Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              emptos velit. </s>
              <s id="s.013717">Theologus proferri iubet, in­
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              ſpiciundos ſcilicet. </s>
              <s id="s.013718">Promit ille vetus Teſta­
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              mentum, quod vulgus Biblia vocat, Gallicè
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              verſum. </s>
              <s id="s.013719">Eum codicem vbi
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              Theo­
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              logus, ecquos alios haberet percontanti,
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              grauatim quidem ac detrectanti ſimilis,
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              alium quendam ſinu abditum producit:
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              quem euolutum vbi animaduertiſſet impro­
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              barum artium eſſe magiſtrum, haud etiam
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              ſcio, an nouitate captui ( ita vt fit) curioſius
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              inſpectarit, an vt
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              , quàm ſubeſſe ſen­
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              tiſcebat, prorſus expiſcaretur. </s>
              <s id="s.013720">Rogatus ita­
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              que quidnam ille placeret, reſpondit. </s>
              <s id="s.013721">Male­
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              ficum ſibi videri librum. </s>
              <s id="s.013722">Tum ille ſilentij
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              fidem obteſtatione ſtipulatus, ait eiuſdem
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              generis aliquot domi ſibi eſſe, ſed eruditi
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              homini operam deſiderare: alioqui theſau­
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              ros immenſos poſſe his libris conflari. </s>
              <s id="s.013723">Ibi
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              arrectior theologus, orat vt eos quoque ad
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              ſe perferat in ſpiciendos: ſibi rem hanc ve­
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              hementer eſſe cordi, nec omninò in nego­
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              tio tam diuino indormiendum: ſibi ſpem
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              eſſe certiſſimam feliciter euenturum. </s>
              <s id="s.013724">Ergo
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              datis inuicem dextris, miſer ille reliquos li­
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              bros adfert, Theologus expiſcari non deſi­
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              nit, donec homo iam eius animi ſecurus,
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              omni de re palàm facit. </s>
              <s id="s.013725">Poſtremò etiam de
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              Chriſti corpore. </s>
              <s id="s.013726">Ibi ille tanquam vehemen­
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              ter gauiſus, impenſius obſecrat, vt res tan­
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              tas ſibi oſtendat, ſe iam toto pectore de ma­
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              turando negotio cogitare. </s>
              <s id="s.013727">Hic hominem do­
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              mum ſuam deducit, vxorem myſterium
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              illud, reliquaque item maleficij arma de­
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              promere iubet. </s>
              <s id="s.013728">Proferuntur, inſpectantur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013729">Monachus longè aliud ſimulans ( vt narat
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              ipſe) rectà inde ad Officialem, quem vocant.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013730">rem defert, virum profectò ſumma vitæ in­
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              tegritate, & abſoluta Iuris vtriuſque pru­
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              dentia ſpectatiſſimum, noſtri maiorem in
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              modum amantem. </s>
              <s id="s.013731">Is verò in re tam prodi­
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              gioſa nihil etiam cunctandum ratus, homi­
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              nem prodente theologo per regios mini­
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              ſtros in vincula coniicit non ſine vxore &
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              filia. </s>
              <s id="s.013732">Protinus in ædes irruptum, myſterium
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              illud adorandum honore quo conueniebat
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              prolatum, dieique eius quod erat reliquum,
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              & nos omnis à clero, monachiſque per no­
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              ctes excubias agentibus, ſolennibus cantio­
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              nibus, & precibus celebrata. </s>
              <s id="s.013733">Poſtridie indi­
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              cta ſolemnis ſupplicatio: veſtiuntur tape­
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              tibus vtrinque viæ, quaque ibatur, quaque
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              ad templum redibatur: perſtrepebant vrbe
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              tota templa ſacris tintinnabulis. </s>
              <s id="s.013734">Procedit
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              clerus vniuerſus cum ſuis quiſque reliquiis,
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              tota ciuitate ad ſpectaculum effuſa: digna­
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              que pompa ſacramentum è conſceleratis æ­
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              dibus ſublatum, in templum ſalutiferæ cru­
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              ci ſacrum defertur. </s>
              <s id="s.013735">Ibi theologus tam fre­
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              quenti concione quantam antea viſam fuiſ­
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              ſe negant, rem omnem non ſine gloriæ ſuſ­
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              pitione exponit: identidem obteſtans Chriſti
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              corpus inibi ſub dio appoſitum, vt erat ex
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              ædibus malefici deportatum. </s>
              <s id="s.013736">Fecerat idem
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              poſtridie facturus, item deinceps, & vt quid­
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              que illi in cuniculis fuiſſent confeſſi, ita quo­
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              tidie populo renunciaturus: quòd ſibi cre­
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              do certiſſimam parandæ immortalitatis ma­
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              teriam oblatam eſſe iudicaret, niſi Officia­
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              lis vir minimè ſtultum theologo iam vento­
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              ſo gloriæ curru volitanti, ſilentium impo­
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              ſuiſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.013737">Excutiuntur & audiuntur aſſiduè à
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              theologis Lutetia in hoc aſcitis, adhibitis
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              item duobus Iureconſultis. </s>
              <s id="s.013738">Narrauit nobis
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              Officialis prodigioſa quædam in quæſtio­
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              nibus à viro aperiri, ſed quæ nondum pro
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              certis referri poſſent, quod ipſum ſibi parum
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              adhuc conſtare diceret: mulierem noctu
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              miſeris modis à cacodæmone vexari, pungi,
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              cædi, raptari, peneque exanimari: filiam
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              verò ſui ſecuram, neque quicquam ſupplicij
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              metu commoueri, quòd ſibi quotidie cum
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              luce præſtò fieri affirmat neſcio quem, qui
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              conſolando dolorem illi omnem adimat,
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              animoque tranquillo eſſe iubeat. </s>
              <s id="s.013739">Tenetur à
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              Magduni malefici, cuius ſuprà memini, vi­
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              dua. </s>
              <s id="s.013740">Hæc ille. </s>
              <s id="s.013741">Verùm aliquis dubitare poſ­
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              ſet, ne vnquam maleficus hic infelix dæmo­
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              nem auocare potuerit? </s>
              <s id="s.013742">verùm deficere ali­
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              quid ſuſpicantem conſilio cum vxore inito,
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              in laqueos incidiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.013743">Nam ſi dæmon eum
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              alloquebatur, docere poterat quæ deficerent,
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              & hominem non amandare in perniciem,
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              qui iam ſuus eſſet: quique ſi deſiſſet, non
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              melior futurus erat, quandoquidem non ad
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              Deum eſſet acceſſurus, vel illum quæſiturus,
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              ſed dæmonem ob indignationem relicturus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013744">At dæmon proditor eſt, & ſuos negligit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013745">Concedatur: nemo tamen adeò eſt malus, vt
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              ſibi aduerſetur. </s>
              <s id="s.013746">Hoc erat abigere homines à
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              malarum artium ſtudiis, & ſui obſeruatio­
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              ne, quàm ille maximè efflagitare fertur. </s>
              <s id="s.013747">Sed
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              quanquam hæc dubia ſint, magnam tamen
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              præbent ſuſpicionem, ne aliquid eſſet, ob fi­
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              liæ conſolationem. </s>
              <s id="s.013748">Sed multa latere potue­
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              runt. </s>
              <s id="s.013749">Ita nos ancipites in his rebus Deus vi­
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              detur eſſe voluiſſe. </s>
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              <s id="s.013750">Nam & Pauſanias refert in Atticis, ſingu­
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              lis noctibus in Marathone campo, vbi Mil­
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              tiades iam annis tamen quadringentis elap­
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              ſis, Perſarum centum millia cecidiſſet, vbi­
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              que Icarus etiam rex antea interfectus fue­
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              rat, hinnitus equorum audiri, & pugnan­
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              tium concurſus, Quæ cuique ad hoc ſpecta­
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              culum accedenti data opera non occurre­
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              bant. </s>
              <s id="s.013751">Sed ſolùm fortuito illuc ſe conferen­
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              tibus exaudiebantur. </s>
              <s id="s.013752">Adeò videtur ſummus
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              ille opifex nos omninò incertos relinquere
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              voluiſſe, vt bonis fidei præmia, improbis, at­
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              que incredulis pœnæ deberentur. </s>
              <s id="s.013753">Sed ſi om­
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              ninò animæ ibi Perſarum excitabant tumul­
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              tum, oportuit etiam equorum animas quæ
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              hinnirent ſuperfuiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.013754">Quamobrem veriſimi­
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              lius erit paulò pòſt prælium illud graue ex­
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              citatam fabulam è cauſa aliqua naturali ad
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              ea tempora percrebuiſſe, vt qualemcunque
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              ſtrepitum confuſo equorum hinnitui, &
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              concurſu præliantium attribuerent. </s>
              <s id="s.013755">Nam­
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              que in omni nocturno ſtrepitu, qui è terra
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              prodit, plerunque pars eſt grauior, pars acu­
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              tior. </s>
              <s id="s.013756">Grauiorum ad concurſus hominum, &
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              gemitus referunt, acutiorem ad equorum
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              hinnitus. </s>
              <s id="s.013757">Quamobrem antiquis relictis
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              exemplis, ad quædam noſtri temporis deue­
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              niamus. </s>
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              Hiſtoria alia
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              mira.</s>
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              <s id="s.013759">Refert Nicolaus Venetus in Indica hiſto­
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              ria, nauclerum Indum cum ceſſaſſent venti,
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              inuocato, vt ipſe appellabat Deo
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              ,
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              tandem in Arabem quendam illum deſcen­
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              diſſe, corruptumque hominem exclamaſſe,
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              per nauimque currentem ad tabulam, quæ </s>
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