Credamus vulgo , crcbrifquc interfita rimis ♦
Undai latices auro tibi Iunt leviores,
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Partibus ut denis decedant atque novenis
Ponderis; idcircotantundem funt mage rarre.
A lt itidem auoque tam rarum deprendimus a u rum ,
Ut facile argentum adm ittat fub vifeera vivum ,
Elabi trans fe tacitam & non deneget undam:
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Namque cavo includunt undam au ro , deinde prementes
Guttis e:cfudct fenfiin erumpentibus aurum
Efficiunt fic , ut nullo findatur h ia tu .
Quare auro folidi fpatii minus cfie putandum cfi ,
Intus quam vacu i, re quam reftante carentis.
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I dcirco quo lympha vaca t, repleta liquenti
Quam quo eft materie moles ip fius, opo rte t,
Ufque adeo fpatium fit majus, debeat auctu
Se quater uc faltem fuper illam educere deno,
Fors & adhuc longe y longeque cduccre poilit .
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Jam quicumque poteft rationem extundere mente,
Ob quam rara adeo liou idx natura fit und x ,
L I B E R N O N U S ,
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pii inftar fudoris, quin illa ipfa la
minadifrumpatur, adeoque trans
it per auri ipfius poros. Quam-
obrem materia aqux debet con
tinere adhuc multo minus, quam
vigelimam fpatii partem .
P o rro cum licet a q u a I c n f ib ilc m
c^ uip re flio n em a u t v ix a d m i t t a t ,
a ut o m n in o n o n a d m it t a t , a d -
liuc tam en ta n to m a j o i c m h a b e t
q u a n tita te m (patii in a n is , q u a m
m ateria: •, facile c o n c ip i p o t e ft r e
liq u a etiam c o r p o ia u t c u m q u e fo -
lida ,
te
d u r a p o lle h a b e r e t a n
tum v a c u i , v t p e rm itta n t lib e r u m
lu ci tra n firum fine i m p a & i b u s .
R e q u ir it u r tam e n p ro h o c lib e r o
c u rlu lu m in is c u m dire«ft io n ib u s
o m n ib u s q u a q u a v e i f u m d iffu fi ra
ritas in im m e n fu m m a jo r , n i
m iru m in im m e n fu m e x i g u a r a
tio q u a n tita tis m a t e r i * ad (p a
r i u m , q u a m N o f t e r a (fir m a t a d
m o d u m d ifficulter p o ffc c o n c i p i ,
fcJ fu g g e rit ra rio n e m , q u a fa
cile poflit o b t in e r i eju s i d e a .
Sed
C o n c ip ia n t u r m i n i m x p a r t i c u l x
o u x d a m , uc c x , cx q u ib u s c o n
f ia n t radii lum in is d iverfi , p r o d i-
v e i l a e a ru m m a g n it u d in e ,
te
fi
g u r a , cx h a ru m p lu rib u s p o t e r i t
fieri p a rticu la , q u x c o n tin e a r d i
m i d i u m v acu i c u m d im id io p le
ni : e x h ifce p a rtic u lis c o m p o t it is
p r im i o rd in is p o t e r it c o n c ip i p a r
tic u la o rd in is fe c u n d i e o d e m p a -
& o c o m p o f i t a , q u o - i l l x c o m p o
n e b a n t u r c folidis p r im ig e n iis : d e
in d e e x p articulis fe c u n d i o r d in is
poteft; c o m p o n i e o d e m p a d to p a r
ticu la t e r t i i ,
te
ita p o r r o , d o n e c
d e v e n ia t u r ad m a jo re s illa s m o -
I c c u l a s , e q u ib u s c o n ft a n t h x c
cra ffa c o rp o ra . P a t e t fa n c , q u a n
tita te m m a t c i i x rc fp c d lu f p a t i i
in a n is in p articulis c o m p o fit is o r
d in is 1 , a , 3 , 4 > 5 > fo r e u n a m
c p a rtib u s fp atii 2 , 4 , 8 , 1 6 , j i ,
te
ica p o r r o , q u a m fe r ie m p a te t
in im m e n fu m c x c r e f c c r e .
U t ad it n m e n fa m
r a r it a t e m
citiu s p e rv e n ia t v ir
a c u tiffu n u x
