Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              affirmare. </s>
              <s id="s.013669">Illud nimis verum eſt, totum ſu­
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              bitò conflagraſſe, mulierem confeſſam ſup­
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              plicio affectam. </s>
              <s id="s.013670">Conflagratio accidit quar­
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              to Idus Aprilis, qui dies erat Iouis ante
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              Paſcha, anno à Chriſto paſſo 1533. Quidam
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              eius oppidi ciues apud huius vrbis magiſtra­
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              tum rem ita geſtam pro comperto narra­
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              runt, quemadmodum mihi retulit Henri­
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              cus Glareanus, quantum meminiſſe poſſum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013671">Dæmon ſibilo ſignum dedit è quadam æ­
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              dium parte. </s>
              <s id="s.013672">Caupo ſuſpicans eſſe furem, aſ­
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              cendit, neminem reperit. </s>
              <s id="s.013673">Sed idem ſignum
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              rurſus ex altiore cœnaculo redditum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013674">Et
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              huc conſcendit caupo, furem perſequens.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013675">Cùm nec illic quiſquam appareret, ſibilus
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              auditus eſt è faſtigio fumarij. </s>
              <s id="s.013676">Illicò tetigit
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              cauponis animum, eſſe dæmoniacum quid­
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              dam: iubet ſuos eſſe præſenti animo. </s>
              <s id="s.013677">Acciti
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              ſunt ſacerdotes duo, adhibitus exorciſmus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013678">Reſpondit, ſe eſſe dæmonem. </s>
              <s id="s.013679">Rogatus quid
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              illic ageret, ait ſe velle exurere oppidum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013680">Minitantibus ſacrificis, Reſpondit, ſe pro ni­
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              hilo ducere minas illorum, quòd alter eſſet
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              ſcortator, vterque fur. </s>
              <s id="s.013681">Aliquanto pòſt mu­
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              lierculam quam cum habuerat conſuetudi­
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              nem annis quatuordecim, cùm interim il­
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              la quotannis, & confiteretur, & acciperet
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              euchariſtiam, ſuſtulit in aërem, impoſuitque
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              fumarij faſtigio: tradidit ollam, iuſſit vt
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              inuerteret: inuertit, & intra horam totum
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              oppidum exuſtum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013682">An dæmon indigna­
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              tus ob inductum riualem cauponis filium, &
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              oppidum perdiderit, & mulierem prodiderit,
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              certum non audiui: non eſt tamen vero diſſi­
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              mile. </s>
              <s id="s.013683">Huius facti vicini tam conſtans eſt fa­
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              ma, vt fictum videri non queat. </s>
              <s id="s.013684">Feruntur &
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              alia huius generis, ſed non libet aures tuas
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              vulgi fabulis remorari. </s>
              <s id="s.013685">Hîc facti ratio haud
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              dubia eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013686">Dicere poſſet quiſpiam, dolum
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              fuiſſe fœminæ, ac deſperationem. </s>
              <s id="s.013687">Sed adeò
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              bellè omnia conſentire videntur, vt vix cre­
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              di poſſit: quoniam non dæmon oppidum
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              concremare potuit, ſed ollam porrigere, mu­
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              lierem perſuadere. </s>
              <s id="s.013688">Sed audi aliam eiuſdem
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              hiſtoriam. </s>
              <s id="s.013689">Anno ſuperiore Magduni ( id eſt
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              oppidulum haud ita procul ab Aurelia) ma­
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              leficus quiſpiam deceſſurus vxori mandat, vt
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              quicquid eſſet apud ſe librorum
                <expan abbr="Magicorũ">Magicorum</expan>
              ,
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              reliquaque eius ſacri arma, ciui cuidam
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              Aureliano tradat, propediem videlicet peri­
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              turo, quòd hunc ſceleris conſcium ac parti­
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              cipem habuiſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.013690">Is hæc omnia Aureliam
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              tranfert. </s>
              <s id="s.013691">Iam ipſe ſacerdos domi ſuæ plus
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              triennium nefandum ſacrum, & quavis
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              idololatria execratius, non
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              vxore, ſi­
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              lia virgine etiam adiuuante peragitat. </s>
              <s id="s.013692">Qui­
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              bus verò ceremoniis, quove ritu ſacrile­
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              gium hoc conſtiterit, paucis referam, ita vt
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              à certiſſimis hominibus accepi. </s>
              <s id="s.013693">Corpus illud
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              adorandum vindici noſtri IESV in pyxidula
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              quadam ſaligna conditum ſub lecti
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              abdiderat. </s>
              <s id="s.013694">O diuinam patientiam: mihi
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              referenti frigidus horror membra quatit. </s>
              <s id="s.013695">Id
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              ante triennium à ſacrificulo quopiam fame­
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              lico, & impio ( cuiuſmodi hîc nimis magna
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              copia ) fuerat mercatus, & quidem mino­
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              ris ( opinor ) quàm olim Iudæi Chriſtum. </s>
              <s id="s.013696">vt
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              ſceleſtiſſimus ille ſacerdos Iudam nobis non
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              retulerit ſolùm, ſed etiam vicerit: & illum
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              quidem rumor eſt ſubitanea morte impieta­
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              tis pœnas dediſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.013697">Ergo quoties veneficus
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              ille rem non diuinam, ſed diabolicam fa­
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              cturus eſſet, depromebatur prophanis mani­
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              bus cœleſte myſterium, atque è ſtramentis
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              erutum, nudatumque exponebatur. </s>
              <s id="s.013698">Filia
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              puella neque dum virum paſſa, enſem nu­
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              dum manu ſublata tenebat, quòd id mune­
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              ris, niſi à virgine obiri ritè non poſſet, mu­
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              cronem in ſacrum illud corpus intentans,
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              ſcilicet minitanti ſimilis. </s>
              <s id="s.013699">Tum caput quod­
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              dam proferebatur, ex neſcio qua materia,
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              triplici facie cælatum, nempe monadem il­
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              lam triformem, & triadem vniformem re­
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              pręſentans. </s>
              <s id="s.013700">Id nouies reducto ambitu cinge­
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              batur. </s>
              <s id="s.013701">In his mille figuræ Tau, inauditis aun
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              gulorum nominibus inſcriptæ: poſtea toti­
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              dem ambitus cacodæmonum horrendis vo­
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              cabulis diſtincti. </s>
              <s id="s.013702">His ita compoſitis, maleficij
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              antiſtes explicitis libris execratis illis preci­
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              bus. </s>
              <s id="s.013703">Hecate dictante primùm adorandam
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              triadem, & angelorum quamplurimos ſuo
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              quoſque choro: deinde cacodæmonum ſex­
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              centa nomina citat, neque finis donec dæ­
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              mon ille præſtò ſit, præſenſque vocanti reſ­
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              pondet. </s>
              <s id="s.013704">Is erat ingentium theſaurorum, aut
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              opifex, aut certè monſtrator. </s>
              <s id="s.013705">Promiſerat ſce­
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              leſtus ille ſacrifico ſuo Perſicos montes, lar­
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              gitus etiam nonnihil: ſed adeò infrà ſpem,
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              vt virum iam operæ, quippe triennis, cœpe­
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              rit pœnitere. </s>
              <s id="s.013706">Itaque promiſſorem ſuum ſo­
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              litis precaminibus euocat, expoſtulatque ſe
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              iampridem lactari, & ſpe modò duci, neque
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              vllum operæ pretium facere. </s>
              <s id="s.013707">Purgat ille ſe
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              contrà, negans, id ſua culpa accidere: verùm
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              deeſſe quiddam ceremoniis, quòd hominem
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              literis præditum deſideraret: quem ſi nan­
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              ciſci poſſet, ſe theſauros indicaturum om­
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              nium votis ampliores. </s>
              <s id="s.013708">Simulque percon­
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              tanti, quis eſſet ad eam rem potiſſimùm aſ­
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              ciſcendus, ſuadet Priorem monaſterij Mo­
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              nachorum, qui ſe Prædicatores appelli­
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              tant (id eſt pone mœnia Aureliana) adeat, &
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              cautim virum pertentet. </s>
              <s id="s.013709">Eſt verò hic Theo­
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              logiæ Baccalaureus ( vt vocant ) formatus,
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              apud vulgus opinione non in celebri, & con­
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              cionator non omnino peſſimus, vt nunc qui­
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              dem ſunt theologi: cæterùm vt mihi pòſt
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              viſum eſt, & ferè ſunt eiuſmodi, famæ per
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              quàm auidus. </s>
              <s id="s.013710">Sed haud etiam coniectura
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              conſequor, quid genius ille malus captarit,
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              vt ne ſacerdotem ſuum iamiam ad defectio­
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              nem ſpectantem, rectà in perniciem indu­
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              ceret: an quòd ſeriò ſibi promiſerit, theo­
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              logi mentem, præmij propoſiti magnitu­
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              dine poſſe corrumpi: hac opinor fiducia,
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              quòd, vt diuinitùs ſcripſit Maro,
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              Quid non mortalia pectora cogit
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              Auri ſacra fames?
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              Eraſmi Ro­
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              terodami
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              hiſtoria ad­
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              mirabilis.</s>
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              Hiſtoria
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              alia.</s>
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              <s id="s.013713">Tum quòd (vti aiunt) hi qui cum iſtiuſ­
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              modi hominum genere familiarius ſunt
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              verſati, ſub illis cucullis, & mendicitatis
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              nomine deploratiſſimæ nonnunquam men­
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              tes latitent, intolerabili arrogantia, & ex­
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              trema pecuniæ cupiditate flagrantes. </s>
              <s id="s.013714">Verùm
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              hoc quidem in medio relinquimus. </s>
              <s id="s.013715">Vir igi­
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              tur perſuaſus hominem conuenit, vtque pe­
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              detentim illius animum prætentaret, fingit
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              ſibi codices aliquot eſſe domi, inutiles qui­
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              dem ſibi, quippe idiotæ, verùm homini lite­
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              rato longè vtiliſſimos. </s>
              <s id="s.013716">Rogat, num quos </s>
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