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innixi_fw-la atque_fw-la impositi_fw-la sumus_fw-la velut_fw-la solidissimis_fw-la carpentur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v there_o which_o be_v prviledge_v from_o danger_n of_o change_n not_o the_o earth_n not_o the_o heaven_n no_o nor_o this_o whole_a frame_n of_o creature_n though_o it_o be_v guide_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n it_o shall_v not_o always_o observe_v this_o order_n but_o some_o one_o day_n at_o last_o shall_v turn_v it_o out_o of_o his_o course_n for_o all_o thing_n have_v a_o time_n to_o be_v bear_v to_o increase_v and_o then_o again_o to_o die_v &_o be_v â—…ntinguished_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o thou_o see_v wheel_v over_o our_o head_n and_o even_o those_o upon_o which_o we_o be_v seat_v and_o settle_v as_o be_v most_o solid_a shall_v be_v surprise_v and_o leave_v to_o be_v and_o in_o another_o place_n si_fw-mi potest_fw-la tibi_fw-la selatio_fw-la esse_fw-la common_a fatum_fw-la nihil_fw-la constat_fw-la loco_fw-la stabili_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la qua_fw-la 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innocentia_fw-la non_fw-la durabit_fw-la nisi_fw-la dum_fw-la novi_fw-la sunt_fw-la citò_fw-la nequitia_fw-la subrepet_fw-la all_o creature_n shall_v be_v again_o restore_v and_o mankind_n shall_v again_o be_v send_v to_o inhabit_v the_o earth_n but_o a_o kind_a void_a of_o wickedness_n and_o bear_v to_o a_o better_a fortune_n yet_o shall_v not_o their_o innocence_n long_o endure_v neither_o but_o only_o while_o they_o be_v yet_o fresh_a and_o new_a afterward_o ungratiousnes_n will_v by_o degree_n creep_v upon_o they_o aelian_n as_o i_o have_v already_o touch_v to_o another_o purpose_n in_o the_o eight_o book_n of_o his_o history_n tell_v we_o that_o not_o only_o the_o mountain_n aetna_n for_o 11._o thereof_o may_v be_v give_v some_o reason_n because_o of_o the_o daily_a waste_n and_o consume_v of_o it_o with_o fire_n but_o parnassus_n and_o olympus_n do_v appear_v to_o be_v less_o and_o less_o to_o such_o as_o sail_v at_o sea_n the_o height_n thereof_o sink_v as_o it_o seem_v and_o thereupon_o infer_v that_o man_n most_o skilful_a in_o the_o secret_n of_o nature_n do_v affirm_v that_o the_o world_n itself_o shall_v likewise_o perish_v &_o have_v a_o end_n his_o premise_n i_o have_v in_o another_o place_n sufficient_o disprove_v but_o his_o conclusion_n infer_v thereupon_o i_o can_v but_o high_o approve_v &_o most_o willing_o accept_v of_o as_o a_o rich_a testimony_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o our_o christian_a doctrine_n touch_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n deliver_v from_o the_o pen_n of_o a_o gentile_a nay_o he_o positive_o affirm_v it_o to_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o most_o skilful_a in_o the_o secret_n of_o nature_n and_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o philosopher_n before_o aristotle_n heraclitus_n empedocles_n petri_n anaxagoras_n democritus_n and_o other_o as_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o world_n have_v a_o beginning_n in_o time_n so_o do_v they_o likewise_o that_o in_o time_n it_o shall_v have_v a_o end_n and_o since_o aristotle_n the_o great_a part_n his_o follower_n only_o except_v have_v ever_o constant_o maintain_v the_o same_o in_o somuch_o that_o the_o very_a epicure_n herein_o accord_v with_o the_o stoic_n though_o in_o other_o opinion_n they_o differ_v as_o fire_n and_o water_n as_o may_v appear_v in_o lucretius_n by_o sect_n a_o epicurean_a and_o for_o his_o wit_n much_o esteem_v among_o the_o ancient_n principio_fw-la maria_fw-la ac_fw-la terris_fw-la coelumque_fw-la tuere_fw-la 3._o horâ—…m_n naturam_fw-la triplicem_fw-la tria_fw-la corpora_fw-la memmi_fw-la tres_fw-la species_n tam_fw-la dissimiles_fw-la tria_fw-la talia_fw-la texta_fw-la una_fw-la dies_fw-la dabit_fw-la exitio_fw-la multosque_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la sustentata_fw-la rvet_fw-la mole_n &_o machina_fw-la mundi_fw-la behold_v o_o memmi_n first_o the_o earth_n the_o sea_n the_o heaven_n their_o threefold_a nature_n body_n three_o three_o shape_n so_o far_o unlike_a three_o piece_n wrought_v and_o weave_v so_o fast_o one_o day_n shall_v bring_v to_o naught_o and_o the_o huge_a frame_n &_o engine_n of_o this_o all_o uphold_v so_o many_o year_n at_o length_n shall_v fall_v and_o ovid_n speak_v of_o lucretius_n seem_v to_o have_v borrow_v from_o he_o part_v of_o these_o very_a word_n carmina_fw-la sublimis_fw-la tum_fw-la sunt_fw-la peritura_fw-la lucreti_n eleg._n exitio_fw-la terras_fw-la cum_fw-la dabit_fw-la una_fw-la dies_fw-la lucretius_n lofty_a rhyme_n so_o long_o shall_v live_v till_o to_o this_o earth_n one_o day_n destruction_n give_v and_o lucan_n as_o he_o differ_v not_o much_o from_o lucrece_n in_o name_n so_o do_v he_o full_o accord_v with_o he_o in_o this_o opinion_n sic_fw-la cum_fw-la compage_fw-la soluta_fw-la saecula_fw-la tot_fw-la mundi_fw-la suprema_fw-la coegerit_fw-la hora._n phâ—…os_n antiquum_fw-la repetens_fw-la iterum_fw-la chaos_n omne_fw-la mixtis_fw-la sydera_fw-la syderibus_fw-la concurrent_a ignea_fw-la pontum_fw-la astra_fw-la petent_fw-la tellus_fw-la extendere_fw-la littora_fw-la nolet_fw-la excutietque_fw-la fretum_fw-la fratri_fw-la contraria_fw-la phoebe_n ibit_fw-la &_o obliquum_fw-la bigas_fw-la agitare_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la indignata_fw-la diem_fw-la poscet_fw-la sibi_fw-la totaque_fw-la discors_fw-la machina_fw-la divulsi_fw-la turbabit_fw-la foedera_fw-la mundi_fw-la so_o when_o the_o last_o hour_n shall_v so_o many_o age_n end_n and_o this_o disjointed_a
all_o to_o chaos_n back_o return_v then_o all_o the_o star_n shall_v be_v blend_v together_o than_o those_o burn_a light_n on_o high_a in_o sea_n shall_v drench_v earth_n then_o her_o shore_n will_v not_o extend_v but_o to_o the_o wave_n give_v way_n the_o moon_n her_o course_n shall_v bend_v cross_n to_o her_o brother_n and_o disdain_v still_o to_o drive_v her_o chariot_n wheel_v athward_o the_o heavenly_a orb_n shall_v strive_v to_o rule_v the_o day_n this_o frame_n to_o discord_n whole_o bend_v the_o world_n peace_n shall_v disturb_v and_o all_o in_o sunder_o rend_v sect_n 3._o that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n by_o fire_n prove_v likewise_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o as_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n so_o likewise_o that_o this_o end_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o fire_n exustionis_fw-la huius_fw-la odor_n quidam_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la manavit_fw-la say_v ludovicus_n vives_n speak_v of_o the_o 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that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n so_o in_o special_a by_o fire_n where_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o caesar_n leave_v unburned_a at_o the_o battle_n of_o pharsalia_n he_o thus_o go_v on_o hos_fw-la caesar_n populos_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la non_fw-la usserit_fw-la ignis_fw-la vret_fw-la cum_fw-la terris_fw-la uret_fw-la cum_fw-la gurgite_fw-la ponti_fw-la 7._o communis_fw-la mundo_fw-la superest_fw-la rogus_fw-la ossibus_fw-la astra_fw-la misturus_fw-la if_o fire_n may_v not_o these_o corpse_n to_o ash_n turn_v o_o caesar_n now_o when_o earth_n and_o sea_n shall_v burn_v it_o shall_v a_o common_a fire_n the_o world_n shall_v end_v and_o with_o these_o bone_n those_o heavenly_a body_n blend_v as_o for_o ovia_n he_o deduce_v it_o from_o their_o prophetical_a record_n esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la affore_o tempus_fw-la 1_o quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la convexaque_fw-la regius_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeat_fw-la &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laborat_fw-la beside_o he_o call_v to_o mind_v how_o by_o decree_n of_o fate_n a_o time_n shall_v come_v when_o earth_n and_o sea_n and_o heaven_n high_a throne_n shall_v faint_v and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o this_o great_a world_n shall_v be_v consume_v in_o flame_n which_o he_o borrow_v say_v ludovicus_n vives_n ex_fw-la fatis_fw-la indubiè_fw-la sybillinis_fw-la undoubted_o from_o the_o oracle_n of_o sibylla_n and_o indeed_o verse_n there_o be_v which_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o sibylla_n to_o the_o very_a same_o purpose_n tunc_fw-la arden_n fluvius_fw-la coelo_fw-la manabit_fw-la ab_fw-la alto_fw-mi igneus_fw-la atque_fw-la locos_fw-la consumâ—…t_fw-la funditus_fw-la omnes_fw-la aculâ—…rum_fw-la terramque_fw-la oceanumque_fw-la ingentem_fw-la &_o caerula_fw-la ponti_fw-la stagnaque_fw-la tum_fw-la fluvios_fw-la fontes_fw-la ditemque_fw-la severum_fw-la coelestemque_fw-la polum_fw-la coeli_fw-la quoque_fw-la lumina_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la fluxa_fw-la ruent_fw-la 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shall_v be_v by_o fire_n total_o and_o final_o dissolve_v and_o annihilate_v prove_v by_o scripture_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o the_o opinion_n of_o divine_n touch_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o consummation_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v as_o different_a as_o the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o be_v strange_a and_o improbable_a some_o imagine_v that_o all_o the_o creature_n which_o by_o almighty_a god_n be_v make_v at_o the_o first_o beginning_n shall_v again_o be_v restore_v to_o that_o perfection_n which_o they_o enjoy_v before_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n other_o that_o the_o heaven_n and_o element_n shall_v only_o be_v so_o restore_v other_o that_o the_o heaven_n and_o only_o two_o of_o the_o element_n the_o air_n and_o the_o earth_n other_o again_o that_o the_o old_a world_n shall_v be_v whole_o abolish_v and_o a_o new_a create_v in_o steed_n thereof_o and_o last_o other_o which_o i_o must_v confess_v to_o i_o seem_v the_o most_o likely_a opinion_n and_o most_o agreeable_a to_o 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