errabundus enim tarde venit ac perit ante, paulatim facilis distractus in aeris auras, ex alto primum quia vix emittitur ex re (nam penitus fluere atque recedere rebus odores significat quod fracta magis redolere videntur omnia, quod contrita, quod igni conlabefacta); deinde videre licet maioribus esse creatum principiis quam vox, quoniam per saxea saepta non penetrat, qua vox volgo sonitusque feruntur.
For it wanders about and comes slowly, and is ready gradually to die away too soon, being dispersed abroad into the breezes of the air: first because it is emitted with difficulty from the depths of each thing; for since all things seem to smell stronger when broken, when ground up, when disintegrated in fire, this means that odour comes flowing released out of the depths of things; again it may be seen that smell is made of larger elements than voice, since it does not penetrate through stone walls, through which voice and sound commonly do pass.
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