Corporibufque fure veniant queifcumaue, fuafque
Unde habeant formas res, & diferimina qureque
Formarum , fi noffe voles; hrec infpicc mecum .
Solve
, a g e ,
pauxillam (alis amplo vase recepea,
ln lympha ; quamvis gravior fal exftet, inimo
490
Propterea fundo, non permanet, undique.in omnem
At diffundet aquam fefe fummamque humilemque,
Sparfus & requali per totam mole natabit.
Disjunguntur enim falis omnes matifo parces
Inter fc , quantum fluidum finit augmen aquarum *
495
Difquc trahuntur , aqua hanc ut prredam parciac reque.
Tum liquor edudto incipiat fumare vapore;
J am
iuperll, ut velo quodam ,crullave manente,
Vel tenui frons obducetur pelle ; fubinde
Omnia frigefeant; frulta in cryfiallina jun&us
yoo
Non abnormes , at certas notafque figuras
Prrecendet fal ipfe fui; namque ante , coa&us
Quam foret in glaciem hanc, & dum fluitaret in unda,
Diftabant intervallis xqualibus ejus
P a r t i c u l x ,
parili disjundtus uc ordine miles.
505
Ergo ut deftitui fublatis coepit ab undis,
Vis fuaparticulas cognata ad foederaflexit,
j£quis in fpaciis vis fcilicet requa, nec requx
I h
, , I m o ; a n n o n h o c i n d ic a t , p a f -
„ e ft a p a rtic u la i l l i , & a q u x f o r -
,, tes falis vel vi rrioli a fc m u t u o
**
tius a t c r a & x lo c u m d e n t .
Jr
r e c e d e r e ,
Sc
fese e x p a n d e re c o -
*,
C u m J iq u o r falc q u o v is im -
i,
nari q u a q u a v e r fu s ,
t a m q u e
b u tu s , e v a p o r a tu s e f t , q uoci
>, lo n g e a Ic in v ic e m fe j u n g i
*
j , a j u n t , ad c u tic u la m $ & d e in d e
q u am p a titu r a q u x , in q u a in -
„ r e f r i x i t ; fal c o n tin u o c o n c re sc it
, , n a t a n t , ( p a tiu m ? & a n n o n c o -
„ in fig u r a s aliq uas, regulares .
,, n atus ifte o fte n d it > u tiq u e h a -
&
E x q u o a p p a r e t , falis p a r t ic u -
, , bere eas v im q u a n d a m rc p c llc n -
,, l a s , a n te q u a m co n c re fc e rc n t ,
„ di , q u a a fc in v ic e m d iffu g iu n t?
4, jairi in liq u o r e illo vx q u is in te r-
, , a u t fa ltem fortium cas a q u a m
,» jc<ftis in te rv a llis , certisq u c o r -
j , a ttr a h e r e , q u a m fem ee ipfas
„ d in ib u s d ifpositas ipn atafie ;
6c
**
m u t u o ? e te n im , q u e m a d m o -
,, c o n fe q u c n c c r cas in in v ic e m
„ d u m c o rp o ra illa o m n ia in a q u a
, , e g iffe v i a lia u a , q u x x q u a li
a fc c n d a n t, q u x te llu ris'g ra v ita te
„ (u in intervallis, aequalibus , ii
, , m in u s fu n t a c c ra & a , q u a m e ft
>, in x q u a lib u is - i n x a u a l i s ' . N a n
, , a q u a ip fa ; ita o m n e s falis p a r-
„ tali q u id e m v i il l x f c i n c o n f i
t ic u lx , q u x iri a q u a i n n a t a n t ,
;t
nrtiles o rd in e s u fq u e q u a q iie dis-
, , m in u fq u e a b u n a q u a lib e t falis
„ p o n e n t , f i n e e a a u t e m circum -
>, p a rticu la fu n t a t t r a d l x , q u a m
„
n a t a b u n t d ifpcrfirri q u a q u a v e r -
„ e ft a q u a i p f a , r e c e d a n t n e ce ffe
„ Ius
*
it e m q u e fin e u llo o rd in e
L I B E R D E C I M U S .
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