Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              habeat, in bello non vulnerari. </s>
              <s id="s.008718">Corpus igi­
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              tur raris plumis, rarioribus crura teguntur,
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              adeò vt humana crura non auis videantur:
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              nam magnitudine, rotunditatéque, ac quòd
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              in anguſtum, nec admodum, ſed ſenſim iuxta
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              genu finiantur, humanum femur, quódque
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              plumis careant, candida carne, imitantur:
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              pedes bifidi, vt bobus cum vngulis, crus vt
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              anſeri, ſed pro magnitudine, lentus inceſſus.
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              <s id="s.008719">Illa quam vidi, mitis erat, reliquarum mores
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              ignoro. </s>
              <s id="s.008720">Oua caput infantis magnitudine re­
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              ferunt, rotunda, cùm ſeneſcunt, ebur effin­
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              gunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008721">Suſpendi ſolent in templis, diu enim
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              manent, quòd duriſſima ſint, humoréque
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              exempto, quaſi oſſea redduntur. </s>
              <s id="s.008722">Pilos habet
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              in ſuperiore palpebra, currit vt equus adeò
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              celeriter: ferunt equum illam refugere, nec
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              intueri audere: currit erectis alis, ſed tamen
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              haud volat, ferúntque pedibus lapides vi­
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              brare, concoquere ferrum, quod ob calidita­
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              tem vehementem, & ventriculi contingit
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              craſſitudinem, ouáque oculis fouere: ſed non
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              fouet, verùm obſeruat, calore enim Solis pul­
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              li educuntur. </s>
              <s id="s.008723">Vocem eius nunquam audiui:
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              maximam auium, ſi modò auis appellari de­
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              bet, eſſe hanc certum eſt. </s>
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              Struthio ca­
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              melus.</s>
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              <s id="s.008725">Verùm volantium apud nos maxima, &
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              quam cunctæ timent, eſt aquila omnibus
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              nota, generoſiſſima: anſere etiam multò eſt
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              maior, maximè tamen alis, & cauda potiùs,
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              quàm corpore ipſo ac pondere. </s>
              <s id="s.008726">Veſcitur
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              etiam ſerpentibus, à quibus inuoluta impe­
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              ditur & decidit nonnunquam. </s>
              <s id="s.008727">Cæterùm ge­
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              neroſiores ſolem non conniuentes intuentur.
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              <s id="s.008728">Verùm in Iurrha Scythiæ Bialozor auis eſt
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              ſub ventre candida cum quodam quaſi ſplen­
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              dore, alis & caudam etiam ipſa Aquila ma­
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              ior, quam cæteræ volucres adeò formi­
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              dant, vt ea viſa etiam Aquila ipſa exani­
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              metur, cùm tamen corpore Aquilam non
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              excedat.
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              Aquila.</s>
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              Auis maxi­
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              ma.</s>
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              <s id="s.008731">In India etiam referunt auem eſſe rapa­
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              cem, longè aquila maiorem, nigram, purpu­
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              reámque, intercurſantibus pennis candidis:
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              cuius roſtrum fuluum, cæruleóque ſeu phœ­
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              niceo colore diſtinctum, adeò pulchrè, vt
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              nil iucundius viſu eſſe poſſit: vnde & ob
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              pulchritudinem, & ob magnitudinem, ca­
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              puli ex roſtro huius auis fieri ſolent: con­
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              ſtat autem prædurum hoc roſtrum eſſe opor­
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              tere. </s>
              <s id="s.008732">Hanc volantium auium maximam
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              eſſe conſtat. </s>
              <s id="s.008733">Vnde alas ingentes talibus
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              eſſe neceſſe eſt: quò enim maiores ac du­
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              riores, eò celeriùs volant. </s>
              <s id="s.008734">Si autem mol­
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              les, præſtat eſſe mediocres, quoniam maio­
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              res flectuntur, & impediunt: velut & olo­
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              ribus, qui ſola fermè magnitudine ab an­
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              ſere diſtinguuntur, quamuis candidi toti
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              ſint, & inter omnes aues ſuauiſſimè occi­
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              nant: vox tamen, vt ſæpiùs audiens conſi­
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              deraui, anſerina eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008735">Atque hoc genus
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              auium tam laudatum, diſcerpit ſuos, ac
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              deuorat, in morte verò dulcè canit. </s>
              <s id="s.008736">Vnde
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              Ouidius:
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              Sic vbi fata vocant vdis abiectus in herbis,
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              Ad vada Mæandri concinit albus olor.
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              Olor.</s>
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              <s id="s.008738">Genus auium piſcoſum eſt etiam roſtri
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              magnitudine, & corporis celebre in occi­
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              dentali India alcatraz dictum, cinerea, cro­
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              ceáque pluma diſtinctum, roſtro duorum
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              palmorum in acutum tendente, cùm tamen
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              parum ab hac magnitudine abſit roſtrum,
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              tum ciconiæ, tum gruis. </s>
              <s id="s.008739">Sed picuto roſtrum
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              maius eſt toto corpore, corpus autem cotur­
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              nice paulò maius. </s>
              <s id="s.008740">Roſtrum igitur longius,
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              latum vbi capiti iungitur tribus digitis
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              aduncum, quo terebrat arbores, atque ibi à
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              caudatis ſimiis arte ac roſtro quanquam pu­
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              ſillum, ſe tuetur pulchrè. </s>
              <s id="s.008741">Illud in eo mirum,
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              quòd pennam habeat loco linguæ, vnde à
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              natura aliarum auium multùm diſſidet: ſibi­
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              lat vehementer: hunc & eadem terra alit,
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              quæ Alcatraz. </s>
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              Alcatraz.</s>
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              Picutus.</s>
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              <s id="s.008744">Sunt & inter aues nobiles vultures augu­
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              rio Romuli, tum magnitudine, & raritate,
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              adeò vt quædam nidos eorum nunquam vi­
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              ſos affirment, cùm tamen in rupibus eius
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              partis Angliæ, quæ Scotia nunc vocatur,
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              iuxta arcem maximè plures nidi conſpician­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.008745">Vultur carnes edit, nec tamen animal
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              vllum occidit, ob ídque ſacer creditus eſt.
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              <s id="s.008746">Plumę cum cute pro pellibus aptantur, adeó­
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              que excalefaciunt, vt exurant. </s>
              <s id="s.008747">Aptantur &
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              auium reliquarum plumæ eadem ratione,
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              præcipuè olorum. </s>
              <s id="s.008748">Procul vident maximè
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              vultures:
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              inſtructas proſequuntur exi­
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              tiali augurio cladis eius partis iuxta quam
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              inſederint. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Atq;">Atque</expan>
              hæc auis multùm ab antiquis
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              celebrata etiam nunc viſitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008750">At Phœnicem
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              prædicarunt multi auem, fabulæ quàm veri­
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              tati propriorem: quamuis dicat Ouidius,
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              Vna eſt quæ reparet, ſéque ipſa reſeminet ales,
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              Aſſyrij Phœnica vocant.
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              Vultures.</s>
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              Phœnix an
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              ſit.</s>
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              <s id="s.008753">Referunt tamen quidam in interiore In­
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              dia auem eſſe nomine Semendam, quæ ro­
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              ſtrum habet triplici ordine,
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              vt in elly­
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              chiniis vndequaque perforatum, quæ mori­
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              tura dulcè canat cygnorum exemplo, inde
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              collectis ſarmentis motu alarum accendat
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              illa,
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              ex cuius cinere vermis, tum ex
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              verme auis denuò renaſcatur: quæ his malui
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              addere, ſubtilem ob hiſtoriæ ſenſum, qui ad
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              orbis, qui ad virtutis originem ſpectat, quàm
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              ob rei ipſius deſcriptæ incredibilem narra­
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              tionem prætermittere. </s>
              <s id="s.008754">Sed vt magnitudine,
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              ita paruitate diſſident regiones. </s>
              <s id="s.008755">Apud nos
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              certè auium minima eſt regulus, qui per du­
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              meta volitat, paſſerculo dimidio minor. </s>
              <s id="s.008756">Sed
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              eadem India mittit muſcatum paſſerem,
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              quem qui volantem viderit, tum ob celerita­
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              tem, tum ob paruitatem, crabronem, aut veſ­
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              pam iure exiſtimet: pennis aureis,
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              aliíſque verſicoloribus ornatur: magnitudo
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              ape paulò maior: roſtro velut acus eſt tenuiſ­
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              ſima: totus cum nido grana tritici 24. vix
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              pondere æquat, hunc è cotto conficit: audax
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              eſt, & nidum petentibus oculos inuadit, ce­
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              leritate & paruitate tutior. </s>
              <s id="s.008757">Conſtat itaque
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              auem hanc tenuiſſimæ eſſe ſubſtantiæ, cali­
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              dámque, ob id & audacem: nam cùm roſtrum
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              pedes, linguam, alas, viſcera, plumam, vn­
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              gulas, cerebrúmque habeat, tum alia mul­
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              ta, ſubtilem ſubſtantiam illius ac bene ela­
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              boratam eſſe oportuit: atque (vt reor) hæc eſt
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              auium omnium minima. </s>
              <s id="s.008758">Velut ſolertiſſima
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              in eadem Inoia habitat, quam ſtultum vo­
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              cant paſſerem, à contrario ſenſu: nigra
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              eſt auis, intermicantibus pennis albis in </s>
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