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cause_n 4._o the_o place_n in_o which_o they_o be_v generate_v 10._o the_o second_o book_n of_o fiery_a meteor_n 13._o the_o generation_n of_o the_o impression_n call_v burn_v stubble_n or_o sparkle_v of_o fire_n 14_o torch_n 15_o dance_a or_o leap_v goat_n ibid._n shoot_v and_o fall_v star_n 16_o burn_a candle_n 18_o burn_a beam_n and_o round_a pillar_n ibid._n burn_v spare_v ibid._n shield_n globe_n or_o bowl_n 20._o lâ—mps_fw-fr ibid._n fly_v dragon_n or_o fire_n drake_n ibid._n the_o pyramidal_a pillar_n like_o a_o spire_n or_o broach_v steeple_n 23_o fire_n scatter_v in_o the_o air_n ibid._n light_n that_o go_v before_o man_n and_o follow_v they_o abroad_o in_o the_o field_n in_o the_o night_n season_n 24_o helena_n castor_n and_o pollux_n 27._o flame_n that_o appear_v upon_o the_o hair_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n 29._o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n 30_o apparition_n 35_o colour_n wide_a gaping_n and_o deep_a hole_n which_o appear_v in_o the_o cloud_n 36._o wide_o gape_v ibid._n round_o open_v hiatus_fw-la 37._o the_o three_o book_n of_o airy_a impression_n 37._o of_o wind_n 38._o earthquake_n 41._o divers_a kind_n of_o earthquake_n 43_o how_o so_o great_a wind_n come_v to_o be_v under_o the_o earth_n 46_o the_o sign_n and_o token_n that_o go_v before_o a_o earthquake_n most_o common_o 47_o thunder_n 50_o lightning_n 55_o fulgetrum_fw-la ibid._n coruscation_n 57_o fulgur_fw-la 58_o the_o four_o kind_n call_v fulmen_fw-la 59_o the_o first_o kind_n 60_o the_o second_o kâ—nd_n 62_o the_o three_o kind_n ibid._n the_o marvaile_n of_o lightning_n and_o their_o cause_n ibid._n storm_v wind_n 67_o whirl_v wind_n 70_o the_o fire_a whirlwind_n 72_o circle_n 73_o the_o rainbow_n 77_o the_o milk_n way_n call_v of_o some_o the_o way_n to_o s._n james_n and_o watling-street_n 81_o beam_n or_o stream_n of_o light_n appear_v through_o a_o cloud_n 86_o of_o many_o sun_n 89_o many_o moon_n 92_o wonderful_a apparition_n 94_o the_o four_o book_n of_o watery_a impression_n 100_o of_o cloud_n 101_o mist_n 103_o empty_a cloud_n 104_o rain_n 106_o the_o sign_n of_o rain_n 109_o monstrous_a or_o prodigious_a rain_n 111_o dew_n 115_o hoare_n frost_n 117_o haile_o snow_n 118_o 120._o spring_n and_o rivers_n 121_o fountain_n brook_n rivers_n 123_o lake_n 125_o hot_a bath_n ibid._n the_o divers_a taste_n that_o be_v perceive_v in_o well_n 126_o a_o recital_n of_o such_o river_n and_o spring_n as_o have_v marvellous_a effect_n whereof_o no_o natural_a cause_n can_v be_v assign_v by_o most_o man_n although_o some_o reason_n in_o a_o few_o may_v be_v find_v 127_o of_o the_o sea_n 132_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n 133_o the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v thereof_o 134_o the_o five_o book_n of_o earthly_a meteor_n or_o body_n perfect_o mix_v 135_o of_o earthâ—_n 136_o liquor_n concrete_a 139_o metal_n 142_o gold_n 143_o silver_n 145_o copper_n 146_o tin_n 148_o lead_n ibid._n iron_n 149_o quicksilver_n 150_o stone_n 151_o the_o divers_a kind_n of_o stone_n 153_o the_o virtue_n of_o stone_n 154_o finis_fw-la the_o first_o book_n for_o as_o much_o as_o we_o intend_v in_o this_o treatise_n to_o declare_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o those_o body_n that_o be_v generate_v in_o the_o earth_n call_v fossilia_fw-la as_o well_o as_o those_o other_o impression_n name_v of_o their_o height_n meteor_n which_o no_o writer_n hitherto_o have_v do_v that_o we_o have_v see_v the_o common_a definition_n give_v by_o the_o most_o writer_n in_o no_o wise_a will_v serve_v we_o and_o whether_o we_o may_v borrow_v the_o name_n of_o meteoron_n to_o comprehend_v the_o whole_a subject_n of_o our_o work_n we_o be_v not_o altogether_o out_o of_o doubt_n although_o the_o philosopher_n derive_v it_o from_o doubtfulness_n givethâ—us_o some_o colour_n so_o to_o take_v it_o and_o peradventure_o we_o may_v be_v as_o well_o excuse_v to_o apply_v it_o to_o mineral_n as_o other_o author_n be_v to_o use_v it_o for_o earthquake_n yet_o to_o avoid_v all_o occasion_n of_o cavil_v at_o word_n we_o shall_v both_o define_v and_o also_o describe_v the_o subject_n of_o our_o matter_n on_o this_o manner_n it_o be_v a_o body_n compound_v without_o life_n natural_a and_o yet_o to_o stop_v one_o hole_n because_o here_o want_v the_o name_n of_o the_o thing_n to_o be_v define_v it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n to_o they_o that_o have_v read_v aristotle_n work_n aristot._n to_o find_v a_o definition_n of_o that_o whereof_o there_o be_v no_o name_n but_o what_o need_v you_o be_v so_o precise_a will_n some_o man_n say_v mean_v you_o so_o to_o proceed_v in_o all_o your_o discourse_n no_o very_o but_o because_o many_o of_o quick_a judgement_n not_o consider_v the_o stile_n to_o be_v attemper_v to_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o reader_n will_v impute_v the_o plainness_n to_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o author_n we_o think_v good_a in_o the_o beginning_n to_o pluck_v the_o opinion_n out_o of_o their_o mind_n that_o as_o the_o common_a say_n be_v they_o may_v know_v we_o have_v skill_n of_o good_a manner_n though_o we_o little_o use_v they_o the_o meteor_n be_v divide_v after_o three_o manner_n of_o way_n first_o into_o body_n perfect_o and_o imperfect_o mix_v second_o into_o moist_a impression_n and_o dry_a three_o into_o fiery_a airy_a watery_a and_o earthly_a according_a to_o this_o last_o division_n we_o shall_v speak_v of_o they_o in_o four_o book_n follow_v but_o first_o we_o must_v be_v occupy_v a_o little_a in_o the_o general_a description_n of_o the_o same_o that_o afterward_o shall_v be_v particular_o treat_v of_o why_o they_o be_v call_v imperfect_o mix_v they_o be_v call_v imperfect_o mix_v because_o they_o be_v very_o soon_o change_v into_o another_o thing_n and_o resolve_v into_o their_o proper_a element_n of_o which_o they_o do_v most_o consist_v as_o do_v all_o impression_n fiery_a airy_a watery_a as_o snow_n into_o water_n cloud_n into_o water_n etc._n etc._n why_o they_o be_v call_v perfect_o mix_v the_o last_o sort_n namely_o earthly_a meteor_n be_v call_v perfect_o mix_v because_o they_o will_v not_o easy_o be_v change_v and_o resolve_v from_o that_o form_n which_o they_o be_v in_o as_o be_v stone_n metal_n and_o other_o mineral_n according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o matter_n they_o be_v divide_v into_o moist_a and_o dry_a impression_n consist_v either_o of_o vapour_n or_o exhalation_n vapour_n be_v call_v moist_a and_o exhalation_n dry_a which_o term_n must_v be_v well_o note_v because_o they_o must_v be_v much_o use_v of_o the_o general_a cause_n of_o all_o meteor_n and_o first_o of_o the_o material_a cause_n the_o matter_n whereof_o the_o most_o part_n of_o meteor_n do_v consist_v cause_n be_v either_o water_n or_o earth_n for_o out_o of_o the_o water_n proceed_v vapour_n and_o out_o of_o the_o earth_n come_v exhalation_n vapour_n as_o the_o philosopher_n say_v be_v
it_o be_v hard_a and_o impure_a as_o iron_n or_o it_o be_v soft_a and_o impure_a as_o lead_v and_o for_o amber_n it_o be_v compound_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n as_o cyprus_n copper_n be_v make_v of_o brass_n and_o iron_n contain_v a_o equal_a substance_n of_o brass_n and_o iron_n which_o cause_v that_o too_o much_o concoct_v and_o high_a tinct_a be_v easy_o change_v into_o brass_n and_o rechange_v again_o into_o copper_n chap_n 4._o of_o gold_n gold_n be_v metallnm_fw-la puriffimum_fw-la the_o pure_a metal_n of_o all_o other_o and_o nature_n never_o take_v delight_n to_o make_v a_o more_o perfect_a elementary_a substance_n than_o gold_n be_v and_o therefore_o in_o price_n and_o estimation_n be_v far_o above_o all_o other_o riches_n the_o composition_n of_o gold_n be_v proportion_v in_o equal_a quality_n fit_o correspondent_a in_o the_o symmetry_n of_o the_o element_n which_o compound_v it_o it_o be_v even_o in_o the_o original_n so_o purify_v already_o as_o be_v the_o simple_a &_o pure_a element_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o by_o their_o conjunction_n together_o in_o equal_a power_n there_o be_v engender_v so_o delicate_a and_o perfect_a a_o mixture_n of_o indissoluble_a union_n compose_v a_o accord_n so_o faithful_o that_o there_o be_v make_v thereby_o a_o incorruptible_a past_a which_o be_v permanent_a to_o all_o eternity_n in_o the_o excellency_n and_o goodness_n thereof_o wherefore_o gold_n can_v be_v vanquish_v by_o injury_n of_o time_n and_o antiquity_n neither_o can_v contain_v in_o it_o feel_v nor_o support_v any_o excreâ—â—ncy_n and_o superfluity_n of_o rust_n for_o though_o it_o be_v put_v into_o the_o water_n or_o fire_n and_o there_o remain_v a_o long_a space_n yet_o it_o be_v never_o stain_v nor_o accept_v it_o any_o other_o quality_n but_o what_o be_v natural_a nor_o yet_o do_v gold_n fail_v any_o whit_n which_o be_v a_o sole_a privilege_n belong_v to_o this_o royal_a metal_n all_o other_o be_v subject_n to_o alteration_n and_o corruption_n for_o though_o gold_n be_v draw_v into_o the_o small_a wire_n and_o be_v extenuate_v as_o fine_a as_o the_o thread_n in_o the_o spider_n wed_v and_o though_o it_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o most_o pierce_a medicament_n as_o be_v sublimatum_fw-la verdegrease_n salt_n venegar_n and_o that_o it_o remain_v three_o thousand_o year_n therein_o it_o will_v not_o for_o all_o that_o be_v corrupt_v but_o rather_o the_o more_o refine_a provide_v the_o gold_n be_v perfect_a and_o not_o sophisticated_a and_o false_a chap._n 5._o where_o gold_n be_v find_v gold_n be_v find_v in_o divers_a manner_n to_o wit_n mix_v with_o sand_n as_o in_o bohemia_n on_o the_o shore-side_n among_o the_o water_n near_o to_o goldborough_n &_o risegrond_n and_o among_o the_o stone_n in_o mountain_n as_o in_o calcutta_n and_o in_o the_o indies_n the_o generation_n of_o gold_n be_v usual_o on_o the_o top_n of_o mountain_n because_o that_o there_o in_o the_o high_a place_n the_o sun_n do_v more_o easy_o purify_v that_o which_o retain_v too_o much_o earthiness_n in_o it_o and_o when_o the_o rain_n and_o torrent_n do_v flow_v down_o they_o carry_v the_o gold_n down_o with_o they_o to_o the_o foot_n thereof_o where_o it_o be_v gather_v among_o the_o sand_n or_o else_o in_o water_n near_o thereunto_o whether_o it_o be_v drive_v by_o the_o violence_n of_o flood_n except_o the_o ground_n perhaps_o open_a with_o those_o inundation_n and_o the_o gold_n fall_v into_o the_o gape_a jaw_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o so_o stick_v there_o now_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o that_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o mine_n be_v not_o the_o pure_a but_o be_v as_o a_o earnest_a to_o invite_v to_o far_a labour_n and_o pain_n that_o which_o be_v find_v in_o water_n and_o rivers_n be_v fish_v for_o and_o be_v in_o form_n of_o little_a grain_n in_o rock_n and_o mountain_n it_o be_v take_v out_o by_o delve_v and_o dig_v and_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o mine_n some_o be_v call_v pendent_a some_o jacent_fw-la and_o some_o oblique_a and_o turn_v pendent_a be_v those_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o superficies_n and_o top_n of_o mountain_n jacent_fw-la be_v low_a and_o lie_v in_o plain_a field_n oblique_a have_v a_o cross_a course_n whether_o it_o be_v to_o that_o which_o be_v pendent_a or_o jacent_fw-la all_o whereof_o be_v drive_v by_o river_n into_o the_o next_o flood_n chap._n 6._o of_o silver_n the_o most_o noble_a among_o metal_n next_o to_o gold_n be_v silver_n for_o though_o copper_n in_o colour_n and_o lead_v in_o weight_n do_v near_o approach_v unto_o gold_n yet_o in_o tenuity_n of_o substance_n in_o pureness_n and_o fastness_n silver_n be_v so_o like_a unto_o it_o that_o good_a silver_n may_v be_v right_o say_v to_o be_v imperfect_a gold_n in_o substance_n sail_v in_o colour_n and_o that_o by_o succession_n of_o time_n it_o be_v sometime_o change_v into_o gold_n as_o in_o many_o year_n space_n lead_n turn_v into_o silver_n the_o mine_n of_o silver_n be_v more_o ordinary_a than_o mine_n of_o gold_n and_o it_o be_v usual_o engender_v in_o four_o manner_n to_o wit_n either_o in_o the_o earth_n or_o in_o brass_n or_o in_o lead_n or_o in_o stone_n which_o be_v purge_v and_o melt_v yield_v some_o quantity_n of_o silver_n in_o the_o mountain_n call_v mons_fw-la regius_n stone_n retain_v very_o much_o silver_n which_o be_v put_v in_o the_o fire_n there_o be_v find_v in_o every_o pound_n of_o silver_n that_o run_v out_o of_o they_o half_o a_o ounce_n of_o gold_n at_o least_o silver_n be_v many_o time_n find_v to_o be_v mix_v with_o copper_n as_o in_o alsaria_n near_o to_o the_o rhine_n in_o the_o mountain_n of_o s._n anne_n and_o in_o messein_fw-fr when_o silver_n be_v separate_v from_o lead_n it_o leave_v a_o scum_n which_o be_v call_v lithargyrium_fw-la which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o impure_a lead_n chap._n 7._o of_o quicksilver_n quicksilver_n be_v call_v materia_fw-la metallaris_fw-la the_o matter_n of_o the_o metal_n and_o though_o it_o have_v the_o name_n of_o silver_n yet_o in_o nature_n it_o approach_v near_a to_o gold_n for_o it_o be_v like_a unto_o it_o in_o tenuity_n and_o weight_n and_o to_o silver_n only_o in_o colour_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o opinion_n of_o many_o chemist_n quicksilver_n be_v not_o a_o metal_n but_o a_o water_n condensate_a not_o by_o heat_n for_o it_o be_v not_o harden_v nor_o by_o cold_a for_o then_o it_o will_v be_v a_o stone_n or_o metal_n but_o by_o some_o other_o terrestrial_a rare_a and_o pure_a portion_n whereby_o it_o come_v to_o be_v weighty_a and_o cold_a splendent_a and_o liquid_a and_o be_v therefore_o rank_v among_o those_o metalline_a substance_n which_o differ_v but_o little_a from_o water_n and_o it_o be_v common_a in_o experience_n that_o the_o mountain_n wherein_o quicksilver_n be_v find_v be_v very_o green_a and_o full_a of_o fountain_n chap._n 8._o of_o electrum_n or_o amber_n many_o author_n philosopher_n and_o chemist_n disagree_v in_o their_o opinion_n and_o discourse_n of_o amber_n some_o reckon_v amber_n among_o pliable_a and_o hard_a metalline_a substance_n other_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v it_o but_o to_o be_v but_o the_o gum_n of_o a_o tree_n produce_v rosin_n which_o be_v common_a in_o arabia_n philemon_n write_v that_o in_o two_o place_n of_o scythia_n amber_n be_v dig_v out_o of_o the_o ground_n like_o a_o kind_n of_o stone_n and_o in_o one_o place_n it_o be_v white_a and_o in_o another_o it_o be_v yellow_a to_o omit_v this_o argument_n and_o to_o agree_v with_o those_o who_o allow_v amber_n to_o be_v a_o metal_n be_v most_o consonant_a to_o reason_n the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o it_o be_v a_o mean_a betwixt_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o such_o be_v the_o true_a and_o natural_a amber_n as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v use_v for_o bead_n it_o be_v but_o artificial_a amber_n partake_v more_o of_o gold_n than_o silver_n because_o it_o be_v more_o pure_a &_o more_o apt_a to_o be_v wrought_v for_o if_o it_o consist_v more_o of_o silver_n it_o can_v not_o endure_v the_o forge_n and_o hammer_v vessel_n be_v make_v of_o amber_n some_o for_o beauty_n some_o for_o profit_n and_o if_o compose_v of_o true_a and_o good_a amber_n they_o will_v discover_v poison_n by_o crack_v and_o make_v sign_n of_o a_o arch_n within_o for_o when_o the_o rare_a humidity_n thereof_o come_v to_o be_v consume_v by_o the_o force_n of_o venom_n it_o crack_v and_o the_o colour_n change_v in_o the_o vessel_n it_o seem_v in_o stead_n of_o the_o great_a splendour_n thereof_o there_o do_v a_o kind_n of_o stain_n represent_v it_o self_n like_o unto_o a_o arch._n now_o that_o this_o metal_n be_v more_o rare_a be_v ignorance_n that_o know_v not_o the_o virtue_n or_o avarice_n that_o greedy_o thirst_v after_o gold_n and_o gain_n chap._n 9_o of_o iron_n iron_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n
and_o to_o make_v it_o malleable_a the_o mass_n thereof_o be_v lay_v to_o dry_a in_o the_o sun_n and_o that_o which_o be_v earthy_a do_v soften_v and_o moulder_v with_o the_o rain_n as_o that_o which_o be_v moist_a do_v melt_v with_o the_o sun_n which_o as_o the_o venom_n of_o it_o be_v consume_v in_o the_o furnace_n by_o the_o fire_n by_o how_o much_o more_o it_o be_v purge_v in_o the_o fire_n by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o it_o be_v pure_a in_o its_o goodness_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o which_o be_v earthy_a do_v at_o last_o turn_n to_o schale_n and_o dross_n and_o the_o most_o subtle_a part_n thereof_o do_v convert_v into_o steel_n chap._n 10._o of_o steel_n the_o common_a steel_n be_v artificial_a extract_a iron_n iron_n more_o excellent_o purge_v and_o a_o little_a marble_n add_v thereunto_o but_o in_o many_o place_n there_o be_v natural_a steel_n namely_o in_o persia_n very_o good_a and_o in_o the_o chaldean_a isle_n and_o near_o damascus_n whereof_o the_o best_a cemiter_n and_o falchion_n in_o the_o world_n be_v make_v which_o cut_v so_o well_o that_o there_o be_v no_o razor_n be_v it_o never_o so_o well_o steel_v and_o temper_v that_o have_v a_o more_o keen_a and_o sharp_a edge_n for_o this_o cause_n some_o say_v that_o there_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o steel_n and_o iron_n so_o excellent_a that_o weight_n for_o weight_n they_o be_v esteem_v of_o great_a price_n then_o gold_n chap._n 11._o of_o lead_n lead_v be_v a_o gross_a dull_a metal_n procreate_v and_o consistent_a of_o more_o impure_a quicksilver_n and_o more_o feculent_a and_o crass_a sulphur_n it_o lest_o endure_v the_o fire_n of_o any_o metal_n and_o therefore_o soon_o melt_v galen_n say_v lead_v bury_v long_o in_o moist_a subterranean_a cave_n and_o hole_n increase_v in_o magnitude_n and_o weight_n and_o therefore_o be_v a_o cover_n if_o well_o consider_v less_o proper_a for_o any_o building_n but_o where_o the_o roof_n be_v of_o infinite_a strength_n there_o be_v divers_a kind_n of_o lead_n some_o red_a some_o white_a some_o balck_n and_o a_o four_o sort_n of_o a_o mâ—an_n quality_n betwixt_o white_a and_o black_a find_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o bohemia_n the_o ore_n of_o lead_n be_v melt_v in_o furnace_n and_o be_v let_v run_v through_o pipe_n out_o of_o the_o furnace_n whether_o the_o workman_n will_n lead_n be_v a_o incongruent_a and_o malignant_a metal_n to_o all_o other_o and_o if_o but_o one_o ounce_n be_v mix_v incorporate_v with_o one_o hundred_o ounce_n of_o silver_n or_o gold_n the_o mixture_n will_v reader_n the_o whole_a mass_n brittle_a and_o fragil_n and_o so_o it_o will_v be_v in_o all_o like_a proportion_n chap._n 12._o of_o tin_n tin_n be_v a_o white_a metal_n somewhat_o like_a to_o silver_n for_o iâ—s_n splendour_n &_o whiteness_n and_o yet_o not_o much_o above_o lead_n for_o its_o softness_n and_o porosity_n and_o this_o be_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o tin_n and_o white_a lead_n that_o the_o one_o be_v engender_v where_o there_o be_v some_o silver_n 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