IXQUISITIO LEGITIMA DE MOTU. 157 



Reductionem ad statum quo, as when urine or blood is 

 broken and by fire reduced, assignamus sub motu 

 cohibitionis vel regio. 



Conservationem, mansionem in statu, non exituram 

 spiritus in corporibus porosis sive terrae fixis (?) 

 assignamus sub motu regio. 



All ripenings, coction, assation, the gathering perfection 

 of wines, beers, cyders, &c. by age and time, as- 

 signamus sub motu maturationis. 1 



Etiam multiplicationem virtutis per unionem quantita- 

 tis, vel conservationem status per unionem quan- 

 titatis, assignamus sub motu maturationis vel exal- 

 tationis. 



Liquefactionem, Mollificationem, Liquiditatem, consis- 

 tentiam, duritiem, indurationem, or closeness of 

 parts, Ampliationem, congelationem, constipatio- 

 nem, assignamus sub motu hyles interiore. 



Residence, flowering, working out a skin, defecation, 

 refining, clearing and lees, dissolving or breaking 

 as in blood or urine, coagulation or turning to 

 curds or whey, haec assignamus sub motu separa- 

 tiouis in se. 



[Etiam disordinationem partium, as when pears rolled 

 get a sweetness, when roses crushed alter their 

 smell, haec assignamus motui separationis in se.] 



Evaporationem, exhalationem, emissionem, consump- 

 tionem, diminutionem, arefactionem, assignamus 

 sub motu separationis in aliud. 



Corruptionem, rust, mould, assignamus motui separa- 

 tionis altse. 



Motus soliditatis sive expulsionis corporis dissimilis, 



1 The reference is to the three kinds of pepsis spoken of by Aristotle : 

 pepansis, epsesis, and optesis. Meteorol. iv. R. L. E. 



