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Q u a p r o p t e r d e n f o p r o t e n f o q u e a e r e , ta r d e
Q u i p e r v a fla lo ca e x c u r r u n t , o p u s efle C o m e tis 1 32 0
Nonne v i d e s , ut diflribui bene luxque calorque
I n fp a c ia , Sc lo n g e d i f l a n t ia t e m p o r a p o flit?
Q u o d q u e 1 v i c e s r e d e u n d i , i t e r u m q u e a Sole a b e u n d i
I n g e n t e s p e r a g u n t , c a u d a t o s efle C o m e ta s
D i c e m u s , v i c i b u l q u e c a r e n t q u o d caete ra ta n t is 1325
A r tr a v a g a , h a u d u llis ea C a sium v e r r e r e c a u d i s .
D u m lo c a d if c e d e n s Soli v ic i n a r e l i n q u i t
Q u i f q u e C o m e t a r u m , Sc P h c e b e i t r a j i c i t a u ra s
A c r i s , & t e n u e m f e m p e r m a g is a s t h e r a t r a n a t ;
/E th e r ia e p a r t e s , p r i m o q u e is d e n f io r e x t a t
N a t u r a , a t q u e aike p o r r o , q u e is r a r i o r i pia efl ,
E t magis atque magis (iiperis fubtilis in o ris,
P r o p t e r & i n c u r f u m fin d e n tis u t a s q u o r a p ro ra s ,
E t p r o p t e r g r a v i t a t e m in m a g n i c o r p o r i s a u g m e n
P r a e t e r e u n t i s , a d h a s r e f c u n t p r o p e r a n t i b u s a u r i s 1335
C i r c u m a l l r u m a f f u f is , facile i l l a b u n t u r & I n t r o ,
I m m i x t a s q u e n o v i r e g n i i n t e r i o r a p e r e r r a n t .
H o l p c s ibi a fllie lc it p a u l a t i m m o r i b u s illis
Materies; femperque magis fugiente Cometa
Ob mitefeentem fit ibidem denfior aeflum . 1340
A t d i u t u r n a u b i fe p o r r o f u g a m a g n a r e v o l v i t
I n S o l e m , Sc c o e p ta n t p a u l a t i m c u n i l a c a le r e v
P e r f e n t i f c i t & ip fe n o v a m ja m v i m r a d i o r u m
A e r ; fe partes evolvunt p ro tin u s , inque
Antiquam redeunt mo lem , primafque figu ra s. *345
Quin propiora aliquas Soli ad loca , quam quibus ante
Intro
lo tanto ardore nuclei • Sic & no- particula: pertinentes ad atmofpha:-
ftra atmofphara radiorum vim re- ram Solis . commifcentur ipfius at-tundit pcr d iem , uti vidimus, Sc mofphasrx tam ob attra&ionem
teporem confervat per noftcm . gravitatis in Cometam , quam ob
1 Exponit jam juxta meam ea ipfum impulfum antenoris partis
de rc fententiam , unde fia t, ut Co- ipfius acmofphxrx Cometicx pro-
metx habeant caudas , quas Plane- fcindentis inftar cujufdam prorx at-
tx non h a b e n t. N im irum id in mofphxram folarem , in qua colli-
illis provenire arbitror cx tanta lione ommno debent partes extimas
mutatione diflantia: a Sole, quam commifccri invicem , & m u ltx p a r -
diftantiam Planetx mutant admo- ticulx atmofphxrx folaris ita com-
dum parum . Dum Cometa a per- mixtx particulis atmofphxrx co-
Jiielio tendit ad Aphclium , multx meticx defeendent etiam intra ip-fa ra ,