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Jtitentui<br />

yifcihm.<br />

HB.n. DE<br />

Ctfd.XII* Monfes., tn alios e vifcerihiis Maris in altum evi- fruebantur ,<br />

jara dominante Mari in pifcium CoroUar,<br />

Iratos illiji, cum terrihilifragore in millepartes evafifle latihula novimus ; Montiumjuga abforpta<br />

diffilirent ,<br />

qu^pojlea manihus accept^e in are-<br />

hic,novis alibi crefcentibus; Lacusm-<br />

Infula nova nam nigram conterehantur. Porrh ex varia im- gentes ,<br />

jura Neptuni in Rhese feu Vefts<br />

"""^^"'^' menfaque rejc^amenlorum multitudine , faxorumgue<br />

tnnamerorum coacervatione Inluia nova<br />

tranftulerunt jura;& contr^.F/umina defertis<br />

nativis alveorum incunabulis alios fibi ex<br />

in mddio , eotjue profundifjmo Oceano Montium clauftris exitus pararunt.<br />

Atque<br />

Alia interi<br />

t'js InfuU<br />

Atlantic»<br />

cauia.<br />

exorta, in principio quidem parva, quinque jugerum<br />

, at in dies augmentatain tantum excrevit<br />

, ut ahhinc , 14 diehus , fpatium longitudinis<br />

quinque miUiarium occuphrit. Tanta auciunt<br />

, & mortales hujus Geocofmi incolas<br />

ita humanx fortis incertitudinem patefa-<br />

,<br />

tem hoc incendio multitudo Pifcium periit, monent,ut cum nihilperpetuumacftabile,<br />

fed omnia caduca , variis fortunaj cafibus<br />

([uantum vix oiio naves onerarice Indiae caperepojfent<br />

,<br />

qui longe lateque per Infulam dif-<br />

& interitui obnoxia cognofcerent , cogita-<br />

perfi , neputrefa£iione contagionem aUquani caufarent,<br />

ah indigenis in profundiffimis foveis, ad<br />

I 8 milliaria circumcirca colleth, fepuUiJunt.<br />

Odor autem fulphuris fpatio 24 miUiarium<br />

OPIFICIO GLOBI TERRENI. 83<br />

tales quidem & tam horribiles Terreni Glohi<br />

uti infinitam DElpotentiam,<br />

conver/iones ,<br />

tionesfuas, ftudia, aninium & mentem^qus<br />

nulla re creata fatiari pofi"unt,ad fublimia &<br />

fempiternabona elevent, DEOfoliinhient,<br />

in cujus manu funt cmnia juraRegnorum,<br />

& fines univerfx Naturs confiftunt.<br />

Appendix.<br />

De Ceieberrimis Orhis Terrce, fiveGeocofmi<br />

Planitiebus.<br />

Ontes , Montiumque ftrudluram & fabricam<br />

,<br />

quantumadnoftrampropofitum<br />

fufficerevidebatur, expofuimus; modo<br />

reftat , utpaucis quoque de cekhrihus Orhis<br />

fentiehatur.<br />

Ex hifce luculenter patet , id quod hifce<br />

temporibus contingit , & "olim primxvis<br />

temporibus contingere potuifTe ; cum natura<br />

loci eadem femperfit, penariis Ignium<br />

quos Natura fub hoc Traftu conftituit , ut<br />

fuoloco docebimus, immediatefuppofitis:<br />

Unde femper terrcemotihm fubje6la,nullis<br />

non feculis aliquam Infularum jafiuram^zsfa<br />

fuit.<br />

Terrae planitiehus difieramus.<br />

Accedit hifce aliud naturs malum quod<br />

,<br />

Planities varie dividipoffimt; funtenim<br />

paulatim ad ultimam ruinam Infulam A- complures culturs apts , & fylvarum faltuumque<br />

varietate refert« ; funt arenofse,<br />

tlanticam difpcfuit , &eftvehemensCfi?

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