The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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London :: Printed by William Stansby,
1614.
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"The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11899.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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CHAP. XXI.
DIsmissing our Masters, for the present, let vs beginne to speake of our selues, & from those things that are confessed, let vs passe ouer to those thinges that are doubtfull: but what is that which is confessed? That lightning is a fire, and fulguration like∣wise, which is nought else but a flame, and should bee lightning if it had more force. That it is fire, the heate thereof testifieth, and the effect maketh proo••e enough: for lightning o••times is the cause of mighty fires: woods & parts of Ci••ies are burned vp by it; yea those that are not strucken, yet are they seene to be blasted, and some are coloured as it were with soote. Fur∣thermore, all things that are strucken with lightning, smell of sulphure. It fol∣loweth therefore that lightning and fulguration is fire, and that the one is inter∣mixed with the other, in such ••ort, as fulguration that is not carried as farre as the earth, and againe, lightning is a fulguration that is carried as farre as the earth. It is not a desire I haue to speake much that lengthneth this discourse; but to the end I may proue that these things are of the same semblance, marke and nature. Lightning is somewhat more then fulguration; Let vs turne this, Fulguration, is almost as much as lightning.
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Senecaes opini∣on, as touching lightning and thunder,