Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            *ſtatimque rupto cortice prodeunt Cicadæ ex matrice illâ Cicadâ, quam*
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            *modo Tettigometram dixi, nigræ protinus, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16944" xml:space="preserve">duriuſculæ, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16945" xml:space="preserve">majuſ-*
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            *culæ, atque incipiunt canere.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16946" xml:space="preserve">* Exuvias illas contigit mihi ruſti-
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            canti non ſemel videre: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16947" xml:space="preserve">erat autem cortex craſſiuſculus à ſum-
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            mo capite ad imum ſecundùm ſpinam dorſi rectâ diffiſſus,
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            adhærebantque pedum relictæ quaſi vaginæ. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16948" xml:space="preserve">Hinc animum
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            ſubiit ſuſpicari, ſimile quiddam accidere hujuſmodi ranunculis,
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            qui ad rubetarum, aut bufonum in ſicco ſemper viventium
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            genus pertinere videntur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16949" xml:space="preserve">fortaſſe enim (mecum ipſe reputa-
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            bam) in ſummo æſtu vermes intra pulverem nocturno rore
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            perfuſum gignuntur, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16950" xml:space="preserve">ex iis fit Batrachometra, adeò ut ſuper-
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            veniente tepido imbre dehiſcat cortex, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16951" xml:space="preserve">quemadmodum Ci-
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            cada prodit, ita pariter Rana. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16952" xml:space="preserve">Id quod ſatisfaceret iis, qui in,
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            ventriculo ſe deprehendiſſe aſſerunt herbarum particulas; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16953" xml:space="preserve">quas
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            nimirum vermis comederit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16954" xml:space="preserve">Verùm cum neque his plenè
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            acquieſcerem, eò procedebam, ut exiſtimarem à rubetis aut
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            bufonibus in pulvere depoſita ova, quæ Solis calore foveantur,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16955" xml:space="preserve">nocturni roris humore ſalibus atque ſpiritibus fœto imbuta,
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            rareſcente ac fermenteſcente, quæ intus eſt, materiâ, intume-
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            ſcant, cortice membranaceo diſtentionem patiente, atque ſen-
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            ſim æquè ac ex furni aut fimi calore in gallinæ ovo pullus,
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            formetur ranunculus, qui demum erumpat dehiſcente puta-
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            mine aquâ pluviâ perfuſo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16956" xml:space="preserve">Demum, utrumque cogitatum
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            conjungens, ſuſpicabar ex ovo vermem oriri, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16957" xml:space="preserve">ex verme Ba-
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            trachometram; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16958" xml:space="preserve">eſto, depoſitas exuvias cum luto permiſtas,
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            ibique marceſcentes videre nequeamus.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s16960" xml:space="preserve">Dand. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16961" xml:space="preserve">Audivi aliquando narrantem curioſos quoſdam pileo,
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            penulâ, ocreis adversùs pluviam optimè munitos imminente,
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            imbre ingreſſos pulverulentam viam, ut obſervarent, an ranun-
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            culi, uti ſperabant, erumperent: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16962" xml:space="preserve">neque eos ſpes fruſtrata eſt.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16963" xml:space="preserve">Unum autem præter ſpem ex inopinato animadvertere conti-
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            git, videlicet non paſſim, ſed quaſi ordinatim erumpere ranun-
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            culos ſerie ad viæ longitudinem tranſversâ, perinde atque ſi
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            ranæ matres, cum ab uno ad alterum viæ marginem tranſirent,
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            ova in pulvere depoſuiſſent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16964" xml:space="preserve">Id quod iis, quæ poſtremo loco,
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            Gradonice, excogitabas, favere videtur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16965" xml:space="preserve">Sed ut hujuſmodi ova
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            admittam, hunc mihi ex animo ſcrupulum evelle. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16966" xml:space="preserve">Si Plinio
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            lib.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16967" xml:space="preserve">9.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16968" xml:space="preserve">cap.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16969" xml:space="preserve">51. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16970" xml:space="preserve">ſcribenti credimus, Ranæ *pariunt minimas carnes*
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            *nigras, quas Gyrinos vocant, oculis tantùm & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16971" xml:space="preserve">caudâ inſignes: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16972" xml:space="preserve">mox pedes*
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            *figurantur, caudâ findente ſe in poſteriores, Mirumque; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16973" xml:space="preserve">ſemeſtrivitâ*
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            *reſolvuntur in limum nullo cernente, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16974" xml:space="preserve">rurſus vernis aquis renaſcun-*
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            *tur, quæ fuere natæ.</s>
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