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Undis cur liquidis, qui baccis Palladis humor
Exprimitur, nequeat mifcerier, & liqucfa&o
370
Cur nequeant ferro liquefadti pondera plumbi?
Nempe carent v i , qua raptent in mutua fefe
'Ofcula ? Cur regrc res pofTi$ confundere vivo
‘Argento ; tantum rnodice fenfere viciflim
Hinc atque hinc duci. Cur fal diffunditur undam 375
Per totam facile, & viro corrumpit amaro
JEque coptadhm , nifi quod 'traxere valentem
Mutui fe per vim, natura convenientes?
Poftrcmo nonne hoc manet de fonte , neceffe eft,
Quod vulgo, perhibent, qure convenientia , jungi,
380
Pisjungi contra v qure funt diverfa, calore?
His laliisque modis mifcendo plurima rerum,
Hoc genus, atque aliud? torquendoque igne ininiftro,
Jam
„ craffui)! . C u m ig itu r spiritus
*, falis p r x e ip ita t a rg e n tu m de
*, a q u a f o r t i ; a n n o n h o c inde fit,
qvipcj is attrahat a q u a m fo rte m ,
, , f£que ei a d m if c c a t , n o ii a utem
, , jutrah at a rg e n tu m , forcaffe
, , etiam id a fc rep ellat? C u m q u e
*y
a q q a p rx e ip ita t ftib iu iq dc t e
b h m a to ft ib ii,
te
falis aiqm o-
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n iaci > vel de b u ty r o ftib ii;
a n n o n h e c inde fic , qu o d ca
falem amm qni^cqn) > vel fpirte
tu m fiftis d if f y lv a t , iUiquc fe
, , p d m ifcp a t,
te
yirn illips imm te
j ,
n u at s n o n a utem attrah at (Ibi
„ ftibiuin , forraffc e tiam id a fc
, , r e p e ll a t
} te
a n n o n cx eo , q u o d
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niflla fic a ttra riio m u tu a in ter
particulas a q u x
te
o l e i , a rg e n ti
y i y i ' & ftibii * p lu m b i
te
ferri s
f i t , u t corp ora ifta in ter fe n o n
p e r m ifc c a n tu r : a ttr a riio n c au-r
, , tem debi|i
*
ut a rg e n tu m v iv u m
te
cu p rum x g r e q uidem c o iih
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m ifcean tu r
'i te
a ttra riio n c forti,
ut a rg e n tu m v iv u m & f t a n n u m ,
fti^ ium
te
fe rrum , aqua
te
far
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I c s , facile p e rm ifcca n tu r in ter
fc ?
te
in u n ive rfum , a n n o n
^ jeidem . ifti principio tribuend um
*99
e ft , q u o d calor c o u g rc g c t c o r-
p o ra > q u x fint ejufd em g c n c -
ris
j
feparct a u tem ea , q u x fint
tJ
g e n e ru m d iv e rfo ru m ? „
1 E o d em p e rtin e n t ,
q u x hic
h a b e n t u r , ub i p rim o q u id em a f
fir m a t , q u o d v is vo latile fecum e f
ferre a liq u o d f i x u m , cui a d h x rc c
vi q u ad am a ttr a riiv a 5 id a utem
d im ittere , fi quid o ccu rra t , cum
q y o h ab eat a ttractio n em m a jo rem >
fic o le u m v it r P o li, de q u o fupra
d ixerat , ipfam ad fc a ttrah ere
a qu am cx acre ,
te
deinde in diftil-
lacionc fecum elevare particulas
gra v es c o m m ix ta s le v ib u s, & fixas
acidis , fi accedat fpiritus vini li-
m u l d lgcftu s , illius particulis vo
latilibus ab h o c fortius a t t r a r i i s ,
cas folas afeendere , p a n e s terreas
inertes re lin qui in fu n d o . E x em
p lum adjicit petitum ab o le o (ul-
p h u ris ;• ex p o n it naturam fulphuris
Ipfius c o n fla n tem parte fixa ,
te
parte v o la t ili, ita c o n ju n r iis , uc
a m b x fimul e v e h an tu r : fo lu to
a utem flore fulphuris in qu ad am
r?fina , tum ad h ib ito ca lo re * in
v e n iri , cx q u a m ix t io n e c o n d e t
fu lp h u r,n im iru m c crafio q u o d a m ,
& in fla m m a b ili b itum in e , e Tali
bus a g id is ,
te
craffa qu ad am terra*’
N c v v to n u s a d d i t , ut m o x p a t e b i t ,
etiam p a iccm p e rq u am e x ig u am
