L I B E R . N O N U S .
Si folia ip fc teras , pellucent, five coloris
Imm u tan t quacumque alia ratione nito rem .
Sic etiam varios fi commifcere liquores
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ncipias, o ritu r fpccies diverfa coloris
In terdum : quod qua caufa , ni forfican ifla
C on tinga t? quod & hinc falium corpufcula m ix ta
Excreent v ir e s , quod & illin c , & fua mutant
Pondera , iraturam , molem , aut tenuata viciflim
,
Ante coloratus liquor , ut pellucidus cife
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nc ip ia t, five audla una & concreta v ic iflim ,
U t nunc in fucos, jam pelluccntia nup e r,
D u c ic r afpicias : falium penetrabilis extat
N im irum n a tu ra , •& folvens m u lta , fecanfquc,
Mu ltaque d im ittens , & jungens ante fo lu ta .
Prreterea fi ja m , qure fiant acre, quredam
Expendas, valeas lublatos nofcere p rim o
;
Sudam non turbare diem , nodtemve vapores
Pofle , etenim non funt nifi corpora tenuia longe
,
Qure nequeant retro radiorum pellere te la ;
A t jungi in ter fc cum jam coepere per auras,
E t denfos formare globos, darcauc imbribus ortum
Pcrque omnes medias paulatim excrefcere moles >
E ffic iu n t1 nubes , vifus qure fiflere noltros
P o ffin t, & varios ex fe jadtare colores,
U t denfatorum varia clt natura globorum .
H um o r enim qui pe llucet, queat an ratione
Olla alia to t fc nunc his circundare fucis ,
Nunc illis , quam qure molis diverfa globorum
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Nunc 2 u t , quam cralfis habeant qurecumque vnin
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i Q u o d p e r t in e t ad
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o p a c i t a t e m , Sc c o l o r e s , h ic N o
fte r in n u i t t a n t u m m o d o c u m N c v r -
t o n o .
C u m
b o o a r g u m e n t u m
v i d e r e t u r
n n h i m e r e r i p e c u lia
r e m e v o l u t i o n e m , e g o q u id e m
id fu fe p e r f e e u t u s fu m in p o ( h e
m o l ib r o m e i p o e m a t is de S o l i s ,
a c L u n re
d c fe < ft ib u s , c u m in d e
p o t i f i i m u m p e n d e r e t ra tio co lo ris
r u b r i , q u i p l e r u m q u e a p p a re r in
L u n a d e f ic ie n t e , u b i to ta jam a lte
L u r a u m b r a m T e r r a e im m e r g i t u r .
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H i c a d d it illu d , q u o
fa n c f a g a d e a t e N e v v t o n u s
v e n it, u t in q u ib u fd a m c a fib u .
tu cric p e r illa m
ip fam l a m
r u m t h e o r i a m d efin ire c r a flit
n e m
p a r t ic u la r u m , cx
q u i
c o n f i a n t n o n n u ll a c o r p o r a .
nis c a d e t e r m i n a t i o p e n d e t a
iid c r a c io n c c o l o r u m , q u i fib
v ic e m f u c c c d u n t , d u m p a re
I x m u t a n t m a g n i t u d i n e m ,
&c
la tio n e c u m c o l o r i b u s , q u i
i a v ic e m f u c c e d u n t
in illis
