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For, howsoever the Head be called the Tower of the mind, the Throne of Reason, the house of wisdom, the Treasure of memory, the Capitol of judgement, the shop of affections: yet is the Heart the receptacle of life,¹ ⟨p. 9⟩And Spiritus, ²which (they say) is Copula animae & corporis, a virtue uniting the soul and the body: if it be in the Liver natural, in the Head animal, yet is in the Heart vital. It is the member, that hath first life in man, and is the last that dies in man; and to all the other members gives vivification.

For, howsoeuer the Head be called the Tower of the mind, the Throne of Reason, the house of wisdom, the Treasure of memory, the Capitol of iudgement, the shoppe of affections: yet is the Heart the receptacle of life,¹ ⟨p. 9⟩And Spiritus, ²which (they say) is Copula animae & corporis, a vertue vniting the soule and the body: if it bee in the Liuer naturall, in the Head animal, yet is in the Heart vitall. It is the member, that hath first life in mā, and is the last that dies in man; and to all the other members giues viuification.

1. 1Cor receptaculum vitae.
2. 2Spiritus in jecore naturalis, animalis cerebro, in vitalis in cord.Spiritus in iecore naturalis, animalis cerebro, in vitalis in corde.