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A _spark_ of it struck out
of a _Flint_ (or Firestone), 2.
by means of a _Steel_, 1.
and taken by _Tynder_
in a _Tynder-box_, 3.
lighteth a _Match_, 4.
_Scintilla_ ejus elisa
e _Silice_, (Pyrite) 2.
Ope _Chalybis_, 1.
et excepta a _Fomite_
in _Suscitabulo_, 3.
accendit _Sulphuratum_, 4.
and after that a _Candle_, 5.
or _stick_, 6.
and causeth a _flame_, 7.
or _blaze_, 8.
which catcheth hold of
the Houses.
et inde _Candelam_, 5.
vel _Lignum_, 6.
et excitat _Flammam_, 7.
vel _Incendium_, 8.
quod corripit
Ædificia.
_Smoak_, 9.
ascendeth therefrom,
which, sticking to
the _Chimney_, 10.
turneth into _Soot_.
_Fumus_, 9.
ascendit inde,
qui, adhærans
_Camino_, 10.
abit in _Fuliginem_.
Of a _Fire-brand_,
(or burning stick)
is made a _Brand_, 11.
(or quenched stick).
Ex _Torre_,
(ligno ardente,)
fit _Titio_, 11.
(lignum extinctum.)
Of a _hot Coal_
(red hot piece
of a Fire-brand)
is made a _Coal_, 12.
(or a _dead Cinder_).
Ex _Pruna_,
(candente particulâ
Torris,)
fit _Carbo_, 12.
(_Particula mortua_.)
That which remaineth,
is at last _Ashes_, 13.
and _Embers_ (or hot _Ashes_).
Quod remanet,
tandem est _Cinis_, 13.
& _Favilla_ (ardens _Cinis_.)
VI.
The Air.
Aër.
[Illustration]
A cool _Air_, 1.
breatheth gently.
_Aura_, 1.
spirat leniter.
The _Wind_, 2.
bloweth strongly.
_Ventus_, 2.
flat valide.
A _Storm_, 3.
throweth down Trees.
_Procella_, 3.
sternit Arbores.
A _Whirl-wind_, 4.
turneth it self
in a round compass.
_Turbo_, 4.
agit se
in gyrum.
A Wind _under Ground_, 5.
causeth an _Earthquake_.
Ventus _subterraneus_, 5.
excitat _Terræ motum_.
An Earthquake causeth
gapings of the Earth,
(and falls of Houses.) 6.
Terræ motus facit
Labes (& ruinas.) 6.
VII.
The Water.
Aqua.
[Illustration]
The _Water_ springeth
out of a _Fountain_, 1.
floweth downwards
in a _Brook_, 2.
runneth in a _Beck_, 3.
_Aqua_ scatet
è _Fonte_, 1.
defluit
in _Torrente_, 2.
manat in _Rivo_, 3.
standeth in a _Pond_, 4.
glideth in a _Stream_, 5.
is whirled about
in a _Whirl-pit_, 6.
and causeth _Fens_, 7.
stat in _Stagno_, 4.
fluit in _Flumine_, 5.
gyratur
in _Vortice_, 6.
& facit _Paludes_, 7.
The _River_ hath _Banks_, 8.
Flumen habet _Ripas_.
The _Sea_ maketh _Shores_, 9.
_Bays_, 10. _Capes_, 11.
_Islands_, 12.
_Almost Islands_, 13.
_Mare_ facit _Littora_, 9.
_Sìnus_, 10. _Promontoria_, 11.
_Insulas_, 12.
_Peninsulas_, 13.
_Necks of Land_, 14.
_Straights_, 15.
and hath in it _Rocks_, 16.
_Isthmos_, 14.
_Freta_, 15.
& habet _Scopulos_, 16.
VIII.
The Clouds.
Nubes.
[Illustration]
A _Vapour_, 1. ascendeth
from the _Water_.
_Vapor_, 1. ascendit
ex _Aquâ_.
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