sunt autem cunctis permixti partibus ignes, qui gravidas habitant fabricantes fulmina nubes et penetrant terras Aetnamque minantur Olympo et calidas reddunt ipsis in fontibus undas ac silice in dura viridique in cortice sedem inveniunt, cum silva sibi collisa crematur; ignibus usque adeo natura est omnis abundans: ne mirere faces subitas erumpere caelo aeraque accensum flammis lucere coruscis arida complexum spirantis semina terrae, quae volucer pascens ignis sequiturque fugitque, fulgura cum videas tremulum vibrantia lumen imbribus e mediis et caelum fulmine ruptum.
Indeed, fire is found mingled with every part of the universe; it dwells in the laden clouds and forges lightning, it makes its way into the earth and threatens heaven with the flames of Etna, it causes waters to boil at their very sources, and finds a habitation in hard flint and in verdant bark, when trees dashed against trees are set aflame; to such an extent does all nature abound with fire. So wonder not that torches suddenly burst forth from the skies; and that the air is kindled and shines with flickering flames after embracing the dry seeds exhaled by the earth, seeds which the swift fire, as it feeds, both pursues and shuns, for you see the lightning hurl its quivering flash from the midst of a rainstorm and the heavens rent with the thunderbolt.
final_alignments\Manilius_Astronomica_Book1.json