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A66543 Spadacrene Dunelmensis, or, A short treatise of an ancient medicinal fountain or vitrioline spaw near the city of Durham together with the constituent principles, virtues and use thereof / by E.W. ... E. W. (Edward Wilson) 1675 (1675) Wing W2891; ESTC R38665 31,334 124

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de_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la seneca_n semper_fw-la distant_a nunquam_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o have_v no_o guide_n for_o direction_n they_o be_v so_o enthusiastical_o wise_a they_o scorn_v a_o master_n to_o instruct_v they_o methodical_o in_o the_o true_a fundamental_o of_o physic_n but_o shoot_v at_o random_n with_o all_o their_o industry_n nothing_o be_v produce_v but_o rudis_fw-la indigestaque_fw-la mole_n and_o the_o same_o author_n go_v on_o tell_v we_o ignorantia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la in_o medicina_fw-la generate_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la medice_fw-la nunc_fw-la passim_fw-la ludibrio_fw-la expositus_fw-la comicis_fw-la in_o facetias_fw-la &_o mundo_fw-la in_o proverbium_fw-la ivit_fw-la and_o beside_o the_o ignorance_n of_o some_o the_o malicious_a detracti●ns_n of_o other_o even_o among_o ourselves_o ●ender_v we_o contemptible_a which_o very_a ●hing_a occasion_n a_o good_a 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