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sorcerer_n do_v utter_a shall_v not_o have_v any_o force_n nor_o efficacy_n but_o it_o have_v be_v a_o thing_n approve_a by_o all_o antiquity_n that_o divers_a have_v be_v enchant_v by_o word_n and_o speech_n utter_v which_o lucan_n a_o very_a learned_a poet_n and_o great_a philosopher_n do_v testify_v say_v mens_fw-la hausti_fw-la nulla_fw-la sanie_fw-la polluta_fw-la veneni_fw-la excantata_fw-la perit_fw-la a_o man_n enchant_a run_v mad_a that_o never_o any_o poison_n have_v i_o confess_v indeed_o that_o god_n have_v give_v many_o property_n unto_o herb_n and_o unto_o simples_n yea_o and_o those_o so_o admirable_a that_o they_o have_v the_o power_n and_o virtue_n not_o only_o to_o preserve_v our_o humane_a body_n in_o health_n but_o also_o utter_o to_o overthrow_v and_o to_o bring_v it_o to_o confusion_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o if_o the_o same_o be_v enchant_v nevertheless_o that_o they_o shall_v so_o work_v upon_o the_o body_n that_o the_o soul_n inward_o shall_v feel_v the_o force_n and_o effect_v thereof_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a not_o to_o be_v believe_v except_o that_o together_o with_o the_o herb_n there_o be_v intermingle_v some_o charm_n or_o word_n of_o enchantment_n and_o of_o this_o be_v not_o ovid_n ignorant_a as_o appear_v by_o that_o which_o her_o speak_v of_o medea_n say_v protinus_fw-la horrendis_fw-la infamia_fw-la pabula_fw-la succis_fw-la mâ—tamory_n lib._n 9_o mâ—tamory_n conterit_fw-la &_o tritis_fw-la hecaetei_n a_o carmina_fw-la miscet_fw-la then_o horrid_a herb_n &_o hateful_a drug_n together_o she_o do_v bruise_v and_o in_o the_o bruise_n damn_a spell_n &_o hellish_a charm_n do_v use_v and_o that_o of_o the_o learned_a poet_n virgil_n miscueruntque_fw-la herbas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la innoxia_fw-la verba_fw-la georgic_n lib._n 3._o georgic_n which_o be_v and_o therewithal_o they_o mingle_v sundria_a herb_n ever_o and_o among_o use_v not_o harmless_a word_n but_o more_o plain_o and_o manifest_o do_v propertius_n recount_v how_o the_o sorcerer_n do_v give_v a_o force_n and_o power_n unto_o their_o herb_n thereby_o to_o enchant_v and_o charm_v person_n do_v use_v to_o stir_v and_o move_v they_o in_o some_o ditch_n into_o the_o which_o they_o make_v some_o flood_n of_o rain_n or_o water_n to_o come_v quip_n &_o collinas_fw-la ad_fw-la fossam_fw-la moverit_fw-la herbas_fw-la stantia_fw-la currenti_fw-la diluerentur_fw-la aqua_fw-la elegiarum_fw-la lib._n 5._o elegiarum_fw-la within_o some_o ditch_n she_o stir_v her_o herb_n which_o she_o have_v place_v there_o with_o the_o run_a water_n to_o be_v wash_v now_o apuleius_n and_o other_o ancient_a author_n have_v write_v that_o sorcerer_n do_v use_v to_o work_v &_o do_v their_o charm_n in_o some_o ditch_n or_o pit_n and_o therefore_o propertius_n in_o those_o verse_n bring_v in_o a_o sorceress_n move_a and_o stir_v her_o herb_n in_o a_o ditch_n what_o other_o thing_n do_v he_o intend_v to_o show_v but_o that_o together_o with_o the_o herb_n there_o be_v mingle_v also_o 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