For the moisture mixes with the dry food, and by the assistance of the natural heat and spirits cuts the nourishment far smaller than any cleaver or chopping-knife, to the end that every part of it may be exactly fitted to each part of the body, not applied, as they would have it, to little vessels and pores, but united and incorporated with the whole substance.

And unless the thing were explained after this manner, the hardest knot in the question would still remain unsolved.

For a man that has a thirst upon him, supposing he eats and doth not drink, is so far from quenching, that he does highly increase it.

This point is yet undiscussed.

But mark, said I, whether the positions on my side be clear and evident or not.