Delfino, Federico, De fluxu et refluxu aquae maris, 1559

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              te ſunt, uirtutum liberalitate,
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              ; tuæ Maieſtatis illo frui contigit
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              aſpectu, in quo, tanquam in lucidiſſimo cælo, ſplendent clariſſima
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              ſidera, uel potius tuæ beatæ mentis puriſſimus
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              ; Sol.
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              <s>Nec tamen illud prætermittendum uidetur, quòd, cum tam illuſtri
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              editus è ſtirpe ſis; cum honoribus cunctis,
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              ; & corporis bo­
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              nis abundes;
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              ; tibi, tanta uirtute, tanta innocentia florenti, ſi­
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              ne ulla ueneni ſuſpicione liceat, tanquam monoceroti, ex omnibus
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              potare aquis actionum humanarum; tamen, cum illud eſſe uerum
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                <expan abbr="unumq́">unumque</expan>
              ; bonum, quod ad Deum accedit, plane tibi perſuaſeris, ab­
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              ducis te, quantum potes, à cunctis negociis, atque à tot ſplendori
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              bus, qui te ſequuntur inuitum;
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              ; mones exemplo tuo, ut no­
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              ſtrarum uoluntatum nauem conſilio regamus, ne illam fallaces abſor
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              beant fluctus, in quibus ipſe tam ſæpe, tanta tranquillitate, tam fe­
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              lici curſu nauigaſti. </s>
              <s>Conſtantiam ergo tuebimur;
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              ; duce, ſpera­
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              mus fore, ut aliquando teſtatum apud omnes relinquamus, quem­
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              admodum nemo te omnium, qui uiuunt, uirtute anteit, & à fortu­
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              næ bonis egregie paratus es, ita neminem fore, qui aut iudicii teſti
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              monium illuſtrius, aut ueræ erga te præbeat obſeruantiæ. </s>
              <s>Quòd ſi
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              munus hoc, nunc à nobis ad te miſſum, minime tibi fuiſſe ingratum
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              cognouerimus: non modo iacta eſſe præclara operis à nobis inſtituti
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              fundamenta, uerum aditum etiam aliquem ad ſperatam perfectio­
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              nem eſſe patefactum exiſtimabimus. </s>
              <s>Munus ipſum inſigne admodum
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              eſt, tum quia nobiliſſimum ac perdifficile continet argumentum, de
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              fluxu ſcilicet, & refluxu,
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              ; præterea marinæ aquæ motibus;
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              quæ quàm non aperta, quàm ardua cognitio ſit, Ariſtotelis,
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                rumque</expan>
              ; philoſophorum induſtria declarat; ſed etiam quia rationes
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              non uulgares, nec à ueteribus perceptæ, in hoc libro exponuntur.
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              <s>Addidimus autem de motu octauæ ſphæræ ſubtilem & eruditam di­
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              ſputationem,
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              ; merito. </s>
              <s>ſi quidem tanti,
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              ; uarii maris motus
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              non modo ad Solis
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              ; curſum, ſed ad primum etiam mobile re­
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              feruntur. </s>
              <s>Atque hæc eruditiſſima,
                <expan abbr="ualdeq́">ualdeque</expan>
              ; à multis optata ſcripta
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              cum in tenebris laterent, fortaſſe, paulatim uetuſtate corrupta, pe­
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              riiſlent, niſi præſtantis uiri, & doctrina clari, Lucæ Hieronymi Con
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              tareni, patricii Veneti, cui præceptor fuit Delphinus ipſe, horum
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              ſcriptorum auctor, ſingularis humanitas ea conceſſiſſet Academiæ
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              noſtræ: quæ ſtatim, cognito argumento, non minus iucundo, quàm
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              diflicili, munus ad te, ſuæ teſtimonium obſeruantiæ, mittendum
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              conſtituit: cum ipſam quidem rem, & pro tua excellenti doctrina,
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              & quia te in amœniſſimum Corneliani ſeceſſum, quietis, & ualetu­
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              dinis cauſa, contuliſti, gratam fore opinaretur, animum tamen no­
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              ſtrum tibi probari uehementius optaret, utpote qui ad tuam glo­
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              riam multo ſublimiora cogitans, humilia tamen tuæ ſplendore di­
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              gnitatis putauit illuſtranda. </s>
              <s>nec uero ſibi unquam ſatisfaciet, donec
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              plane peripiciat, neminem poſſe ipſo præſtantius ad tuum decus </s>
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