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" See ch. 4, init. For necessity, see Introd. § 6. 



* This appears to be the meaning ; Michael Scot renders 

 eiciunt sperma velociter : cf. the English phrase " relieve 

 themselves." Also at 718 a 14. 



" Viz., all that breathe. 



•* This, according to Aristotle, corresponds to breathing ; 

 it is their method of self-refrigeration : see De respiratione 

 476 a 1 ff. 

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