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head_n of_o the_o family_n that_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n who_o by_o his_o great_a achievement_n purchase_v to_o himself_o the_o quality_n and_o title_n of_o nobility_n and_o leave_v those_o title_n to_o his_o illustrious_a family_n it_o be_v likewise_o true_a that_o there_o be_v no_o family_n so_o illustrious_a or_o so_o ancient_a but_o the_o genealogy_n of_o it_o terminate_v in_o one_o private_a person_n who_o give_v it_o both_o its_o name_n and_o original_a and_o which_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o its_o nobility_n no_o certain_o unless_o we_o erect_v a_o ridiculous_a and_o a_o infinite_a genealogy_n or_o like_o the_o egyptian_n who_o imagine_v themselves_o to_o be_v old_a than_o the_o moon_n will_v say_v that_o its_o origine_fw-la be_v as_o unknown_a as_o the_o head_n of_o nilus_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n after_o we_o have_v by_o way_n of_o ascent_n to_o our_o father_n and_o ancestor_n examine_v what_o kind_n of_o author_n we_o have_v of_o our_o be_v who_o we_o may_v 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be_v melt_v from_o the_o subtlety_n of_o its_o atom_n and_o the_o aptitude_n of_o its_o figure_n arise_v from_o their_o easy_o be_v divide_v lead_v as_o it_o be_v more_o sweet_a so_o it_o be_v more_o sociable_a it_o purify_v and_o refine_v gold_n and_o silver_n from_o all_o impurity_n and_o foreign_a mixture_n it_o be_v the_o heavy_a of_o all_o metal_n but_o gold_n and_o quicksilver_n because_o there_o be_v a_o few_o number_n of_o vacuity_n disperse_v through_o it_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n in_o calcination_n it_o be_v increase_v as_o tin_n be_v and_o it_o be_v easy_o melt_v because_o it_o abound_v with_o a_o crude_a and_o indigested_a mercury_n which_o make_v all_o metal_n fluid_a and_o fusible_a it_o may_v be_v separate_v also_o from_o its_o terrestrial_a part_n and_o from_o its_o very_a sweet_a salt._n there_o be_v many_o thing_n more_o worthy_a of_o note_n which_o i_o observe_v in_o lead_n the_o first_o of_o which_o be_v its_o weight_n not_o 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sea-water_n after_o this_o manner_n there_o will_v never_o be_v any_o scarcity_n of_o freshwater_n in_o ship_n and_o long_a voyage_n another_o thing_n that_o i_o observe_v in_o the_o sea_n be_v the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o its_o water_n in_o some_o place_n so_o very_o remarkable_a and_o regular_a in_o their_o turn_n every_o six_o hour_n there_o be_v some_o who_o have_v think_v that_o river_n enter_v into_o the_o sea_n on_o one_o part_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o its_o flow_n but_o fall_v into_o it_o from_o another_o part_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o its_o ebb_a other_o have_v attribute_v this_o effect_n to_o wind_n but_o the_o great_a part_n to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o to_o the_o condensation_n and_o rarefaction_n of_o the_o lunar_a air._n this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o antonius_n à _fw-fr reita_n extant_a in_o his_o book_n entitle_v oculus_fw-la enoch_n &_o eliae_n where_o he_o suppose_v that_o rarify_v air_n press_v the_o sea_n and_o lift_v it_o up_o on_o both_o side_n like_o mountain_n from_o whence_o there_o arise_v its_o flow_v which_o air_n be_v afterward_o condense_v the_o sea_n begin_v to_o subside_n and_o the_o water_n to_o return_v to_o their_o first_o state_n that_o be_v they_o ebb._n he_o endeavour_v to_o build_v this_o opinion_n by_o this_o argument_n to_o wit_n that_o this_o motion_n be_v most_o observable_a at_o the_o full_a of_o the_o moon_n at_o which_o time_n the_o air_n be_v very_o much_o rarify_v and_o at_o the_o new_a of_o the_o moon_n when_o it_o be_v very_o much_o condense_v for_o my_o part_n i_o will_v rather_o say_v that_o the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n arise_v from_o the_o earth_n motion_n from_o one_o tropic_a to_o the_o other_o for_o it_o can_v possible_o in_o its_o diurnal_a motion_n move_v a_o degree_n forward_o daily_a as_o it_o do_v without_o drive_v the_o water_n from_o one_o part_n and_o attract_v they_o from_o the_o other_o according_a to_o this_o opinion_n a_o reason_n may_v be_v give_v why_o its_o ebb_a 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