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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 



All is now quiet and the lava on this fide is flopped, 

 after laying wafte the largeft trad of cultivated ground 



The 



that it has deftroyed at once within this century. _ 

 createft eruptions of it have been in the year 1707, m the 

 year 17^7, and this of 1767. I leave your deep natural- 

 ills to account for this periodical crifis; and it may not 

 be the firft mere accidental obfervation that has given birth 

 to a profound fyftcra*. 



defc 



c u ft rrmarkaMc eruptions of Vefuvius have happened as follow : 

 lr^:i '76 lt:^^^"clii forth fuch ciuantlties of ftnokc and flatt.c as to obfcure 

 .heyday, a..d\4ftroyed the cities of Pon.peiutBa^^^ better ac<iuai„ted with 



.hfc *^. ^IZ^ :143':f Vefuts, ven^tVed fo r.ear, that this great naturalitt 



^'1;^; ;sr^^vtf w^r;::t:^;^tu-S or £-. that au the „ci^ho.ri„, 



"r„'tL' w" ll'ir Vefav^u: Threw o.t flames, in fuch ahuudauce, that t^pwards of 4000 per. 



'-r:t:^Z^i:^^r^"^^^'^^''^^^^ vifited Ve^vi^. at 

 In the year I7i7. ,„/„,riofitv as Plmy the elder. _ I 





Itie rnuoiur;"-"' * r T j- „, „„„ formed liill; 1 cou d dilcern it to DC mieo wiui i^^,,^^ 

 ^.aower i" *e fide of the fame "^ '°™™ ^^.b^^fe, which raged and wrought as the 

 " liquid matter Uke that m *e 'u rn^ce fe ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^j ^ 



" waves of the fea, ''^''^?^ '^ f'^'^'^ZTcrZcks. This ftuff would fometimes fpew over and 

 " a fea of quickfilver <'f;"gfXfn;Xii and appeared at firft red hot; it changed colour 

 :: "d tX'edTsTeSd;' tw?nTa^^ -lit^fents of an eruption, or, .f I may fo fay. 



" an eruption in niiniature." /-.wh-ftrntnive that it occafioncd the following curious in- 



Dic-^ facem pra^fert dici ; nudiu. pcrci.dioo. 



Advortite. 

 Vieies ab fatu foUs, nifabulator hirtoria, arfit Vcfuv.u,, 

 lmmanifempercladeh=elitant.um; 



Kp nofthac incertos occupet, moneo. 

 Ute^utn ge t mons hie bitumine alunune, ferro, 

 Y r^rf ento nitro, aquarum fontibus, gravem. 

 Ser"; o'c uslgnefct: peUgoque it,fluentc par.et . 

 S ante parturit, concutitur, concut.t iobm, 

 FumiEat, corrafcat, flammigerat, quaht 

 !""«, horrendum im.nug.t, boat, tonat, 



Arcet iinibua accolas. 



Emigra dum licet. 

 Jam jam inititur, erumpit, ^/^[-^^J"^ 

 iacum cvomit, prxcip.ti ruit lUe Upiu. 



Seramque fugam pr^jvertit. _ 



Si corripit, aaum eft, pernlti. 



Anno Salutis 163I, - , • , „ 



Tu fi fapis, audi clamantcni lapidcn:), 

 Spernc larem, fpernc farcinidas ; 



Mora nulla, fuge. Jn 





