VIII.

The Clouds. Nubes.

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A _Vapour_, 1. ascendeth from the _Water_. _Vapor_, 1. ascendit ex _Aquâ_.

From it a _Cloud_, 2. is made, and a _white Mist_, 3. near the Earth. Inde _Nubes_, 2. fit, et _Nebula_, 3. prope terram.

_Rain_, 4. and a small _Shower_ distilleth out of a _Cloud_, drop by drop. _Pluvia_, 4. et _Imber_, stillat e _Nube_, guttatim.

Which being frozen, is _Hail_, 5. half frozen is _Snow_, 6. being warm is _Mel-dew_. Quæ gelata, _Grando_, 5. semigelata, _Nix_, 6. calefacta, _Rubigo_ est.

In a rainy Cloud, set over against the Sun the _Rainbow_, 7. appeareth. In nube pluviosâ, oppositâ soli _Iris_, 7. apparet.

A _drop_ falling into the water maketh a _Bubble_, 8. many _Bubbles_ make froth, 9. _Gutta_ incidens in aquam, facit _Bullam_, 8. multæ _Bullæ_ faciunt spumam, 9.

Frozen Water is called _Ice_, 10. _Dew_ congealed, is called a _white Frost_. Aqua congelata _Glacies_, 10. _Ros_ congelatus, dicitur _Pruina_.

_Thunder_ is made of a brimstone-like _vapour_, which breaking out of a Cloud, with _Lightning_, 11. thundereth and striketh with lightning. _Tonitru_ fit ex _Vapore_ sulphureo, quod erumpens è Nube cum _Fulgure_, 11. tonat & fulminat.