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

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              tamus, quin & omnes Principes bona mente præditi, & quicunque
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              ſua uirtuti ſtudia dediderunt, magnopere faueant. </s>
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                <expan abbr="iamq́">iamque</expan>
              ; ſatis mani­
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              feſta elucere ſigna cernimus. </s>
              <s>ex quo uoluptatem capimus eiuſmodi,
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              ut, cum honor quaſi pabulum ſit omnium artium, in hoc permanere
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              ſtatuamus excellenti inſtituto, donec res ad optatum exitum tota
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              perducatur. </s>
              <s>Nam quis ita rudi, aut ita demiſſo eſſet animo, qui cum
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              honorificum ſermonem à te, tam egregio Cardinali, tam graui ac ſa
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              piente uiro, noſtra cum dignitate habitum, quem nobis rara uirtute
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              uir inſignis Bernardus Taſſus narrauit, exaudiret, non ſe ipſe acue­
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              ret, non quaſi lima poliret, & ad ſublimem ac nobilem rerum præ­
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              clariſſimarum cupiditatem erigeret? </s>
              <s>Hæc tua ſingularis humanitas
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                <expan abbr="eximiaq́">eximiaque</expan>
              ; benignitas, uerbis amantiſsimis atque grauiſſimis decla­
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              rata; tantum habet ponderis,
                <expan abbr="tantamq́">tantamque</expan>
              ; uim, ut poſſit nos, pro eo
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              quod ipſi præſtare poſſumus, in iis actionibus confirmare, quæ ad
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              hanc uſque diem curſum annorum tuorum,
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              ; tuum ita pro­
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              ſecutæ ſunt,
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              ; muniuerunt, ut multo magis tibi mentes homi­
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              num deuinxerint,
                <expan abbr="clarioremq́">clarioremque</expan>
              ; tuo nomini gloriam pepererint, quàm
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              ullus unquam Princeps uel immenſa exercituum, prouinciarum, re­
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              gnorum multitudine ſit adeptus. </s>
              <s>quæ quidem eo præſtantior eſt,
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              ;
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              magis expetenda, quòd, cum à uera uirtute fluxerit, perpetuam fore
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              conſtat: quæ uero pendet à terreſtribus rebus, inanis prorſus, cadu­
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              ca, mortalis eſt. </s>
              <s>Neque tamen hæc tua tantum uerba præbere nobis
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              argumentum exiſtimes ſummæ tuæ uirtutis,
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              ; probitatis.
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              </s>
              <s>nam ſi pietas erga Deum infinita, non à te ad fictam ſpeciem, ſed ad
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              ueram fidem declarata; ſi erga inopes immenſa tua benignitas, ſem­
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              per ex miſericordia, non ex ambitione, deriuata; ſi prudentiæ ſin­
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              gularis in maximis maximorum Regum negociis, optimo ac laudabi
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              li mentis conſilio, non ob inanem aliquam laudis cupiditatem, exer
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              citata; ſi erga omnes, in quibus aliqua modo uirtus eniteat, eximia
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              liberalitas, ad uirtutem, non ad eam, quam aucupantur multi, famam
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              relata; ſi erga omnes homines immenſa humanitas, ex benignitate
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              potius, quàm ex animi humilitate, exorta, non ſolum te apud ma­
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              ximum Regem tuum,
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              ; Galliam, ſumma tua fide,
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                gularique</expan>
              ; conſilio iam per tot annos adminiſtratam, tanta in exiſti­
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              matione, atque auctoritate collocarunt, uerum etiam eos popu­
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              los, qui obſeruantiam ignorant, ad te tamen non mediocriter ob­
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              ſeruandum excitarunt,
                <expan abbr="feceruntq́">feceruntque</expan>
              ; ut etiam inuidi, te admirentur,
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              omni procul amota & adulatione, & hominum intemperantium at­
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              que improborum iniquitate: quo nos animo decet eſſe, quibus u­
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              na propoſita uirtus eſt,
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              in hac excelſa urbe uiuentes, ocu­
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              lo quidem mentis Principes longe contemplamur, his autem cor­
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              poreis facile cernimus quanta in exiſtimatione, atque obſeruantia
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              ſis apud hanc ſereniſſimam, ac ſapientiſſimam Rempublicam
                <expan abbr="apudq́">apudque</expan>
              ;
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              hos omnes populos, quibus & nunc & antehac tantarum, quæ in </s>
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