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CHAP. XI. Of the perforations of the externall Basis of the Braine.
THere is a hole on each side at the Eye-browes, by which passes a small nerve from the third conjugation comming out of the cavity of the Orbe of the eye, and going by the forehead bone to the eye-browes, that it may give motion to the two muscles of the upper eye-brow and forehead. Yet oftentimes the hole is but to bee seene on one side, oft times there is a cleft instead thereof, otherwhiles it is not perforated nor cleft at all. The second, is the perforation of the greater corner of the eye, by which a portion of the nerves of the third coniu∣gation descends to the coate of the nose; in this hole the Glandula Lachrymalis is seated. The third is seated under the eye, that it may give way to the other portion of the nerves of the third coniugation going to the parts of the face, and the teeth of the upper jaw. The fourth is at the beginning of the pallate, amongst the cutting or shear∣ing teeth, through which a veine, an artery and the coate of the pallate passes out. In the fifth order are reckoned the perforations of the pallate, by which the nerves descend from the fourth coniugation, to give, or cause the taste. In the sixt order are rancked the holes of the pallate serving for respiration, and the flegme falling from the braine by the nosethrils. And there is a cleft under the yoake bone ascending into the Orbe of the eye, by which there is a way, as wel for the nerves of the third coniu∣gation to the Temporall muscles, as also for certaine veines and arteryes. But also there is noted another hole at the mammillary processe, which is not perforated in the iudgement of the sense. Besides there is thought to be another at the hinde roote of the same processe, by which a certaine small veine passes from the Iugular to the Torcular. But I have onely noted these three passages by the way, because there is so much variety in them, that nothing can be certainely said of them.