Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              exederat, collum, capútque vt ſerpenti.
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              <s id="s.007244">Huic alæ duæ paruæ atque cartilagineæ ve­
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              lut veſpertilioni: nec volaturum eum credi­
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              derim, etiamſi viueret, ob alarum prauita­
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              tem. </s>
              <s id="s.007245">Sed haud dubium eſſe debet, fuiſſe pi­
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              ſcem draconem, ſed alterius generis nuncu­
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              patum inſertis pedibus: nam draconem ve­
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              rum apud Madios amicos noſtros vidimus
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              longa cauda, & collo: in quo altrinſecùs ge­
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              minæ ſpinæ, & in cauda totidem pennæ, ſed
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              ſpinæ: hæ tum omnes aliæ parui catuli den­
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              tibus ſimiles erant. </s>
              <s id="s.007246">Erant autem in cauda
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              triplici ordine diſpoſitæ, numero ſexaginta.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007247">Et inter alas, & in dorſo aliquot, & ante
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              caudæ initium ſingulæ altrinſecùs, in lateri­
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              bus. </s>
              <s id="s.007248">Alæ prægrandes ex membrana, velut
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              veſpertilionibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007249">Ea corio ſquatinæ perſimi­
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              lis erat, qua etiam totum corpus integeba­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.007250">Caput paruum, ipſúmque cum tota ſpina
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              eadem membrana, ſed quaſi roſtrata muni­
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              tum. </s>
              <s id="s.007251">Sed in capite ſpeciem pilei referebat.
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              <s id="s.007252">Os amplum
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                <expan abbr="diductũ">diductum</expan>
              : labia oſſeis granu­
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              lis denſata. </s>
              <s id="s.007253">Canini dentes altrinſecùs gemi­
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              ni: vnus ſiquidem in ſuperiore, alter inferio­
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              re mandibula. </s>
              <s id="s.007254">Medij vt canibus, admodum
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              breues. </s>
              <s id="s.007255">Molares in ſuperiore mandibula ſin­
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              guli altrinſecùs in inferiore gemini lingua
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              locus erat, non lingua exiſtimo exeſam. </s>
              <s id="s.007256">Ocu­
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              lorum ſpacia ampla valde. </s>
              <s id="s.007257">Cæterum circu­
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              lator ille duos ſerpentes viuos etiam habuit,
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              qui è viperarum genere erant, duorum lon­
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              gitudine cubitorum, cauda purpurea, ſplen­
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              dentéque ac lurida, vngula ſeu cornu in naſi
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              ſummitatem ſuperiùs reflexum: cætera vipe­
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              rarum communia, caput, oculi dentes. </s>
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              Serpentum
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              ſtercus olet
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              benè.</s>
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              Serpentes
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              quibus ſpiri­
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              tus redolet.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007260">Serpentes
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              Mandali
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              pernicioſiſſi­
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              mi.</s>
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              Viperæ quæ.</s>
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              Cur vene­
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              num
                <expan abbr="quædã">quædam</expan>
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              cum vita
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                <expan abbr="amittãt">amittant</expan>
              quæ
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              dam non.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Cur angui­
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              bus excidat
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              ſenecta.</s>
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              Cur in aquis
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              pauca ani­
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              malia vene­
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              noſa.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Serpentum
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              varia for­
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              mæ.</s>
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              Ioannes
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              Meona Piſa­
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              nus.</s>
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              Salamandræ
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              duo mira.</s>
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              Animal an
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              duo poſſit ha­
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              bere capita.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Homines di­
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              uiſi ſuperui­
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              uunt.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.007270">Similem fermè huic, & ab omni ſuſpicio­
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              ne confictæ artificio fermè alienum in ma­
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              nibus habui: ſed alæ nullæ erant, inuentum
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              in maceriis domus dirutæ Mediolani. </s>
              <s id="s.007271">Ca­
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              put oui magnitudine, ac pro corporis ratio­
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              ne prægrande Os ex illo mihi retinui. </s>
              <s id="s.007272">Den­
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              tes in vtraque mandibula, vt viperis: corpore
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              ſtellioni magnitudine, & forma ſimili: ſed
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              pedes tantùm duo, cruráque breuia, vt con­
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              ſtet non ſatis commodè à natura fabrica­
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              tum, cùm tantæ longitudini quatuor pedes
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              fuiſſent neceſſarij: ſed tamen grandes erant,
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              & vngulis magnis, vt felium. </s>
              <s id="s.007273">Cauda totius
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              animalis longitudinem æquabat: in cuius ex­
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              tremo tuber capiti Italici ſtellionis magni­
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              tudine æquale, ac quaſi rotundum aderat.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007274">Crediderim ego hunc è baſiliſci genere fuiſ­
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              ſe. </s>
              <s id="s.007275">Nam cùm ſtaret gallo ſimilis videri po­
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              tuit, niſi quòd corio, non plumis, tectus eſ­
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              ſet, carerétque alis.
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              Animalia è
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              putrida ma­
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              teria fermè
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              tot generum,
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              quot ea, quæ
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              putreſcunt.</s>
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              <s id="s.007277">Sed his relictis, ad apum genus reuerta­
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              mur. </s>
              <s id="s.007278">Gignuntur propagatione, & ex putre­
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              dine non omnium, ſed boum, vt ex equis
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              veſpæ, ex aſinis fuci, & crabrones ex mulis:
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              quare videntur ſingula cum putreſcunt ani­
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              malis genus quoddam proprium generare.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007279">E ſolani foliis vermis oritur, tum in iaſemi­
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              ni planta, viridi, palearíque colore diſtinctus,
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              pollicis ambitu, minore palmo, longior, ſu­
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              pina parte viridis, ternis vtrinque nigris iux­
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              ta caput pedibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007280">Sub ventre quaternis al­
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              trinſecùs apophiſidibus, quibus manum loco
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              adhærens ſtringit: caudæ loco, cornu hac
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              forma
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              magnitudinéque gerit: colo­
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              ris crocei granulis candidis conſperſum.
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              <s id="s.007281">Hoctamen, mirumdictu, cum animali ta­
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              beſcente euaneſcit, nouem vtrinque à lateri­
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              bus maculas nigras gerit, adeò ementientes
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              foramina totidem, vt acu opus fuerit ad fal­
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              laciam
                <expan abbr="depræhendendã">depræhendendam</expan>
              . </s>
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                <expan abbr="Roſtrũ">Roſtrum</expan>
              nigrum, te­
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              nuéque cum duobus altrinſecùs, quaſi vn­
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              cis, tantum foliorum iaſemini in ſingulos
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              dies deuorat: vt eorum pondus vermis pon­
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              deri æquetur. </s>
              <s id="s.007283">Quò fit, vt etiam paulò minus
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              ſtercoris emittat: hoc ſine odore, nigrum, le­
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              ue, teres, ſtriatum, craſſitudine fermè vermis:
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              fœmina vnco in cauda caret, in capite vtrin­
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              que maculas habet nigras. </s>
              <s id="s.007284">Tranſit vt reliqua
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              eiuſdem generis in necydalum cinereo co­
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              lore puluerulentum maximum ſui generis,
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              ac pro more deſidem. </s>
              <s id="s.007285">Salix quoque ſuos ha­
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              bet cimices: vermiculos pernicioſos ruta: po­
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              pulus alia, alia habet abies. </s>
              <s id="s.007286">Itaque rectè de
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              apum ortu Virgil ceciniſſe videtur:
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              Tum vitulus bima curuant iam cornua fronte
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              Quæritur: huic geminæ nares, & ſpiritus oris
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              Multa reluctanti obſtruitur: plagiſque perempto
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              Tenſa per integram ſoluuntur viſcera pellem.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007287">Sic poſitum in clauſo linquunt: & ramea coſtis
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              Subiiciunt fragmenta, thymum, caſiáſ­
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              que recentes.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007288">Hoc geritur Zephyris primùm impellentibus vndas,
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              Antè nouis rubeant, quàm prata coloribus: antè
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              Garrula uàm tignis nidum ſuſpendat hirundo,
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              Interea teneris tepefactus in oſſibus humor
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              Æſtuat, & viſenda modis animalia miris,
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              Trunca pedum primo, mox & ſtridentia pinnis.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007289">Miſcentur, tenuémque magis, magis aëre carpunt:
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              Donec, vt æſtiuis effuſus nubibus imber
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              Erupêre, aut vt neruo pulſante ſagittæ,
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              Prima leues ineunt, ſi quando prælia
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              Parthi.
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              De apum ge­
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              neratione.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.007291">Verùm cùm de harum generatione Ari­
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              ſtoteles ſatis dubitet, conſtat tamen nec
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              mel, nec ceram alio ex animali gigni potuiſ­
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              ſe. </s>
              <s id="s.007292">Nam mel neceſſariò ex humido tenui,
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              pinguíque roríque miſto, gigni oportuit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007293">Animalia igitur parua, quæ inſiderent, vo­
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              lantia, quæ citò redirent, multa quæ collige­
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              rent, quòd minimum eſt, ſollicita, quæ opus
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              celeriter implerent, eſſe debuerant. </s>
              <s id="s.007294">At talia
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              ouum incubare non poterant: gignuntur igi­
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              tur è melle apes. </s>
              <s id="s.007295">Creſcit hoc genus etiam in
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              frigidiſſimis regionibus ſagaci naturæ in­
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              uento: nam hyeme latent. </s>
              <s id="s.007296">Itaque in Moſcho­
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              uia mellis, & ceræ vſque ad contemptum
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              abundantia. </s>
              <s id="s.007297">Frigus regionis mitigat diei
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              prolixitas: eſt enim horarum decem & octo,
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              ac plurium.
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              </s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Bombyces ab
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              Aristotele
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              cogniti. </s>
              <s id="s.007299">Lib.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007300">5 de Hiſter.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007301">animal.c.19.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.007302">Non ſecùs è foliis mori bombyces in ca­
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              lidiore cœlo, quam ex bobus apes gignun­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.007303">Hos cognouiſſe Ariſtotelem palam, eſt </s>
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