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LIB. II. DE NIETALLIS BT AL 11S _C. 131
allerie, ferrum liquatum, vel ac-
centum maxime ac porissimum
ferrum esse: hinc eriani AC, VE FIy-
drarsirum proprie metallum non
sic; dicirur fossile, Calcem ve plu-
rimim; nempe ex Fodinis cruitur
mecallum, quis hoc nelcie; dixi
et plurimum quia Forre aliquando
exrra fodinas quaedam inecalla
concreleune, de quo infra; dici-
tur liguabile,  malleo ductile,
in quo meralla a lapidibus, et aliis
mixeis FolMlibus distinOnUnEUE, YE
 Tulphure, niero, aC.
PR OP. IT.
Metalla constant ex Flemeniis
porse, vel per accidens: COnFARE
enim ex igne, vel muleo, vel mo-
dico; hinc aCCendHneuE, VE FerrUIM,
25, _C. icemque cerra, re duricies,
e pondus cestantur; 2dde quod
parricula cerrae rnici non pollent,
nillignis hlamina plexum Facerent;
constane eriam tumore, nempe
inest aliqua mollities, VE AUIO,
Plumbo; pexterea liquaneur me.
calla; per prop. 2. igicur aliae par-
ciculae nacane in medio communi,
idest in humore: denique metalla
line aère esse non pollune; cum
enim luis poris constene, quod
certe omni corpori dulo compe-
EIC, _ CUM racuOS nON CHICIA-
nifectum (IE, ex iis, qua alias de-
monstraui, cerre ab iplo aeraoc-
cupari racuitaces illas necesse eAt:
hinc recte supra dixi, per lc, vel
per accidens; nam per le ex aëie
proprie non constane, nisi co mo-
do, quo sponsia ex aere constat,
corporum occuper: hinc elemen.
nec enim aer concrelcere porcst,
ea dici poltune metallorum mate.
ria, Ced remoea; de proxima aurem
dicam infra.
DR OD. TII.
Praeter elementa non est alia ma-
teria simplem: Aliqui nelcio quam
simplicem maceriam a nostris ele-
meneis distinctam, in metallis po-
nune; hoc eA nelcio quam quin-
tam elsentiam; c caelis in cerras
derinatam: Ced Frusera ee omnino
sraris; nulla enim est metalloru
Propriecas, quam qualicatibus cle-
mencaribus cribuere non poltimus.
reparebie ex dicendis infra; igi-
cur in mecallis, praecer elementas
non est alia maceria simplex.
PROP. IV.
Ouidquia mecallorum est, seu
fuit, ab initio creacum non fuit: Fa-
ceor vleco, mecalla cum aliis mix-
cis acque aded cum eoro caelesti
flobo, Fuisse creata; ab eo tamen
cempore mulca porrio metallica
concreuit, quod innumeris ex-
perienciis cuincieur; nempe inve-
niuncur in fodinis renx illae me-
callica, in quibus aliqua mecalli
porcio Formaca est; alia vero le-
IiFOEmaCa; IMIVO reMa iIlE aC-
borclcentes in Ela renuissima, qua-
Si adinstar lanuginis (IgnUm PEX-
ferune perspicuum halicum in me
callum concrelcere; ad de quod in
Fodinis excauaris denuo inCralla
renalei dicuneur; sed huius rei A-
des sic penes auchores; quidquid
sIE, Cerrum est, inixtum mecallicum
de nouo Formari, Cen concrelcere
nec implicari ab ione, Ced illius posle; quod ad peaelens instieu-
maxime sinis est, ad quem a Na- tum Caris eNe videtur.
cura institHEAS CA, VE VaCUITaTeS