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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o then_o it_o ascend_v gradual_o again_o beginning_n with_o the_o low_a and_o most_o ponderous_a the_o earth_n attenuate_v dissolve_v into_o water_n of_o the_o water_n rarefy_v be_v make_v air_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o reâ—â—_n after_o the_o same_o process_n which_o make_v our_o poet_n worthy_o reproach_v this_o ephesian_a philosopher_n as_o one_o clarus_n ob_fw-la obscuram_fw-la linguam_fw-la magis_fw-la inter_fw-la inane_n quam_fw-la de_fw-la gravis_fw-la inter_fw-la graios_n qui_fw-la vera_fw-la requirunt_fw-la omnia_fw-la enim_fw-la stolidi_fw-la magis_fw-la admirantur_fw-la amantque_fw-la inversis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la verbis_fw-la laâ—itantia_fw-la cernunt_fw-la veráque_fw-la constituunt_fw-la quae_fw-la bellè_fw-la tangere_fw-la possunt_fw-la aures_fw-la &_o lepido_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la fucata_fw-la sonore_fw-la cry_v up_o for_o his_o dark_a expression_n by_o the_o light_n not_o sober_a greek_n such_o as_o in_o truth_n 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which_o yet_o say_v some_o he_o do_v but_o dissemble_v out_o of_o excess_n of_o fast_n and_o disdain_n acad._n as_o conceit_v himself_o the_o only_a person_n in_o the_o world_n for_o profoundness_n of_o learning_n and_o wisdom_n by_o the_o character_n our_o poet_n give_v he_o it_o seem_v he_o much_o delight_v to_o be_v little_o understand_v and_o lucretius_n be_v no_o admirer_n of_o hierogliphical_a learning_n yet_o not_o out_o of_o disaffection_n to_o pure_a and_o natural_a eloquence_n but_o when_o it_o be_v empty_a and_o jejune_n of_o matter_n or_o that_o any_o science_n be_v deliver_v in_o obscure_a language_n which_o have_v make_v some_o write_n on_o this_o place_n as_o if_o by_o inversis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la verbis_fw-la etc._n etc._n signify_v how_o heraclitus_n be_v addict_v to_o the_o childish_a spell_a or_o pronounce_v his_o word_n backward_o because_o vitruvius_n and_o some_o other_o have_v name_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o his_o affect_a obscurity_n and_o laertius_n where_o he_o repeat_v divers_a reproachful_a nickname_n give_v to_o sundry_a of_o the_o philosopher_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la nimirum_fw-la turbaâ—orem_fw-la confusorémve_fw-la etc._n etc._n ob_fw-la affectatam_fw-la in_o scribendo_fw-la obscuritatem_fw-la a_o great_a lover_n of_o enigmatical_a and_o tropical_a expression_n which_o make_v nardius_n on_o this_o place_n very_o much_o in_o choler_n against_o our_o poor_a chemist_n at_o who_o cant_v he_o be_v exceed_o bitter_a and_o impatient_a but_o to_o our_o poet_n who_o first_o quarrel_n against_o heraclitus_n be_v cur_n tam_fw-la variae_fw-la res_fw-la possent_fw-la esse_fw-la requiro_fw-la exit_fw-la vero_fw-la si_fw-la sunt_fw-la igni_fw-la puróque_fw-la creatae_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o how_o thing_n can_v thus_o differ_v i_o inquire_v if_o they_o proceed_v from_o pure_a and_o real_a fire_n to_o prove_v that_o no_o solitary_a thing_n or_o element_n alone_o can_v possible_o be_v this_o catholic_a principle_n especial_o since_o as_o it_o follow_v they_o neither_o admit_v of_o rarefaction_n condensation_n or_o vacuum_n without_o which_o it_o must_v of_o necessity_n still_o remain_v fire_n such_o yet_o as_o in_o defect_n of_o vacuum_n to_o move_v in_o it_o can_v not_o be_v the_o principle_n be_v thus_o destroy_v by_o reason_n of_o its_o density_n incompatible_a with_o its_o nature_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o light_n heat_n and_o effect_n thereof_o which_o evident_o discover_v its_o rarefaction_n and_o admixtion_n with_o vacuum_n but_o quòd_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr ulla_fw-la credunt_fw-la ratione_fw-la potesse_n ignis_fw-la in_o coctu_fw-la stingui_fw-la mutaréque_fw-la corpus_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o haply_o some_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o fire_n may_v shifâ—_n its_o body_n and_o in_o the_o mass_n expire_v etc._n etc._n and_o by_o this_o shift_n become_v earth_n be_v endue_v with_o more_o crass_a and_o thick_a particle_n for_o so_o 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l._n 8._o indeed_o though_o some_o hardy_a man_n father_n this_o philosophy_n on_o moses_n yet_o that_o water_n be_v real_o a_o very_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o universal_a principle_n beside_o the_o forecited_n thaâ—es_n hippon_n empedocles_n and_o theophrastus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o say_v hypocrates_n himself_o attribute_n much_o to_o it_o and_o of_o late_a time_n the_o great_a sendivogius_n and_o general_o the_o best_a learned_a spagirist_n but_o above_o all_o be_v famous_a that_o experiment_n deliver_v we_o by_o helmont_n of_o the_o growth_n of_o his_o tree_n supply_v only_o by_o this_o humour_n let_v the_o curious_a consult_v his_o work_n for_o i_o hasten_v as_o concern_v the_o earth_n hesiod_n and_o some_o other_o first_o broach_v in_o fine_a he_o conclude_v that_o whoever_o they_o be_v that_o constitue_a fire_n heat_v air_n the_o water_n or_o indeed_o any_o other_o solitary_a element_n to_o be_v the_o universal_a and_o common_a principle_n magnopere_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la longéque_fw-la errasse_fw-la videntur_fw-la have_v all_o alike_o at_o large_a from_o truth_n estray_v add_v etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la conduplicant_n primordia_fw-la rerum_fw-la add_v those_o who_o principle_n of_o thing_n combine_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o general_n of_o these_o philosopher_n such_o be_v archelaus_n and_o parmenides_n the_o one_o make_v fire_n and_o water_n the_o other_o earth_n and_o water_n to_o be_v rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la be_v the_o learned_a empedocles_n by_o sect_n a_o pythagorean_n by_o birth_n a_o citizen_n of_o agrigentum_n 7._o a_o town_n in_o sict_o now_o call_v naro_n and_o gergento_n who_o coast_n our_o poet_n here_o most_o elegant_o describe_v together_o with_o the_o rivage_n and_o vorago_fw-la of_o charybdis_n the_o horrible_a and_o ignivomous_a mouth_n of_o aetna_n not_o improper_o mention_v in_o this_o place_n as_o into_o who_o jaw_n some_o report_n he_o precipitate_v himself_o his_o hope_n be_v to_o have_v make_v man_n think_v he_o have_v pass_v some_o extraordinary_a way_n to_o immortality_n if_o the_o unlucky_a ejection_n of_o his_o iron_n sandal_n which_o he_o forget_v to_o dispose_v of_o have_v not_o detect_v his_o ambition_n and_o folly_n some_o say_v he_o fall_v into_o that_o barathrum_n by_o accident_n as_o the_o elder_a pliny_n perish_v at_o vesuvius_n whilst_o he_o be_v philosophize_v upon_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o terrible_a vulcano_n the_o particular_n mention_v here_o by_o our_o carus_n be_v only_o in_o honour_n of_o this_o illustrious_a hero_n who_o he_o even_o canonizes_n and_o make_v a_o demigod_n of_o but_o certain_o a_o very_a extraordinary_a person_n he_o be_v in_o imitation_n of_o who_o former_a work_n upon_o the_o like_a subject_n some_o affirm_v that_o our_o poet_n compose_v these_o six_o book_n de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la and_o how_o great_a a_o man_n he_o be_v may_v be_v see_v at_o large_a in_o diog._n ceâ—sum_fw-la laertius_n where_o he_o inform_v we_o how_o near_o he_o approach_v to_o the_o description_n of_o god_n who_o whilst_o some_o with_o the_o anthropomorphite_n imagine_v to_o be_v compose_v of_o humane_a form_n and_o shape_n that_o be_v to_o say_v
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