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 rated, thence the Blood; out of Blood comes the Spleen, or Earth out of Fire; the Heart governs the Tongue; that which is Heat in Heaven, Fire upon Earth, Pulsation in the Body, is the Heart in the Members: Its Colour is Red, has the Sound of Laughing; its Vicissitudes are Joy and Sorrow; the Tongue is its Window, its Tast Bitterness, its Passion Joy; too much Joy hurts the Heart; but Fear, the Passion of the Reins, which are Enemies to the Heart, conquers Joy: Heat hurts the Spirits, but Cold conquers Heat: Bitterness hurts the Spirits, but Saltness of the Reins conquers Bitterness, or Water quenches Fire. The Heart is generated the Second in Order, and is perfected the Seventh.'

'Out of the middle Region ariseth Moisture, out of that Earth; out of Earth Sweetness; from Sweetness cometh the Spleen, Flesh from that, and the Lungs from Flesh: The Spleen governs the Mouth; that which is Moisture in the Heaven, is Earth in Earth, Flesh in the Body, and the Spleen in the Members: Its Colour is Yellow; it has the Sound of Singing; its Window is the Mouth, its Tast is sweet, its Passion is much Thoughtfulness: Thoughtfulness