994. When he was being attacked by the renal spirits, he said he did nothing of himself, but from others. This he said repeatedly, meaning that they had no cause for troubling him. The peritoneum also, which is a passive membrane, behaves in this way.
994. When he was infested by the renal spirits, he said that he did nothing from himself, but from others; this he said repeatedly, so that they had no cause for molesting him. This is like the peritoneum, which is a passive membrane.
994. Cum infestaretur a spiritibus renalibus, dicebat, quod nihil a se ageret, sed ab aliis, quod repetito dixit, sic quod non causam haberent, ei molestiam faciendi, sic etiam [se gerit] peritonaeum, quod est membrana passiva.