The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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And things will fall with great force from above, which will give us  
nourishment and light.  
(Of Owls and screech owls and what will happen to certain birds.)  
Many will perish of dashing their heads in pieces, and the eyes of  
many will jump out of their heads by reason of fearful creatures  
come out of the darkness.  
(Of flax which works the cure of men.)  
That which was at first bound, cast out and rent by many and various  
beaters will be respected and honoured, and its precepts will be  
listened to with reverence and love.  
(Of Books which teach Precepts.)  
Bodies without souls will, by their contents give us precepts by  
which to die well.  
(Of Flagellants.)  
Men will hide themselves under the bark of trees, and, screaming,  
they will make themselves martyrs, by striking their own limbs.  
(Of the Handles of Knives made of the Horns of Sheep.)  
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