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from_o sickness_n to_o health_n to_o the_o great_a astonishment_n and_o admiration_n of_o the_o stander_n by_o they_o that_o desire_v to_o know_v the_o composition_n of_o this_o rare_a preservative_n let_v they_o read_v it_o in_o the_o author_n himself_o for_o it_o be_v too_o long_o and_o tedious_a to_o describe_v it_o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v beside_o these_o compound_n many_o simple_a medicine_n which_o be_v take_v inward_o do_v perform_v the_o same_o effect_n as_o namely_o the_o thistle_n whereupon_o serenus_n have_v these_o verse_n follow_v carduus_fw-la &_o nondum_fw-la doctis_fw-la fullonibus_fw-la aptus_fw-la exit_fw-la illo_fw-la radix_fw-la tepido_fw-la potatur_fw-la in_o amni_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o root_n of_o teasil_n young_a for_o fuller_n yet_o unfit_a drink_v in_o warm_a water_n venom_n out_o do_v spit_v that_o thistle_n which_o qu._n serenus_n here_o understand_v be_v proper_o that_o plant_n which_o of_o the_o greek_n be_v call_v scolymos_n yet_o it_o 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