The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.

TITLE XLI. Of Heavy Bodies sustained in, or taken up into the Air. TITLE XLII. Of Dew. TITLE XLIII. Of Rain.

IT hath been observ'd, in the Country of Campen, that Rain falling into Pits, which were dug to a sort of Quicksand, would in a little time form a Clay, which skilfully hand∣led, would yield good Iron. The Waters in that Country are obser'd to leave a strong Matter at the Bottom when distilled, notwithstanding the Rectification.

Quicquid erit, sine fuco significat, velut Rot∣tenburg,* 1.1 Silesiae compastum appellant, perinde Milessow Temporum prognostes, jure merito dici potest. Vidi ex proximo totum aliquando Montem densissimis Nebulis contectum, eà prorsus Imagine, qua Mons Sinai Moyse in Ne∣bula latente depingitur, at caeteri circum Mon∣tes, innubes & hilares velut rerum gerendarum ignari stabant. Sol ipse formosissimus ibat; at accolae locorum domum fugiebant, pecora urge∣bant, meque, ut domum protinus reciperem, pro∣perarem, & equos currum trahentes concitari ju∣berem

monebant, ne{que} horae quadrans intercessit, jam Coelum obduci, Sol contegi, cripi omnis aspectus.

Immensum Coelo ruit agmen aquarum —ruit arduus Aether,* 1.2 Et Pluvia ingenti sata letae, boum{que} Labores.

Diluit, implentur fossae, & quae Divinus Poeta prosequitur. At contra etiam accidere vidi, ut caeteri fumárint Montes, Milessow ni∣hil se commovente, nihil aut Nubilum, aut turbidum minanse; Incolae rogati, nihil esse magnopere timendum à caeteris spondebant, hunc unum intuendum esse, horum Nubila om∣nia à Milessow quodammodo devorari.

Notes

• * 1.1

  L. 1. c. 8. De mont. Bohemtae, p. 26. A Milessow monte tem∣porum prae∣sagia capi∣untur.
• * 1.2

  Virg.