The 20th on the Cultivated Plants that are proper for food and for medicine. The 21st on Flowers and Plants that are used for making Garlands. The 22nd on Garlands, and Medicines made from Plants. The 23rd on Medicines made from Wine and from cultivated Trees. The 24th on Medicines made from Forest Trees. The 25th on Medicines made from Wild Plants. The 26th on New Diseases, and Medicines made, for certain Diseases, from Plants. The 27th on some other Plants and Medicines. The 28th on Medicines procured from Man and from large Animals. The 29th on Medical Authors, and on Medicines from other Animals. The 30th on Magic, and Medicines for certain parts of the Body. The 31st on Medicines from Aquatic Animals. The 32nd on the other properties of Aquatic Animals. The 33rd on Gold and Silver. The 34th on Copper and Lead, and the workers of Copper. The 35th on Painting, Colours, and Painters. The 36th on Marbles and Stones. The 37th on Gems. BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. [I have adopted the division of the chapters from Hardouin, as given in the editions of Valpy, Lemaire, Ajasson, and Sillig; the Roman figures, enclosed between brackets, are the numbers of the chapters in Dalechamps, De Laët, Gronovius, Holland, and Poinsinet. The titles of the chapters are nearly the same with those in Valpy, Lemaire, and Ajasson.] CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHETHER THE WORLD BE FINITE, AND WHETHER THERE BE MORE THAN ONE WORLD. The world[86], and whatever that be which we otherwise call the heavens[87], by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must conceive to be a Deity[88], to be eternal, without bounds, neither created, nor subject, at any time, to destruction[89]. To inquire what is beyond it is no concern of man, nor can the human mind form any conjecture respecting it. It is sacred, eternal, and without bounds, all in all; indeed including everything in itself; finite, yet like what is infinite; the most certain of all things, yet like what is uncertain, externally and internally embracing all things in itself; it is the work of nature, and itself constitutes nature[90].