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The Traffick betwixt the Sun and the Earth.

'Tis thought an unctuous Matter from the Sun
Doth stream in Beams, wch Earth doth feed upon,
And that the Earth by them, when they ascend,
Unto the Sun a Nourishment doth send,
And so each Beam the Sun doth make a Chain,
Which brings down Food, and draws Food back again;
Or we may well those Beams to Ships compare,
Where each is Laden with the Richest ware,
For it is fraught with Heat, through Air it Sails,
And brings this Heat to th'Earth, which never fails
By Trafficks Laws equal returns to make,
And sends instead of Heat moist Vapour back:
But those Gilt Ships such Fates do often find,
They sink with too much Weight, or split with Wind.
 

When the Sun draws up more Moisture, than it can digest, it turns to Rain or Wind.