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gale_n of_o prosperity_n puff_v up_o with_o pride_n and_o take_v thyself_o for_o a_o god_n never_o think_v that_o thy_o life_n when_o it_o be_v hang_v upon_o so_o single_a a_o thread_n with_o so_o small_a a_o matter_n may_v have_v miscarry_v nay_o more_o than_o that_o even_o at_o this_o day_n be_v thou_o in_o more_o danger_n than_o so_o if_o thou_o chance_v to_o be_v but_o sting_v or_o bite_v with_o the_o little_a tooth_n of_o a_o serpent_n or_o if_o but_o the_o very_a kernel_n of_o a_o raisin_n go_v down_o thy_o throat_n wrong_v as_o it_o do_v with_o the_o poet_n anacreon_n which_o cost_v he_o his_o life_n or_o as_o fabius_n a_o senator_n of_o rome_n and_o lord_n chief_a justice_n beside_o who_o in_o a_o draught_n of_o milk_n fortune_v to_o swallow_v a_o small_a hair_n which_o strangle_v he_o well_o then_o think_v better_o of_o this_o point_n for_o he_o very_o that_o will_v evermore_o set_v before_o his_o eye_n and_o remember_v the_o frailty_n of_o man_n estate_n shall_v live_v in_o this_o world_n upright_o and_o in_o even_a balance_n without_o incline_v more_o to_o one_o side_n than_o unto_o another_o chap._n viii_o ¶_o of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v agrippae_fw-la to_o be_v bear_v with_o the_o foot_n forward_o be_v unnatural_a and_o unkind_a and_o such_o as_o come_v in_o that_o order_n into_o the_o world_n the_o latin_n be_v wont_n to_o name_n agrippae_fw-la as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v bear_v hardly_o and_o with_o much_o ado_n and_o in_o this_o manner_n m._n agrippa_n as_o they_o say_v come_v forth_o of_o his_o mother_n womb_n the_o only_a man_n almost_o know_v to_o have_v bring_v any_o good_a fortune_n with_o he_o and_o prosper_v in_o the_o world_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o be_v in_o that_o sort_n bear_v and_o yet_o as_o happy_a as_o he_o be_v and_o how_o well_o soever_o he_o chieve_v in_o some_o respect_n he_o be_v much_o pain_v with_o the_o gout_n and_o pass_v all_o his_o youth_n and_o many_o a_o day_n after_o in_o bloody_a war_n and_o in_o danger_n of_o a_o thousand_o death_n and_o have_v escape_v all_o these_o harmful_a peril_n unfortunate_a he_o be_v in_o all_o his_o child_n and_o especial_o in_o his_o two_o daughter_n the_o agrippinae_n both_o who_o bring_v forth_o those_o wicked_a imp_n so_o pernicious_a to_o the_o whole_a earth_n namely_o c._n caligula_n and_o domitius_n nero_n two_o emperor_n but_o two_o fiery_a flame_n to_o consume_v and_o waste_v all_o mankind_n moreover_o his_o infelicity_n herein_o appear_v that_o he_o live_v so_o short_a a_o time_n die_v as_o he_o do_v a_o strong_a and_o lusty_a man_n in_o the_o 51_o year_n of_o his_o age_n torment_v and_o vex_v with_o the_o adultery_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n oppress_v with_o the_o heavy_a and_o intolerable_a servitude_n that_o he_o be_v in_o under_o his_o wife_n father_n in_o which_o regard_v it_o seem_v he_o pay_v full_a dear_a for_o the_o presage_n of_o his_o untoward_a birth_n and_o nativity_n moreover_o agrippina_n have_v leave_v in_o writing_n that_o her_o son_n nero_n also_o late_a emperor_n who_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v a_o very_a enemy_n to_o all_o mankind_n be_v bear_v with_o his_o foot_n forward_o and_o in_o truth_n by_o the_o right_a order_n and_o course_n of_o nature_n a_o man_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n with_o his_o head_n first_o but_o be_v carry_v forth_o with_o his_o foot_n foremost_a chap._n ix_o ¶_o birth_n cut_v out_o of_o the_o womb_n but_o more_o fortunate_a be_v they_o a_o great_a deal_n who_o birth_n cost_v their_o mother_n life_n part_v from_o they_o by_o mean_n of_o incision_n like_v as_o scipio_n africanus_n the_o former_a who_o come_v into_o the_o world_n in_o that_o manner_n and_o the_o first_o that_o ever_o be_v surname_v caesar_n be_v so_o call_v for_o the_o like_a cause_n and_o hereof_o come_v the_o fore-name_n also_o of_o the_o caesone_n in_o like_a sort_n also_o be_v that_o manlius_n borne_n who_o enter_v carthage_n with_o a_o army_n chap._n x._o ¶_o who_o be_v vopisci_n the_o latin_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v he_o vopiscus_n or_o rather_o opiscus_fw-la who_o be_v one_o of_o two_o twin_n happen_v to_o stay_v behind_o in_o the_o womb_n the_o full_a term_n when_o as_o the_o other_o miscarry_v by_o abortive_a and_o untimely_a birth_n and_o in_o this_o case_n there_o chance_v right_o strange_a accident_n although_o they_o fall_v out_o very_o seldom_o chap._n xi_o ¶_o example_n of_o many_o infant_n at_o one_o birth_n few_o creature_n there_o be_v beside_o woman_n that_o seek_v after_o the_o male_a and_o can_v skill_n of_o their_o company_n after_o they_o be_v once_o conceive_v with_o young_a one_o kind_n very_o or_o two_o at_o the_o most_o there_o be_v know_v to_o conceive_v double_a one_o upon_o the_o other_o we_o find_v in_o book_n write_v by_o physician_n and_o in_o their_o record_n who_o have_v study_v such_o matter_n and_o gather_v observation_n that_o there_o have_v pass_v or_o be_v cast_v away_o from_o a_o woman_n at_o one_o only_a slip_n 12_o distinct_a child_n but_o 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with_o two_o twin_n more_o over_o and_o beside_o it_o be_v common_o see_v that_o child_n be_v not_o always_o answerable_a to_o the_o parent_n in_o every_o respect_n for_o of_o perfect_a father_n and_o mother_n who_o have_v all_o their_o limb_n there_o be_v beget_v child_n unperfect_a and_o want_v some_o member_n and_o contrariwise_o parent_n there_o be_v maim_v and_o defective_a in_o some_o part_n who_o nevertheless_o beget_v child_n that_o be_v sound_a and_o entire_a and_o with_o all_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v it_o be_v see_v also_o that_o infant_n be_v at_o a_o default_n of_o those_o part_n their_o parent_n miss_v yea_o and_o they_o carry_v often_o time_n certain_a mark_n mole_n blemish_n and_o scar_n of_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n as_o like_a as_o may_v be_v among_o the_o people_n call_v dake_n the_o child_n usual_o bear_v the_o mark_n imprint_v in_o their_o arm_n of_o they_o from_o who_o they_o descend_v even_o to_o the_o four_o generation_n chap._n xii_o ¶_o example_n of_o many_o that_o have_v be_v very_o like_a and_o resemble_v one_o another_o in_o the_o race_n and_o family_n of_o the_o lepidi_n it_o be_v say_v there_o be_v three_o of_o they_o not_o successive_o one_o after_o another_o but_o out_o of_o order_n after_o some_o intermission_n who_o have_v every_o one_o of_o they_o at_o their_o birth_n a_o little_a pannicle_n or_o thin_a skin_n grow_v over_o their_o eye_n some_o have_v be_v know_v to_o resemble_v their_o grandsire_n and_o of_o two_o twin_n one_o have_v be_v like_o the_o father_n the_o other_o the_o mother_n but_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v a_o year_n after_o have_v be_v so_o like_o his_o elder_a brother_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o twin_n some_o woman_n
and_o the_o alps_o also_o of_o urchin_n and_o hedgehog_n the_o rat_n of_o pontus_n which_o be_v only_o white_a come_v not_o abroad_o all_o winter_n they_o have_v a_o most_o fine_a and_o exquisite_a taste_n in_o their_o feed_n but_o i_o wonder_v how_o the_o author_n that_o have_v write_v this_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o so_o much_o those_o of_o the_o alps_n likewise_o i_o marmottane_n which_o be_v as_o big_a as_o brock_n or_o badger_n keep_v in_o during_o winter_n but_o they_o be_v provide_v of_o victual_n before_o hand_n which_o they_o gather_v together_o and_o carry_v into_o their_o hole_n and_o some_o say_v when_o the_o male_a or_o female_n be_v load_v with_o grass_n and_o herb_n as_o much_o as_o it_o can_v comprehend_v within_o all_o the_o four_o leg_n it_o lie_v upon_o the_o back_n with_o the_o say_a provision_n upon_o their_o belly_n and_o then_o come_v the_o other_o and_o take_v hold_v by_o the_o tail_n with_o the_o mouth_n and_o draw_v the_o fellow_n into_o 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be_v continual_o trouble_v hereabout_o with_o grievous_a complaint_n out_o of_o all_o province_n chap._n xxxviii_o ¶_o of_o the_o leontophone_n the_o once_o badger_n and_o squirrel_n two_o other_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o beast_n who_o urine_n work_v strange_a and_o wonderful_a effect_n the_o one_o be_v call_v leontophonos_n and_o he_o breed_v in_o no_o country_n but_o where_o there_o be_v lion_n a_o little_a creature_n it_o be_v but_o so_o venomous_a that_o the_o lion_n king_n of_o beast_n before_o who_o all_o other_o tremble_v for_o all_o his_o might_n and_o puissance_n die_v present_o if_o he_o taste_v never_o so_o little_a thereof_o and_o therefore_o they_o that_o chase_v the_o lion_n get_v all_o the_o leontophones_n that_o they_o can_v come_v by_o burn_v their_o body_n and_o with_o the_o powder_n of_o they_o bestrew_v &_o season_v as_o it_o be_v the_o piece_n of_o other_o flesh_n that_o they_o lie_v for_o a_o bait_n in_o the_o forest_n and_o thus_o with_o the_o very_a ash_n i_o 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