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speak_v of_o water_n fit_a to_o feed_v eel_n frog_n and_o such_o as_o live_v on_o mud_n they_o will_v have_v commend_v the_o turbid_v stream_n but_o they_o speak_v of_o such_o water_n as_o be_v fit_a for_o our_o body_n and_o therefore_o they_o commend_v the_o limpid_a for_o the_o best_a and_o yet_o he_o confess_v in_o the_o pure_a water_n there_o be_v much_o terreous_a residence_n and_o consequent_o some_o nutriment_n iii_o chilification_n be_v a_o action_n of_o the_o stomach_n but_o not_o absolute_o necessary_a because_o many_o creature_n in_o the_o winter_n live_v without_o it_o and_o this_o act_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o stomach_n for_o though_o heat_n as_o heat_n do_v concoct_v yet_o it_o do_v not_o chilifie_v for_o neither_o fiery_a nor_o feverish_a nor_o any_o other_o heat_n of_o the_o body_n can_v perform_v this_o but_o that_o of_o the_o stomach_n therefore_o this_o action_n must_v proceed_v from_o the_o specifical_a form_n and_o proper_a quality_n of_o the_o stomach_n which_o turn_v all_o it_o receive_v into_o a_o white_a creamy_a substance_n but_o can_v produce_v several_a substance_n as_o the_o liver_n do_v because_o it_o be_v not_o so_o hot_a as_o the_o liver_n or_o rather_o it_o have_v not_o that_o specifical_a form_n which_o the_o liver_n have_v beside_o that_o the_o stomach_n work_n be_v to_o master_v the_o aliment_n to_o concoct_v it_o and_o to_o prepare_v it_o for_o the_o liver_n but_o beside_o this_o quality_n of_o the_o stomach_n there_o be_v another_o more_o strange_a when_o some_o can_v eat_v and_o digest_v coal_n sand_n lime_n pitch_n ash_n and_o such_o like_a trash_n this_o be_v call_v by_o physician_n a_o disease_n under_o the_o name_n of_o pica_n citta_n malacia_fw-la but_o i_o think_v it_o proceed_v not_o only_o from_o a_o
stone_n find_v in_o the_o matrix_fw-la chap._n iu._n 1._o some_o without_o lung_n 2._o impostume_n void_v in_o urine_n 3._o worm_n the_o cause_n of_o many_o disease_n 4._o no_o change_n of_o sex_n 5._o giant_n 6._o some_o without_o liver_n 7._o fleshy_a bladder_n 8._o stone_n hair_n worm_n etc._n etc._n beget_v in_o our_o urine_n 9_o a_o woman_n without_o a_o matrix_fw-la chap._n v._n 1._o strange_n but_o not_o miraculous_a birth_n 2._o strange_a and_o strong_a imagination_n 3._o poison_n inward_a and_o outward_a 4._o poison_n of_o mad_a dog_n 5._o cantharides_n 6._o poison_v how_o it_o work_v 7._o why_o bird_n not_o poison_v as_o man_n 8._o amphiam_fw-la opium_n mandrake_n 9_o the_o plague_n no_o hectic_a nor_o putrid_a fever_n 10._o epidemical_a disease_n chap._n vi_o 1._o antipathy_n to_o some_o meat_n 2._o the_o force_n of_o fear_n 3._o blood_n void_v by_o the_o gum_n and_o navel_n 4._o black_a hair_n sudden_o gray_a 5._o violence_n of_o passion_n 6._o defect_n in_o nature_n recompense_v 7._o a_o fly_v void_v by_o urine_n 8._o monthly_o blood_n in_o man_n 9_o the_o cause_n of_o monster_n 10._o horn_n on_o man_n head_n and_o heel_n chap._n vii_o 1._o the_o effect_n of_o blood_n be_v drink_v 2._o some_o strange_a disease_n 3._o ply_v ca_fw-mi polonica_fw-la 4._o some_o eat_v poison_n without_o hurt_n 5._o stone_n in_o the_o intestine_n 6._o old_a man_n come_v young_a 7._o some_o strange_a monster_n chap._n viii_o 1._o of_o divers_a and_o strange_a spleen_n 2._o black_a urine_n 3._o one_o live_v without_o sleep_n 4._o the_o tarentula_n effect_n and_o cure_n the_o force_n of_o music_n 5._o serpent_n beget_v of_o dead_a brain_n 6._o of_o tiberius_n his_o sight_n alexander_n sweat_n strabo_n eye_n the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o strange_a disease_n and_o accident_n of_o man_n body_n chap._n i._n 1._o divers_a way_n to_o resist_v burn_v 2._o locust_n eater_n the_o lousy_a disease_n the_o baptist_n feed_v not_o on_o locust_n 3._o man_n flesh_n most_o subject_a to_o putrefaction_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o how_o putrefaction_n be_v resist_v mumia_fw-la 4._o the_o strength_n of_o affection_n and_o imagination_n in_o die_a man_n strange_a presage_n of_o death_n 5._o difference_n of_o dead_a man_n skull_n and_o why_o chap._n ii_o 1._o the_o benefit_n of_o sleep_n and_o reason_n why_o some_o sleep_v not_o 2._o why_o dead_a body_n after_o the_o nine_o day_n swim_v why_o dead_a and_o sleep_a man_n heavy_a than_o other_o why_o a_o blow_a bladder_n light_a than_o a_o empty_a 3._o strange_a epidemical_a disease_n and_o death_n the_o force_n of_o smell_n the_o rose_n smell_v 4._o strange_a shape_n and_o multitude_n of_o worm_n in_o our_o body_n 5._o the_o french_a disease_n and_o its_o malignity_n the_o disease_n of_o brasil_n chap._n iii_o 1._o centaur_n prove_v what_o they_o be_v 2._o why_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o wolf_n cause_v obmutescency_n 3._o pigmy_n prove_v gammadim_n what_o 4._o giant_n prove_v they_o be_v not_o monster_n 5._o the_o strange_a force_n of_o fascination_n the_o sympathy_n and_o antipathy_n of_o thing_n the_o lodestone_n attraction_n how_o hinder_v fascination_n how_o cure_v fascination_n by_o word_n chap._n iu._n 1._o strange_a stone_n breed_v in_o man_n body_n 2._o child_n nourish_v by_o wolf_n and_o other_o beast_n 3._o poison_n take_v without_o hurt_n poison_v eater_n may_v infect_v how_o how_o grape_n and_o other_o plant_n may_v be_v poison_v 4._o of_o strange_a mola_n bear_n by_o lick_v form_n their_o cub_n the_o plastic_a faculty_n still_o work_v chap._n v._n 1_o divers_a privilege_n of_o eunuch_n the_o fiber_n testicle_n 2._o dâ—_n versity_n of_o aliment_n and_o medicament_n the_o virtue_n of_o peacheâ—_n mandrake_n the_o nature_n of_o our_o aliment_n 3._o a_o strange_a story_n 〈◊〉_d a_o sick_a maid_n discuss_v and_o of_o strange_a vomit_n and_o monster_n and_o imagination_n 4._o man_n long_o live_v the_o dere_v long_a life_n 〈◊〉_d sert_v 5._o that_o old_a man_n may_v become_v young_a again_o prove_v chap._n vi_o 1._o of_o many_o new_a disease_n and_o cause_n thereof_o 2._o different_a colour_n iâ—_n our_o body_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o ethiopian_a blackness_n 3._o the_o 〈◊〉_d unicorn_n with_o his_o horn_n and_o virtue_n assert_v 4._o some_o bear_v blind_a and_o dumb_a recover_v a_o strange_a universal_a fever_n a_o strange_a fish_n and_o strength_n of_o imagination_n chap._n vii_o 1._o the_o diversity_n and_o virtue_n of_o bezoar_n stone_n 2._o a_o woman_n conceive_v in_o a_o bath_n of_o a_o incubus_n 3._o strange_a action_n perform_v by_o sleeper_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o lot_n incest_n in_o his_o sleep_n 4._o some_o animal_n live_v long_o without_o food_n the_o chameleon_n food_n be_v only_a 〈◊〉_d the_o contrary_a reason_n answer_v air_n turn_v to_o water_n and_o be_v theâ—_n pabulous_a supply_n of_o fire_n chap._n viii_o 1._o divers_a animal_n long-lived_a without_o food_n the_o chameleon_n live_v on_o air_n only_o 2._o divers_a creature_n feed_v only_o by_o water_n 3._o chilification_n not_o absolute_o necessary_a strange_a operation_n of_o some_o stomach_n the_o ostrich_n eat_v and_o digest_v iron_n 4._o how_o bee_n gnat_n etc._n etc._n make_v a_o sound_n of_o glow-worm_n and_o grain_n bite_v by_o pismire_n the_o vegetable_a lamb_n and_o other_o strange_a plant_n 5._o the_o tiger_n swiftness_n the_o remora_n stay_v ship_n chap._n ix_o 1._o lion_n afraid_a of_o cock_n antipathy_n cause_v fear_n and_o horror_n in_o divers_a animal_n 2._o spider_n kill_v toad_n the_o diversity_n of_o spider_n 3._o the_o cock_n egg_n and_o basilisk_n divers_a sort_n of_o basilisk_n 4._o amphisbaena_fw-la prove_v and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v 5._o the_o viper_n generation_n by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o mother_n prove_v and_o objection_n to_o the_o contrary_n refute_v chap._n x._o 1._o mole_n see_v not_o and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v 2._o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n concern_v divers_a animal_n maintain_v 3._o the_o right_a and_o left_a side_n defend_v 4._o the_o true_a cause_n of_o the_o erection_n of_o man_n body_n and_o the_o benefit_n we_o have_v thereby_o 5._o mouse_n and_o other_o vermin_n breed_v of_o putrefaction_n even_o in_o man_n body_n 6._o how_o man_n swim_v natural_o the_o indian_a swimmer_n chap._n xi_o 〈◊〉_d the_o picture_n of_o the_o pelican_n dolphin_n serpent_n adam_n and_o eve_n christ_n moses_n abraham_n and_o of_o the_o sibyl_n defend_v 2._o the_o picture_n of_o cleopatra_n of_o alexander_n of_o hector_n of_o caesar_n with_o saddle_n and_o stirrup_n maintain_v chap._n xii_o 1._o the_o picture_n of_o jephtha_n sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n maintain_v 2._o the_o baptist_n wear_v a_o camel_n skin_n 3._o other_o picture_n as_o of_o s._n christopher_n s._n george_n etc._n etc._n defend_v 4._o the_o antiquity_n distinction_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n of_o the_o samaritan_n and_o their_o letter_n chap._n xiii_o 1._o there_o be_v not_o heat_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n 2._o island_n before_o the_o flood_n prove_v 3._o the_o seven_o ostiaries_n of_o nilus_n and_o its_o greatness_n the_o greatness_n of_o old_a rome_n divers_a way_n prove_v nilus_n overflow_n how_o proper_a to_o it_o the_o crocodile_n of_o nilus_n its_o inundation_n regular_a chap._n fourteen_o 1._o the_o cause_n of_o nile_n inundation_n 2._o lot_n wife_n true_o transform_v into_o a_o salt_n pillar_n 3._o hell_n fire_n true_o black_a brimstone_n cause_v blackness_n 4._o philoxenus_n a_o glutton_n and_o his_o wish_n not_o absurd_a how_o long_a neck_n conduce_v to_o modulation_n chap._n xv._n 1._o heavy_a body_n swim_v in_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o the_o ancient_n in_o this_o point_n defend_v 2._o crassus_n have_v reason_n to_o laugh_v at_o the_o ass_n eat_v thistle_n laughter_n define_v in_o laughter_n there_o be_v sorrow_n in_o weep_v joy_n 3._o that_o christ_n never_o laugh_v prove_v 4._o fluctus_fw-la decumans_fw-la what_o chap._n xvi_o 1._o epicurus_n a_o wicked_a and_o wanton_a man_n impious_a in_o his_o opinion_n seneca_n judgement_n of_o he_o 2._o twelve_o of_o his_o impious_a and_o absurd_a opinion_n rehearse_v chap._n xvii_o epicurus_n his_o atom_n reject_v by_o nineteen_o reason_n chap._n xviii_o 1._o that_o crystal_n be_v of_o water_n prove_v and_o the_o contrary_a objection_n answer_v how_o it_o differ_v from_o ice_n 2._o the_o loadstone_n move_v not_o its_o antipathy_n with_o garlic_n of_o the_o adamant_n versoria_fw-la amber_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xix_o what_o the_o ancient_n have_v write_v of_o griffin_n may_v be_v true_a griffin_n mention_v in_o scripture_n grypi_n and_o gryph_n perez_n and_o ossifrage_n what_o chapr_fw-la xx._n 1._o the_o navigation_n of_o the_o ancient_n by_o the_o star_n they_o know_v not_o the_o compass_n 2._o goat_n blood_n soften_v the_o adamant_n gold_n lose_v its_o virtue_n and_o gravity_n with_o its_o substance_n iron_n may_v grow_v hot_a with_o motion_n coral_n be_v soft_a
of_o monster_n of_o a_o woman_n who_o milk_n do_v so_o abound_v that_o in_o the_o space_n of_o two_o or_o three_o day_n she_o void_v a_o gallon_n and_o a_o half_a of_o which_o be_v make_v very_o savoury_a butter_n and_o cheese_n though_o this_o be_v rare_a yet_o it_o be_v no_o miracle_n for_o that_o woman_n abound_v much_o in_o blood_n must_v also_o abound_v in_o milk_n and_o some_o liver_n be_v of_o that_o constitution_n and_o temper_n that_o they_o sanguifie_v much_o more_o than_o other_o especial_o in_o constitution_n that_o be_v incline_v to_o cold_a and_o moisture_n for_o hot_a and_o dry_a body_n have_v but_o little_a blood_n and_o therefore_o little_a milk_n and_o where_o there_o be_v much_o sweet_a phlegm_n or_o rheum_n it_o be_v easy_o convert_v into_o blood_n iii_o i_o read_v divers_a story_n of_o woman_n with_o child_n who_o have_v lust_v after_o and_o have_v eat_v man_n flesh_n and_o for_o that_o end_n have_v fall_v violent_o upon_o they_o and_o bite_v they_o this_o be_v also_o a_o disâ—ase_a proceed_n of_o natural_a cause_n as_o that_o infirmity_n of_o eaâ—ing_a chalk_n coal_n dirt_n tar_n ash_n in_o maid_n and_o some_o marry_a woman_n call_v by_o physician_n pica_n or_o malacia_fw-la and_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o distemper_n of_o the_o fantasy_n and_o sour_a malignant_a melancholy_a humour_n in_o the_o mouth_n and_o concavity_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o impact_v in_o the_o runicle_n of_o the_o ventricle_n proceed_v partly_o from_o the_o suppression_n of_o the_o flower_n whereby_o the_o appetite_n be_v vitiate_a and_o the_o fantasy_n disturb_v and_o partly_o from_o the_o malignity_n of_o the_o humour_n coveâ—ing_v after_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v like_a to_o it_o in_o malignity_n yet_o contrary_a to_o it_o in_o some_o of_o the_o prime_a quality_n heat_n cold_a humidity_n and_o siccity_n for_o nature_n look_v in_o the_o contrary_a quality_n to_o find_v remedy_n iv._o i_o read_v of_o divers_a maid_n one_o in_o colen_n another_o in_o the_o palatinate_n a_o three_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o spira_n &_o divers_a more_o who_o have_v live_v without_o meat_n and_o drink_v two_o or_o three_o year_n together_o this_o indeed_o may_v seem_v strange_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o against_o nature_n for_o natural_o such_o body_n as_o have_v in_o they_o little_a heat_n and_o much_o humidity_n can_v subsist_v long_o without_o food_n then_o hot_a and_o dry_a body_n can_v as_o we_o see_v in_o woman_n and_o old_a people_n who_o can_v fast_o long_o than_o man_n and_o youth_n and_o we_o know_v that_o divers_a creature_n for_o many_o month_n together_o can_v subsist_v without_o food_n therefore_o these_o maid_n have_v much_o adventitious_a moisture_n and_o little_a heat_n to_o waste_v the_o radical_a humidity_n may_v continue_v a_o long_a time_n without_o food_n for_o where_o there_o be_v little_a deperdition_n there_o need_v not_o much_o reparation_n beside_o the_o moisture_n of_o the_o air_n be_v no_o small_a help_n to_o they_o v._o but_o that_o be_v more_o strange_a which_o zacutus_n in_o his_o praxis_fw-la admiranda_fw-la lib._n 1._o ob_n 4._o mention_v of_o a_o boy_n who_o live_v 3_o year_n without_o a_o brain_n if_o he_o have_v bring_v a_o example_n of_o one_o who_o have_v live_v 3_o year_n without_o a_o heart_n i_o shall_v have_v subscribe_v to_o galen_n against_o aristotle_n that_o the_o heart_n in_o dignity_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o brain_n but_o i_o suppose_v that_o he_o be_v not_o altogether_o without_o a_o brain_n for_o that_o water_n which_o be_v find_v within_o the_o membrans_fw-la of_o the_o skull_n when_o his_o head_n be_v dissect_v be_v doubtless_o his_o brain_n convert_v into_o water_n or_o else_o it_o have_v some_o analogy_n with_o the_o brain_n by_o which_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v for_o a_o while_n tempere_v and_o the_o animal_n spirit_n generate_v but_o weak_o therefore_o life_n can_v not_o subsist_v long_o in_o he_o so_o i_o have_v read_v in_o laurentius_n or_o parry_n of_o one_o who_o live_v many_o year_n without_o a_o spleen_n but_o there_o be_v find_v some_o kirnel_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o spleen_n which_o supply_v its_o office_n as_o for_o that_o woman_n mention_v by_o zacutus_n ob._n 5._o who_o live_v eight_o year_n together_o with_o the_o half_a of_o a_o knife_n in_o her_o head_n between_o the_o skull_n and_o dura_n mater_n doâ—btlesse_o that_o knife_n touch_v not_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o brain_n therefore_o can_v be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o the_o animal_n function_n vi_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o whereas_o anacreon_n be_v choke_v with_o a_o resin_n stone_n yet_o some_o as_o forestus_n in_o his_o observat_fw-la record_v l._n 15._o ob_n 24_o 25_o etc._n etc._n have_v swallow_v iron_n lead_z long_o stick_v glass_n point_v of_o knife_n and_o of_o sword_n and_o other_o incredible_a thing_n without_o hurt_n and_o have_v void_v they_o by_o the_o stool_n this_o apart_o impute_v to_o the_o wideness_n and_o capacity_n of_o the_o passage_n and_o partly_o to_o witchcraft_n 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dissect_v after_o her_o death_n of_o which_o lemnius_n be_v a_o witness_n who_o think_v this_o generation_n may_v proceed_v of_o some_o sordid_a excrement_n or_o seminal_a pollution_n of_o those_o animal_n with_o which_o the_o woman_n meat_n or_o drink_n have_v be_v infect_v i_o have_v see_v one_o who_o belly_n by_o drink_v of_o puddle_n water_n be_v swell_v to_o a_o vast_a capacity_n be_v full_a of_o small_a toad_n frog_n evet_n and_o such_o vermin_n usual_o breed_v in_o putrify_a water_n a_o toad_n have_v be_v find_v in_o a_o sound_a piece_n of_o timber_n vi_o that_o man_n swim_v natural_o he_o can_v assent_v to_o because_o other_o animal_n swim_v as_o they_o go_v but_o man_n alter_v his_o natural_a posture_n as_o he_o swim_v 4._o book_n c._n 6._o answ._n this_o be_v no_o reason_n for_o man_n alter_v his_o natural_a posture_n when_o he_o crawl_v will_v it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o this_o motion_n be_v no_o natural_a to_o man_n but_o to_o speak_v proper_o swim_v be_v no_o 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hiemes_fw-la dionysius_n afer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o seven_o mouth_n have_v their_o particular_a name_n give_v they_o by_o mela_n and_o other_o geographer_n and_o so_o the_o scripture_n give_v it_o seven_o stream_n isaiah_n 11.15_o at_o this_o day_n there_o be_v but_o four_o leave_v two_o of_o which_o be_v of_o little_a use_n therefore_o the_o doctor_n need_v not_o to_o have_v trouble_v himself_o so_o much_o as_o he_o do_v because_o so_o frequene_o this_o be_v call_v the_o seven-mouthed_a river_n for_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o give_v denomination_n not_o from_o the_o exact_a number_n but_o from_o the_o most_o eminent_a and_o major_a part_n of_o the_o number_n he_o may_v as_o well_o except_o against_o moses_n who_o indivers_a place_n reckon_v but_o seventy_o soul_n which_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o yet_o saint_n steven_n in_o the_o act_n mention_n 75_o soul_n again_o he_o
in_o the_o air_n because_o one_o who_o go_v down_o a_o hundred_o fathom_n into_o the_o sea_n return_v with_o coral_n in_o each_o hand_n affirm_v it_o be_v as_o hard_o at_o the_o bottom_n as_o in_o the_o air_n answ._n boetius_fw-la in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o stone_n and_o gem_n c._n 153._o tell_v we_o that_o coral_n do_v not_o harden_v or_o grow_v stony_a till_o it_o be_v dead_a it_o seem_v then_o whilst_o it_o be_v alive_a its_o soft_a under_o water_n and_o therefore_o this_o diver_n light_v upon_o a_o dead_a coral_n but_o because_o that_o be_v hard_a it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o all_o coral_n under_o water_n be_v hard_a except_o all_o under_o water_n be_v dead_a there_o be_v also_o a_o difference_n between_o old_a and_o young_a plant_n the_o old_a the_o plant_n grow_v the_o hard_a it_o be_v perhaps_o this_o be_v not_o only_o dead_a but_o also_o a_o old_a plant_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n then_o if_o coral_n petrifie_v when_o take_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n for_o than_o it_o 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