Sebastiani Wirdig ... Nova medicina spirituum : curiosa scientia et doctrina, unanimiter hucusque neglecta, et a nemine merito exculta, medicis tamen et physicis utilissima ...

peoples, tribes, and nations
mutual commerce,
from these the most flourishing
state of subjects,
and the abundance of any
things, even exotic
merchandise.

That men could grow
rich by Natural Knowledge,
the Philosopher Thales of Miletus
once demonstrated by a
clear testimony, who,
foreseeing a copious
abundance of olives by his
science, rented all the oil
presses of the Chians and
Milesians, and gathered
no small wealth for himself
from the emoluments.