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soul_n and_o body_n ib._n their_o communion_n 27_o the_o inward_a man_n which_o do_v not_o decay_v 29_o 30_o the_o sun_n or_o rational_a faculty_n superior_a 31_o the_o difference_n between_o soul_n and_o spirit_n 32_o 33_o the_o light_n or_o rationâ—_n faculty_n inferior_a 30_o the_o speculative_a operation_n ib_v the_o practical_a 37_o solomon_n declension_n 38_o the_o wiâ—â—_n 39_o the_o moon_n or_o sensitive_a faculty_n 40_o its_o operation_n 41_o the_o common_a sense_n and_o fancy_n the_o same_o faculty_n 42_o the_o star_n or_o the_o species_n in_o the_o memory_n 45_o not_o only_o of_o the_o fancy_n but_o of_o the_o understanding_n 46_o the_o use_n of_o this_o faculty_n 4â—_n 48_o the_o disease_n 49_o cloud_n after_o rain_n i._n e._n one_o misery_n after_o another_o 50_o 51_o notwithstanding_o what_o nature_n can_v do_v 52_o or_o be_v 53._o v._o 3._o from_o page_n the_o 54_o to_o 101_o the_o body_n compare_v to_o a_o house_n p._n 55_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o house_n not_o the_o thorax_n but_o the_o hand_n 56_o how_o they_o keep_v the_o house_n 57_o 58_o the_o bone_n 59_o 60_o the_o thumb_n 61_o the_o muscle_n 61_o 62_o the_o disease_n 63_o the_o cause_n of_o they_o 63_o 64_o the_o strong_a man_n or_o the_o foot_n 65_o 66_o 67._o their_o likeness_n to_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o house_n 69_o the_o femur_n 70_o the_o patella_n 71_o the_o conjunction_n of_o the_o fibula_fw-la 72_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o flexure_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o foot_n 73_o the_o muscle_n 73_o 74_o the_o disease_n 75_o the_o grinder_n the_o jawbone_n 76_o 77_o the_o tooth_n several_a way_n fit_v for_o grind_v 77_o 78_o 79_o the_o division_n of_o they_o 80_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o great_a and_o broad_a tooth_n be_v most_o proper_o the_o grinder_n 81_o 82_o creature_n that_o have_v tooth_n only_o on_o one_o jaw_n and_o how_o that_o want_n be_v supply_v 83_o 84_o the_o disease_n 85_o how_o the_o eye_n may_v be_v call_v the_o looker_n out_o of_o the_o window_n 86_o the_o pellucide_n 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