Phcenomenon of Dr naming. 187

^ e W the manner by which external objects^ upon the senses, and produce perceptionltl the mind; resolving to shew how this isa Pplicable also to the perception excited in*! S tkl our dreams. He supposes that frome surfaces of all material things there are

c°Qtinually flying off thin membranes, pel-or similar surfaces (s). These he callsftulacra, membrana, cortex , ejjigice. Co-Urs themselves he makes to be thin colour-

hj A Tune agere incipiam tibi quod vehement er ad has resAttinet, ejfe ea quee rerum simulacra vocamus *quasi membranes summo de corpore rerumlOirepta volitant ultra citroque per auras :

Atque eadem nobis vigilantibus obvia menteisTerriscant ; atque in somnis , cum sœpe sgurasContuimur miras, simulacraque luce carentum.

A*, Ver ’ 34-

d a gain,

-&ico igitur rerum ejfigias, tenuefque figuresiittier ah rebus, summo de corpore earum ;

Opts quasi membrana, vel cortex wminitanda ’Jl ;■Quidspeciem, ac sormam simihm gerit ejus imago .'spojuscunque cluetde corpore fusa vagari.

Ofte - Ver ' 46-

^ul a & here by the by, Whence came these si-is cr a luce carentum, after the bodies ivere burnt or

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h* v * * be surface of the urn only or tomb, shoulde a Ppeared ?

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