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division_n of_o the_o earth_n 15_o the_o zone_n or_o climate_n of_o the_o earth_n how_o many_o and_o how_o great_a they_o be_v 16_o of_o earth_n quake_v 17_o of_o the_o sea_n how_o it_o be_v concrete_a and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v bitter_a 18_o how_o come_v the_o tide_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n 19_o of_o the_o circle_n call_v halo_n chapter_n of_o the_o four_o book_n 1_o of_o the_o rise_n of_o nilus_n 2_o of_o the_o soul_n 3_o whether_o the_o soul_n be_v corporal_a and_o what_o be_v her_o substance_n 4_o the_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n 5_o which_o be_v the_o mistress_n or_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o wherein_o it_o do_v consist_v 6_o of_o the_o soul_n motion_n 7_o of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n 8_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o sensible_a thing_n 9_o whether_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n be_v true_a 10_o how_o many_o sense_n there_o be_v 11_o how_o sense_n and_o notion_n be_v perform_v as_o also_o how_o reason_n be_v engender_v according_a to_o disposition_n 12_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o imagination_n imaginable_a and_o imagine_v 13_o of_o sight_n and_o how_o we_o do_v see_v 14_o of_o the_o reflection_n or_o resemblance_n in_o mirror_n 15_o whether_o darkness_n be_v visible_a 16_o of_o hear_v 17_o of_o smell_v 18_o of_o taste_v 19_o of_o the_o voice_n 20_o whether_o the_o voice_n be_v incorporal_a and_o how_o come_v the_o resonance_n call_v echo_v 21_o how_o it_o be_v that_o the_o soul_n have_v sense_n and_o what_o be_v the_o principal_a &_o predominant_a part_n thereof_o 22_o of_o respiration_n 23_o of_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o body_n and_o whether_o the_o soul_n have_v a_o fellow-feeling_n with_o it_o of_o pain_n chapter_n of_o the_o five_o book_n 1_o of_o divination_n or_o 〈◊〉_d of_o future_a thing_n 2_o how_o dream_v 〈◊〉_d 3_o what_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o natural_a seed_n 4_o whether_o natural_a seed_n be_v a_o body_n 5_o whether_o female_n as_o well_o as_o male_n do_v yield_v natural_a seed_n 6_o after_o what_o manner_n conception_n be_v 7_o how_o male_n and_o female_n be_v engender_v 8_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v 9_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n accompany_v often_o time_n carnal_o with_o a_o man_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 10_o how_o twin_n both_o two_o and_o three_o at_o once_o be_v occasion_v 11_o how_o come_v the_o resemblance_n of_o parent_n 12_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o infant_n be_v like_a to_o some_o other_o and_o not_o to_o the_o parent_n 13_o how_o woman_n prove_v barren_a and_o man_n unable_a to_o engender_v 14_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o mule_n be_v barren_a 15_o whether_o the_o fruit_n within_o the_o womb_n be_v to_o be_v account_v a_o live_a creature_n or_o no._n 16_o how_o such_o fruit_n be_v nourish_v within_o the_o womb_n 17_o what_o part_n be_v first_o accomplish_v in_o the_o womb_n 18_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o infant_n bear_v at_o seven_o month_n end_n do_v live_v and_o be_v 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 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