Praeterea si nulla coloris principiis est reddita natura et variis sunt praedita formis, e quibus omne genus gignunt variantque colores propterea, magni quod refert semina quaeque cum quibus et quali positura contineantur et quos inter se dent motus accipiantque, perfacile extemplo rationem reddere possis cur ea quae nigro fuerint paulo ante colore, marmoreo fieri possint candore repente:.
Besides, if no quality of colour has been given to the first-beginnings, and they are endowed with various shapes, from which they beget all sorts of various colours for this reason, because it is of great moment with what and in what position they are held together, and what motions they impart and receive mutually, then you could very easily explain on the spot why those things which were black a little while before can suddenly become a shining white;
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