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The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus


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[A remnant of a soule, the water did inclose]

A remnant of a soule, the water did inclose,
That staide by one, from fire, which did repaire,
That fenced by one, which from the earth arose,
And all kept warme by one, which grew vp in the aire:
The goodwife out of these, did deale about her dole,
Till one did put his nose, euen right into her hole.

Plants haue a sweete vegetancie. The riddle is vnderstood of a glasse with sweet water, inclosed with bents, or some such matter, and also wrapt vp in wooll. Now if the glasse were the goodwiues glasse, then possessorily though not naturally the glasses mouth, whereunto one smelled, was the goodwiues hole.
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