_v not_o general_o so_o proper_a to_o teach_v as_o example_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v of_o no_o power_n but_o serve_v only_o to_o clear_v a_o obscure_a truth_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v any_o ascendant_n over_o a_o mind_n that_o be_v reasonable_a and_o furnish_v with_o knowledge_n conference_n cxxviii_o of_o incubi_fw-la and_o succubae_fw-la and_o whether_o devil_n can_v generate_v two_o sort_n of_o people_n err_v in_o this_o matter_n the_o superstitious_a and_o ignorant_a vulgar_a who_o attribute_v every_o thing_n to_o miracle_n and_o account_v the_o same_o do_v either_o by_o saint_n or_o devil_n and_o the_o atheist_n and_o libertine_n who_o believe_v neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o physician_n take_v the_o middle_a way_n distinguish_v what_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v attribute_v to_o nature_n and_o her_o ordinary_a motion_n from_o what_o be_v supernatural_a to_o which_o last_o head_n it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a to_o refer_v disease_n and_o indisposition_n as_o the_o incubus_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n ephialtes_n and_o by_o the_o vulgar_a the_o nightmare_n it_o be_v define_v a_o impediment_n of_o respiration_n speech_n and_o motion_n with_o oppression_n of_o the_o body_n whereby_o we_o feel_v in_o our_o sleep_n as_o it_o be_v some_o weight_n upon_o the_o stomach_n the_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v a_o gross_a vapour_n obstruct_v principal_o the_o hinder_a part_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o hinder_v the_o egress_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n destinate_a to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o part_n which_o vapour_n be_v more_o easy_o dissipable_a than_o the_o humour_n which_o cause_v the_o lethargy_n apoplexy_n and_o other_o symptom_n which_o be_v therefore_o of_o long_a duration_n than_o this_o which_o cease_v as_o soon_o as_o the_o say_a vapour_n be_v dissipate_v now_o whereas_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o body_n common_o supply_v the_o matter_n of_o dream_n as_o those_o that_o be_v hungry_a or_o amorous_a will_v think_v they_o eat_v or_o see_v what_o they_o love_v those_o that_o have_v pain_n in_o some_o part_n dream_v that_o some_o body_n hurt_v the_o same_o hence_o when_o respiration_n the_o most_o necessary_a of_o all_o the_o animal_n function_n be_v impede_v we_o present_o imagine_v we_o have_v a_o load_n lie_v on_o our_o breast_n and_o hinder_v the_o dilatation_n of_o the_o same_o and_o because_o the_o brain_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o incubus_n therefore_o all_o the_o animal_n function_n be_v hurt_v the_o imagination_n deprave_v the_o sensation_n obtund_v motion_n impede_v hence_o those_o who_o this_o evil_n seize_v endeavour_v to_o awake_v but_o can_v neither_o move_v nor_o speak_v till_o after_o a_o good_a while_n and_o though_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o disorder_n be_v within_o ourselves_o nevertheless_o the_o distemper_a person_n believe_v that_o some_o body_n be_v go_v about_o to_o strangle_v he_o by_o outward_a violence_n which_o the_o deprave_a imagination_n rather_o think_v upon_o than_o internal_a cause_n that_o be_v more_o sensible_a and_o common_a this_o have_v give_v occasion_n to_o the_o error_n of_o the_o vulgar_a who_o charge_v these_o effect_n upon_o evil_a spirit_n instead_o of_o impute_v they_o to_o the_o malignity_n of_o a_o vapour_n or_o some_o phlegmatic_a and_o gross_a humour_n oppress_v the_o stomach_n the_o coldness_n and_o weakness_n whereof_o arise_v from_o want_n of_o spirit_n and_o heat_n which_o keep_v all_o the_o part_n in_o due_a order_n be_v the_o most_o manifest_a cause_n much_o unlikely_a it_o be_v to_o be_v cause_v by_o generation_n which_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o the_o natural_a faculty_n as_o this_o of_o the_o vegetative_a soul_n can_v belong_v to_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v a_o pure_a spirit_n the_o second_o say_v as_o it_o be_v too_o gross_a to_o recur_v to_o supernatural_a cause_n when_o natural_a be_v evident_a so_o it_o be_v too_o sensual_a to_o seek_v the_o reason_n of_o every_o thing_n in_o nature_n and_o to_o ascribe_v to_o mere_a phlegm_n and_o the_o distemper_a phantasy_n the_o coition_n of_o daemon_n with_o man_n which_o we_o can_v deny_v without_o give_v the_o lie_n to_o infinite_a of_o person_n of_o all_o age_n sex_n and_o condition_n to_o who_o the_o same_o have_v happen_v nor_o without_o accuse_v the_o sentence_n of_o judicial_a court_n
often_o as_o little_a child_n and_o old_a people_n who_o heat_n be_v weak_a and_o easy_o dissipate_v they_o must_v be_v often_o nourish_v but_o by_o a_o little_a at_o a_o time_n for_o fear_v of_o overcharge_v their_o too_o weak_a stomach_n the_o last_o and_o common_a way_n be_v to_o eat_v plentiful_o but_o seldom_o which_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o middle-aged_a people_n who_o usual_o eat_v twice_o a_o day_n and_o more_o at_o one_o meal_n than_o at_o the_o other_o it_o be_v hard_o for_o a_o man_n to_o satiate_v himself_o both_o at_o dinner_n and_o supper_n without_o indammage_v his_o health_n which_o make_v plato_n wonder_v when_o he_o hear_v that_o the_o sicilian_n fill_v themselves_o with_o meat_n twice_o a_o day_n and_o oblige_v the_o roman_n to_o make_v a_o light_a repast_n about_o noon_n and_o a_o splendid_a supper_n which_o i_o be_o for_o upon_o this_o account_n the_o church_n have_v to_o macerate_v we_o forbid_a supper_n on_o fast_v day_n which_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o they_o be_v more_o agreeable_a and_o more_o conduce_v to_o health_n than_o dinner_n for_o such_o quantity_n of_o food_n be_v to_o be_v take_v as_o answer_n to_o the_o natural_a heat_n which_o be_v not_o only_o more_o vigorous_a but_o also_o of_o long_a duration_n between_o supper_n and_o dinner_n than_o between_o dinner_n and_o supper_n the_o interval_n whereof_o be_v seldom_o above_o six_o or_o seven_o hour_n whereas_o that_o between_o supper_n and_o dinner_n be_v about_o seventeen_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a to_o sup_v more_o large_o than_o dine_v for_o if_o the_o dinner_n be_v large_a we_o shall_v eat_v either_o as_o much_o as_o the_o heat_n be_v able_a to_o digest_v by_o suppertime_n or_o more_o if_o we_o eat_v more_o and_o go_v to_o supper_n before_o the_o digestion_n of_o the_o dinner_n be_v whole_o finish_v we_o shall_v beget_v crudity_n which_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o most_o disease_n if_o we_o eat_v as_o much_o as_o the_o heat_n can_v digest_v and_o the_o supper_n be_v less_o than_o the_o dinner_n then_o the_o heat_n which_o follow_v the_o supper_n be_v strong_a and_o more_o active_a will_v soon_o concoct_v the_o meat_n take_v at_o supper_n and_o because_o it_o be_v a_o natural_a agent_n not_o act_v from_o a_o principle_n of_o liberty_n but_o of_o necessity_n and_o can_v remain_v idle_a have_v no_o extraventitious_a matter_n to_o work_v upon_o it_o will_v necessary_o consume_v the_o laudable_a juice_n of_o the_o body_n dry_v up_o the_o same_o during_o sleep_n for_o whereas_o sleep_n be_v say_v to_o moisten_v whence_o arise_v the_o proverb_n qui_fw-fr dort_fw-fr mange_n he_o that_o sleep_v eats_z it_o be_v true_a when_o the_o stomach_n and_o entrail_n be_v fill_v with_o sufficient_a nourishment_n the_o heat_n raise_v and_o disperse_v to_o all_o the_o part_n the_o pure_a of_o the_o juice_n and_o vapour_n like_o gentle_a dew_n which_o it_o can_v do_v when_o the_o stomach_n be_v empty_a the_o four_o say_v nature_n have_v give_v we_o a_o appetite_n to_o advertise_v we_o of_o the_o need_n of_o all_o part_n there_o be_v no_o certain_a rule_n of_o the_o time_n of_o repast_n than_o this_o appetite_n which_o for_o this_o reason_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o upper_a orifice_n of_o the_o stomach_n render_v sensible_a by_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o six_o pair_n terminate_a therein_o for_o there_o be_v a_o continual_a dissipation_n of_o our_o substance_n in_o all_o the_o part_n which_o be_v exhaust_v attract_v from_o their_o neighbour_n wherewith_o to_o fill_v their_o own_o emptiness_n these_o solicit_v the_o liver_n for_o supply_v that_o the_o gut_n by_o the_o mesaraick_n vein_n these_o the_o stomach_n at_o the_o top_n whereof_o this_o suction_n terminate_v the_o sense_n or_o perception_n whereof_o be_v call_v appetite_n which_o if_o of_o hot_a and_o dry_a be_v call_v hunger_n if_o of_o cold_a and_o moist_a thirst_v so_o that_o nutrition_n be_v only_o to_o recruit_v and_o repair_v the_o loss_n of_o our_o substance_n there_o be_v no_o more_o assure_v sign_n of_o the_o fit_a time_n to_o eat_v then_o when_o the_o say_a appetite_n be_v most_o eager_a at_o what_o hour_n soever_o it_o be_v the_o five_o say_v that_o this_o may_v have_v place_n in_o well_o temper_v body_n which_o desire_v only_o so_o much_o as_o they_o be_v able_a to_o digest_v but_o not_o in_o those_o who_o appetite_n be_v great_a than_o their_o digestion_n as_o cold_a and_o melancholy_a stomach_n or_o who_o desire_n less_o as_o the_o hot_a and_o bilious_a who_o heat_n melt_v the_o juice_n abate_v the_o appetite_n as_o on_o the_o contrary_a coldness_n contract_v the_o membrane_n of_o the_o stomach_n augment_v it_o so_o that_o it_o be_v most_o expedient_a for_o every_o one_o to_o consult_v his_o own_o temper_n age_n nature_n and_o custom_n of_o live_v old_a people_n little_a child_n such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o defluxion_n or_o have_v weak_a stomach_n must_v sup_v spare_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o choleric_a and_o such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o headache_n must_v eat_v a_o large_a supper_n than_o dinner_n but_o above_o all_o the_o custom_n of_o every_o particular_a person_n be_v most_o considerable_a herein_o conference_n cxxiii_o which_o of_o the_o humane_a passion_n be_v most_o excusable_a man_n be_v compose_v of_o two_o piece_n body_n and_o soul_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n style_v by_o trismegistus_n the_o horizon_n of_o the_o universe_n because_o he_o unite_v in_o himself_o the_o spiritual_a nature_n with_o the_o corporeal_a the_o inclination_n whereof_o be_v different_a he_o have_v also_o need_v of_o two_o guide_n to_o conduct_v those_o two_o part_n the_o rational_a and_o the_o animal_n and_o make_v they_o know_v the_o good_a towards_o which_o they_o be_v carry_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n the_o intellect_n make_v he_o see_v the_o honest_a and_o spiritual_a good_a the_o imagination_n enable_v he_o to_o conceive_v a_o sensible_a and_o corporeal_a good_n and_o as_o the_o rational_a appetite_n which_o be_v the_o will_n follow_v the_o light_n afford_v to_o it_o by_o the_o intellect_n in_o pursuit_n of_o honest_a good_a whence_o virtue_n arise_v so_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n be_v carry_v to_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o sensible_a good_a which_o the_o imagination_n make_v it_o conceive_v as_o profitable_a and_o pleasant_a and_o that_o by_o motion_n common_o so_o disorderly_a and_o violent_a that_o they_o make_v impression_n not_o only_o upon_o the_o mind_n but_o upon_o the_o body_n who_o oeconomy_n they_o discompose_v and_o for_o this_o reason_n they_o be_v call_v passion_n or_o perturbation_n and_o affection_n of_o the_o mind_n these_o passion_n either_o be_v carry_v towards_o good_a and_o evil_a simple_o as_o love_n and_o hatred_n the_o first_o incline_v we_o to_o good_a which_o be_v the_o parent_n of_o beauty_n the_o latter_a avert_v we_o from_o evil_a or_o else_o they_o consider_v both_o good_a and_o evil_a absent_n as_o desire_v and_o flight_n or_o last_o they_o consider_v they_o be_v present_a and_o cause_n pleasure_n and_o grief_n which_o if_o of_o long_a duration_n produce_v joy_n and_o sadness_n now_o because_o difficulty_n frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o can_v and_o flight_n of_o evil_a therefore_o nature_n not_o content_v to_o have_v endue_v animal_n with_o a_o concupiscible_a appetite_n which_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o six_o abovementioned_a passion_n may_v be_v carry_v towards_o good_a and_o avoid_v evil_a have_v also_o give_v they_o another_o appetite_n call_v irascible_a to_o surmount_v the_o obstacle_n occur_v in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o good_a or_o flight_n of_o evil_a whence_o arise_v five_o other_o passion_n hope_v despair_n boldness_n fear_v and_o anger_n hope_n excite_v the_o soul_n to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o a_o difficult_a but_o obtainable_a good_a despair_n check_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n towards_o the_o pursuit_n of_o a_o good_a no_o long_o obtainable_a boldness_n regard_v a_o absent_a evil_n which_o assure_v itself_o able_a to_o surmount_v fear_n consider_v the_o same_o absent_a evil_n without_o any_o mean_n of_o be_v able_a to_o avoid_v it_o last_o the_o violence_n of_o anger_n be_v bend_v against_o a_o present_a evil_n whereof_o it_o believe_v a_o possibility_n to_o be_v revenge_v and_o because_o a_o present_a and_o enjoy_v good_a can_v be_v accompany_v with_o difficulty_n hence_o there_o be_v no_o passion_n in_o the_o irascible_a appetite_n answer_v to_o anger_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o other_o passion_n which_o again_o be_v divide_v according_a to_o the_o several_a object_n about_o which_o they_o be_v exercise_v the_o desire_n of_o honour_n be_v call_v ambition_n that_o of_o riches_n covetousness_n that_o of_o fleshly_a pleasure_n concupiscence_n that_o of_o meat_n gourmandise_n or_o gluttony_n the_o hatred_n of_o vice_n cause_v zeal_n that_o of_o a_o rival_n jealousy_n the_o sorrow_n arise_v upon_o the_o sight_n of_o evil_n suffer_v by_o a_o
undeserving_a person_n cause_v compassion_n indignation_n proceed_v from_o the_o happen_v of_o good_a to_o one_o that_o merit_v it_o not_o now_o among_o all_o these_o passion_n ambition_n which_o aim_v at_o a_o general_a superiority_n seem_v to_o i_o the_o first_o and_o since_o it_o have_v serve_v to_o excuse_v parricide_n and_o violator_n of_o the_o public_a faith_n who_o it_o have_v cause_v to_o say_v that_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o command_n nothing_o be_v unjust_a it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v excuse_v every_o where_o else_o beside_o that_o it_o have_v be_v the_o instigator_n to_o the_o most_o glorious_a action_n the_o source_n whereof_o be_v that_o laudable_a ambition_n which_o every_o one_o have_v to_o outvie_v his_o companion_n the_o second_o say_v if_o the_o passion_n be_v disease_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o the_o stoic_n hold_v and_o the_o question_n seem_v to_o presuppose_v i_o conceive_v none_o more_o agreeable_a and_o excusable_a than_o love_n who_o sweet_a violence_n insinuate_v into_o the_o severe_a breast_n find_v nothing_o capable_a to_o resist_v it_o hence_o those_o that_o be_v take_v with_o it_o wish_v nothing_o less_o than_o a_o cure_n which_o can_v proceed_v but_o from_o oblivion_n of_o the_o thing_n belove_v wherein_o they_o live_v more_o than_o in_o themselves_o the_o soul_n be_v more_o where_o it_o love_v than_o in_o the_o body_n wherein_o it_o live_v moreover_o this_o passion_n be_v the_o most_o natural_a and_o common_a of_o all_o and_o consequent_o the_o most_o excusable_a be_v find_v not_o only_o in_o all_o man_n but_o also_o in_o all_o animal_n who_o feel_v the_o assault_n of_o love_n which_o make_v they_o natural_o tend_v towards_o good_n and_o as_o love_n be_v the_o most_o common_a so_o it_o be_v likewise_o the_o source_n and_o principle_n of_o all_o the_o passion_n for_o we_o neither_o hate_n nor_o fear_v any_o thing_n we_o have_v neither_o joy_n sadness_n desire_n fear_v nor_o anger_n but_o because_o we_o love_v something_o the_o true_a course_n to_o become_v exempt_a from_o these_o passion_n be_v to_o love_v nothing_o the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o most_o violent_a passion_n be_v the_o most_o excusable_a because_o the_o hard_a to_o subdue_v those_o of_o the_o irascible_a appetite_n particular_o anger_n be_v more_o vehement_a than_o those_o of_o the_o concupiscible_a appetite_n be_v also_o the_o most_o worthy_a of_o excuse_n the_o former_a possess_v the_o noble_a part_n of_o man_n the_o heart_n which_o be_v the_o source_n of_o anger_n the_o latter_a the_o liver_n which_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o love_n who_o weakness_n the_o poet_n have_v sufficient_o demonstrate_v by_o represent_v it_o to_o we_o under_o the_o form_n of_o a_o child_n which_o have_v no_o power_n over_o we_o but_o what_o we_o suffer_v it_o to_o take_v but_o anger_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o generous_a as_o love_n be_v to_o the_o weak_a and_o effeminate_a make_v itself_o master_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o by_o its_o sudden_a and_o impetuous_a motion_n obscure_v the_o light_n of_o reason_n make_v we_o the_o more_o excusable_a in_o that_o we_o be_v no_o long_a master_n of_o our_o own_o action_n and_o as_o madness_n excuse_v the_o frantic_a from_o blame_n and_o punishment_n so_o anger_n which_o be_v a_o short_a madness_n as_o the_o poet_n say_v deserve_v the_o same_o excuse_n its_o violence_n be_v so_o much_o above_o that_o of_o all_o other_o passion_n that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o quick_a and_o pass_v like_o lightning_n for_o when_o it_o take_v root_n in_o the_o soul_n it_o lose_v its_o name_n and_o degenerate_v into_o hatred_n the_o four_o say_v that_o he_o be_v for_o joy_n because_o all_o the_o other_o passion_n acknowledge_v its_o power_n such_o that_o they_o be_v content_v to_o be_v its_o servant_n love_n and_o desire_n be_v only_o in_o order_n to_o some_o hope_a joy_n hatred_n and_o flight_n only_o to_o remove_v all_o object_n that_o may_v trouble_v it_o despair_v then_o only_o seize_v we_o when_o we_o can_v no_o long_o hope_v for_o joy_n hope_n be_v for_o it_o alone_o fear_n be_v only_o of_o what_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o boldness_n to_o break_v through_o all_o obstacle_n oppose_v our_o contentment_n and_o anger_n serve_v to_o express_v the_o displeasure_n we_o resent_v for_o its_o delay_n or_o interruption_n if_o a_o man_n injure_v we_o in_o his_o anger_n or_o in_o his_o sadness_n yea_o or_o in_o his_o despair_n we_o will_v not_o excuse_v he_o but_o be_v we_o never_o so_o displease_v we_o not_o only_o excuse_v the_o joy_n of_o other_o but_o take_v pleasure_n in_o it_o and_o whereas_o contrary_n be_v know_v by_o their_o contrary_n since_o nothing_o displease_v we_o so_o much_o as_o sadness_n nothing_o please_v we_o so_o much_o as_o joy_n who_o violence_n be_v manifest_v by_o some_o that_o have_v die_v of_o it_o as_o none_o ever_o do_v of_o anger_n in_o fine_a we_o can_v better_o prove_v and_o approve_v the_o power_n and_o empire_n of_o any_o one_o than_o by_o become_v his_o subject_n as_o we_o all_o be_v of_o joy_n to_o which_o the_o great_a part_n not_o only_o give_v part_n of_o their_o time_n but_o also_o quit_v the_o most_o important_a affair_n to_o seek_v it_o in_o place_n destinate_a to_o the_o god_n of_o laughter_n who_o festival_n be_v now_o more_o frequen_v then_o in_o in_o the_o day_n of_o apuleius_n and_o what_o make_v we_o in_o youth_n bear_v and_o endure_v all_o the_o pain_n of_o study_n apprentice_n of_o each_o trade_n the_o hardship_n which_o they_o undergo_v soldier_n the_o danger_n of_o death_n but_o a_o preconceived_n hope_v of_o joy_n which_o he_o that_o possess_v become_v so_o master_v by_o it_o that_o he_o forget_v all_o his_o past_a evil_n the_o mariner_n no_o long_o remember_v the_o peril_n of_o the_o sea_n nor_o the_o sick_a person_n his_o pain_n in_o short_a every_o one_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v possess_v and_o govern_v by_o this_o passion_n which_o be_v therefore_o the_o most_o excusable_a the_o five_o say_v that_o grief_n bring_v great_a evil_a than_o joy_n do_v good_a because_o evil_a whole_o destroy_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o good_a only_o render_v more_o complete_a whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o former_a be_v much_o more_o just_a and_o excusable_a than_o the_o latter_a which_o give_v only_o wellbeing_a but_o evil_a destroy_v be_v itself_o to_o the_o preservation_n whereof_o all_o creature_n be_v natural_o incline_v more_o careful_o eschew_v such_o thing_n as_o may_v hurt_v they_o than_o they_o pursue_v those_o that_o may_v procure_v joy_n and_o contentment_n moreover_o the_o accent_n of_o the_o voice_n which_o testify_v grief_n or_o sadness_n be_v much_o more_o violent_a than_o those_o of_o joy_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o bare_a complacency_n receive_v in_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o good_a consist_v rather_o in_o rest_n then_o in_o motion_n whereof_o grief_n partake_v more_o large_o by_o the_o endeavour_n which_o it_o cause_v the_o soul_n to_o put_v forth_o for_o remove_v of_o what_o torment_v it_o the_o six_o say_v that_o the_o passion_n be_v appurtenance_n of_o our_o nature_n and_o part_n of_o ourselves_o be_v all_o excusable_a in_o themselves_o because_o natural_a and_o inevitable_a but_o especial_o those_o whereto_o we_o be_v particular_o most_v incline_v by_o temper_n so_o love_n and_o joy_n be_v most_o excusable_a in_o the_o sanguine_a choler_n and_o despair_n in_o the_o bilious_a hatred_n and_o sadness_n in_o the_o melancholic_a hope_v and_o boldness_n in_o youth_n and_o bashfulness_n be_v excusable_a in_o a_o child_n but_o culpable_a in_o a_o old_a man_n yet_o hope_n which_o accompany_v man_n not_o only_o while_o breath_n last_v but_o extend_v even_o beyond_o death_n seem_v by_o that_o duration_n to_o plead_v that_o as_o it_o be_v the_o least_o separable_a so_o it_o be_v the_o most_o excusable_a conference_n cxxxiv_o which_o be_v the_o most_o laudable_a temperament_n temperament_n be_v the_o harmony_n and_o proportion_n of_o the_o four_o first_o quality_n result_v from_o the_o mixture_n of_o the_o element_n whereof_o all_o sublunary_a body_n be_v compound_v which_o be_v destinate_a to_o several_a end_n require_v therefore_o different_a temper_n and_o qualification_n now_o although_o the_o diversity_n herein_o be_v almost_o infinite_a yet_o it_o may_v be_v reduce_v to_o three_o supreme_a head_n for_o either_o the_o four_o quality_n be_v so_o mix_v that_o they_o remain_v in_o a_o equal_a proportion_n or_o one_o of_o they_o excel_v the_o rest_n or_o else_o two_o together_o have_v the_o advantage_n the_o first_o make_v the_o temperament_n equal_a the_o two_o latter_a make_v it_o unequal_a the_o equal_a temperament_n be_v twofold_a one_o call_v temperament_n by_o weight_n ad_fw-la pondus_fw-la as_o they_o speak_v when_o the_o quality_n be_v so_o perfect_o proportionate_a that_o can_v they_o be_v weigh_v in_o a_o balance_n not_o one_o will_v preponderate_v above_o
skilled_a in_o that_o instrument_n the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o person_n bear_v deaf_a be_v also_o mute_a be_v that_o he_o who_o speak_v must_v first_o hear_v himself_o speak_v before_o he_o be_v hear_v by_o other_o otherwise_o he_o know_v not_o whether_o himself_o have_v speak_v or_o no_o much_o less_o can_v other_o know_v and_o as_o little_a do_v he_o remember_v the_o voice_n which_o he_o make_v use_v of_o to_o express_v this_o thing_n or_o another_o which_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o be_v able_a to_o employ_v the_o same_o voice_n when_o he_o will_v signify_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o the_o case_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o he_o that_o have_v a_o good_a ear_n and_o intend_v to_o cause_v himself_o to_o be_v understand_v endeavour_n to_o express_v his_o conception_n of_o thing_n by_o his_o voice_n which_o he_o articulate_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o ear_n as_o a_o lutinist_n do_v the_o string_n of_o his_o instrument_n which_o indeed_o be_v more_o artificial_o touch_v by_o a_o skilful_a then_o by_o a_o ignorant_a person_n yet_o cease_v not_o to_o strike_v the_o ear_n as_o the_o language_n invent_v by_o such_o man_n without_o precept_n will_v not_o be_v less_o audible_a though_o more_o disagreeable_a than_o another_o moreover_o speech_n be_v as_o proper_a to_o man_n as_o reason_n whereof_o it_o be_v the_o image_n whence_o possible_o the_o greek_n denote_v both_o by_o the_o same_o word_n it_o may_v seem_v that_o one_o remote_a from_o all_o commerce_n will_v not_o cease_v as_o to_o reason_n so_o neither_o to_o speak_v but_o may_v as_o well_o do_v the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o if_o there_o be_v any_o obstacle_n it_o must_v proceed_v from_o some_o cause_n not_o from_o the_o material_a to_o wit_n the_o species_n of_o thing_n which_o it_o import_v not_o whether_o they_o be_v introduce_v by_o one_o sense_n or_o another_o nor_o from_o the_o efficient_a the_o organ_n of_o speech_n be_v suppose_v entire_a nor_o from_o the_o formal_a which_o can_v fail_v since_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o speech_n to_o follow_v as_o often_o as_o the_o breath_n be_v strong_o drive_v out_o of_o the_o lung_n through_o the_o sharp_a artery_n into_o the_o mouth_n organise_v by_o the_o epiglottis_fw-la modify_v by_o the_o tongue_n mince_v by_o the_o tooth_n and_o form_v by_o the_o li_n as_o for_o the_o final_a which_o be_v communication_n it_o be_v not_o less_o beneficial_a to_o one_o then_o to_o another_o wherefore_o all_o the_o cause_n of_o speech_n concur_v and_o be_v supply_v to_o man_n by_o nature_n the_o effect_n must_v necessary_o follow_v and_o if_o beggar_n particular_o those_o call_v gipsy_n make_v to_o themselves_o a_o particular_a jargon_fw-la which_o they_o call_v blesche_n or_o narquois_n it_o will_v not_o be_v hard_o for_o those_o we_o speak_v of_o to_o do_v as_o much_o yea_o they_o will_v not_o find_v more_o difficulty_n therein_o then_o occur_v in_o the_o invent_v of_o new_a character_n by_o such_o as_o write_v in_o cipher_n which_o be_v also_o confirm_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o father_n who_o hold_v that_o the_o alteration_n of_o tongue_n at_o the_o build_n of_o babel_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o total_a abolition_n in_o each_o man_n memory_n of_o the_o species_n of_o his_o maternal_a language_n which_o memory_n be_v thereupon_o become_v a_o razed_a table_n and_o like_o a_o white_a paper_n it_o concern_v man_n to_o agree_v together_o about_o new_a term_n significative_a of_o their_o conception_n otherwise_o they_o say_v if_o god_n have_v then_o infuse_v a_o actual_a knowledge_n and_o habit_n of_o several_a language_n in_o all_o those_o workman_n this_o have_v not_o be_v a_o punishment_n but_o a_o reward_n of_o their_o arrogance_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n parallel_n to_o that_o famous_a gift_n of_o tongue_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o pentecost_n the_o four_o say_v that_o since_o nothing_o can_v be_v in_o the_o intellect_n which_o be_v not_o before_o in_o the_o sense_n the_o species_n of_o voice_n can_v be_v introduce_v into_o the_o understanding_n but_o by_o some_o outward_a sense_n not_o by_o the_o hear_n which_o be_v the_o right_a sense_n of_o discipline_n since_o none_o speak_v to_o the_o child_n of_o who_o the_o question_n be_v nor_o by_o the_o eye_n who_o sole_a object_n be_v the_o visible_a species_n nor_o by_o the_o other_o sense_n who_o object_n be_v also_o different_a from_o those_o of_o the_o hear_v moreover_o a_o language_n be_v comprehend_v under_o grammar_n which_o be_v a_o science_n it_o can_v be_v understand_v much_o less_o practise_v without_o either_o precept_n or_o example_n for_o want_v of_o which_o the_o memory_n of_o child_n of_o who_o we_o now_o speak_v not_o be_v furnish_v with_o any_o idea_n can_v dictate_v nothing_o to_o the_o muscle_n and_o nerve_n the_o instrument_n of_o voluntary_a motion_n which_o therefore_o can_v form_v no_o speech_n just_a as_o he_o that_o be_v not_o accustom_a to_o other_o exercise_n of_o the_o body_n no_o more_o than_o to_o those_o of_o the_o mind_n produce_v they_o not_o that_o god_n create_v adam_n and_o eve_n with_o speech_n and_o that_o as_o it_o be_v report_v some_o child_n have_v speak_v at_o their_o birth_n yea_o some_o in_o their_o mother_n belly_n these_o be_v thing_n pure_o supernatural_a and_o from_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v infer_v the_o five_o say_v that_o woman_n have_v such_o a_o facility_n of_o speak_v that_o if_o two_o child_n especial_o of_o different_a sex_n be_v breed_v up_o together_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o female_n will_v speak_v first_o not_o only_o as_o the_o more_o forward_o but_o as_o the_o great_a tatler_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n trial_n which_o he_o make_v only_o with_o boy_n and_o yet_o this_o habit_n of_o speech_n be_v such_o in_o man_n that_o in_o our_o age_n the_o constable_n of_o castile_n brother_n be_v bear_v deaf_a cross_v the_o rule_n that_o person_n deaf_a by_o birth_n be_v always_o dumb_a as_o also_o happen_v to_o many_o of_o the_o same_o family_n of_o velasco_n for_o he_o be_v teach_v to_o speak_v write_v read_v and_o understand_v author_n by_o put_v a_o cord_n about_o his_o neck_n and_o straighten_n or_o loosen_v the_o same_o to_o advertise_v he_o when_o to_o open_v or_o shut_v his_o mouth_n by_o the_o example_n of_o his_o teacher_n that_o so_o he_o may_v express_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v represent_v to_o he_o at_o the_o same_o time_n nor_o be_v there_o other_o difference_n find_v between_o his_o speech_n and_o that_o of_o other_o man_n but_o only_o that_o he_o do_v not_o regulate_v his_o voice_n speak_v common_o too_o high_a which_o have_v also_o sometime_o be_v do_v by_o make_v the_o deaf_a man_n bite_v the_o instrument_n upon_o which_o the_o sound_n they_o will_v have_v he_o hear_v be_v form_v because_o the_o impression_n which_o the_o brain_n receive_v thereby_o answer_n in_o some_o sort_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o hear_v conference_n clvii_o whether_o be_v better_a to_o guard_v the_o frontier_n or_o carry_v the_o war_n into_o the_o enemy_n country_n peace_n be_v the_o end_n of_o war_n he_o manage_n war_n best_o that_o soon_o attain_v that_o end_n now_o peace_n be_v attain_v two_o way_n either_o by_o quell_v the_o enemy_n force_n which_o seldom_o happen_v and_o be_v of_o long_a discussion_n between_o party_n almost_o equal_a as_o those_o that_o go_v to_o war_n common_o be_v too_o great_a inequality_n present_o subdue_a the_o weak_a to_o the_o strong_a or_o else_o by_o render_v all_o his_o attempt_n ineffectual_a and_o this_o be_v more_o easy_o do_v by_o expect_v he_o firm_o and_o resolute_o then_o by_o assault_v he_o at_o his_o own_o home_n withal_o the_o inconvenience_n and_o incertainty_n that_o occur_v in_o remote_a expedition_n moreover_o every_o design_n ought_v to_o be_v render_v as_o infallible_a as_o be_v possible_a yet_o so_o many_o unexpected_a difficulty_n arise_v in_o thing_n which_o appear_v most_o easy_a that_o we_o find_v by_o daily_a experience_n the_o theory_n much_o different_a from_o the_o practice_n which_o be_v presume_v certain_a as_o indeed_o it_o be_v none_o doubt_v but_o a_o minister_n of_o state_n may_v better_o lay_v the_o platform_n of_o a_o design_n in_o a_o country_n which_o be_v accessible_a to_o he_o and_o at_o his_o disposal_n as_o also_o that_o both_o the_o leader_n and_o soldier_n may_v better_o give_v and_o execute_v order_n in_o a_o place_n where_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v obedient_a and_o ready_a to_o contribute_v their_o care_n pain_n and_o money_n for_o promote_a the_o project_n which_o serve_v to_o the_o advancement_n of_o their_o party_n then_o in_o place_n where_o they_o must_v depend_v upon_o the_o honesty_n of_o guide_n who_o be_v frequent_o deceiver_n or_o apt_a to_o be_v deceive_v and_o where_o all_o thing_n be_v contrary_a
some_o to_o the_o disproportion_n between_o the_o seed_n whence_o she_o that_o be_v barren_a with_o her_o first_o husband_n be_v fruitful_a with_o her_o second_o those_o of_o the_o woman_n be_v either_o internal_a or_o external_a the_o internal_a depend_v partly_o upon_o the_o seed_n and_o menstrual_a blood_n and_o partly_o upon_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n the_o seed_n of_o a_o woman_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o man_n must_v be_v of_o a_o laudable_a temper_n quantity_n and_o consistence_n and_o provide_v of_o spirit_n enough_o if_o the_o maternal_a blood_n which_o concur_v likewise_o to_o generation_n be_v too_o plentiful_a or_o too_o little_a no_o effect_n follow_v any_o more_o than_o if_o it_o be_v corrupt_v or_o want_v other_o requisite_a condition_n the_o womb_n which_o be_v like_o the_o soil_n to_o corn_n may_v be_v hurt_v either_o in_o its_o temper_n or_o its_o conformation_n or_o in_o the_o solution_n of_o continuity_n all_o which_o disorder_n hinder_v gravidation_n as_o for_o the_o habit_n of_o body_n we_o observe_v that_o fat_a woman_n be_v barren_a either_o because_o the_o matter_n of_o seed_n which_o be_v the_o pure_a portion_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v turn_v into_o fat_a or_o because_o the_o epiploon_n of_o fat_a woman_n press_v upon_o the_o orifice_n of_o the_o womb_n hinder_v the_o seed_n from_o enter_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o nor_o be_v woman_n too_o lean_a fit_n for_o child_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o dryness_n and_o the_o tenuity_n of_o their_o womb_n although_o they_o be_v far_o more_o fit_a than_o fat_a woman_n but_o this_o leanness_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o so_o great_a a_o extenuation_n that_o it_o leau_v the_o part_n dedicate_v to_o generation_n destitute_a of_o their_o vigour_n and_o due_a temperature_n neither_o be_v the_o very_a tall_a or_o very_o low_a much_o fit_a but_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o moderate_a corpulency_n and_o stature_n who_o breast_n be_v firm_a and_o their_o low_a part_n large_a than_o their_o upper_a now_o since_o conception_n be_v a_o action_n proper_a to_o the_o womb_n which_o quicken_v the_o geniture_n the_o woman_n ought_v rather_o to_o be_v say_v the_o cause_n thereof_o than_o the_o man_n and_o by_o the_o reason_n of_o contrary_n the_o defect_n thereof_o must_v likewise_o be_v charge_v upon_o she_o the_o second_o say_v that_o to_o blame_v woman_n for_o be_v more_o frequent_o barren_a than_o man_n be_v to_o deprive_v they_o of_o their_o chief_a glory_n which_o be_v fruitfulness_n for_o nature_n form_v they_o chief_o for_o propagation_n as_o the_o conformation_n of_o their_o body_n seem_v to_o prove_v in_o which_o the_o part_n serve_v to_o that_o purpose_n as_o the_o womb_n and_o breast_n have_v direct_a communication_n not_o only_o between_o themselves_o but_o also_o with_o the_o noble_a part_n of_o the_o body_n whence_o the_o civilian_n reckon_v not_o praegnation_n among_o disease_n notwithstanding_o all_o its_o inconvenience_n but_o with_o physician_n as_o a_o sign_n of_o health_n and_o good_a disposition_n whereof_o ulpian_n l._n 14._o ff_n de_fw-fr aedilit_fw-la edicto_fw-la give_v this_o reason_n because_o their_o great_a and_o peculiar_a office_n be_v to_o receive_v and_o preserve_v the_o fruit_n and_o therefore_o woman_n have_v be_v in_o nature_n first_o intention_n design_v for_o generation_n she_o must_v be_v also_o much_o more_o fit_a for_o it_o because_o nature_n never_o fail_v of_o her_o end_n than_o man_n who_o be_v bear_v for_o command_n labour_n contemplation_n and_o other_o more_o sublime_a employment_n be_v design_v for_o generation_n but_o in_o the_o more_o remote_a intention_n of_o nature_n for_o not_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o desire_n of_o coition_n which_o may_v renew_v the_o old_a quarrel_n that_o cost_v tiresias_n his_o eye_n woman_n seem_v far_o more_o desirous_a to_o be_v mother_n than_o man_n do_v to_o be_v father_n and_o nature_n give_v no_o desire_n in_o vain_a beside_o man_n be_v natural_o hot_a and_o dry_a a_o temper_n less_o proper_a for_o generation_n and_o he_o inorease_v the_o same_o by_o hunt_v warr_n exercise_n and_o other_o violent_a labour_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o business_n and_o study_n on_o the_o contrary_a woman_n live_v always_o at_o ease_n have_v a_o constitution_n both_o of_o body_n and_o mind_n more_o calm_a and_o consequent_o more_o fit_a for_o this_o action_n or_o rather_o passion_n as_o therefore_o it_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o suffer_v than_o than_o to_o act_v so_o woman_n must_v find_v less_o difficulty_n in_o generation_n and_o consequent_o have_v less_o impediment_n to_o propagate_v than_o men._n i_o say_v nothing_o of_o excess_n in_o diet_n wherein_o man_n be_v always_o more_o licentious_a yet_o it_o be_v the_o excess_n of_o wine_n that_o some_o allege_v as_o the_o chief_a cause_n why_o some_o northern_a country_n be_v at_o this_o day_n almost_o desert_a whereas_o ancient_o they_o be_v so_o populous_a that_o historian_n call_v the_o north_n the_o shop_n of_o man_n and_o the_o magazine_n of_o nation_n witness_v the_o frequent_a colony_n issue_v from_o thence_o and_o the_o great_a inundation_n they_o have_v upon_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o possible_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o hebrew_n law_n oblige_v a_o man_n to_o marry_v the_o relict_n of_o his_o issueless_a brother_n be_v because_o it_o suppose_v the_o defect_n to_o proceed_v from_o the_o husband_n and_o not_o from_o the_o wife_n otherwise_o why_o shall_v the_o sister_n of_o a_o wife_n decease_v with_o issue_n succeed_v in_o her_o stead_n too_o but_o this_o sex_n be_v reckon_v always_o fit_a for_o engender_v and_o indeed_o be_v ever_o ready_a for_o it_o as_o the_o other_o be_v not_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n as_o a_o late_a lady_n say_v why_o man_n make_v suit_n to_o woman_n rather_o than_o these_o to_o they_o perhaps_o also_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n barrenness_n under_o the_o old_a law_n be_v account_v by_o woman_n so_o great_a a_o reproach_n because_o be_v very_o rare_a it_o be_v a_o kind_a of_o a_o monstrous_a thing_n in_o their_o sex_n to_o be_v barren_a moreover_o we_o hear_v many_o woman_n complain_v to_o the_o judge_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o unfruitfulness_n but_o history_n afford_v scarce_o above_o three_o or_o four_o woman_n of_o who_o inability_n their_o husband_n complain_v and_o to_o speak_v truth_n as_o fertility_n be_v impute_v to_o the_o field_n and_o not_o to_o the_o grain_n so_o it_o must_v also_o be_v to_o the_o woman_n alone_o who_o be_v the_o field_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o the_o man._n the_o three_o say_v that_o beside_o the_o internal_a cause_n of_o fruitfulness_n and_o barrenness_n there_o be_v also_o external_n one_o which_o depend_v upon_o the_o air_n diet_n exercise_n passion_n and_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o other_o thing_n call_v not-natural_a the_o air_n by_o the_o continual_a alteration_n it_o cause_v in_o the_o body_n which_o attract_v the_o same_o by_o respiration_n and_o transpiration_n sometime_o occasion_v either_o fruitfulness_n or_o sterility_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o its_o substance_n temper_n and_o quality_n two_o whereof_o viz._n excessive_a heat_n and_o cold_a be_v great_a enemy_n to_o generation_n the_o one_o melt_a the_o other_o congeal_v the_o humour_n but_o the_o excess_n of_o heat_n lest_o hinder_v it_o especial_o in_o woman_n the_o coldness_n of_o who_o temper_n be_v correct_v by_o the_o warmth_n and_o increase_v by_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o air_n whence_o they_o be_v more_o amorous_a in_o summer_n than_o in_o winter_n whereas_o the_o great_a heat_n of_o man_n be_v weaken_v by_o that_o of_o summer_n and_o augment_v by_o the_o coldness_n of_o winter_n during_o which_o therefore_o they_o be_v more_o prone_a to_o love_n so_o diet_n too_o contribute_v much_o to_o render_v our_o body_n fruitful_a or_o barren_a not_o only_o alter_v but_o make_v they_o of_o the_o same_o temper_n with_o itself_o thus_o the_o water_n of_o nilus_n be_v so_o fertile_a that_o they_o make_v the_o egyptian_a woman_n bring_v forth_o three_o or_o four_o child_n at_o once_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o salt-nitre_a wherewith_o that_o river_n be_v impregnate_v and_o wherein_o chemist_n place_v the_o principle_n of_o fecundity_n because_o ash_n and_o earth_n deprive_v of_o their_o nitre_n produce_v nothing_o but_o cold_a water_n even_o such_o as_o have_v the_o virtue_n to_o petrifie_v render_v woman_n especial_o barren_a as_o most_o woman_n in_o spain_n be_v through_o their_o frequent_a use_n of_o ice_n and_o cold_a water_n though_o some_o lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o the_o rarity_n and_o tenuity_n of_o their_o body_n and_o the_o excess_n of_o heat_n which_o also_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o african_a and_o southern_a people_n be_v not_o so_o fruitful_a as_o those_o of_o the_o north._n diet_n hot_a and_o moist_a easy_a of_o digestion_n nutritive_a and_o full_a
former_a be_v complete_o form_v by_o the_o 30_o day_n the_o latter_a not_o before_o the_o 40th_o the_o former_a move_v in_o the_o three_o month_n the_o latter_a not_o till_o the_o four_o those_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o nine_o month_n these_o some_o day_n after_o and_o beside_o live_v not_o if_o bear_v in_o the_o seven_o month_n as_o male_n do_v who_o period_n be_v therefore_o reckon_v by_o septenaries_n and_o those_o of_o female_n by_o novenaries_n after_o birth_n we_o see_v the_o action_n of_o male_n be_v perform_v with_o more_o strength_n and_o vigour_n than_o those_o of_o female_n who_o be_v actual_o cold_a and_o suffer_v more_o inconvenience_n from_o cold_a they_o be_v never_o ambidexter_v because_o they_o have_v not_o heat_n enough_o to_o supply_v agility_n to_o both_o side_n and_o their_o right_a side_n be_v peculiar_o destinate_a to_o the_o generation_n of_o female_n because_o the_o spermatick_a vessel_n on_o that_o side_n derive_v blood_n from_o the_o hollow_a vein_n which_o be_v hot_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o proximity_n of_o that_o vein_n to_o the_o liver_n whereas_o the_o left_a spermatick_n draw_v from_o the_o emulgent_a which_o carry_v serose_n humour_n together_o with_o the_o blood_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o seed_n of_o that_o side_n be_v crude_a and_o cold_a and_o consequent_o fit_a for_o generate_a female_n than_o males_n hence_o hypocrates_n say_v that_o if_o as_o peasant_n tie_v a_o bull_n be_v leave_v testicle_n when_o they_o desire_v a_o bullcalf_n and_o the_o right_a when_o a_o cow-calf_n the_o same_o be_v practise_v by_o man_n the_o like_a effect_n will_v follow_v whereby_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o whatever_o make_v the_o seed_n more_o hot_a and_o vigorous_a both_o in_o male_n and_o female_a further_v the_o generation_n of_o male_n and_o contrary_o and_o consequent_o that_o the_o morning_n when_o it_o be_v best_o concoct_v be_v more_o proper_a than_o the_o evening_n for_o beget_v boy_n and_o the_o winter_n then_o the_o summer_n at_o least_o on_o the_o man_n part_n the_o second_o say_v that_o as_o to_o the_o production_n of_o male_n rather_o then_o female_n or_o on_o the_o contrary_a no_o certain_a cause_n have_v hitherto_o be_v assign_v thereof_o since_o we_o see_v that_o the_o same_o man_n in_o all_o likelihood_n without_o alteration_n of_o his_o temper_n have_v only_a girl_n by_o his_o first_o wife_n and_o only_a boy_n by_o the_o second_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a and_o some_o that_o can_v get_v no_o child_n at_o all_o in_o their_o youth_n have_v have_v only_a boy_n in_o their_o old_a age._n other_o have_v males_n first_o other_o female_n and_o other_o have_v they_o alternative_o whereof_o no_o other_o reason_n can_v be_v assign_v by_o chance_n or_o rather_o the_o divine_a pleasure_n alone_o in_o the_o impenetrable_a secret_n whereof_o to_o seek_v for_o a_o cause_n be_v high_a temerity_n if_o heat_n and_o strength_n cause_v the_o difference_n young_a marry_a people_n will_v not_o have_v girl_n first_o as_o it_o happen_v most_o often_o and_o decrepit_a old_a man_n shall_v never_o get_v boy_n as_o daily_a experience_n show_v they_o do_v moreover_o some_o man_n deprive_v of_o one_o of_o their_o testicle_n have_v nevertheless_o beget_v both_o son_n and_o daughter_n which_o can_v not_o be_v if_o the_o faculty_n of_o beget_v child_n of_o one_o determinate_a sex_n be_v affix_v to_o either_o of_o those_o part_n and_o as_o from_o a_o false_a principle_n nothing_o can_v be_v draw_v but_o false_a consequence_n so_o also_o be_v it_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o aristotle_n that_o woman_n be_v but_o a_o occasional_a creature_n for_o than_o nature_n shall_v produce_v far_o great_a abundance_n of_o male_n then_o of_o female_n or_o else_o she_o will_v err_v often_o than_o hit_v right_a which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o her_o wisdom_n and_o yet_o in_o all_o place_n more_o girl_n and_o woman_n be_v find_v then_o man_n as_o appear_v in_o that_o we_o every_o where_o see_v plenty_n of_o maid_n that_o want_v husband_n and_o in_o country_n wherein_o polygamy_n be_v lawful_a there_o be_v woman_n enough_o to_o supply_v ten_o or_o a_o dozen_o wife_n to_o each_o man._n and_o indeed_o nature_n design_n be_v main_o for_o preserve_v the_o species_n as_o that_o of_o every_o individual_a be_v to_o preserve_v itself_o and_o the_o bare_a degree_n of_o heat_n or_o cold_a in_o the_o seed_n be_v but_o a_o accident_n of_o a_o accident_n can_v effect_v a_o formal_a change_n in_o the_o substance_n only_o defective_a heat_n may_v occasion_v a_o effeminate_a man_n and_o abundant_a heat_n a_o virago_n beside_o this_o opinion_n destroy_v the_o common_a and_o true_a one_o viz._n that_o generation_n be_v one_o of_o those_o action_n which_o proceed_v from_o a_o just_a proportion_n and_o temperature_n of_o the_o humour_n whence_o excessive_a or_o feverish_a heat_n destroy_v the_o seed_n in_o stead_n of_o further_a generation_n and_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o all_o the_o other_o function_n wherefore_o it_o be_v best_a to_o say_v that_o the_o same_o difference_n which_o be_v observe_v between_o the_o seed_n of_o plant_n be_v also_o find_v in_o that_o of_o animal_n though_o not_o discernible_a therein_o but_o by_o the_o effect_n and_o as_o the_o exact_a pry_v can_v observe_v in_o the_o kernel_n of_o a_o almond_n or_o pine_n any_o difference_n of_o the_o trunk_n leave_n and_o fruit_n of_o those_o tree_n although_o these_o part_n be_v potential_o contain_v therein_o so_o also_o the_o seed_n of_o a_o animal_n contain_v in_o itself_o even_o the_o least_o difference_n of_o sex_n albeit_o imperceptible_o to_o the_o eye_n which_o the_o rabbin_n be_v unable_a otherwise_o to_o comprehend_v conceive_v that_o our_o first_o parent_n be_v create_v a_o hermaphrodite_n because_o both_o sex_n come_v from_o he_o his_o own_z and_o that_o of_o eve_n the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o sole_a ignorance_n of_o thing_n occasion_n the_o ascribe_v of_o they_o to_o chance_n which_o have_v no_o power_n over_o the_o wise_a because_o they_o understand_v the_o reason_n thereof_o as_o for_o universal_a cause_n as_o the_o divine_a be_v they_o concur_v indeed_o with_o particular_a one_o but_o as_o they_o be_v become_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o divine_n and_o of_o the_o vulgar_a so_o naturalist_n must_v not_o stop_v there_o since_o by_o the_o right_a use_n of_o external_a cause_n the_o internal_a may_v be_v correct_v by_o which_o correction_n not_o only_a seed_n former_o barren_a or_o which_o fall_v in_o a_o ingrateful_a soil_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o better_a temper_n and_o render_v prolific_a but_o such_o as_o be_v destinate_a to_o a_o female_a production_n through_o defect_n of_o heat_n be_v render_v more_o vigorous_a and_o fit_a to_o generate_v male_n now_o that_o young_a marry_a people_n hit_v not_o sometime_o upon_o this_o latter_a sex_n it_o be_v because_o of_o their_o frequent_a debauchery_n which_o cool_v the_o brain_n and_o consequent_o the_o whole_a habit_n of_o the_o body_n which_o happen_v not_o so_o frequent_o to_o man_n of_o more_o advance_v age_n who_o use_v all_o thing_n more_o moderate_o the_o four_o attribute_v the_o cause_n to_o the_o constellation_n and_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n which_o reign_v at_o the_o time_n of_o conception_n males_n be_v generate_v under_o masculine_a and_o female_n under_o feminine_a sign_n conference_n clxxxvi_o whether_o the_o french_a tongue_n be_v sufficient_a for_o learn_v all_o the_o science_n a_o language_n be_v a_o multitude_n or_o mass_n of_o noun_n and_o verb_n which_o be_v sign_n of_o thing_n and_o time_n destinate_a to_o the_o explication_n of_o our_o thought_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n the_o one_o perfect_a call_v mother-language_n the_o other_o imperfect_a the_o mother-language_n be_v the_o hebrew_n greek_a and_o latin_a the_o imperfect_a those_o which_o depend_v upon_o they_o now_o the_o french_a be_v of_o this_o latter_a sort_n we_o can_v learn_v the_o science_n by_o it_o alone_o because_o be_v particular_a and_o the_o science_n general_a the_o less_o be_v not_o capable_a to_o comprehend_v the_o great_a moreover_o our_o language_n be_v not_o certain_a in_o its_o phrase_n nor_o yet_o in_o its_o word_n not_o only_o age_n but_o also_o a_o few_o year_n change_v both_o whereas_o the_o science_n be_v certain_a and_o immutable_a it_o will_v follow_v that_o they_o can_v be_v teach_v by_o it_o beside_o there_o may_v be_v invention_n for_o which_o our_o language_n have_v no_o expression_n or_o at_o least_o not_o so_o good_a as_o other_o and_o to_o busy_v our_o mind_n in_o the_o search_n of_o word_n be_v more_o likely_a to_o retard_v the_o mind_n in_o the_o acquisition_n of_o science_n then_o to_o further_o it_o the_o truth_n be_v it_o be_v well_o if_o thing_n be_v general_o express_v by_o the_o most_o proper_a and_o significant_a word_n but_o they_o be_v not_o so_o in_o any_o language_n much_o less_o in_o the_o french_a
which_o displease_v the_o more_o judicious_a so_o that_o as_o there_o be_v one_o beauty_n absolute_o such_o and_o another_o respective_a and_o in_o comparison_n of_o those_o who_o judge_v different_o thereof_o according_a as_o they_o find_v it_o in_o themselves_o whence_o the_o african_n paint_v the_o devil_n white_a because_o themselves_o be_v black_a and_o the_o northern_a people_n paint_v he_o black_a because_o themselves_o be_v white_a so_o there_o be_v gesture_n and_o motion_n pure_o and_o simple_o become_v honest_a and_o agreeable_a other_o such_o only_a by_o opinion_n of_o the_o beholder_n as_o be_v the_o modes_n of_o salutation_n and_o last_o other_o absolute_o bad_a as_o frown_v wink_a bite_a the_o lip_n put_v out_o the_o tongue_n hold_v the_o head_n too_o upright_o or_o crooked_a beat_v of_o measure_n with_o the_o finger_n in_o short_a make_v any_o other_o disorderly_a gesture_n all_o which_o defect_n as_o they_o be_v opposite_a to_o perfection_n which_o consist_v in_o a_o right_a situation_n of_o all_o the_o part_n without_o affectation_n proceed_v from_o the_o fancy_n either_o sound_n or_o deprave_a which_o happen_v either_o natural_o or_o through_o imitation_n the_o first_o case_n have_v place_n in_o child_n who_o from_o their_o birth_n be_v incline_v to_o some_o motion_n and_o distortion_n of_o their_o muscle_n which_o be_v double_a if_o one_o become_v weak_a and_o its_o antagonist_n too_o short_a it_o draw_v the_o part_n whereto_o it_o give_v motion_n out_o of_o its_o natural_a seat_n as_o be_v see_v in_o those_o that_o squint_a the_o second_o be_v observe_v in_o child_n somewhat_o big_a who_o behold_v some_o gesture_n repeat_v render_v the_o same_o so_o familiar_a to_o themselves_o that_o at_o length_n it_o become_v natural_a to_o they_o hence_o the_o prohibition_n of_o mother_n give_v their_o child_n not_o to_o counterfeit_v the_o vice_n their_o companion_n body_n be_v not_o void_a even_o of_o natural_a reason_n because_o the_o fancy_n be_v strong_a in_o a_o weak_a mind_n and_o when_o the_o memory_n be_v unfurnished_v or_o other_o species_n whence_o the_o fancy_n of_o woman_n be_v more_o powerful_a than_o those_o of_o men._n the_o mind_n of_o child_n be_v weak_a and_o reside_v in_o soft_a pliant_a body_n more_o easy_o admit_v any_o idea_n once_o conceive_v and_o as_o a_o language_n be_v more_o easy_o learn_v by_o use_n then_o by_o precept_n so_o example_n be_v extreme_o prevalent_a and_o sweet_o insinuate_v into_o the_o fancy_n by_o the_o sense_n diffuse_v its_o influence_n over_o the_o whole_a body_n the_o three_o say_v that_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o harmony_n as_o the_o pleasure_n it_o take_v therein_o seem_v to_o intimate_v we_o need_v seek_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o the_o several_a motion_n and_o cadence_n of_o the_o body_n which_o it_o animate_v it_o be_v the_o soul_n which_o move_v all_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o body_n and_o carry_v to_o all_o the_o part_n such_o portion_n as_o she_o please_v of_o spirit_n proper_a to_o move_v they_o whereby_o like_o a_o player_n upon_o a_o lute_n or_o some_o other_o instrument_n she_o make_v what_o string_n sound_v she_o please_v stretch_v one_o and_o loosen_a another_o and_o as_o music_n be_v such_o as_o the_o quirrester_n please_v to_o make_v it_o delight_v the_o ear_n if_o it_o be_v proportionate_a thereunto_o and_o procure_v the_o musician_n the_o repute_n of_o skilfulness_n if_o not_o the_o contrary_a happen_v so_o the_o soul_n imprint_n upon_o the_o body_n one_o figure_n or_o another_o which_o make_v a_o good_a or_o bad_a grace_n insomuch_o that_o oftentimes_o gracefulness_n be_v more_o esteem_v than_o beauty_n unless_o it_o may_v be_v better_o say_v to_o be_v part_n thereof_o for_o want_v of_o which_o beautiful_a person_n resemble_v inanimate_a statue_n or_o picture_n but_o as_o true_a beauty_n be_v whole_o natural_a and_o a_o enemy_n to_o artifice_n so_o the_o soul_n owe_v to_o its_o original_n and_o first_o temper_n the_o good_a or_o posture_n which_o it_o give_v its_o body_n and_o there_o be_v as_o much_o difference_n between_o natural_a gracefulness_n and_o affect_a posture_n as_o between_o the_o life_n and_o the_o picture_n truth_n and_o appearance_n yea_o the_o sole_a suspicion_n of_o affectation_n offend_v we_o moreover_o a_o clown_n seldom_o become_v courtly_a and_o whatever_o pain_n be_v bestow_v in_o teach_v he_o good_a carriage_n yet_o still_o his_o defect_n appear_v through_o his_o constraint_n as_o on_o the_o contrary_a among_o shepherd_n most_o remote_a from_o the_o civility_n of_o the_o court_n we_o see_v gentileness_n and_o dexterity_n which_o manifest_a that_o good_a carriage_n or_o gesture_n be_v pure_o natural_a the_o four_o say_v that_o in_o the_o gesture_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o body_n two_o principle_n must_v be_v acknowledge_v one_o natural_a and_o the_o other_o accidental_a the_o former_a be_v found_v in_o the_o structure_n and_o composition_n of_o every_o one_o body_n the_o diversity_n whereof_o produce_v with_o that_o of_o the_o spirit_n humour_n and_o manner_n all_o the_o action_n and_o passion_n which_o depend_v thereon_o the_o true_a motive_n cause_v of_o our_o gesture_n and_o carriage_n hence_o he_o that_o suffer_v pain_n frown_n he_o that_o repent_v bite_v his_o lip_n or_o finger_n he_o that_o admire_v something_o and_o dare_v not_o express_v it_o shrug_v his_o shoulder_n he_o that_o muse_n deep_o turn_v his_o eye_n inward_a and_o bite_v the_o end_n of_o his_o pen_n or_o nail_n the_o accidental_a principle_n be_v imitation_n which_o next_o to_o nature_n be_v the_o most_o efficacious_a cause_n and_o act_n most_o in_o we_o man_n be_v bear_v for_o imitation_n more_o than_o any_o other_o creature_n as_o appear_v in_o that_o scarce_o five_o or_o six_o species_n of_o bird_n imitate_v our_o language_n the_o ape_n alone_o our_o gesture_n we_o on_o the_o contrary_a imitate_v not_o only_o the_o voice_n of_o all_o animal_n but_o also_o all_o their_o action_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o nature_n contribute_v to_o our_o gesture_n so_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v doubt_v that_o imitation_n have_v a_o power_n therein_o conference_n cxci_o which_o be_v most_o proper_a for_o study_n the_o evening_n or_o the_o morning_n if_o antiquity_n have_v not_o have_v error_n the_o cause_n of_o those_o who_o prefer_v the_o study_n of_o the_o evening_n before_o that_o of_o the_o morning_n will_v be_v very_o desperate_a but_o reason_n have_v more_o force_n here_o than_o the_o authority_n of_o pedagogue_n who_o hold_v aurora_n the_o friend_n of_o the_o muse_n only_o to_o the_o end_n that_o their_o scholar_n rise_v betimes_o in_o the_o morning_n themselves_o may_v have_v the_o more_o time_n leave_v after_o their_o exercise_n i_o conceive_v the_o evening_n much_o more_o fit_a for_o any_o employment_n of_o the_o mind_n than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o day_n the_o morning_n leave_v not_o only_o the_o first_o and_o more_o common_a way_n full_a of_o excrement_n but_o also_o all_o the_o ventricles_n of_o the_o brain_n wherein_o the_o spirit_n be_v elaborate_v and_o also_o the_o artery_n and_o interstice_n of_o the_o muscle_n full_a of_o vapour_n whence_o proceed_v the_o frequent_a oscitation_n contortion_n and_o extension_n of_o the_o member_n upon_o our_o awake_n to_o force_v out_o the_o vapour_n which_o incommode_v they_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o evening_n even_o after_o repast_n find_v those_o first_o way_n full_a of_o good_a aliment_n which_o send_v up_o benign_a and_o laudable_a vapour_n which_o allay_v and_o temper_v the_o acrimony_n of_o other_o more_o sharp_a and_o bite_a find_v by_o experience_n in_o man_n fast_v who_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v more_o prone_a to_o choler_n moreover_o study_v consist_v in_o meditation_n and_o this_o in_o reflection_n upon_o the_o species_n receive_v into_o the_o fancy_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o report_n of_o these_o introduce_v all_o the_o day_n long_o serve_v for_o a_o efficacious_a lesson_n to_o the_o mind_n when_o it_o come_v to_o make_v review_n of_o the_o thing_n offer_v to_o the_o intellect_n for_o it_o to_o draw_v consequence_n from_o the_o same_o and_o make_v a_o convenient_a choice_n but_o in_o the_o morning_n all_o the_o species_n of_o the_o precede_a day_n be_v either_o total_o efface_v or_o great_o decay_v moreover_o the_o melancholy_a humour_n which_o be_v most_o proper_a for_o study_n require_v constancy_n and_o assiduity_n which_o ordinary_o accompany_v this_o humour_n and_o it_o be_v predominant_a in_o the_o evening_n as_o blood_n be_v in_o the_o morning_n according_a as_o physician_n allot_v the_o four_o humour_n to_o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o natural_a day_n as_o therefore_o the_o sanguine_a be_v less_o proper_a for_o study_n than_o the_o melancholy_n so_o be_v the_o morning_n than_o the_o evening_n hence_o the_o good_a father_n ennius_n never_o versify_v so_o well_o as_o after_o he_o have_v drink_v which_o seldom_o happen_v in_o
think_v it_o be_v from_o some_o hideous_a phantasm_n irregular_o conceive_v in_o the_o brain_n as_o a_o mola_n or_o a_o monster_n be_v in_o the_o womb_n which_o phantasm_n arise_v from_o a_o black_a humour_n cause_n sadness_n and_o fear_n a_o passion_n easy_o communicable_a because_o conformable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n who_o consist_v of_o a_o material_a and_o heavy_a body_n have_v more_o affinity_n with_o the_o passion_n that_o deject_v he_o as_o fear_n do_v than_o with_o those_o which_o elevate_v he_o as_o hope_n and_o ambition_n do_v the_o moral_a cause_n of_o panic_n terror_n be_v ignorance_n which_o cloud_n and_o darken_v the_o light_n of_o the_o soul_n whence_o the_o most_o ignorant_a as_o child_n and_o woman_n be_v most_o subject_a to_o this_o fear_n and_o soldier_n who_o be_v the_o more_o ignorant_a sort_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o country_n and_o from_o the_o dregs_o of_o the_o people_n become_v easy_o surprise_v with_o it_o and_o by_o the_o proneness_n of_o man_n to_o imitation_n upon_o the_o least_o beginning_n it_o find_v a_o great_a accession_n and_o familiarity_n in_o humane_a nature_n the_o five_o say_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o terror_n may_v be_v a_o natural_a prescience_n our_o soul_n have_v of_o the_o evil_n which_o be_v to_o befall_v we_o which_o be_v more_o manifest_a in_o some_o than_o in_o other_o as_o appear_v in_o socrates_n who_o be_v advertise_v of_o whatever_o important_a thing_n be_v to_o befall_v he_o by_o his_o familiar_a spirit_n or_o good_a angel_n now_o if_o there_o be_v any_o time_n wherein_o those_o spirit_n have_v liberty_n to_o do_v this_o it_o be_v when_o we_o be_v near_o our_o end_n our_o soul_n be_v then_o half_o unloose_v from_o the_o body_n as_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v also_o at_o the_o commencement_n of_o a_o battle_n through_o the_o transport_v every_o one_o suffer_v when_o he_o see_v himself_o ready_a either_o to_o die_v or_o overcome_v conference_n cci_o of_o the_o water-drinker_n of_o germain_n fair._n this_o person_n be_v of_o a_o middle_a stature_n have_v a_o large_a breast_n as_o also_o a_o face_n especial_o his_o forehead_n very_o great_a eye_n and_o be_v say_v to_o be_v sixty_o year_n old_a though_o he_o appear_v to_o be_v but_o about_o forty_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o town_n of_o nota_fw-la in_o the_o island_n of_o maltha_n and_o be_v name_v blaise_n manfrede_z they_o that_o have_v observe_v he_o in_o private_a house_n and_o upon_o the_o theatre_n relate_v that_o he_o make_v his_o experiment_n not_o only_o every_o day_n but_o oftentimes_o twice_o in_o one_o afternoon_n moreover_o vomit_v so_o free_o as_o he_o do_v he_o be_v always_o hungry_a when_o he_o please_v his_o practice_n be_v very_o disagree_v from_o his_o publish_v ticket_n wherein_o he_o promise_v to_o drink_v a_o hundred_o quart_n of_o water_n but_o he_o never_o drink_v four_o without_o return_v it_o up_o again_o his_o manner_n be_v thus_o he_o cause_v a_o pail_n full_a of_o warm_a water_n and_o fifteen_o or_o twenty_o little_a glass_n with_o very_o large_a mouth_n to_o be_v bring_v to_o he_o then_o he_o drink_v two_o or_o three_o of_o these_o glass_n full_a of_o water_n have_v first_o wash_v his_o mouth_n to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o between_o his_o tooth_n afterward_o for_o about_o half_a a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n he_o talk_v in_o italian_a which_o time_n be_v pass_v he_o drink_v three_o or_o four_o and_o twenty_o more_o of_o the_o say_a glass_n and_o thereupon_o spout_v forth_o of_o his_o mouth_n with_o violence_n a_o red_a water_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v wine_n but_o have_v only_o the_o colour_n of_o it_o this_o water_n appear_v red_a as_o it_o come_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n and_o yet_o when_o it_o be_v spout_v into_o two_o of_o his_o glass_n it_o become_v of_o a_o deep_a red_a in_o one_o and_o of_o a_o pale_a red_a in_o the_o other_o and_o change_v the_o situation_n of_o his_o glass_n on_o the_o left_a side_n of_o his_o mouth_n to_o the_o right_n and_o of_o those_o on_o the_o right_n to_o the_o left_a these_o colour_n always_o appear_v different_a in_o the_o same_o glass_n namely_o the_o one_o of_o a_o deep_a red_a and_o the_o other_o yellow_a or_o citron-color_n some_o of_o the_o water_n be_v of_o the_o colour_n of_o pall_a wine_n and_o the_o more_o he_o vomit_v the_o clear_a and_o less_o colour_v the_o water_n be_v he_o have_v often_o promise_v to_o bring_v up_o oil_n and_o milk_n but_o i_o never_o see_v nor_o hear_v that_o he_o do_v it_o this_o do_v he_o set_v his_o glass_n to_o the_o number_n of_o fifteen_o or_o sixteen_o upon_o a_o form_n or_o bench_n to_o be_v see_v by_o every_o one_o after_o which_o he_o drink_v more_o water_n in_o other_o glass_n and_o bring_v it_o up_o again_o either_o clear_a water_n or_o orange_n flower_n water_n or_o rose-water_n and_o last_o aqua_fw-la vitæ_fw-la which_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o smell_n and_o by_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o aqua_fw-la vitæ_fw-la have_v be_v observe_v to_o keep_v this_o order_n always_o in_o the_o ejection_n of_o his_o liquor_n that_o red_a water_n come_v up_o first_o and_o aqua_fw-la vitæ_fw-la last_o he_o perform_v this_o trick_n with_o thirty_o or_o forty_o half_a glass_n of_o water_n which_o can_v amount_v to_o above_o four_o quart_n at_o most_o then_o have_v signify_v to_o the_o people_n that_o his_o stomach_n although_o no_o muscle_n which_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o voluntary_a motion_n obey_v he_o he_o cast_v the_o same_o water_n up_o into_o the_o air_n with_o its_o natural_a colour_n so_o impetuous_o that_o it_o imitate_v the_o cast_v of_o water_n in_o garden_n to_o the_o great_a admiration_n of_o the_o spectator_n who_o for_o six_o weâ—ks_n together_o be_v seldom_o few_o than_o three_o hundred_o daily_a for_o my_o part_n i_o find_v much_o to_o admire_v in_o this_o action_n for_o though_o man_n stomach_n be_v of_o different_a capacity_n and_o some_o one_o person_n can_v eat_v and_o drink_v as_o much_o as_o four_o other_o yet_o i_o see_v not_o possible_o where_o this_o fellow_n shall_v lodge_v so_o much_o water_n and_o again_o he_o seem_v rather_o to_o power_n water_n into_o a_o tun_n than_o to_o swallow_v it_o though_o the_o conformation_n of_o the_o gullet_n do_v not_o consist_v with_o such_o deglutition_n beside_o vomit_v be_v a_o violent_a action_n and_o yet_o most_o facile_a in_o this_o drinker_n and_o as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o this_o evacuation_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o thing_n put_v into_o the_o stomach_n be_v confound_v together_o therein_o so_o that_o concoction_n begin_v by_o mixtion_n and_o yet_o this_o fellow_n bring_v up_o whatever_o he_o please_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o several_a vessel_n so_o that_o he_o undertake_v to_o eat_v a_o salad_n of_o several_a sort_n of_o herb_n and_o flower_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o up_o all_o again_o in_o order_n moreover_o what_o can_v be_v more_o prodigious_a than_o this_o mutation_n of_o colour_n smell_v and_o substance_n and_o indeed_o they_o say_v he_o have_v sometime_o fear_v to_o be_v question_v for_o sorcery_n but_o the_o great_a wonder_n be_v that_o smartness_n and_o violence_n wherewith_o he_o spout_v out_o water_n from_o his_o stomach_n not_o lateral_o which_o be_v the_o ordinary_a manner_n of_o vomit_v but_o upward_o which_o be_v a_o motion_n contrary_a to_o heavy_a body_n as_o water_n be_v some_o speculative_a person_n that_o have_v read_v in_o saint_n augustin_n that_o a_o man_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o horse_n by_o the_o power_n of_o imagination_n may_v refer_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o these_o wonder_n to_o that_o faculty_n which_o daily_o produce_v new_a shape_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o child_n in_o their_o mother_n womb_n may_v with_o less_o strangeness_n produce_v in_o this_o man_n the_o abovementioned_a alteration_n of_o one_o colour_n into_o another_o and_o as_o for_o his_o facility_n of_o bring_v up_o whatever_o he_o have_v swallow_v i_o can_v find_v no_o better_a reason_n for_o it_o than_o custom_n which_o in_o he_o be_v turn_v into_o nature_n the_o second_o say_v that_o ignorance_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o admiration_n we_o begin_v less_o to_o admire_v as_o we_o proceed_v to_o more_o knowledge_n now_o if_o this_o maltese_n be_v a_o magician_n he_o will_v do_v more_o marvellous_a thing_n and_o of_o more_o than_o one_o sort_n whereas_o all_o his_o power_n be_v confine_v only_o to_o the_o vomit_v up_o of_o liquor_n which_o he_o drink_v before_o and_o the_o faculty_n of_o his_o stomach_n be_v determine_v to_o this_o single_a kind_n of_o action_n the_o same_o must_v be_v natural_a because_o that_o be_v the_o definition_n of_o natural_a power_n moreover_o no_o action_n ought_v to_o be_v accuse_v of_o magic_n till_o good_a reason_n have_v evince_v it_o to_o surpass_v all_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n
rhinoceros_n but_o these_o authority_n be_v not_o considerable_a in_o respect_n of_o that_o of_o the_o h._n scripture_n wherein_o it_o be_v say_v deut._n 28._o his_o horn_n shall_v be_v like_o that_o of_o the_o unicorn_n and_o psal_n 22._o deliver_v i_o o_o god_n from_o the_o lion_n mouth_n thou_o have_v hear_v i_o also_o from_o among_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o vnicorn_n and_o psal_n 29._o he_o make_v lebanon_n and_o sirion_n to_o skip_v like_o a_o young_a unicorn_n and_o psal_n 92._o my_o horn_n shall_v thou_o exalt_v like_o the_o horn_n of_o a_o unicorn_n and_o isaiah_n 34._o the_o vnicorn_n shall_v come_v down_o with_o they_o and_o the_o bullock_n with_o the_o bull_n job_n also_o speak_v of_o it_o chap._n 39_o add_v to_o these_o authority_n the_o experience_n and_o example_n of_o so_o many_o king_n and_o state_n who_o will_v not_o think_v their_o treasure_n well_o furnish_v unless_o they_o have_v a_o unicorn_n horn_n for_o the_o matter_n that_o make_v tooth_n be_v transfer_v to_o the_o generation_n of_o horn_n and_o so_o further_o sublime_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o horn_n have_v a_o alexiterical_a virtue_n by_o which_o they_o resist_v fever_n cure_v flux_n of_o the_o belly_n kill_v worm_n and_o serve_v for_o many_o other_o remedy_n to_o man_n but_o when_o this_o already_o great_a virtue_n come_v to_o be_v unite_v into_o one_o single_a channel_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o unicorn_n the_o same_o be_v mighty_o augment_v and_o it_o be_v too_o much_o detraction_n from_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n to_o deny_v such_o virtue_n to_o be_v find_v in_o inanimate_a body_n as_o in_o the_o serpentine_a tongue_n find_v in_o the_o cave_n of_o malta_n seal_v earth_n and_o mineral_n such_o as_o those_o they_o call_v for_o that_o reason_n vnicornu_a minerale_fw-mi not_o because_o take_v from_o unicorn_n bury_a under_o ground_n ever_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o deluge_n but_o because_o of_o their_o resemblance_n in_o virtue_n property_n and_o outward_a figure_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v so_o much_o of_o this_o mineral_n unicorn_n horn_n and_o mineral_n ivory_n find_v that_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a it_o ever_o belong_v to_o any_o animal_n nor_o be_v this_o truth_n prejudice_v by_o the_o trick_n of_o impostor_n who_o make_v counterfeit_a unicorn_n horn_n of_o ivory_n or_o other_o horn_n or_o the_o bone_n of_o elephant_n and_o other_o animal_n keep_v for_o some_o time_n under_o ground_n whereby_o they_o acquire_v more_o solidity_n and_o some_o transparency_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o salt_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o insinuate_v thereinto_o as_o it_o do_v to_o porcelain_n which_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v bury_v a_o whole_a age_n nor_o by_o the_o ebullition_n that_o some_o other_o natural_a and_o artificial_a body_n cause_n or_o by_o the_o sweat_a of_o some_o stone_n upon_o the_o approach_n of_o poison_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o poison_n inspissate_v the_o air_n which_o thereupon_o stick_v to_o the_o next_o solid_a body_n nor_o be_v the_o colour_n material_a since_o process_n of_o time_n may_v alter_v it_o beside_o that_o the_o ancient_n attribute_v blackness_n only_o to_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o indian_a ass_n and_o the_o rhinoceros_n and_o as_o for_o the_o smell_v find_v in_o the_o unicorn_n horn_n in_o suizzerland_n it_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o the_o same_o be_v either_o adulterate_a or_o a_o mineral_n one_o the_o texture_n of_o the_o horn_n be_v too_o close_o to_o evaporate_v any_o thing_n and_o those_o that_o have_v distil_v they_o by_o fire_n find_v that_o they_o abound_v with_o a_o inodorous_a salt_n and_o a_o stink_a sulphur_n in_o short_a it_o be_v not_o credible_a clement_n vii_o paul_n iii_o and_o divers_a other_o will_v have_v take_v this_o animal_n for_o their_o arm_n if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o nor_o do_v pope_n so_o much_o want_v understand_v man_n that_o julius_n iii_o will_v have_v buy_v a_o fragment_n of_o it_o for_o 12000._o crown_n whereof_o his_o physician_n make_v use_v successful_o in_o the_o cure_n of_o disease_n that_o have_v any_o thing_n of_o venenosity_n marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la brassavola_n matthiolus_n aloisius_n mundela_n and_o many_o other_o physician_n recommend_v it_o in_o such_o disease_n especial_o in_o the_o pestilence_n the_o bite_a of_o a_o mad_a dog_n worm_n falling-sickness_n and_o other_o such_o hideous_a malady_n to_o conclude_v i_o conceive_v that_o effect_n which_o depend_v upon_o occult_a property_n as_o this_o do_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v rash_o condemn_v be_v mindful_a that_o our_o knowledge_n be_v limit_v and_o therefore_o the_o authority_n reason_n and_o experience_n which_o establish_v the_o unicorn_n horn_n and_o its_o wonderful_a effect_n be_v to_o be_v yield_v to_o only_o with_o exception_n to_o imposture_n conference_n cciu_o of_o satyr_n novelty_n and_o extraordinary_a thing_n have_v such_o power_n upon_o our_o mind_n that_o they_o not_o only_o render_v we_o attentive_a when_o they_o be_v present_a but_o remain_v long_o imprint_v in_o the_o memory_n as_o those_o that_o teach_v the_o art_n of_o memory_n true_o observe_v this_o oblige_v many_o poet_n and_o historian_n to_o speak_v of_o hydra_n chimaera_n basilisk_n satyr_n centaur_n and_o other_o such_o fiction_n for_o those_o that_o have_v most_o exact_o examine_v the_o power_n of_o nature_n find_v the_o mixture_n of_o these_o species_n impossible_a not_o only_o on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o be_v to_o receive_v the_o soul_n to_o which_o it_o be_v determine_v by_o a_o certain_a proportion_n but_o also_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o form_n which_o be_v indivisible_a especial_o the_o rational_a soul_n to_o which_o purpose_n the_o poet_n lucretius_n speak_v very_o learned_o and_o maintain_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o centaur_n and_o the_o reason_n he_o allege_v hold_v as_o well_o against_o the_o possibility_n of_o satyr_n because_o say_v he_o if_o this_o mixture_n of_o the_o humane_a and_o equine_a nature_n have_v place_n horse_n be_v in_o their_o full_a strength_n at_o three_o year_n old_a at_o which_o time_n child_n scarce_o leave_v suck_v the_o breast_n of_o their_o nurse_n how_o be_v it_o possible_a this_o monstrous_a animal_n shall_v be_v in_o its_o tender_a age_n and_o full_a growth_n both_o together_o and_o again_o a_o horse_n grow_v when_o the_o man_n enter_v into_o the_o prime_n of_o his_o youth_n how_o can_v the_o one_o die_v when_o the_o other_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o its_o great_a vigour_n now_o goat_n live_v less_o time_n than_o horse_n and_o so_o there_o be_v less_o probability_n for_o a_o animal_n compound_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o goat_n and_o a_o man._n hence_o pliny_n in_o the_o seven_o book_n of_o his_o natural_a history_n say_v that_o a_o hippocentaur_n be_v breed_v in_o thessaly_n it_o die_v the_o same_o day_n and_o be_v afterward_o preserve_v in_o honey_n which_o be_v a_o excellent_a bawm_n virgil_n place_n they_o at_o the_o entrance_n of_o hell_n because_o thing_n against_o nature_n can_v subsist_v and_o s._n hierom_n in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n paul_n the_o hermit_n relate_v how_o a_o centaur_n appear_v to_o s._n anthony_n doubt_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o true_a centaur_n or_o the_o devil_n under_o that_o shape_n and_o indeed_o seem_v to_o infer_v it_o a_o evil_a spirit_n because_o it_o be_v drive_v away_o by_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n so_o that_o satyr_n be_v to_o be_v attribute_v only_o to_o the_o liberty_n poet_n have_v ever_o take_v as_o well_o as_o painter_n of_o dare_v and_o attempt_v every_o thing_n without_o observe_v the_o rule_n horace_n prescribe_v they_o not_o to_o conjoin_v nature_n total_o disagree_v and_o opposite_a for_o by_o these_o mixture_n they_o intend_v only_o to_o represent_v very_o nimble_a lascivious_a rustic_a and_o perhaps_o abusive_a man_n whence_o come_v their_o satiric_a poem_n the_o second_o say_v that_o it_o be_v as_o dangerous_a to_o conclude_v all_o impossible_a that_o we_o have_v not_o see_v as_o to_o be_v credulous_a to_o every_o thing_n but_o when_o reason_n and_o the_o authority_n experience_n carry_v with_o it_o be_v of_o a_o side_n our_o incredulity_n have_v no_o excuse_n now_o the_o case_n of_o satyr_n be_v such_o for_o they_o may_v be_v as_o well_o produce_v by_o the_o mixture_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o two_o species_n as_o mule_n be_v beside_o be_v not_o the_o imagination_n of_o mother_n capable_a of_o imprint_v this_o as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o change_n of_o figure_n in_o a_o child_n body_n whereof_o we_o have_v daily_a example_n yet_o the_o wild_a suckling_n and_o course_n of_o life_n some_o child_n may_v have_v have_v among_o goat_n as_o romulus_n and_o remus_n have_v from_o a_o wolf_n may_v in_o process_n of_o time_n have_v beget_v some_o resemblance_n of_o shape_n in_o they_o as_o for_o lucretius_n reason_n we_o see_v that_o plant_n be_v ingraft_v into_o other_o not_o only_o of_o the_o same_o
a_o platonical_a commonwealth_n and_o that_o discourage_v man_n very_o much_o when_o they_o find_v the_o course_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v contrary_a to_o what_o they_o have_v take_v so_o much_o pain_n to_o read_v whereas_o the_o young_a man_n will_v be_v the_o less_o startle_v to_o find_v himself_o hiss_v by_o his_o auditor_n when_o he_o speak_v well_o and_o slight_v by_o fortune_n when_o he_o do_v well_o while_o the_o ignorant_a and_o the_o wicked_a be_v her_o great_a favourite_n after_o he_o have_v read_v in_o history_n of_o many_o person_n of_o worth_n so_o treat_v than_o he_o will_v be_v if_o he_o thrust_v himself_o into_o affair_n have_v never_o see_v any_o thing_n but_o example_n of_o vice_n punish_v and_o virtue_n reward_v conference_n ccxx_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o go_v to_o bed_v late_o and_o rise_v betimes_o in_o the_o morning_n or_o do_v the_o contrary_n though_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o recession_n from_o the_o common_a opinion_n to_o prefer_v go_v to_o bed_n and_o rise_v late_o before_o the_o opposite_a yet_o be_v it_o to_o be_v note_v by_o the_o way_n that_o most_o person_n of_o great_a affair_n and_o the_o more_o judicious_a sort_n observe_v that_o course_n of_o life_n be_v of_o that_o judgement_n since_o that_o to_o approve_v a_o thing_n be_v to_o do_v it_o now_o we_o see_v that_o all_o the_o great_a lord_n and_o lady_n about_o the_o court_n the_o most_o refine_a spirit_n and_o such_o be_v best_a able_a to_o judge_v of_o all_o thing_n nay_o most_o man_n who_o have_v any_o thing_n more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a burden_n of_o affair_n for_o the_o most_o part_n go_v to_o bed_v late_o and_o rise_v late_a whereof_o several_a reason_n may_v be_v assign_v the_o first_o and_o most_o ordinary_a methinks_v be_v the_o affair_n themselves_o which_o insensible_o steal_v away_o the_o time_n from_o we_o and_o that_o the_o more_o unperceivable_o the_o more_o delightful_a that_o business_n be_v about_o which_o we_o be_v employ_v the_o time_n slide_v away_o fast_a from_o he_o who_o take_v a_o pleasure_n in_o the_o do_n of_o a_o thing_n than_o it_o do_v from_o another_o who_o be_v in_o some_o trouble_n of_o mind_n or_o body_n whence_o it_o come_v that_o a_o tedious_a tale_n and_o a_o bad_a book_n be_v ever_o think_v too_o long_o they_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v think_v the_o happy_a who_o if_o they_o have_v their_o own_o will_n will_v go_v to_o bed_v late_a not_o only_o for_o that_o reason_n which_o make_v a_o certain_a king_n of_o this_o part_n of_o the_o world_n say_v that_o he_o will_v be_v king_n as_o long_o as_o he_o can_v inasmuch_o as_o when_o he_o sleep_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o he_o &_o the_o mean_a of_o his_o subject_n but_o also_o for_o this_o that_o night_n surprise_v they_o before_o they_o have_v do_v all_o their_o business_n the_o supper_n or_o collation_n must_v be_v the_o late_a and_o consequent_o the_o go_n to_o bed_n the_o second_o reason_n be_v deduce_v hence_o that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o correspondence_n between_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o of_o the_o body_n it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a that_o he_o who_o will_v take_v a_o good_a sleep_n shall_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o any_o disturbance_n of_o mind_n &_o that_o indisturbancy_n be_v procure_v only_o by_o that_o order_n which_o every_o one_o have_v take_v in_o his_o affair_n it_o be_v to_o be_v imagine_v that_o the_o late_a a_o man_n go_v to_o bed_n the_o more_o business_n he_o have_v dispatch_v and_o consequent_o there_o remain_v the_o less_o to_o be_v do_v upon_o this_o score_n be_v it_o that_o merchant_n supper_n be_v account_v the_o most_o quiet_a for_o have_v spend_v the_o whole_a day_n in_o trudge_v up_o and_o down_o about_o their_o trade_n they_o then_o enjoy_v themselves_o with_o great_a serenity_n in_o the_o three_o place_n a_o man_n shall_v not_o go_v to_o bed_n till_o digestion_n be_v pretty_a well_o advance_v from_o the_o want_n or_o slowness_n whereof_o hideous_a dream_n crudity_n ventosity_n nay_o sometime_o apoplexy_n do_v proceed_v now_o this_o digestion_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o advance_v the_o late_a a_o man_n go_v to_o bed_n which_o difference_n will_v be_v best_a observe_v by_o those_o who_o go_v just_a from_o the_o table_n to_o their_o bed_n and_o lie_v down_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o meat_n be_v out_o of_o their_o mouth_n four_o that_o custom_n be_v ever_o the_o best_a from_o which_o it_o be_v in_o a_o man_n power_n most_o easy_o to_o wean_v himself_o and_o in_o the_o change_n whereof_o he_o will_v be_v subject_a to_o least_o inconvenience_n now_o he_o who_o have_v contract_v a_o habit_n of_o go_v to_o bed_n late_o will_v find_v it_o a_o less_o inconvenience_n to_o go_v to_o bed_n betimes_o that_o so_o he_o may_v rise_v betimes_o or_o upon_o some_o other_o motive_n than_o he_o shall_v who_o have_v accustom_v himself_o to_o go_v to_o bed_n betimes_o for_o he_o will_v be_v sleepy_a and_o unfit_a for_o the_o do_v of_o any_o thing_n as_o soon_o as_o his_o bedtime_n be_v come_v five_o hypocrates_n will_v not_o have_v a_o man_n enslave_v himself_o to_o a_o over-strict_a course_n of_o life_n ground_v his_o advice_n on_o this_o that_o such_o regular_a person_n find_v it_o the_o great_a difficulty_n to_o support_v the_o miscarriage_n which_o oftentimes_o can_v be_v avoid_v in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o life_n as_o those_o who_o walk_v upon_o rope_n be_v more_o apt_a to_o fall_v at_o least_o find_v it_o a_o hard_a matter_n to_o keep_v on_o than_o those_o who_o walk_v on_o the_o plain_a ground_n now_o those_o who_o go_v to_o bed_v betimes_o be_v common_o more_o regular_a in_o the_o hour_n of_o supper_n and_o all_o the_o other_o action_n of_o the_o day_n upon_o the_o exact_a observance_n whereof_o that_o of_o their_o bedtime_n do_v depend_v now_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o any_o one_o who_o shall_v consider_v the_o difference_n of_o profession_n that_o there_o be_v but_o few_o that_o leave_v a_o man_n at_o liberty_n to_o observe_v so_o exact_a a_o rule_n as_o this_o be_v so_o that_o be_v sometime_o necessitate_v to_o make_v a_o breach_n of_o it_o the_o consequence_n will_v be_v that_o those_o who_o have_v the_o more_o strict_o engage_v themselves_o to_o the_o observance_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o go_v to_o bed_n betimes_o must_v needs_o receive_v a_o far_o great_a inconvenience_n from_o the_o neglect_n of_o it_o than_o they_o ordinary_o do_v who_o go_v to_o bed_v late_o six_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o oblige_v phlegmatic_a person_n and_o such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o catarrh_n to_o content_v themselves_o with_o little_a sleep_n which_o be_v this_o that_o their_o humidity_n join_v with_o that_o of_o sleep_v itself_o augment_v their_o distemper_n beside_o that_o sleep_v which_o moisten_v and_o cool_v be_v not_o so_o well_o procure_v in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o day_n which_o be_v most_o cold_a and_o moist_a that_o be_v from_o nine_o at_o night_n till_o three_o in_o the_o morning_n but_o rather_o towards_o the_o morning_n at_o which_o time_n the_o blood_n begin_v to_o be_v predominant_a inasmuch_o as_o in_o so_o do_v he_o abate_v somewhat_o of_o its_o heat_n and_o be_v to_o dilate_v itself_o till_o ten_o in_o the_o morning_n at_o which_o time_n choler_n begin_v to_o be_v predominant_a moderate_v its_o acrimony_n as_o all_o those_o will_v acknowledge_v which_o sex_n soever_o they_o be_v of_o who_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o megrim_n who_o find_v very_o great_a ease_n by_o that_o morning_n sleep_n which_o according_o be_v find_v to_o be_v the_o most_o delightful_a and_o have_v this_o further_a advantage_n attribute_v to_o it_o that_o the_o dream_n thereof_o be_v prophetical_a and_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o a_o short_a time_n whereas_o the_o other_o be_v account_v superfluous_a by_o those_o who_o have_v be_v professor_n in_o that_o art_n moreover_o those_o who_o rise_v too_o early_o in_o morning_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o headache_n in_o the_o afternoon_n and_o more_o easy_o transport_v with_o anger_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o day_n to_o effect_v which_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o temperament_n do_v very_o much_o conduce_v for_o as_o sleep_v in_o the_o day_n time_n be_v bear_v with_o in_o old_a man_n and_o child_n and_o that_o in_o both_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o weakness_n and_o for_o the_o recruit_v of_o their_o spirit_n and_o particular_o in_o old_a man_n to_o take_v off_o somewhat_o of_o the_o acrimony_n of_o that_o serous_a phlegm_n which_o be_v predominant_a in_o they_o so_o the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n be_v subject_n to_o choler_n whence_o haply_o proceed_v the_o error_n of_o some_o physician_n who_o talk_v of_o nothing_o but_o refrigeration_n in_o all_o disease_n and_o the_o coolness_n and_o moisture_n of_o
valour_n be_v deduce_v from_o the_o father_n side_n upon_o which_o principle_n be_v ground_v the_o account_n we_o make_v of_o nobility_n which_o come_v seldom_o but_o from_o the_o father_n side_n whereas_o the_o want_n of_o nobility_n on_o the_o mother_n side_n do_v not_o make_v the_o child_n less_o a_o gentleman_n nay_o some_o have_v make_v it_o a_o question_n whether_o the_o mother_n do_v contribute_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o formation_n of_o the_o foetus_fw-la or_o only_o find_v it_o nourishment_n but_o those_o who_o have_v treat_v more_o nice_o of_o this_o matter_n unanimous_o agree_v that_o the_o woman_n seed_n be_v much_o weak_a and_o more_o watery_a than_o that_o of_o the_o man_n serve_v only_o to_o qualify_v it_o as_o water_n do_v wine_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o the_o water_n be_v convert_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o wine_n and_o be_v call_v wine_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v mix_v with_o it_o as_o to_o those_o child_n who_o chance_v to_o be_v more_o like_o their_o mother_n than_o their_o father_n it_o be_v to_o be_v conceive_v one_o of_o nature_n vagary_n who_o delight_v in_o variety_n can_v produce_v many_o child_n but_o there_o must_v consequent_o be_v a_o great_a diversity_n of_o lineament_n in_o their_o face_n and_o figure_n in_o their_o member_n among_o which_o the_o idea_n of_o a_o woman_n imprint_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o the_o father_n may_v be_v communicate_v to_o his_o seed_n which_o consequent_o express_v that_o figure_n the_o second_o say_v that_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o resemblance_n to_o wit_n that_o of_o the_o species_n that_o of_o the_o sex_n and_o that_o of_o the_o effigy_n as_o to_o the_o body_n and_o that_o of_o manner_n as_o to_o the_o soul_n or_o the_o resemblance_n of_o the_o species_n be_v when_o a_o man_n beget_v a_o man_n a_o woman_n proceed_v from_o the_o material_a principle_n of_o generation_n which_o the_o mother_n contribute_v more_o plentiful_o than_o the_o father_n the_o proof_n whereof_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o copulation_n of_o animal_n of_o different_a species_n for_o if_o a_o hee-goat_n couple_n with_o a_o sheep_n he_o shall_v beget_v a_o sheep_n which_o shall_v have_v nothing_o of_o the_o goat_n in_o it_o save_v that_o the_o fleece_n will_v be_v a_o little_o rough_a than_o it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v and_o if_o a_o ram_n couple_n with_o a_o she-goat_n the_o production_n will_v be_v a_o goat_n who_o hair_n will_v be_v somewhat_o soft_a than_o otherwise_o but_o as_o to_o what_o be_v relate_v of_o aristo_n have_v have_v a_o daughter_n by_o a_o ass_n who_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v call_v onoscele_n of_o stellius_n have_v another_o by_o a_o mare_n who_o be_v thence_o call_v hippona_n and_o of_o a_o sheep_n which_o bring_v forth_o a_o lion_n in_o the_o pasture_n of_o nicippus_n to_o who_o it_o presage_v tyranny_n of_o alcippa_n who_o be_v deliver_v of_o a_o elephant_n have_v be_v impregnate_v by_o a_o elephant_n be_v to_o be_v look_v on_o as_o monstrous_a and_o possible_o fabulous_a production_n the_o resemblance_n of_o the_o sex_n depend_v on_o the_o temperature_n and_o predominancy_n of_o the_o seed_n for_o if_o the_o seed_n of_o both_o male_a and_o female_a be_v very_o hot_a males_n will_v be_v engender_v if_o cold_a female_n and_o both_o of_o they_o will_v be_v either_o vigorous_a or_o weak_a according_a to_o the_o predominancy_n of_o heat_n or_o cold_a whence_o it_o follow_v that_o this_o resemblance_n do_v not_o proceed_v more_o from_o the_o one_o than_o the_o other_o of_o those_o who_o be_v join_v together_o but_o the_o resemblance_n of_o effigy_n and_o the_o other_o accident_n of_o the_o body_n and_o of_o the_o manner_n be_v more_o hard_a to_o resolve_v there_o be_v a_o secret_a virtue_n in_o both_o the_o seed_n which_o as_o aristotle_n affirm_v be_v continue_v in_o it_o to_o the_o four_o generation_n as_o may_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o story_n of_o helida_n who_o have_v lie_v with_o a_o negro_n bring_v forth_o a_o white_a child_n but_o her_o grandchild_n by_o that_o be_v black_a plutarch_n affirm_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o have_v happen_v in_o the_o four_o generation_n of_o a_o negro_n and_o yet_o this_o resemblance_n proceed_v rather_o from_o the_o mother_n side_n than_o the_o father_n for_o if_o the_o cause_n which_o communicate_v most_o to_o their_o effect_n imprint_v most_o of_o their_o nature_n into_o they_o by_o that_o great_a communication_n those_o effect_n according_o retain_v so_o much_o the_o more_o of_o their_o cause_n now_o the_o mother_n communicate_v more_o to_o the_o child_n then_o the_o father_n do_v for_o she_o supply_v he_o with_o seed_n those_o who_o have_v maintain_v the_o contrary_a be_v person_n not_o much_o skilled_a in_o anatomy_n and_o after_o she_o have_v contribute_v as_o much_o as_o the_o father_n to_o that_o generation_n she_o alone_o nourish_v the_o foetus_fw-la with_o her_o menstrual_a blood_n which_o then_o begin_v not_o to_o follow_v any_o long_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n whereby_o it_o be_v regulate_v before_o beside_o come_v thus_o to_o furnish_v the_o say_v foetus_fw-la with_o nourishment_n for_o the_o space_n of_o nine_o month_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n she_o shall_v absolute_o tranform_v it_o into_o her_o own_o nature_n which_o be_v thence_o account_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o respect_n of_o both_o mother_n and_o child_n now_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n like_a or_o can_v retain_v more_o of_o it_o then_o the_o thing_n itself_o which_o can_v be_v say_v of_o the_o father_n who_o be_v not_o only_o different_a from_o the_o embryo_n who_o he_o have_v beget_v but_o also_o have_v not_o any_o thing_n common_a with_o it_o after_o that_o first_o action_n so_o that_o there_o be_v many_o child_n posthumi_fw-la and_o bear_v long_o after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o father_n which_o thing_n never_o happen_v after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o mother_n nay_o it_o be_v seldom_o see_v that_o a_o child_n take_v out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o mother_n ready_a to_o die_v ever_o thrive_v much_o afterward_o though_o we_o shall_v not_o stick_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o what_o be_v relate_v of_o the_o first_o person_n of_o the_o race_n of_o the_o caesar_n from_o who_o that_o section_n be_v call_v the_o caesarean_a may_v possible_o happen_v according_a to_o the_o relation_n yet_o be_v it_o do_v with_o this_o restriction_n that_o most_o of_o the_o other_o story_n tell_v of_o it_o be_v fabulous_a but_o if_o the_o mother_n come_v afterward_o to_o suckle_v her_o child_n as_o nature_n and_o the_o example_n of_o all_o other_o animal_n teach_v she_o which_o be_v haply_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o being_n more_o vigorous_a and_o of_o a_o continuance_n of_o life_n more_o regular_a than_o that_o of_o the_o man_n that_o second_o nourishment_n add_v to_o the_o former_a be_v draw_v from_o her_o milk_n which_o derive_v the_o quality_n of_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n from_o which_o it_o be_v extract_v make_v he_o absolute_o conformable_a to_o the_o mother_n for_o if_o nourishment_n may_v as_o we_o find_v it_o to_o be_v true_a change_v the_o temperament_n of_o person_n well_o advance_v in_o year_n with_o much_o more_o reason_n may_v it_o work_v a_o remarkable_a alteration_n in_o the_o body_n and_o mind_n of_o a_o child_n new_o come_v into_o the_o world_n who_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o smooth_a table_n susceptible_a of_o any_o impression_n whence_o it_o be_v to_o be_v conclude_v that_o they_o proceed_v very_o rational_o who_o be_v so_o careful_a of_o the_o welfare_n of_o their_o little_a one_o when_o the_o mother_n either_o by_o reason_n of_o sickness_n of_o upon_o some_o other_o account_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bring_v they_o up_o as_o to_o be_v very_o inquisitive_a about_o the_o nurse_n they_o put_v they_o to_o and_o the_o quality_n of_o their_o milk_n nay_o what_o be_v more_o be_v not_o the_o change_v cause_v by_o nurse_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o infant_n as_o considerable_a as_o that_o which_o happen_v to_o the_o two_o seed_n of_o male_a and_o female_a mix_v at_o the_o generation_n which_o recover_v their_o increase_n by_o the_o irroration_n of_o the_o maternal_a blood_n which_o flow_v thereto_o and_o if_o it_o be_v impure_a do_v communicate_v its_o impurity_n to_o it_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a be_v pure_a it_o be_v many_o time_n able_a to_o purify_v the_o corrupt_a seed_n of_o the_o male_n whence_o physician_n have_v observe_v that_o sound_a child_n have_v descend_v from_o father_n subject_n to_o the_o leprosy_n and_o such_o disease_n add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o safety_n on_o the_o mother_n side_n be_v great_a than_o on_o the_o father_n moreover_o they_o be_v the_o mother_n from_o who_o proceed_v the_o imagination_n which_o act_v upon_o their_o embryo_n all_o the_o time_n they_o be_v with_o child_n and_o thence_o it_o come_v that_o
true_a it_o be_v absurd_a to_o look_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o in_o nature_n who_o force_n be_v not_o able_a to_o attain_v a_o effect_n so_o transcendent_a and_o so_o much_o above_o her_o reach_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v a_o supernatural_a gift_n which_o god_n bestow_v on_o certain_a person_n out_o of_o a_o pure_a gratuitous_a favour_n and_o more_o for_o the_o ease_n and_o comfort_n of_o other_o than_o out_o of_o any_o advantage_n to_o those_o who_o receive_v it_o as_o be_v also_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n and_o do_v miracle_n for_o it_o be_v a_o demonstration_n of_o god_n omnipotence_n not_o to_o heal_v disease_n only_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n the_o dispensation_n whereof_o he_o have_v leave_v to_o physician_n who_o to_o that_o end_n make_v use_v of_o natural_a remedy_n but_o to_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n without_o any_o assistance_n of_o nature_n by_o extraordinary_a and_o supernatural_a mean_n in_o the_o application_n whereof_o he_o sometime_o use_v the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n as_o in_o the_o cure_n of_o tobit_n and_o those_o sick_a people_n who_o come_v to_o the_o pool_n at_o jerusalem_n after_o the_o water_n have_v be_v stir_v by_o the_o angel_n sometime_o by_o the_o saint_n of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v that_o the_o very_a shadow_n of_o their_o body_n have_v many_o time_n be_v effectual_a to_o that_o purpose_n as_o be_v that_o of_o saint_n peter_n and_o oftentimes_o those_o of_o other_o person_n to_o who_o he_o have_v communicate_v the_o gift_n for_o reason_n unknown_a to_o we_o as_o he_o grant_v that_o of_o divination_n to_o the_o sibyl_n though_o they_o live_v in_o idolatry_n the_o four_o say_v that_o man_n be_v potential_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o consist_v of_o a_o body_n exact_o temperate_a and_o of_o such_o a_o soul_n as_o be_v the_o most_o perfect_a of_o form_n he_o comprehend_v in_o a_o eminent_a degree_n within_o himself_o all_o the_o virtue_n of_o thing_n as_o well_o corporeal_a as_o animate_v whence_o come_v it_o then_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v the_o virtue_n and_o property_n which_o be_v observable_a not_o only_o in_o stone_n wherewith_o he_o participate_v be_v but_o also_o in_o plant_n which_o be_v capable_a of_o vegetation_n as_o well_o as_o he_o animal_n with_o who_o he_o have_v motion_n sense_n and_o life_n and_o last_o in_o the_o separate_a spirit_n as_o have_v answerable_o to_o they_o certain_a power_n that_o be_v spiritual_a and_o remove_v from_o materiality_n and_o so_o since_o the_o virtue_n of_o heal_a disease_n be_v find_v in_o most_o being_n which_o be_v of_o some_o nature_n with_o man_n it_o be_v but_o reasonable_a he_o also_o shall_v have_v the_o same_o one_o such_o as_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o heal_v the_o evil_a which_o happen_v principal_o in_o the_o seven_o male-child_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n which_o perform_v all_o the_o most_o complete_a function_n in_o that_o number_n which_o hypocrates_n upon_o that_o occasion_n affirm_v to_o be_v the_o dispenser_n of_o life_n nay_o if_o there_o have_v be_v some_o who_o have_v have_v the_o virtue_n of_o communicate_v several_a disease_n by_o their_o sight_n and_o touch_v as_o it_o be_v relate_v of_o the_o psylli_n tribales_n illyrian_n and_o other_o nation_n who_o bewitch_v those_o who_o they_o touch_v and_o of_o he_o who_o philostratus_n make_v mention_n of_o in_o the_o life_n of_o apollonius_n who_o kill_v with_o his_o very_a aspect_n as_o the_o basilisk_n do_v far_o great_a reason_n be_v there_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o to_o communicate_v health_n for_o though_o this_o latter_a require_v more_o preparation_n and_o condition_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o difficult_o transfer_v from_o one_o subject_a to_o another_o than_o sickness_n be_v yet_o the_o reason_n of_o contrary_n will_v have_v it_o so_o that_o if_o the_o one_o be_v the_o other_o may_v be_v communicate_v and_o that_o with_o the_o great_a justice_n inasmuch_o as_o health_n participate_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o good_a aught_o to_o be_v more_o communicative_a from_o one_o subject_n to_o another_o than_o sickness_n conference_n ccxxxii_o of_o conjuration_n there_o be_v as_o much_o fault_n to_o be_v find_v with_o the_o excessive_a curiosity_n of_o those_o who_o will_v know_v all_o thing_n as_o there_o be_v with_o the_o unsufferable_a stupidity_n of_o some_o other_o who_o be_v not_o any_o way_n touch_v with_o that_o natural_a desire_n of_o knowledge_n for_o as_o these_o latter_a by_o renounce_v that_o accomplishment_n deprive_v themselves_o of_o the_o great_a satisfaction_n of_o life_n so_o the_o other_o be_v transport_v beyond_o the_o limit_n prescribe_v to_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n wander_v they_o know_v not_o which_o way_n and_o precipitate_v themselves_o into_o the_o abyss_n of_o error_n and_o impiety_n that_o of_o the_o necromancer_n who_o make_v it_o their_o boast_n that_o they_o can_v command_v out_o of_o their_o tomb_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a that_o they_o may_v be_v by_o they_o inform_v of_o what_o they_o desire_v to_o know_v be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o enormous_a in_o that_o they_o have_v make_v a_o art_n of_o it_o call_v by_o they_o the_o black_a art_n or_o the_o art_n of_o conjuration_n a_o name_n as_o ridiculous_a as_o the_o precept_n whereof_o it_o consist_v which_o have_v no_o ground_n but_o what_o they_o derive_v from_o the_o capriccio_n and_o fantastic_a extravagance_n of_o those_o impostor_n they_o sufficient_o destroy_v themselves_o so_o as_o there_o need_v nothing_o else_o to_o discover_v their_o palpable_a vanity_n no_o more_o than_o there_o be_v to_o make_v appear_v the_o error_n of_o those_o who_o to_o confirm_v that_o diabolical_a invention_n maintain_v that_o there_o be_v abundance_n of_o effect_n above_o those_o of_o nature_n which_o be_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o those_o soul_n separate_v from_o their_o body_n especial_o that_o of_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v and_o inform_v those_o thereof_o who_o consult_v they_o it_o be_v consider_v that_o beside_o the_o gift_n they_o have_v of_o science_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o with_o all_o spirit_n disengage_v from_o matter_n they_o have_v a_o particular_a inclination_n of_o do_v good_a to_o man_n by_o advertise_v they_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o so_o much_o concern_v they_o but_o this_o be_v not_o only_o absurd_a in_o itself_o but_o also_o impious_a and_o contrary_a to_o christian_a faith_n which_o teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v but_o three_o place_n where_o these_o soul_n have_v their_o abode_n to_o wit_n paradise_n hell_n and_o purgatory_n it_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v that_o those_o which_o be_v confine_v to_o the_o last_o never_o come_v out_o thence_o but_o upon_o a_o special_a permission_n of_o god_n which_o he_o sometime_o grant_v they_o that_o they_o may_v solicit_v the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o live_n those_o of_o the_o damn_a be_v further_a from_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n to_o get_v out_o of_o that_o infernal_a prison_n to_o which_o divine_a justice_n have_v condemn_v they_o to_o be_v there_o eternal_o torment_v and_o the_o bless_a spirit_n be_v yet_o more_o unlikely_a to_o quit_v their_o blissful_a state_n and_o the_o joy_n of_o paradise_n wherewith_o they_o be_v inebriate_v to_o satisfy_v the_o vain_a curiosity_n of_o those_o who_o invocate_v they_o and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v use_n of_o they_o rather_o to_o compass_v the_o mischievous_a sorcery_n and_o such_o like_a crime_n whereof_o that_o black_a art_n make_v profession_n then_o to_o procure_v good_a to_o any_o one_o or_o if_o it_o happen_v that_o at_o any_o time_n they_o do_v any_o it_o be_v in_o order_n to_o the_o do_v of_o some_o great_a mischief_n afterward_o such_o as_o may_v be_v that_o of_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n whereto_o these_o spirit_n incline_v those_o who_o invocate_v they_o and_o require_v of_o they_o such_o sacrifice_n and_o adoration_n as_o be_v due_a only_o to_o the_o deity_n it_o be_v more_o than_o a_o presumption_n that_o they_o can_v be_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a but_o downright_a devil_n who_o transform_v into_o angel_n of_o light_n impose_v upon_o those_o who_o be_v so_o willing_a to_o be_v seduce_v the_o second_o say_v that_o as_o the_o employment_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v different_a so_o be_v there_o also_o a_o remarkable_a difference_n in_o their_o nature_n which_o depend_v principal_o on_o the_o place_n of_o their_o abode_n according_a to_o which_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v orpheus_n some_o of_o they_o be_v celestial_a or_o fiery_a some_o airy_n some_o watery_a and_o some_o terrestrial_a and_o subterraneous_a and_o among_o those_o the_o aerial_a to_o who_o plato_n attribute_n the_o invention_n of_o magic_n be_v by_o the_o student_n of_o that_o art_n account_v to_o be_v the_o most_o ingenious_a to_o deceive_v man_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o more_o easy_a put_v on_o of_o the_o grosser_n part_n of_o the_o air_n and_o
please_v that_o they_o employ_v they_o not_o in_o their_o presage_n but_o only_o towards_o the_o spring_n after_o which_o especial_o towards_o the_o month_n of_o august_n they_o make_v no_o account_n of_o they_o in_o regard_n they_o be_v not_o then_o in_o so_o much_o vigour_n nor_o in_o so_o good_a case_n yet_o do_v they_o appoint_v such_o a_o dependence_n among_o they_o that_o the_o augury_n take_v from_o those_o that_o be_v inferior_a give_v place_n to_o the_o other_o of_o a_o high_a quality_n so_o that_o if_o a_o crow_n chance_v to_o pass_v by_o while_o they_o be_v attentive_o divine_v by_o the_o flight_n of_o a_o dove_n this_o lant_a auspice_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n no_o more_o than_o will_v be_v that_o of_o other_o bird_n upon_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o eagle_n which_o also_o will_v signify_v nothing_o upon_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o thunderbolt_n which_o disturb_v all_o their_o mystery_n with_o much_o more_o reason_n than_o a_o rat_n may_v do_v which_o have_v no_o soon_o appear_v in_o the_o assembly_n but_o the_o whole_a ceremony_n be_v put_v off_o to_o another_o more_o convenient_a time_n true_a it_o be_v then_o that_o some_o advantage_n may_v be_v make_v of_o bird_n in_o order_n to_o the_o draw_v of_o augury_n and_o presage_n of_o natural_a effect_n such_o as_o be_v rain_n thunder_n tempest_n wind_n heat_n drought_n cold_a frost_n snow_n hail_n and_o other_o change_n of_o weather_n produce_v by_o the_o impression_n of_o the_o heaven_n the_o element_n and_o other_o cause_n as_o well_o general_a as_o particular_a but_o not_o to_o make_v any_o prediction_n thence_o of_o such_o event_n and_o accident_n as_o depend_v on_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o circumstance_n of_o time_n place_n and_o person_n who_o be_v pure_o free_a agent_n their_o action_n be_v whole_o voluntary_a and_o consequent_o impossible_a to_o be_v predict_v what_o artifices_fw-la soever_o may_v be_v use_v to_o do_v it_o whereto_o we_o may_v add_v this_o remark_n that_o those_o artifices_fw-la be_v full_a of_o abundance_n of_o vain_a and_o pernicious_a observation_n the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n pass_v against_o they_o be_v just_a not_o only_o that_o of_o the_o canon_n and_o civil_a law_n which_o severe_o punish_v such_o as_o make_v use_n thereof_o but_o also_o that_o pronounce_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n who_o express_o forbid_v his_o people_n in_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o leviticus_n to_o make_v their_o soul_n abominable_a by_o beast_n or_o by_o fowl_n threaten_v with_o death_n the_o wizard_n and_o he_o that_o have_v a_o familiar_a spirit_n conference_n ccxxxvi_o whether_o those_o child_n who_o be_v bear_v with_o cawl_n about_o their_o whole_a or_o some_o part_n of_o their_o body_n be_v always_o fortunate_a and_o why_o child_n do_v ordinary_o come_v naked_a out_o of_o their_o mother_n womb_n when_o after_o their_o struggle_n with_o nature_n they_o begin_v their_o entrance_n into_o the_o world_n with_o cry_v and_o tear_n acknowledge_v their_o weakness_n and_o the_o misery_n they_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v expose_v to_o in_o the_o sequel_n of_o their_o life_n yet_o there_o be_v some_o child_n except_v from_o this_o general_a rule_n and_o thence_o be_v it_o that_o some_o will_v have_v they_o exempt_v from_o the_o misfortune_n common_a to_o all_o the_o rest_n upon_o this_o account_n that_o they_o be_v bear_v with_o cawl_n about_o they_o that_o be_v be_v encompass_v by_o a_o membrane_n which_o come_v over_o their_o head_n and_o their_o shoulder_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n amnios_n which_o be_v the_o innermost_a of_o the_o three_o membrane_n wherein_o the_o wombe-lodged_a infant_n be_v enwrap_v call_v by_o some_o midwife_n the_o coif_n or_o biggin_n of_o the_o child_n by_o other_o the_o child_n shirt_n and_o in_o some_o place_n know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o silihow_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o tender_a and_o delicate_a intertexture_n which_o other_o child_n quit_v in_o their_o mother_n womb_n before_o they_o come_v out_o thence_o with_o the_o other_o membrane_n call_v chorion_n of_o which_o together_o with_o that_o mass_n of_o flesh_n which_o have_v serve_v they_o for_o a_o cushion_n and_o support_v during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o praegnancy_n be_v frame_v the_o secondine_n or_o after-burthen_n so_o call_v because_o it_o come_v not_o out_o till_o after_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v and_o as_o these_o child_n bear_v thus_o cawled_a and_o coif_v with_o this_o tunicle_n which_o like_o a_o large_a hood_n or_o capouch_n cover_v their_o head_n and_o neck_n seem_v not_o to_o participate_v of_o the_o nakedness_n of_o the_o other_o who_o bring_v nothing_o into_o the_o world_n so_o be_v it_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o subject_n to_o the_o misery_n and_o calamity_n inseparable_a from_o the_o common_a life_n of_o other_o man_n inasmuch_o as_o their_o beginning_n be_v different_a from_o that_o of_o other_o who_o come_v after_o the_o ordinary_a way_n into_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o score_n of_o this_o special_a privilege_n of_o have_v their_o head_n fur_v and_o cover_v the_o consequence_n of_o it_o ought_v in_o all_o probability_n to_o be_v extraordinary_a and_o full_a of_o happiness_n whereof_o if_o this_o coif_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n yet_o have_v some_o at_o least_o observe_v that_o it_o have_v always_o be_v the_o sign_n and_o that_o all_o those_o who_o have_v be_v bear_v after_o that_o manner_n have_v be_v very_o fortunate_a the_o history_n of_o antoninus_n surname_v diadumenus_fw-la relate_v by_o aelius_n lampridius_n in_o his_o life_n confirm_v this_o observation_n for_o be_v bear_v with_o such_o a_o coif_n he_o afterward_o come_v to_o the_o sovereign_a dignity_n of_o the_o empire_n in_o the_o management_n whereof_o all_o thing_n succeed_v according_a to_o his_o wish_n nay_o it_o have_v be_v general_o believe_v that_o good_a fortune_n be_v so_o constant_a a_o attendant_n of_o this_o coif_n that_o all_o those_o who_o be_v desirous_a to_o compass_v their_o affair_n carry_v it_o about_o they_o especial_o advocate_n who_o make_v use_v thereof_o to_o gain_v reputation_n in_o their_o public_a plead_n be_v to_o that_o end_n very_o careful_a to_o buy_v they_o of_o the_o midwife_n who_o know_v the_o excellency_n thereof_o sell_v they_o at_o a_o very_a dear_a rate_n after_o they_o have_v surreptitious_o get_v they_o away_o from_o the_o child_n they_o have_v receive_v into_o the_o world_n for_o those_o who_o have_v make_v it_o their_o business_n to_o inquire_v more_o strict_o into_o this_o observation_n maintain_v that_o he_o who_o bring_v this_o natural_a coif_n with_o he_o into_o the_o world_n be_v to_o expect_v all_o manner_n of_o good_a fortune_n even_o so_o far_o as_o to_o be_v invulnerable_a provide_v he_o be_v careful_a to_o have_v it_o always_o about_o he_o or_o what_o contribute_v more_o to_o that_o effect_n to_o eat_v it_o as_o be_v over-superstitious_o do_v by_o some_o but_o the_o contrary_n will_v happen_v to_o the_o child_n if_o he_o be_v rob_v of_o that_o precious_a exuvium_n or_o coat_n or_o it_o be_v secret_o take_v from_o he_o to_o be_v give_v to_o another_o who_o by_o that_o translation_n thereof_o will_v receive_v the_o whole_a benefit_n of_o it_o the_o second_o say_v that_o though_o the_o foresay_a persuasion_n sufficient_o destroy_v itself_o there_o be_v no_o connexion_n or_o correspondence_n between_o the_o accident_n of_o humane_a life_n and_o that_o shirt_n which_o sometime_o come_v over_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o child_n common_o fall_v not_o much_o below_o the_o shoulder_n and_o many_o time_n do_v only_o cover_v the_o face_n like_o a_o mask_n yet_o have_v many_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o it_o contribute_v much_o to_o happiness_n and_o the_o advantage_n of_o good_a fortune_n insomuch_o that_o saint_n john_n chrysostome_n in_o several_a of_o his_o homily_n speak_v against_o those_o of_o his_o time_n who_o make_v use_v thereof_o to_o gain_v esteem_n which_o a_o clergyman_n name_v praetus_fw-la be_v desirous_a to_o acquire_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o such_o a_o coif_n buy_v of_o a_o midwife_n he_o be_v very_o high_o censure_v as_o balsamon_n affirm_v in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o paulus_n jovius_n a_o author_n of_o great_a repute_n observe_v on_o the_o nativity_n of_o ferdinand_n daval_n that_o the_o coif_n he_o bring_v with_o he_o from_o his_o mother_n womb_n contribute_v much_o to_o his_o be_v happy_a and_o belove_v of_o all_o from_o all_o which_o we_o may_v make_v this_o inference_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o extravagant_a but_o may_v meet_v with_o favourer_n and_o abettor_n for_o i_o may_v lay_v it_o down_o for_o certain_a that_o this_o opinion_n have_v no_o other_o ground_n than_o what_o it_o have_v find_v in_o the_o weak_a brain_n of_o those_o midwife_n who_o have_v nothing_o in_o they_o but_o the_o name_n have_v insensible_o scatter_v these_o error_n
into_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o vulgar_a with_o who_o the_o wise_a be_v oblige_v to_o comply_v in_o matter_n of_o language_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o last_o that_o what_o be_v before_o but_o a_o common_a say_n find_v a_o degree_n of_o assent_n among_o the_o most_o considerate_a nay_o what_o be_v not_o any_o long_a to_o be_v endure_v they_o think_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o maintain_v this_o groundless_a persuasion_n but_o there_o be_v some_o so_o ridiculous_a as_o to_o derive_v a_o new_a kind_n of_o divination_n from_o it_o which_o they_o call_v amniomantia_fw-la whereby_o they_o promise_v to_o foretell_v whatever_o happiness_n or_o unhappiness_n shall_v befall_v a_o child_n new_o bear_v by_o the_o colour_n of_o that_o membrane_n whereof_o they_o affirm_v that_o the_o redness_n signify_v good_a success_n and_o that_o the_o blackness_n or_o blewness_n of_o it_o denote_v the_o contrary_a to_o which_o they_o add_v another_o kind_n of_o divination_n call_v omphalomantia_fw-la which_o teach_v they_o to_o judge_v by_o the_o knot_n of_o the_o string_n whereby_o the_o child_n be_v fasten_v to_o the_o after-burthen_n how_o many_o child_n more_o the_o mother_n shall_v have_v who_o according_a to_o their_o judgement_n will_v be_v male_n if_o those_o intersection_n be_v of_o a_o colour_n incline_v to_o black_a and_o female_n if_o they_o be_v white_a which_o observation_n be_v not_o only_o impertinent_a but_o also_o impious_a and_o superstitious_a the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o common_a persuasion_n of_o the_o happiness_n attend_v child_n bear_v with_o these_o coif_n be_v wellgrounded_n provide_v that_o it_o be_v take_v in_o the_o sense_n wherein_o the_o physician_n who_o in_o all_o probability_n be_v more_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o than_o those_o simple_a woman_n who_o receive_v it_o from_o they_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v understand_v to_o wit_n that_o those_o who_o thus_o bear_v cover_v with_o that_o fortunate_a membrane_n in_o regard_n they_o be_v not_o put_v to_o so_o much_o trouble_n nor_o suffer_v so_o great_a violence_n in_o the_o passage_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o be_v open_a and_o easy_a come_v forth_o clothe_v out_o of_o their_o mother_n womb_n without_o be_v oblige_v to_o leave_v behind_o they_o the_o membrane_n wherein_o they_o have_v be_v enclose_v in_o the_o matrix_fw-la whereas_o most_o other_o child_n be_v force_v to_o quit_v they_o at_o their_o come_n into_o the_o world_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o obstruction_n they_o meet_v with_o in_o their_o passage_n through_o those_o narrow_a straits_n which_o consequent_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o painful_a and_o laborious_a to_o they_o than_o it_o be_v to_o such_o as_o be_v coif_v who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v ever_o the_o more_o happy_a as_o to_o the_o remainder_n of_o their_o life_n whereof_o the_o good_a or_o bad_a conduct_n be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o their_o happiness_n or_o unhappiness_n and_o not_o that_o coif_n which_o can_v neither_o produce_v nor_o signify_v they_o the_o four_o say_v that_o those_o child_n who_o be_v bear_v thus_o coif_v be_v not_o only_o more_o happy_a in_o their_o birth_n but_o they_o be_v also_o such_o in_o all_o the_o action_n of_o their_o life_n as_o be_v common_o more_o peaceable_a and_o of_o a_o more_o quiet_a constitution_n than_o such_o as_o leave_v that_o membrane_n within_o their_o former_a lodging_n who_o be_v according_o more_a turbulent_a and_o restless_a and_o for_o that_o reason_n have_v not_o those_o insinuation_n whereby_o the_o former_a be_v recommend_v for_o in_o these_o the_o moderation_n of_o their_o manner_n and_o demeanour_n consequent_a to_o that_o of_o their_o humour_n gain_v the_o heart_n of_o all_o those_o with_o who_o they_o converse_v raise_v they_o into_o the_o general_a esteem_n of_o all_o and_o so_o facilitate_v their_o accession_n to_o honour_n and_o employment_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o may_v be_v some_o judgement_n make_v of_o the_o course_n of_o life_n a_o man_n be_v likely_a to_o take_v by_o the_o deportment_n of_o his_o childhood_n so_o be_v it_o no_o hard_a matter_n to_o give_v a_o guess_n at_o the_o same_o by_o that_o of_o the_o infant_n when_o he_o make_v his_o first_o sally_n out_o of_o his_o mother_n womb_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a transaction_n of_o his_o life_n whence_o it_o may_v be_v infer_v that_o that_o first_o come_v abroad_o be_v free_a from_o the_o trouble_n and_o agitation_n whereof_o all_o other_o be_v sensible_a and_o which_o make_v they_o forget_v their_o vesture_n which_o be_v leave_v behind_o by_o the_o way_n they_o ought_v according_o to_o be_v dispense_v from_o the_o misfortune_n incident_a to_o other_o and_o enjoy_v a_o particular_a happiness_n the_o five_o say_v that_o the_o most_o restless_a and_o most_o turbulent_a person_n be_v common_o the_o most_o happy_a in_o this_o world_n whereas_o those_o who_o endeavour_n to_o walk_v according_a to_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o modesty_n and_o reservedness_n do_v not_o carry_v on_o their_o business_n so_o well_o as_o the_o former_a do_v who_o confident_o attempt_v any_o thing_n and_o imagine_v themselves_o the_o favourite_n of_o fortune_n and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o she_o on_o the_o other_o side_n be_v so_o assistant_n to_o they_o that_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v the_o child_n bear_v clothe_v be_v more_o meek_a and_o moderate_a than_o those_o who_o come_v into_o the_o world_n after_o the_o common_a rate_n yet_o will_v the_o clean_a contrary_n to_o what_o be_v pretend_v follow_v from_o it_o for_o instead_o of_o be_v cherish_v by_o fortune_n it_o be_v seldom_o that_o she_o smile_v on_o they_o but_o be_v much_o more_o kind_a to_o those_o stir_v and_o tumultuary_a spirit_n who_o many_o time_n obtain_v great_a favour_n of_o she_o than_o they_o dare_v hope_n for_o have_v they_o demean_v themselves_o towards_o she_o with_o less_o earnestness_n and_o importunity_n the_o six_o say_v that_o if_o every_o man_n be_v the_o artisan_n of_o his_o own_o fortune_n those_o who_o be_v of_o the_o best_a constitution_n and_o strong_a temper_n aught_o to_o be_v more_o happy_a than_o other_o who_o irregularity_n of_o humour_n do_v manifest_o cause_n that_o of_o their_o action_n and_o fortune_n now_o the_o child_n bear_v with_o cawl_n and_o coif_n about_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v less_o vigorous_a and_o of_o a_o weak_a disposition_n than_o those_o who_o come_v into_o the_o world_n without_o any_o inasmuch_o as_o the_o latter_a be_v more_o earnest_a and_o violent_a be_v no_o soon_o sensible_a of_o the_o time_n of_o their_o deliverance_n but_o they_o courageous_o break_v through_o the_o chain_n whereby_o they_o be_v detain_v the_o membrane_n whereby_o they_o be_v encompass_v which_o those_o other_o have_v neither_o the_o strength_n nor_o courage_n to_o do_v it_o give_v a_o great_a presumption_n that_o they_o will_v express_v but_o little_a upon_o other_o more_o press_a occasion_n and_o consequent_o they_o will_v content_v themselves_o with_o the_o mediocrity_n of_o their_o condition_n and_o not_o aspire_v to_o any_o thing_n extraordinary_a conference_n ccxxxvii_o of_o antiperistasis_n so_o great_a be_v the_o indulgence_n of_o nature_n that_o she_o think_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o bestow_v be_v and_o existence_n on_o the_o thing_n she_o have_v produce_v but_o she_o have_v also_o imprint_v in_o they_o a_o strong_a inclination_n to_o preserve_v it_o by_o fortify_v they_o against_o the_o assault_n of_o their_o contrary_n the_o presence_n whereof_o set_v they_o on_o such_o a_o edge_n that_o they_o become_v so_o much_o the_o more_o active_a and_o this_o be_v not_o only_o confirm_v in_o animate_v being_n such_o as_o be_v plant_n and_o animal_n which_o vigorous_o oppose_v whatever_o be_v hurtful_a to_o they_o by_o so_o powerful_a a_o virtue_n that_o man_n have_v be_v force_v to_o find_v out_o a_o particular_a name_n for_o it_o to_o wit_n antipathy_n but_o also_o in_o other_o inanimate_a body_n which_o generous_o stand_v upon_o the_o defensive_a when_o they_o be_v set_v upon_o by_o external_n agent_n who_o contrary_a quality_n come_v to_o engage_v against_o they_o they_o redouble_v their_o force_n and_o rally_v all_o together_o as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o body_n the_o better_a to_o receive_v the_o charge_n this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o philosopher_n call_v antiperistasis_n which_o be_v a_o vigorous_a resistance_n of_o the_o subject_a cause_v by_o the_o contrariety_n of_o a_o agent_n which_o encompass_n it_o of_o all_o side_n purposely_o to_o destroy_v or_o corrupt_v it_o it_o will_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o enter_v into_o any_o dispute_n concern_v the_o existence_n of_o that_o which_o we_o call_v antiperistasis_n but_o we_o shall_v lay_v it_o down_o for_o grant_v though_o it_o be_v contest_v by_o cardan_n and_o some_o other_o philosopher_n who_o maintain_v that_o water_n air_n and_o the_o other_o subterraneous_a body_n be_v not_o actual_o cold_a at_o
endeavour_v a_o more_o strict_a examination_n of_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n have_v find_v the_o intermixture_n of_o these_o species_n a_o thing_n impossible_a not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o be_v to_o receive_v the_o soul_n whereto_o she_o be_v determinate_v by_o a_o certain_a proportion_n but_o also_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o form_n which_o be_v indivisible_a especial_o the_o rational_a soul_n whence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o poet_n lucretius_n speak_v very_o learned_o and_o affirm_v that_o there_o can_v be_v any_o centauri_n whereof_o the_o reason_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o satyr_n nay_o the_o generation_n of_o satyr_n according_a to_o the_o reason_n allege_v by_o he_o be_v much_o more_o impossible_a than_o that_o of_o centauri_n because_o say_v he_o if_o that_o intermixture_n of_o a_o man_n and_o horse_n nature_n be_v admit_v and_o it_o be_v withal_o suppose_v that_o horse_n be_v come_v to_o their_o full_a strength_n in_o three_o year_n at_o which_o period_n of_o time_n child_n be_v hardly_o take_v from_o their_o nurse_n breast_n how_o be_v it_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o monstrous_a animal_n shall_v be_v in_o its_o beginning_n and_o vigour_n at_o the_o same_o time_n beside_o a_o horse_n be_v account_v old_a when_o man_n enter_v into_o his_o youth_n how_o shall_v the_o one_o come_v to_o die_v when_o the_o other_o be_v arrive_v to_o his_o great_a vigour_n now_o goat_n be_v shorter-lived_a than_o horse_n there_o be_v yet_o less_o likelihood_n of_o feign_v a_o animal_n consist_v of_o a_o mixture_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n and_o man_n for_o which_o reason_n pliny_n in_o book_n 7._o of_o his_o natural_a history_n affirm_v that_o a_o hippocentaur_n be_v foal_v in_o thessaly_n die_v the_o very_a same_o day_n and_o for_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o miracle_n be_v keep_v in_o honey_n which_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v a_o excellent_a balm_n and_o public_o expose_v to_o the_o view_n of_o all_o virgil_n place_n they_o at_o the_o entrance_n of_o hell_n upon_o this_o reflection_n that_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n can_v subsist_v and_o st._n hierom_n in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n paul_n the_o hermit_n relate_v how_o a_o centaur_n have_v appear_v to_o s._n anthony_n question_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o real_a centaur_n or_o the_o evil_a spirit_n under_o such_o a_o form_n and_o in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o his_o discourse_n seem_v to_o conclude_v it_o a_o pure_a illusion_n of_o the_o devil_n since_o he_o drive_v it_o away_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n so_o that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o attribute_v these_o satyr_n to_o any_o thing_n but_o the_o licentiousness_n which_o the_o poet_n have_v always_o assume_v to_o themselves_o as_o well_o as_o the_o painter_n to_o dare_v and_o undertake_v any_o thing_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o the_o rule_n give_v they_o by_o horace_n not_o to_o make_v a_o intermixture_n and_o coincidence_n of_o strange_a and_o opposite_a nature_n and_o that_o satyr_n that_o be_v half-man_n half-goat_n be_v to_o be_v dispose_v among_o the_o hydra_n and_o chimera_n in_o as_o much_o as_o by_o they_o they_o will_v only_o represent_v man_n that_o be_v very_o active_a lascivious_a clownish_a and_o much_o incline_v to_o raillery_n and_o thence_o also_o the_o satirical_a poem_n come_v to_o have_v its_o denomination_n as_o be_v a_o composition_n or_o farce_v of_o a_o kitchen_n whence_o some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o descend_v which_o fiction_n be_v sufficient_o justify_v by_o the_o divine_a nature_n which_o they_o attribute_v to_o those_o satirical_n animal_n and_o by_o the_o other_o fabulous_a story_n of_o pan_n who_o they_o affirm_v to_o be_v the_o god_n of_o those_o satyr_n as_o also_o of_o the_o shepherd_n we_o be_v therefore_o to_o make_v no_o other_o account_n of_o this_o invention_n then_o of_o all_o the_o other_o production_n of_o their_o imagination_n what_o root_n soever_o they_o may_v have_v take_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o ancient_n in_o regard_n that_o be_v thorough_o examine_v it_o may_v be_v rank_v among_o those_o senseless_a old-wife_n tale_n wherewith_o they_o amuse_v little_a child_n unless_o we_o will_v rather_o refer_v these_o satyr_n to_o the_o illusion_n of_o devil_n who_o assume_v their_o shape_n to_o abuse_v silly_a woman_n and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o be_v by_o some_o called_z incubi_fw-la the_o second_o say_v that_o it_o be_v as_o dangerous_a for_o we_o to_o involve_v in_o impossibility_n whatever_o we_o have_v not_o see_v as_o to_o be_v over-credulous_a in_o believe_v all_o but_o when_o reason_n and_o authority_n which_o bring_v experience_n with_o they_o and_o assure_v we_o of_o a_o thing_n appear_v of_o any_o side_n our_o credulity_n may_v well_o be_v excuse_v and_o this_o be_v the_o case_n in_o the_o question_n concern_v satyr_n inasmuch_o as_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o those_o two_o species_n whereof_o they_o consist_v may_v as_o well_o produce_v they_o as_o the_o mule_n be_v engender_v of_o a_o ass_n and_o a_o mare_n whereto_o may_v be_v add_v this_o as_o a_o general_a acknowledgement_n that_o nature_n have_v not_o omit_v any_o thing_n of_o that_o which_o may_v complete_a her_o power_n as_o have_v produce_v from_o nothing_o even_o to_o the_o most_o excellent_a being_n whatever_o be_v to_o come_v into_o the_o mean_a between_o both_o beside_o though_o the_o imagination_n of_o mother_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o all_o thing_n and_o can_v imprint_v that_o figure_n and_o change_v of_o body_n on_o the_o infant_n nay_o to_o make_v what_o they_o please_v of_o it_o whereof_o there_o be_v daily_a instance_n that_o sometime_o they_o do_v yet_o the_o commonage_n of_o field_n and_o forest_n and_o such_o nourishment_n as_o the_o child_n may_v have_v take_v from_o goat_n as_o well_o as_o romulus_n and_o remus_n do_v it_o from_o a_o she-wolf_n might_n in_o process_n of_o time_n incline_v they_o to_o such_o or_o such_o a_o form_n whereto_o it_o will_v signify_v little_a to_o oppose_v the_o reason_n of_o lucretius_n since_o it_o seem_v erroneous_a by_o what_o be_v common_o do_v in_o the_o order_n of_o tree_n which_o be_v promiscuous_o engraft_v in_o different_a kind_n as_o for_o example_n a_o appletree_n may_v be_v in_o a_o cabbadge-staulk_a by_o which_o intermixture_n the_o apple_n grow_v on_o such_o a_o tree_n shall_v not_o only_o have_v a_o little_a scent_n of_o the_o cabbadge_n but_o also_o that_o which_o be_v worse_o always_o prevail_v over_o that_o which_o be_v better_o whereas_o the_o appletree_n shall_v last_v many_o year_n and_o the_o cabbadg_n be_v but_o of_o one_o from_o these_o two_o extremity_n there_o arise_v a_o mean_a to_o wit_n a_o tree_n which_o live_v long_o than_o a_o cabbadge_n and_o not_o so_o long_o as_o a_o appletree_n shall_v which_o thing_n be_v also_o to_o be_v observe_v engraff_n upon_o different_a kind_n of_o tree_n thence_o it_o come_v that_o s._n hierom_n in_o the_o life_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o hermit_n speak_v of_o the_o centaur_n that_o appear_v to_o s._n anthony_n for_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o subsistence_n of_o one_o of_o these_o monster_n prove_v that_o of_o the_o other_o as_o the_o one_o be_v destroy_v the_o other_o can_v subsist_v do_v not_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o pure_a illusion_n but_o doubt_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o real_a centaur_n such_o as_o those_o speak_v of_o among_o the_o ancient_n or_o a_o devil_n that_o have_v assume_v that_o form_n but_o s._n anthony_n take_v he_o for_o a_o man_n and_o not_o for_o a_o devil_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v a_o liar_n since_o he_o ask_v he_o where_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n who_o he_o seek_v for_o lodge_v whereto_o the_o centaur_n reply_v but_o in_o a_o savage_a voice_n and_o such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v understand_v whereupon_o he_o draw_v near_o to_o s._n anthony_n and_o with_o his_o hand_n show_v he_o the_o way_n he_o shall_v go_v which_o do_v he_o run_v away_o whence_o saint_n hierom_n conclude_v that_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n to_o know_v whether_o the_o devil_n have_v not_o appear_v under_o that_o figure_n to_o frighten_v that_o holy_a person_n or_o that_o the_o desert_n fruitful_a in_o monster_n have_v produce_v that_o beast_n and_o plato_n in_o the_o banquet_n of_o the_o wiseman_n relate_v that_o a_o certain_a shepherd_n have_v present_v periander_n with_o a_o child_n bring_v forth_o at_o his_o house_n by_o a_o mare_n have_v the_o head_n neck_n and_o hand_n like_o those_o of_o a_o man_n in_o all_o the_o other_o part_n resemble_v a_o horse_n and_o have_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o child_n diocles_n propose_v that_o such_o prodigy_n be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o sedition_n and_o distraction_n of_o man_n mind_n whereto_o thales_n reply_v that_o it_o be_v a_o natural_a thing_n to_o prevent_v which_o for_o the_o future_a he_o advise_v he_o
the_o same_o thing_n be_v say_v by_o one_o of_o the_o satirist_n but_o much_o more_o pleasant_o for_o be_v as_o we_o say_v here_o upon_o the_o save-all_a that_o be_v ready_a to_o give_v up_o the_o last_o gasp_n he_o cry_v out_o to_o his_o friend_n draw_v up_o the_o curtain_n the_o play_n be_v do_v for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o our_o compliment_n be_v only_o so_o many_o fiction_n and_o flattery_n traffic_n and_o negotiation_n be_v so_o many_o disguise_n and_o humane_a life_n consist_v in_o those_o action_n the_o consequence_n be_v that_o all_o the_o world_n be_v under_o a_o mask_n and_o that_o the_o less_o dangerous_a since_o there_o be_v some_o make_v it_o their_o profession_n to_o be_v mask_v as_o do_v also_o ambassador_n and_o other_o person_n of_o quality_n in_o some_o place_n of_o italy_n when_o they_o have_v a_o desire_n not_o to_o be_v know_v and_o as_o to_o what_o have_v be_v say_v against_o paint_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o little_a too_o severe_a to_o blame_v that_o pardonable_a curiosity_n which_o the_o woman_n be_v only_o guilty_a of_o to_o preserve_v and_o heighten_v their_o great_a treasure_n that_o be_v their_o beauty_n upon_o the_o account_n whereof_o they_o be_v principal_o recommendable_a to_o man_n who_o be_v it_o not_o for_o that_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o sleight_v they_o much_o more_o than_o now_o they_o do_v for_o what_o do_v the_o poor_a woman_n do_v more_o in_o that_o than_o be_v daily_o do_v in_o medicine_n whereof_o one_o part_n treat_v of_o cosmetick_n that_o be_v of_o paint_v and_o be_v bring_v in_o for_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o defect_n and_o deformity_n of_o nature_n the_o three_o say_v that_o the_o mask_n or_o vizard_n by_o the_o latin_n call_v persona_fw-la either_o upon_o this_o consideration_n that_o it_o change_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o person_n cause_v he_o to_o be_v take_v for_o some_o other_o or_o haply_o à _fw-fr per-sonando_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o new_a sound_n he_o give_v the_o word_n pronounce_v through_o the_o vizard_n this_o invention_n of_o vizard_n as_o also_o that_o of_o speak_v prologue_n before_o play_n be_v by_o some_o attribute_v to_o one_o thespis_n a_o athenian_a poet_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v et_fw-la plaustris_fw-la vexisse_fw-la poemita_fw-la thespis_n quae_fw-la canerent_fw-la agerentque_fw-la peruncti_fw-la foecibus_fw-la ora_fw-la by_o other_o to_o aeschylus_n the_o tragidian_n post_fw-la hunc_fw-la personae_fw-la pallaeque_fw-la repertor_n honestae_fw-la aeschylus_n at_o first_o they_o paint_v with_o divers_a colour_n the_o face_n of_o those_o comedian_n who_o be_v carry_v about_o the_o street_n in_o chariot_n but_o that_o humour_n not_o take_v so_o well_o because_o the_o same_o actor_n by_o that_o mean_v find_v it_o very_o troublsome_a to_o act_v several_a part_n they_o find_v out_o the_o convenience_n of_o mask_n and_o vizard_n make_v as_o near_o as_o they_o can_v like_v those_o who_o they_o be_v to_o represent_v till_o such_o time_n as_o the_o macedonian_n become_v formidable_a in_o greece_n for_o these_o meeting_n with_o some_o person_n in_o vizard_n who_o resemble_v they_o the_o actor_n be_v somewhat_o at_o a_o loss_n how_o they_o shall_v handsome_o come_v off_o whereupon_o the_o business_n be_v take_v into_o deliberation_n it_o be_v resolve_v that_o those_o make_v thence_o forward_o shall_v be_v for_o the_o representation_n of_o extravagant_a or_o ridiculous_a person_n or_o such_o as_o may_v frighten_v the_o spectator_n such_o as_o be_v those_o which_o the_o greek_n call_v mormolycea_n bugbear_n and_o oxyodontas_n and_o the_o latin_n larvas_fw-la wherewith_o the_o mother_n threaten_v their_o little_a child_n gumias_n lamia_n sillos_n etc._n etc._n these_o last_o represent_v the_o countenance_n of_o ridiculous_a and_o abominable_a woman_n cum_fw-la personae_fw-la pallentis_fw-la hiatum_fw-la in_o gremio_fw-la matris_fw-la formidat_fw-la rusticus_fw-la infans_fw-la she_o be_v also_o magno_fw-la manducus_fw-la hiatu_fw-la they_o be_v at_o first_o make_v of_o the_o leau_n of_o the_o figtree_n then_o of_o a_o certain_a herb_n that_o have_v large_a leau_n and_o from_o its_o be_v use_v upon_o that_o occasion_n call_v personata_fw-la afterward_o the_o say_a vizard_n be_v make_v of_o the_o bark_n of_o tree_n whence_o come_v this_o expression_n oraque_fw-la corticibus_fw-la sumunt_fw-la horrenda_fw-la cavatis_fw-la and_o at_o last_o they_o come_v to_o be_v of_o wood_n whence_o this_o other_o ut_fw-la tragicus_fw-la cantor_n ligno_fw-la tegit_fw-la ora_fw-la cavato_fw-mi whence_o it_o may_v be_v infer_v that_o the_o design_n of_o use_v mask_n and_o vizard_n upon_o the_o stage_n where_o it_o be_v most_o use_v be_v in_o order_n to_o imitation_n and_o to_o heighten_v the_o confidence_n of_o the_o actor_n who_o by_o that_o mean_n be_v not_o know_v and_o the_o convenience_n and_o decency_n of_o that_o custom_n be_v such_o that_o one_o of_o the_o great_a reproach_n lie_v on_o the_o memory_n of_o nero_n be_v that_o have_v bring_v some_o person_n noble_o descend_v upon_o the_o stage_n for_o to_o be_v actor_n he_o cause_v they_o to_o put_v off_o their_o vizard_n while_o they_o play_v on_o the_o flute_n and_o forbid_v the_o comedian_n to_o appear_v vizard_v upon_o the_o stage_n to_o this_o may_v be_v add_v that_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n woman_n and_o young_a maid_n when_o they_o walk_v abroad_o nay_o when_o they_o go_v to_o church_n aught_o to_o be_v not_o only_o mask_v but_o also_o veil_v to_o prevent_v the_o temptation_n which_o the_o full_a sight_n of_o they_o may_v cause_v in_o man_n and_o the_o distraction_n of_o their_o own_o and_o the_o other_o devotion_n now_o the_o female_a sex_n make_v up_o above_o one_o half_a of_o the_o world_n we_o can_v upon_o any_o rational_a ground_n universal_o find_v fault_n with_o that_o thing_n or_o custom_n the_o use_n whereof_o be_v allow_v to_o the_o great_a part_n conference_n ccxix_o of_o fable_n and_o fiction_n and_o whether_o their_o convenience_n or_o inconvience_n be_v great_a of_o all_o the_o flower_n of_o rhetoric_n lie_v be_v one_o of_o the_o worst_a and_o withal_o so_o much_o the_o more_o pernicious_a the_o more_o full_a it_o be_v of_o artifice_n for_o if_o the_o say_n of_o aristotle_n be_v true_a that_o the_o liar_n always_o deserve_v to_o be_v blame_v there_o be_v a_o certain_a resemblance_n between_o he_o who_o simple_o tell_v a_o lie_n and_o he_o who_o simple_o take_v away_o another_o man_n life_n by_o poison_n inasmuch_o as_o the_o latter_a infect_v the_o heart_n and_o the_o former_a viciate_n and_o corrupt_v the_o source_n of_o our_o ratiocination_n the_o end_n whereof_o be_v only_o to_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n as_o therefore_o the_o poison_n of_o a_o man_n be_v always_o a_o heinous_a and_o punishable_a crime_n but_o that_o steward_n who_o shall_v poison_v his_o master_n when_o he_o give_v somewhat_o to_o eat_v or_o drink_v when_o the_o other_o pretend_v to_o be_v exteam_o hungry_a or_o dry_a will_v be_v the_o great_a villainy_n in_o the_o world_n and_o deserve_v a_o far_o great_a punishment_n so_o he_o who_o simple_o tell_v a_o lie_n be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v blame_v as_o he_o who_o cover_v and_o disguise_n his_o lie_n under_o the_o appearance_n of_o some_o probable_a history_n which_o be_v clear_o receive_v by_o our_o understanding_n and_o this_o thus_o draw_v in_o by_o the_o liklyhood_n of_o the_o relation_n grow_v less_o distrustful_a of_o it_o than_o of_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o falsehood_n which_o be_v deliver_v without_o any_o artifice_n so_o that_o lie_v and_o consequent_o fable_n and_o all_o the_o species_n thereof_o have_v the_o same_o proportion_n to_o our_o understanding_n as_o monster_n have_v to_o nature_n our_o understanding_n can_v endure_v they_o whereas_o truth_n be_v its_o sustenance_n thence_o it_o come_v that_o those_o fable_n which_o be_v destitute_a of_o the_o ornament_n of_o truth_n which_o be_v probability_n be_v not_o hear_v with_o any_o patience_n such_o as_o be_v old_a wife_n tale_n and_o the_o like_a absurd_a relation_n which_o be_v so_o ridiculous_a that_o only_o the_o ignorance_n of_o child_n be_v capable_a of_o entertain_v they_o with_o any_o pleasure_n but_o with_o so_o much_o the_o great_a danger_n to_o themselves_o in_o regard_n that_o those_o tender_a table_n receive_v the_o impression_n of_o some_o false_a persuasion_n will_v not_o afterward_o so_o easy_o part_v with_o it_o nay_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o common_o continue_v there_o to_o the_o end_n at_o least_o some_o part_n of_o it_o as_o if_o time_n be_v not_o able_a so_o full_o to_o eat_v it_o out_o but_o there_o may_v be_v see_v some_o line_n of_o the_o first_o draught_n whence_o it_o come_v that_o some_o eminent_a person_n do_v account_v it_o a_o great_a oversight_n in_o the_o education_n of_o child_n to_o entertain_v they_o with_o tale_n and_o story_n instead_o whereof_o those_o weak_a mind_n wherein_o as_o in_o
soft_a wax_n a_o man_n may_v easy_o imprint_v what_o he_o please_v shall_v rather_o be_v acquaint_v with_o history_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o variety_n and_o truth_n will_v be_v equal_o delightful_a but_o much_o more_o advantageous_a and_o indeed_o those_o who_o make_v use_v of_o fable_n think_v by_o they_o to_o teach_v truth_n take_v a_o very_a preposterous_a way_n to_o do_v it_o for_o all_o the_o advantage_n which_o may_v be_v derive_v from_o fable_n be_v only_o to_o draw_v on_o man_n mind_n with_o great_a delight_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o true_a thing_n and_o it_o be_v easy_o find_v to_o be_v a_o way_n as_o unlikely_a to_o prevail_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v make_v use_n of_o some_o place_n infamous_a and_o notorious_a for_o lewdness_n as_o a_o school_n wherein_o he_o shall_v read_v lecture_n of_o chastity_n to_o young_a man_n and_o maid_n or_o lodge_v a_o full_a or_o whitener_n of_o cloth_n with_o the_o collier_n one_o soil_v all_o that_o the_o other_o have_v cleanse_v the_o second_o say_v that_o man_n understanding_n hâ—ving_v its_o distaste_v and_o humoursomness_n as_o well_o as_o his_o body_n and_o content_a be_v equal_o requisite_a for_o the_o sustenance_n of_o both_o in_o regard_n that_o a_o coarse_a dish_n of_o meat_n take_v with_o a_o good_a stomach_n be_v prefer_v before_o better_a cheer_n force_v down_o against_o appetite_n it_o be_v but_o necessary_a that_o the_o same_o remedy_n shall_v be_v use_v to_o recreate_v our_o mind_n when_o they_o be_v weary_v and_o out_o of_o humour_n with_o a_o over-earnestness_n of_o study_n as_o be_v use_v to_o retrieve_v and_o sharpen_v the_o languish_a appetite_n this_o latter_a be_v recover_v by_o feed_v on_o some_o dish_n excellent_o well-ordered_a such_o as_o by_o its_o haut-gousts_a and_o picquancy_n will_v rather_o excite_v then_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n such_o be_v the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o olive_n vinegar_n in_o salad_n and_o the_o like_a which_o have_v the_o same_o effect_n as_o the_o step_v back_o of_o such_o as_o leap_v or_o the_o appearance_n of_o a_o fly_n on_o a_o face_n of_o a_o exquisite_o fair_a complexion_n these_o fable_n be_v invent_v to_o reduce_v the_o wander_a and_o weary_a understanding_n to_o its_o former_a interrupt_a pursuance_n of_o truth_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o they_o one_o may_v be_v call_v a_o simple_a fiction_n such_o as_o be_v old_a wife_n tale_n which_o deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o fabulous_a relation_n unless_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o their_o absurdity_n and_o yet_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v season_v with_o something_o that_o be_v miraculous_a and_o delightful_a the_o other_o be_v mythological_a which_o may_v be_v divide_v into_o four_o kind_n first_o the_o poëtical_a in_o one_o continue_a relation_n such_o as_o be_v the_o metamorphosis_n of_o ovid_n or_o drammatic_a and_o accommodate_v to_o person_n such_o as_o as_o be_v comedy_n and_o tragedy_n second_o the_o emblem_n or_o device_n which_o be_v a_o real_a explication_n of_o some_o feign_a thing_n paint_a or_o otherwise_o represent_v three_o the_o apologue_n such_o as_o be_v the_o fable_n of_o aesop_n and_o these_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o sort_n the_o moral_a the_o rational_a and_o the_o mixt._n the_o moral_a be_v those_o wherein_o irrational_a thing_n be_v introduce_v such_o as_o be_v the_o fable_n of_o the_o two_o pot_n the_o earthen_a and_o the_o brazen_a or_o that_o of_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o prey_n between_o the_o lion_n the_o ass_n and_o the_o fox_n the_o rational_a be_v only_o of_o man_n such_o as_o be_v that_o of_o the_o satyr_n and_o his_o entertainer_n who_o he_o leave_v because_o he_o blow_v hot_a and_o cold_a out_o of_o the_o same_o mouth_n of_o the_o mix_v we_o have_v a_o example_n in_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o fowler_n and_o the_o stork_n take_v in_o the_o net_n with_o the_o crane_n the_o four_o kind_n be_v the_o romance_n the_o benefit_n and_o advantage_n of_o all_o which_o kind_n of_o fable_n be_v notorious_a to_o all_o for_o beside_o that_o they_o comprehend_v that_o common_a recreation_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o the_o conflict_n of_o mind_n and_o serious_a occupation_n produce_v by_o the_o read_n of_o history_n the_o poetical_a kind_n of_o fable_n i_o mean_v that_o of_o the_o continue_a relation_n where_o the_o poet_n speak_v alone_o do_v make_v extraordinary_a discovery_n of_o the_o old_a pagan_a antiquity_n whereof_o a_o man_n can_v be_v ignorant_a without_o a_o great_a defect_n the_o dramatic_a where_o person_n be_v introduce_v speak_v when_o it_o be_v represent_v by_o good_a actor_n make_v a_o prevalent_a impression_n on_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o spectator_n and_o auditor_n and_o have_v nothing_o comparable_a to_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o writing_n and_o express_v so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o efficacious_a instrument_n to_o move_v and_o work_v upon_o the_o passion_n there_o may_v also_o be_v very_o great_a advantage_n make_v of_o the_o other_o forementioned_a kind_n of_o fable_n especial_o of_o the_o romance_n which_o have_v the_o same_o effect_n on_o our_o mind_n in_o order_n to_o their_o instruction_n in_o goodness_n and_o virtue_n as_o well-proportioned_a picture_n have_v to_o teach_v we_o the_o art_n of_o draw_v for_o as_o there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v see_v now_o any_o picture_n comparable_a in_o point_n of_o body_n to_o that_o of_o the_o so_o much_o celebrate_v venus_n which_o consist_v of_o whatever_o be_v handsome_a in_o any_o woman_n or_o maid_n and_o borrow_a the_o hair_n of_o one_o the_o complexion_n of_o another_o the_o neck_n of_o a_o three_o and_o the_o breast_n and_o other_o member_n of_o other_o so_o be_v it_o impossible_a that_o history_n shall_v ever_o come_v up_o to_o the_o noble_a height_n and_o delight_n of_o the_o romance_n for_o history_n though_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_o true_a yet_o be_v oblige_v to_o represent_v thing_n past_a with_o as_o much_o likeness_n as_o a_o picture_n be_v take_v according_a to_o the_o face_n of_o he_o who_o be_v to_o be_v draw_v the_o consequence_n of_o that_o obligation_n be_v that_o however_o it_o may_v embellish_v thing_n and_o action_n yet_o be_v it_o still_o engage_v to_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o reader_n as_o they_o be_v or_o at_o least_o as_o they_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v now_o the_o number_n of_o unjust_a thing_n much_o exceed_v that_o of_o the_o just_a and_o consequent_o the_o bad_a and_o sad_a example_n will_v much_o shorten_v the_o reader_n be_v delight_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o history_n want_v those_o two_o principal_a end_n for_o which_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v seek_v after_o to_o wit_n content_a and_o advantage_n whereas_o the_o romance_n bring_v both_o along_o with_o it_o as_o be_v common_o full_a of_o the_o reward_v obtain_v by_o virtue_n whereof_o one_o be_v that_o a_o sincere_a and_o constant_a love_n shall_v at_o last_o be_v crown_v with_o the_o great_a of_o worldly_a enjoyment_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a there_o be_v not_o want_v the_o punishment_n and_o execution_n of_o lewd_a and_o vicious_a person_n whereto_o add_v the_o strange_a variety_n of_o the_o accident_n represent_v therein_o which_o be_v carry_v on_o with_o noble_a and_o more_o unexpected_a intrigue_n extreme_o heighten_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o reader_n the_o three_o say_v that_o for_o any_o man_n to_o endeavour_v the_o discovery_n of_o truth_n by_o its_o contrary_n to_o wit_n fable_n be_v to_o look_v for_o light_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o darkness_n and_o as_o a_o certain_a musician_n among_o the_o ancient_n demand_v a_o double_a reward_n for_o teach_v those_o who_o have_v be_v instruct_v amiss_o in_o that_o art_n for_o this_o reason_n as_o he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a time_n requisite_a for_o the_o forget_v of_o what_o they_o already_o know_v and_o as_o much_o for_o learning_n how_o to_o play_v well_o so_o that_o child_n who_o shall_v have_v hear_v of_o the_o universal_a deluge_n by_o the_o fable_n of_o deucalion_n and_o pyrrha_n will_v find_v more_o difficulty_n to_o disengage_v his_o mind_n of_o those_o stone_n which_o they_o have_v cast_v behind_o they_o become_v man_n and_o woman_n than_o he_o will_v have_v to_o imprint_v in_o it_o the_o natural_a story_n of_o noah_n and_o his_o ark._n the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v of_o all_o the_o other_o fable_n out_o of_o which_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n to_o be_v derive_v to_o wit_n that_o it_o be_v like_o the_o order_n of_o crab_n where_o there_o be_v much_o more_o to_o be_v pick_v away_o then_o there_o be_v to_o be_v eat_v nay_o the_o roman_n themselves_o who_o seem_v to_o be_v more_o instructive_a may_v be_v reproach_v with_o this_o that_o they_o have_v not_o represent_v to_o their_o reader_n the_o state_n of_o life_n and_o civil_a conversation_n as_o it_o real_o be_v but_o have_v entertain_v they_o with_o