Archimedes, Archimedis De iis qvae vehvntvr in aqva libri dvo
page |< < of 213 > >|
    <echo version="1.0RC">
      <text xml:lang="la" type="free">
        <div xml:id="echoid-div189" type="section" level="1" n="61">
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2764" xml:space="preserve">
              <pb file="0110" n="110"/>
            risſimi uiri, quem ſemper honoris cauſſa nomino,
              <lb/>
            in lucem proferretur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2765" xml:space="preserve">mihi enim exploratisſimum
              <lb/>
            erat: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2766" xml:space="preserve">Franciſcum Maurolicum multo doctius, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2767" xml:space="preserve">
              <lb/>
            exquiſitius hoc diſciplinarum genus ſcriptis ſuis tra
              <lb/>
            diturum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2768" xml:space="preserve">ſed cum id tardius fieret, hoc eſt, ut ego
              <lb/>
            interpretor, diligentius, mihi diutius hac ſcriptione
              <lb/>
            non ſuperſedendum eſſe duxi, præſertim cum iam li-
              <lb/>
            bri Archimedis de iis, quæ uehuntur in aqua, opera
              <lb/>
            mea illuſtrati typis excudẽdi eſſent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2769" xml:space="preserve">nec me alia cauſ
              <lb/>
            ſa impuliſſet, ut de centro grauitatis corporum ſoli-
              <lb/>
            dorum ſcriberem, niſi ut hac etiam ratione lux eis
              <lb/>
            quâm maxime fieri poſſet afferretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2770" xml:space="preserve">atq; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2771" xml:space="preserve">id eò mihi
              <lb/>
            faciendum exiſtimaui, quòd in ſpem ueniebam fore,
              <lb/>
            ut cum ego ex omnibus mathematicis primus, hanc
              <lb/>
            materiam explicandam ſuſcepiſſem; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2772" xml:space="preserve">ſi quid errati for
              <lb/>
            te à me commiſſum eſſet, boni uiri potius id meæ de
              <lb/>
            ſtudioſis hominibus bene merẽdi cupiditati, quàm
              <lb/>
            arrogantiæ aſcriberent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2773" xml:space="preserve">reſtabat ut conſiderarem, cui
              <lb/>
            potisſimum ex principibus uiris contemplationem
              <lb/>
            hanc, nunc primum memoriæ, ac literis proditam de
              <lb/>
            dicarem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2774" xml:space="preserve">harum mearum cogitationum ſumma fa-
              <lb/>
            cta, exiſtimaui nemini conuenientius de centro graui
              <lb/>
            tatis corporum opus dicari oportere, quàm
              <emph style="sc">Ale-
                <lb/>
              xandro</emph>
              <emph style="sc">Farnesio</emph>
            grauisſimo, ac prudentisſi-
              <lb/>
            mo Cardinali, quo in uiro ſumma fortuna ſemper cũ
              <lb/>
            ſumma uirtute certauit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2775" xml:space="preserve">quid enim maxime in te ad-
              <lb/>
            mirari debeant homines, obſcurum eſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2776" xml:space="preserve">uſuḿne </s>
          </p>
        </div>
      </text>
    </echo>