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have already thrown a light upon this subject, and that, wherever 

 I can, I make use of their words. And foremost of all among 

 the ancients I follow Aristotle ; among the moderns, Fabricius of 

 Aquapendente ; the former as my leader, the latter as my in- 

 formant of the way. For even as they who discover new landsj 

 and first set foot on foreign shores, are wont to give them new 

 names which mostly descend to posterity, so also do the dis- 

 coverers of things and the earliest writers with perfect propriety 

 give names to their discoveries. And now I seem to hear Galen 

 admonishing us, that we should but agree about the things, 

 and not dispute greatly about the words. 



