CHAP. V.
THe earth is both a part of the world and the matter.* 1.1 I thinke thou wilt not aske mee why it is a part, for as well mayest thou aske mee why the heauen is a part, for no more can the vniuers bee with∣out this, then without that; but it is composed of these parts, by meanes whereof hee maintaineth all their stars in their being and vigor, all liuing creatures and all plants. It is the heauen and earth that ••urni∣sheth all creatures and the world (that requireth so many things) with all their vigor, that maintaine so many celestiall bodies in their being, turning so swift∣ly continually, and so greedily both in their motion, and in their nourishment. In briefe, by the meanes of heauen and earth, all the nature of things r••cey∣ueth that which is needfull for it for his nourishment and conseruation. From them likewise hath the world drawne all that which shee needeth, as long as hee shall endure. I will propose vnto thee a little example to make thee com∣prehend so great a thing: Egges containe as much humour as is necessarie for the being o•• that creature which is to be hatched.