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ihe thirdBook^os Lib.^,
nesie of colour proceedeth from a light often re-
ssected and penetrating many small, clear, and tran-
sparent bodies, as we see in Salt, Ice beaten small, the
foameof the £ea, and the like ; for this is a general!
Rule, That every transparenc body, which we call
Diaphanon beaten and divided into smaii parts or pie-
ces* yeildeth a white colour as snow, which white is
a continuate body : In rain or water is transparcnt,
but being divided by the cold airein the falling down
into discreet parts, it forthwith turneth white: the
like we may see in the shavings of home, which the
finer you cut them, the whiter they appear : so that in
these,and the like bodies, the cause of whitenesse is
nothing else (as I said) than an oft ressection of the
light, possessing our eyes and the air or medium^ with
many beams ressected.
Cosnt. I pray you now proceed to Black, which I
think to be the next colour.
End. You say true, this colour in Armes, is called
Sables, which is a most rich Fur worn os Princes and
great Personages, it is brought out of Kujfia and Musco-
via, it is the Fur of a little Beast of that name,esteemed
for the perfeCtnessc of the colour os the hairs, which
areh* summivite nigerrimi.
In Armes it denoteth sadnesse,griefe,and constancy;
among the Planets it hath Melancholy Saturn, among
pretious Stones the Diamond.
Cofm. But me thinkes now you are contrary to
your selfe, for even now you said that those clear
and transparenc bodies, as Diamonds, Glasse, Water,
Ice, and the like, were thesubjeCfct, rather of white-
nesse than blacknesse, as being most capable of
light.
Eud. It is true, I said so, but you mull know, that
theseclear bodies, as Crystail, Ice, the Diamond,&c.
are subje&s of both, for as white proceedeth from
a clear and transparent body,divided into many parts,
as in snow, so black is caused in the same body by a
fliadow
ihe thirdBook^os Lib.^,
nesie of colour proceedeth from a light often re-
ssected and penetrating many small, clear, and tran-
sparent bodies, as we see in Salt, Ice beaten small, the
foameof the £ea, and the like ; for this is a general!
Rule, That every transparenc body, which we call
Diaphanon beaten and divided into smaii parts or pie-
ces* yeildeth a white colour as snow, which white is
a continuate body : In rain or water is transparcnt,
but being divided by the cold airein the falling down
into discreet parts, it forthwith turneth white: the
like we may see in the shavings of home, which the
finer you cut them, the whiter they appear : so that in
these,and the like bodies, the cause of whitenesse is
nothing else (as I said) than an oft ressection of the
light, possessing our eyes and the air or medium^ with
many beams ressected.
Cosnt. I pray you now proceed to Black, which I
think to be the next colour.
End. You say true, this colour in Armes, is called
Sables, which is a most rich Fur worn os Princes and
great Personages, it is brought out of Kujfia and Musco-
via, it is the Fur of a little Beast of that name,esteemed
for the perfeCtnessc of the colour os the hairs, which
areh* summivite nigerrimi.
In Armes it denoteth sadnesse,griefe,and constancy;
among the Planets it hath Melancholy Saturn, among
pretious Stones the Diamond.
Cofm. But me thinkes now you are contrary to
your selfe, for even now you said that those clear
and transparenc bodies, as Diamonds, Glasse, Water,
Ice, and the like, were thesubjeCfct, rather of white-
nesse than blacknesse, as being most capable of
light.
Eud. It is true, I said so, but you mull know, that
theseclear bodies, as Crystail, Ice, the Diamond,&c.
are subje&s of both, for as white proceedeth from
a clear and transparent body,divided into many parts,
as in snow, so black is caused in the same body by a
fliadow