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and without trauailous cough, it betokeneth ſtrength of vertue, and failing of the euill: and it is ſayde in Pronoſtre. and againeward. Therefore Golen and other Commentours there tell, that in eyther ſpitting wée ſhall take héede generallye of thrée things: of Coulour, ſmall, and Sauour: For if the ſpittle be bloo in colour,[1] it betokeneth hurting and grieuing of the heart, and of the ſpirituall members. And if it be redde, meddeled with rotten bloud, it betokeneth Botches of ye lungs. And if it be ſtinking in ſauour it betokeneth corruption within. Alſo if it bée bitter either ſowre in ſauour, it betokeneth that corrupt humours haue maſtery in the ſtomacke & in the lungs, or elſe in the ſubſtaunce of the tongue. Alſo much ſpittle is a token of flumatik complection: therefore in olde men is much great ſpittle and thicke, gleamye, and reaming, after the ſtrength of colde, and waſting of the ſubſtanciall moyſture.
Of the voice, Chap. 23.
A Uoice[2] is a very thin ſmiting of the ayre, and ſhapen with the wreſt of the tongue, as ſaith Iſidore & Priſcian. The inſtruments of the voyce be many as ſayth Conſtantine, that is to wit, the lungs, the arterye ſtrings, the throate, and lidde of the organe, the mouth, the téeth, the lippes, and the tongue. For without the ſeruice of theſe, the voyce is not ſhapen. And ſome of theſe receiue the voice as the lungs, with the receptacles, organe, and pipes thereof. And ſome order the voire, as the lidde of the woſen[3] as Conſtantine ſayth, that maketh the voice faire & ſtrong, when it is proportionate to other inſtruments: and it tempereth the aire that commeth in, and letteth and kéepeth that the ayre paſſe not too ſoone out; and ſaueth and letteth the throat, and the organe from duſt, that would fall therein. Some ſend out the voice, as the pipes of the lungs and the organe, that be as it were pipes: the which if they bée lyght, cleane, temporate, and ſmooth: they make the voyce euen and temporate. And if they bée rough, and ouer meaſure broade, eyther ſtraight, or elſe, too much awrye, they make the voice ouer ſadde or ſlender ſownd, or vneuen. Then to ſhape the voice, the aire is receiued in the leaues of the lungs, and by ordinate moouing of ye organe, the aire commeth out of the mouth: and ſo by ſwifte mouing of the air and by ſtretching of the inſtruments of the voice, the ſownd is made; the which in the mouth of a beaſt is brought forth, and ſhapen with the wreſt of the tongue, is called of wiſe men a voice. Hue vſque Conſtantinns in Pantegni. liber 4. Ariſtotle ſayth, that the lungs be the firſt receiuers of the voice. And therfore euerye beaſt that is without lungs, is without voice and ſpeach. Speaking is diſtinguiſhing of voice. And ſo euery beaſt that hath no tongue vntyed, as he ſayth Ibidem. Bées and Flyes[4] haue no voice, but they make & noiſe in flieng, ſtretching, and drawing, two wings by the aire, that falleth betwéene the bodie and the wings, and ſo doe long Flies. And by experience they make no ſownd ſitting, but onely flieng, but a Frogge hath a proper voice, and his tongue is applyed to the mouth afore, And that part of the tongue that is nigh to the pipe of the lungs is vntied. And therefore he hath a proper voice, and it is called Coax in Latine. And maketh not that, but in the water onelye, and namely in the male in time of bréeding, when he calleth the female by a voyce knowne. The Frogge multiplyeth the voice, when he putteth the neather iawe into the water, and ſtretcheth the ouer iawe. And by ſtretching of the two iawes, they make a noyſe and voice. And for the greate force of ſtretching, theyr eyen ſhine as Candles. They ſing and crye more by night then by day. For then is the time of theyr gendering. Alſo there he ſayth, that ſmall birds crie and chatter more then great, and namely in time of gendering: for then is greateſt chattering and crieng of birdes. And he ſayth, that the Cocke croweth ofte after battaile and victorye.
Alſo it is ſo among birds and foules,