Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              humani iuſtæ magnitudinis quum maior ſit,
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              manifeſtum eſt Aiacem Gabbara fuiſſe ma­
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              iorem. </s>
              <s id="s.009198">Hylli quoque oſſa eadem ætate, quæ
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              Adriani Imperatoris fuit detecta, adeò gran­
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              dia viſa ſunt, vt non hominis, ſed belluæ
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              eſſe credita ſint. </s>
              <s id="s.009199">Hyllus autem Herculis tem­
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              poribus vixit.
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              Gigantes.</s>
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              Homo ma­
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              gnus noſtra
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              ætate non
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              attingit lon­
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              gitudinem
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              trium bra­
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              chiorum.</s>
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              Aiacis Tela­
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              monij ma­
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              gnitudo.</s>
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              Hylli proce­
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              ritas.</s>
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              Pumillonis
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              paruitas
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              mira.</s>
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              <s id="s.009205">Quod ad pumiliones attinet, anno præ­
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              terito circumferebatur vir perfecta ætate
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              cubiti longitudine in pſittaci cauea. </s>
              <s id="s.009206">Sed non
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              minus gigantum proceritas inutilis eſt ad
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              animi experimenta, quàm corporis pumi­
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              lionum.
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              Colanus vri­
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              nator.</s>
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              <s id="s.009208">Alij ſunt natura non magnitudine rara,
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              velut Colanus vrinator Cataniæ, quæ vrbs
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              eſt in Sicilia, ciuis quem conſtat parum an­
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              te noſtram ætatem, imò ætate noſtra flo­
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              ruiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.009209">Is ſub aqua ternis, ac quaternis ho­
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              ris velut piſcis latitabat. </s>
              <s id="s.009210">Nec valde mirum,
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              cùm in India occidentali nunc paſſim vri­
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              natores margaritarum oſtreis venandis in­
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              tenti, per horam integram ſub aqua lati­
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              tent. </s>
              <s id="s.009211">Sunt & forma mira, velut Protophanes
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              Magneſius, qui eadem die lucta, pancratió­
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              que victor in Olympiis euaſit. </s>
              <s id="s.009212">Huic enim
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              ſub Adriano, rurſus detecto cadauere, os
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              vnum perpetuum à iugulo ad ilia coſtarum
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              loco inuentum eſt.
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              Protophanes
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              forma mira.</s>
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              Ariſtomenis
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              Meſſenij hi­
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              ſtoria.</s>
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              <s id="s.009215">Alij quoque euentu admirabiliores, velut
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              Ariſtomenis Meſſenij fortuna: hic enim pri­
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              mò in pugna à Lacedæmoniis captus, &
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              cum cæteris captiuis in Ceadam ( hæc erat
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              fouea ſub terra profundiſſima)præcipitatus,
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              cùm duobus diebus cæteris mortuis inter il­
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              los velut mortuus iacuiſſet, reuixit, & vul­
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              pem inſpiciens quæ cadauera deuorabat, il­
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              lius apprehenſa cauda, pallióque obiecto
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              deductus eſt ad locum per quem ingreſſa
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              erat vulpes, hic erat foramen anguſtiſſimum,
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              euaſit que: ac genito filio rurſum captus, ſom­
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              nio puellæ, quam poſtmodum filius in vxo­
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              rem duxit, euaſit. </s>
              <s id="s.009216">Demum ſuperſtite filio ex
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              morbo ſenex extinctus eſt, adeò conſtanti
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              opinione quòd immortalis eſſet, vt Græci
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              homines poſt multa ſecula & viuere, & vi­
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              deri illum affirmarent.
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              Homines
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              abſque cibo
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              viuentes.</s>
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              <s id="s.009218">Nec minus miraculum Leonardi Piſto­
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              rienſis, qui ſenſim eò ſe traduxit, vt ſemel
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              tantùm in hebdomada cibum ſumeret. </s>
              <s id="s.009219">Et
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              ſub Clemente Pont. </s>
              <s id="s.009220">eius nominis ſeptimo,
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              vir Scotius iuuenis, piliſque rubeis, &
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              ( vt videbatur ) habitu piloſo cùm ſponte
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              ſe obtuliſſet, diebus 11. in cuſtodia habi­
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              tus abſque cibo, alioquin aſſuetus vſque
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              ad 20. diem: & vſque 30. in eadem ine­
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              dia perſeuerare, miraculi præmium acce­
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              pit. </s>
              <s id="s.009221">Huius autem cauſas ſuperiùs docui­
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              mus.
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              Hamar odo­
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              ratu mira­
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              bili.</s>
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              <s id="s.009223">Quid de Hamar Africano, qui cúm in
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              ſolitudinibus lippitudine laboraret, arenam
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              odorans dixit. </s>
              <s id="s.009224">Iam prope habitata loca ſu­
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              mus. </s>
              <s id="s.009225">Atque ita ab Ægyto millibus paſſuum
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              480. diſtans, & ab oppidis tribus Berdeam
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              Libyæ 1000. paſſuum 40. ſenſit habitatio­
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              odorem. </s>
              <s id="s.009226">Fertur enim calido & ſeruatur ſic­
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              co odore, quamobrem his in regionibus
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              percipere potuit tetrum odorem, quem
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              ſordes tum animalium, tum hominum ex­
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              halant, cùm non minus eſſet odore canis,
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              quàm colanus piſcis. </s>
              <s id="s.009227">Sunt & alia monſtris
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              ſimilia, velut in Caſſena Africæ regione
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              iuxta Æthiopes, viri labiis ac naſo admo­
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              dum craſſis. </s>
              <s id="s.009228">Irridebit ignarus naturæ rerum,
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              qui non viderit Hippocratem Macrocepha­
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              lorum hiſtoriam, cauſáſque narrantem, in
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              libro de Aëre & aquis. </s>
              <s id="s.009229">Et nos vidimus Ioan.
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              Petrum Boſiſium fabri lignarij vrbe noſtra
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              filium, qui in parte orientali vrbis iuxta
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              cœnobium ſeruorum habitabat, liuuenem
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              annos 20. plúſve natum, cui vngues nun­
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              quam ſecare, aut neceſſe fuit, aut contigit.
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              <s id="s.009230">Conſiderauimus nos rem diligenter, ne for­
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              ſan nobis imponeret, vidimúſque ſummam
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              digitorum partem adeò carne munitam, vt
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              nec vngues eſſent neceſſarij, nec opportu­
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              ni. </s>
              <s id="s.009231">Sed & ipſi vngues breues erant, quaſique
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              reſecti. </s>
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              Monſtroſa
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              forma.</s>
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              Ioan. </s>
              <s id="s.009234">Petrus
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              Boſius.</s>
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              <s id="s.009235">Vidimus & filiorum Bernardini Komeri
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              lignorum mercatoris annorum trium, qui
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              cùm ex febre & conuulſione conualuiſſet,
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              tanta ſub femoribus diſtentio, ac palpita­
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              tio relicta eſt, vt immotis pedibus cor­
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              pus perpetuò reſiliret: velut in circula­
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              toribus quibuſdam. </s>
              <s id="s.009236">Vnde deprehendi eam
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              quam vocant ſaltationem, morbum eſſe
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              ac veram: quoniam veræ infantis aſſimi­
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              latur. </s>
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              <s id="s.009237">Præſtiterunt alij forma, vt Cratinus Æ­
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              ginenſis Achiuus mortalium formoſiſſimus:
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              poſt quem Alchibiades Athenienſis. </s>
              <s id="s.009238">Alij
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              pedum velocitate, vt Corinthius Ladas.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009239">Ingenio præſtant Indi Cambaienſes, à qui­
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              bus notæ numerorum ad nos defluxerunt.
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              <s id="s.009240">Valent hi plurimùm ſupputandi rationibus:
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              etenim ingenium Mathematicis, iudicium
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              Naturalibus, memoria verborum ſerie pro­
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              batur. </s>
              <s id="s.009241">Poſt Indos Græci, poſt quos Hiſpa­
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              ni, Siculi, Italique. </s>
              <s id="s.009242">Roboris quoque mi­
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              rabilis experimenta non deſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009243">Saltator
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              quidam geminos in humeris, totidem in
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              brachiis, vnum in ceruice ferens coram
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              nobis ſaltabat. </s>
              <s id="s.009244">Circulator alius lapidem,
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              quem quatuor homines non ferrent, capil­
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              lis leuabat, altero prius homine, quod ad
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              alleuiandum pondus faciebat, in humeros
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              aſſumpto. </s>
              <s id="s.009245">Idem malum cymbæ, dictu in­
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              credibile, dentibus primò ſuſtinebat: in­
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              de in humerum transferebat, & ex illo in
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              alterum, nulla adiutus ope manuum, cùm
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              perpetuò malus erecta ſtaret. </s>
              <s id="s.009246">Ex antiquis
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              autem conſtat Martium Romanum ciuem,
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              fabri filium, ab Hiſpanis legionibus, Sci­
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              pionum loco in ducem, ob robur electum:
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              ſolitum carra venientia arbori, vel lapi­
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              di innixum remorari. </s>
              <s id="s.009247">Quemcunque quò
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              vellet trahere, aut impellere. </s>
              <s id="s.009248">Digito in­
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              tra pugnum concluſo, vt nodus ſolus pro­
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              mineret, non aliter quàm claua feciſſet,
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              feriebat hoſtem. </s>
              <s id="s.009249">Refertur & de Sicinio
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              dentato. </s>
              <s id="s.009250">Herculem quoque huiuſmodi ro­
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              bore tum in ſapientia inſigni præditum
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              fuiſſe conſtat. </s>
              <s id="s.009251">Hominis autem qui mode­
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              ratam non excedat magnitudinem ſummum
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              robur eſſe deffinitur, ſi mille librarum
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              pondus perferat: quod commodiſſimè fiet,
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              ſi loricam, ocreáſque plumbeas induat.
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              Hæc cùm mira videantur, quatuor tamen
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              conſtant, cœli natura, propagatione, vi­
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              ctu, atque arte. </s>
              <s id="s.009252">Regiones
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              (
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              vt dixi ) ma­
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              iores, aliæ minores homines producunt. </s>
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