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REGNUM 

 LAPIDEUM. 



Fuiflc HUMOREM rcrum initinm Aqttamque Terrjc primordium, 

 e quo furrexere omnta, tefte Molc, Thalcte, Seneca, 

 manifcftatur dum chaoticum Nucleum ^ inundans Mare 

 gcmtum in fe foetum lente enititur in Co*ti»extem 9 

 qaam, exhalando continue Rorem, in Nebulas elevandum, 

 imbrfous aethcreis reclificatis dccidais quotannis la<9tat. 

 Cataclyfmi univcrfalis ccrta rudcra eco nondum ^ attigi, t 

 quousque penetravi ; minus etiam vcram tcrram adamiticam^ 

 fe d Pj>iqu e vidi factas ex iEquore Tcrras, & in his 

 mera Ructera longinqui fenfim prxteilapfi aevi. 



AQU-\ oceani humida, frigidula, paffiva, concipiens, ubique 

 foecundata a ficco, calefcente, a&ivo, gcnerante Aere, 

 obfervamr in tinu fuo imimo prrcgnans gcmino Fcetu: 

 Mafculo folubili, acri, claro, cryrtallino Salino, 

 Femineo flxato, vifcido, opaco, attractorio Terreno. 

 Privignos infuper duos Vegetabilem & Animalem, 

 feminnm catena continuandos , enutriet \\kc Aqua: 

 Hi ambo in Terram reducuntur perenni circulo, 

 dum etiam nOrum hsres erit nutrix Noverca. 



SALIA fapida, polyedra , diaphana, muhiplicativa, folubilit 

 in particulas mininatfs infmitas, nihilominus feinper confermes, 

 concrefccntesque iterum iterumque in majores etiam conformes, 

 gencrant cryttallifando , in tk ex terris variis, varios Lapides: 

 Nitrum Aereum, obducendo auget Arenam. 

 Muria Marina, corrodendo attrahit ArgUlam, 

 Natrum Animale, refudando coagulat Cafcem. 

 Alumen Vegetabilc, rtmificando ferruminat Hnmum. 

 Sic Patres Laf tdttm. 



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PhoUdes inbakitant tuare mcditerraneum , intra ru^iumt farva fornminm^ per qu<r i 

 tuiuitiores tfredi ntquemii JS* quidem ad ipftm wtit jupmrjkiefi , nec uurc, mt 

 $%&ns banrian: ; cumqut etiitmnum vw<e itri h.-cnnt, W reliqucrupt fua foramins 

 tum ctHortmamm teiis , antt fecula rupibus ivchfis 43* fnjkjtffiis, & quititmjifqut , 

 in altiffimas italidr alpes , tejtes ha funt hcupletiljtmi aqu* t V-£dt*:**. Camftr 

 Do» Ai\. Angl. 1757. n, 50. $.11. 



