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kind_n but_o i_o shall_v only_o mention_v one_o thing_n more_o which_o be_v if_o all_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n have_v no_o high_a original_n than_o the_o concourse_n of_o atom_n in_o the_o first_o man_n and_o woman_n by_o what_o be_v the_o umbilical_a vessel_n form_v whereby_o the_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n receive_v its_o nourishment_n by_o what_o atom_n be_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o succus_fw-la nutritius_fw-la frame_v from_o the_o mother_n to_o the_o child_n how_o come_v those_o vessel_n to_o close_v up_o so_o natural_o upon_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o child_n and_o it_o to_o seek_v its_o nourishment_n in_o quite_o another_o way_n will_v the_o particle_n of_o matter_n which_o by_o their_o concretion_n form_v the_o first_o pair_n salve_v this_o too_o thus_o still_o we_o see_v how_o
plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n come_v very_o near_o who_o philosophy_n be_v for_o substance_n the_o same_o with_o the_o pythagorean_n when_o he_o have_v before_o ficini_n ascribe_v the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n which_o goodness_n of_o his_o do_v incline_v he_o to_o make_v all_o other_o thing_n like_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o most_o excellent_a be_v can_v but_o produce_v the_o most_o excellent_a effect_n and_o as_o to_o the_o material_a principle_n out_o of_o which_o the_o world_n be_v make_v there_o appear_v no_o great_a difference_n between_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o thales_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o plato_n and_o pythagoras_n for_o plato_n when_o he_o tell_v we_o what_o a_o kind_n of_o thing_n the_o material_a principle_n be_v he_o describe_v it_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o as_o chalcidius_n meurs_fw-fr render_v it_o be_v motis_fw-la importuno_fw-it fluctuans_fw-la neque_fw-la unquam_fw-la quiescens_fw-la it_o be_v a_o visible_a corporeal_a thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v never_o at_o rest_n but_o in_o continual_a disorderly_a motion_n and_o agitation_n which_o be_v a_o full_a explication_n i_o suppose_v of_o what_o thales_n mean_v by_o his_o water_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o mixture_n of_o mud_n and_o water_n together_o which_o other_o speak_v of_o as_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o universe_n as_o orphius_fw-la in_o athenagoras_n and_o the_o scholiast_n on_o apollonius_n cite_v by_o grotius_n and_o reli._n other_o which_o we_o have_v the_o more_o reason_n to_o believe_v because_o the_o successor_n of_o thales_n anaximander_n and_o anaxagoras_n express_v themselves_o to_o that_o purpose_n anaximander_n call_v the_o sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o remainder_n of_o the_o primitive_a moisture_n and_o anaxagoras_n say_v before_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o god_n set_v thing_n in_o their_o order_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o thing_n be_v at_o first_o confuse_v together_o which_o must_v needs_o make_v that_o which_o chalcidius_n tell_v we_o numenius_n attribute_n to_o pythagoras_n which_o his_o translator_n call_v sylvam_fw-la fludiam_fw-la or_o fluid_a matter_n 394._o which_o be_v the_o same_o likewise_o with_o the_o phaenician_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o as_o appear_v by_o eusebius_n some_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o mud_n or_o slime_n other_o the_o putrefaction_n of_o watery_a 10._o mixture_n which_o they_o say_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seedplot_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o thales_n with_o the_o phaenician_o from_o who_o he_o be_v derive_v as_o laertius_n tell_v we_o and_o pythagoras_n with_o the_o egyptian_n and_o other_o concur_v with_o moses_n not_o only_o in_o the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n but_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o wherein_o be_v express_v a_o fluid_a matter_n which_o be_v the_o material_a principle_n out_o of_o which_o the_o world_n be_v form_v when_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o the_o earth_n be_v without_o form_n and_o void_a and_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o 2._o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n i._n e._n that_o all_o at_o first_o be_v but_o fluid_a matter_n for_o p._n fagius_n from_o r._n kimchi_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o fluid_a matter_n be_v agitate_a and_o move_v by_o the_o divine_a spirit_n or_o the_o vis_fw-la plastica_fw-la mundi_fw-la so_o chrysostom_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o drusirt_n and_o p._n fagius_n explain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o motion_n or_o agitation_n and_o herein_o we_o have_v likewise_o the_o consent_n of_o those_o forenamed_n excellent_a philosopher_n who_o attribute_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o particular_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n to_o this_o agitation_n or_o motion_n of_o the_o fluid_a matter_n for_o chalcidius_n speak_v not_o only_o of_o thales_n pythagoras_n plato_n but_o of_o anaximenes_n heraclitus_n and_o other_o say_v thus_o of_o they_o omnesigitur_fw-la hi_o in_o motu_fw-la positam_fw-la rerum_fw-la 378._o originem_fw-la censuërunt_fw-la they_o all_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o part_n of_o matter_n so_o the_o phaenician_o call_v this_o motion_n of_o the_o particle_n of_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o dark_a and_o bluster_a wind_n and_o how_o suitable_a this_o explication_n of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o thing_n from_o the_o motion_n of_o fluid_a matter_n be_v to_o the_o history_n of_o nature_n appear_v by_o those_o many_o experiment_n by_o which_o mix_a body_n be_v show_v to_o spring_v from_o no_o other_o material_a principle_n than_o the_o particle_n of_o fluid_a matter_n of_o which_o you_o may_v read_v a_o discourle_n of_o that_o ingenious_a and_o learned_a gentleman_n mr._n boyle_n in_o his_o sceptical_a chemist_n only_o thus_o much_o may_v here_o suffice_v to_o have_v make_v it_o etc._n appear_v that_o all_o those_o philosopher_n who_o be_v most_o inquisitive_a after_o the_o ancient_a and_o genuine_a tradition_n of_o the_o world_n concern_v the_o first_o beginning_n of_o thing_n do_v not_o only_o concur_v with_o moses_n in_o the_o main_a thing_n that_o its_o beginning_n be_v from_o god_n but_o in_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n of_o it_o as_o to_o the_o fluid_a matter_n and_o the_o motion_n thereof_o concern_v which_o i_o may_v yet_o add_v if_o it_o be_v material_a the_o testimony_n of_o homer_n in_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ξ._n and_o in_o chalcidius_n inque_fw-la eadem_fw-la sententia_fw-la homerus_fw-la esse_fw-la invenitur_fw-la cum_fw-la oceanum_n &_o thetim_fw-la dicat_fw-la parent_n esse_fw-la geniturae_fw-la 378._o cumque_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la deorum_fw-la constituat_fw-la aquam_fw-la quam_fw-la quidem_fw-la ipse_fw-la appellat_fw-la stygem_fw-la antiquitati_fw-la tribuens_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la 37._o jaranao_fw-la nihil_fw-la constituens_fw-la reverentius_fw-la to_o which_o purpose_n likewise_o aristotle_n speak_v in_o his_o metaphysic_n that_o the_o reason_n 3._o why_o styx_n be_v make_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o god_n be_v because_o water_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o material_a principle_n of_o thing_n which_o he_o say_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o most_o ancient_a tradition_n concern_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n and_o tell_v we_o before_o that_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o most_o ancient_a and_o remote_a person_n and_o first_o writer_n of_o theology_n hold_v this_o opinion_n of_o water_n be_v the_o first_o material_a principle_n of_o thing_n have_v thus_o make_v it_o appear_v what_o a_o consent_n 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go_v much_o on_o the_o original_a tradition_n of_o the_o world_n be_v turn_v into_o dispute_n and_o altercation_n which_o help_v as_o much_o to_o the_o find_v out_o of_o truth_n as_o the_o fight_n of_o two_o cock_n on_o a_o dunghill_n do_v the_o find_v out_o the_o jewel_n that_o lie_v there_o for_o which_o scrape_v and_o search_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n have_v be_v far_o more_o proper_a than_o contention_n &_o wrangling_n with_o each_o other_o but_o by_o mean_n of_o this_o litigious_a humour_n philosophy_n from_o be_v a_o design_n grow_v to_o be_v a_o mere_a art_n and_o he_o be_v account_v the_o best_a philosopher_n not_o that_o search_v further_o into_o the_o bowel_n of_o nature_n but_o that_o dress_v and_o trick_v up_o the_o notion_n he_o have_v in_o the_o best_a posture_n of_o defence_n against_o all_o who_o come_v to_o oppose_v he_o from_o hence_o those_o opinion_n be_v most_o plausible_a not_o which_o be_v most_o true_a but_o which_o be_v most_o defensible_a and_o which_o like_o des-cartes_n his_o second_o element_n have_v all_o the_o angle_n cut_v
deus_fw-la coelum_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la terra_fw-la porro_fw-la fuit_fw-la otiosum_fw-la quid_fw-la confusumque_fw-la &_o inordinatum_fw-la sed_fw-la origenes_n asseverat_fw-la ita_fw-la sibi_fw-la ab_fw-la hebraeis_n esse_fw-la persuasum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aliquantum_fw-la sit_fw-la à _fw-la vera_fw-la proprietate_fw-la derivata_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la fuisse_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o exemplari_fw-la terra_fw-la autem_fw-la stupida_fw-la quadam_fw-la erat_fw-la admiratione_n omnia_fw-la tamen_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la aiunt_fw-la concurrere_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o generata_fw-la sit_fw-la â—a_n quae_fw-la subjecta_fw-la est_fw-la universo_fw-it corpori_fw-la sylva_fw-la sermonesque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la sic_fw-la interpretantur_fw-la where_o we_o find_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o chalcidius_n a_o universal_a consent_n as_o to_o the_o production_n of_o the_o universal_a corporeal_a matter_n by_o god_n for_o that_o be_v all_o which_o be_v understand_v by_o his_o term_n of_o generata_fw-la est_fw-la but_o this_o same_o author_n afterward_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o genesis_n we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v the_o visible_a heaven_n and_o earth_n for_o say_v he_o the_o heaven_n which_o be_v call_v the_o firmament_n be_v create_v after_o and_o on_o the_o three_o day_n when_o the_o water_n be_v separate_v the_o dry_a land_n appear_v which_o be_v call_v earth_n qui_fw-la tumultuario_fw-la contenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la intellectu_fw-la coelum_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la videmus_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la qua_fw-la subvehimur_fw-la dici_fw-la putant_fw-la porro_fw-la qui_fw-la altius_fw-la indagant_fw-la negant_fw-la hoc_fw-la coelum_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la factum_fw-la sed_fw-la secundo_fw-la die_fw-la and_o therefore_o by_o the_o heaven_n he_o understand_v incorpoream_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o by_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o primigenial_a matter_n and_o this_o say_v he_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n the_o earth_n be_v invisible_a and_o without_o form_n i._n e._n this_o corporeal_a matter_n before_o it_o be_v bring_v into_o order_n by_o the_o power_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n remain_v a_o rude_a and_o indigested_a lump_n and_o that_o which_o be_v so_o may_v well_o be_v call_v invisible_a and_o without_o form_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v call_v inanis_fw-la and_o nihil_fw-la because_o of_o its_o capacity_n of_o receive_v all_o form_n and_o have_v none_o of_o its_o own_o symmachus_n call_v it_o otiosa_fw-la &_o indigesta_fw-la the_o former_a because_o of_o its_o inability_n to_o produce_v any_o thing_n of_o its_o self_n the_o latter_a because_o it_o want_v a_o divine_a power_n to_o bring_v it_o into_o due_a order_n that_o stupidity_n and_o admiration_n which_o origen_n attribute_n to_o it_o he_o conceive_v to_o relate_v to_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n who_o be_v the_o orderer_n and_o contriver_n of_o it_o siquidem_fw-la opificis_fw-la &_o auctoris_fw-la svi_fw-la 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