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XLII.

The Outward and Inward Senses. Sensus externi & interni.

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There are five outward _Senses_; Sunt quinque externi _Sensus_;

The _Eye_, 1. seeth Colours, what is white or black, green or blew, red or yellow. _Oculus_, 1. videt _Colores_, quid album vel atrum, viride vel cœruleum, rubrum aut luteum, sit.

The _Ear_, 2. heareth _Sounds_, both natural, Voices and Words; and artificial, Musical Tunes. _Auris_, 2. audit _Sonos_, tum naturales, Voces & Verba; tum artificiales, Tonos Musicos.

The _Nose_, 3. scenteth smells and stinks. _Nasus_, 3, _olfacit_ odores & fœtores.

The _Tongue_, 4. with the roof of the Mouth tastes _Savours_, what is sweet or bitter, keen or biting, sower or harsh. _Lingua_, 4. cum Palato gustat _Sapores_, quid dulce aut amarum, acre aut acidum, acerbum aut austerum.

The _Hand_, 5. by touching discerneth the quantity and quality of things; _Manus_, 5. tangendo dignoscit quantitatem, & qualitatem rerum; the hot and cold, the moist and dry, the hard and soft, the smooth and rough, the heavy and light. calidum & frigidum, humidum & siccum, durum & molle, læve & asperum, grave & leve.

The inward _Senses_ are three. _Sensus_ interni sunt tres.

The _Common Sense_, 7. under the _forepart of the_ _head_, apprehendeth things taken from the outward Senses. _Sensus Communis_, 7. sub _sincipite_ apprehendit res perceptas a Sensibus externis.

The _Phantasie_, 6. under the _crown of the head_ judgeth of those things, thinketh and dreameth, _Phantasia_, 6. sub _vertice_, dijudicat res istas, cogitat, somniat.

The _Memory_, 8. under the _hinder part of the_ _head_, layeth up every thing and fetcheth them out: it loseth some, and this is _forgetfulness_. _Memoria_, 8. sub _occipitio_, recondit singula & depromit: deperdit quædam, & hoc est _oblivio_.

_Sleep_, is the rest of the Senses. _Somnus_, est requies Sensuum.