Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              Vitrum.</s>
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              Viri compo­
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              ſitio.</s>
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              LIBER SEXTVS.
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              De Metallis.
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              <s id="s.004380">DICO autem perfecta, vt me­
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              talla, ac lapides: ſed priùs de
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              metallis agendum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004381">Metalla
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              ſunt, aurum, argentum, ele­
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              ctrum, æs cyprium, & plum­
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              bum, ac ferrum. </s>
              <s id="s.004382">Factitia verò chalybs, &
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              ſtannum, & aurichalcum, tum etiam cy­
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              prium æs aliud. </s>
              <s id="s.004383">Septem ſunt naturalia, qua­
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              tuor autem præter naturam artis vi. </s>
              <s id="s.004384">Quòd
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              tot ſint, nec plura eſſe poſſint, oſtendere
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              maximæ ſubtilitatis opus eſt: oſtendam ta­
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              men: ſed priùs, quòd aurum & perfectiſſima
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              quæque in oriente inueniantur, ferrum au­
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              tem in occidente. </s>
              <s id="s.004385">Quod hoc contingat, quia
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              oriens calidior ſit, & humidior, abundè ſu­
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              prà declaratum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004386">Hoc autem oſtendere
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              erat neceſſarium, quòd oriens occidente ca­
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              lidior atque humidior ſit: hoc enim oſten­
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              ſo, patet meliorem fieri ibi concoctionem
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              atque generationem. </s>
              <s id="s.004387">Inde quæ vocant Græ­
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              ci aromata, & odores, & gemmæ, & au­
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              rum, ac argentum, deliciæque omnes hu­
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              mani generis: contingit hoc quia vapor
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              maris ab oriente defertur ſuper terras, &
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              motu ſolis concoquitur: in occidente autem
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              defertur verſus oceanum. </s>
              <s id="s.004388">Quòd & ſi ventis
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              ad terras impelleretur, celeriter autem mo­
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              tu ſolis in oceanum rurſus rediret, vel non
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              aſſiſtente ſole concoqui non poſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.004389">Accedit
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              quòd Solis motus ſimilem quandam ex
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              æterna conuerſione vim in terris imprimit,
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              vt rerum initia in oriente ſint. </s>
              <s id="s.004390">Hæc autem
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              meliora, & gratiora, vnde etiam multò plus
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              radiis lætamur ſolis matutinis, quàm veſ­
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              pertinis, Quòd ſi montes ab occidente ſint,
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              radij ſolis humore pleni, tum ſtellarum, &
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              Lunæ terras implent, nec ab occiduis radiis
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              quæ nimium vrunt, cùm aër iam ſit torri­
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              dus, ſperanda eſt aliqua vtilitas. </s>
              <s id="s.004391">At contrà
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              in occidente montes ab eadem parte prohi­
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              bent ſolem, ex aduerſa autem vrunt, & pla­
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              nitie ſunt deteriores: multò etiam antè illu­
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              ſtrat orientis terras, quàm occidentis, quòd
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              in mari nulli ſint montes, in terra autem
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              plurimi. </s>
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              Metalla quæ</s>
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              Cur oriens
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              occidente
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              calidior, &
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              humidior.
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              <s id="s.004394">quatuor ra­
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              tiones.</s>
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              <s id="s.004395">Sed iam ad metallorum numerum reuer­
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              tamur. </s>
              <s id="s.004396">Metallum eſt quicquid (vt diximus)
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              ductile eſt & durum: nam cera duci poteſt,
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              & lutum, ſed non dura ſunt: contrà lapides
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              & pyrites duri, ſed minimè duci poſſunt.
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              Hæc ſeptem eſſe iuxta planetarum nume­
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              rum quis exiſtimabit? </s>
              <s id="s.004397">vt Sol aurum, Luna
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              argentum, Mercurius electrum, Mars fer­
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              rum, Saturnus plumbum, Venus æs, Cy­
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              prium verò æs accipiat Iupiter. </s>
              <s id="s.004398">Sed melius
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              eſt, vt ſic diſtinguamus: Metallum omne
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              aut perfectum, molle, purum, & ſic eſt au­
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              rum: vel purum, ſed durum, & ſic eſt ar­
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              gentum: vel durum, & impurum, & ſic eſt
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              ferrum vel molle & impurum, & ſic plum­
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              bum. </s>
              <s id="s.004399">Sed electrum ex auro & argento con­
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              ſtat. </s>
              <s id="s.004400">Æs Cyprium ex ære ac ferro, vnde du­
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              rius vtroque euadit: ſicut & quod confici­
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              tur ex ære & plumbo, nam & illud durius
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              eſt vtroque, & muli aſinis ac æquis ſunt ro­
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              buſtiores. </s>
              <s id="s.004401">Æs verò ipſum, ferro eſt melius
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              concoctum, & validiore calore: vnde ſul­
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              phur magis olet, Indicio eſt ferrum tranſi­
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              re in æs. </s>
              <s id="s.004402">In carpato enim monte Pannoniæ
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              Smolinitio oppido refert Agricola, quod &
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              ab aliis audiui, æſque ſecum pro miraculo
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              detulerant, quod mihi oſtenderunt, puteum
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              eſſe ex quo aqua in tres canales hauſta ef­
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              funditur, & ferrum illis impoſitum verti­
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              tur in æs. </s>
              <s id="s.004403">Quòd ſi tenuia fruſtula fuerint, in
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              lutum tranſeunt, quod ignibus excoctum,
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              in puriſſimum æs tranſit. </s>
              <s id="s.004404">Cauſa eſt, quoniam
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              materia eadem ferro, & æri. </s>
              <s id="s.004405">Vnde cùm am­
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              pliùs excoquitur ac tingitur, ferrum tranſit
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              in æs. </s>
              <s id="s.004406">Mons adiacet puteo ferax lapidei cal­
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              chanti, liquet vim hanc calchanto, quod
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              etiam vidimus, ineſſe.
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              Metalla eſſe
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              ſeptem de­
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              monſtratur.</s>
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              De ferro,
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              quod in æs,
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              tranſmuta­
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              tur hiſtoria
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              mira.</s>
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              An metalla
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              inuicem poſ­
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              ſint tranſmu­
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              tari, maxi­
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              mè deſidera­
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              ta quæſtio,
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              quæ inferiùs
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              ſoluitur.
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              <s id="s.004410">Aurum quo­
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              modo inue­
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              niatur.</s>
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              <s id="s.004411">Itaque orta dubitatio illa adeò famoſa, an
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              metalla inuicem poſſint artis beneficio tranſ­
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              mutari. </s>
              <s id="s.004412">Antequam verò hæc definiatur, au­
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              ri præſtantiam demonſtrare oportet. </s>
              <s id="s.004413">Naſci­
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              tur autem multis modis: tum primò arenæ
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              commiſtum, vt in Bohemia, & iuxta
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              in Ligis, in riuis iuxta Goldeburgum, &
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              Riſegrundum, quod Latinè Vallis gigan­
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              tum dicitur, & in ripa Ticini, & abduæ in
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              Italia: tum verò etiam in lapidibus argenti
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              feracibus, vt in colle Montifregij: nam cùm
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              liquantur, argentum manat, in cuius libra
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              ſaltem auri ſemuncia latet. </s>
              <s id="s.004414">Albertus narrat
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              in ſolidiſſimis lapidibus inter terram exu­
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              ſtam iacentibus, aurum inueniri. </s>
              <s id="s.004415">Scribit &
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              quandoque aurum inuentum inter dentes
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              ſuperiores humani capitis ſcobis tenuioris
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              forma, ex quo credidiſſe certum eſt in ca­
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              pillis humanis latêre aurum. </s>
              <s id="s.004416">Exiſtimauerim
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              ego, quod verſimilius eſt, aurum inter lapi­
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              des gigni, inde vi currentium aquarum
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              quando in parua concreſcit fruſtra delatum,
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              inter arenas reperiri: atque eadem ratione
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              inuentum facta alluuione inter dentes hu­
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              mani capitis: hæſit enim ob oſſis impedi­
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              mentum & illorum ſpiſſitatem inter rimas.
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              <s id="s.004417">Aſtipulatur huic opinioni, quod Gonſa­
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              lus Ferdinandus Ouiedus Hiſpanus reci­
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              tat, in Indiæ Peru vocatæ parte, aurum in
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              montium radice inuentum imperfectum eſſe
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              atque eò impurius, quò monti proximius.
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              <s id="s.004418">Nec in profundo terræ: ſed iuxta illius ſu­
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              perficiem inuenitur: quare ſi in agris, vel are­
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              na naſceretur, in imo terræ latêret. </s>
              <s id="s.004419">Et velut </s>
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