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L I B E R D E C I M U S *
Fit fubito interdum,.ut vitai copia defit
Emiflos propter dcnfantes aera fumos :
Fit pariter, pereant afflati ut fulminis aura,
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Quandoquidem fubito circum conftringitur aer.
Sulphura nam condi terris, extraque volare
Sxpe opus cfi, variofquc fales, variifaue vapores
Omnigenos genitis intra expirarc metallis.
Omnibus xexpenfisergo, qurecumquc per artem 230
De genere hoc fiunt hominum, mirabile non eft,
Terra ferax adeo eundis cum rebus abundet,
Cur varios paffim perfrepe exreftuet rellus,
Partibus unde fuis imis calor, unde calentes
Profiliant fontes, medicufque ebulliat humor >
235
Caufaque fuccendat qure montes ignibus altos ,
Qurequc locis vim peftiferam progignat avernisj
Prretcrca cur emittat Scaptefula flammas
Interdum fubitas , rerumnofofque vapores,
Atque .graves nebulas, cur tellus mugiat alte,
340
At-
fulphurca: c u m m ateriis m e ta lli
cis , quibus a b u n d a t T e r r a in fuis
im is v ifccrib u s ,
te
in fla m m a tio
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te
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te
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te
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te
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ta nim is n a tiv am h o rrid i t e r r x -
raotus im agin em e x h ib u it a n te h o s
a liq u o t a n n o s . T u r b in e s q u o q u e
re p e tu n t a m ateria e lc riric a , q u o s
N o f t e r hic e x p r im it fatis a p e r te »
T y p h o n e s in prim is
*
q u i re fe ru n t
q u a n d a m c o lu m n a m c n u b e d e -
m i l l a m , q u x im m a n e m a b fo rb e c
a q u a ru m v im : fed is * u t m o n u i ,
m e a m e xp lica tio n e m p r o p o n it h u c
p e rtin e n te m ,
te
H alefii c o m p e r
tis c o n fo r m e m • E n in te g r u m
N c v v t o n i lo c u m
x „ A tq u e cx his q u id e m o m n i-
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te
v a p o re s im la m m a b ilc s , c o r u -
>>
fca tio n cs m etallicas
,
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m o -
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,
te
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im m a n c f q u c aquae m a ri-
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nas iri caslum u fq u e elato s
t e
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,
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u
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in te rd u m ig n e m c o n -
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d ifp lo fu ;
te ,
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v e h e m e n t e r
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te
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u
m e n ta rio re p leti te r r a m fuffoffara
