These are the men of whom Solomon says, 'They go like an ox to the slaughter, till a dart strikes through their liver'; an admirable description, by the way, of the foul disease, which is a poisonous deadly contagion mingling with the blood, whose centre or foundation is in the liver; from whence, by the swift circulation of the whole mass, that dreadful nauseous plague strikes immediately through his liver, and his spirits are infected, his vitals stabbed through as with a dart.
Ce sont là les hommes dont Salomon dit: «--Ils marchent comme le boeuf à l'abattoir, jusqu'à ce que le fer leur perce le foie.» Admirable description d'ailleurs de l'horrible maladie, qui est une contagion empoisonnée et mortelle se mêlant au sang dont le centre ou fontaine est dans le foie; d'où par la circulation rapide de la masse entière, cet affreux fléau nauséabond frappe immédiatement le foie, infecte les esprits, et perce les entrailles comme d'un fer.