In mundo quod opus formas erat ad retinendas
Perpetuas; nam fi verti hrec primordia quillent,
Exorientia ab his deberent omnia v e rti,
Et non perflarent, nec terra , ncc unda, ncc aer,
Nec lu x , ut fuerant, neque extera corpora vulgo , 1065
Antiquae fua ncc fervarent munera forn ix.
E primis his conjungis, unacuc ligatis
V ilx particulx coalefcere deinde fecundae,
Compati» longe primis minus , atque tenaces,
Utpote fc pundtis tangentes tenuibus, at non .
1070
Idcirco non compadtx , longcque tenaces;
Quandoquidem pro mole & funt ea plurima puntfta >
Et qua contingi non poflunt, funt tamen omnes
Vicina: inter le frontes, pollentque trahendo.
Tertium ab his porro confurgcrc particularum
1075
Conjundtis genus haud tam durum , conquc ligatum ,
Tangentum quoniam pundtorum rarior CsKtat
Jam pro materie numerus: fic deinde fcquentes
Nafci particulx ; perventum dum fit ad illas ,
Munera qux luci fua dant, fua munera cundtis
1080
C o r
3p6
P H I L O S O P H I
&,
ie c a ru n d c m c o h x fio n c m eo fo r
tio re m , q u o fim pliciorcs funt ,
q u a m is e x p o fu it in fine e o r u m ,
q u x p ro a ttr a d io n c
pro p u fu it
a n te q u a m ad rcp ulfion em faccrct
g r a d u m , q u am & aliq ua n to fu-
p eriu s i n n u i m u s , En
te
h u n c ejus
lo c u m .
,, Jam q u id em fieri p o te ft , ut
,, m a te r ix p a rticu lx e x ig u iffim x ,
,3 attrad lio n ib u s fortiftim is inter
„ fe c o h x r e a n t , c o n llitu a n tq u c
,3 p articulas m a ju fc u la s , q u arum
, , vis ‘illa attrahens debilior f i t ;
„ h a r u m q u e p a rticularum m nju-
,, scutarum p c r m u lrx 3 inter fe
,, itidem coh aeren tes, particulas
,, m ajores c o n f t it u a n t , q u a ru m
„ vis a ttrah en s adhuc fit debilior;
, ,
te
fic deinceps c o n tin u a ta ferie,
„ d on ec ad m axim as tan d em de-
, , v e n tu m fit particularum illa-
33 ru m , c q u ibu s op eratio n es
„ c h y m ic x ,
te
colores c o rp o ru m
n atu ra liu m p e n d e n t ; q u x q u c
,, in ter sc cohaerentes , co rp o -
,3 ra d em um c o n ftitu an t m agn i-.
,3
tudinc fub fe n fu m c a d e n t e .
,, Q u o r u m
d en iq u e c o rp o ru m
,, n quod fit c o m p a & u m , fle-
„ (Slatquefc ,
te
cum p rem atu r >
,, inCro c e d a t , fine ullo p a rtiu m
„ lu a r u m fu b laufu ; jam id co r-
3,
p u s d urum c l t
,
t e
cla fticu m
,
3,
reverten s ad figuram fu a m vi
„ ca , q u x cx m utu a p a rtiu m
„ fu a rum a ttrad lio n c o r i t u r . Si
„
partes ejus
3
inter fc fu b la b u n -
,, tu r j jam corpus id m olle c fi,
,,
te
mallei ictibus cedens . Si
, , partes facillim e lab an tur ,
te
3,
m agn itu d in e fint ca
,
q u a ca-
,, lore facile agitari q u e a n t , ca-
,, lo rqu e fatis m agn u s fit , ad cas
,, agitan d as j ( licet m ulto fo r -
,3
taifc m in o r , quam ad id o -
3, pus cfi 3 ne aqu a co n g e le tu r )
,, jam corp us illud fluidum c f i :
,,
te
, fi a d h x rcfccn d o nptum f i c ,
3, appellatur
h u m id u m . G u t t x
