Part IV- oftbeEartk iSi 



That all MetalJick and Mioeral 

 dules whatever: as weH thofe which 

 are in r^de LiimpS;, fuch as the com- 

 _ mon Pyrit£y Flints^ Agates^ Onyxes^ 

 ■ Pebles, Jafpers , Cornelioos ^ aod the 

 m hke : as thofb which are of a more re* 

 P guUr and obfervable Sbape^ foch as the 

 Selenites, Belemnites, Stelechites^ Mi- 

 neral Coral : and, in one word^ all 

 others whatfbever, were formed at 

 this time and by this means. 



That in fuch parts of the Water 

 where the Corpufcles fb fuftaioed chan- 

 ced to be all of the fame kind : or^ at Fjm 

 leaft, where there were fewer kinds ^-^^-^^ 

 or varieties of them^ the Nodules^ 

 which were thus formed out of theoi^ 

 were more fmpk^ pure^ and homoge« 

 neous, as are the Selenites^ and Ibme 

 kinds of Pebles and Flints, to oaoic 

 no more : But where (as indeed it ge- 

 nerally fell out) there happened to be 

 a greater variety of Corpufcles, as iiip- 

 pofe of Sulphur, of Vitriol^ of Alooi^ 

 of Iron, of Copper, or whatever elfe^ 

 fuftained promifcuoufly together^ ihere 

 the Nodules, formed out of them, were 

 mtxt^ and confifted of a greater vari- 

 ety of Matter confufedly aflbciated in- 

 to the fame Lump, Qf this the Pw^^^ 



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