Nam certe neque consilio primordia rerum ordine se quo quaeque sagaci mente locarunt nec quos quaeque darent motus pepigere profecto, sed quia multa modis multis mutata per omne ex infinito vexantur percita plagis, omne genus motus et coetus experiundo tandem deveniunt in talis disposituras, qualibus haec rerum consistit summa creata, et multos etiam magnos servata per annos ut semel in motus coniectast convenientis, efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis integrent amnes et solis terra vapore fota novet fetus summissaque gens animantum floreat et vivant labentes aetheris ignes;
For certainly neither did the first-beginnings place themselves by design each in its own order with keen intelligence, nor assuredly did they make agreement what motions each should produce; but because, being many and shifted in many ways, they are harried and set in motion with blows throughout the universe from infinity, thus by trying every kind of motion and combination, at length they fall into such arrangements as this sum of things consists of; and this being also preserved through many great cycles of years, when once it has been cast together into convenient motions, brings it about that rivers refill the greedy sea with generous waves of their streams, and earth, cherished by the suns heat, renews its produce, and the generation of living things springs up and flourishes, and the gliding fires of heaven do live;
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