Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              chritudo, gratia: genera illius nobiliora,
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              phengiticum, parium, zeblicum, porphy­
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              rites & ophites. </s>
              <s id="s.005353">Probantur omnia vel vi­
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              tuperantur, colore, nitore, duritie, perſ­
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              picuitate. </s>
              <s id="s.005354">Phengiticum nitet maximè, ima­
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              ginéſque reddit. </s>
              <s id="s.005355">Vnde Nero ædem Fortu­
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              næ olim à Seruio Tullio inchoatam, quàm
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              Setam vocauit, in domo aurea abſoluit, ita
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              vt intus conſtructa eſſet hoc marmoris ge­
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              nere, lucem ſic excipiente, concluſis vn­
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              dique foribus, vt diuturna claritas ſeruata
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              ibi videretur. </s>
              <s id="s.005356">Zeblicum in Miſena inueni­
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              tur, quod aduerſus venena prodeſſe credi­
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              tum eſt: an iuuet, neſcio: quòd iuuare
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              poſſit, certum eſt, quandoquidem molle
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              admodum ſit: nam ſi ex vaſis è ſeruino cor­
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              nu bibamus, edamuſque, pocula vaſaque
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              contracta iam mora in illis venenorum
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              plerumque haud tamen omnium vires he­
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              betabunt.
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              Marmorum
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              genera.
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              <s id="s.005358">Marmorum
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              ſigna.
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              <s id="s.005359">Phenigiti­
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              cum.</s>
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              Zeblicum.</s>
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              Parium, &
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              eius ſpecies.</s>
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              <s id="s.005362">Parij marmoris ſpecies plurimæ ſunt, à
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              colore differentiam ſumentes. </s>
              <s id="s.005363">Condidiſſi­
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              mum, quod vbique cernitur in Italia: ci­
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              nereum in Hildesheimio tractu, qui eſt in
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              Germania: viride, vt in æde B. </s>
              <s id="s.005364">Ioannis Ba­
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              ptiſtæ Florentiæ. </s>
              <s id="s.005365">Ferreum, ſuper quo Stol­
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              pa arx Epiſcopi Miſeni fundata eſt: hoc
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              tantæ duritiei eſt, vt Agricola referat in
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              Miſena fabros ex eo fabricare incudes: pa­
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              làm verò tenax eſſe oportere, & tenuioris
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              ac denſioris ſubſtantiæ, itaque etiam gra­
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              ue. </s>
              <s id="s.005366">Eſt & nigrum ſplendidum, ac nitens,
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              quo conſtat ſepulchrum Cardinalis Carra­
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              cioli, viri ſingularis probitatis, & præſu­
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              lis prouinciæ noſtræ, in æde noſtra magna,
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              ad dextram conſtitutum altaris. </s>
              <s id="s.005367">Eſt & va­
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              rium generis diuerſi, quòd fragile plerun­
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              que eſt, & ſpontè rumpitur, quoniam par­
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              tes in eo quædam crudæ, quædam nimium
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              exuſtæ ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.005368">Eſt & ſubruffum marmor. </s>
              <s id="s.005369">Quid
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              moror? </s>
              <s id="s.005370">nullus color marmori conceſſus non
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              eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.005371">Senæ ſuper altari ſeptem ſimul genera
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              marmoris Parij ( Parium ſic appello, vt æs
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              Corinthium: nam ab inſula quod pul­
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              chrum eſt valde, ſic ſolet vocari ) viſun­
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              tur: candidum, cinereum, ſubruffum, vi­
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              ride, nigrum, porphyriticum, & ophites.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.005372">Eſt autem porphyrites marmor rubeis, ac
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              quaſi candidis maculis diſtinctum, ſeu po­
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              tiùs rubeum cum maculis internitentibus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.005373">Sunt ex eo columnæ duæ Mediolani inſi­
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              gnes in æde B. </s>
              <s id="s.005374">Ambroſij ante altare, nec­
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              non & ſepulchrum B. Dionyſij, quod tranſ­
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              latum eſt ad templum maius vrbis noſtræ
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              magnitudinis corporis humani, non paruæ
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              etiam craſſitudinis.
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              Porphyrites.</s>
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              Ophites.</s>
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              <s id="s.005377">Ophites verò viride eſt, maculis totum
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              plerunque albis, tum verò alterius coloris
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              diſtinguitur. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Frequẽtes">Frequentes</expan>
              vidi ex eo columnas,
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              tum menſas: ſicut & ex eo alio genere
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              varij coloris menſa eſt apud Andream Al­
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              ciatum non mediocris pulchritudinis. </s>
              <s id="s.005379">Inue­
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              niuntur quandoque in pario formæ conſpi­
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              cuæ venarum varietate ac concurſu, quæ
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              effigiem picta haut inferiorem referunt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.005380">Nam præter reliquas in æde Sapientiæ
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              Conſtantinopoli imago B. </s>
              <s id="s.005381">Ioannis Baptiſtæ
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              tergore cameli tecti videtur, quæ abſolu­
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              tiſſima eſt in omnibus, præterquàm quòd
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              alterum ex pedibus non adeò vt pictura po­
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              teſt, exprimit. </s>
              <s id="s.005382">Cauſam horum iam diximus
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              fortuitam eſſe, non propriam. </s>
              <s id="s.005383">Sunt & mar­
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              morum genera à regione nobilitate, velut
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              Numidicum: hoc enim cùm ex ſubtiliſſi­
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              ma lachryma conſtet, ob regionis ardorem
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              ſplendidiſſimum eſt, ac maximè nitens, &
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              quòd facilè cælari poſſit ob mollitiem, &
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              æqualitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.005384">Silex enim & cotes, quia par­
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              tibus conſtant craſſioribus, ideò ſculpi com­
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              modè nequeunt. </s>
              <s id="s.005385">Itaque & nunc marmor
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              Numidicum eſt elegantiſſimum. </s>
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              Imagines na­
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              turales in
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              marmore.</s>
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              <s id="s.005387">E marmorum generibus eſt Alabaſtrum,
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              perſpicuum, & plerunque candidum, quo
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              pyxides pro odoratis vnguentis fiunt, robu­
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              ſtius vitro, metallicis purius: figulinis præ­
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              ſtat, quòd minus combibat, aut remittat
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              vnguenti, ergo & illius neceſſarius vſus fuit.
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              <s id="s.005388">Quòd ex eo perſpicuitatem acquirit aquæ
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              immerſum, magis combibit ſuccos ac remit­
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              tit, cuius cauſam ſuperiùs diximus. </s>
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              Alabaſtrum</s>
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              <s id="s.005390">Proximæ marmori cotes: nobiliores ex
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              his Lydia & Damaſcena. </s>
              <s id="s.005391">Lydia nigra, ſub­
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              ſtantia admodum tenui, ſplendens, mira
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              ſubtilitate refert metallorum colores: quo
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              auxilio auri & argenti puritatem aurifices
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              intelligunt: tenuitate quidem ſua detrimen­
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              tum non afferunt, vt liceat millies experi­
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              ri etiam ſine vnius grani iactura: nigredine
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              autem oſtendunt colorem metalli: nam ni­
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              gredo colligit nitorem, ac colorem. </s>
              <s id="s.005392">Cotis
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              dotes ſunt, celerrimè ſenſim & omnia ab­
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              ſumere, nec abſumi. </s>
              <s id="s.005393">Ob id Damaſcenæ
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              præſtantiſſimæ: cùm enim chalibem affri­
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              catæ, quantumuis durum celerrimè abſu­
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              mant, tum ſenſim ipſæ minimè atteruntur,
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              temporis tamen ſucceſſu & longo attritu, ac
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              frequenti etiam ipſæ pereunt & abſumun­
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              tur: prauæ, molles, carioſæ, venenoſæ, no­
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              doſæ, aſperæ nimis. </s>
              <s id="s.005394">E genere cotis lapis eſt
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              mollis, è quo vaſa fiunt Comi excoquendis
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              cibis: tener eſt hic, vt poſſit cælari, & ta­
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              men humido lento conſtat, quò fit vt igni­
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              bus diu reſiſtat: cinerei eſt & ſubfuſci co­
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              loris. </s>
              <s id="s.005395">Omnibus cotibus illud proprium eſt,
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              ſed præcipuè Lydiæ, vt ſupina parte optimæ
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              ſint, quia à Sole perficiuntur: peſſimæ pro­
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              na, qua terræ & humori incubant, in la­
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              teribus non parum duriores eſſe ſolent. </s>
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              Cos, & eius
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              genera.</s>
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              Cotes in qui­
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              bus proban­
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              tur.</s>
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              <s id="s.005398">Cotis memoria adductus ſum in nauicu­
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              læ recordationem. </s>
              <s id="s.005399">Lapis eſt apud Indos fla­
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              ui coloris, perſpicuus, qui nouaculæ inſtar
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              ſcindit: par autem eſt vt vitrum, & cryſtal­
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              lum chalibeam nouaculam ob tenuitatem
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              ſuperare. </s>
              <s id="s.005400">Sed quod addunt mirum eſt, non
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              cote, aut mola, alterove lapide, ſed aqua ipſa
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              acui. </s>
              <s id="s.005401">Id verò contingit, ob ſubſtantiæ tenui­
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              tatem. </s>
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              Lapis inci­
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              dens.</s>
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              <s id="s.005403">Onyx, eſt forma cuſpidis, potius quàm
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              gladij, & neque ſatis affabre: ſi omnes ſunt,
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              quales hi, quos ego vidi. </s>
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              <s id="s.005404">Proximus marmori ac cotibus, craſſiore
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              tamen ſubſtantia, eſt Silex, & ipſe varij ge­
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              neris, tener, durus, tenax, friabilis, grauis,
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              leuis, ignibus imperuius, & qui celeriter in
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              cineres tranſit, ſqualens, rubens, coloris
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              quoque varij. </s>
              <s id="s.005405">Squamoſus ſilex eſt, imbrium
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              ac frigoris patiens, liqueſcit plerumque,
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              demum in cineres vertitur: lapides reliqui </s>
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