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some_o devise_v and_o forge_a lie_n yea_o and_o to_o persuade_v man_n that_o a_o god_n there_o be_v who_o live_v immortal_o who_o hear_v who_o see_v and_o know_v all_o woondrous_o for_o away_o quoth_v he_o with_o vain_a dream_n and_o poetical_a fiction_n together_o with_o callimachus_n who_o say_v if_o god_n thou_o know_v wot_v well_o his_o power_n divine_a all_o thing_n can_v well_o perform_v and_o bring_v to_o fine_a for_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o effect_v all_o thing_n for_o say_v there_o be_v a_o god_n let_v he_o make_v snow_n black_a fire_n cold_a he_o that_o sit_v or_o lie_v to_o stand_v upright_o or_o the_o contrary_a at_o one_o instant_a and_o even_o plato_n himself_o that_o speak_v so_o big_a when_o he_o say_v that_o god_n create_v and_o form_v the_o world_n to_o his_o own_o pattern_n and_o likeness_n smell_v herein_o very_o strong_o of_o some_o old_a libra_n dotard_n foolery_n to_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o poet_n of_o the_o old_a comedy_n for_o how_o can_v he_o 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and_o encumber_a with_o humane_a affair_n as_o also_o that_o he_o frame_v the_o world_n in_o regard_n of_o man_n and_o for_o the_o care_n that_o he_o have_v of_o he_o for_o sure_o live_v as_o he_o do_v happy_a &_o immortal_a accomplish_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o whole_o exempt_v from_o all_o evil_a as_o be_v altogether_o implore_v and_o give_v to_o prefer_v and_o maintain_v his_o own_o beatitude_n and_o immortality_n he_o intermeddle_v not_o in_o the_o affair_n and_o occasion_n of_o man_n for_o so_o he_o shall_v be_v as_o unhappy_a and_o 〈◊〉_d as_o some_o 〈◊〉_d mason_n or_o labour_a workman_n bear_v heavy_a burden_n travel_v and_o swete_v about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n again_o this_o god_n of_o who_o they_o
opinion_n that_o the_o wind_n be_v a_o fluxion_n of_o the_o air_n when_o as_o the_o most_o subtle_a and_o liquid_a part_n thereof_o be_v either_o stir_v or_o melt_v and_o resolve_v by_o the_o sun_n the_o stoic_n affirm_v that_o every_o blast_n be_v a_o fluxion_n of_o the_o air_n and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o mutation_n of_o region_n they_o change_v their_o name_n as_o for_o example_n that_o which_o blow_v from_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n and_o sun_n set_v be_v name_v zephyrus_n from_o the_o east_n and_o sun_n rise_v apeliotes_n from_o the_o north_n boreas_n and_o from_o the_o south_n lib_n metrodorus_n suppose_v that_o a_o waterish_a vapour_n be_v inchafe_v by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n produce_v and_o raise_v these_o wind_n and_o as_o for_o those_o that_o be_v anniversary_n name_v etesia_n they_o blow_v when_o the_o air_n about_o the_o north_n pole_n be_v thicken_v and_o congeal_v with_o cold_a and_o so_o accompany_v the_o sun_n and_o flow_v as_o it_o be_v with_o he_o as_o he_o retire_v from_o the_o summer_n tropic_n after_o the_o 〈◊〉_d solstice_n chap._n viii_o of_o winter_n and_o summer_n empedocles_n and_o the_o stoic_n do_v hold_v that_o winter_n come_v when_o the_o air_n be_v predominant_a in_o thickness_n and_o be_v force_v upward_o but_o summer_n when_o the_o fire_n be_v in_o that_o wise_a predominant_a and_o be_v drive_v downward_o thus_o have_v discourse_v of_o the_o impression_n aloft_o in_o the_o air_n we_o will_v treat_v also_o by_o the_o way_n of_o those_o which_o be_v see_v upon_o and_o about_o the_o earth_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o earth_n the_o substance_n and_o magnitude_n thereof_o thales_n with_o his_o follower_n affirm_v there_o be_v but_o one_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d the_o pythagorean_n maintain_v twain_o one_o here_o and_o another_o opposite_a against_o it_o which_o the_o antipode_n inhabit_v the_o stoic_n say_v there_o be_v one_o earth_n and_o the_o same_o finite_a xenophane_v hold_v that_o beneath_o it_o be_v found_v upon_o a_o 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