Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              inſcripti erant (Pauli Cardani patrui mei vi­
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              ri eruditiſſimi hi fuerunt ) quæ membranæ
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              pergamenæ nulla ex parte inferior videba­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.011699">Sed noſtra ætas dum ad lucrum
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              nimis ſedula eſt, omnia traducit in deterius,
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                <expan abbr="videturq;">videturque</expan>
              ars hæc librorum, ſeu ad
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              ,
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              ſeu ad pulchritudinem, ſeu etiam ad facili­
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              tatem ſpectes, ſummam adepta perfectio­
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              nem, vt nec ſi velis, plus poſſis optare quam
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              præſtet. </s>
              <s id="s.011700">Neque vlla alia eſt ars cui quic­
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              quam addi non poſſe videatur, præter hanc.
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              <s id="s.011701">Quæ cùm ſerius aliis inuenta ſit periculum
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              eſt, ne cùm tam breui ad virilem, & abſolu­
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              tam ætatem peruenerit, rurſus neglecta re­
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              cidat: quod tamen etiam bellis difficile vi­
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              detur. </s>
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              <s id="s.011702">Chymiſtica ars habet admirabilia plura,
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              multa inania, dubia longè plura, pulchra
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              non pauca, nonnulla ſalutaria, efficacia quæ­
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              dam alia quaſi diuina, plurima momenti
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              nullius alia magnæ ſpei, alia tandem quæ
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              cæteris omnibus numero præſtant maioris
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              iacturæ. </s>
              <s id="s.011703">Sunt verò Chymica inuenta, vi­
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              trum ducere in longiſſimas lineas, tenax aut
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              prædurum efficere poſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.011704">Dudum conſtat ſa­
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              nè vidiſſe me ſphæram exiguam è vitro, quæ
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              illiſa omni conatu ſolo lapideo non commi­
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              nuebatur, ſed reſiliebat ad laquearia. </s>
              <s id="s.011705">Erat
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              autem ex eo vitri genere quod albis lineis
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              interſtinguitur. </s>
              <s id="s.011706">Sed paruitatem ac rotundi­
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              tatem, ad duritiem, non parum contuliſſe
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              reor. </s>
              <s id="s.011707">nam facilè aër hinc inde delabitur.
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              <s id="s.011708">Nuper vidi vitri fruſtum pro gemma, quàm
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              aquam marinam vocant emptum, aliquod
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              aureis coronatis, mira pulchritudine, adeò
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              vt fulgore natiuas vinceret, Eiuſdem eſt
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              ipſum ( vt dixi
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              )
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              albis lineis interſtinguere,
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              aut in illo cælare imagines, falſas fabricare
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              gemmas, purgare Caphuram, metalla mi­
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              ſcere, immutare, aut nobiliora immutari. </s>
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              Chymica in­
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              uenta nota.</s>
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              Quomodo ſe­
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              ricum deal­
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              betur.
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              <s id="s.011711">Modus fa­
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              ciendi roſas
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              varias. </s>
              <s id="s.011712">Vaſa
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              pro metallis
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              liquandis.</s>
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              <s id="s.011713">Sericum ſic etiam fumo ſulfuris dealba­
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              tur: immodicè enim ſiccat, interſtinguit
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              etiam flores, tum præcipuè roſas eadem
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              cauſa, nam parte alba reddita fit color varius. </s>
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              <s id="s.011714">Docuit hæc etiam vaſa pro liquandis me­
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              tallis conficere: nam ex arietis cornibus
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              præcipuè ſumitur, & oſſibus in cinerem
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              redactis, piſtilloque ſubactis, pinſitiſque
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              fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011715">Si verò Smirin aut ſummitates cerui­
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              ni cornu, vel mandibularum lucij ignitas,
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              ac in aceto extinctas bis, aut ter addideris,
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              neque frangentur vaſa, nec metallum effu­
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              giet: adduntur hæc intus, & vbique nec
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              combibat, ſed in imo præcipuè. </s>
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              <s id="s.011716">Eadem nos docuit deſtillationis vſum,
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              commodo, vires, vaſa. </s>
              <s id="s.011717">Sed de vſu, viribus
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              ac commodis ſuperius dictum eſt ſatis: nunc
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              de vaſis, eorumque generibus dicendum
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              eſt, ne ars hæc imperfectè tradita, ſola vi­
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              deatur. </s>
              <s id="s.011718">Nempe hoc in libro artes omnes
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              perfectè traduntur, de quibus tamen agitur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.011719">Quòd ſi hoc non demonſtrauero, iure ne­
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              mo mihi credat. </s>
              <s id="s.011720">Nam non diffusè artes hic
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              traduntur, ſed per capita. </s>
              <s id="s.011721">Quod ſi non
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              omnia capita attigiſſem, noſtri præcepti
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              ex Galeno ſumpti fuiſſem immemor. </s>
              <s id="s.011722">Si ve­
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              rò non præſtantiſſima, non eſſe hic liber de
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              Subtilitate. </s>
              <s id="s.011723">Si igitur omnia capita & maxi­
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              ma, & difficillima attigi, manifeſtum eſt,
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              eum qui quæ hic ſcripta ſunt, aſſequitur,
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              vniuerſæ artis perfectam & abſolutam ha­
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              bere cognitionem. </s>
              <s id="s.011724">Docui autem qualiter ex
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              his in omnium aliorum
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              deuenia­
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              mus reſolutoria methodo, tum ex his quæ
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              proxima ſunt fini, tum ex fine ipſo. </s>
              <s id="s.011725">Sed iam
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              ad rem ipſam inſtitutam de vaſis redeo,
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              quam tractare oculis & manibus mihi con­
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              tigit, cùm pater meus maximum huic arti,
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              licet non methodo aliqua, ſed empericè,
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              operam daret. </s>
              <s id="s.011726">Vaſa igitur quibus fiunt de­
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              ſtillationes, quatuor ſunt generum: aut
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              enim vno vaſe ad nolæ formam fit deſtilla­
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              tio, cùm ea, quæ ſponte ardent, nola con­
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              uerſa deſtillantur. </s>
              <s id="s.011727">Nam quæ ſponte ardent,
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              vt ſulphur & bitumen, eò ardent ſponte, vt
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              demonſtratum eſt, quòd humidum pingue
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              flammas concipit. </s>
              <s id="s.011728">Sed quod in fumum ver­
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              titur, refrigeratum à fundo nolæ vitreæ in
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              humidum concreſſit: hoc autem pingue, vt
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              ſuperius demonſtratum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011729">Ex canali igi­
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              tur oleum effundetur. </s>
              <s id="s.011730">Aut duobus vaſis de­
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              ſtillatio perficitur. </s>
              <s id="s.011731">Contingit autem hoc
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              duobus modis (nam nunc exhalationem tan­
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              quam notiſſimam, quæ vnico fit horum va­
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              ſorum recto, maximè cum materia intus ſic­
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              catur, omitto ) aut quod deſtillatur, in idem
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              vas redeat, & vocatur circulatio, aut vt in
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              aliud: hocque bifariam fit, aut obliquis va­
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              ſis, aut rectis, quorum amborum exempla
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              poſui. </s>
              <s id="s.011732">Si verò tribus ſimul opus ſit, vnum
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              vocatur Bozia à Barbaris, non dicemus Con­
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              ceptaculum, huic imponitur pileus, qui
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              quandoque latior fit in ſummo eius vertice,
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              habétque duo foramina, alterum quo con­
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              ceptaculo imponitur breuius, latiuſque, re­
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              liquum quo illi recipiens, hoc autem tertium
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              eſt vas, iungitur. </s>
              <s id="s.011733">Expoſui & formam cli­
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              bani pluribus vaſis ſeruientis, in quo tria
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              animaduertere oportet: primum vt fundus
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              perforatus ſit, vbi non omninò validum
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              ignem excipere volumus: ſecundum, vt ſpi-
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              racula habeat inferius ad accendendum ig­
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              nem: tertium, vt ſi volumus, leui igne de­
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              ſtillare, foramina etiam habeat ſuperius,
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              quibus vis ignis miteſcat. </s>
              <s id="s.011734">Expreſſi quoque
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              Balnei Mariæ figuram, vt ſcires: quod lon­
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              gum fieri ſolet, vt plura vaſa capere queat.
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              <s id="s.011735">Plura habeat oſtia, vt æqualiter ſimul aqua
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              caleſcat. </s>
              <s id="s.011736">Nec altitudine indiget, paruo enim
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              igne aqua feruet. </s>
              <s id="s.011737">Et quæ in eo deſtillantur,
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              temperatis indigent ignibus. </s>
              <s id="s.011738">Fiunt autem
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              vaſa è pluribus materiis, argento, ære, figu­
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              lina: ſed omnium præſtantiſſima, è ferro,
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              auro, ac vitro. </s>
              <s id="s.011739">Porro, cùm volumus vim
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              ignis magnam experiri, vt in oleo calchan­
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              ti. </s>
              <s id="s.011740">Auro, cùm rem valetudini noſtræ ſaluta­
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              rem quærimus, cuius iactura precium non
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              leue perdat: vt in auro diſſoluto, & æthe­
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              rea aqua, & elyſir vocato. </s>
              <s id="s.011741">Vitro autem ple­
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              raque alia: nam vt vitrum nihil tribuit, ita
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              aurum ad perfectionem talium facit. </s>
              <s id="s.011742">Vt ve­
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              rò vitrea vaſa non frangantur, craſſior eſſe
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              debent, & ex candido vitro, & diutius in
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              fornace excocto, vt ampullis omninò ca­
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              reat: & ſic æqualis ſubſtantiæ, & ab omni
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              ſorde purgatum. </s>
              <s id="s.011743">Senſim quoque excalefie­
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              ri, ac rurſus refrigerari debet. </s>
              <s id="s.011744">Subiici quo­
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              que molle ſtratum, & ſi magnis ignibus </s>
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