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mind_n and_o understanding_n the_o most_o part_n whereof_o be_v incident_a to_o old_a man_n even_o when_o they_o be_v best_a in_o health_n and_o in_o most_o sober_a a_o little_a thing_n god_n wot_v will_v set_v they_o clean_o out_o and_o any_o small_a agitation_n whatsoever_o will_v do_v the_o deed_n so_o that_o drunkenness_n in_o a_o old_a man_n engender_v not_o new_a accident_n but_o set_v on_o foot_n and_o augment_v those_o which_o be_v already_o common_a and_o ordinary_a with_o they_o to_o conclude_v there_o be_v not_o a_o more_o evident_a argument_n to_o prove_v and_o consirme_v the_o same_o than_o this_o that_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n resemble_v a_o old_a man_n more_o than_o a_o young_a man_n when_o he_o be_v drink_v the_o four_o question_n whether_o woman_n by_o their_o natural_a complexion_n be_v cold_a or_o hot_a than_o man_n when_o sylla_n have_v deliver_v his_o mind_n to_o that_o effect_n apollonides_n a_o expert_a professor_n and_o well_o see_v in_o range_v a_o battle_n in_o array_n seem_v by_o his_o word_n to_o approve_v well_o of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v allege_v as_o touch_v old_a man_n but_o he_o think_v that_o in_o the_o discourse_n of_o woman_n the_o only_a course_n be_v leave_v out_o and_o overslipt_v to_o wit_n the_o coldness_n of_o their_o constitution_n by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o hot_a wine_n be_v quench_v and_o forgo_v that_o fiery_a flame_n which_o fly_v up_o to_o the_o head_n and_o trouble_v the_o brain_n and_o this_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o very_a probable_a and_o sufficient_a reason_n by_o all_o the_o company_n there_o in_o place_n but_o athryilatus_n the_o physician_n a_o thasian_a bear_v interject_v some_o stay_n of_o far_a search_n into_o this_o cause_n for_o that_o quoth_v he_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o woman_n be_v not_o cold_a but_o hot_a than_o man_n yea_o and_o other_o there_o be_v and_o that_o be_v a_o great_a matter_n who_o hold_n that_o wine_n be_v not_o hot_a at_o all_o but_o cold_a florus_n woonder_v and_o amaze_v heereat_o this_o discourse_n and_o disputation_n quoth_v he_o as_o touch_v wine_n i_o reser_fw-ge to_o he_o there_o and_o with_o that_o point_a at_o i_o for_o that_o not_o many_o day_n before_o we_o have_v dispute_v together_o about_o that_o argument_n but_o as_o for_o woman_n quoth_v athryilatus_n that_o they_o be_v rather_o hot_a than_o cold_a they_o argue_v thus_o first_o and_o foremost_a they_o be_v smooth_a and_o not_o hairy_a on_o their_o face_n and_o body_n which_o testify_v their_o heat_n which_o spend_v and_o consume_v the_o excrement_n and_o so_o erfluitie_n that_o engender_v hair_n second_o they_o prove_v it_o by_o their_o abundance_n of_o blood_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o heat_n in_o the_o body_n and_o of_o blood_n woman_n have_v such_o store_n that_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v inflame_v yea_o to_o srie_n and_o burn_v withal_o if_o they_o have_v not_o many_o purgation_n and_o those_o quick_o return_v in_o their_o course_n to_o discharge_v and_o deliver_v they_o thereof_o three_o they_o bring_v in_o the_o experience_n observe_v at_o funeral_n which_o show_v evident_o that_o woman_n body_n be_v far_o hot_a than_o man_n for_o they_o that_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o burn_a and_o entere_v of_o dead_a corpse_n do_v ordinary_o put_v into_o the_o funeral_n fire_n one_o dead_a body_n of_o a_o woman_n to_o ten_o of_o man_n for_o that_o one_o corpse_n say_v they_o help_v to_o burn_v and_o consume_v the_o rest_n by_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n flesh_n contain_v in_o it_o i_o wot_v not_o what_o unctuositie_n or_o oileous_a matter_n which_o quick_o take_v fire_n and_o will_v burn_v as_o light_v as_o a_o torch_n so_o that_o it_o serve_v in_o stead_n of_o dry_a stick_n to_o kindle_v the_o sire_n and_o set_v all_o a_o burn_a moreover_o if_o this_o be_v admit_v for_o a_o
the_o evaporation_n of_o natural_a hear_v contain_v within_o the_o same_o seed_n parmenides_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o when_o the_o seed_n descend_v out_o of_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la the_o child_n be_v like_a unto_o the_o father_n but_o when_o it_o pass_v from_o the_o left_a side_n unto_o the_o mother_n the_o stoic_n opine_n thus_o from_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o the_o soul_n pass_v the_o seed_n and_o so_o the_o similitude_n do_v form_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n the_o figure_n and_o character_n like_v as_o a_o painter_n of_o the_o like_a colour_n draw_v the_o image_n of_o that_o which_o he_o see_v before_o he_o also_o the_o woman_n for_o her_o part_n do_v confer_v genetall_n seed_n which_o if_o it_o be_v prevalent_a than_o the_o infant_n be_v like_a unto_o the_o mother_n but_o if_o the_o man_n seed_n be_v more_o predominant_a it_o will_v resemble_v the_o father_n chap._n xii_o how_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o child_n resemble_v other_o and_o not_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o physician_n affirm_v this_o to_o happen_v by_o chance_n and_o aventure_o but_o upon_o this_o occasion_n that_o the_o seed_n as_o well_o of_o the_o man_n as_o the_o woman_n wax_v cold_a for_o then_o the_o infant_n resemble_v neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o empedocles_n attribute_v the_o form_n and_o resemblance_n of_o young_a babe_n in_o the_o womb_n unto_o the_o strong_a imagination_n of_o the_o woman_n in_o time_n of_o conception_n for_o many_o time_n it_o have_v be_v know_v that_o woman_n have_v be_v enamour_v of_o paint_a image_n and_o statue_n and_o so_o deli_fw-la vere_v of_o child_n like_v unto_o they_o the_o stoic_n say_v that_o by_o a_o sympathy_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o understanding_n through_o the_o insinuation_n of_o beam_n and_o not_o of_o image_n these_o resemblance_n be_v cause_v chap._n xiii_o how_o it_o come_v that_o some_o woman_n be_v barren_a and_o man_n likewise_o unable_a to_o get_v child_n physician_n hold_v that_o woman_n be_v barren_a by_o reason_n that_o the_o matrix_fw-la be_v either_o too_o straight_o over_o rare_a or_o too_o hard_a or_o else_o by_o occasion_n of_o certain_a callosity_n or_o carnosity_n or_o for_o that_o the_o woman_n themselves_o be_v weakling_n and_o heartless_a or_o do_v not_o thrive_v but_o mislike_n or_o else_o because_o they_o be_v fall_v into_o some_o cachexia_n and_o evil_a habit_n of_o body_n or_o by_o reason_n that_o they_o be_v distort_v or_o otherwise_o in_o a_o convulsion_n diocles_n say_v that_o man_n in_o this_o action_n of_o generation_n be_v impotent_a for_o that_o some_o send_v forth_o no_o seed_n at_o all_o or_o at_o leastwise_o in_o quantity_n less_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o such_o as_o have_v no_o generative_a power_n or_o because_o their_o genetal_n be_v paralytical_a or_o relax_v or_o by_o reason_n that_o the_o yard_n be_v crooked_a that_o it_o can_v cast_v the_o seed_n forward_o or_o for_o that_o the_o genetall_a member_n be_v disproportion_v and_o not_o of_o a_o competent_a length_n consider_v the_o distance_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la the_o stoic_n lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o certain_a faculty_n and_o quality_n discordant_a in_o the_o party_n themselves_o that_o come_v together_o about_o this_o business_n who_o be_v part_v one_o from_o another_o and_o conjoin_v with_o other_o unite_n well_o with_o their_o complexion_n there_o follow_v a_o temperature_n according_a to_o nature_n and_o a_o child_n be_v get_v between_o they_o chap._n xiiii_o why_o mule_n be_v barren_a alcmaeon_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o mulet_n that_o be_v to_o say_v male_a mule_n be_v not_o able_a to_o engender_v for_o that_o their_o seed_n or_o geneture_n be_v of_o a_o thin_a substance_n which_o procecd_v from_o the_o coldness_n thereof_o the_o female_n also_o because_o their_o shaps_z do_v not_o open_v wide_o enough_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o mouth_n thereof_o do_v not_o gape_v sufficient_o for_o these_o be_v the_o very_a term_n that_o 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of_o the_o womb_n and_o not_o a_o animal_n by_o itself_o for_o like_a as_o fruit_n be_v part_n of_o the_o tree_n which_o when_o they_o be_v ripe_a do_v fall_v even_o so_o it_o be_v with_o a_o infant_n in_o the_o mother_n womb_n empedocles_n deny_v it_o to_o be_v a_o creature_n animal_n howbeit_o that_o it_o have_v life_n and_o breath_n within_o the_o belly_n mary_n the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o 〈◊〉_d respiration_n be_v at_o the_o birth_n namely_o when_o the_o superfluous_a humidity_n which_o be_v in_o such_o unborn_a 〈◊〉_d be_v retire_v and_o go_v so_o that_o the_o air_n from_o without_o enter_v into_o the_o void_a vessel_n lie_v open_a diogenes_n say_v that_o such_o infant_n be_v breed_v within_o the_o matrice_n inanimate_a howbeit_o in_o heat_n whereupon_o it_o come_v that_o 〈◊〉_d hear_v so_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o infant_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o mother_n womb_n be_v draw_v into_o the_o lung_n 〈◊〉_d leave_v to_o unborn_a babe_n a_o move_a natural_a but_o not_o a_o respiration_n of_o which_o motion_n the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d cause_n but_o afterward_o they_o become_v perfect_a live_a animal_n creature_n when_o be_v come_v forth_o of_o the_o womb_n they_o take_v in_o breath_n from_o the_o air_n chap._n xvi_o how_o unborn_a babe_n be_v feed_v in_o the_o womb_n democritus_n and_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o this_o unperfect_a fruit_n of_o the_o womb_n receive_v nourishment_n at_o the_o mouth_n and_o thereupon_o it_o come_v that_o so_o soon_o as_o ever_o it_o be_v bear_v it_o seek_v and_o nuzzele_v with_o the_o mouth_n for_o the_o breast_n head_n or_o nipple_n of_o the_o pap_n for_o that_o within_o the_o matrice_n there_o be_v certain_a tear_n yea_o and_o mouth_n too_o whereby_o they_o be_v nourish_v the_o stoic_n say_v that_o it_o be_v feed_v by_o the_o secundine_a and_o the_o navel_n whereupon_o it_o be_v that_o midwife_n present_o knit_v up_o and_o tie_v the_o navel_n string_n fast_o but_o open_a the_o infant_n mouth_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o 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