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| (47) Et cum omnes forme materiales generabilium et corruptibilium, preter formas elementorum, requirant materiam et subiectum mixtum et complexionatum, ad quod tanquam ad finem ordinata sunt elementa in quantum elementa, et mixtio esse non possit ubi miscibilia simul esse non possunt, ut de se patet; necesse est e se partem in universo ubi omnia miscibilia, scilicet elementa, convenire possint; hec autem esse non posset, nisi terra in aliqua parte emergeretur, ut patet intuenti. | (47) And since all material forms of things that can come into and pass out of existence, except the forms of the elements, require a mingled and compound material and substrate, whereto, as to their end, the elements, as elements, are ordained, and there can be no mixture except where the things to be mixed can come together, as is obvious, it is necessary that there should be some place in the universe where all the things capable of being mixed, to wit, elements may have leave to come together. But this might not be unless earth at some point emerged, as is plain on reflection. |