VIII.

The Clouds.

Nubes.

[Illustration]

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.

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