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Page ii
... hath no joints , & c . Chap . 2. That the horse hath no gall Chap . 3. That a pigeon hath no gall 220 232 • 235 • Chap . 4 . That a beaver , to escape the hunter , bites off his testicles or stones 240 • • Chap . 5 . • That a badger hath ...
... hath no joints , & c . Chap . 2. That the horse hath no gall Chap . 3. That a pigeon hath no gall 220 232 • 235 • Chap . 4 . That a beaver , to escape the hunter , bites off his testicles or stones 240 • • Chap . 5 . • That a badger hath ...
Page iii
... hath no wings ; of worms ; that flies make that humming noise by their mouths or wings ; of the tainct or small red spider ; of the glow - worm ; of the providence of pismires in biting off the ends of corn Chap . 28. That the chicken ...
... hath no wings ; of worms ; that flies make that humming noise by their mouths or wings ; of the tainct or small red spider ; of the glow - worm ; of the providence of pismires in biting off the ends of corn Chap . 28. That the chicken ...
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... hath these words : Honour a physician with the honour due unto him ; for the uses which you may have of him , for the Lord hath created him ; for of the most High cometh healing , and he shall receive honour of the king ? ' ( as ours ...
... hath these words : Honour a physician with the honour due unto him ; for the uses which you may have of him , for the Lord hath created him ; for of the most High cometh healing , and he shall receive honour of the king ? ' ( as ours ...
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... hath disputed my commission and authority so far , and with so much scorn , that , though hitherto , in respect to your highness , I have contained myself : yet seeing that now again , in a public assembly , he hath contemptibly spoken ...
... hath disputed my commission and authority so far , and with so much scorn , that , though hitherto , in respect to your highness , I have contained myself : yet seeing that now again , in a public assembly , he hath contemptibly spoken ...
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... hath made a learned discourse of Vulgar Errors in Physick , yet have we discussed but two or three thereof . 4 ... hath made , & c . ] The work here alluded to is the De Vulgi Erroribus in Medicina , of which there is a translation into ...
... hath made a learned discourse of Vulgar Errors in Physick , yet have we discussed but two or three thereof . 4 ... hath made , & c . ] The work here alluded to is the De Vulgi Erroribus in Medicina , of which there is a translation into ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.