DelMonte, Guidubaldo, In duos Archimedis aequeponderantium libros Paraphrasis : scholijs illustrata
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              Mechanica admirabilius, & vtilius? </s>
              <s id="N103C9">è qua tot, tantaquè ad
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              humani generis vtilitatem conferentia prodeunt? </s>
              <s id="N103CD">eximia cer­
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              tè, & præclara admodum hæc Archimedis geſta fuere; quæ ta­
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              men, ſi ad alia quamplurima, quæ de ipſo dici, ac afferri poſ
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              ſunt, conferantur; exigua ſanè mihi videntur. </s>
              <s id="N103D5">Nam quæ ha­
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              ctenus commemorata ſunt, (quamquam fortaſſe
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              omnia)
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              multa tamen, huiuſmodiquè ſimilia alij quo〈que〉 effecerunt,
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              & adhuc extant fortaſſe viri eo ingenij acumine pręditi, qui
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              talia aggredi non vererentur: ſed
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              egregia
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              ipſius
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              Archimedis opera, quorum ſimilia, nec antea, nec poſt
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              facta fuere, ne〈que〉 in futurum facienda fore à nemine ſint ex­
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              pectanda. </s>
              <s id="N103F1">omnium enim admirabiliſſima, præſtantiſſima­
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              què ſunt eius ſcripta, in quibus, & ingenij acumen, inuentio­
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              nes ſubtiliſſimæ, perfectaquè doctrina planè conſpicitur. </s>
              <s id="N103F7">adeo
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              enim his omnibus Archimedis ſcripta aliorum ſcripta mathe
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              maticorum excellunt, ſuperantquè; vt quæ aliorum, facilè
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              quidem inter ſeſe comparari, cum ijs verò, quę ab Archimede
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              nobis relicta fuerunt; nullo modo poſſint. </s>
              <s id="N10401">ut apertiſsimè
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              (alijs interim omiſsis) conſpicuum redditur ex ijs, quæ de
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              ſphęra & cylindro, & ex ijs, quę de æ〈que〉ponderantibus ſcri­
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              pta reliquit: quippè quę ob eorum
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              , ac dignitatem
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              meritò literis aureis eſſent imprimenda. </s>
              <s id="N1040F">liber enim de ſphęra,
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              & cylindro inter Archimedis ſcripta
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              adeò
                <expan abbr="habit^{9}">habitus</expan>
              fuit;
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              vt ad eius
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              appoſita fuerit ſphęra, &
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              :
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              a
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              Cicerone conſpectis; ſtatim illud Archimedis
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              eſſe in
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              tellexit: de cuius inuentione ob uiri
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              maximè glo­
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              riatur: Deindè qua ratione ipſum à temerario vanę orationis
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              proferendæ auſu, (dum ſic loquitur, da mihi vbi ſiſtam, ter­
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              ramquè mouebo) vindicare poſſemus; niſi hęc, quæ de æ〈que〉­
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              ponderantibus extant, ſcripta reliquiſſet? ex his enim habita
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              notitia proportionis ponderum, & diſtantiarum, ſit manife­
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              ſtum non eſſe à ratione, nequè à natura prorſus alienum, poſſe
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              terram moueri, ſi daretur conſiſtendi locus. </s>
              <s id="N10433">quod etiam ex
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              noſtro volumine Mechanico annis ab hinc aliquot elapſis e­
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              dito varijs quoquè inſtrumentis parere poteſt.
                <expan abbr="quandoquidẽ">quandoquidem</expan>
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              multis modis, datum pondus à data potentia moueri, ibi
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              ſumeſt. </s>
              <s id="N10445">vbi demonſtrationes à nobis conſtitutę ijs, quæ apud </s>
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