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Quomodomaneantelementatnynifio,
PhitoSSIii narir*at<l lrtf :n r° smicm Fctn.philofophum,& Mcdicum eruditiffmHim*& cloqiientifiirii,
ar vitricus fucrirram audatferinuetfus.Ea cfl hj(ce temporibus p ii:Ju(ophanc; confucrudo,vt quoucf
cunqutrnoimm i|i;jppj.'.n: aud:mm,abftrufiiiTVatqucd comuni opinione alienum,illud (h .
M(r'|l»uj'Cn rim irtpuair.u
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,c i-l.iq, incognita condemnemur,ac fi rcccnricics onincs, v»o qua/i r*!odc-
Noitn t/po du6;,e.i.idcm
philofbphorum orbiram terar nccefls 1:6deberent,nccnoui aliqui:!
ccndcnej.lilxr.i r facultatem habet enViderit Mcrccnarius,quanri fint raboni fux ohiUlid
i
nesquibus nijcni, pomw oftcmationcm quandam, quim vernaris indaganti* /ludium ptat
u ftfo adpri fc tnltrtivviJus eft. Jir qrod ad illiusargumertea attine*, qux* nducrftis terriam coneliifiont m
rvim 3t£m propofuit,primum lacileJ:acd; ftindiioiK: fiiluiti;r..Acnrii[o,opor:erceJemcia, Hmifccndc-
Merctnar). bcc‘;t,alic;:i2malreraticnoimbire, quemadmodum cx ipfius rnJflioiusdcfimtioncaj:crrilTi-
Aiier.niod» mfreliciMhaducrtcndum cft ramen; alterationem dupliciter .'pc<f<aii pofTc, vd quo .id^ra-
dMipd^Tci <k,squ:,.iicauinii& boc modo nulla ipfiidcmt'ri.5ajtcrarioconringinvd eunnd vires,& hcc
cuoid fir*. modo aftcrarioncm aliquam perpetiuntur,&de luiiu/modi alrerationc iemper Atift.lccu»
Jn , vejqto tuscft.Nf«i nc fatis ait: r:intur,vt ita dicam,elementa,ciim in mifto neque ignis vrat,neque
i i vir«. » 3qn,\ valde refrigeret t*Quis non elementa miruin in modum alteiata cxiftimabir, ii inmi-
Aoeorum fub(tami:r,
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cqija]iurcsadeo inter fc confufac funr, vr nc veftigiumquicem renis,
aeris,aquar,au; terrjrconfpiciarur? Retinent nihilominus dementorum qualitates ccs om
nes gradus,quos habebant,eum ad mifrum confUtucndum accclTcrunr,quemadmodum abii
Ad fctfldum <7^ wti*i.ipra probatum cft. Ad fccundum argumentum,non inficior,elementa in mifti con
argin.*
friturioncageremuiceui,arquepnti; quinimmolioc neccflariu exiftimoinon tamen cn afiio
ne,qua vnum alterum diflblttar,& deftruar, atque in propriam naturam conuertatifed cn a*
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tfione.qua ambo conrraria, acdcinccpselementa omnia, ad quandam mediocmaKr.i ,&
temperationem fefe referant. Enim v< iijcum aftio proprie di£ta,qua*£vnum ag:t in alrcru,
ipfum defrrucndo.iit nproportione mniominxqualitatis, vc! (vt planius loquar} .i vioccr-
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‘ tc.ftclcmcntchocps&oiiiLiccm agercnr,adenvtin Hinnim qualitatum grar busintfhirant
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aliquam pateretur,runc ncc pares,ntefupparts vires haberent,quod ad miftionem penKcef
. : 'fanum eft.v; i ,!il*.dc- Ortu,& interitu
Arift. aferir. Itaque fi ab aqua frigoris q.uda
■gradus auferri debeanr,opusefl.vr :dfidr ab rgne vino?tc,atqueplurcs caloris gradus,quam
.
aqua frigoris po/Sd&c. Quare f: a&ior i^nis in aquam continua fit, peribit tandem aqua, fc
in ignem vcrrctur.Jdem duendurnoittificbaquarin igrrtfma<ftionem,aliquicaions gradus
ab igne rcmoucri debcrctir:non fieret f^irur nyiilio,lcd vniuselemcnri in alterum conucrfio,
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J:itur McrccnariuihSc tcfponfionem Verbis cum Arift.tum etiam Galcm confutasti
tctcMiiion*. 'i^No^^etcquc.cletnCtoi-um a<
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tioncsin hbCcon/iftcre.vt/.aliqtii qualitatum giadus au-
-icrantur, ncc fieri vllo modo potTercmiffidnem cuoad vires, nifi pritis f.ic li iit remiflio qui)
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ad gradus. Ltenim Arift,loco ftiperiuscitato.f.Iih.2.dc Gencrar.&interitu tex.48.iia-c fc; i*
* '>,.,;<>rkic« b‘cad.VCrbum,
Autemtjl
C? mittus eAUsitim,^ frtgiiium, n»*to/tiHtn^ffd vt
^rifjib.i.dc
(altfivmfrigtdutn, (f?frigidum c*lidttr»erit:qnorti<tr/> q** ntifcttttur, fecwdnm txctHtnu<ti
que rcirulfio coofequirur,locutus eft. GalcnuSetiatrfi'.Iib.de JEk-m ftiscj.ija fcrjbir,
Caler?!i»1*'!
txpinribns Qutppt&m ( O i » p < n i t f t r , J i in 'Cvpafittotion ucnfnntyquAini funt,
«Ic cicmtjuts
taiiti Ati
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xtrtmnm i-fju t <^tufntrimtnurttjmMt)i^rof((!i ntuam
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dtpifct»tn ^farmAm^qtiOdft
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ifirinpt •varitntor,,*Ittrcniurqxt
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soteri/ tunc stuiuid cxortri
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Ex quibus vci bjScht:r
MeK cnartuSjAnft.Si ( '.almum haemre concordes riunTc; nec abfque aliquorum graduum
amiiTionc,alterationemvllaminclcmcnrtsfieripotuific. Aotlictamen Arift.autoncatom,
:-emAr'ito=
^*KUanimalium cap.^.vbi fic
^ v t,C nu fstv t f o lu a t a r ,d t h t iu c t n r q n c tU lio
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c / v t r t u t
I14.de Orta
i g t n it s ycH tfU o n izm agens tn Agendo r t t d t iiu r , v t c a U f t c U /is
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CA ltfcen te rtfn g e r& tu r.
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irvmi.c.j. mi (fio itaque viriiirp ex gj^duum rdmimonc pcndcT;acpromce fi in mifto quahtates fecun-
. dum aj:cntu vires reprefla: fua inr, fcCunduin gradum etiam remiiTas cflc».velit nolit Fcmj-
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