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13.
Pearl to their Lord, and Cordial Coral these
Present; which must in sharpest liquids melt;
He with Nigella cures that dull disease
They get, who long with stupid Fish have dwelt.
Pearl to their Lord, and Cordial Coral these
Present; which must in sharpest liquids melt;
He with Nigella cures that dull disease
They get, who long with stupid Fish have dwelt.
14.
Others through Quarries dig, deeply below
Where Desart Rivers, cold, and private run;
Where Bodies conservation best they know,
And Mines long growth, and how their veins begun.
Others through Quarries dig, deeply below
Where Desart Rivers, cold, and private run;
Where Bodies conservation best they know,
And Mines long growth, and how their veins begun.
15.
He shews them now Tow'rs of prodigious height,
Where Nature's Friends, Philosophers, remain,
To censure Meteors in their cause and flight;
And watch the Wind's authoritie on Rain.
He shews them now Tow'rs of prodigious height,
Where Nature's Friends, Philosophers, remain,
To censure Meteors in their cause and flight;
And watch the Wind's authoritie on Rain.
16.
Others with Optick Tubes the Moons scant sace
(Vast Tubes, which like long Cedars mounted lie)
Attract through Glasses to so near a space,
As if they came not to survey, but prie.
Others with Optick Tubes the Moons scant sace
(Vast Tubes, which like long Cedars mounted lie)
Attract through Glasses to so near a space,
As if they came not to survey, but prie.
17.
Nine hastie Centuries are now fulfill'd,
Since Opticks first were known to Astragon;
By whom the Moderns are become so skill'd,
They dream of seeing to the Maker's Throne.
Nine hastie Centuries are now fulfill'd,
Since Opticks first were known to Astragon;
By whom the Moderns are become so skill'd,
They dream of seeing to the Maker's Throne.
18.
And wisely Astragon thus busie grew,
To seek the Stars remote societies;
And judge the walks of th'old, by finding new;
For Nature's law in correspondence lies.
And wisely Astragon thus busie grew,
To seek the Stars remote societies;
And judge the walks of th'old, by finding new;
For Nature's law in correspondence lies.
19.
Man's pride (grown to Religion) he abates,
By moving our lov'd Earth; which we think fix'd;
Think all to it, and it to none relates;
With others motion scorn to have it mix'd:
Man's pride (grown to Religion) he abates,
By moving our lov'd Earth; which we think fix'd;
Think all to it, and it to none relates;
With others motion scorn to have it mix'd:
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