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thereof_o do_v in_o a_o less_o time_n as_o perhaps_o in_o a_o year_n half_o a_o year_n three_o month_n or_o less_o viz._n wear_v away_o the_o body_n by_o a_o continual_a waste_n or_o consumption_n until_o the_o part_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o skeleton_n which_o be_v after_o entomb_v in_o the_o earth_n do_v as_o all_o other_o body_n by_o the_o fracedinous_a odour_n thereof_o fatiscere_fw-la in_o succum_fw-la suum_fw-la primitivum_fw-la legesque_fw-la aquae_fw-la subire_fw-la turn_v into_o a_o sort_n of_o leffas_n and_o that_o by_o a_o further_a reduction_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o water_n not_o to_o say_v what_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o effluvia_fw-la or_o vapour_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v material_o water_n pass_v continual_o through_o the_o pore_n of_o our_o body_n perhaps_o if_o due_o compute_v not_o much_o less_o than_o the_o one_o half_a of_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o food_n we_o take_v in_o and_o yet_o be_v nothing_o but_o water_n circulate_v in_o our_o body_n through_o various_a fermentation_n and_o at_o length_n reduce_v to_o its_o primitive_a simplicity_n thus_o we_o begin_v we_o grow_v we_o come_v to_o our_o full_a stature_n from_o the_o operation_n of_o seed_n and_o ferment_n upon_o water_n who_o degree_n of_o vigour_n upon_o the_o material_a stage_n thereof_o give_v the_o various_a stadiums_n of_o life_n then_o we_o bend_v to_o disease_n we_o decline_v we_o die_v when_o the_o vital_a power_n and_o formal_a ferment_n march_v off_o the_o stage_n and_o have_v their_o exit_z into_o their_o primitive_a hyle_n and_o the_o body_n then_o ultimate_o reducible_a into_o water_n by_o the_o fracedo_n of_o the_o grave_a hence_o i_o conclude_v all_o body_n in_o the_o mundane_a system_n whether_o vegetable_a animal_n or_o mineral_n from_o water_n as_o the_o material_a element_n and_o by_o seed_n as_o the_o efficient_a agent_n have_v not_o only_o the_o beginning_n but_o the_o end_n a_o appendix_n concern_v the_o original_a of_o spring_n 1._o it_o be_v not_o the_o least_o part_n of_o dr._n wittie_n book_n to_o discourse_n of_o the_o original_a of_o spring_n and_o therein_o to_o assert_v their_o original_n to_o be_v from_o rain_n and_o snow-water_n from_o the_o confluence_n of_o which_o two_o he_o suppose_v all_o spring_n to_o flow_v and_o that_o after_o this_o manner_n viz._n the_o snow_n and_o rain_n fall_v from_o the_o cloud_n in_o great_a abundance_n upon_o the_o earth_n do_v by_o moisten_v the_o superficies_n cause_v it_o to_o bring_v forth_o vegetable_n which_o we_o grant_v viz._n that_o the_o moisture_n exhale_v from_o the_o sea_n and_o earth_n carry_v up_o into_o the_o cloud_n become_v impregnate_v with_o a_o influential_a nitrous_a salt_n or_o sal_fw-la hermeticum_n float_v to_o and_o again_o in_o the_o atmosphere_n and_o circulate_v or_o cohobate_v upon_o its_o caput_fw-la mortuum_fw-la the_o earth_n give_v fertility_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o make_v it_o apt_a to_o bring_v forth_o vegetable_n 2._o the_o remain_a part_n 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empty_a themselves_o by_o other_o intermediate_v once_o into_o the_o sea_n itself_o but_o that_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o fontes_n perennes_fw-la viz._n of_o live_v spring_n i_o altogether_o deny_v as_o shall_v afterward_o be_v evince_v more_o clear_o 3._o this_o water_n say_v he_o at_o length_n in_o its_o passage_n through_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o earth_n find_v vent_v and_o run_v forth_o which_o place_n of_o eruption_n we_o call_v a_o spring_n or_o fountain_n and_o this_o spring_v forth_o or_o eruption_n of_o the_o water_n i_o conceive_v say_v he_o to_o be_v make_v from_o its_o own_o natural_a inclination_n and_o tendency_n towards_o its_o proper_a place_n assign_v to_o it_o by_o the_o creator_n which_o be_v the_o convex_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n it_o not_o rest_v till_o it_o meet_v with_o its_o natural_a correspondent_a the_o air_n under_o which_o it_o must_v needs_o lie_v because_o of_o its_o great_a gravity_n as_o above_o the_o earth_n by_o reason_n 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