f the suffering;
a waiting for death.

_Pepin_--What is death?

_Albinus_--An inevitable ending; a journey into uncertainty; a
source of tears for the living; the probation of wills; a waylayer
of men.

_Pepin_--What is man?

_Albinus_--A booty of death; a passing traveler; a stranger on
earth.

_Pepin_--What is man like?

_Albinus_--The fruit of a tree.

_Pepin_--What are the heavens?

_Albinus_--A rolling ball; an immeasurable vault.

_Pepin_--What is light?

_Albinus_--The sight of all things.

_Pepin_--What is day?

_Albinus_--The admonisher to labor.

_Pepin_--What is the sun?

_Albinus_--The glory and splendor of the heavens; the attractive
in nature; the measure of hours; the adornment of day.

_Pepin_--What is the moon?

_Albinus_--The eye of night; the dispenser of dew; the presager
of storms.

_Pepin_--What are the stars?

_Albinus_--A picture on the vault of heaven; the steersmen of
ships; the ornament of night.

_Pepin_--What is rain?

_Albinus_--The fertilizer of the earth; the producer of crops.

_Pepin_--What is fog?

_Albinus_--Night in day; the annoyance of eyes.

_Pepin_--What is wind?

_Albinus_--The mover of air; the agitation of water; the dryer
of the earth.

_Pepin_--What is the earth?

_Albinus_--The mother of growth; the nourisher of the living;
the storehouse of life; the effacer of all.

_Pepin_--What is the sea?

_Albinus_--The path of adventure; the bounds of the earth;
the division of lands; the harbor of rivers; the source of rains;
a refuge in danger; a pleasure in enjoyment.

_Pepin_--What are rivers?

_Albinus_--A ceaseless motion; a refreshment to the sun; the
waters of the earth.

_Pepin_--What is water?

_Albinus_--The supporter of life; the cleanser of filth.

_Pepin_--What is fire?

_Albinus_--An excessive heat; the nurse of growing things; the
ripener of crops.

_Pepin_--What is cold?

_Albinus_--The trembling of our members.

_Pepin_--What is frost?

_Albinus_--An assailer of plants; the destruction of leaves; a
fetter to the earth; a bridger of streams.

_Pepin_--What is snow?

_Albinus_--Dry water.

_Pepin_--What is winter?

_Albinus_--An exile of summer.

_Pepin_--What is spring?

_Albinus_--A painter of the earth.

_Pepin_--What is summer?

_Albinus_--That which brings to