Principio quoniam terrai corpus et umor aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores, e quibus haec rerum consistere summa videtur, omnia nativo ac mortali corpore constant, debet eodem omnis mundi natura putari.
In the first place, since the earths mass and the water, the winds light breezes, and burning heat, which are seen to compose this sum of things, all consist of a body that is born and dies, we must consider the whole world to be of the same structure.
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