tDonfurg&nt celeri verrentes impete terram,
Et -tompcftatcm concinnant undique diram
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Cum fonitu, horrifico; depugnant froncibus omnes
Adverfis * velut iEolio diffugerit antro
Turba ferox , longum impatienfque fre.ncnfque retenta •
Tum quoque turbinibu3 convolvier acira diris
Afpicias; nam qua confumcns aera ftgenfquc
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Ille vapor pergit, circum reparare ruinas
Auro deproperant fubita;, & loca inania replere;
Idcirco impellunt, impcllunturque. viciflim
In lacus v & diro contorta; vorticb verfant,
Et verfanmr, uc in medio proin perdet inane.
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Propterea requorei fiu&us forbentur aquarum
In vacuum, & magni.lapides correptaque tc<
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ta,
Evulfxque imisfylvre radicibus alte
Exportantur eo violenter ab impete terris
Spargendx hac illae: intortis cundla rigantur
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Guttis in gy r um, & fubve&is requore arenis •
Fit , videatur uti sxpe et succensa columna
Terris c nube inniti, & fulgere maligne,
Sulphureumque gravem circum dimittere odorem ♦
Clamorem tollunt tremefacte ad fidera gentes,
Et YOtis diram avertunt lucemque luemque .
Fit quoque, fulphurei ut volitantes tepe vapores
Tempore prafertim, quo ficcaque fuTaquc terra eft,
Impingant acida in nitri corpufcuia , & una
Com-
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,,
c u m fol u rio c u p ri d if f o l y i c f c r -
dere d e c id u n t : cn itid em lo c u m
» rum fibi i m m i u u m ,
d im it t it -
N c v v t o n i .
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cic in f u n d o fubficlat ; a n n o n
j , p ro , fta n n o , v e l p lu m b o , dis-
„ c x h o c a p p a r e t , acidas liq u o -
„ folvic id m e t a l l u m ,
te
argen-*
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, , tum v iv u m d i m i t t i t : a n n o n h o c
, , falc t a r t a r i , q u am a m e t a llo ,
,, i n d i c a t , a cidas aqure fo r tis p a r -
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ticulas fo r t i u s u t iq u e a d c a d -
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