Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              quibus delectantur hi, eis ſunt propria, non
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              quæ hic agantur. </s>
              <s id="s.013860">Sed vt pueris puerilia, ple­
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              beis parua, magiſtratibus publica, regibus
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              quæ ad prouincias ſpectant, ita diis (ſic enim
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              Latinè magis quanquam ob homonymiam,
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              non abſque ſuſcipione cultus
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              pij) quàm
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              Geniis, Diuis, Dia-ve, Mentibus, Intellecti­
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              bus,
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              , aut Angelis, dicere licebit.
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              <s id="s.013861">Ariſtoteles Subſtantias primas, Principia,
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              Animaſque vocat. </s>
              <s id="s.013862">Vera tamen Latinaque
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              interpretatione quamvis parum conſueta,
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              intelligentias appellare licebit: quòd vt
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              lux nil aliud ſit, quàm ſplendor, & lumen
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              claritas, ita Dei intelligentia, quòd Deus
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              maximè ſit, exiſtat, conſiſtatque veluti ſub­
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              ſtantia, ſubſtantia eſt: nam ſi Viſus ſubſtan­
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              tia eſſet, idem eſſet Viſus, & quod videt:
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              Vitas verò quæ verè ſolæ viuunt, non vt
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              nos media ſemper inter mortem & vitam,
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              inter vmbram & corpus, inter lunam ac te­
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              nebras, dubiaque luce meritò vocabimus, æ­
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              terna & immortalia. </s>
              <s id="s.013863">Neque horum exiguus,
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              aut mediocris numerus qualis nobis vide­
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              tur, ſed ea innumerabilia ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013864">Participant
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              autem diuinitate multa quæcunque talia:
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              nec decoris, aut claritatis, aut ſplendoris, cæ­
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              terorumque bonorum, quorum etiam gene­
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              ra nobis ſunt ignota, meta vlla eſſe videtur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013865">Eorum autem quæ hîc fiunt nulla ſcientia,
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              neque ignorantia: pars enim ſunt illorum
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              quibus ipſæ delectantur, quoniam meliori
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              quodammodo ſunt antequam fierent. </s>
              <s id="s.013866">Quæ­
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              ſitum autem eſt, in omnia & in omnibus, &
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              de omnibus? </s>
              <s id="s.013867">Hoc autem ad aliam tractatio­
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              nem pertinet. </s>
              <s id="s.013868">Has ergo Dionyſius Areopa­
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              gita in nouem Hîerarchias diſpoſuit: An­
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              gelos, Archangelos, Thronos, Dominatio­
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              nes, Virtutes, Principatus, Poteſtates, Cheru­
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              bim, atque Seraphim. </s>
              <s id="s.013869">Hæc autem nomina,
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              Eccleſia in Miſſæ ſolennibus celebrat. </s>
              <s id="s.013870">Vna­
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              quæque verò harum magis ab altera diſtat,
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              quàm ab earum vltima humanus intelle­
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              ctus, quum tamen earum nulli ad perfectio­
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              nem quicquam deſit, quoniam in diuerſis
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              generibus poſitæ ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013871">Multò etiam minus
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              illarum maxima Dei claritatem poteſt com­
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              prehendere, quàm illam noſter intellectus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013872">Ipſa enim diuinitas, infinito ( etiam ab ipſo
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              primo intellectu ) abſcedit interuallo. </s>
              <s id="s.013873">Hoc
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              ſolùm diſcriminis intereſt, quòd intellectus
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              noſter eſt ſolum verorum intellectuum ima­
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              go indiſcreta, non autem verus intellectus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013874">Vt enim inter ſtrenuiſſimum, ignauiſſimum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013875">que equum maior eſt differentia, quàm inter
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              ignauiſſimum ac pictum, quia ſtrenuiſſimus
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              longè plus duplo ignauiſſimum ſuperat, &
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              tamen vterque verus eſt equus, pictus ne­
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              quaquam: ita pictus equus noſtro intelle­
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              ctui, ignauiſſimus vltimo Deo: ſtrenuiſſi­
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              mus ei, qui ordine illi proximus eſt ſi com­
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              paretur, intelliges planè noſtrum intelle­
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              ctum vmbram quandam eſſe ſolùm veri in­
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              tellectus.
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              Ictus vt ve­
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              lociores
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              ſunt, eò ma­
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              gis atterunt.</s>
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              Vita deorum
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              qualis.</s>
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              Demonſtra­
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              tio oſtendens
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              primarum
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              ſubſtantia­
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              rum clarita­
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              tem.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Vitarum de­
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              lectatio qua­
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              lis.</s>
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              Intelligen­
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              tiarum or­
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              dines.</s>
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              Intellectus
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              noſter vm­
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              bratilis eſt.</s>
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              <s id="s.013882">Noſter enim hic intellectus quum reci­
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              piat ex eorum ipſarum imagine notitiam
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              quandam, plenus manet obſcuritatis, erro­
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              ris, atque dubitationis. </s>
              <s id="s.013883">Nec ſemper, imò ne­
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              que diu in opere ſuo manet. </s>
              <s id="s.013884">At ſupremi illi
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              intellectus clari, certi, ſynceri, perpetui, aſſi­
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              dueque in opere beato viuunt. </s>
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              <s id="s.013885">Forſan dubitat aliquis, quomodo igitur
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              inter illos, alter altero perfectior eſſe poteſt?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013886">Non ſecus dicendum, quàm qui nouit ſena­
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              rium eſſe perfectum, abſque demonſtratio­
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              ne. </s>
              <s id="s.013887">Hic quidem refert intellectum noſtrum,
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              obſcurè enim nouit, dubitatque, ac vmbram
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              ſolam rerum hebet. </s>
              <s id="s.013888">Itaque velut ſenſus bel­
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              luarum, qui corticem ſolùm percipiunt ad
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              humanos ſenſus, qui medullam, ita intelle­
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              ctus noſter ad intellectus veros. </s>
              <s id="s.013889">Nec ſecus ac
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              qui pulchrum palatium foris ſtans inſpicit,
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              nihil eorum quæ intus ſunt, aut fiunt, quæ­
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              que maxima ſunt & pulcherrima, nouit: ita
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              mens noſtra medullam rerum non attingens,
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              quædam ſolùm externa inclyti huius diuini
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              oppificij contemplatur, & admiratur. </s>
              <s id="s.013890">Rurſus
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              finge intelligentem per demonſtrationem,
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              quòd ſenarius perfectus eſt, huic ad exquiſi­
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              tam cognitionem quum nihil deſit, nomen
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              perfecti conuenit. </s>
              <s id="s.013891">Eò tamen rurſus perfe­
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              ctior eſt, qui demonſtratione aſſequutus eſt,
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              quòd in ſe ductus ſeipſum ſupra denarios
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              conficit. </s>
              <s id="s.013892">Qui verò præter hæc, quòd diuiſis
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              cubis, numeris per ipſum latera illorum re­
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              linquat, hic etiam ſecundo præſtantior eſt.
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              <s id="s.013893">Eò etiam melior qui demonſtratione nouit,
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              quòd diſpoſitis ab vnitate ſenariis iunctiſ­
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              que ordine, qui fiunt numeri, ſi rurſus eo­
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              dem ordine iungantur, ſemper efficiunt cu­
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              bitos numeros.
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              1 1 1 . 1
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              6 7 8 . 2
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              12 19 27 . 3
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              18 37 64 . 4
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              24 61 125 . 5
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              <s id="s.013894">Ergo quòd intellectus noſter imbecillis,
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              ſatis eſt manifeſtum: cur tamen, nondum
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              diximus. </s>
              <s id="s.013895">At Deus meliorem efficere nequi­
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              uit, non quia non potuerit, ſed quia talem
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              eſſe debere, melius exiſtimauit. </s>
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              <s id="s.013896">Igitur vt horum intellectuum cognoſca­
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              mus naturam, corporum quæ per ipſos re­
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              guntur vires ſcire oportebit. </s>
              <s id="s.013897">Luna igitur
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              ipſa gubernat elementa & corpora anima­
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              torum. </s>
              <s id="s.013898">Huic Angeli, id eſt, nuncij præſunt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013899">Horum Gabriel princeps, id eſt, Dei robur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013900">Nam & Lunæ lumine cuncta ad nos è cœlo
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              deferuntur, & robuſtiſſima eſt in vita. </s>
              <s id="s.013901">Mer­
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              curius, intellectui ac ſenſibus omnibus præ­
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              eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013902">Virtutes Mercurio: virtutibus Raphaël,
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              id eſt, Dei medicina. </s>
              <s id="s.013903">Nam mortalium me­
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              dicina, eſt ſenſus cum intellectu, quibus vir­
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              tutes in nobis comparantur. </s>
              <s id="s.013904">Venus, volupta­
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              tis & delectationis mater eſt, iungitque nos
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              ad ſobolem procreandam. </s>
              <s id="s.013905">Illi dominationes
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              præficiuntur, vim enim habent cuſtodiendi
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              ſingulorum ſpecies. </s>
              <s id="s.013906">At cuſtodia generatio­
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              ne, generatio concubitu, concubitus amore
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              perficitur. </s>
              <s id="s.013907">Summus qui Veneri inter domi­
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              nationes præeſt, Anaël, id eſt, Dei gratia vo­
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              catus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013908">Dei enim gratia eſt, amari atque
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              amare, iungi fœcundæ, & ſobolem procrea­
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              re, tum pulchritudo ipſa, & iucunditas. </s>
              <s id="s.013909">Soli
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              vita omnium data eſt: ordo præeſt illi A­
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              changelorum, id eſt Principum nunciorum:
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              nam virtus omnis à Sole per Lunam demit­
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              titur: horum Michaël Princeps, id eſt, quis
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              ſicut Deus nec eſt quicquam Soli ſimile, vn­
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              de etiam Sol quaſi ſolus dictus. </s>
              <s id="s.013910">Mars forti-</s>
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