Fart I V". the Eank 1 2p 



of the Cataftrophe^ the Water there- * 

 upon iiTimediately withdrawing again cZf^&€^ 

 from off the Earth mdPart 3. 



That the IVater which afcends up ^ 

 out of the Abyfs, on all fides of thec^p^r^^^ 

 Globe, towards the Surface of the^''/ ^ 

 Earth f , incelTantly pervading the 5. 

 Pores of the iJfr^/^^, I mean the Inter- t ^^^n* 

 IHces of the Sand or other Matter ^^^- l' 

 whereof they confift, detaches and 

 bears along with it all fuch metallick, 

 mineral, and other Corpufcles which 

 lye loofe in its way, and are withal fb 

 final! as to be able to pafs thofe Inter- 

 ftices: forcing them along w ith it in- 

 to the perpendicular Intervalls ; to 

 which it naturally direfts its courfe, as 

 finding there a ready Exit and I3if. 

 charge |j , being partly exhaled thence II n^id. 

 up into the Atmofphere, and partly 

 flowing fortfi upon the Surface of th€ 

 Earth, and forming Springs and Ri- 

 vers, o 



That the Water which falls upon 

 the Surface of the Earth in RaWy bears 

 alfo fbme, though a leffer, fhare in this 

 Action ; this, (baking into the S^raU 

 which lye near the Surface, ftraining 

 through the Pores of them, and ad- 

 vancing on towards tlicir perpend icu- 



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