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paraphrase_n on_o the_o apostle_n peter_n vision_n arise_v peter_n kill_v and_o eat_v p._n 273._o the_o true_a rise_n and_o ground_n of_o nobility_n as_o to_o birth_n and_o blood_n p._n 284_o &c_n &c_n who_o be_v true_o noble_a and_o honourable_a p._n 288._o why_o flesh_n and_o blood_n be_v so_o much_o desire_v p._n 291_o etc._n etc._n a_o short_a comment_n on_o gen._n 4._o concern_v cain_n and_o abel_n p._n 301_o etc._n etc._n the_o cause_n of_o war_n p._n 311._o of_o abraham_n eat_v flesh_n with_o the_o angel_n p._n 315._o concern_v the_o resurrection_n p._n 328._o the_o grand_a objection_n answer_v viz._n if_o all_o people_n shall_v live_v on_o herb_n etc._n etc._n what_o shall_v we_o do_v with_o the_o beast_n they_o will_v overrun_v we_o etc._n etc._n p._n 331._o chap._n xv._n the_o voice_n of_o the_o dumb_a or_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o creature_n expostulate_v with_o man_n touch_v the_o cruel_a usage_n they_o suffer_v from_o he_o very_o natural_o express_v in_o a_o pleasant_a and_o useful_a allegory_n p._n 367._o chap._n xvi_o a_o treatise_n of_o most_o sort_n of_o english_a herb_n either_o physical_a or_o fit_a for_o common_a use_n show_v one_a the_o apt_a time_n to_o gather_v they_o astrological_o when_o the_o planet_n that_o govern_v they_o be_v strong_a and_o well_o aspect_v the_o same_o be_v here_o calculate_v for_o nineteen_o year_n two_o how_o to_o preserve_v and_o keep_v they_o without_o lose_v their_o virtue_n and_o three_o the_o best_a way_n of_o use_v they_o in_o posset-drinks_a decoction_n and_o cordial_n so_o as_o not_o to_o destroy_v the_o pure_a spirituous_a part_n of_o they_o p._n 382_o etc._n etc._n the_o ignorance_n blindness_n and_o deceitfulness_n of_o the_o doctor_n make_v manifest_a p._n 396._o a_o copy_n of_o a_o learned_a doctor_n confuse_v latin_a bill_n to_o a_o apothecary_n and_o some_o observation_n thereon_o p._n 404._o the_o most_o natural_a and_o proper_a way_n of_o make_v of_o cordial_n with_o any_o kind_n of_o herb_n seed_n flower_n spice_n and_o drug_n either_o simple_a or_o compound_n p._n 411._o the_o proper_a and_o natural_a way_n of_o make_v physical_a decoction_n posset-drinks_a etc._n etc._n with_o herb_n seed_n and_o drug_n p._n 414._o how_o man_n come_v first_o to_o know_v the_o virtue_n of_o several_a herb_n p._n 417._o who_o be_v the_o great_a master_n of_o physic_n which_o our_o modern_a doctor_n make_v the_o foundation_n of_o their_o skill_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o their_o rule_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v we_o p._n 421._o chap._n xvii_o of_o bug_n and_o from_o what_o matter_n and_o aliment_n they_o do_v proceed_v and_o how_o to_o prevent_v their_o generation_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o clean_a sweet_a bed_n and_o perniciousness_n of_o old_a stink_a featherbed_n also_o several_a receipt_n how_o to_o kill_v bug_n and_o flea_n p._n 434._o chap._n xviii_o a_o short_a discourse_n of_o the_o pain_n in_o the_o tooth_n show_v from_o what_o cause_n it_o do_v chief_o proceed_v and_o how_o to_o 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