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the_o right_n because_o here_o nature_n hide_v the_o divine_a fire_n which_o the_o poet_n feign_v prometheus_n steal_v from_o heaven_n to_o give_v life_n unto_o man_n and_o hypocrates_n because_o of_o the_o great_a heat_n of_o this_o place_n think_v it_o to_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o soul_n partly_o because_o there_o be_v fire_n prometheus_n fire_n certain_a small_a fleshy_a particle_n table_n 10._o figure_n 5._o oh_o figure_n 6._o l_o figure_n hh_n figure_n 8._o m_o table_n 12._o fig._n 2._o sâ—_n which_o about_o the_o cone_n of_o the_o heart_n appear_v small_a &_o slender_a to_o which_o the_o nervous_a fibre_n of_o the_o value_v table_n 10._o figure_n 7._o gg_n figure_n 8._o l_o call_v by_o galen_n in_o the_o 8._o chapter_n of_o his_o â—_o book_n de_fw-fr usu_fw-la partium_fw-la and_o by_o archangelus_n the_o ligament_n of_o the_o heart_n do_v grow_v these_o ventricle_n be_v divide_v by_o a_o wall_n or_o partition_n table_n 10._o figure_n 3._o h_o figure_n 6._o hh_o figure_n 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