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V.

Fire. Ignis.

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The _Fire_ gloweth, burneth and consumeth to ashes. _Ignis_ ardet, urit, cremat.

A _spark_ of it struck out of a _Flint_ (or Firestone), 2. by means of a _Steel_, 1. and taken by _Tynder_ in a _Tynder-box_, 3. lighteth a _Match_, 4. _Scintilla_ ejus elisa e _Silice_, (Pyrite) 2. Ope _Chalybis_, 1. et excepta a _Fomite_ in _Suscitabulo_, 3. accendit _Sulphuratum_, 4. and after that a _Candle_, 5. or _stick_, 6. and causeth a _flame_, 7. or _blaze_, 8. which catcheth hold of the Houses. et inde _Candelam_, 5. vel _Lignum_, 6. et excitat _Flammam_, 7. vel _Incendium_, 8. quod corripit Ædificia.

_Smoak_, 9. ascendeth therefrom, which, sticking to the _Chimney_, 10. turneth into _Soot_. _Fumus_, 9. ascendit inde, qui, adhærans _Camino_, 10. abit in _Fuliginem_.

Of a _Fire-brand_, (or burning stick) is made a _Brand_, 11. (or quenched stick). Ex _Torre_, (ligno ardente,) fit _Titio_, 11. (lignum extinctum.)

Of a _hot Coal_ (red hot piece of a Fire-brand) is made a _Coal_, 12. (or a _dead Cinder_). Ex _Pruna_, (candente particulâ Torris,) fit _Carbo_, 12. (_Particula mortua_.)

That which remaineth, is at last _Ashes_, 13. and _Embers_ (or hot _Ashes_). Quod remanet, tandem est _Cinis_, 13. & _Favilla_ (ardens _Cinis_.)