The Eclipses.
Eclipses.
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The _Sun_
is the fountain of light,
inlightning all things,
_Sol_
est fons Lucis,
illuminans omnia;
but the _Earth_, 1.
and the _Moon_, 2.
being shady bodies,
are not pierced with its rays,
for they cast a shadow
upon the place
just over against them.
sed _Terra_, 1.
& _Luna_, 2.
Corpora opaca,
non penetrantur ejus radiis,
nam jaciunt umbram
in locum oppositum.
Therefore,
when the Moon lighteth
into the shadow
of the _Earth_, 2.
Ideo
cum Luna incidit
in umbram
_Terræ_, 2.
it is darkened,
which we call an _Eclipse_,
or defect.
obscuratur
quod vocamus _Eclipsin_
(deliquium) Lunæ.
But when the _Moon_
runneth betwixt the _Sun_
and the _Earth_, 3.
it covereth it with
its shadow;
Cum vero _Luna_
currit inter _Solem_
& _Terram_, 3.
obtegit illum umbrâ suâ;
and this we call
the _Eclipse_ of the _Sun_,
because it taketh from us
the sight of the _Sun_,
and its light;
& hoc vocamus
_Eclipsin Solis_,
quia adimit nobis
prospectum _Solis_,
& lucem ejus;
neither doth the _Sun_
for all that suffer any thing,
but the _Earth_.
nec tamen _Sol_
patitur aliquid,
sed _Terra_.