except_v be_v breed_v and_o bear_v with_o natural_a defence_n against_o injury_n and_o discommodity_n as_o the_o tree_n be_v preserve_v by_o the_o bark_n the_o bird_n by_o their_o feather_n the_o fish_n defend_v with_o his_o scale_n the_o sheep_n clad_v with_o his_o wool_n and_o man_n only_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n naked_a and_o altogether_o unarm_v for_o needful_a it_o be_v that_o nature_n shall_v take_v care_n of_o they_o who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o take_v care_n of_o themselves_o chap._n ii_o a_o consideration_n of_o the_o action_n of_o the_o vital_a spirit_n it_o be_v well_o observe_v that_o angel_n be_v the_o first_o creature_n god_n make_v create_v pure_a as_o the_o light_n ordain_v with_o the_o light_n to_o serve_v god_n the_o same_o day_n be_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n create_v therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o man_n be_v but_o little_o low_a than_o the_o angel_n if_o he_o live_v after_o the_o spirit_n i_o shall_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n any_o more_o concern_v the_o charge_n the_o angel_n have_v over_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n but_o come_v to_o treat_v of_o the_o archeos_n that_o be_v the_o place_n habitation_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o the_o omnipotent_a power_n have_v lodge_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n viz._n the_o body_n of_o man_n wherein_o the_o soul_n the_o image_n of_o god_n abide_v for_o a_o time_n which_o be_v movable_a and_o changeable_a and_o may_v be_v call_v a_o totter_a tabernacle_n these_o earthly_a body_n have_v their_o assistance_n and_o be_v from_o a_o spirit_n in_o latin_a call_v vita_fw-la or_o life_n the_o vital_a spirit_n which_o have_v its_o nutriment_n from_o blood_n and_o this_o sanguine_a or_o blood_n be_v maintain_v and_o preserve_v by_o nourishment_n as_o meat_n or_o drink_n which_o we_o inward_o take_v it_o may_v be_v convenient_a to_o give_v you_o a_o word_n or_o two_o concern_v the_o blood_n how_o it_o come_v to_o support_v the_o body_n or_o vital_a spirit_n as_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o before_o by_o food_n and_o 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that_o it_o may_v subsist_v convenient_a motion_n and_o aliment_n and_o so_o be_v the_o body_n of_o man_n preserve_v and_o keep_v alive_a chap._n iii_o where_o and_o how_o the_o vital_n do_v perform_v their_o chief_a operation_n now_o these_o spirit_n as_o author_n have_v observe_v be_v the_o master-workman_n in_o the_o body_n and_o as_o the_o upper_a wheel_n which_o turn_v about_o the_o low_a wheel_n in_o the_o body_n therefore_o whatsoever_o be_v healthful_a and_o refresh_v to_o the_o spirit_n work_v powerful_o good_a effect_n in_o the_o body_n and_o that_o speedy_o and_o sudden_o as_o the_o author_n say_v vapour_n and_o affection_n work_v compendious_o upon_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o almighty_a have_v place_v in_o the_o world_n all_o thing_n for_o the_o use_n of_o mankind_n and_o nothing_o in_o vain_a it_o be_v appoint_v by_o god_n that_o man_n body_n shall_v receive_v nourishment_n by_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n what_o be_v a_o great_a earthly_a 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itself_o in_o the_o first_o essence_n it_o be_v here_o mean_v of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o fiery_a and_o watery_a mercury_n wherein_o god_n create_v all_o beast_n fish_n fowl_n and_o worm_n every_o one_o from_o its_o own_o peculiar_a property_n of_o the_o divine_a mercury_n here_o you_o see_v how_o the_o eternal_a principle_n have_v move_v themselves_o according_a to_o evil_a and_o good_a for_o there_o be_v evil_a and_o good_a creature_n create_v every_o thing_n as_o the_o mercury_n viz._n the_o seperator_n and_o yet_o every_o kind_n of_o life_n have_v its_o original_a in_o this_o light_n of_o nature_n from_o which_o it_o be_v that_o all_o creature_n in_o their_o kind_n or_o property_n love_v one_o another_o in_o the_o six_o day_n work_v god_n create_v man_n for_o in_o the_o six_o day_n the_o understanding_n to_o the_o life_n
bestow_v on_o mankind_n as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o eight_o psalm_n thou_o have_v make_v he_o to_o have_v dominion_n in_o the_o work_n of_o thy_o hand_n and_o in_o deut._n 4._o where_o god_n have_v appoint_v the_o service_n of_o the_o star_n unto_o all_o people_n that_o be_v under_o heaven_n but_o in_o particular_a to_o the_o business_n we_o be_v on_o now_o he_o have_v make_v he_o king_n and_o lord_n over_o three_o kingdom_n viz._n vegetable_a animal_n and_o mineral_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o these_o what_o can_v he_o do_v and_o how_o honourable_a be_v they_o that_o have_v the_o command_n of_o these_o they_o may_v command_v lead_n into_o gold_n die_v plant_n into_o fruitfulness_n the_o sick_a into_o health_n old_a age_n into_o youth_n and_o what_o not_o prevail_v with_o nature_n and_o the_o fair_a diana_n of_o the_o philosopher_n be_v at_o your_o service_n i_o you_o can_v prevail_v with_o nature_n for_o the_o fair_a of_o her_o daughter_n viz._n the_o mercury_n of_o philosopher_n yet_o there_o be_v another_o of_o wonderful_a beauty_n as_o be_v the_o essence_n and_o magister_n of_o philolopher_n which_o be_v endow_v with_o riches_n honour_n and_o health_n for_o these_o you_o may_v more_o easy_o prevail_v with_o nature_n this_o art_n be_v more_o noble_a than_o all_o other_o art_n and_o science_n and_o if_o it_o do_v once_o true_o shine_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o cloud_n wherewith_o it_o be_v eclipse_v it_o will_v darken_v all_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o sun_n do_v the_o star_n or_o at_o least_o swallow_v up_o their_o light_n this_o be_v that_o true_a natural_a philosophy_n which_o most_o accurate_o anotomize_v nature_n and_o natural_a thing_n etc._n etc._n as_o you_o see_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n that_o fire_n be_v the_o grand_a principle_n of_o natural_a body_n so_o by_o fire_n and_o heat_v we_o be_v able_a to_o subdue_v hard_a body_n change_n and_o separate_v their_o soul_n or_o spirit_n from_o their_o fece_n which_o be_v dull_a earthly_a mixture_n which_o 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such_o like_a in_o two_o or_o three_o fit_n and_o also_o any_o considerable_a disease_n or_o sickness_n within_o six_o hour_n and_o also_o say_v he_o all_o pestilential_a fever_n those_o that_o believe_v this_o certain_o must_v be_v of_o a_o strange_a faith_n and_o opinion_n as_o to_o think_v that_o mr._n bacon_n be_v able_a to_o alter_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o to_o cause_v the_o sign_n circle_n and_o star_n of_o heaven_n which_o god_n have_v make_v fix_v for_o he_o to_o make_v movable_a and_o common_a sure_o not_o so_o methinks_v he_o be_v too_o hasty_a the_o only_a way_n in_o my_o judgement_n be_v not_o to_o disannul_v but_o remember_v and_o agree_v with_o that_o wise_a say_n of_o solomon_n tempus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la perpetrandra_fw-fr there_o be_v a_o time_n for_o the_o do_v of_o all_o thing_n which_o must_v be_v allow_v of_o for_o it_o be_v that_o which_o bring_v thing_n to_o perfection_n chap._n ix_o the_o character_n of_o a_o true_a medicine_n some_o will_v say_v how_o shall_v we_o know_v how_o to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o good_a and_o bad_a that_o will_v be_v too_o large_a for_o i_o here_o to_o lay_v open_a to_o you_o all_o the_o way_n to_o know_v a_o good_a medicine_n from_o the_o bad_a for_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o know_v some_o sort_n of_o medicine_n by_o a_o oculary_a judgement_n therefore_o it_o lie_v and_o consist_v in_o the_o honesty_n and_o uprightness_n of_o the_o operator_n or_o those_o that_o sell_v those_o medicine_n for_o there_o be_v some_o who_o buy_v of_o chemist_n medicine_n cheaper_o than_o ordinary_a and_o the_o other_o sell_v for_o little_a profit_n when_o they_o know_v that_o it_o be_v not_o as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v therefore_o this_o lie_n and_o consist_v too_o in_o experience_n your_o best_a way_n therefore_o be_v to_o confide_v in_o a_o ingenuous_a and_o approve_a chemist_n or_o a_o honest_a apothecary_n drugster_n or_o the_o like_a by_o which_o you_o will_v not_o fail_v there_o be_v one_o thing_n more_o which_o cast_v a_o great_a scandal_n upon_o our_o medicine_n viz._n a_o mistake_n of_o the_o doctor_n or_o by_o his_o unskilfulness_n first_o in_o not_o administer_a such_o of_o they_o as_o aught_o to_o be_v or_o in_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o do_v and_o so_o it_o work_v not_o the_o expect_a effect_n for_o which_o we_o bear_v the_o blame_n second_o by_o unskilfulness_n for_o there_o be_v many_o who_o go_v under_o the_o title_n of_o doctor_n who_o know_v not_o what_o humour_n or_o disease_n they_o be_v to_o cure_v neither_o can_v they_o give_v a_o accout_n of_o what_o they_o take_v in_o hand_n si_fw-mi tu_fw-la cupis_fw-la peritus_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o arte_fw-la medendi_fw-la debes_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la oratione_fw-la sequenti_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la medicina_fw-la &_o astrologia_fw-la gnarus_fw-la esse_fw-la nam_fw-la hic_fw-la ad_fw-la studendum_fw-la satis_fw-la tibi_fw-la praebet_fw-la scilicit_fw-la sympathia_fw-la &_o antipathia_fw-la nec_fw-la sunt_fw-la planulae_fw-la quibus_fw-la totum_fw-la medicinae_fw-la corpus_fw-la vertitur_fw-la &_o deducitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la tibi_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la tuam_fw-la erigendum_fw-la constructionem_fw-la chap._n x._o a_o word_n of_o advice_n to_o all_o in_o general_n as_o well_o as_o to_o chemist_n nature_n have_v give_v to_o man_n no_o better_o thing_n than_o death_n it_o be_v mean_v here_o that_o death_n by_o which_o we_o fulfil_v the_o course_n of_o nature_n non_fw-la deterret_fw-la sapientem_fw-la mors_fw-la quia_fw-la propter_fw-la incertos_fw-la casus_fw-la quotidie_fw-la immanent_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la brevitatem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la long_a potest_fw-la abesse_fw-la death_n can_v terrify_v a_o wise_a man_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o so_o many_o uncertain_a chance_n be_v always_o imminent_a and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o shortness_n of_o his_o life_n can_v never_o be_v long_o absent_a the_o live_a spirit_n be_v instan_o extinguish_v if_o it_o be_v deprive_v either_o of_o motion_n or_o refrigeration_n or_o of_o aliment_n these_o three_o be_v the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a passion_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o all_o the_o organ_n of_o the_o principal_a part_n serve_v hereunto_o that_o these_o office_n may_v be_v perform_v and_o again_o all_o destruction_n of_o the_o organ_n which_o be_v deadly_a bring_v the_o matter_n to_o this_o point_n that_o one_o or_o more_o of_o these_o three_o fail_n there_o be_v divers_a way_n to_o death_n but_o they_o end_v in_o these_o three_o now_o the_o whole_a fabric_n of_o the_o part_n be_v the_o organ_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o the_o spirit_n be_v the_o organ_n of_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n which_o be_v incorporeous_a and_o divine_a chap._n xi_o a_o word_n or_o two_o how_o the_o body_n of_o man_n be_v support_v by_o these_o three_o intention_n first_o the_o prohibit_v of_o consumption_n the_o perfect_a of_o reparation_n and_o the_o remove_n of_o 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