hoc fit idem cunctas in partis: unde vacefit cumque locus, sive e transverso sive superne, corpora continuo in vacuum vicina feruntur; quippe agitantur enim plagis aliunde, nec ipsa sponte sua sursum possunt consurgere in auras.
The same thing happens in all directions: wherever an empty space is formed, whether on the sides or above, the neighbouring bodies at once are carried into the void; for they are impelled by blows from other directions, and they cannot of their own accord rise up into the air.
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