Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              videntur, & comedere, timorque illos exa­
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              gitat: vt enim cibi ſomnia gignunt pro
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              naturæ qualitate, odorati plerunque ignes,
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              dulces aquas, ſic pelles humores atque va­
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              pores mouent. </s>
              <s id="s.007947">Vngulæ quoque geſtatæ tin­
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              nitui & vertigini conferunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007948">Recentes ſeu
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              odore, ſeu aſpectu, canes ac feles terrent.
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              <s id="s.007949">Dentibus magica vis ineſſe creditur: adeps
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              vulnera quæcunque efficaciter ſanat. </s>
              <s id="s.007950">San­
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              guinem melli & aquæ miſtum bibunt in
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              nuptiis, incertum pro nectare an amuleto.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007951">Fides ex eorum inteſtinis aſperiorem in ly­
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              ris ſonum edunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007952">Ipſum autem animal adeò
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              eſt vorax, vt cùm cadauera depaſcatur, ple­
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              num iam ventre toto, inter duas arbores,
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              quæ parum inuicem diſtent aluo compreſ­
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              ſa emittat quod ederit, inde ad ſaginam re­
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              uertatur. </s>
              <s id="s.007953">Sic Lithuani hominum ſunt vo­
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              raciſſimi. </s>
              <s id="s.007954">Aut igitur potentia pellis talis
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              eſt, ad actum autem calore hominis dedu­
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              citur: aut refrigerato ventriculo id con­
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              tingit: ventriculus enim calore plurimo, at­
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              que exiguo abundans vix ſatiatur. </s>
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              Roſomacha.</s>
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              <s id="s.007956">Sed & reuertar ad canes, nullum animal eſt
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              docile docetur venari, explorare, & ferre.
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              <s id="s.007957">Vt eſſe ingenioſum, ſiccum eſſe oportuit: In­
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              genioſiores ſunt, qui caput rotundum ha­
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              bent, & naſum admodum depreſſum. </s>
              <s id="s.007958">Do­
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              centur vertere veru, vt in caupona Leonis
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              Papiæ: nam ibi plures inſtructos videas. </s>
              <s id="s.007959">Na­
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              tura illi odoratum acerrimum dedit: eò ma­
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              gni venationibus apti, parui in lectis &
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              obſcuro dominis ſuis blandiuntur. </s>
              <s id="s.007960">Vbi feles
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              ſepultus ſit, vel ſi illius pellem ſiccam inue­
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              nerint, reuoluunt ſe: delectantur enim
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              odore mortuæ, quàm viuam oderunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007961">Pu­
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              treſcentem tamen refugiunt: odor enim
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              ſiccæ carnis cùm putruerit, illis grauis eſt,
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              hominibus autem omnis. </s>
              <s id="s.007962">Iracundum ani­
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              mal eſt, & non ſecus ad homines rixis
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              aſſuetum. </s>
              <s id="s.007963">Accurrit enim ſpontè ad
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                tes</expan>
              , fugientes atque clamantes inſequitur,
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              & vrget, quamvis omninò incognitos. </s>
              <s id="s.007964">No­
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              larum ſtrepitu atque tubarum clangore, tum
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              aſinorum rudentium voce, aliiſque multis
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              magnis ſonis vlulant: hæc autem vox illis
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              fletus eſt, ob iræ impatientiam. </s>
              <s id="s.007965">Quàm etiam
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              ob cauſam lunam inſpicientes latrant &
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              vlulant, quòd ſe ab illa contemni exiſti­
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              ment, at que id ægrè ferant. </s>
              <s id="s.007966">Sic enim &
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              pueri, & mulieres, cùm vlciſci iniurias
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              nequeunt, plorant. </s>
              <s id="s.007967">Quum membrum
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              oſſeum ſit, ne ventrem vrina conſper­
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              gant, mingentes pedem eleuant. </s>
              <s id="s.007968">Indicio
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              eſt, quòd nec fœminæ, nec catuli id fa­
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              ciunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007969">Nam fœminis nullum eſt membrum,
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              catulis verò adeò molle, vt verſus terram
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              flecti poſſit, atque ſic meiendo haud ven­
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              trem conſpurcant. </s>
              <s id="s.007970">Sagacitate tanta ſunt,
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              vt ceruum laſſum in gregem fugientem ab
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              aliis ſeligant, vt fatigatum vexantes ſtimu­
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              lanteſque faciliùs aſſequantur. </s>
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              <s id="s.007971">Venantur fermè ſponte, docentur explo­
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              rare. </s>
              <s id="s.007972">Quidam odore aues explorant, quos ſa­
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              gaces dicunt, vulgus brachos: alij lepores &
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              ceruos, qui primùm retinent nomen. </s>
              <s id="s.007973">Sunt
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              & retiarij, qui intuitu terrent perdices, ac
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              coturnices, donec retibus capiantur. </s>
              <s id="s.007974">Com­
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              mune omnibus canibus eſt domum tueri,
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              oblatrare aduenis, & perſequi pauperes, &
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              qui laceris veſtibus ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007975">Inſtruuntur ſen­
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              ſim ad ferendum: primò proiecto pane,
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              ſed ſicut parêre imperanti, & ad ſe vocan­
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              ti cogatur: pòſt panis pyxidi clauo includi­
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              tur, vt cùm panem famelicus inuaſerit, py­
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              xidem forat vocatus, ne panem relinquat.
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              <s id="s.007976">Senſim verò à clauo panis aufertur, vt tan­
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              dem conſuetudine pyxidem clauo modicè
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              capto referat. </s>
              <s id="s.007977">Sic tandem ferrum reportat,
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              eademque ratione lapides, & quicquid eſt
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                <expan abbr="difficillimũ">difficillimum</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="s.007978">Tandem aquis tabella immitti­
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              tur cum pane, inde clauus cum pane: eadem
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              induſtria panis clauo adiicitur muro infixo,
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              vt canis non ceſſet, donec clauum eruerit.
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              <s id="s.007979">In omnibus fame opus eſt magiſtra, iuxta
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              Perſianum illud:
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              Venter negatas artifex ædi voces.
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              Modus quo
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              canes docen­
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              tur ferre.</s>
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              <s id="s.007981">Semeſtri ſpatio temporis ſic canem eru­
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              diui, vt nec puer docilior videri poſſet, aut
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              ad mandata promptior, cùm nutus ipſos
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              intelligerent. </s>
              <s id="s.007982">Et quamvis totum in docentis
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              induſtria ſit repoſitum, eliguntur tamen pi­
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              loſi, ac pilo minimè recto, ſed tenui atque
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              molli, tum prono: ingenioſiores hi viden­
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              tur, & patientiores laborum, ac magis obe­
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              dientes, qui & parum latrant, vt melitei
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              gratiores, nullius tamen vſus ob paruita­
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              tem. </s>
              <s id="s.007983">Certa non eſt canum magnitudo, nec
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              ingenium, nec color vnus, nec vox. </s>
              <s id="s.007984">Alij bo­
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              ues fermè æquant, magnitudine, alij muri­
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              bus non ſunt maiores, muti alij, alij clamoſi,
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              alij vlulant etiam. </s>
              <s id="s.007985">Rubei, candidi, ruffi, nigri,
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              varij, alij obeſi, alij curſores, alij macilenti,
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              rudes alij, ac quaſi ruſtici, alij manſueti, cru­
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              deles, alij feroces, timidi alij, & quidem
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              apti ad omnia, ſeu ſenſibus, ſeu ingenio va­
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              leant. </s>
              <s id="s.007986">Ita denique nihil moribus & va­
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              rietate hominum diſcrimina, adeò æmula­
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              tur vt canis. </s>
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              <s id="s.007987">Verùm quidam præferunt elephantes, âlij
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              cercopithecos canicos canibus, induſtria &
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              ſagacitate. </s>
              <s id="s.007988">Elephantem vidiſſe ſe refert Ar­
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              rianus, qui cùm in auribus bina haberet
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              cymbala, promuſcide alternatim ea tange­
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              bat ad rhythmum, ſaltabatque pro rhythmi
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              ratione, cæteris eum imitantibus, choream­
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              que ducentibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007989">Iidem tanguntur miſericor­
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              dia, & regem adorant, & iuramentum no­
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              runt & exigunt, & ſydera venerantur, & ſui
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              miſeret: agnoſcunt ſeſſorem, & vltionem
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              expetunt ab his, à quibus iniuſtè vexantur,
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              & nihil ad humanitatem deeſſe ei videtur,
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              præter ſermonem, quum multi etiam ho­
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              mines bruti & diſciplina, & moribus ipſis
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              elephantis magis videantur. </s>
              <s id="s.007990">Vidimus nos
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              elephantem reginæ Mariæ Bohemorum, fi­
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              liæ Caroli Quinti Cæſaris, iuuenculum, an­
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              num ſcilicet agentem decimum tertium:
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              nam florent circiter annum ſexageſimum,
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              viuunt ad ducentos certè: referunt pluri­
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              mi, ad trecentos, quod verum exiſtimo,
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              ſed rarò: velut in hominibus, quorum
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              etſi ſit plerunque longiſſima vita octogin­
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              ta annorum, viuunt tamen aliqui rariſ­
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              ſimo exemplo ad centum viginti, plures
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              tamen excedunt octoginta. </s>
              <s id="s.007991">Is igitur adeò
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              docilis erat, vt ſeſſorem ſuum planè non
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              ſecus, quàm homo alius intelligeret. </s>
              <s id="s.007992">Im­
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              perabat, admonebat, vno verbo opus tan­
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              tùm erat. </s>
              <s id="s.007993">Inter reliqua cùm aſcendere vellet, </s>
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