Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              timidi, peſte corripiuntur celerrimè: iuuenes
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              & fortes, non niſi valde ſæuiente, multum
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              igitur iuuabit arcendo peſtem. </s>
              <s id="s.004846">Sed & ob ſpi­
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              ritus iucunditatem, gratum & manſuetum
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              reddet & boni conſilij: vnde autoritatem au­
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              gebit, ad cuius incrementum plerunque
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              etiam diuitiæ augentur.
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              Hyacinthus
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              & vires il­
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              lius.</s>
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              Species hya­
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              cinthorum.</s>
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              Hyacinthus
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              quomodo à
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              fulmine ho­
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              minem tueri
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              poſſit.
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              <s id="s.004850">Viri clari
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              fulmine ex­
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              tincti.</s>
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              <s id="s.004851">Reliquum igitur hoc vnum eſt, vt à ful­
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              mine reddat tutos. </s>
              <s id="s.004852">Neque hoc exiguum eſt
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              munus, quandoquidem clari viri multi, hoc
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              mortis genere tam repentino perierint: Zo­
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              roaſtres Bactrianorum rex, Capaneus bello
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              Thebaico, Aiax poſt Troiæ excidium, Ana­
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              ſtaſius imperator poſt 27. imperij annum:
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              Carus quoque tum Cæſares etiam alij. </s>
              <s id="s.004853">Id er­
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              go quot modis fieri poſſit, doceamus. </s>
              <s id="s.004854">Vel
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              enim prohibet ne veniat, vel vt conſilium
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              gerentis dirigat, aut quòd ſolis his in men­
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              tem veniat hyacinthum ferre, quos
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              fulmen læſurum eſt, vel vt prohibeat ne læ­
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              datur qui fert hyacinthum, etiamſi fulmine
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              tactus fuerit. </s>
              <s id="s.004855">Plures excogitari modos poſſe
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              non video, Tangi fulgure nec lædi vix eſt ve­
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              riſimile: neque qui ſcribunt, non lædi, ſed
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              non tangi ſcripsêre. </s>
              <s id="s.004856">Rurſus prohibere etiam
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              ne veniat, maius miraculum erit quàm hoc:
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              actiones enim ſaltem conſpicuæ & magnæ
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              contactu fieri ſolent. </s>
              <s id="s.004857">Fato verò ita eſſe con­
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              ſtitutum, proximum fabulæ eſſe videtur. </s>
              <s id="s.004858">Il­
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              lud igitur melius eſt dicere, exhilaratum
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              ſpiritum cordis etiam hoc commodi aſſequi,
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              vt hominem eò arrigat, quò omninò à ful­
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              gure tutus ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.004859">Dicere autem, quod etiam ſi
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              tangatur, non lædatur, medicum eſt ac ma­
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              gis naturale: quanquam miraculo euidenti
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              proximius ſit. </s>
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              <s id="s.004860">Diximus in his, morem Philoſophi ſecu­
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              ti, qui in tam arduis quæſtionibus ſatis eſſe
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              putat, ſi magis abſurda deuitemus. </s>
              <s id="s.004861">At quòd
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              lapides nos tueantur à caſu, velut de Erano,
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              vocata Turcheſia
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              , quę annulo geſta­
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              ta, ſi ex equo cadat homo, excipere omnem
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              ictum creditur, atque frangi etiam in fru­
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              ſta ſeruato homine, minus difficilem ha­
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              bet cauſam, tametſi arduam: adiiciunt,
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              oportere dono eſſe acceptam. </s>
              <s id="s.004862">Lapis hic co­
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              lore cœli conſpicuus eſt, nitetque. </s>
              <s id="s.004863">Probatur
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              autem, quòd nocte ſubviridis videatur,
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              quòd pars auerſa & quæ in imo eſt, nigra
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              ſit, quòd venas ex inferiore parte recipiat,
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              quòd lenis ſit nec admodum frigidus, quòd
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              denique diluta calx & ei ſuperpoſita cærulea
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              videatur, coloremque gemmæ excipiat. </s>
              <s id="s.004864">Et
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              cùm talis etiam fuerit, nec perſpicuus, nec
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              gemma: lima enim tangitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004865">Quinetiam
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              ignibus propè admoto effloreſcit color, &
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              ſolo manuum vdo flacceſcit, & diluitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004866">Ob
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              hoc incertum eſt, an ſeplaſia gemmariorum
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              vulgata ſit fama tantæ virtutis, vt magni
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              pretij, ac modicæ pulchritudinis, ac caducæ,
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              lapis reperiet emptores. </s>
              <s id="s.004867">Nec hi apud quos
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              naſcitur alias ei eſſe putant vires, quàm ad­
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              uerſus veneficia & lymphaticos. </s>
              <s id="s.004868">Ergo ſi
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              prohibeat cadentium damna, hoc fiet homi­
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              ne minus preſſo: nam & hanc cauſam ca­
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              dentibus vilioribus ac macilentis equis non
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              periclitamur. </s>
              <s id="s.004869">Sed lapidem ipſum ictum
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              excipere, ſupra fidem eſt: forſan adeò
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              mollis eſt, vt celerius equite ipſo caden­
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              te lædatur. </s>
              <s id="s.004870">Eſt mihi Erano, & dono
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              quidem accepta, nec experiri contigit, nec
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              tanti eſt voluiſſe ſcire, vt experiri velim.
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              Minore miraculo hyænam & ſmaragdum
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              futura prænoſcere faciunt, ſi id faciant:
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              nam nunc de ea re quæ facit diſſerere
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              nolo, ſed quòd facere poſſit, & cur, &
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              quomodo. </s>
              <s id="s.004871">In annulo enim geſtata gem­
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              ma, vel collo appenſa, quod validius eſt,
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              aut etiam ſub lingua retenta, quod maxi­
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              mè tunc efficere poteſt confirmat rei ven­
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              turæ opinionem, non venturæ autem ex
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              animo delet. </s>
              <s id="s.004872">Id quomodo faciat, ſi ſcire
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              cupis, non ſecus ac per ſomnium ani­
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              mam diuinare dicas: at quomodo per
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              ſomnium diuinare contingit, in libello
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              de Animi immortalitate, docuimus. </s>
              <s id="s.004873">Poſ­
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              ſunt & lapides ſub lingua retenti, diui­
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              nationem facere, augendo iudicium &
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              prudentiam: horum autem maximè eſt
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              diuinatio, vt in libris de Sapientia, de­
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              monſtrauimus. </s>
              <s id="s.004874">Frangi verò ſmaragdum in
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              coitu quandoque experimento compræ­
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              henſum dicunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004875">Vtut res ſe habet, fra­
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              gilior omnium gemmarum eſt ſmaragdus.
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              <s id="s.004876">Cùm verò abundanti, tenuique humido
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              concoctio acceſſerit, calore vexata diſ­
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              rumpitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004877">nam humidum concalefactum in
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              aërem tranſit, maiuſque occupat ſpatium,
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              inde diſrumpit: hoc enim demonſtratum
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              eſt ſuperius. </s>
              <s id="s.004878">Incaleſcere plurimùm cor­
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              pus in Venere, & anhelitus frequentia,
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              & ſudoris aduentus etiam quandoque do­
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              cet, calorque hic magis imprimit, quia
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              non quemadmodum in exercitationibus
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              ſenſim diſſoluitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004879">Venenis maximè reſi­
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              ſtit epota hæc gemma, quoniam mollitie
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              vincitur à natura, plus omni alia gem­
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              ma: perſpicuitate ſubſtantiam ſpiritus re­
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              creat: humidi concocti abundantia, na­
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              turæ humanæ confert, & veneni naturam
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              retundit: quia verò lapis, ſtabiles vires re­
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              tinet. </s>
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              Turcheſia.</s>
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              Smaragdus.</s>
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              Gemmæ quo­
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              modo poſſint
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              facere diui­
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              bationem.</s>
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              Cur ſmarag­
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              dus in coitu
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              quandoque
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              frangatur.</s>
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              Cur ſma­
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              ragdus præ­
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              cipuè reſiſtit
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              venenis.</s>
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              <s id="s.004885">Eſt & Occidentalis Indiæ ſmaragdus
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              Peru, à Prouincia vocata, paulò antiqua,
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              durior, non adeò ſatura colore, verùm
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              iucundioris aſpectus. </s>
              <s id="s.004886">Geſtata mihi viſa
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              eſt triſtitiam afferre, & ſomnia mœroris,
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              timoriſque plena. </s>
              <s id="s.004887">Ob id petulantibus ac­
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              commodata. </s>
              <s id="s.004888">Nam prudentiores efficit, &
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              pacatiorem animum reddit: vt contrà, hya­
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              cinthus mœſtis àc timidis vtilior. </s>
              <s id="s.004889">Eorum
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              verò quæ viſui grata ſunt, fermè nullum
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              homini non vtile eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004890">Dico autem gemmas,
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              aurum, argentum, ſericum, purpuram,
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              modò ars aſpectum non decipiat. </s>
              <s id="s.004891">Itaque
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              ſmaragdus cùm pulchritudine præſtantiſſi­
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              ma ſit gemmarum, vt duritia & ſolidita­
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              te adamas, gratia ſapphirus, alacritate car­
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              bunculus, ac ſplendoris varietate opalus,
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              nitore chryſolithus, diuerſitate achates,
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              ita etiam ſmaragdus hominis ſalubritati
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              plus confert: verùm vt molliſſima eſt, ita
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              obnoxia omnibus maximè caſibus. </s>
              <s id="s.004892">Vitia­
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              tur ab igne & æſtu, à contactu duriorum
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              gemmarum, præcipuè adamantis, à cha­
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              lybe aurichalco, ære communi, tum
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              cyprio, ab ictibus, attritu: denique nul­
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              lis non obnoxia iniuriis hæc gemma eſt,
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              hacque cauſa paucis eſt in digitis, ob pre­
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              tium grande. </s>
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