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              <pb o="11" file="015" n="15" rhead="LIBRO PRIMO."/>
            dibiſogho a chi vi ha da ſtare dentro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s362" xml:space="preserve">Di queſti adunque parleremo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s363" xml:space="preserve">delle
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            parti di ciaſcheduno, ſe prima noi racconteremo alcune coſe, lequali, o ſiano
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            pur principij, ò veramente anneſtate, et nate con i principij di queſta noſtra in-
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            cominciata opera, ſono certamente molto a propoſito. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s364" xml:space="preserve">Imperoche hauendo
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            conſiderato ſe ſi truoui alcuna coſa, che gioui a qual ſi voglia di queſte parti,
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-01" xlink:href="note-015-01a" xml:space="preserve">5</note>
            che dette habbiamo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s365" xml:space="preserve">Tre coſe trouiamo da non le laſciare certo in dietro; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s366" xml:space="preserve">le
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            quali inuero, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s367" xml:space="preserve">alle coperture, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s368" xml:space="preserve">alle mura, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s369" xml:space="preserve">alle altre coſe ſimili molto ſi con
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            uengono. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s370" xml:space="preserve">Et ſono queſte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s371" xml:space="preserve">Che ciaſcuna di loro ſia commoda, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s372" xml:space="preserve">ſopra tutto
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            ſana, quanto al ſuo determinato, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s373" xml:space="preserve">deſtinato vſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s374" xml:space="preserve">Sia intera, ſalda, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s375" xml:space="preserve">perpetua,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s376" xml:space="preserve">quaſi che eterna: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s377" xml:space="preserve">quanto alla ſtabilità, ſia ornata, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s378" xml:space="preserve">compoſta, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s379" xml:space="preserve">per dir così
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-02" xlink:href="note-015-02a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
            in ogni ſua parte, quanto alla gratia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s380" xml:space="preserve">alla piaceuolezza bella, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s381" xml:space="preserve">vezzoſa. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s382" xml:space="preserve">Git-
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            tati queſti quaſi come principij, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s383" xml:space="preserve">fondamenti delle coſe, che dire ſi debbono,
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            tiriamo dietro alla impreſa.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head8" style="it" xml:space="preserve">Della Regione del cielo, ouero Aria, del Sole, & de Venti, che uariano l' Aria. Cap. III.</head>
          <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">15</note>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s385" xml:space="preserve">GLi Antichi vſauano diligentia, quãto piu poteuano grandiſsima, di haue
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            re vna Regione nella quale nõ fuſſe coſa alcuna nociua, e fuſſe ripiena di
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            tutte le cõmodità;</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s386" xml:space="preserve">e ſopra tutto guardauano cõ ogni diligẽza di nõ haue
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            re l' Aria graue, ò moleſta, con ſauio inuero, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s387" xml:space="preserve">maturo conſiglio. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s388" xml:space="preserve">Acconſentiua
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-04" xlink:href="note-015-04a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
            no certo che ſe la terra, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s389" xml:space="preserve">l'acqua haueſſero in loro alcuno difetto, ſi poteuano
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            con l'arte, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s390" xml:space="preserve">con l'ingegno correggere. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s391" xml:space="preserve">Ma affermauano, che l' Aria non ſi po-
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            teua mai nè con aiuto alcuno d'ingegno, nè con moltitudine alcuna di huomi-
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            ni correggere, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s392" xml:space="preserve">riſanare, tãto che baſtaſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s393" xml:space="preserve">Et certamẽte il fiato dello alito col
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            quale ſolo noi veramente conoſciamo mantenerſi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s394" xml:space="preserve">nutrirſi la Vita. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s395" xml:space="preserve">Sarà
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-05" xlink:href="note-015-05a" xml:space="preserve">25</note>
            molto ottimo alla ſalute, ſe egli ſarà ſommamente puro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s396" xml:space="preserve">Oltra di queſto quan-
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            ta forza habbia l'Aria nel generare, producere, nutrire, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s397" xml:space="preserve">mantenere le coſe,
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            non è neſſuno, che non lo ſappia? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s398" xml:space="preserve">Concioſia che e' ſi conoſce, che ſono di mag
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            giore ingegno coloro, che ſi nutriſcono di piu pura aria, che quelli, che ſi nutri-
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            ſcono di piu groſſa, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s399" xml:space="preserve">humida. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s400" xml:space="preserve">La qual coſa ſi penſa, che fuſſe la cagione, che
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-06" xlink:href="note-015-06a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
            gli Athenieſi fuſsino di molto piu acuto ingegno, che i Tebani. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s401" xml:space="preserve">Noi conoſcia-
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            mo, che l'Aria ſecondo il ſito, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s402" xml:space="preserve">poſitura de' luoghi, cipare hora d'una manie-
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            ra, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s403" xml:space="preserve">hora d'un'altra. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s404" xml:space="preserve">Le cagioni delle quali varietà, parte ci pare di conoſcere,
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            parte ci ſono del tutto, aſcoſe, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s405" xml:space="preserve">incognite per la ſcura natura loro. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s406" xml:space="preserve">Ma dire-
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            mo prima delle cagioni manifeſte, di poi diſputeremo delle piu occulte, accio-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-07" xlink:href="note-015-07a" xml:space="preserve">35</note>
            che noi poſsiamo eleggere Regioni cõmodiſsime, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s407" xml:space="preserve">in quelle viuere ſaniſsima
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            mente. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s408" xml:space="preserve">Gli antichi Teologi, chiamarono l'Aria Pallade. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s409" xml:space="preserve">Queſta diſſe Homero,
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            che era Dea, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s410" xml:space="preserve">ſi chiamaua Glaucope, che ſignifica Aria pura, che di ſua natura
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            ſtia lucidiſſima. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s411" xml:space="preserve">Et certo ſi vede chiaro quella aria eſſer ſaniſsima, laquale è pur
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            gatiſsima, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s412" xml:space="preserve">puriſsima; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s413" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s414" xml:space="preserve">che con la viſta ſi può facilmente penetrare, lucidiſ-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-015-08" xlink:href="note-015-08a" xml:space="preserve">40</note>
            ſima, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s415" xml:space="preserve">leggieriſsima, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s416" xml:space="preserve">tutta ſempre à vn modo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s417" xml:space="preserve">non varia. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s418" xml:space="preserve">Et per il contra-
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            rio affermeremo in quel luogo eſſere Aria peſtifera, doue ſtiano ragunate con-
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            tinouamente groſſezze di nebbie, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s419" xml:space="preserve">di puzzolẽti vapori, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s420" xml:space="preserve">che quaſi ti ſtia ſem
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            pre come vn certo peſo ſu gli occhi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s421" xml:space="preserve">Et che ti impediſca la viſta. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s422" xml:space="preserve">Che </s>
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