CHAP. XXIIII.
HOw commeth it then to passe (saist thou) that where thou say∣est,* 1.1 that this is the nature of fire to mount vpwardes, yet that the lightning falleth downewardes; what is that false which thou hast spoken of fire? for he as wel mounteth vpwards as he falleth downwards: both of these may be true; for fire by na••ure moun∣teth like a Pyramis, and if nothing hindreth it, it ascendeth as water by nature is carried downwards; but if some force bee added thereunto to impell it to the contrary, yet returneth shee to the place from whence shee fell by meanes of the shower; but the lightning falleth by the same necessity whereby it is driuen out. In these fires that falleth, which doth amongst trees, whose toppes if they bee tender, may bee so drawne down that they may touch the earth, but when thou shalt let them goe, they will returne vnto their owne place. Thou ar•• not therefore to respect the habite of euery thing as it is enforced. If thou wilt permit fire to goe whether it will, it will mount to heauen, that is, to the place where euery light thing should bee: but when hee meeteth with any thing that may repulse him, or alter his ascent, this i•• not naturall vnto him, but seruitude.