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. IX.
HOw can the water be intended except it be by the ayre? Doubtest thou but that that ouerflow of water that riseth and increaseth, from the foundation of the lowest sands and channell, & mount∣eth to the very top of the Amphitheater, is without the intenti∣on of water? Truely there is no Crane or any other engine that may more mount or driue the water then the spirit. She applyeth her selfe vnto it, she is raised, and indeuoureth many things contrary to her nature, and being created to fleet, ascendeth vpward when the ayre possesseth or impelleth her. Those Barks that are ouer-laden, shew they not that it is not the water but the winde that keepeth them from sinking? For the water would giue place, ney∣ther could it sustaine any burthens, except she her selfe were sustained. A Tren∣cher being cast out from a higher place into a Fish-poole descendeth not, but leapeth backe; how, I pray you, except it were by the benefite of spirit? How doth the voyce penetrate thick walls, but for this cause, because there is ayre in solid & massiue things, which both receiueth and sendeth back the sound that came from without, not onely intending by the spirit those things that are o∣pen, but those things likewise which are hidden, and included? which he may easily doe, because he is no wayes diuided, but by those very meanes whereby he seemeth separated, he gathereth vp himselfe into himselfe. Plant betwixt him and vs thicke walls, and mightie and high mountaines, this hindereth him from comming to vs, but not vnto himselfe, for that is onely intercluded wher∣by we may follow him. He himselfe passeth thorow that which is diuided, and not onely spreadeth himselfe not onely thorow the middest, but begirteth it on euery side.
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The efficacy of this agitation, and how the aire is mixed amidst the earth and waters.