Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1245" xml:space="preserve">Grad. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1246" xml:space="preserve">Si Ciceronèm audiamus, *locus his etiam naturis, quæ*
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            *ſinè animis ſunt, ſuus cuique eſt proprius; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1247" xml:space="preserve">vt terra infimum te-*
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            *neat, banc inundet aqua, ſuperior aer, ignibus altiſſima ora red-*
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            *datur.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1248" xml:space="preserve">* Cumque aſcendentem flammam omnes paſſim videamus,
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            ſi quis igni ſummam leuitatem, adeoque ſupremum inter ele-
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            menta locum, non concederet, à vulgari ſenſu longiſſimè rece-
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            deret, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1249" xml:space="preserve">paradoxorum ſectator videretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1250" xml:space="preserve">Nam ſi terram aquâ
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            grauiorem idcirco pronunciamus, quia glebam in aquâ dimiſſam
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            fundum petere conſpicimus, aërem verò leuiorem, quia illum
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            vtri incluſum, ſi per vim immerſus vter crebrâ punctione perfore-
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            tur, erumpentem in bullas obſeruamus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1251" xml:space="preserve">quidni & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1252" xml:space="preserve">ignem aëre
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            leuiorem dicamus, cuius motus à Naturâ inſtitutus (ſibi quippe
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            ſemper ſimilis eſt) in flammâ ad ſuperiora contendit? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1253" xml:space="preserve">locum au-
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            tem vnicuique debitum pro ratione grauitatis aut leuitatis aſſi-
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            gnandum eſſe quis neget? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1254" xml:space="preserve">Leuiſſimo igitur igni ſupremus & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1255" xml:space="preserve">ex-
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            timus in elementorum ſphærâ locus tribuendus eſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1256" xml:space="preserve">Scio nullum
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            ibi apparere ignis veſtigium, cum neque fulgeat ob ſummam ra-
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            ritatem, neque pabulum proximum conflâgret (nam quod in
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            tertiâ, quam vocant, aëris regione Meteorologicæ impreſſiones
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            accendantur, mihi vim non facit) remotiſſima enim eſt ora il-
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            la, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1257" xml:space="preserve">noſtrum aſpectum fugit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1258" xml:space="preserve">Sed, ſicuti, ſi fluminum omnium
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            curſum in vnam eandemque plagam dirigi videremus, licèt mare
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            prorſus ignotum eſſet, aquas omnes vnum in locum conſluere, vbi
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            demum conquieſcant, non citrà veri ſimilitudinem opinaremur;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1259" xml:space="preserve">ita pariter flammas omnes per aërem in cœlum ſubuolantes cùm
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            quotidie aſpiciamus, non ineptè philoſophati ſibi videntur, qui
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            hinc arguunt locum eſſe ſupra aërem, quò ignes confluant.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1261" xml:space="preserve">Mauroc. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1262" xml:space="preserve">Vulgi ſenſum non moror, ſed ad veritatem reuocanda
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            eſt ratio, vt ſaltem ſimilitudinem veri conſequamur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1263" xml:space="preserve">Flammam
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            ex lignis, aut ſtipulis, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1264" xml:space="preserve">ſimilibus excitatam aſcendere non dif-
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            fiteor; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1265" xml:space="preserve">ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1266" xml:space="preserve">candentes carbones in aëre deſcendunt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1267" xml:space="preserve">neque mi-
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            nus ignis in prunis, quàm in flammâ ineſt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1268" xml:space="preserve">Cur igitur leuem po-
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            tiùs, quàm grauem, dicamus ignem? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1269" xml:space="preserve">Quod ſi (vt aſſumptæ ignis
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            cum aquâ comparationi inhæream) fluuiorum omnium, quamuis
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            eandem in plagam decurrentium, aquas ſenſim extenuari, ac citò
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            prorſus euaneſcere videremus, quis vnquam aut ſuſpicari poſſet,
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            aut aſſerere auderet, eas demum in mare confluere? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1270" xml:space="preserve">At flamma-
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            rum aſcendentium veſtigia quàm longo tramite perſequemur?</s>
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