Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              mine, qui à ſerpentibus eſſent vulnerati.
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              Eremitam ſolitum interrogare nuncium, an
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              vellet curam pro infirmo ipſe ſuſcipere, nun­
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              cio affirmante, iubebat nudum pedem in
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              terra firmare, quem cultelli circumſcribe­
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              bat acie, inde amoto pede hæc verba inſcri­
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              bebat: CARO CARVZE SANVM RE­
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              DVCERE, PVTA SANVM EMA­
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              NVEL, PARACLETVS, acie
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              cultel­
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              li quæ
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              cultello eradebat, ita vt ne
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                gium</expan>
              ſupereſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.013024">Hanc
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              in paropſidem aqua
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              plenam imponebat, eò relinquens donec to­
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              ta ſubſideret: quàm poſtmodum excolatam
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              nuncij camiſia bibendam eidem propina­
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              bat, & confeſtim abſens æger curabatur. </s>
              <s id="s.013025">I
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              modò tu, & huius facti redde rationem. </s>
              <s id="s.013026">Ri­
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              debis forſan: & ego inaudita ſcribo, fides
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              ſit apud autorem. </s>
              <s id="s.013027">Sed cùm illud mecum re­
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              puto, quod filio Hieronymi Legnani in vr­
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              be noſtra contingit, non poſſum non admi­
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              rari. </s>
              <s id="s.013028">Laborabat me præſente abſceſſu inter
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              pectinem & vmbilicum, qui quum eſſet
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              maximus, vbi perueniſſet ad vlcus, ab om­
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              nibus egregiis chirurgis deſperata ſalute,
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              quum puer eſſet annorum octo, & vt dice­
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              bant, etiam fæces per vmbilicum exire cu­
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              piſſent, quòd tamen ego non vidi, & ad
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              ſummam deductus, tabem, in manus inci­
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              dit cuiuſdam Antonij ex oppido Gallarate,
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              qui aqua putei cum quibuſdam verbis per
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              os, & ſuper vulnus exhibita, curabit illum
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              cùmque ego poſt aliquot menſes inuiſerem
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              matrem ægrotantem, huncque mortuum
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              exiſtimarem, occurrit hic puer monſtro ſi­
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              milis, qui præ morbi magnitudine, adeò
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              curuus remanſit, vt pectus, caputque ſolo
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              æquidiſtent, formam nactus erecti gnomo­
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              nis, viuitque ſic miſer iſte puer quamuis no­
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              bilis: nam pater tabellio eſt, & cauſidicus
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              egregius. </s>
              <s id="s.013029">Talia certè magna admiratione
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              digna ſunt: at quòd conſuta hellebori radix
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              nigri inter carnem, & pellem iumenti quod
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              vipera momorderit, ſanare ipſum poſſit: etſi
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              dignum ſit admiratione, & ad magiam po­
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              tius quàm ad veterinariam pertineat, eui­
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              dentem tamen habet rationem. </s>
              <s id="s.013030">Nam vim
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              attrahendi cum egregiam habeat, vndique
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              ſparſas veneni vires auocat à corde ad con­
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              traria arteriarum ora. </s>
              <s id="s.013031">Omnis enim arteria
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              ſenſibilis, præter eam quæ eſt in pulmoni­
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              bus, os vnum in corde habet, aliud ſub cu­
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              te. </s>
              <s id="s.013032">Quòd verò in animalibus arteriæ idem
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              penè radices in plantis. </s>
              <s id="s.013033">Vnde etiam apud
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              Boreales virere plantas affirmant, perpetua
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              fronde: quanquam præter generis naturam,
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              quòd in radicibus earum globi ſerpentum
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              lateant: quod maximè in Betullis contin­
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              git. </s>
              <s id="s.013034">Siccatur enim ſuperfluus humor, & ar­
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              bos ipſa incaleſcit viru anguium: cùm vul­
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              gus iners ſacras eas arbores eſſe dicat. </s>
              <s id="s.013035">Simi­
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              li ratione alia mentem turbant, vt vini fæx,
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              apollinaris herba, & tithymali radix, præ­
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              cipuè cypariſſij. </s>
              <s id="s.013036">Et ob id aues, & piſces, &
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              quæcunque cerebrum habent imbecille,
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                te</expan>
              propria excutiuntur. </s>
              <s id="s.013037">Imbecille enim ce­
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              rebrum habent alia ob paruitatem, vt aues:
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              alia ob frigiditatem, vt piſces: alia ob per­
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              fectionem, vt mures ac caniculi: vnde ſi
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              caniculum vel leui palmæ ictu in parte ca­
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              pitis poſteriore percutias, ſubitò moritur.
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              At hominibus vix talia ſufficiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013038">Sed quæ
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              veternum inducunt, humida, & fragida im­
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              modicé oportet, vt ſint: non enim materiam
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              tam grauis ac conſtantis ſomni præbere poſ­
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              ſent. </s>
              <s id="s.013039">At ſi modicum ex his miſceas, adhuc
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              grauem ſomnum non efficient. </s>
              <s id="s.013040">Si pluri­
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              mum, hominem occides. </s>
              <s id="s.013041">Et cor potius,
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              quàm cerebrum occupabit. </s>
              <s id="s.013042">Oportet igitur,
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              vt his miſceantur, quæ cæleriter caput pe­
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              tunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013043">Talia omnia tenuia ſunt, vt facilè in
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              vapores ſoluantur. </s>
              <s id="s.013044">Quod verò tenue eſt,
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              valde calidum eſt: oportet igitur medica­
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              mentum hoc ex frigidis, & humidis,
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              tum etiam calidis ac tenuibus conſtare.
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              <s id="s.013045">Quæ verò frigida, & humida immodi­
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              cè ſunt, excocta eſſe nequeunt: quod au­
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              tem non excoctum eſt, grauem habet odor
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              rem. </s>
              <s id="s.013046">Sed quod grauiter olet, cum iungitur
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              calidis, & tenuibus, multùm olet: odor
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              enim in tenui ſubſtantia, & calido ac ſicco
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              poſitus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013047">Quæcunque igitur veternum per
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              ſe excitare poſſunt, odoris grauitate pro­
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              duntur. </s>
              <s id="s.013048">Sed ſunt qui cum vino miſceant,
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              vbi præter veternum etiam homo vbi reſi­
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              puerit, mente læditur. </s>
              <s id="s.013049">Quamobrem qui ta­
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              lia exhibent, non minùs quàm qui vene­
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              num, ſupplicio digni ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013050">Exhibent au­
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              tem plerunque ob adulteria patranda. </s>
              <s id="s.013051">Sed
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              licet etiam veternum exterioribus prouoca­
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              re, quoties quæ tenuiſſima ſunt ſoporiferis
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              miſcentur. </s>
              <s id="s.013052">Hæc autem ad vigilias pellendas
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              ſtudioſorum: ſtudioſi enim maximè, & ſe­
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              nes, vigiliis vexantur. </s>
              <s id="s.013053">Pomum igitur ex
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              opio, & mandragoræ ſucco coacto: vini fæ­
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              ce, & zibeto, ſomnum dulcem, & vbertim
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              conciliare poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013054">At rurſus bona in mala
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              verti conſueuêre. </s>
              <s id="s.013055">Nelphus de quo elegans
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              Aurelij Augurelli ode facti continens hiſto­
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              riam extat. </s>
              <s id="s.013056">Cùm in certamine equeſtri Pa­
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              tauij victor extitiſſet, depoſita galea, vt reſ­
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              piraret, ab inuidis, quod plebeius eſſet, co­
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              pioſo illito intus opio extinctus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013057">Nam ca­
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              lor galcæ, tum ſpiritus hauſerant quicquid
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              halitus pernicioſi intra caſſidem contineba­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.013058">Calore autem venarum oſcula omnia
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              patebant, vnde ſtatim receptus intra pene­
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              tralia hominem ſtrangulauit. </s>
              <s id="s.013059">Tantum po­
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              teſt virtus perſæpè ad mortem aſciſcendam,
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              quantum nec crimen. </s>
              <s id="s.013060">Forſan non docenda
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              talia quiſquam dicet. </s>
              <s id="s.013061">Sed maius in his au­
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              xilij præcauere docendo, quàm periculi de­
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              clarando. </s>
              <s id="s.013062">Nam qui talia facturus eſt, iam
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              hominem deſtinat morti: qui iam hoc fe­
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              cit, multas inueniet nocendi vias: facilius
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              autem eſt aliquid inuenire, & in præuiſam
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              frondem incidere, quàm omninò nihil in­
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              uenire: igitur maius eſt in docendo auxilij,
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              quàm periculi in his. </s>
              <s id="s.013063">At quæ per ſe non
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              adeò comperta ſunt, vt venenum, quod ta­
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              ctu ſolo occidat, aut ſolo odore leui, vt qui
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              puluere iniecto pannis peſtem excitabant,
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              aut herbæ incognitæ nocentem vim atque
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              morbo ſimilem, quæ tamen perimat, aut
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              venenum, quod tractu temporis occidat, ab
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              initio non ſentiatur, & generaliter quæcun­
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              que non prompta ſunt cuiquam inuentu, ſi
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              quis doceat, eò veneficio deterior eſt, quò
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              populus ſæuiens vnico viro. </s>
              <s id="s.013064">Quid populus </s>
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