Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ayer” in book 15, card 212 of P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses:
...es to aire. The aire eeke purged cleere
From grossenesse, spyreth up aloft, and there becommeth fyre.
From thence in order contrary they backe ageine retyre.
Fyre thickening passeth into Aire, and Ayer wexing grosse,
Returnes to water: Water eeke congealing into drosse,
Becommeth earth.
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