Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              oliua, eſt manifeſta, cum haud tum dubiè
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              oliua nutriatur, nec acceſſione creſcat. </s>
              <s id="s.004940">Er­
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              go non fortuita eſt hæc exhalatio, ſed lapis,
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              velut & arbos, quod ſibi maximè conuenit,
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              id maximè ad ſe trahit. </s>
              <s id="s.004941">Pellucidæ erunt,
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              cum à terra fuerint repurgatæ aqueæ partes,
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              & quæ remanſerint tenues, ac aqueo hu­
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              mori miſtæ perfectiſſimè. </s>
              <s id="s.004942">Ea ergo cauſa con­
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              tingit, nullum lapidem ſplendidiſſimum eſſe
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              grauem, neque ex illis quemquam alicuius
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              egregiæ virtutis expertem eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.004943">Itaque aliæ
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              gemmæ vitæ longitudini, aliæ incolumitati,
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              quædam diuitiis, aliæ amori, aliæ diuinatio­
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              ni, aliæ robori, aliæ bonæ fortunæ fauent, aliæ
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              etiam ſunt infelices: quædam pigros, quæ­
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              dam timidos, quædam lætos, quædam triſtes
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              faciunt. </s>
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              Gemmarum
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              nulla expers
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              alicuius in­
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              ſignis virtu­
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              tis.</s>
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              <s id="s.004945">At dices: ſi ſplendidi lapides è tenui con­
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              ſtant humido, pauco etiam terreo, qui fit vt
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              tamen grauiores ſint vitro? </s>
              <s id="s.004946">hoc enim ſi­
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              gnum inter ea, quibus falſæ à veris diſtin­
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              guuntur, appoſitum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004947">Sed cauſa eſt, quòd
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              vitrum ſubſtantia grauius eſſet: nam & craſ­
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              ſius adamante: verum adamantis ſubſtantia
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              cum maximè ſolida ſit, vitri autem rara ac
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              poris plena, eò fit vt adamas grauior ſit
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              vitro: nulla tamen gemma grauior nobi­
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              lis eſſe poteſt, vt grauitas ſemper addat vti­
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              litatem.
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              Cur tenuis
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              ac diluti co­
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              loris gemmæ
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              multæ ma­
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              gnæ raræ au­
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              tem optimi.
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              <s id="s.004949">coloris.</s>
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              <s id="s.004950">Dubitabit forſan quiſpiam, cur diluti co­
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              loris ac vitioſi, tum etiam maculoſæ gem­
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              mæ prægrandes non paucæ inueniantur, ele­
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              gantes ac ſine vitio paruæ quidem multæ,
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              magnæ admodum raræ? </s>
              <s id="s.004951">Cauſa eſſe poteſt,
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              quòd materiæ vilioris in vnoquoque gene­
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              re ſemper maior fuit copia, quàm perfectæ.
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              <s id="s.004952">Altera, quòd plures ſunt immaturæ gem­
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              mæ, quàm quæ perfectam ſint aſſecutæ ma­
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              turitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.004953">Tertia, quæ etiam plurimum ad
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              rem facit, quòd res parua à natura melius
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              elaborari poteſt, ac ad finem deduci: ob id
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              magnæ gemmæ vix vnquam ad exactam
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              maturitatem perduci poſſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004954">Accidit quòd
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              reges ipſi, apud quos gemmæ ipſæ gignun­
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              tur, quaſcunque magnitudine, & pulchri­
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              tudine eminere cernunt, apud ſe retinent:
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              ſolùm paruas, aut diluti coloris, aut vitio­
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              ſas ad nos deferri permittunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004955">Refert Ludo­
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              uicus Vartomanus Romanus, regem Pege
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              ( hæc eſt ciuitas in India ) Pyropos habere
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              tantæ magnitudinis & ſplendoris, vt ſi quis
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              regem ipſum in tenebris conſpicatus fuerit,
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              non aliter lumine claro eum ſplendere vi­
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              deat, quàm ſi Solis radiis illuſtretur. </s>
              <s id="s.004956">Pyro­
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              pum vocare conſueuerunt Carbunculi genus
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              nobilius: quippe tria ſunt illius genera: pri­
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              mum, quòd in tenebris ſplendet, qualem
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              vidiſſe ſe Albertus teſtatur: hunc igitur Py­
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              ropum vocant. </s>
              <s id="s.004957">Proximus illi, qui dum in
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              vaſe nigro ſplendido ponitur, ſuperfuſa
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              aqua in tenebris ſplendet. </s>
              <s id="s.004958">Tertius autem vi­
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              lior, cuius ſolùm lux eſt conſpicua alie­
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              no lumine, ſcilicet diei aut candelæ. </s>
              <s id="s.004959">Pro­
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              prium eſt carbunculi, animum incitare, &
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              alacrem facere: colores enim ſpiritus iuuant.
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              <s id="s.004960">Latet tamen illius vtilitas, cùm lapis fue­
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              rit vitioſus, aut paruus, aut qui geſtauerit
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              inconſtans, vt puer, aut nimiis ac grauio­
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              ribus curis obſtrictus, vt Principes ſunt ac
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              ſapientes. </s>
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              Carbuncu­
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              lus.</s>
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              Carbunculo
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              propria.</s>
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              <s id="s.004963">Sunt & carchedonij carbunculi, quales
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              Germania mittit, pulchri, ſed molles, &
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              ob id nullius penè vſus. </s>
              <s id="s.004964">Sub fluorum ge­
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              nere ob teneritudinem continentur. </s>
              <s id="s.004965">Theo­
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              phraſtus
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              , id eſt, confluxu illos fie­
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              ri exiſtimat, colore quidam aqueo, quidam
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              amethyſtino, alij hyacintho, alij rubeo
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              ſunt, quos carbunculos vocant. </s>
              <s id="s.004966">Omnibus
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              ineſt carbunculis, vt cælati rapiant ce­
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              ram ſecum, ob hoc ſcalpere illos nefas eſt,
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              tum maximè quòd alacri illo nitore deſti­
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              tuuntur. </s>
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              Gemmæ
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              molles.</s>
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              <s id="s.004968">Pulchrior carbunculo eſt opalus: adii­
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              ciam in re tam præclara, vt ſi contingat in­
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              uenire, non neſcius ſis quanti debeat exi­
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              ſtimari, Plinij verba: is inquit, Eſt opalo
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              carbunculi tenuior ignis, eſt amethyſti ful­
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              gens purpura, eſt ſmaragdi virens mare, &
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              cuncta pariter incredibili miſtura lucentia.
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              <s id="s.004969">Alij ſummo fulgoris argumento colores pi­
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              gmentorum æquauêre, aliis ſulphuris ar­
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              dentem flammam, aut etiam ignis oleo ac­
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              cenſi. </s>
              <s id="s.004970">Magnitudo eius vt auellanæ: propter
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              hunc lapidem Nonium Senatorem ab An­
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              tonio propſcriptum recitat. </s>
              <s id="s.004971">Nihil igitur in­
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              ter gemmas pulchrius eſſe poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004972">Inuenitur
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              in inſula Zeilam orientalis Indiæ, arte po­
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              tius naturam adiuuante, quàm quod talis
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              ſpontè naſcatur. </s>
              <s id="s.004973">Ignibus enim tam multi­
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              plex color paratur, vt referunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004974">Sed videtur
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              mihi certum genus lapidis eſſe, ſi is eſt,
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              quem nunc habeo. </s>
              <s id="s.004975">Septem enim conditio­
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              nibus dignoſcitur: primum quod (vt dixi)
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              diuerſis coloribus intermiſtis niteat, velut
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              viridi aureo, rubróque præcipuè, quod nul­
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              li alij conuenit gemmæ. </s>
              <s id="s.004976">Sed & nitet pluri­
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              mum ac fulget: in medio autem conuexita­
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              tis linea niue candidior nobis refertur, quæ
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              mutato paululum aſpectu, vt multa alia de­
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              liteſcit, nec vllibi conſpicitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004977">Eſt quoque
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              ponderoſiſſima gemma: vt cum noſtra bre­
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              uior ſit faba, alioqui non maior, tamen de­
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              narios duos, id eſt, frumenti pene quinqua­
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              ginta grana pendeat: quo fit, vt ſui gene­
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              ris omninò ſit: non notarum aliqua igne
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              elaborata, mirúmque ſit adeò eſſe perſpi­
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              cuam, tum ob id, tum ob colorum varieta­
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              tem. </s>
              <s id="s.004978">Solent enim gemmæ bene coloratæ
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              non admodum eſſe perſpicuæ, vt ſmaragdus
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              hyacinthus, carbunculus, ſapphirus: ſed
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              & duritie eximia huic ſimilis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004979">Vnde ne­
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              ceſſe eſt, vt aquea ſubſtantia, tenui ac den­
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              ſa admodum vmbra ( vt ita dicam
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              ſolùm
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              terræ permiſta conſtet. </s>
              <s id="s.004980">Atque ideo grauem
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              efficiat, & neſcio quid diuinum geſtanti in­
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              fluat. </s>
              <s id="s.004981">Ego aureis 15. coronatis emi: nec ta­
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              men minorem voluptatem capio, quam ex
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              adamante pretij 500. aureorum: at non tan­
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              ti æſtimatur? </s>
              <s id="s.004982">Fateor: ſed incognita eſt gem­
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              mariis, & vulgò putant nihil aliud eſſe quam
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              pſeudopalum. </s>
              <s id="s.004983">Sed hæc ſi gemma eſt mollis,
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              eſt nec vlla in parte illi comparabilis, vtrum
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              verò opalus ſit? </s>
              <s id="s.004984">exiſtimarim, etſi nec ame­
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              thyſti purpura fulgeat eum eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.004985">Siquidem
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              nulla in gemma alia tot colorum varietates
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              intermiſtæ, támque nitentes inueniuntur
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              plures etiam eſſe ſpecies credendum. </s>
              <s id="s.004986">Et in
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              quibus pro albo colores illi refulgent, eas
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              præcellere, hanc tamen ex Germanis vn­
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              ciam eſſe crediderim: quod nec antiquus </s>
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