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prooeme_n have_v now_o finish_v the_o treatise_n of_o principle_n element_n and_o such_o other_o matter_n link_v and_o concur_v with_o they_o i_o will_v turn_v my_o pen_n unto_o the_o discourse_n as_o touch_v their_o effect_n and_o work_n compose_v of_o they_o begin_v first_o at_o that_o which_o be_v most_o spacious_a and_o capable_a of_o all_o thing_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o world_n pythagoras_n be_v the_o first_o who_o call_v the_o roundle_n that_o contain_v and_o comprehend_v all_o to_o wit_n the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o orderly_a digestion_n observe_v therein_o thales_n and_o his_o disciple_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o world_n democritus_n epicurus_n and_o their_o scholar_n metrodorus_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v innumerable_a world_n in_o a_o infinite_a space_n according_a to_o all_o dimension_n and_o circumstance_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o course_n and_o race_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o very_a circumscription_n of_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o very_a confinement_n thereof_o seleucus_z hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v infinite_a diogenes_n affirm_v the_o universality_n to_o be_v infinite_a but_o the_o world_n finite_a and_o determinate_a the_o stoic_n put_v a_o difference_n between_o universal_a and_o whole_a for_o they_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a together_o with_o voidnesse_n be_v infinite_a and_o that_o the_o whole_a without_o voidnes_n be_v the_o world_n so_o as_o these_o term_n the_o whole_a and_o the_o world_n be_v not_o both_o one_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o figure_n and_o form_n of_o the_o world_n the_o stoic_n affirm_v the_o world_n to_o be_v round_o some_o say_v it_o be_v point_v or_o piramidall_a other_o that_o it_o be_v fashion_v in_o manner_n of_o a_o egg_n but_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o his_o world_n may_v be_v round_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o they_o be_v apt_a beside_o to_o receive_v other_o form_n chap._n iii_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v or_o endue_v with_o a_o soul_n all_o other_o philosopher_n agree_v that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v &_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o democritus_n epicurus_n and_o as_o many_o as_o maintain_v atom_n and_o with_o all_o bring_v in_o vacuity_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o animate_v nor_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o by_o a_o certain_a nature_n void_a of_o reason_n aristotle_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o animate_v whole_o and_o throughout_o all_o part_n nor_o sensitive_a nor_o reasonable_a nor_o yet_o intellectual_a or_o direct_v by_o providence_n true_a it_o be_v quoth_v he_o that_o celestial_a body_n be_v capable_a of_o all_o these_o quality_n as_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o sphere_n both_o animate_v and_o vital_a whereas_o body_n terrestrial_a and_o approach_v near_o unto_o the_o earth_n be_v endue_v with_o none_o of_o they_o and_o as_o for_o the_o order_n and_o decent_a composition_n therein_o it_o come_v by_o accident_n and_o not_o by_o prepense_a reason_n and_o counsel_n chap._n four_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v incorruptible_a and_o eternal_a pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v that_o the_o world_n be_v engender_v and_o make_v by_o god_n and_o of_o the_o own_o nature_n be_v corruptible_a shall_v perish_v for_o sensible_a it_o be_v and_o therefore_o corporal_a howbeit_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n which_o preserve_v and_o maintain_v it_o perish_v it_o shall_v never_o epicurus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v corruptible_a for_o that_o it_o be_v engender_v like_v as_o a_o live_a creature_n or_o a_o plant_n xenophane_v hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v eternal_a ingenerable_a uncreated_a and_o incorruptible_a aristotle_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n under_o the_o moon_n be_v passable_a wherein_o the_o body_n also_o adjacent_a to_o the_o earth_n be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n chap._n v._o whereof_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v aristotle_n say_v that_o if_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v it_o be_v
likewise_o corruptible_a and_o will_v perish_v but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o it_o have_v no_o need_n of_o nouriture_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n it_o be_v eternal_a plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o world_n yield_v unto_o itself_o nouriture_n of_o that_o which_o perish_v by_o way_n of_o mutation_n philolaus_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v a_o twofold_a corruption_n one_o while_o by_o fire_n fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o another_o while_n by_o water_n of_o the_o moon_n pour_v 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o turn_v about_o of_o the_o air_n the_o exhalation_n whereof_o become_v the_o food_n of_o the_o world_n chap._n vi_o at_o which_o element_n begin_v god_n the_o fabric_n of_o the_o world_n the_o naturalist_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n begin_v at_o earth_n as_o the_o very_a centre_n thereof_o for_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o sphere_n or_o ball_n be_v the_o centre_n pythagoras_n say_v that_o it_o begin_v at_o fire_n and_o the_o five_o element_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o first_o thing_n separate_v apart_o be_v the_o sky_n or_o five_o essence_n call_v aether_n the_o second_o fire_n after_o which_o the_o earth_n of_o which_o be_v thrust_v close_o and_o press_v together_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o revolution_n spring_v water_n from_o which_o air_n do_v evaporate_v also_o that_o heaven_n be_v make_v of_o that_o sky_n or_o quintessence_n the_o sun_n of_o fire_n and_o of_o the_o other_o element_n be_v constipate_v and_o felt_v as_o it_o be_v terrestrial_a body_n and_o such_o as_o be_v near_o the_o earth_n plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o visible_a world_n be_v form_v to_o the_o mould_n and_o pattern_n of_o the_o intellectual_a that_o of_o the_o visible_a world_n the_o soul_n be_v first_o make_v and_o after_o it_o that_o which_o be_v corpulent_a that_o of_o the_o fire_n and_o earth_n first_o that_o which_o stand_v of_o water_n and_o air_n second_o pythagoras_n affirm_v that_o of_o the_o five_o solid_a body_n which_o be_v also_o call_v mathematical_a the_o cube_n that_o be_v to_o say_v asquare_n body_n with_o six_o face_n go_v to_o the_o make_n of_o the_o earth_n of_o the_o point_a pyramid_n be_v make_v fire_n of_o octoedra_n or_o solid_a body_n with_o eight_o base_n the_o earth_n of_o icosiedra_n with_o twenty_o side_n the_o water_n of_o dodecaedra_n with_o twelve_o face_n the_o supreme_a sphere_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n and_o himself_o herein_o also_o do_v pythagorize_v chap._n vii_o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o world_n fabric_n parmenides_n imagine_v certain_a coronet_n as_o it_o be_v interlace_v one_o within_o another_o some_o of_o a_o rare_a substance_n other_o of_o a_o thick_a and_o the_o same_o mix_v of_o light_n and_o darkness_n between_o also_o that_o the_o body_n which_o contain_v they_o all_o together_o be_v as_o firm_a and_o solid_a as_o a_o wall_n leucippus_n and_o democrirus_n enwrap_v the_o world_n round_o about_o with_o a_o tunicle_n or_o membrane_n epicurus_n hold_v that_o the_o extremity_n of_o some_o world_n be_v rare_a of_o other_o thick_a and_o that_o of_o they_o some_o be_v movable_a other_o immovable_a plato_n set_v down_o fire_n first_o second_o the_o sky_n then_o air_n afterward_o water_n and_o last_o of_o all_o earth_n but_o otherwhiles_o he_o conjoin_v the_o sky_n unto_o fire_n aristotle_n range_v in_o the_o first_o place_n the_o impassable_a air_n which_o be_v a_o certain_a five_o body_n and_o after_o it_o the_o element_n passable_a to_o wit_n fire_n aire_n water_n and_o earth_n the_o last_o of_o all_o which_o unto_o the_o celestial_a body_n he_o attribute_v a_o circular_a motion_n and_o of_o the_o other_o situate_v beneath_o they_o unto_o the_o light_a kind_n the_o ascent_n or_o rise_v upward_o unto_o the_o weighty_a descent_n or_o settle_v downward_o empedocles_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o place_n of_o the_o element_n be_v not_o always_o steadie_a and_o certain_a but_o that_o they_o all_o interchange_n mutual_o one_o with_o another_o chap._n viii_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o world_n bend_v or_o cope_v forward_o diogenes_n and_o anaxagoras_n affirm_v that_o after_o the_o world_n be_v make_v and_o that_o live_a creature_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n the_o world_n bow_v i_o wot_v not_o how_o of_o itself_o and_o of_o the_o own_o accord_n to_o the_o southern_a or_o meridional_a part_n thereof_o haply_o by_o the_o divine_a providence_n so_o order_v all_o that_o some_o part_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v habitable_a other_o inhabitable_a according_a to_o excessive_a cold_a extreme_a heat_n and_o a_o mean_a temperature_n of_o both_o empedocles_n say_v that_o by_o reason_n that_o the_o air_n give_v place_n to_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o two_o bear_n or_o pole_n antarctic_a bend_v and_o incline_v as_o for_o those_o part_n which_o be_v northerly_a they_o be_v elevate_v and_o mount_v aloft_o but_o the_o southern_a coast_n be_v depress_v and_o debase_v as_o much_o and_o so_o according_o the_o whole_a world_n chap._n ix_o whether_o without_o the_o world_n there_o be_v any_o vacuity_n the_o school_n of_o pythagoras_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o voidnesse_n without_o the_o world_n to_o which_o and_o out_o of_o which_o the_o world_n do_v draw_v breath_n but_o the_o stoic_n affirm_v that_o into_o it_o the_o infinite_a world_n by_o way_n of_o conflagration_n be_v resolve_v posidonius_n admit_v no_o other_o infinity_n than_o as_o much_o as_o be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o dissolution_n thereof_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o vacuity_n aristotle_n say_v there_o be_v voidnesse_n plato_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v no_o emptiness_n at_o all_o either_o without_o or_o within_o the_o world_n chap._n x._o what_o be_v the_o right_a side_n and_o which_o be_v the_o left_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o world_n pythagoras_n plato_n and_o aristotle_n do_v take_v the_o east_n for_o the_o right_a part_n and_o the_o west_n for_o the_o left_a empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o right_a side_n bend_v towards_o the_o summer_n tropic_a and_o the_o leave_v towards_o the_o tropic_a of_o winter_n chap._n xi_o of_o heaven_n and_o what_o be_v the_o substance_n thereof_o anaximenes_n affirm_v the_o exterior_a circumference_n of_o heaven_n to_o be_v earthy_a empedocles_n say_v that_o heaven_n be_v solid_a be_v make_v of_o air_n condensate_a by_o fire_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o crystal_n and_o that_o it_o contain_v the_o fiery_a and_o airy_a nature_n in_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o hemisphere_n aristotle_n hold_v that_o heaven_n be_v compose_v of_o the_o five_o body_n above_o fire_n or_o else_o of_o the_o mixture_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a chap._n xii_o of_o the_o division_n of_o heaven_n and_o namely_o into_o how_o many_o circle_n it_o be_v divide_v thales_n and_o pythagoras_n with_o his_o follower_n do_v say_v that_o the_o sphere_n of_o the_o whole_a heaven_n be_v part_v into_o five_o circle_n which_o they_o call_v certain_a zone_n cincture_n or_o girdle_n of_o which_o 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