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may moꝛe apparantly fee the ſame, 3 
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= wi.ill ſpeake of ſuche that holde the one opinion, and alſs ot 
Thai ebe I. thole that are of the other: and the parties being heard, wee 
ron is colde Will iuage that which al ſeeme beſt onto vs. Let vs ſpeak 
Salen. firſt of thofe that affirme zron ts be colde, and let Galen bee 
. the irk, who dooth lay that all thoſe metals of their nature 
ure dꝛpe, and ſothey haue great vertue, and ſtrength, to dꝛy 
vp, and that that bath moſt vertue and ſtrength to doe this 
: among all oftgem, is the Jron,as allo with this vertue to 
* Daye vp : it hath alfo bertueto make colde. Wee dooth coms 
pate it to the fone, faying that the ſubſtance ok the ſtone is 
conſtant, and ſtedtaſt, for the colde, and dꝛyeth that it bath: 
Euen la is the ron, in ſuche ſoꝛte that it bath the nature of 
the fone, the which is tolde and dꝛye. And this whiche her 
ey ſayeth in the nienth of his Methodo, hee dooth confirme ta 
an ttatokthe naturall faculties . The harde bodies Dootheww 
* to haue moꝛe earthly partes, and as the Iron is moſt harde, 
it bath moꝛe then all ether thinges, whereby it commeth to 
be colde and dꝛie. ; mid N ob os FESS 
Aueroyes Booth tonſirme the lame in the fifth of his Co- 
iger and fayeth : thinges whiche ars made harde of heate, 
With the dominion of earthly partes ought to bee colde, and 
dzpe, as the Jromis, Alberto Magno in the booke ofthe 
Metheuros ſapeth: the ron when it is kindled maketh 
itfelfeverprende, foz becauſe in bis principall qualitis it 
bath earthly partes the ſame he doth confirme in the bake 
which he made of metals. Tey eee 
Conciliador in the difference 55. ſayeth inthe Trot 
is not founde that bertuc which is erpzeffely acine, but in 
de erdeitis calde and daye . The fame wordes are fapoe 
inthe differente 123, Gentill in the ſame queſtion wyiche 
de made dee Atte medicinarnns, ſapeth, thatthe Aron 
ee ae Sh Herculano 
