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it_o have_v none_o but_o seem_v
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pure_a element_n be_v not_o colour_v of_o themselves_o aperspicuum_fw-la or_o tralucent_a body_n be_v without_o all_o darkness_n can_v never_o be_v so_o condense_v that_o a_o colour_n shall_v arise_v therefrom_o and_o therefore_o the_o simple_a element_n yea_o and_o the_o heaven_n itself_o have_v absolute_o no_o true_a colour_n for_o though_o the_o air_n may_v be_v so_o condense_v that_o it_o may_v degenerate_v into_o water_n colour_v the_o pure_a element_n be_v not_o true_o colour_v yet_o it_o will_v never_o attain_v unto_o a_o colour_n no_o nor_o the_o earth_n itself_o nor_o yet_o that_o which_o be_v more_o condense_a then_o the_o earth_n they_o therefore_o be_v in_o a_o error_n which_o ascribe_v whiteness_n unto_o three_o element_n and_o blackness_n unto_o the_o earth_n indeed_o perspicuity_n and_o transparencie_n may_v be_v allow_v to_o these_o three_o and_o a_o
those_o of_o the_o brain_n because_o thence_o all_o nerve_n take_v their_o original_a chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o eye_n or_o of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o coniugation_n those_o two_o process_n of_o the_o brain_n call_v mammillares_n which_o be_v the_o instrument_n process_n the_o mamillary_a process_n of_o smell_a do_v come_v to_o be_v handle_v in_o the_o first_o place_n but_o because_o we_o have_v relate_v their_o history_n and_o exhibit_v the_o table_n which_o belong_v to_o they_o in_o the_o sixteenth_o chapter_n of_o the_o seven_o book_n we_o will_v refer_v the_o reader_n for_o his_o satisfaction_n unto_o that_o place_n and_o proceed_v unto_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o eye_n whereof_o indeed_o we_o make_v some_o mention_n before_o but_o that_o brief_o and_o by_o the_o way_n as_o also_o we_o have_v do_v of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nerve_n because_o they_o take_v their_o original_a from_o the_o diverse_a part_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o brain_n which_o be_v 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