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Iiivenimusmac€riamph«nomeni5quaeramus&: effiaen-- 

 tem., Furorisa non erroris (pecies videcur , id, quod Majeflaci 

 fua^refervavit Nun)en,D^monicribuere, Deusnofterin coe- 

 !oeft,&qujEVuk,facit : pluit, tonac, fulminat,ferenat,vea- 

 tos excitac, & patrac mirabilia* Laudanc omnia h^c Creaco-'. 

 rem fuum,&apercc elamanc : Tu fecifti nos, non ipfa nos. 

 Audiqu^fo,quantomugiatopereilliustonitfu ! Helmontium» 

 cenlbrem alioru tam fagaeem & nafacum, miror hisc de toni- 

 tru lcripfiflein Anomalo Meccor. Cum tonitru non habeM fU-^ 

 m nfttur^lem in nuhibus meteorii credo frorfus cmfkm ommm 

 hahere nonfupra^ fedprdter n^turmi» ttdeoj^ ejje effeiiumport en^ 

 tofam, Inprimii nft^mj^ credere tjsnemur -t Cacodmionem ejjeprin^ 

 €tpem; &qu^feqq. Eadem de fuimine Eodinus afleric : ^ ge^ 

 niis dd^monihusq^ fulmin^^ cieri projici^ > cui (acisfecic oppidd 

 perplexeacam6igue/>'^;;^^W^/ h alieg. Nullaindigecfencsn- 

 cia ha?c confirmacione : Deus fumm^ & unwerJaJis , f^Pe etiar^ 



' immediata^ ^?;^>^/^/^?^ (eorum eciam^dequibusagimus) ejfe^u^ 

 umeHcauf^, Greacura ecenim in effefuo bona, neceflano de- 

 pendec a fuperiori eodemque liberiori agence. Nunc confi- 

 deremus ftellas, an, &: quanca fic in illis ad ph;^nomena ha^c 

 prodocenda vircus ? Porcencofa func, quse c. g. Mecebr. pro^ 

 ferc Fi^racelfus ; cui proprium hoc dedic confidencia ingenii, 

 ucauc cemcraria, aucfalfa, aiicmiraculaebuccinec. Sic ipfe: 

 In flellu fulmi^ialihus efl fuiphur in fi?nmo grddu , Jklpetrd i^ 



furnmn' pinguediney Mercurius in fummfv cmtra^rtjetate* Ex his 

 trihus tomtru , fulmen^ & tem.peflates fiunt, Ecquis compea-?* 

 diofius exprimererempocuiflrec? Sedheus, Viropcime, pro« 

 bari paradoxa debenc. Philofbphia hodie apparec oculataj 

 credic, quod videc, auc immocis deprehendic verum efle ar^ 

 gumentis. Queeiilc^ fulminales ftellce ? auc fulphureae , ni- 

 trofe, fimilesve? Scic, qu^nefcic, quas nec fadla, necfutura 

 funt Aureclus, Ad rem , cur non diftindlc appellavit Solem, 

 'Jovem i Mercurium^ Saturnum j Martem , cor Leonis , aut illius 



caudam? 



