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nature_n chap._n iii_o of_o air_n 1._o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v choose_v 1._o as_o hypocrates_n say_v of_o meat_n like_o food_n like_o flesh_n so_o may_v i_o just_o say_v of_o the_o air_n like_o air_n like_o spirit_n for_o hence_o come_v it_o that_o in_o pure_a clear_a and_o temperate_a air_n our_o spirit_n be_v as_o jocund_a pleasant_a active_a and_o ready_a as_o butterfly_n in_o summer_n but_o in_o thick_a dark_a cloudy_a and_o unseasonable_a weather_n they_o be_v dull_a drowsy_a idle_a and_o as_o heavy_a as_o lead_v work_v neither_o perfect_o what_o they_o ought_v nor_o cheerful_o what_o they_o will_v witty_a cardan_n suppose_v var._n a_o like_a resemblance_n to_o be_v betwixt_o our_o body_n and_o the_o air_n as_o there_o be_v betwixt_o the_o soul_n and_o heaven_n so_o that_o as_o they_o incline_v the_o soul_n so_o the_o air_n alter_v the_o body_n every_o way_n let_v the_o air_n be_v cloudy_a how_o can_v the_o body_n be_v warm_a let_v it_o be_v hot_a how_o can_v that_o be_v cold_a let_v it_o be_v chill_v with_o frost_n or_o snow_n our_o skin_n yea_o our_o inward_o themselves_o begin_v to_o shiver_v how_o stagger_v the_o head_n and_o how_o present_o fink_v the_o heart_n at_o the_o smell_n of_o a_o damp_n or_o the_o insensible_a sense_n of_o deadly_a and_o subtle_a spirit_n carry_v from_o the_o ughtree_n of_o thasus_n or_o the_o hole_n of_o a_o cokatrice_n or_o the_o breathe_n of_o asp_n or_o the_o den_n of_o dragon_n or_o the_o carcase_n of_o dead_a serpent_n wherewith_o the_o air_n be_v not_o so_o soon_o infect_v as_o the_o heart_n and_o brain_n of_o man_n san_fw-it whereunto_o it_o be_v carry_v galen_n say_v that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o palestine_n lake_n be_v ever_o sickly_a their_o cattle_n unsound_a and_o their_o country_n barren_a through_o the_o brimstone_n and_o pitchy_a vapour_n ascend_v from_o thence_o over_o all_o the_o country_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o bird_n fly_v over_o it_o or_o beast_n drink_v of_o it_o do_v sudden_o die_v and_o very_o no_o bird_n hate_v that_o lake_n nor_o the_o lake_n of_o avernum_fw-la lucrine_n or_o milan_n like_v unto_o it_o no_o frog_n and_o serpent_n can_v less_o live_v in_o ireland_n fox_n in_o crete_n stag_n in_o africa_n hare_n in_o ithaca_n and_o fish_n in_o warm_a water_n than_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n can_v abide_v impure_a smell_n or_o live_v long_o in_o health_n with_o infect_a air_n which_o if_o they_o do_v not_o always_o corrupt_a man_n yet_o they_o show_v their_o force_n and_o exercise_v their_o power_n over_o cattle_n herb_n grass_n corn_n fruit_n and_o water_n a_o great_a while_n after_o poison_n we_o as_o it_o be_v at_o a_o second_o draught_n 10._o whilst_o we_o feed_v of_o infect_a thing_n and_o as_o eclipse_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v spit_v out_o their_o venom_n when_o they_o be_v almost_o forget_v sicil_n be_v record_v to_o be_v seldom_o void_a of_o the_o plague_n and_o the_o dweller_n of_o sardinia_n quit_v their_o country_n oftentimes_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n but_o how_o 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