Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              ex ouis generantur: non enim hæc neceſſi­
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              tate quadam ex ouis, vt piſces, vel volu­
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              cres (vt inferiùs demonſtrabimus) generan­
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              tur, ſed ob naturæ imperfectionem. </s>
              <s id="s.007494">Igitur
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              his ex talibus, membra præciſa reſtauran­
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              tur, ignobilis enim natura oui, & ſeminis
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              veſtigium vix in his diſcernitur. </s>
              <s id="s.007495">Porrò hæc
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              tria naturam habent admirabilem. </s>
              <s id="s.007496">Primum
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              igitur de crocodilo dicendum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007497">Animal
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              hoc lacertæ ſimillimum, ſed dentes habet
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              acerrimos, exteriuſque prominentes, ma­
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              gnóſque, vngues validos, cutim vt corticem
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              quendam impenetrabilem, caudámque ro­
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              buſtiſſimam. </s>
              <s id="s.007498">Solus primùm mouet ſuperio­
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              rem mandibulam, inferiorem verò habet
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              immobilem. </s>
              <s id="s.007499">Secundum in eo miraculum,
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              quòd tandiu creſcat, quandiu viuat. </s>
              <s id="s.007500">Viuit
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              autem ad annum ſexageſimum, totque den­
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              tes habet, totidémque diebus ex ouo exclu­
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              ditur, totque numero oua parit, vt cum hoc
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              numero maximè conuenire videatur. </s>
              <s id="s.007501">Creſcit
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              autem ex ouo anſerino ſimillimo in longitu­
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              dinem cubitorum 18. quandoque. </s>
              <s id="s.007502">Quintum
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              habet præcipuum hoc animal, quòd cùm
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              terreſtre ſit, vitam agit vt piſcis: ſemper enim
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              fermè in aquis latitat, maximè autem in
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              Nilo flumine. </s>
              <s id="s.007503">Vbi & illud admiratione di­
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              gnum, quòd ſupra Chairum vrbem ſæuiat,
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              hominéſque occidat, infra autem mitè. </s>
              <s id="s.007504">Re­
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              ferunt à ſeptingentis annis, quibus Mahu­
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              meti cultores eam regionem obtinent, factos
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              longè ferociores quàm antea: huiúſque cau­
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              ſam eſſe, quòd in fundamentis templi cu­
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              iuſdam, hi ſtatuam plumbeam crocodili in­
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              uenerunt cum literis Ægyptiis, qua confla­
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              ta crocodilos in poſterum deſæuiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.007505">Cicu­
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              rabant autem eos ſacerdotes mirum in mo­
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              dum, cum tamen nullum animal quod in
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              aquis degat, verè manſueſcat, tum minus
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              hoc quod crudeliſſimum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007506">Libet autem ex
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              Strabone ipſa verba, de hac re ab Ariſto­
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              tele etiam ac poſteris confirmata, citare.
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              <s id="s.007507">Ea ſunt: In præfectura Arſinoë crocodilus
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              mirum in modum colitur, & eſt ſacer apud
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              eos, in lacu quodam nutritus ſeorſum, &
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              ſacerdotibus manſuetus, & Suchus voca­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.007508">Hoſpes itaque vir inter alios honora­
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              tiſſimus, qui nobis ſacra commonſtrabat,
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              ad lacum veniens placentulam & carnem
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              aſſam, & quoddam mulſi vaſculum ex cœ­
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              na attulit. </s>
              <s id="s.007509">Belluam in ripa lacus inuenimus:
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              ex ſacerdotibus alius os eius aperuit, alius
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              bellaria iniecit, inde carnes ac mulſum: il­
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              le in lacum exiliens in vlteriorem partem
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              traiecit. </s>
              <s id="s.007510">Hæc tam robuſta tamen ac grandis
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              bellua Tentyritas ( Ægyptij & hi ſunt ) ti­
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              met ac formidat. </s>
              <s id="s.007511">Strabo enim inquit poſt
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              pauca: Cúmque crocodili Romam allati
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              eſſent vt viderentur, Tentyritæ eos ſeque­
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              bantur. </s>
              <s id="s.007512">Facta eſt illis piſcina quædam, &
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              foramen in vno laterum, vt ex aqua in
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              apricum egredi poſſent: Tentyritæ aderant
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              qui eos interdum reti educebant ad ſolem,
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              vt à ſpectatoribus viderentur, interdum in
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              aquam intrantes eos in piſcinam retrahe­
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              bant. </s>
              <s id="s.007513">Credendum eſt medicamento dato
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              ab his crocodillos hebetari: nam paruas
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              belluas occidunt medicamenta, magnas
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              prius ſolent hebetare. </s>
              <s id="s.007514">Igitur in hoc animali
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              tot taliáque admiratione digna ſpectare li­
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              cet. </s>
              <s id="s.007515">Viſu extra aquam eſt acutiſſimo, &
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              cùm non facilè ſe circumuertat, ſi quis fu­
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              giendo obliquè currat, non aſſequitur, aliàs
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              euadere difficillimum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007516">Deferuntur ad nos
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              multi mortui, dignoſcuntúrque à lacertis
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              maioribus qui in India naſcuntur, & quo­
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              rum ſtercus optimè olet, ſeu corpus eo­
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              rum, mandibula inferiore immobili, den­
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              tibúſque. </s>
              <s id="s.007517">Rarior chamæleon, minórque
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              multo, ſed longè maiore miraculo huic li­
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              bro inſeritur. </s>
              <s id="s.007518">Referam igitur primùm quæ
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              Ariſtoteles de ipſo ſcripſit, quem cognouiſ­
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              ſe, diligentérque attrectaſſe, diſſecuiſſe quo­
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              que, ex eius verbis facilè licet deprehende­
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              re: demum quæ ex aliis accepimus, adiicie­
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              mus. </s>
              <s id="s.007519">Sunt autem Ariſtotelis verba hæc:
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              Chamæleon figurà totius corporis lacertam
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              planè repræſentat: latera deorſum ducta
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              ventri iunguntur vt piſcibus, & ſpina mo­
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              do piſcium eminet: roſtrum ſimiæ porca­
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              riæ ſimillimum: cauda prælonga in tenue
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              deſinens, & longis multiſque lori modo
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              implicata in ſe orbibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007520">Elatior eſt à
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              terra quàm lacerta, crurum inflexus quales
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              lacertæ. </s>
              <s id="s.007521">Pedes ſinguli bipartitò ſecantur,
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              partéſque talem inter ſe habent ſitum, qua­
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              lem pollex digitus ad reliquam manus par­
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              tem obiectam. </s>
              <s id="s.007522">Sed ipſæ etiam reliquæ partes
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              paulotenus in digitos quoſdam finduntur,
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              videlicet anteriores triplici interitus fiſſura,
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              exterius duplici: poſteriores autem inte­
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              rius duplici, exterius triplici. </s>
              <s id="s.007523">Vnguiculi
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              adunci, corpus totum aſperum, vt crocodi­
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              lo. </s>
              <s id="s.007524">Oculi in receſſu cauo intus recepti, præ­
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              grandes, rotundi, cute ſimili atque reli­
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              quum corpus obducti: media ſui parte per
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              quàm exigua detecti qua videant. </s>
              <s id="s.007525">Quæ qui­
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              dem videndi ſedes nunquam cute operitur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007526">Nec pupillæ motu, ſed totius oculi conuer­
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              ſione atque in orbem mutatione quoquo
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              verſus aſpicit quæ velit. </s>
              <s id="s.007527">Mutat colorem ſuum
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              inflatus. </s>
              <s id="s.007528">Verùm niger, non longè crocodilo
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              diſſimilis, & pallidus vt lacertæ, & maculis
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              diſtinctus nigris vt pardi. </s>
              <s id="s.007529">Mutatur autem
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              color toto in corpore, nam & cauda, & ocu­
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              li concolores fiunt corpori. </s>
              <s id="s.007530">Motus qualis te­
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              ſtudini tardus, & cum moritur palleſcit, nec
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              mortuus amplius colorem mutat. </s>
              <s id="s.007531">Gulam,
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              arteriámque ſitu eodem habet quo lacerta.
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              <s id="s.007532">Carnem nuſquam, niſi in capite & maxil­
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              lis, & poſtremò caudæ perquàm exiguam
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              poſſidet. </s>
              <s id="s.007533">Nec alibi ſanguinem quàm in cor­
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              de & oculis, & loco corde ſuperiore, & ve­
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              nulis hinc tendentibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007534">Verùm nec in his
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              copia vlla ſanguinis, ſed pauxillum tantùm
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              continetur. </s>
              <s id="s.007535">Cerebrum propè oculos ſuperius
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              poſitum, ac penè contiguum illis, cingi­
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              tur oculus quodam circulo tenui lucido qua­
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              ſi æneo annulo, qui detracta exteriore ocu­
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              li cui videtur. </s>
              <s id="s.007536">Membranæ in omnes corporis
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              partes multæ ac validæ, longæque firmio­
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              res quàm in reliquis animalibus tendunt.
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              <s id="s.007537">Diſſectus quamvis totus, diu ſpirare poteſt,
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              motu perquàm exiguo adhuc circa cordis
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              ſedem ſeruato. </s>
              <s id="s.007538">Et cùm omnes corporis partes
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              contrahit, tum vel maximè coſtas cogere at­
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              que adducere poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007539">Lienem conſpicuum
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              non habet. </s>
              <s id="s.007540">Subit autem cauernas, &
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              latitat lacertarum more. </s>
              <s id="s.007541">Hæc inquam Ari­
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              ſtoteles tam multa, in aliis adeò breuis, ad-</s>
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