Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              tamen ad alimentum, non ad verba, accur­
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              rant. </s>
              <s id="s.012856">Mirum erat videre orbem illum cimi­
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              cibus contectum, vt vix lignum videri poſ­
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              ſet. </s>
              <s id="s.012857">Talia proculdubio & ſunt, & eſſe neceſſe
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              eſt, ſed vt ſciantur oportet. </s>
              <s id="s.012858">Cor veſpertilionis
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              prohibere exitum formicarum affirmant,
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              ſed ſulphur illas prohibet credo odoris ma­
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              gnitudine & prauitate. </s>
              <s id="s.012859">Nihil, vt expertus
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              ſum, in arboribus aqua tutius: circundantur
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              cera, illa aqua impletur. </s>
              <s id="s.012860">Ariſtoteles tradit
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              illas arceri origano cum ſulphure miſto:
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              nam hoc rationi congruit, quoniam vtrun­
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              que vehementer & grauiter olet, & ipſe te­
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              ſtis dignus eſt cui fides habeatur. </s>
              <s id="s.012861">Neque
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              mirum videri debet, quòd corium calcanei
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              dextri vulturis ſuper pedem dextrum, & ſini­
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              ſtri ſuper ſiniſtrum podagrici, leuare poſſit
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              dolores. </s>
              <s id="s.012862">Sicut & vmbilicus infantis, qui præ­
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              ciſus eſt dum naſcitur, in argenteo annulo
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              geſtatus, vt carnem tangeret, multis me vi­
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              dente profuit coli doloribus paratis, vt hoc
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              præſidio integra valetudine per multos an­
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              nos fruerentur: forſan illis profuit fides,
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              nam omnibus contingere hoc minimè cre­
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              dendum eſt, vt ſuperius oſtendi. </s>
              <s id="s.012863">Dubia ſem­
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              per fuit eorum quæ ſuſpenduntur, atque ſuſ­
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              pecta vtilitas: iactura non adeò. </s>
              <s id="s.012864">Ad poda­
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              gras, maſculæ pæoniæ radicem prægrandem
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              plenilunij die collectam, collóque ſuſpen­
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              ſam, vtiliſſimam expertus eſt amicus no­
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              ſter: non tamen auſim dicere omnibus pro­
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              futuram. </s>
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              Ericij, ſen
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              Erinacei vi­
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              res.</s>
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              Cimices ad
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              genus pin­
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              guedinis ve­
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              nientes con­
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              gregantur.</s>
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              Formicis ar­
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              cendis.</s>
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              Lib. 4.de hi­
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              ſtor, ani.c.8.
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              in fine.</s>
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              Podagra do­
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              loribus.
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              <s id="s.012870">Ad præſer­
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              uandum à
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              cholica.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.012871">At ex corporibus noſtris multa ſumi poſ­
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              ſunt ob ſympathiam fida.
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              Mumia quid
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              ſit.</s>
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              <s id="s.012873">Mumia olim concretus erat ſanguis cor­
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              porum Ægyptiorum, myrrha, aloe, atque
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              aliis odoribus conditorum, qualia ſunt caſ­
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              ſia, amomum. </s>
              <s id="s.012874">Hoc medicamenti genus vn­
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              decunque ſanguis flueret, & ad confracta,
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              colliſáque viſcera, vtiliſſimum erat. </s>
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              <s id="s.012875">Adeò reclamarunt, quibus mores cum li­
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              teris Gręcorum placent, vt malint ægros pe­
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              rire, quàm auxiliis, quæ illi non cognoue­
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              rint vti, vt vſus eius exoleuerit. </s>
              <s id="s.012876">Auxítque
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              contemptum, quòd nunc fruſta deferantur
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              cadauerum, quæ in mari rubro, ob ventorum
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              calorem ac ſiccitatem, tum regionis æſtum
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              in nauibus mortuorum ac ſiccatorum, ad nos
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              tum eorum qui in arena ſuffocati ſunt, pro
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              mumia deteruntur. </s>
              <s id="s.012877">Quanquam nec hoc ge­
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              nus mumiæ inutile ſit medicamentum ad
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              ſiſtendum ſanguinem, modò loco applice­
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              tur, tametſi fœdum, & triſte. </s>
              <s id="s.012878">Horret enim
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              omne ſimile maximè ſimile cùm corruptum
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              eſt: vt canes canum corpora plus quam ho­
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              minum, vel luporum, boum autem & ouium
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              edunt. </s>
              <s id="s.012879">Hinc natum conciliandi odium, aut
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              amoris veneficium. </s>
              <s id="s.012880">Verùm vt mirabilium
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              effectuum genera per capita diſtinguam,
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              ſeptem modis mirabilia contingunt: aut na­
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              tura, aut coporis viribus, aut ingenij, aut
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              proprietate, aut viribus certis, ſed eximiis,
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              aut quia occulta ſit cauſa, induſtria, vel ſim­
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              pliciter. </s>
              <s id="s.012881">Proprietatum quidem & corporis
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              virium, & occultatæ per induſtriam cauſæ,
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              exempla plurima poſui cùm de Damauto,
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              vel (vt aliis placet) Dalmago, & Turcis fu­
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              nambulis, ac dum lupi hiſtoriam texerem.
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              <s id="s.012882">Quæ verò manifeſtis viribus agunt, ſed egre­
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              giis, exemplo radicis pæoniæ patefeci. </s>
              <s id="s.012883">Eo­
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              rum quæ ſimpliciter cauſam ignotam ha­
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              bent, multa poſt hæc exempla ſubiiciam:
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              nam ad præcantationes genus hoc pertinet:
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              velut veneficia, partim quidem ad quartum,
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              partim ad quintum, partim etiam ad ſepti­
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              mum genus pertinent. </s>
              <s id="s.012884">Reliquum eſt vt mi­
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              rabilium, quæ natura contingunt, quæque
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              ingenij viribus maximis fiunt, mentionem
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              ſubiiciam. </s>
              <s id="s.012885">Naturæ quidem multa hucuſque
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              narrauimus exempla, ſed quæ ad monſtra
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              pertinent, non iam defectu artificis, ſed ip­
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              ſius induſtria, vnum fuit quòd Conrado Geſ­
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              nero autore inuentum eſt corpore toto hu­
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              mano ac facie, niſi quòd pedibus eſſet & vn­
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              guibus aquilinis, ac mutum, anno ſalutis
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              milleſimo, quingenteſimo, trigeſimoprimo
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              in ſaltu Hamesberbio Miſniæ ſubflauum,
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              barbatum, & quaſi pilis criſtam referebat.
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              <s id="s.012886">Dorſi ſumma parte & ſylueſtri crurum, quæ
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              illi humana erant, & brachiorum ſolùm pi­
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              loſum, pronum, & caudatum. </s>
              <s id="s.012887">Quid aliud di­
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              cere poſſes, quàm expoſitum infantem, nullo
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              doctore factum quadrupedem? </s>
              <s id="s.012888">Inde nec lo­
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              qui didiciſſe, creuiſſéque vngues, ferarum in
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              modum, cæteráque quæ locorum cogit aſpe­
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              ritas. </s>
              <s id="s.012889">Nutritum feræ indulgentia, qualiſcun­
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              que fuerit, inde agreſtibus fructibus, abdi­
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              tum ſpeluncis, fati vi ac robore natiuo po­
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              tius vixiſſe, quàm ratione vlla. </s>
              <s id="s.012890">Sic etiam Al­
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              berti Magni tempore captos duos, maſcu­
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              lum fœminámque in Germaniæ lucis homi­
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              nes, vt ita dicam, quadrupedes. </s>
              <s id="s.012891">Rara ſunt
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              hæc, raras ob cauſas. </s>
              <s id="s.012892">Et quæ his miranda vi­
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              dentur hac ratione aliis non ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.012893">Ne quis
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              culpæ tribuat, quod nos non ignoramus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.012894">Ingenij verò mirabilis tria exempla ſubii­
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              cere ſufficiet. </s>
              <s id="s.012895">Vnum, in quo quod quæſitum
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              eſt aſſequimur. </s>
              <s id="s.012896">Secundum, in quo licet ſem­
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              per proficere, non tamen vnquam ad exa­
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              ctam notitiam peruenire. </s>
              <s id="s.012897">Tertium, quòd ſu­
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              pra humanas vires eſt, neceſſéque fuit non
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              obſcurè labi. </s>
              <s id="s.012898">Primùm igitur eſt cùm velut in
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              artificioſis currum, aut nauim facere volu­
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              mus, quæ quot millia paſſuum exegerit non
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              doceat. </s>
              <s id="s.012899">Rota cuius ambitus ſit pedum duo­
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              decim cum dimidio: atque tympanum circa
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              axem cum denticulo, qui vbi tota verſa fue­
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              rit rotæ occurrens, quatuor centum dentium
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              vnum ex illis transferat. </s>
              <s id="s.012900">Ita perfectis qua­
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              tuor centum reuolutionibus rotæ primæ,
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              quinque millia pedum exacti eruut paſſus
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              mille. </s>
              <s id="s.012901">Vbi verò rota hæc conuerſa fuerit al­
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              tero denticulo detegat modiolum, ex quo la­
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              pis in ſubiectum vas æneum excidat, vt ſo­
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              no & numero lapillorum millia, paſſuum
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              multitudinem oſtendat. </s>
              <s id="s.012902">Aut verſo indice
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              indicabit in alia rota paſſuum millia. </s>
              <s id="s.012903">Ita in
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              artificioſis (vt Vitruuius docet) facilè eſt ad
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              exactam rerum cognitionem peruenire. </s>
              <s id="s.012904">Sed
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              in contemplationibus exemplum erit. </s>
              <s id="s.012905">Vt in
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              cœleſtibus, quæ circulis hîc demonſtrantur,
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              & in proportionibus ſphæralium circulo­
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              rum per ſinus exactiſſimè demonſtratis. </s>
              <s id="s.012906">Pro­
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              priè autem, vt cùm per meteoroſcopium co­
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              gnita loci diſtantia, ſcimus illius longitudi­
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              nem ac latitudinem: vel cognita diſtan­
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              tia, & latitudine, longitudinem cognoſ­
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              cimus. </s>
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