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The Summary of Physics Restored
A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion
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Balsamum illud radicale est Naturæ fermentum totam corporis massam inficiens: tinctura est indelebilis & multiplicans, siquidem penetrat & tingit etiam fœdiora excrementa, quæ frequens ex ipsis fit generatio, licèt imperfecta, argumento est; tum etiam agrorum stercoratio imperitis agricolis satis nota, vt torpentes agri ad creditum cum fœnore domino exoluendum vrgeantur.
English
This radical balsam is Nature’s ferment, permeating the whole mass of the body. It is an indelible and multiplying tincture, for it penetrates and tinges even the foulest excrements. Evidence of this is the frequent generation arising from them, although imperfect, and also the manuring of fields, familiar even to unlearned farmers, by which sluggish fields are urged to repay their owner’s loan with interest.
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The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.
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Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.
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