Quandoquidem tenera ipfoalimenta,atque lmmida cumfint*
Ufque adeo poffunt motu , aeque fovente calore
Texturas mutare liias , ut denique fiant
Terra velut dura, & ficcat , & denfa, mancnfque,
47J
Particiilrequ tenens medium cujufque, liquenti
Obfita materie * veiut in fole; fi tamenefca
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P H I L O S O P H I A
poffit
480
Non ita mutari valeat; collapfove fiat,
Qure terra in medio cll> nec jam in fe vertere
Extrorfum venientia, nec reparare ruinas *
Vitalis motus confunditur , omnia vitre
Clauftra foluta l bant, corruptaque, conque liquescunt
Omnia focali jam mortis falce recifo.
A t
1 nunc unde folis ccrtre notreque figyrre
Particulis, unde & gemmis, variifquelapillis,
* Cor-
n at ord in e q u o d am c e rto per totarfi
m aflam ipfius a q u x : ubi a u tem
, ,
m alium
i
te
plan tarum fu «as fin-
g u la ru m form as co n fe rv e n t ,
te
,, n u trim e n tu m in fu a m cu ju fque
,, ip farum iim ilitudinerh c o n v e t-
v , t a h e ; m olli n im irum ,
te'
h u -
,, rm do n u trim e n to facile im m u -
, , rante te xtu ram fuam per len em
,, cplorcm , Sc m o tu ln > d on ec
,, fi m ile tandem fa & u m fit d c n fx
, , i l l i , d u r a :, ficca;,
te
durabit;
,, te rrx , q u x eft in cen tro unius-
y,
cujusquc p a rtic u lx . C u m vero
,,, n u trim e n tu m in eptum fit ad as-
fi mi laridum , vel terra illa ^ ‘q u x
eft in centris particularum -, de
b ilio r fa < fta c ft, q u am ut id in
fim ilitudinein fui
co n vertere
poflic 5 tum m o tu s ille om n is
definit in co n fh fio n cm , p u -
,, t redi nem ,
te
m o rtem
.
1 A d n aturam falium in tim ius
c o g no fcc nda m pro po n it N o fte r m o .
d um , q u o N c v v to n u s . ccnfec ,
ficti diffolutiunem i p f o r u m ,
te
fo r m a tio n e m in evaporation e. U b i
fal ex ig u a po rtio n e d iflblvatur in
.m ulta aqua , particulas illas non
decidere ad fu n d um , fed x q u e
p e r e m n e m m aflam diffundi i t a ,
p t om n e s p a rtic u lx x q u e falsx ap
p a re a n t : id itaq u e o f t e n d e r e ,
partes ipsas falis a fe in vicem re
ced ere v i a liq u a , q u x ip f a s d ifp o -
aqu a e va p o ratu r p a u l a t i m ,
te
c o
g itu r re lin q u e re p articulas , q u x
intra ipfam erant d ifp e r f x , tu m
v ero has a ttra ftio n e m u tu a iterum
ad fc in vicem acced ere ,
te
c o n
ju n g i , ac coire in m affulas c c r i x
cu ju sd am fig u r x , q u o d non acci
d e r e t , nifi certa lege fuiflen t dis-
p o f i t x ,
te
ut miles in ord in e >
q u am com p aratio n em facis apte h ic
N o fte r a d h ib e n h in c cryltallos o r i
ri habentes certam fig uram , q u a m
q u e fuam , a tq u e co forrufle pa<fto
e ffo rm a ri etiam cryfta llu m lslan -
dicam ita , ut certa p a rticu la ru m
latera ad certas m a flx plagas diri
g a n t u r ,
te
Certa illa , fed p ro
diverfis latecibus adeo diverfa le ge
re fr in g a n t particulas lum in is certis
adeo diverfis viribus agentes in
i p f a s . E n itidem N c v v t o n i lo c u m
in te g ru m .
,, Si fal q u i v i s , Vel v itrio lu m
i, p arva a d m o d u m p o rtio n e diflol-
„ v a tu r in perm ulta aqlia j parci-
i , c u lx falis vel virrioli n on u tiq u e
,,
ad im u m fid e n t , licet fpecifice
j, gra v io re s fint^ q u am aqu a
y
fed
j, d iflun detit fc x q u a b ilite r p er
yy
toram a qu am , ira ut illa x q u e
„ f a lf i fu tu r a fic a f u m m o , acai>
