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and_o melt_v it_o continual_o after_o which_o every_o substance_n which_o get_v loose_a or_o exhale_v return_v to_o the_o principle_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v draw_v he_o suppose_v in_o the_o second_o place_n that_o the_o blood_n which_o be_v according_a to_o he_o a_o fluid_a matter_n form_v of_o the_o aliment_n by_o a_o peculiar_a artifice_n of_o nature_n which_o cut_v and_o reduce_v they_o into_o small_a piece_n by_o mean_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fire_n which_o rise_v in_o our_o stomach_n after_o the_o air_n or_o breath_n he_o suppose_v that_o this_o blood_n who_o redness_n be_v a_o evident_a token_n of_o the_o impression_n of_o this_o fire_n serve_v to_o nourish_v the_o flesh_n and_o general_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o vacant_a space_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o sort_n of_o water_v or_o general_a inundation_n this_o be_v suppose_v he_o maintain_v that_o while_n we_o be_v young_a this_o blood_n abound_v in_o all_o part_n not_o 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physicians_n 〈◊〉_d claim_v to_o he_o likewise_o dogmatic_a or_o reason_v physician_n call_v so_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o empiric_n have_v unanimous_o own_a he_o for_o their_o head_n as_o be_v the_o first_o that_o assist_v reason_n with_o experience_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n the_o philosopher_n mention_v by_o we_o in_o the_o precede_a book_n be_v well_o enough_o verse_v in_o the_o art_n of_o reason_v but_o want_v experience_n or_o practice_n hypocrates_n be_v the_o first_o person_n who_o possess_v both_o one_o and_o the_o other_o this_o may_v seem_v to_o contradict_v what_o i_o have_v already_o advance_v upon_o the_o credit_n of_o celsus_n viz._n that_o hypocrates_n separate_v physic_n from_o philosophy_n for_o a_o salvo_n to_o this_o seem_a contradiction_n we_o need_v only_o suppose_v that_o hypocrates_n who_o be_v descend_v of_o a_o family_n where_o he_o as_o it_o be_v suck_v in_o physic_n with_o his_o milk_n find_v this_o art_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o philosopher_n 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philosophy_n have_v nature_n in_o general_n for_o its_o object_n but_o that_o physic_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n apply_v itself_o to_o nature_n as_o it_o have_v a_o relation_n to_o man_n who_o she_o consider_v under_o the_o different_a circumstance_n of_o health_n and_o sickness_n that_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o a_o man_n must_v be_v a_o physician_n because_o he_o be_v a_o philosopher_n unless_o he_o have_v study_v humane_a body_n in_o particular_a and_o instruct_v himself_o in_o the_o several_a change_n that_o befall_v it_o and_o in_o the_o proper_a method_n to_o preserve_v or_o restore_v that_o since_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o acquire_v this_o knowledge_n without_o long_a experience_n he_o ought_v to_o employ_v his_o whole_a time_n this_o way_n and_o quit_v the_o general_a name_n of_o a_o philosopher_n for_o that_o of_o a_o physician_n though_o this_o oblige_v he_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o forbear_v philosophize_v in_o his_o profession_n and_o this_o be_v what_o hypocrates_n mean_v by_o join_v philosophy_n with_o physic_n and_o physic_n with_o philosophy_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o philosophy_n of_o hypocrates_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v 9_o believe_v de_fw-fr nat_n facult_a lib._n 1.8_o 2._o de_fw-fr deecret_a hipp._n 5._o method_n med_a lib._n â—e_v element_n 9_o galen_n hypocrates_n no_o less_o deserve_v the_o first_o place_n among_o the_o philosopher_n than_o the_o physician_n he_o likewise_o affirm_v that_o plato_n have_v reject_v none_o of_o hippocrates_n opinion_n that_o the_o writing_n of_o aristotle_n be_v only_o a_o comment_n upon_o the_o physiology_n of_o the_o latter_a and_o that_o aristotle_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o interpreter_n of_o hypocrates_n and_o plato_n from_o who_o he_o borrow_a his_o doctrine_n of_o the_o first_o quality_n â—ot_n cold_a dry_a and_o moist_a it_o be_v true_a hypocrates_n seem_v in_o some_o place_n to_o declare_v for_o the_o four_o element_n air_n water_n fire_n and_o earth_n this_o at_o least_o must_v be_v 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by_o this_o mean_n
the_o great_a artery_n only_o in_o all_o the_o succeed_a anatomist_n hâ—â—_n hypocrates_n under_o that_o name_n comprehend_v the_o vena_fw-la arteriosa_fw-la also_o the_o aortae_fw-fr these_o membrane_n be_v dispose_v by_o pair_n for_o to_o every_o orifice_n nature_n have_v frame_v three_o which_o be_v round_o above_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o semicircle_n those_o that_o know_v these_o membrane_n wonder_v how_o they_o can_v shut_v the_o aortae_fw-fr and_o if_o any_o one_o word_n one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n foesius_n translate_v thus_o siquis_fw-la veteris_fw-la instituti_fw-la probè_fw-la gnarus_fw-la mortui_fw-la animalis_fw-la cord_n exempto_fw-la hanc_fw-la quidem_fw-la demat_fw-la illam_fw-la vero_fw-la reclinet_fw-la neque_fw-la aqua_fw-la in_o cor_fw-la penetrare_fw-la nec_fw-la flatus_fw-la emitti_fw-la poterit_fw-la and_o cornarius_n much_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n siquis_fw-la veteris_fw-la eximendi_fw-la cor_fw-la mortui_fw-la moris_fw-la goarus_fw-la aliam_fw-la auferat_fw-la aliam_fw-la reclinet_fw-la neque_fw-la aqua_fw-la etc._n etc._n why_o these_o translator_n render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o that_o of_o mos_n or_o institutum_fw-la which_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v be_v a_o mystery_n to_o i_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v translare_v ordo_fw-la with_o relation_n to_o the_o membrane_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o erotian_n be_v a_o attic_a word_n signisâ—ing_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o order_n i_o explain_v alsâ—_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ancient_n by_o the_o term_n natural_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ordo_fw-la vetus_fw-la seu_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v erotian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d auferat_fw-la i_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d firmet_fw-la which_o i_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o true_a read_n but_o that_o the_o former_a creep_v into_o its_o place_n through_o the_o 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it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o that_o be_v not_o acknowledge_v either_o by_o erotian_n or_o galen_n what_o the_o author_n say_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n of_o the_o passage_n of_o one_o part_n of_o the_o drink_n into_o the_o lung_n be_v a_o very_a ancient_a opinion_n and_o maintain_v by_o plato_n who_o must_v have_v it_o from_o the_o physician_n that_o precede_v he_o of_o which_o hypocrates_n be_v most_o considerable_a we_o may_v infer_v that_o the_o book_n in_o which_o this_o opinion_n be_v maintain_v be_v his_o but_o those_o who_o forge_v this_o book_n may_v on_o purpose_n insert_v this_o opinion_n to_o warrant_v its_o antiquity_n we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o further_a proof_n that_o it_o be_v spurious_a in_o the_o chapter_n of_o aristotle_n and_o erasistratus_n this_o opinion_n be_v repeat_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o bone_n it_o be_v indeed_o ample_o refute_v in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o disease_n but_o most_o author_n agree_v this_o late_a book_n not_o to_o be_v hippocrates_n we_o shall_v find_v something_o more_o of_o importance_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o fibre_n we_o have_v see_v already_o three_o different_a opinion_n take_v from_o the_o write_n of_o hypocrates_n concern_v the_o origin_n of_o the_o vein_n there_o be_v yet_o a_o four_o and_o what_o be_v more_o particular_a this_o late_a opinion_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o same_o book_n with_o the_o three_o i_o mean_v the_o book_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o bone_n in_o which_o the_o vein_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o head_n the_o passage_n be_v this_o the_o vein_n which_o be_v spread_v through_o the_o body_n and_o which_o give_v it_o nerve_n it_o see_v the_o chapter_n of_o the_o nerve_n the_o spirit_n the_o flux_n and_o the_o motion_n be_v all_o branch_n of_o one_o vein_n whence_o it_o draw_v its_o origin_n or_o it_o terminate_v i_o know_v not_o but_o suppose_v a_o circle_n a_o beginning_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v something_o like_o this_o be_v what_o we_o read_v in_o initia_fw-la in_o de_fw-fr locis_fw-la in_o hom_n sub_fw-la initia_fw-la another_o place_n there_o be_v no_o origin_n or_o beginning_n in_o the_o body_n but_o the_o part_n be_v equal_o both_o beginning_n and_o end_n for_o in_o a_o circle_n there_o be_v no_o beginning_n there_o be_v some_o other_o passage_n parallel_v to_o these_o aluman_n these_o lib._n the_o aluman_n the_o nourishment_n come_v from_o the_o inward_a part_n to_o the_o hair_n nail_n and_o outward_a superficies_n it_o go_v likewise_o from_o the_o external_a part_n and_o superficies_n to_o the_o internal_a all_o agree_v consent_n and_o conspire_v together_o in_o the_o body_n and_o a_o little_a after_o ibid._n after_o ibid._n the_o great_a principle_n reach_v to_o the_o extremity_n and_o the_o extremity_n to_o the_o great_a principle_n ibid._n principle_n ibid._n the_o milk_n and_o the_o blood_n come_v from_o the_o superfluity_n of_o the_o nourishment_n or_o be_v the_o remainder_n of_o the_o nourishment_n of_o the_o body_n shop_n body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o word_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o diet._n we_o find_v there_o likewise_o these_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o turn_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gyration_n or_o turn_v round_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d term_n use_v by_o hypocrates_n to_o signify_v the_o mechanism_n of_o our_o body_n by_o a_o allusion_n to_o the_o method_n use_v by_o artificer_n of_o all_o sort_n in_o their_o shop_n the_o circulation_n go_v a_o great_a way_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o faetus_fw-la and_o to_o the_o nourishment_n after_o the_o nourishment_n be_v perform_v what_o remain_v return_n and_o turn_v to_o milk_n and_o become_v nourishment_n to_o the_o mother_n and_o afterward_o to_o the_o faetus_fw-la and_o again_o the_o same_o way_n which_o lead_v upward_o lead_v also_o downward_o or_o there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n which_o go_v both_o upward_o and_o downward_o hom._n
the_o little_a difference_n there_o be_v between_o these_o two_o name_n and_o especial_o between_o the_o h_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o two_o first_o letter_n occasion_v of_o be_v put_v often_o one_o for_o the_o other_o and_o in_o the_o manuscript_n copy_n of_o hypocrates_n the_o former_a be_v sometime_o call_v prodicus_n sometime_o herodicus_n they_o herodicus_n comment_fw-fr lib._n 6._o ep_v they_o galen_n follow_v the_o first_o read_v mention_n two_o physician_n name_v prodicus_n of_o which_o one_o be_v of_o lentini_n the_o other_o of_o selymbra_n but_o he_o do_v not_o determine_v of_o which_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o place_n he_o comment_v upon_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o another_o place_n where_o he_o say_v he_o have_v explain_v himself_o the_o first_o seem_v very_o probable_a to_o have_v be_v hippocrates_n master_n the_o other_o his_o scholar_n as_o for_o their_o name_n plato_n and_o plutarch_n always_o call_v the_o first_o herodicus_n for_o the_o better_a 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word_n phlegm_n which_o be_v derive_v from_o another_o greek_a word_n which_o signify_v 9_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n de_fw-fr hippoc_fw-fr &_o platen_n decret_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 6_o &_o the_o natural_a facul_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o to_o burn_v give_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d snot_n to_o the_o first_o sort_n of_o humour_n which_o as_o we_o have_v say_v before_o be_v otherwise_o call_v pituita_fw-la dexippus_n or_o dixippus_n another_o disciple_n of_o hypocrates_n be_v a_o coan_n as_o well_o as_o himself_o suidas_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o write_v a_o book_n of_o physic_n in_o general_n and_o two_o other_o of_o prognostic_n the_o same_o author_n add_v that_o dexippus_n be_v send_v for_o to_o heccatomnus_n king_n of_o caria_n to_o cure_v his_o son_n mausolus_n and_o pixodarus_n who_o have_v each_o of_o they_o a_o desperate_a disease_n which_o he_o refuse_v but_o upon_o condition_n that_o heccatomnus_n shall_v cease_v to_o 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have_v both_o be_v censure_v for_o give_v their_o patient_n too_o much_o to_o eat_v and_o let_v they_o perish_v with_o thirst_n erasistratus_n say_v banter_o of_o they_o that_o they_o make_v twelve_o dose_n of_o the_o six_o part_n of_o a_o cotyla_n of_o water_n which_o they_o put_v into_o so_o many_o little_a waxen_a cup_n and_o give_v their_o patient_n one_o or_o two_o at_o most_o in_o the_o height_n of_o a_o burn_a fever_n the_o cotyla_n be_v a_o measure_n that_o hold_v about_o nine_o ounce_n galen_n say_v that_o this_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o malice_n in_o erasistratus_n who_o do_v it_o with_o a_o design_n through_o the_o scholar_n to_o scandalize_v the_o master_n we_o have_v nothing_o further_o concern_v appollonius_n ctesias_n a_o cnidian_a physician_n come_v immediate_o after_o the_o former_a be_v cotemporary_a to_o xenophon_n we_o be_v inform_v by_o 3._o by_o lib._n de_fw-fr artic._n comment_n 3._o galen_n that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o asclepiades_n and_o kinsman_n to_o hypocrates_n the_o same_o galen_n take_v notice_n that_o ctesias_n correct_v hypocrates_n for_o teach_v the_o way_n of_o reduce_v a_o dislocate_v thigh-bone_n pretend_v that_o this_o reduction_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o the_o head_n of_o the_o bone_n be_v once_o out_o of_o its_o cavity_n it_o can_v never_o be_v keep_v in_o after_o what_o care_v soever_o be_v take_v but_o that_o it_o will_v slip_v out_o again_o we_o know_v nothing_o more_o concern_v ctesias_n his_o physic_n except_o that_o be_v take_v prisoner_n in_o the_o battle_n wherein_o in_o cyrus_n the_o young_a be_v beat_v by_o his_o brother_n artaxerxes_n mnemon_n he_o cure_v a_o wound_n which_o the_o latter_a have_v receive_v in_o the_o fight_n after_o which_o he_o practise_a physic_n seventeen_o year_n in_o persia_n and_o become_v as_o famous_a a_o historian_n as_o physician_n by_o write_v the_o history_n of_o assyria_n and_o persia_n take_v from_o the_o archive_v of_o those_o country_n chap._n iii_o opinion_n of_o plato_n concern_v physic_n at_o this_o time_n also_o plato_n live_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o eighty_o eight_o olympiad_n this_o philosopher_n follow_v the_o step_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o democritus_n and_o the_o other_o philosopher_n physician_n of_o who_o we_o have_v speak_v write_v as_o they_o do_v of_o several_a thing_n relate_v to_o the_o theory_n of_o medicine_n particular_o of_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o a_o humane_a body_n and_o the_o principle_n whereof_o it_o consist_v the_o pythagorean_n say_v 22_o say_v var._n hist_o lib._n 9_o cap._n 22_o elian_n apply_v themselves_o very_o much_o to_o physic_n plato_n also_o be_v very_o much_o addict_v to_o it_o as_o well_o as_o aristotle_n and_o several_a other_o philosopher_n we_o shall_v take_v notice_n here_o of_o what_o be_v most_o considerable_a upon_o that_o subject_n in_o the_o writing_n of_o plato_n as_o far_o as_o we_o understand_v he_o which_o be_v not_o always_o very_o easy_a to_o do_v we_o shall_v be_v a_o little_a the_o more_o large_a herein_o because_o we_o meet_v with_o divers_a thing_n which_o relate_v to_o several_a modern_a opinion_n and_o other_o which_o serve_v to_o iliustrate_v those_o of_o hypocrates_n plato_n have_v suppose_v two_o universal_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n and_o matter_n the_o first_o form_n which_o he_o suppose_a matter_n to_o take_v be_v triangular_a and_o that_o from_o these_o triangle_n the_o four_o sensible_a element_n be_v afterward_o produce_v the_o fire_n air_n water_n and_o earth_n of_o which_o all_o body_n seem_v to_o he_o to_o be_v compound_v as_o for_o the_o humane_a body_n he_o think_v that_o its_o first_o formation_n commence_v from_o the_o spinal_a marrow_n which_o marrow_n be_v afterward_o cover_v with_o a_o bone_n and_o these_o bone_n with_o flesh_n in_o consequence_n of_o this_o he_o hold_v that_o the_o link_n which_o join_v or_o fasten_v the_o soul_n to_o the_o body_n be_v in_o that_o marrow_n 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or_o tear_n be_v only_o the_o phlegm_n melt_v or_o dissolve_v in_o another_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o confound_v the_o phlegm_n and_o serosity_n with_o the_o bile_n when_o he_o say_v that_o what_o we_o call_v sour_a phlegm_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o serosity_n of_o the_o black_a bile_n but_o in_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o these_o humour_n he_o restrain_v himself_o to_o the_o two_o principal_a which_o be_v pag._n be_v see_v pag._n the_o bile_n and_o the_o phlegm_n and_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o these_o two_o juice_n by_o their_o mixture_n with_o the_o blood_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o distemper_n when_o the_o bile_n evaporate_n outward_o or_o discharge_v itself_o upon_o the_o skin_n it_o cause_v divers_a sort_n of_o humour_n attend_v with_o inflammation_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v pag._n call_v see_v pag._n phlegmon_n but_o when_o it_o be_v confine_v within_o it_o produce_v all_o sort_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d burn_a 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hold_v a_o saltness_n and_o sowrness_n which_o be_v preternatural_a which_o be_v in_o the_o humour_n which_o cause_n disease_n he_o seem_v further_a to_o deduce_v the_o sour_a and_o salt_n from_o the_o same_o source_n with_o the_o natural_a sour_a and_o salt_n that_o be_v from_o the_o flesh_n which_o corrupt_v and_o dissolve_v according_a to_o he_o infect_v the_o blood_n and_o turn_v it_o into_o bile_n and_o into_o phlegm_n but_o this_o latter_a sour_a and_o salt_n be_v something_o different_a from_o the_o former_a though_o they_o come_v from_o the_o flesh_n for_o this_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o their_o corruption_n the_o other_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o preservation_n but_o plato_n not_o explain_v himself_o any_o further_a thereupon_o neither_o shall_v we_o enlarge_v he_o add_v a_o three_o sort_n of_o sowrness_n which_o be_v that_o of_o the_o black_a bile_n which_o of_o bitter_a become_v sour_a when_o the_o bitterness_n which_o be_v natural_a to_o it_o be_v alternate_v and_o 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gross_a and_o terrestrial_a humour_n begin_v to_o move_v and_o to_o swell_v or_o rise_v up_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o plato_n to_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v adjective_n join_v the_o same_o substantive_n that_o hypocrates_n do_v which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o hypocrates_n may_v be_v translate_v by_o the_o word_n force_n power_n faculty_n or_o virtue_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o word_n savour_n or_o taste_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sapor_n acidus_n sour_a taste_n as_o serranus_n translate_v it_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n plato_n think_v as_o hypocrates_n do_v that_o disease_n have_v their_o fix_a period_n for_o duration_n as_o the_o time_n of_o the_o life_n of_o every_o animal_n be_v regulate_v by_o its_o lot_n when_o it_o come_v into_o the_o world_n this_o time_n can_v néither_o be_v hasten_v nor_o delay_v but_o by_o a_o effect_n of_o the_o passion_n which_o come_v likewise_o themselves_o by_o a_o sort_n of_o necessity_n so_o likewise_o disease_n must_v of_o necessity_n have_v their_o course_n and_o we_o ought_v rather_o to_o seek_v to_o temper_v they_o and_o stop_v their_o progress_n by_o mean_n of_o disease_n of_o see_v the_o method_n of_o hypocrates_n in_o acute_a disease_n prudent_a diet_n and_o exercise_n than_o by_o medicine_n especial_o those_o which_o purge_v which_o ought_v never_o to_o be_v use_v but_o in_o case_n of_o extremity_n otherwise_o of_o a_o small_a evil_n you_o make_v a_o great_a one_o and_o of_o a_o single_a one_o many_o by_o this_o we_o may_v see_v that_o plato_n do_v not_o deviate_v much_o from_o the_o principle_n of_o hypocrates_n and_o as_o he_o live_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o he_o or_o very_o near_o it_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o eighty_o eight_o olympiad_n it_o be_v