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XLIV. Bodies of polifh'd or tranfparent 



Of certain 



the" 



Of metal, chryftal, iv'ry, wood, or ftone ;: 



pradical Part. 



And all whofe rough unequal parts are rear'd, 505 

 The fhaggy fleece, thick fur, or briftly beard ^ 

 The liquid too ; the fadly melting eye, 

 The well-comb'd locks that wave with gloffy dye; 

 Plumage and filks; a floating form that take, 

 Fair Nature's mirror the extended lake, ^xa 



With what immers'd thro' its calm medium friines. 

 By reflex light, or to its furface joins : 

 Thefe fir ft with thin and even fhades portray, 

 Then, on their flatnefs, ftrike th' enlivening ray, 

 Bright and diftindt, and laft with ftrift review, 

 Reftore to every form its outline true. 



s * IJV \ Lffivia que lucent, veluti cryftalla, metalla, 



Quedam circa 



Ligna, ofla, & lapides ; villofa, ut vellera, pelles^ 

 Barbz, aqueique oculi, crines, hotoferica, plumie; 

 Et liquida, ut ftagnans aqua, reflexxque Tub undis 

 Corporeal fpecies, & aquis contermina cuncfta, 

 Subter ad extremum liquide fint pida, fuperque 

 Luminibus percufia fuis, fignifque repoflis. 



