L. VIVES.
NAtures Store-house] Lucan. Placido natura receptat. Cuncta finu. (b) Soule] A Pythagori∣call sentence which Virgill expresseth.
Principio calum & terras compos{que} liquentes, Lucen•…•… •…•…bum lunae, Titaniaque astra, Spiritus •…•…lit, totam{que} infu•…•…a per artus, M•…•…s agitat •…•…olem, & magno se corpore miscet.Heauen, Earth and Sea, each in his proper bound, The moones bright globe, and all the spangled round, A spirit within doth feed, doth moue, and passe, Through euery parcell of this spacious masse * 1.1
And likewise in his Georgikes, lib. 4.
His quidam signis, at{que} haec exempla secu•…•…i, Esse apibus partem diuinae mentis & ha•…•…stus Ethereo•…•… dixére: Deum nam{que} ire per omnes Terras{que} 〈◊〉〈◊〉 maris, Caelum{que} profundum. Hinc pecud•…•…s, armenta, viros, genus omne serarū, Quem que sibi tenu•…•…s nascentem arescere vitas, Scilicet huc reddi deinde & resoluta referri, Omni•…•… •…•…orti esse locum, sed vi•…•…a volare Sider is i•…•… numerum, at{que} alto succedere caelo, &c.These signes made some affirme that in a Bee, Was part of that celestiall Deity▪ For Gods diffused essence doth appeare, Regent, in earth, aire, sea, and euery sphere, To which for life, beasts, birds, and men do runne, And when their slender vitall threed•…•…s are spunne, To this they all returne, death hath no right, To ought of this, but to the starry height They t•…•…wre, and there sit ranckt in heauens high frame, &c.
(c) According to] Some more, some lesse, and some lesser: The nearer him, the more, the farther the lesse. This is the opinion of many, and amongst others of Aristotle de mundo.