Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              ſucco paratur, & quæ ex morſu viperæ ſui
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              generis, de qua Plutarchus in M. </s>
              <s id="s.006114">Antonij
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              vita, cum ſapore graui fit, & ſimillima eſt ei,
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              quæ in vltima contingit ſenecta, vnde etiam
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              abſque dolore eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.006115">Itaque nihil mirum, ſi
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              Chij, Athenienſeſque viros egregios quos
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              morte damnaſſent, cicutæ ſucco perimerent,
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              vt quod adimerent vitæ ac dignitati illo­
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              rum, mortis lenitate compenſaretur. </s>
              <s id="s.006116">Sunt
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              & poma mortis in prouincia Peru occiden­
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              talis Indiæ nuper inuenta: ſorba ſunt odora­
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              taque, quod mirum eſt: arborque ipſa
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              fruticoſa, pyri foliis, denſis, crebris ac viri­
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              dioribus nec mirum varietate regionis adeò
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              pernicioſam hanc plantam euadere. </s>
              <s id="s.006117">Nam
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              Perſeæ poma in Perſide vbi primum orta
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              nomen ſumpſerunt, & inde tranſlata cùm
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              ibi pernicioſa eſſent, in Ægypto innoxia fa­
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              cta ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.006118">Arbor hæc ligno ſolido, procerior
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              pyro, cui ſimillima eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.006119">Viret perpetua fron­
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              de, fructu amygdalæ non diſſimili, prælongo
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              & viridi. </s>
              <s id="s.006120">Nucleus pruni, ſed minor ac mol­
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              lior. </s>
              <s id="s.006121">Anni ſpatio maturantur, altero alteri
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              ſuccreſcente. </s>
              <s id="s.006122">Adeò facilè concoquitur, vt
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              nec copia grauet. </s>
              <s id="s.006123">Vnde alium longè à Perſi­
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              co eſſe certum eſt: quandoquidem conſtet
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              eius arbores, à perſici arbore multum differ­
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              re. </s>
              <s id="s.006124">Miteſcunt ergo pleraque tranſlata, alia
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              etiam deteriora euadunt: itaque cùm mortis
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              pomum exitialem ſuccum ferat, quo illitæ
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              ſagittæ mortem afferant illicò, atque nullo
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              redimitam auxilio: arbos verò vmbram quæ
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              faciem totam, & palpebras inflet ac oculos
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              àbſcondat: ros ex arbore decidens ſi in ocu­
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              lum incidat, corneam exedendo cæcitatem
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              pariat: lignum dum vritur capitis dolorem
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              excitat, odoremque teterrimum. </s>
              <s id="s.006125">Simile quip­
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              piam apud Sardos efficit rhododaphne: nam
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              non ſolùm dum editur pernicioſa eſt, & ſi
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              quis ſub illius vmbra quieſcat amens fit,
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              æſtuat, & inquies fit, patiturque in ventre
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              rugitum: ſed ſi qui balneum ex illius lignis
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              concalefactum ingrediantur, ſyncopen pati
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              conſueuêre. </s>
              <s id="s.006126">Petrus enim Apponenſis maxi­
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              mam horum partem teſtatur ſe vidiſſe: talia
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              verò contingunt, quòd humidum tenue, mo­
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              dicumque bene coctum atque odoratum,
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              multo craſſo & pernicioſo miſceatur. </s>
              <s id="s.006127">In no­
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              ſtra regione ſorba ſolùm guſtu ingrata red­
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              duntur, quoniam materia exitialis humi­
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              di à calore aëris ambientis putrefieri ne­
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              quit. </s>
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              Myrtus.</s>
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              Muſcus.</s>
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              Arborum
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              differentiæ
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              ex regioni­
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              bus.</s>
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              Mors abſque
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              dolore.</s>
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              Poma mor­
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              tis.</s>
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              Perſica in
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              Perſide ve­
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              neno præ­
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              dita.</s>
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              <s id="s.006134">Verùm, poſtquam vmbram arboris huius
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              noxiam eſſe diximus, quum etiam exitialem
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              nucis multi ſint experti, haud ab re fuerit
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              huius cauſam docere. </s>
              <s id="s.006135">Nucis planta tota fri­
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              gida eſt, & malè olet, præcipuè folia & etiam
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              ſurculi, vnde multi vapores ab ipſa
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              ,
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              quorum maxima copia ſub ipſa arbore per­
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              petuò eſt, nec foliorum multitudo ac denſi­
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              tas patitur vim Solis illos abſumere, vnde
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              dormientibus noxia vmbra, imò potius locus
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              eſt: frigidiores enim qui dormiunt cerebro
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              ſunt, atque externis partibus, calore ad cor
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              reuocato. </s>
              <s id="s.006136">Indicio eſt, Lunæ lumen in eis
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              hæmoptoim excitare, non in vigilantibus.
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              <s id="s.006137">Facit ad hæc incommoda laſſitudo, & æ­
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              ſtus præcedens, & corpora imbecillia & hu­
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              mida, vt ſunt puerorum corpora, & malis
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              humoribus plena, & diuturna mora: cùm
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              enim hæc acceſſerint, ſydere percuſſi viden­
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              tur: alij fiunt attoniti, alij in longas inci­
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              dunt febres. </s>
              <s id="s.006138">Vnde nata opinio, ſub nucibus
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              mortuos habitare. </s>
              <s id="s.006139">Non igitur vmbra noxia.
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              <s id="s.006140">ſed propinquitas: nam vmbra, priuatio quæ­
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              dam eſt. </s>
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              Vmbra nucis
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              cur exitia­
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              lis.</s>
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              <s id="s.006142">Proximæ venenis ſunt lympathicæ plan­
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              tæ, cuiuſmodi in Hiſpaniola inſula occiden­
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              talis Indiæ Cohobba, quæ ſolo odore ine­
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              briat, & phanaticos reddit. </s>
              <s id="s.006143">Herba hæc eſt
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              credo è ſtrimoniæ genere, quæ ſi bibatur, in
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              furorem vertit: nullo modo viribus abſimi­
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              lis ei quam Turcæ aſſeral vocant, cuius vſus
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              apud eos plurimus eſt, quòd non ſolùm lætos
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              reddat & alacres, ſed etiam curam omnem
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              ac metum pellat, vt ad munia etiam belli
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              ſint promptiores. </s>
              <s id="s.006144">Eiuſmodi apud nos cro­
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              cus eſt: nam vt & aſſerat ſi copioſius eda­
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              tur, non iam ſolùm alacres, ſed temulentos
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              reddit: inde etiam copioſius ſumpta occidit.
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              <s id="s.006145">Talia ſunt vinum, & quæ è vino aqua ardens
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              & fax bibita, & vt fertur olim œnopia ra­
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              dix, à vini quadam ſimilitudine nomen
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              adepta. </s>
              <s id="s.006146">Olim Ioſepho Hebræo teſte, Baara
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              radix erat colore ac ſplendore flammæ, quæ
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              niſi muliebri ſanguine, lotióve perfundere­
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              tur, mortem iis, qui eam tractarent affere­
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              bat. </s>
              <s id="s.006147">Sed & ſic exitialem fuiſſe auellentibus,
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              quare à cane auelli ſolitam: qui & ipſe ea
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              auulſa periret. </s>
              <s id="s.006148">Eadem ſuſpenſa curabat dæ­
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              moniacos atque lymphaticos. </s>
              <s id="s.006149">An igitur hoc
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              fabuloſum penitus? </s>
              <s id="s.006150">Nequaquam tam gra­
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              ui autore. </s>
              <s id="s.006151">An hiſtoria vera? </s>
              <s id="s.006152">neque id: pro­
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              ximum enim nimis miraculo: ſed æſtiman­
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              da eſt ratio rei, ex qua veritatis imago re­
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              fulgebit. </s>
              <s id="s.006153">Eſt Iudæa primùm regio vehemen­
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              ter calida, atque tota fermè montuoſa. </s>
              <s id="s.006154">Baa­
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              ram verò vallis, vnde radix ſic vocata, bitu­
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              mine abundans, cuius pars excocta immo­
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              dicè ac tenuiſſima defluebat è montibus. </s>
              <s id="s.006155">Ex
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              hac igitur ardenti materia ac tam tenui, in­
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              ter ardores Solis maximos neque paſſim in
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              valle naſci veriſimile fuit, ſed vel ſub ipſis
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              Solis ardoribus, à quibus exacueretur ſimul
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              & concoqueretur, aut in ipſa perpetua vm­
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              bra, vt nihil veneni illius penitùs, exhalaret,
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              herba hæc oriebatur & alebatur, ignea ſub­
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              ſtantia: quæ cùm auellebatur, vapor ille ar­
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              dens & putridus ( diximus enim putridum
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              vni eſſe quod alteri ſit naturale ) cerebro
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              exceptus illicò enecabat auellentes ſeu ho­
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              mines, ſeu canes proximè adſtantes. </s>
              <s id="s.006156">Perfu­
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              ſa verò radix muliebri ſanguine, obtunde­
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              batur venenum ab ea putredine, vel acredi­
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              ne lotij, ſi lotio atque ita tractabilior erat.
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              <s id="s.006157">Superſtitioſa verò gens addiderat, quòd
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              quomodocunque, etiamſi procul auellere­
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              tur, occideret, vt res à naturalibus cauſis ad
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              religionem traduceret, qui mos ſemper fuit
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              gentis, cùm tamen hoc falſum eſſet: niſi for­
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              ſan, vt in venenis diximus, quædam tradu­
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              cantur continuitate rei, quòd etiam in torpe­
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              dinis ſtupore docebimus, atque ita vis exi­
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              tialis per funem ſerpens procul etiam quan­
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              tumvis occidat: fieri enim id potuit. </s>
              <s id="s.006158">Quòd
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              verò ſuſpenſa collo lymphaticos curaret, aut
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              dæmoniacos, id partim ob id creditum eſt,
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              quòd tantis prædita viribus eſſet, idque per­
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              ſuaſum ſit optima quæque difficillimè &
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              maximo cum periculo haberi, cùm tamen </s>
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