The 226. Chapter doth shew of the prin∣cipall member in man.
MEmbra is the latin word.* 1.1 In Greke it is named Me∣li. In English it is named members, the which be ma∣ny in man, and they be deuided in principal members, and officiall members, Principal mēbers be foure, the heart, the braine, the liuer, and the stones of man, and the place of cō∣ception in woman. All other members be official members, an odoth offyce to the principall members, for in the heart be the vitall spirites, in the brayne be the Animall spirites, in the liuer be the natural spirits & in the stones of man, and in the place of cōception is generacion. If any of ye prin∣cipall members be infected or hurt, or out of temperance all the other officiall members must néedes be out of due order and quietnes, but an official member may be hurt and infec∣ted, & yet it may be recouered with medicines or salues. &c. Although the lunges, the splene, ye tongue, & the eyes be dan∣gerous members to heale, specially if there be in any of thē old gréefes. Also there be spirituall members beside ye prin∣cipal members, the which be both principal & spiritual mem∣bers, & these be spiritual members, which is to say, ye longs, ye midriffe, the arter track, the Epiglote, and they be named spirituall members, for as much as they do drawe the breath or winde into the body, & doth expell it out againe. Also ther be other members named in latin membra hetrogenia, which is to say in english cōpound members as ye face is compoūd of many things, & so be the legges, and armes, and such like.