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raqueinteliedu^rublimicace, corporis lefepropemodum vie- 

 culisexemic, idqueipfumindagareaulusefij quodca£lUj vi- 

 fu, audicuj aflequi nonlicebac, idea fibi efiFormaca, qua ab- 

 flrufifllmarumrerum nacuralium caufas jncuerecur, exinde- 

 que per ina udica Nomina & allegoricos fenfus , effedus ex cau- 

 fis> eaufasqueex effe£tibas dedpcendo, Arcem Medicam fcien- 

 damfecic: quodTheophraftus magno auiii aggrefluseft, fe- 

 licivixnonevencu confummavic, magnumquePhyficxAri- 

 fi:ocelicae, & Mechodo Galenicae vulnus inflixic. A faniori- 

 bus cBVi noftri Medicis ^ Paracelfus, Arcanorum Chymico - Me- 

 dicorumMoiiarchacenfecur, Helmoncio vero donumTheo- 

 rice fupereademaccribuicur, ucrique honor & laus magna a 

 Pofterisdebecur. Hiinquam, Ancefignani, & pofl illos in- 

 numeri alii, omnes quidem incencionem fiiam eoconverce- 

 runca uc ope deftillacionum, fublimacionum, digeflionum, 

 fermencacionum , calcinacionum & pra?cipicacionum(quas 

 func operationes vi ignis elicic^, parcim bland^ & Nacura^ con- 

 formes, parcini violenc^^) corporacompoficainparcesfimpli- 

 cioresdividerenc, fupponendo, quod quidquid eftcompofi- 

 cum , e (implicioribus prius debeac effe conflacum, adeoque 

 fimpliciacompoficisprioraefie, &qu6qu2eresfimplicior, eo 

 Ccecerisprior,accandemcumaprogreffu in infinicum abhor- 

 reacnacura,iIlaquasinprioraalia, canquam fimpliciora a no- 

 bis refolvi nequeanc, omnium prima dici debere, adeoque 

 cicra omnedubium, iila nacuralium corporurn vera &genui- 

 na principiaconfticuendafbre, qu^e in rerumnacuraliumor- 

 dine fimpliciflima fiint, ieu in qu^ ulcim6 res corporece re^ 

 folvqncur , ica uc in alia priora refbivi nequeanc. Sed necdun> 

 ica progrediendoadhucincegreincer Dodiffimos viros, circa 

 rerum nacuraliumprincipiacompofitaliseft, quin adhucfub 

 Judicefic, magis nihilomin^is magisque, DEO iUuminance^ 

 illucefcic eciam.num Vericas. Reperiuncur enim quid^^m, q ui 

 corppribus refolvendis operam dances,docenciUa refolvi pofis 

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