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woman_n great_a with_o child_n sol._n 1._o as_o to_o the_o first_o although_o the_o heat_n of_o child_n be_v soon_o destroy_v by_o cold_a yet_o this_o water_n may_v safe_o be_v give_v to_o child_n of_o a_o year_n old_a if_o the_o water_n which_o they_o drink_v exceed_v not_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o stomach_n or_o if_o their_o stomach_n can_v bear_v it_o and_o h._n ab_fw-la here_o be_v say_v he_o see_v a_o suck_a child_n drink_v of_o the_o german_a spa_n with_o good_a success_n and_o some_o child_n very_o young_a have_v take_v of_o we_o not_o without_o benefit_n 2._o as_o to_o the_o second_o it_o be_v true_a that_o their_o heat_n also_o be_v very_o little_a and_o soon_o extinguish_v by_o cold_a yet_o if_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o stomach_n be_v able_a to_o carry_v it_o off_o without_o a_o manifest_a dejection_n of_o the_o appetite_n it_o may_v safe_o to_o they_o also_o but_o not_o in_o so_o large_a a_o quantity_n as_o to_o other_o be_v administer_v 3._o and_o as_o to_o 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〈◊〉_d q._n it_o may_v be_v demand_v whence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o excrement_n upon_o the_o take_n of_o this_o water_n become_v black_a sol._n this_o blackness_n be_v not_o from_o the_o mixture_n of_o black_a melancholy_a humour_n as_o many_o will_v have_v it_o for_o if_o the_o sound_a healthy_a body_n in_o the_o world_n who_o can_v in_o no_o wise_a be_v suspect_v to_o have_v any_o adust_a black_a choler_n in_o he_o his_o excrement_n will_v also_o be_v tinge_v black_a therewith_o beside_o we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o one_o man_n body_n in_o twenty_o that_o be_v dissect_v have_v any_o such_o black_a humour_n in_o it_o nay_o although_o he_o be_v the_o most_o melancholy_a man_n in_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o to_o impute_v it_o to_o a_o mixture_n of_o this_o be_v a_o great_a error_n neither_o do_v i_o impute_v it_o to_o iron_n only_o as_o h._n ab_fw-la here_o be_v who_o because_o iron_n do_v the_o like_a will_v not_o ascribe_v it_o to_o any_o thing_n else_o but_o it_o seem_v he_o 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