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the_o magistrate_n elect_v in_o some_o part_n of_o greece_n and_o after_o his_o day_n we_o read_v in_o thucydides_n of_o the_o council_n of_o the_o bean_n in_o athens_n the_o same_o word_n also_o in_o greek_a do_v signify_v a_o testicle_n and_o have_v be_v think_v by_o some_o a_o injunction_n only_o of_o continency_n as_o aul._n gellius_n have_v expound_v and_o as_o empedocles_n may_v also_o be_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v testâ—culis_fw-la miseri_fw-la dextras_fw-la subducite_fw-la again_o his_o injunction_n be_v not_o to_o harbour_v swallow_n in_o our_o house_n who_o advice_n notwithstanding_o we_o do_v not_o contemn_v who_o daily_o admit_v and_o cherish_v they_o for_o herein_o a_o caution_n be_v only_o imply_v not_o to_o entertain_v ungrateful_a and_o thankless_a person_n which_o like_o the_o swallow_n be_v no_o way_n commodious_a unto_o we_o but_o have_v make_v use_v of_o our_o habitation_n and_o serve_v their_o own_o turn_n forsake_v we_o so_o he_o 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this_o reason_n they_o be_v the_o bird_n of_o venus_n and_o want_v the_o furious_a and_o discord_v part_n be_v more_o acceptable_a unto_o the_o deity_n of_o love_n they_o sure_o add_v unto_o the_o conceit_n which_o be_v at_o first_o venereal_a and_o in_o this_o animal_n may_v be_v sufficient_o make_v out_o from_o that_o conception_n the_o ground_n of_o this_o conceit_n be_v partly_o like_o the_o former_a that_o be_v the_o obscure_a situation_n of_o the_o gall_n and_o out_o of_o the_o liver_n wherein_o it_o be_v common_o inquire_v but_o this_o be_v a_o very_a injust_a illation_n not_o well_o consider_v with_o what_o variety_n this_o part_n be_v seat_v in_o bird_n in_o some_o both_o at_o the_o stomach_n and_o the_o liver_n as_o in_o the_o capâ—iceps_fw-la in_o some_o at_o the_o liver_n only_o as_o in_o cock_n turkey_n and_o phasiant_n in_o other_o at_o the_o gut_n and_o liver_n as_o in_o hawk_n and_o kite_n in_o some_o at_o the_o gut_n alone_o as_o crow_n dove_n and_o many_o more_o and_o 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46._o revertamur_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la à _fw-la fancy_n gladii_fw-la columbae_fw-la where_o notwithstanding_o the_o dove_n be_v not_o literal_o intend_v but_o thereby_o be_v employ_v the_o babylonian_n who_o queen_n semiramis_n be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n and_o who_o successor_n do_v bear_v the_o dove_n in_o their_o standard_n so_o be_v it_o proverbial_o say_v formicae_fw-la sua_fw-la bilis_fw-la inest_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o musca_fw-la splenem_fw-la whereas_o we_o all_o know_v philosophy_n deny_v these_o part_n nor_o have_v anatomy_n discover_v they_o in_o infect_v if_o therefore_o any_o shall_v affirm_v a_o pigeon_n have_v no_o gall_n imply_v no_o more_o thereby_o then_o the_o lenity_n of_o this_o animal_n we_o shall_v not_o controvert_v his_o affirmation_n and_o thus_o may_v we_o make_v out_o the_o assertion_n of_o ancient_a writer_n and_o safe_o receive_v the_o expression_n of_o those_o great_a divine_n and_o worthy_a father_n but_o if_o by_o a_o transition_n from_o rhetoric_n to_o logic_n he_o shall_v contend_v it_o have_v no_o such_o part_n or_o humour_n he_o commit_v a_o open_a fallacy_n and_o such_o as_o be_v probable_o first_o commit_v concern_v spanish_a mare_n who_o swiftness_n tropical_o express_v from_o their_o generation_n by_o the_o wind_n may_v after_o be_v gross_o take_v and_o a_o real_a truth_n conceive_v in_o that_o conception_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o beaver_n that_o a_o beaver_n to_o escape_v the_o hunter_n bite_v off_o his_o testicle_n or_o stone_n be_v a_o tenant_n very_o ancient_a and_o have_v have_v thereby_o advantage_n of_o propagation_n for_o the_o same_o we_o find_v in_o the_o hieroglyphic_n of_o the_o egyptian_n in_o the_o apologue_n of_o aesop_n a_o author_n of_o great_a antiquity_n who_o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o cyrus_n the_o same_o be_v touch_v bâ—_n aristotle_n in_o his_o ethic_n but_o serious_o deliver_v by_o aelian_a pliny_n and_o solinus_n with_o the_o same_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o juvenal_n who_o by_o a_o handsome_a and_o metricall_a expression_n more_o welcomely_a engraft_n it_o in_o our_o junior_a memory_n imitatus_fw-la castora_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la eunuchum_fw-la ipse_fw-la facit_fw-la cupiens_fw-la evadere_fw-la damno_fw-la testiculoâ—um_fw-la adeo_fw-la medicatum_fw-la intelligit_fw-la inguen_fw-la it_o have_v be_v propagate_v by_o emblem_n and_o some_o have_v be_v so_o bad_a gramarian_n as_o to_o be_v deceive_v by_o the_o name_n derive_v castor_n à _fw-la castrando_fw-la whereas_o the_o proper_a latin_a word_n be_v fibor_n and_o castor_n but_o borrow_v from_o the_o greek_a so_o call_v quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v animal_n ventricosum_fw-la from_o his_o swaggy_a and_o prominent_a belly_n herein_o therefore_o to_o speak_v compendious_o we_o first_o presume_v to_o affirm_v that_o from_o a_o strict_a enquiry_n we_o can_v maintain_v the_o evulsion_n or_o bite_n of_o any_o part_n and_o this_o be_v declareable_a from_o the_o best_a and_o most_o profess_a writer_n for_o though_o some_o have_v make_v use_n hereof_o in_o a_o moral_a or_o tropical_a way_n yet_o have_v the_o profess_a discourser_n by_o silence_n desert_v or_o by_o experience_n reject_v this_o assertion_n thus_o be_v it_o in_o ancient_a time_n discover_v and_o experimental_o refute_v by_o one_o sestius_n a_o phâ—sitian_n as_o it_o stand_v relate_v by_o pliny_n by_o dioscorides_n who_o plain_o affirm_v that_o this_o tradition_n be_v false_a by_o the_o discovery_n of_o modern_a author_n who_o have_v express_o discourse_v hereon_o as_o aldrovandus_n mathiolus_n gesneâ—us_n bellonius_fw-la by_o olaus_n magnus_n peter_n martyr_n and_o divers_a other_o who_o have_v describe_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o venation_n in_o america_n they_o general_o omit_v this_o way_n of_o their_o escape_n and_o have_v deliver_v several_a other_o by_o which_o they_o be_v daily_o take_v the_o original_n of_o the_o conceit_n 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with_o his_o life_n contemn_v the_o loss_n of_o his_o genital_n that_o be_v in_o case_n of_o extremity_n not_o strict_o to_o endeavour_v the_o preservation_n of_o all_o but_o to_o sit_v down_o in_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o great_a good_a though_o with_o the_o detriment_n and_o hazard_n of_o the_o lesser_a we_o may_v hereby_o apprehend_v a_o real_a and_o useful_a truth_n and_o in_o this_o laâ—iâ—ude_n of_o belief_n wâ—e_o be_v content_a to_o receive_v the_o fable_n of_o hippomanes_n who_o redeem_v his_o life_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o golden_a ball_n and_o whether_o true_a oâ—â—alse_a we_o reject_v not_o the_o tragedy_n of_o absyrtus_n and_o the_o dispersion_n of_o his_o member_n bâ—_n medea_n to_o perplex_v the_o pursuit_n of_o her_o father_n but_o if_o he_o shall_v positive_o affirm_v this_o act_n and_o can_v believe_v the_o moral_a unless_o he_o also_o credit_v the_o fable_n he_o be_v sure_o greedy_a of_o delusion_n and_o will_v hardly_o avoid_v deception_n in_o theory_n of_o this_o nature_n the_o error_n therefore_o and_o alogie_n
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hundred_o pound_n according_a unto_o leo_n africanus_n or_o desire_n before_o belief_n to_o behold_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o be_v the_o ruc_a in_o paulus_n venetus_n for_o my_o part_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v angry_a with_o his_o incredulity_n 9_o if_o any_o man_n doubt_n of_o the_o strange_a antiquity_n deliver_v by_o historian_n as_o of_o the_o wonderful_a corpse_n of_o antaeus_n untombed_a a_o thousand_o year_n after_o his_o death_n by_o sertorius_n whether_o there_o be_v no_o deceit_n in_o those_o fragment_n of_o the_o ark_n so_o common_a to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o day_n of_o berosus_n whether_o the_o pillar_n which_o josephus_n behâ—ld_v long_o ago_o tertullian_n long_v after_o and_o bartholomeus_n de_fw-fr saligniaco_n and_o borchardus_fw-la long_a since_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o lot_n wife_n whether_o this_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o paul_n or_o that_o which_o be_v common_o show_v the_o head_n of_o peter_n if_o any_o doubt_n i_o shall_v not_o much_o dispute_n with_o their_o suspicion_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v not_o believe_v the_o turpentine_n betwixt_o jerusalem_n and_o bethlem_n under_o which_o the_o virgin_n suckle_v our_o saviour_n as_o she_o pass_v between_o those_o city_n or_o the_o figtree_n of_o bethanie_n show_v to_o this_o day_n whereon_o zacheus_n ascend_v to_o behold_v our_o saviour_n i_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o enforce_v his_o belief_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v it_o requisite_a to_o attempt_v it_o for_o as_o it_o be_v no_o reasonable_a proceed_n to_o compel_v a_o religion_n or_o think_v to_o enforce_v our_o own_o belief_n upon_o another_o who_o can_v without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o god_n spirit_n have_v any_o indubitable_a evidence_n of_o thing_n that_o be_v obtrude_v so_o be_v it_o also_o in_o matter_n of_o common_a belief_n whereunto_o neither_o can_v we_o indubitable_o assent_v without_o the_o cooperation_n of_o our_o sense_n or_o reason_n wherein_o consist_v the_o principle_n of_o persuasion_n for_o as_o the_o habit_n of_o 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