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A44287
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The primitive origination of mankind, considered and examined according to the light of nature written by the Honourable Sir Matthew Hale, Knight ...
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Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
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1677
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Wing H258; ESTC R17451
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quasdam_fw-la statim_fw-la magnas_fw-la quasdam_fw-la lentas_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la talium_fw-la quoque_fw-la gentium_fw-la transmigrationes_fw-la nos_fw-la lateant_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la alii_fw-la regionem_fw-la deserant_fw-la alii_fw-la eo_fw-la usque_fw-la sustinent_fw-la quoad_fw-la nullam_fw-la amplius_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la alere_fw-la regio_fw-la queat_fw-la inter_fw-la primam_fw-la igitur_fw-la novissimámque_fw-la loci_fw-la derelictionem_fw-la tempora_fw-la interveniant_fw-la adeò_fw-la long_fw-mi par_fw-fr est_fw-fr ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la meminisse_fw-la possit_fw-la imò_fw-la incolumibus_fw-la etiamnum_fw-la hisoe_n qui_fw-la remanserint_fw-la longi_fw-la temporis_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la oblivio_fw-la irrepserit_fw-la eodem_fw-la autem_fw-la modo_fw-la latere_fw-la existimandum_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la primùm_fw-la singuli_fw-la populi_fw-la quae_fw-la permutata_fw-la essent_fw-la &_o arida_fw-la à _fw-la palustribus_fw-la aquosÃsve_fw-la facta_fw-la inhabitare_fw-la coeperint_fw-la then_o he_o give_v instance_n in_o egypt_n etenim_fw-la locus_fw-la ille_fw-la totáque_fw-la regio_fw-la quae_fw-la fluminis_fw-la tantum_fw-la invectu_fw-la nata_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la aridior_fw-la fieri_fw-la videtur_fw-la that_o all_o the_o ostia_n nili_n except_o one_o be_v make_v by_o art_n and_o not_o by_o the_o river_n that_o ancient_o egypt_n be_v no_o more_o but_o the_o city_n of_o thebes_n which_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o homer_n show_v that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o troy_n that_o part_n of_o greece_n inhabit_v by_o the_o argivi_n be_v marish_a and_o have_v but_o few_o inhabitant_n but_o now_o become_v fruitful_a and_o populous_a that_o part_n of_o greece_n inhabit_v by_o the_o miceni_n be_v fruitful_a and_o populous_a now_o become_v barren_a quod_fw-la igitur_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la loco_fw-la qui_fw-la parvus_fw-la accidit_fw-la hoc_fw-la idem_fw-la etiam_fw-la circa_fw-la loca_fw-la magna_fw-la accidere_fw-la censeamus_fw-la oportet_fw-la that_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n to_o conceive_v the_o sea_n less_o than_o former_o for_o though_o some_o place_n sometime_o cover_v with_o water_n be_v add_v to_o the_o continent_n yet_o in_o other_o place_n the_o sea_n have_v gain_v upon_o the_o land_n attamen_fw-la hujusce_fw-la rei_fw-la causa_fw-la ad_fw-la mundi_fw-la generationem_fw-la haudquaquam_fw-la referenda_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la enim_fw-la foret_fw-la ob_fw-la paruas_fw-la breuésque_fw-la mutationes_fw-la universum_fw-la moveri_fw-la asserere_fw-la porrò_fw-la terrae_fw-la mole_n atque_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la ad_fw-la totum_fw-la coelum_fw-la nihil_fw-la profectò_fw-la est_fw-la verum_fw-la horum_fw-la omnium_fw-la causam_fw-la existimemus_fw-la oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la elapsis_fw-la certis_fw-la temporum_fw-la spatiis_fw-la inter_fw-la anni_fw-la tempora_fw-la hyems_fw-la ita_fw-la magno_fw-la quodam_fw-la circuitu_fw-la hyems_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o imbrium_fw-la excessu_fw-la sieri_fw-la solet_fw-la at_o hic_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la eisdem_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la efficitur_fw-la sed_fw-la perinde_n ut_fw-la vocatum_fw-la dilivium_fw-la quod_fw-la tempore_fw-la dencalionis_fw-la accidit_fw-la etenim_fw-la hoc_fw-la circa_fw-la graeciam_fw-la maximè_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la potissimam_fw-la partem_fw-la quam_fw-la antiquam_fw-la hellada_o vocitant_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la quandam_fw-la mutationem_fw-la esse_fw-la universi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ortum_fw-la &_o interitum_fw-la siquidem_fw-la ipsum_fw-la maneat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la eadem_fw-la loca_fw-la mari_fw-fr aut_fw-la amnibus_fw-la humectari_fw-la atque_fw-la siccescere_fw-la quod_fw-la reipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la liquidò_fw-la constat_fw-la and_o conclude_v that_o egypt_n cujus_fw-la homines_fw-la antiquissimos_fw-la esse_fw-la diximus_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o a_o production_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n that_o be_v low_a than_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o therefore_o that_o sesostris_n and_o darius_n give_v over_o that_o attempt_n of_o cut_v the_o neck_n of_o land_n between_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o egypt_n for_o fear_n of_o drown_v that_o country_n that_o the_o lake_n moeotis_n be_v shallow_a and_o not_o able_a to_o bear_v ship_n of_o that_o burden_n as_o it_o do_v 60_o year_n before_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o slime_n carry_v thither_o which_o will_v in_o time_n dry_v it_o up_o that_o lake_n grow_v by_o the_o exaggeration_n of_o sand_n by_o the_o sea_n which_o lake_n in_o time_n grow_v dry_a that_o tanais_n or_o nilus_n and_o all_o other_o river_n be_v sometime_o dry_a land_n and_o do_v not_o run_v where_o now_o they_o do_v at_o verò_fw-la si_fw-la amnes_fw-la habent_fw-la ortum_fw-la &_o occasum_fw-la nec_fw-la semper_fw-la eadem_fw-la terrae_fw-la loca_fw-la scatent_fw-la aquis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quoque_fw-la mare_fw-la simili_fw-la modo_fw-la mutari_fw-la oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la assiduè_fw-la alia_fw-la deserat_fw-la alia_fw-la invadat_fw-la patet_fw-la universae_fw-la