Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              oſtendit æſtus magnitudo in pleniluniis no­
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              uiluniiſque, paruitas in quadratis: aſcenſúſ­
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              que earum, deſcenſúſque cum Luna vſque
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              ad cœli medium, tumorque illarum è ſyde­
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              ris directo & reuolutionis tempus, quòd
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              horarum eſt fermè vigintiquinque. </s>
              <s id="s.002379">Quò in
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              ſpatio, Luna ad
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              ex oriente redit. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Quũ">Quum</expan>
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              verò terram ſic aſtrum ſequens circumambi­
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              re mare ſingulis diebus videatur, cur naues
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              vix ſex millia paſſuum, ni ventis vrgeantur,
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              horâ vnâ ſuperant? </s>
              <s id="s.002381">Cauſa eſt, quòd non
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              tota aqua, nec vna pars Lunam ſequatur,
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              ſed proximæ in proximas transferuntur: ve­
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              lut ſi quis carnem comprimens tumorem
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              eleuet, caro quidem parum loco mouebitur,
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              celerrimè tamen tumor per totum crus
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              transferetur. </s>
              <s id="s.002382">At in Nortiro, vbi diximus
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              penè nullum eſſe æſtum, decurſum tamen
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              trium menſium diuturnum, velut in flumi­
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              ne naues celeriter moueri neceſſe eſt, quòd
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              eadem pars aquæ ſemper procedat. </s>
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              Maris æſtus
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              cur fiat.</s>
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              Cur in ma­
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              ris æſtu na­
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              ues non ce­
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              lerrimè mo­
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              ueantur.</s>
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              <s id="s.002385">Sed poſtquam in hos ſermones incidi­
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              mus, non ſilebo Philoſophi rationem, quâ
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              mundum æternum eſſe probat ex maris ſal­
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              ſugine. </s>
              <s id="s.002386">Eſt autem hæc: Si mare initium ha­
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              buit, ab initio dulce, aut ſalſum, erat non ſal­
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              ſum cùm tantum ſalis non potuerit immiſ­
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              ceri quodaquam corrumperet, ſyncera enim
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              omnia facta eſſe exiſtimandum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.002387">Nam
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              quæ naſcuntur, vt lacus, & flumina, ſapo­
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              re carent. </s>
              <s id="s.002388">Hoc tamen aduerſus Platonem ſo­
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              lùm dirigitur, qui ( vt in Timæo habetur)
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              mundum per ſeparationem genitum exiſti­
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              mauit. </s>
              <s id="s.002389">Ideóque Naſo dixit:
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              Hanc Deus & melior litem natura diremit.
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              <s id="s.002390">Nam cœlo terras, & terris abſcidit vndas,
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              Et liquidum ſpiſſo ſecreuit ab æthere cœlum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.002391">Quæ poſtquàm euoluit, cæcóque exemit aceruo,
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              Diſſociata locis, concordi pace ligauit.
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              Par igitur fuit nullum fuiſſe mare terra, &
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              aqua immiſtis, cùm ſalſum ſolùm miſtione
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              fiat. </s>
              <s id="s.002392">Quòd ſi ſapore caruit ab initio, ſuc­
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              ceſſu verò temporis factum eſt ſalſum, ſal­
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              ſugo ætates habet. </s>
              <s id="s.002393">At non habet: neque
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              enim nunc ſalſius quam olim fuit, nunquam
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              igitur mare factum eſt, itaque nec mundus.
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              Cæterum etiam ſub terra aquarum conge­
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              ries ſunt lacuum ſpecie: vnde Tanais in
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              Moſcouia, Lycus in Aſia, Tygris in Meſo­
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              potamia perpetuò decurſu erumpunt. </s>
              <s id="s.002394">Refe­
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              runt & Timaum in agro Aquilienſi, & in
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              Atinate incerti nominis fontem oriri. </s>
              <s id="s.002395">Cum
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              enim ſint ſub terra ſpecus, nec profundi vt
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              olim in Gabienſi agro ad primum lapidem
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              à Roma, vnde currus & equi, cùm præteri­
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              rent, ſolùm tremebat: nihil mirum eſt, aut
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              aquis impleri, aut dehiſcere ſponte terram,
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              aut hiantibus aërem corrumpi. </s>
              <s id="s.002396">Etſi parua
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              ſit hæc profunditas ad terræ magnitudinem
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              comparata, poteſt tamen vrbes ſubruere,
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              lacus admittere, montes relinquere inæqua­
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              li ſpecu, cùm non quicquid è directo eſt,
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              dehiſcit. </s>
              <s id="s.002397">At puteorum aquæ, cum ſint ſca­
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              turigines quædam, quaternis pedibus, aut
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              paulò plus plerunque conduntur: nam ſi con­
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              tinua eſſet aqua, terra fatiſceret, & puteis
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              eadem eſſet profunditas. </s>
              <s id="s.002398">Nec illorum aqua
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              hyeme calidior eſt, quàm æſtate, ſed talis
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              videtur, quoniam aër hyeme frigidus, æſta­
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              te calidus, cuius comparatione eadem aqua
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              verſa vice calidior hyeme, quàm æſtate ap­
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              paret: comparatione enim noſtri corporis
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              omnia tum ambientis diiudicantur. </s>
              <s id="s.002399">Itaque
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              fit, vt dum calidi ſumus, quæ tangimus, fri­
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              gida: dum frigidi, calida iudicemus. </s>
              <s id="s.002400">Vnde
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              in balneo meientibus vrina frigidior vide­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.002401">Paululum & incaleſcit aqua contracto
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              calore ad intima, quia exire non poteſt, nec
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              in terræ ſuperficie expandi: ob id etiam ni­
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              ues, quæ non admodum ſunt diuturnæ, fœ­
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              cunditatem ſemper afferre ſolent, nonnun­
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              quam etiam diuturnæ. </s>
              <s id="s.002402">Accedit quòd tota
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              terra in parte ea ad quam aqua poteſt per­
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              uenire, bituminoſa, aut ſalſa, aut denique
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              metallica eſt, quo fit vt halitus concluſi
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              aquam calefaciant. </s>
              <s id="s.002403">Et ob id etiam contin­
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              git, quòd tamen rarum eſt, aliquos fontes
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              calidiores hyeme eſſe, miraculi ſpecie qua­
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              dam, quàm æſtate. </s>
              <s id="s.002404">Sunt autem hæ aquæ ob
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              id odoratæ, aut grauiter olentes, ſaporiſ­
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              que haud inſipidi, quos cum ſcatent, agnoſ­
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              cere promptum eſt, atque ab his, aut caue­
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              re, aut vti. </s>
              <s id="s.002405">Sed ſi lateant, an ſubſint in ari­
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              do loco, & quales ſint, hac arte deprehen­
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              duntur. </s>
              <s id="s.002406">Vas plumbeum, vel figulinam ollam
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              nouam, ſi illius copia non ſit, oleo prius in­
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              tus illitam, lana ſicca candida, quæ lapil­
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              lum in medio contineat, fundo eius anne­
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              xa cum cera, ſub terra per quatuor paſſus ſub
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              ſolis occaſu, ore vaſis inferius verſo, defodi­
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              to diligenter ne lana excidat, egeſtáque ter­
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              ra ſenſim obruito Subſequenti luce effoſſo
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              vaſe lanam conſidera: quæ ſi non procul
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              abſit, lapilli & noctis frigore, tum humido
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              illiti olei conceptos halitus terræ in aquæ
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              guttulas vertet: expreſſam igitur collige,
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              quæ ſi pauca eſt, plurimum adhuc abeſſe
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              aquam coniicito: ſi multa, parum. </s>
              <s id="s.002407">Qualis
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              verò ſit, de ore ac guſtu facilè intelliges.
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              <s id="s.002408">Sunt enim quædam harum, tum etiam
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                tium</expan>
              in ſuperficie, quæ non ſolum ſal, bitu­
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              menue oleant, ſed etiam ferueant, vt Apo­
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              ni iuxta Paduam: adeóque frequentes, vt
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              nulla propemodum prouincia his careat,
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              cùm in pluribus etiam multis in locis fon­
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              tes erumpant. </s>
              <s id="s.002409">Gallia abundat illis, multò
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              plus Germania, & longè magis omnium bo­
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              norum parens Italia. </s>
              <s id="s.002410">Cauſam huius eſſe ne­
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              ceſſe eſt ignem, aut putredinem, aut calo­
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              rem naturalem, vel cœleſtem. </s>
              <s id="s.002411">Cœleſtis haud
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              tantus eſſe poteſt, præſertim hyeme, noctú­
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              que, vt eo aquæ ferueant. </s>
              <s id="s.002412">Naturalis actu
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              non eſt, niſi in animalibus, quoniam animam
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              & ſenſum habent. </s>
              <s id="s.002413">Putridus tantus eſſe ne­
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              quit, nec verò ſimile eſt materiam ſimul ge­
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              nerari ac putreſcere. </s>
              <s id="s.002414">Diuturnitas enim hu­
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              ius miraculi declarat generationis ipſius ma­
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              teriæ neceſſitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.002415">Relinquitur igitur cau­
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              ſam potiùs in igne eſſe: nam calor niſi ad
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              ſummum peruenerit, motum habet leuem,
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              & ob id ſponte extinguitur. </s>
              <s id="s.002416">Sed ignis duæ
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              ſunt ſpecies, pruna & flamma. </s>
              <s id="s.002417">Flammam
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              eſſe ibi, non eſt rationi conſentaneum: nam
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              reſpiratione manifeſta indiget, plurimum­
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              que abſumit materiæ, vt integri montes bi­
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              tuminis, vel
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              toto arderent. </s>
              <s id="s.002418">Terræmotus </s>
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