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show_v the_o true_a mean_n of_o give_v a_o true_a judgement_n according_a to_o second_o cause_n of_o either_o life_n or_o death_n but_o because_o that_o do_v require_v a_o great_a speculation_n and_o that_o the_o age_n of_o a_o man_n will_v not_o suffice_v for_o it_o i_o shall_v so_o bear_v pray_v to_o god_n that_o he_o will_v be_v please_v so_o to_o bless_v our_o labour_n that_o what_o we_o do_v may_v be_v to_o his_o honour_n and_o glory_n the_o edification_n and_o benefit_n of_o our_o neighbour_n and_o the_o safety_n and_o salvation_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n to_o who_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n be_v honour_n and_o glory_n eternal_o amen_n to_o the_o benevolent_a reader_n a_o quadrine_n believe_v not_o that_o in_o ostentation_n i_o have_v write_v this_o treatise_n of_o plebotomy_n but_o as_o a_o friend_n to_o life_n i_o undertake_v to_o show_v its_o operation_n in_o this_o book_n a_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n chap._n i._n what_o phlebotomy_n be_v its_o property_n and_o that_o which_o must_v be_v particular_o observe_v for_o the_o good_a performance_n thereof_o chap._n ii_o how_o that_o the_o chirurgeon_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o astrology_n and_o of_o the_o profit_n that_o come_v thereby_o as_o well_o for_o phlebotomy_n as_o for_o all_o the_o malady_n which_o do_v happen_v unto_o humane_a body_n the_o sympathy_n of_o the_o star_n therewith_o and_o other_o discovery_n most_o useful_a for_o a_o chirurgeon_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o time_n of_o necessity_n wherein_o be_v show_v the_o malady_n wherein_o phlebotomy_n do_v necessary_o fall_v out_o chap._n iu._n of_o the_o time_n of_o election_n for_o the_o inferior_a root_n and_o of_o the_o superior_a root_n which_o extend_v its_o self_n to_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o star_n as_o well_o in_o the_o concurrence_n which_o they_o have_v to_o the_o part_n of_o our_o body_n as_o upon_o the_o humour_n and_o malady_n which_o happen_v therein_o chap._n v._n that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o a_o chirurgeon_n have_v the_o astronomical_a figure_n in_o his_o study_n or_o at_o least_o in_o his_o shop_n and_o of_o the_o benefit_n that_o proceed_v therefrom_o as_o well_o to_o the_o patient_n as_o those_o that_o exercise_n or_o practise_v it_o which_o be_v prove_v by_o a_o history_n and_o other_o example_n also_o that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o mundify_v the_o blood_n than_o to_o evacuate_v it_o with_o the_o discovery_n of_o two_o excellent_a remedy_n for_o that_o effect_n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o vein_n proper_a to_o be_v blood_v for_o several_a infirmity_n which_o arrive_v to_o humane_a body_n together_o with_o the_o benefit_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o use_v of_o cupping-glass_n with_o scarification_n and_o without_o it_o and_o of_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o this_o operation_n and_o last_o of_o horseleech_n  _fw-fr a_o short_a treatise_n or_o discourse_n of_o crisis_n wherein_o be_v demonstrate_v how_o man_n do_v deceive_v themselves_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o they_o not_o know_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o star_n finis_fw-la