Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              oleæ fermè ſimili: flos in vmbellis. </s>
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              Iaſeminum.</s>
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              <s id="s.006222">Illud admiratione certè dignum, quòd
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              huic nullus fructus, aut nullius vſus, vt nec
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              alteri nobiliori flori, non lilio, non croco,
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              roſæ, vaciniis, garyophylo. </s>
              <s id="s.006223">Cauſa eſſe
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              ,
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              quòd virtus tota in flore abſumitur: vel
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              quum ſint tempora florum & fructus di­
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              uerſa, fructus humida, & craſſa ſubſtantia
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              conſtant, vt egregij ſint, flores calida & ſic­
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              ca: ita difficillimum arborem inuenire tam
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              diuerſa temperie, vt vtrique ſui temporibus
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              ſatisfacere poſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.006224">Sic rarò patri egregio cla­
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              rus filius, & pueritiæ præter ætatem genero­
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              ſæ, ſenectus decora: quod in Hermogene
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              Tarſenſi ſophiſta etiam Philoſtratus ani­
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              maduertit. </s>
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              Floribus o­
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              doratis cur
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              nulli fructus
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              nobiles ſuc­
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              cedant.</s>
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              <s id="s.006226">Vt verò plantarum bene olentium hiſto­
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              riam abſoluam, Ocymi mentio habenda eſt,
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              quòd hæc herba bene oleat, & paſſim oria­
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              tur, adeò vt vniuerſa Æthiopia illo abundet.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.006227">Videtur autem non abſque ratione vtilium
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              copiam natura excogitaſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.006228">Et
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              quum
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              vbique abundent, mutato colore, diuerſa eſſe
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              videntur quemadmodum Cyperus in Italia,
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              Galanga in Babylonia, & Curcuma mediis
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              in regionibus: facultate quidem & natura
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              eadem, formâ verò & viribus diſſimilia.
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              <s id="s.006229">Nam Galanga quantò robuſtior eſt Curcu­
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              ma, tantò Cyperus eadem imbecillior. </s>
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              tur tamen Cyperus Curcuma odoratior. </s>
              <s id="s.006231">Sed
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              cœlo, ſoloque variari plantas ſuperiùs do­
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              cuimus. </s>
              <s id="s.006232">Similiter & fructibus: nam Myrabo­
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              lani ( non ego dicam falsò Myrobalanum,
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              vnguentariam glandem ) è prunorum ſunt
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              genere, atque hi, vt Ariſtoteles refert, dul­
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              ces ſunt ante maturitatem: in calidiſſimis
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              enim regionibus orti aqueo, nec pingui hu­
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              mido, raraque ſubſtantia, celerrimè conco­
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              quuntur & abſoluuntur, contraria ratione
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              Tamarindorum, qui ob humidum pinguius
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              ac terreum ſemper acerbi manent & acidi.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.006233">Oriuntur hi in Æthiopiæ parte, quam vo­
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              cant Bernagaſſum, vltra Cancri circulum
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              iuxta mare Rubrum, parte Occidentaliore
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              inter nemora, ex arbore prægrandi fructum
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              vuarum racemis ſimilem ferente. </s>
              <s id="s.006234">Oſſa, fabis
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              magnitudine & forma ſimillima: cortice
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              etiam, niſi quòd colos ferrugineus eſt, ac
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              fuſcus: vtraque pars oui figuram
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              refert: lineis nigris, vt à latere
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              vides, per tranſuerſum ductis.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.006235">Cortex oſſis amarus valde, nu­
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              cleus candidus, durus, inſipidus. </s>
              <s id="s.006236">Fructus
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              oblongus, magnus, pruno non abſimilis. </s>
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              Ocymum
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              fermè vbi­
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              que naſci­
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              tur.</s>
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              Cyperus, Ga­
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              langa &
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              Curcuma
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              eiuſdem
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              ſpeciei.</s>
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              Myrabolani.</s>
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              Tamarindi.</s>
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              <s id="s.006241">Mirabilia ſunt naturæ opera, atque illius
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              induſtria in memoriam reuocauit Balſami­
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              næ fructum à virium & plantæ ſimilitudine
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              ſic appellatum. </s>
              <s id="s.006242">Fructus enim vulnera recen­
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              tia celerrime ſanat fructus, & arbos ipſa ſer­
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              pit, vt olim balſamus, palos ſcandens, qui­
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              bus ſuffulta eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.006243">Mirum, quòd fructus eius,
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              qui ruber eſt, & Halicacabo, quaſi perſimi­
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              lis, quum in terram decidens paululùm diſ­
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              rumpitur, ſpontè totus ſcindatur. </s>
              <s id="s.006244">Cauſa eſt,
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              quòd ſubſtantia teneriore conſtat, & nul­
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              lis villis ſecundum latitudinem contineatur,
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              ob id ab impetu ſcinditur videtur & glacies
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              modo abrupta parte diuidi quod enim
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              villis caret omninò, & grauitate dehiſcit, ob
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              illam, fractum neceſſariò totum diſrumpi­
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              tur: partes enim prægràuant, & rectæ cùm
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              ſitn, diſtant æqualiter, igitur ſecundum to­
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              tum diuiduntur. </s>
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              Balſamina.</s>
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              <s id="s.006246">Ob has igitur duas cauſas, cùm villis
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              ſecundum latitudinem caruerint, ſecun­
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              dum longitudinem diuiduntur. </s>
              <s id="s.006247">Quamo­
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              brem medicamentum ſiccum eſſe neceſſe
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              eſt: ligna enim ſicca ſic parte diuiſa diui­
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              duntur. </s>
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              <s id="s.006248">Sed in lignis, quòd villos habeant ſecun­
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              dum latitudinem, pars integra diuiſam in
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              vnum cogit, in balſaminæ fructu diuiſa ſe­
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              parat integram. </s>
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              <s id="s.006249">Balſamum verò, vt ad rem redeam, nihil
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              cum hoc commune verè habet, ſed ſuccus
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              ipſe aureo colore erat, & ipſe vulneribus ſa­
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              nandis aptiſſimus: rugas tollebat, & mor­
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              tuorum faciem à corruptione vindicabat,
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              lapidemque renum comminuebat, delebat
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              oculorum maculas, venenis reſiſtens, ma­
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              ximè aconito, & rigoribus febrium ipſa­
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              rum, atque in his omnibus vires Balſami
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              excellebat. </s>
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              <s id="s.006250">Nunc verò ex Hiſpaniola genus aliud
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              Balſami defertur colore iuiubarum, ſplen­
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              dens ac tenax, odoris ſuauitate admirabi­
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              li, adeò vt quiſquam exiſtimare nequeat
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              quam iucundus ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.006251">Vidimus ipſum apud
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              Sebaſtianum Serlium Bononienſem archi­
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              tectum regium Lugduni, virum certè inge­
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              nioſum, noſtrique amantem, ibique tracta­
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              uimus. </s>
              <s id="s.006252">Alias Ianuæ ( ſiue Genuæ ) videra­
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              mus, quod linguam feriret vt piper: ſed
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              illud ( opinor ) corruptum erat ab igne:
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              exuſtum enim quippiam & grauè ole­
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              bar. </s>
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              Balſamum
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              Indum, &
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              eius vires.</s>
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              <s id="s.006254">Hoc verò qualecunque ſit, vulnera &
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              ipſum recentia celerrimè ( ſi quid aliud ) ſa­
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              nat, & rugas tollit. </s>
              <s id="s.006255">Crediderim, ſi non cer­
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              tè ad omnia, ad plurima ſaltem, id olei ge­
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              nus eſſe efficax: ad quæ & Balſamum
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              verum. </s>
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              <s id="s.006256">Inueniſſe fertur Codrus medicus Italus,
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              qui auidus eò vſque fuit nouarum rerum
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              quærendarum, vt cùm eſſet prædiues, mor­
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              tuus tamen ſit ſenex in Orbis noui Auſtra­
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              li parte, iuxta Pumidæ portum, inſuraſque
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              Zorobari. </s>
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              Codrus me­
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              dicus.</s>
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              <s id="s.006258">Igitur vt ad hiſtoriam reuertar, arbos
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              quæ oleum iſtud parit Goacomax, Puni­
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              cæ forma & magnitudine fermè ſimilis, ſed
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              tamen folio paulò maiore, tenuioreque
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              cortice quaſi arido, ligno quod ardet vt tæ­
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              da, fructus vt vuarum racemi, rarioribus ta­
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              men & paulò maioribus acinis, vinoſi co­
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              loris, qui cum ſurculis aquæ diu incocti, id
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              olei genus reddunt. </s>
              <s id="s.006259">Sic facilè oleum odo­
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              rem, ac vires plantæ referens, in his quæ
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              oleum abundè continent, exprimitur. </s>
              <s id="s.006260">Oleæ
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              enim fiunt, aut ſeruandæ ſubſtantiæ, aut vi­
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              rium excipiendarum cauſa. </s>
              <s id="s.006261">Vix excipitur
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              alieno oleo: aut repentè, velut cùm oleo
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              quadruplum aquæ adiungitur pluſve, aut
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              minus: minus quidem, pro floribus aut fo­
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              liis: plus autem, pro lignis: mediocriter,
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              pro radicibus atque fructibus: inde igne
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              tamdiu excoquuntur, vt quicquid eſt aquæ
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              abſumatur. </s>
              <s id="s.006262">Si verò non repentè excipere
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              conſilium eſt, id commodius fiet calore tem­
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              perato: is erit aut Solis, aut cineris, vel bal-</s>
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