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livelike_a 19_o of_o the_o generation_n of_o live_a creature_n how_o they_o be_v engender_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v corruptible_a 20_o how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o live_a creature_n whether_o they_o all_o have_v sense_n and_o use_v of_o reason_n 21_o in_o what_o time_n live_v creature_n receive_v form_n within_o the_o mother_n womb_n 22_o of_o what_o element_n be_v every_o general_a part_n in_o we_o compose_v 23_o how_o come_v sleep_n and_o death_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o soul_n or_o body_n 24_o when_o and_o how_o a_o man_n begin_v to_o come_v unto_o his_o perfection_n 25_o whether_o it_o be_v soul_n or_o body_n that_o either_o sleep_v or_o die_v 26_o how_o plant_n come_v to_o grow_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v live_v creature_n 27_o of_o nourishment_n and_o growth_n 28_o from_o whence_o proceed_v appetite_n lust_n and_o pleasure_n in_o live_a creature_n 29_o how_o the_o fever_n be_v engender_v and_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o accessary_a or_o symptom_n to_o another_o disease_n 30_o of_o health_n sickness_n and_o old_a age_n the_o first_o book_n of_o philosopher_n opinion_n the_o prooeme_n be_v mind_v to_o write_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n we_o think_v it_o necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o before_o all_o thing_n else_o to_o set_v down_o the_o whole_a disputation_n of_o philosophy_n by_o way_n of_o division_n to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v know_v which_o be_v natural_a and_o what_o part_n it_o be_v of_o the_o whole_a now_o the_o stoic_n say_v that_o sapience_n or_o wisdom_n be_v the_o science_n of_o all_o thing_n aswell_o divine_a as_o humane_a and_o that_o philosophy_n be_v the_o profession_n and_o exercise_n of_o the_o art_n expedient_a thereto_o which_o be_v the_o only_a supreme_a and_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o three_o most_o general_a virtue_n to_o wit_n natural_a moral_a and_o verbal_a by_o reason_n whereof_o philosophy_n also_o admit_v a_o threefold_n distribution_n to_o wit_n into_o natural_a moral_a rational_a or_o verbal_a the_o natural_a part_n be_v that_o when_o as_o we_o inquire_v and_o dispute_v of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o thing_n contain_v therein_o moral_a be_v occupy_v in_o entreat_v of_o the_o good_a and_o ill_a that_o concern_v man_n life_n rational_a or_o verbal_a handle_v that_o which_o pertain_v unto_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n and_o to_o speech_n which_o also_o be_v name_v logic_n or_o dialelectique_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v disputative_a but_o aristotle_n and_o theophrastus_n with_o the_o peripatetic_n in_o manner_n all_o divide_v philosophy_n in_o this_o manner_n namely_o into_o contemplative_a and_o active_a for_o necessary_a it_o be_v say_v they_o that_o a_o man_n to_o attain_v unto_o perfection_n shall_v be_v a_o spectator_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o a_o actor_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v seemly_a and_o decent_a and_o may_v the_o better_o be_v understand_v by_o these_o example_n the_o question_n be_v demand_v whether_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o live_a creature_n according_a as_o it_o seem_v to_o the_o sight_n to_o be_v or_o no_o he_o that_o search_v and_o enquire_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o question_n be_v altogether_o therein_o speculative_a for_o he_o seek_v no_o far_a than_o the_o contemplation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v semblable_o if_o the_o demand_n be_v make_v whether_o the_o world_n be_v infinite_a or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o pourprise_n of_o the_o world_n for_o all_o these_o question_n be_v mere_a contemplative_a but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n move_v it_o may_v be_v how_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o live_v how_o he_o shall_v govern_v his_o child_n how_o he_o be_v to_o bear_v rule_n and_o office_n of_o state_n and_o last_o in_o what_o manner_n law_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v and_o make_v for_o all_o these_o be_v seek_v into_o in_o regard_n of_o action_n and_o a_o man_n conversant_a therein_o be_v altogether_o active_a and_o practic_a chap._n i._n what_o be_v nature_n since_o then_o our_o intent_n and_o purpose_n be_v to_o consider_v and_o treat_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n i_o think_v it_o needful_a to_o show_v first_o what_o be_v nature_n for_o absurd_a it_o be_v to_o enterprise_v a_o discourse_n of_o natural_a thing_n and_o meanwhile_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nature_n and_o the_o power_n thereof_o nature_n then_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o aristotle_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o motion_n and_o rest_n in_o that_o thing_n wherein_o it_o be_v proper_o and_o principal_o not_o by_o accident_n for_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v see_v which_o be_v do_v neither_o by_o fortune_n nor_o by_o necessity_n and_o be_v not_o divine_a nor_o have_v any_o such_o efficient_a cause_n be_v call_v natural_a as_o have_v a_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a nature_n of_o their_o own_o as_o the_o earth_n fire_n water_n air_n plant_n and_o live_a creature_n moreover_o those_o other_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v see_v ordinary_o engender_v as_o rain_v hail_n lightning_n presteres_fw-la wind_n and_o such_o like_a for_o all_o these_o have_v a_o certain_a beginning_n and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v not_o so_o for_o ever_o and_o from_o all_o eternity_n but_o do_v proceed_v from_o some_o original_n likewise_o live_v creature_n and_o plant_n have_v a_o beginning_n of_o their_o motion_n and_o this_o first_o principle_n be_v nature_n the_o beginning_n not_o of_o motion_n only_o but_o also_o of_o rest_n and_o quiet_a for_o whatsoever_o have_v have_v a_o beginning_n of_o motion_n the_o same_o also_o may_v have_v a_o end_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n nature_n be_v the_o beginning_n aswell_o of_o rest_n as_o of_o move_v chap._n ii_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o a_o principle_n and_o a_o element_n aristotle_n and_o plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v a_o
paramout_n in_o their_o arm_n chap._n iii_o what_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o natural_a seed_n aristotle_n define_v seed_n to_o be_v that_o which_o have_v power_n to_o move_v in_o itself_o for_o the_o effect_n of_o some_o such_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v from_o whence_o it_o come_v pythagoras_n take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o foam_n of_o the_o best_a and_o pure_a blood_n the_o superfluity_n and_o excrement_n of_o nouriture_n like_v as_o blood_n and_o marrow_n alcmaeon_n say_v it_o be_v a_o portion_n of_o the_o brain_n plato_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v a_o decision_n or_o deflux_n of_o the_o marrow_n in_o the_o back_n bone_n epicurus_n imagine_v it_o to_o be_v a_o abstract_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n democritus_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v the_o geneture_n of_o the_o fleshy_a nerve_n proceed_v from_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o the_o principal_a part_n thereof_o chap._n four_o whether_o genetall_n seed_n be_v a_o body_n leucippus_n and_o zeno_n take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o body_n for_o that_o it_o be_v a_o abstract_n parcel_n of_o the_o soul_n pythagoras_n plato_n and_o aristotle_n acknowledge_v indeed_o and_o confess_v that_o the_o power_n and_o force_v of_o seed_n be_v bodiless_a like_v as_o the_o understanding_n which_o be_v the_o author_n of_o motion_n but_o the_o matter_n thereof_o say_v they_o which_o be_v shed_v and_o send_v forth_o be_v corporal_a strato_z and_o democritus_n affirm_v the_o very_a puissance_n thereof_o to_o be_v a_o body_n howbeit_o spiritual_a chap._n v._o whether_o female_n send_v forth_o seed_n as_o well_o as_o male_n pythagoras_n epicurus_n and_o democritus_n hold_v that_o the_o female_a likewise_o discharge_v seed_n for_o that_o it_o have_v seminary_n vessel_n turn_v backward_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o she_o have_v lust_n unto_o the_o act_n of_o generation_n aristotle_n and_o zeno_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o female_a deliver_v from_o it_o a_o moist_a matter_n resemble_v the_o sweat_n which_o come_v from_o their_o body_n who_o wrestle_z or_o exercise_v together_o but_o they_o will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o be_v seed_n hippon_n avouch_v that_o female_n do_v ejaculate_a seed_n no_o less_o than_o male_n howbeit_o the_o same_o be_v not_o effectual_a for_o generation_n for_o that_o it_o fall_v without_o the_o matrix_fw-la whereupon_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o woman_n though_o very_o few_o and_o widow_n especial_o do_v cast_v from_o they_o seed_n without_o the_o company_n of_o man_n and_o he_o affirm_v that_o of_o the_o male_a seed_n be_v make_v the_o bone_n &_o of_o the_o female_a the_o flesh_n chap._n vi_o the_o manner_n of_o conception_n aristotle_n think_v that_o conception_n come_v in_o this_o manner_n when_o as_o the_o matrix_fw-la draw_v before_o from_o the_o natural_a purgation_n and_o there_o withal_o the_o monthly_a term_n fetch_v some_o part_n of_o pure_a blood_n from_o the_o whole_a mass_n of_o the_o body_n so_o that_o the_o male_n genetall_n may_v come_v to_o it_o and_o so_o concur_v to_o engender_v contrariwise_o that_o which_o hinder_v conception_n be_v this_o namely_o when_o the_o matrix_fw-la be_v impure_a or_o full_a of_o ventosity_n as_o it_o maybe_o by_o occasion_n of_o fear_n of_o sorrow_n or_o weakness_n of_o woman_n yea_o and_o by_o the_o impuissance_n and_o defect_n in_o man_n chap._n vii_o how_o it_o come_v that_o male_n be_v engender_v and_o how_o female_n empedocles_n suppose_v that_o male_n and_o female_n be_v beget_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a according_o and_o hereupon_o record_v it_o be_v in_o history_n that_o the_o first_o males_n in_o the_o world_n be_v procreate_v and_o bear_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n rather_o in_o the_o east_n and_o southern_a part_n but_o female_n towards_o the_o north._n parmenides_n maintain_v the_o contrary_a and_o say_v that_o males_n be_v breed_v towards_o the_o northern_a quarter_n for_o that_o the_o air_n there_o be_v more_o gross_a and_o thick_a than_o else_o where_o on_o the_o other_o side_n female_n towards_o the_o south_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o rarity_n and_o subtility_n of_o the_o air_n hipponax_n attribute_v the_o cause_n hereof_o unto_o the_o seed_n as_o it_o be_v either_o more_o thick_a or_o powerful_a or_o thin_a and_o weak_a anaxagoras_n and_o parmenides_n hold_v that_o the_o seed_n which_o come_v from_o the_o right_a side_n of_o a_o man_n ordinary_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la and_o from_o the_o left_a side_n likewise_o into_o the_o same_o side_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la but_o if_o this_o ejection_n of_o seed_n fall_v out_o otherwise_o clean_o cross_v than_o female_n be_v engender_v leophanes_n of_o who_o aristotle_n make_v mention_v affirm_v that_o the_o male_n be_v engender_v by_o the_o right_a genetory_n and_o female_n by_o the_o left_a leucippus_n ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o permutation_n of_o the_o natural_a part_n of_o generation_n for_o that_o according_a to_o it_o the_o man_n have_v his_o yard_n of_o one_o sort_n and_o the_o woman_n she_o matrix_fw-la of_o another_o more_o than_o this_o he_o say_v nothing_o democritus_n say_v that_o the_o common_a part_n be_v engender_v indifferent_o by_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o as_o it_o fall_v out_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d part_n that_o make_v distinction_n of_o sex_n of_o the_o party_n which_o be_v more_o prevalent_a hipponax_n resolve_v thus_o that_o if_o the_o seed_n be_v predominant_a it_o will_v be_v a_o male_a but_o if_o the_o food_n and_o nourishment_n a_o female_a chap._n viii_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v empedocles_n affirm_v that_o monster_n be_v engender_v either_o through_o the_o abundance_n of_o seed_n or_o default_n thereof_o either_o through_o the_o turbulent_a 〈◊〉_d perturbation_n of_o the_o move_n or_o the_o distraction_n and_o division_n of_o the_o seed_n into_o sundry_a part_n or_o else_o through_o the_o declination_n thereof_o out_o of_o the_o right_a way_n and_o thus_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v preoccupate_v in_o manner_n all_o the_o answer_n to_o this_o question_n strato_z allege_v for_o this_o part_n addition_n or_o substraction_n transposition_n or_o inflation_n and_o ventosity_n and_o some_o physician_n there_o be_v who_o say_v that_o at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o monster_n be_v engender_v the_o matrix_fw-la suffer_v distortion_n for_o that_o it_o be_v distend_v with_o wind_n chap._n ix_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n though_o oftentime_o she_o compani_v with_o a_o man_n do_v not_o conceive_v diocles_n the_o physician_n render_v this_o reason_n for_o that_o some_o do_v send_v soorth_o no_o seed_n at_o all_o or_o less_o in_o quantity_n than_o be_v sufficient_a or_o such_o in_o quality_n which_o have_v no_o vivificant_fw-la or_o quicken_a power_n or_o else_o it_o be_v for_o defect_n of_o heat_n of_o cold_a of_o moisture_n or_o dryness_n or_o last_o of_o all_o by_o occasion_n of_o the_o paralysie_n or_o resolution_n of_o the_o privy_a part_n and_o member_n of_o generation_n the_o stoic_n lay_v the_o cause_n hereof_o upon_o the_o obliquity_n or_o crookedness_n of_o the_o man_n member_n by_o occasion_n whereof_o he_o can_v shoot_v forth_o his_o 〈◊〉_d direct_o or_o else_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o disproportion_n of_o the_o part_n as_o namely_o when_o the_o matrix_fw-la lie_v to_o far_o within_o that_o the_o yard_n can_v reach_v unto_o it_o erasistratus_n find_v fault_n in_o this_o case_n with_o the_o matrix_fw-la when_o it_o have_v either_o hard_a callosity_n or_o too_o much_o carnositie_n or_o when_o it_o be_v more_o rare_a and_o spungeous_a or_o else_o small_a than_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v chap._n x._o how_o it_o come_v that_o two_o twin_n and_o three_o twin_n be_v bear_v empedocles_n say_v that_o two_o twin_n or_o three_o be_v engender_v by_o occasioneither_o of_o the_o abundance_n or_o the_o divulsion_n of_o the_o seed_n asclepiades_n assign_v it_o unto_o the_o difference_n of_o body_n or_o the_o excellence_n of_o seed_n after_o which_o manner_n we_o see_v how_o some_o barley_n from_o one_o root_n bear_v two_o or_o three_o stalk_n with_o their_o ear_n upon_o they_o according_a as_o the_o seed_n be_v most_o fruitful_a and_o generative_a erasistratus_n 〈◊〉_d it_o unto_o divers_a conception_n and_o superfetation_n like_v as_o in_o brute_n beast_n for_o when_o as_o the_o matrix_fw-la be_v cleanse_v than_o it_o come_v soon_o to_o conception_n and_o superfaetation_n the_o 〈◊〉_d allege_v to_o this_o purpose_n the_o cell_n or_o conceptacle_n within_o the_o matrix_fw-la for_o as_o the_o seed_n fall_v into_o the_o first_o and_o second_o there_o follow_v conception_n and_o superfetation_n and_o after_o the_o same_o sort_n may_v three_o twin_n be_v engender_v chap._n xi_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o child_n resemble_v their_o parent_n or_o progenitour_n before_o they_o empedocles_n affirm_v that_o as_o similitude_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o exceed_a force_n of_o the_o genetall_n seed_n so_o the_o dissimilitude_n arise_v from_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 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