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So that out of this difcourfe we gather, that of fuch bodies 

 that differ prccifcly by the proportion of Rarity and Denfity ; 

 thofc which are extremely rare, arc in the exccfle of heat, and 

 are dry with all : that weighty rare bodies arc extremely hu- 

 mide, and meanly hot : that fluidc denfe bodies arc moift, 

 though not in fuch cxcefle as rare ones that are fb ; but are 

 coldeft of any : and laftly, that extreme denfe bodies arc leflc 

 cold then fluide dente ones, and that they arc dry. 



But whether the extreme denfe bodies be more or leflfe dry 6". 

 then fuch as are cxtre.nely rare, remaineth yet to be decided. dt'eTodyls 

 Which we fhall eafily do, if we but reflect that it is deniuy ""^edry, then 

 which maketh a thing hard to be devided, and that rarity ma- rarVonef" 

 kch it eafic : for a facility to yield unto divifion, is nothing 

 clfe but a plyablenefle in the thing that is to be divided, where- 

 by it eafily recciveth the figure, which the thing that dividcth 

 it doth caft it into. Now this plyablenefle belongcth more to 

 rare then to denfe things : and accordingly, we fee fire bend 

 more eafily, by the concameranon of an oven, then a ftone can 

 be reduced into due figure by hewing. And therefore, fince dry- 

 nefleis a quality that makech thofc bodies wherein it reigneth, 

 to conferve thcmfelves in their own figure and limits, and to 

 refift the receiving of any from another body; it is manifest 

 that thofe arc drieft., wherein thefe eflfefts are moft leen; which 

 is, in dcnfc bodies : and consequently, cxcefle ofdrynefle rnuft 

 be allotted unto thcnr, to keep company with their moderate 

 coldneffe. 



Thus we fee that the number of Elements afligned by Ari- 7. 

 ftotle is truly and exactly determined by him ; and that there There are buc 



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can be neither more nor leflc of them ; and that their qualities bodies : and 



are rightly allotted to thorn : which to fettle more firmly in our [y ^[ e n?ht * 



minds, i will not be mifle-fpcnt time to fumme up in fhort the racntj. 



eflfeft of what we have hitherto faid to bring us unro this con- 



clufion. Firft, we flicwedthat a body is made^ and conftituted 



a body by quantity. Next, that the firft divifion of bodies is inro 



rare and den<e ones;as differing oncly by having tYiore and jcflc 



quantify. And laftly, that the conjunction of graviry wkh 



thefe two, brcedeth two other forts of combinations : each of 



which is alfb twofold ; the firft fort, concerning rarity ; oat o " 



which arifeth one extremely hot and moderately dry, and an- 



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