When　forth　we　squeeze　it；　in　chewing　up　our　food；…
  As　any　one　perchance　begins　to　squeeze
  With　hand　and　dry　a　sponge　with　water　soaked。
  Next；　all　which　forth　we　squeeze　is　spread　about
  Along　the　pores　and　intertwined　paths
  Of　the　loose…textured　tongue。　And　so；　when　smooth
  The　bodies　of　the　oozy　flavour；　then
  Delightfully　they　touch；　delightfully
  They　treat　all　spots；　around　the　wet　and　trickling
  Enclosures　of　the　tongue。　And　contrariwise；
  They　sting　and　pain　the　sense　with　their　assault；
  According　as　with　roughness　they're　supplied。
  Next；　only　up　to　palate　is　the　pleasure
  Coming　from　flavour；　for　in　truth　when　down
  'Thas　plunged　along　the　throat；　no　pleasure　is；
  Whilst　into　all　the　frame　it　spreads　around；
  Nor　aught　it　matters　with　what　food　is　fed
  The　body；　if　only　what　thou　take　thou　canst
  Distribute　well　digested　to　the　frame
  And　keep　the　stomach　in　a　moist　career。
  Now；　how　it　is　we　see　some　food　for　some；
  Others　for　others。。。。
  。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。
  I　will　unfold；　or　wherefore　what　to　some
  Is　foul　and　bitter；　yet　the　same　to　others
  Can　seem　delectable　to　eat；…　why　here
  So　great　the　distance　and　the　difference　is
  That　what　is　food　to　one　to　some　becomes
  Fierce　poison；　as　a　certain　snake　there　is
  Which；　touched　by　spittle　of　a　man；　will　waste
  And　end　itself　by　gnawing　up　its　coil。
  Again；　fierce　poison　is　the　hellebore
  To　us；　but　puts　the　fat　on　goats　and　quails。
  That　thou　mayst　know　by　what　devices　this
  Is　brought　about；　in　chief　thou　must　recall
  What　we　have　said　before；　that　seeds　are　kept
  Commixed　in　things　in　divers　modes。　Again；
  As　all　the　breathing　creatures　which　take　food
  Are　outwardly　unlike；　and　outer　cut
  And　contour　of　their　members　bounds　them　round；
  Each　differing　kind　by　kind；　they　thus　consist
  Of　seeds　of　varying　shape。　And　furthermore；
  Since　seeds　do　differ；　divers　too　must　be
  The　interstices　and　paths　（which　we　do　call
  The　apertures）　in　all　the　members；　even
  In　mouth　and　palate　too。　Thus　some　must　be
  More　small　or　yet　more　large；　three…cornered　some
  And　others　squared；　and　many　others　round；
  And　certain　of　them　many…angled　too
  In　many　modes。　For；　as　the　combination
  And　motion　of　their　divers　shapes　demand；
  The　shapes　of　apertures　must　be　diverse
  And　paths　must　vary　according　to　their　walls
  That　bound　them。　Hence　when　what　is　sweet　to　some；
  Becomes　to　others　bitter；　for　him　to　whom
  'Tis　sweet；　the　smoothest　particles　must　needs
  Have　entered　caressingly　the　palate's　pores。
  And；　contrariwise；　with　those　to　whom　that　sweet
  Is　sour　within　the　mouth；　beyond　a　doubt
  The　rough　and　barbed　particles　have　got
  Into　the　narrows　of　the　apertures。
  Now　easy　it　is　from　these　affairs　to　know
  Whatever。。。
  。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。
  Indeed；　where　one　from　o'er…abundant　bile
  Is　stricken　with　fever；　or　in　other　wise
  Feels　the　roused　violence　of　some　malady；
  There　the　whole　frame　is　now　upset；　and　there
  All　the　positions　of　the　seeds　are　changed；…
  So　that　the　bodies　which　before　were　fit
  To　cause　the　savour；　now　are　fit　no　more；
  And　now　more　apt　are　others　which　be　able
  To　get　within　the　pores　and　gender　sour。
  Both　sorts；　in　sooth；　are　intermixed　in　honey…
  What　oft　we've　proved　above　to　thee　before。
  Now　come；　and　I　will　indicate　what　wise
  Impact　of　odour　on　the　nostrils　touches。
  And　first；　'tis　needful　there　be　many　things
  From　whence　the　streaming　flow　of　varied　odours
  May　roll　along；　and　we're　constrained　to　think
  They　stream　and　dart　and　sprinkle　themselves　about
  Impartially。　But　for　some　breathing　creatures
  One　odour　is　more　apt；　to　others　another…
  Because　of　differing　forms　of　seeds　and　pores。
  Thus　on　and　on　along　the　zephyrs　bees
  Are　led　by　odour　of　honey；　vultures　too
  By　carcasses。　Again；　the　forward　power
  Of　scent　in　dogs　doth　lead　the　hunter　on
  Whithersoever　the　splay…foot　of　wild　beast
  Hath　hastened　its　career；　and　the　white　goose；
  The　saviour　of　the　Roman　citadel；
  Forescents　afar　the　odour　of　mankind。
  Thus；　diversly　to　divers　ones　is　given
  Peculiar　smell　that　leadeth　each　along
  To　his　own　food　or　makes　him　start　aback
  From　loathsome　poison；　and　in　this　wise　are
  The　generations　of　the　wild　preserved。
  Yet　is　this　pungence　not　alone　in　odours
  Or　in　the　class　of　flavours；　but；　likewise；
  The　look　of　things　and　hues　agree　not　all
  So　well　with　senses　unto　all；　but　that
  Some　unto　some　will　be；　to　gaze　upon；
  More　keen　and　painful。　Lo；　the　raving　lions；
  They　dare　not　face　and　gaze　upon　the　cock
  Who's　wont　with　wings　to　flap　away　the　night
  From　off　the　stage；　and　call　the　beaming　morn
  With　clarion　voice…　and　lions　straightway　thus
  Bethink　themselves　of　flight；　because；　ye　see；
  Within　the　body　of　the　cocks　there　be
  Some　certain　seeds；　which；　into　lions'　eyes
  Injected；　bore　into　the　pupils　deep
  And　yield　such　piercing　pain　they　can't　hold　out
  Against　the　cocks；　however　fierce　they　be…
  Whilst　yet　these　seeds　can't　hurt　our　gaze　the　least；
  Either　because　they　do　not　penetrate；
  Or　since　they　have　free　exit　from　the　eyes
  As　soon　as　penetrating；　so　that　thus
  They　cannot　hurt　our　eyes　in　any　part
  By　there　remaining。
  To　speak　once　more　of　odour；
  Whatever　assail　the　nostrils；　some　can　travel
  A　longer　way　than　others。　None　of　them；
  However；　's　borne　so　far　as　sound　or　voice…
  While　I　omit　all　mention　of　such　things
  As　hit　the　eyesight　and　assail　the　vision。
  For　slowly　on　a　wandering　course　it　comes
  And　perishes　sooner；　by　degrees　absorbed
  Easily　into　all　the　winds　of　air；…
  And　first；　because　from　deep　inside　the　thing
  It　is　discharged　with　labour　（for　the　fact
  That　every　object；　when　'tis　shivered；　ground；
  Or　crumbled　by　the　fire；　will　smell　the　stronger
  Is　sign　that　odours　flow　and　part　away
  From　inner　regions　of　the　things）。　And　next；
  Thou　mayest　see　that　odour　is　create
  Of　larger　primal　germs　than　voice；　because
  It　enters　not　through　stony　walls；　wherethrough
  Unfailingly　the　voice　and　sound　are　borne；
  Wherefore；　besides；　thou　wilt　observe　'tis　not
  So　easy　to　trace　out　in　whatso　place
  The　smelling　object　is。　For；　dallying　on
  Along　the　winds；　the　particles　cool　off；
  And　then　the　scurrying　messengers　of　things
  Arrive　our　senses；　when　no　longer　hot。
  So　dogs　oft　wander　astray；　and　hunt　the　scent。
  Now　mark；　and　hear　what　objects　move　the　mind；
  And　learn；　in　few；　whence　unto　intellect
  Do　come　what　come。　And　first　I　tell　thee　this：
  That　many　images　of　objects　rove
  In　many　modes　to　every　region　round…
  So　thin　that　easily　the　one　with　other；
  When　once　they　meet；　uniteth　in　mid…air；
  Like　gossamer　or　gold…leaf。　For；　indeed；
  Far　thinner　are　they　in　their　fabric　than
  Those　images　which　take　a　hold　on　eyes
  And　smite　the　vision；　since　through　body's　pores
  They　penetrate；　and　inwardly　stir　up
  The　subtle　nature　of　mind　and　smite　the　sense。
  Thus；　Centaurs　and　the　limbs　of　Scyllas；　thus
  The　Cerberus…visages　of　dogs　we　see；
  And　images　of　people　gone　before…
  Dead　men　whose　bones　earth　bosomed　long　ago；
  Because　the　images　of　every　kind
  Are　everywhere　about　us　borne…　in　part
  Those　which　are　gendered　in　the　very　air
  Of　own　accord；　in　part　those　others　which
  From　divers　things　do　part　away；　and　those
  Which　are　compounded；　made　from　out　their　shapes。
  For　soothly　from　no　living　Centaur　is
  That　phantom　gendered；　since　no　breed　of　beast
  Like　him　was　ever；　but；　when　images
  Of　horse　and　man　by　chance　have　come　together；
  They　easily　cohere；　as　aforesaid；
  At　once；　through　subtle　nature　and　fabric　thin。
  In　the　same　fashion　others　of　this　ilk
  Created　are。　And　when　they're　quickly　borne
  In　their　exceeding　lightness；　easily
  （As　earlier　I　showed）　one　subtle　image；
  Compounded；　moves　by　its　one　blow　the　mind；
  Itself　so　subtle　and　so　strangely　quick。
  That　these　things　come　to　pass　as　I　record；
  From　this　thou　easily　canst　understand：
  So　far　as　one　is　unto　other　like；
  Seeing　with　mind　as　well　as　with　the　eyes
  Must　come　to　pass　in　fashion　not　unlike。
  Well；　now；　since　I　have　shown　that　I　perceive
  Haply　a　lion　through　those　idol…films
  Such　as　assail　my　eyes；　'tis　thine　to　know
  Also　the　mind　is　in　like　manner　moved；
  And　sees；　nor　more　nor　less　than　eyes　do　see
  （Except　that　it　perceives　more　subtle　films）
  The　lion　and　aught　else　through　idol…films。
  And　when　the　sleep　has　overset　our　frame；
  The　mind's　intelligence　is　now　awake；
  Still　for　no　other　reason；　save　that　these…
  The　self…same　films　as　when　we　are　awake…
  Assail　our　minds；　to　such　degree　indeed
  That　we　do　seem　to　see　for　sure　the　man
  Whom；　void　of　life；　now　death　and　earth　have　gained
  Dominion　over。　And　nature　forces　this
  To　come　to　pass　because　the　body's　senses
  Are　resting；　thwarted　through　the　members　all；
  Unable　now　to　conquer　false　with　true；
  And　memory　lies　prone　and　languishes
  In　slumber；　nor　protests　that　he；　the　man
  Whom　the　mind　feigns　to　see　alive；　long　since
  Hath　been　the　gain　of　death　and　dissolution。
  And　further；　'tis　no　marvel　idols　move
  And　toss　their　arms　and　other　members　round
  In　rhythmic　time…　and　often　in　men's　sleeps
  It　haps　an　image　this　is　seen　to　do；
  In　sooth；　when　perishes　the　former　image；
  And　other　is　gendered　of　another　pose；
  That　former　seemeth　to　have　changed　its　gestures。
  Of　course　the　change　must　be　conceived　as　speedy；
  So　great　the　swiftness