Cardano, Girolamo
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De subtilitate
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1663
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niſi quòd pedibus vngula vrſi pro humana
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circiter centum, quarum quædam in apice
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curuabantur, prominebant emiſſitiæ, quum
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moueretur ſtrepitum, dum ſe colliderent,
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fœminei, ætatis iuuenilis Potus nullus, ci
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te cum vrſa, aut ſimia miſto. </
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olim Africæ proprius fuit, nunc Gallia &
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Italia ſues habet cum ſpinis, quas eiacula
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ri aduerſus canes ſolent: vt forſan alius ſit à
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ſuibus hic hiſtrix: ſpinæ tamen non his ſui
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bus minores: quippe palmi longitudine, præ
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acutæ, leues, albo nigróque diſtinctæ. </
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erinaceo ſpinæ, ſed toto corpore paruæ, im
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mobiles, & ipſum animal hiſtrice longè mi
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nus: quod etiam in orbem circumuoluitur.
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tate ac temperie ſua iuuat iecur, renes, veſi
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cam, ventriculum, pulmones. </
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è regione ouis opponitur vellere molliſſimo.
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Pabula ſterilia ſubtilitatem lanæ augent.
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Si tibi lanicium curæ, primùm aſpera ſylua,
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Lappæque,
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abſint, fuge pabula læta.
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Hiſtrix.</
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Erinaceus.</
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Ouium vtili
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tas, lib. 3.
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Georg.</
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ſia celebratur. </
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——Eam circùm Mileſia vellera nymphæ Carpebant.——
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Nec mirum, cùm nullum animal venenatum
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mittat, imò nec infeſtum præter vulpem
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olim & lupum: nunc verò exterminatis
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etiam lupis, tutò pecus vagatur. </
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li ſitim ſedant greges, ab omni alio potu
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arcentur, quòd aquæ ibi ouibus ſint exitia
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les: quia tamen in pabulo humido vermes
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multi abundant. </
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creuit vt ob frugum damna nuper publico
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conſilio illas perdentibus propoſita præmia
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ſint: vbi enim pabulum, ibi animalia ſunt,
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quæ eo veſcuntur, atque immodicè, tunc
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multiplicantur cùm vbique abundauerit.
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ex cauſis, nam pauci poſſunt generari ob
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frigus immenſum: quia verò optimè coli
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tur, qui geniti ſunt exterminantur. </
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tem ſemel illis vacua fuerit, non potuerunt
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aliunde aduenire, prohibente mari cùm in
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Britanniæ
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laus, & mi
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Cornicum
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multitudo in
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Britannia
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cur ſit.
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nia ſerpenti
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bus caveat.
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mirum.</
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eſt illud, quòd à tot audiui viris, vt impu
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dentius fuerit tot teſtibus mendacium non
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credere, quàm veritatem aduerſus eorum
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auctoritatem tueri: lupum piſcem fluuiati
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lem, quem lucium Itali vocant, ſciſſo ventre
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oſtendendi lactis cauſa, inde conſuto, atque
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inter tinchas in viuariis repoſito ſanari hu
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more earum, dum ſe illis lupus ventre affri
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cat. </
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cùm viſcera non ſint oblæſa, & humor ipſe
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glutinoſus ſit, aërque ad corruptionem mi
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nimè paratus. </
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ti hoc ſit ſucceſſurum. </
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illud, vt ad ouium hiſtoriam redeam, mirabi
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lius euenit ob regiones, quòd in calidis re
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gionibus veruecum caudæ adeò in immen
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ſum creſcunt, vt Ioannes Leo vidiſſe ſe refe
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rat in Arſioë Ægypti ciuitate vnam
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80. quaſdam ad 150. creuiſſe referunt. </
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aut 20. creuiſſe, vulgare eſt. </
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vidi li
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brarum circiter trium, vt æſtimatione aſſe
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qui, non experientia potui. </
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regionibus caudæ noſtros arietes plerunque
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ſuperant incredibili magnitudine. </
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git hoc quia humidiſſimum eſt hoc animal
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& inter quadrupedia frigidum. </
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tera oſſa extendi nequeant, ne pinguedine
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propria obruatur animal, totum humorem
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in caudam tranſmittit, fitque carne, & pin
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guedine immenſa, extenſis etiam oſſibus, ac
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neruis non parum, quæ humida natura ve
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lut & piſces ſemper incremento apta ſunt.
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ne, quòd veruecibus quibuſdam quatuor
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ſint cornua, & tamen tales Mediolani ha
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bemus: in Scotia res vulgaris eſt, vt apud
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Sarmatas cum ſenis aut octo: rarus cum
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quinque ſepteniſve quod impar ſit numerus:
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quandoque etiam cum vno, ſed non in me
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dio. </
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hæc minore miraculo quàm refe
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rat Ariſtoteles, viſam capram in cruce cor
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nu habentem. </
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randa aptæ multitudine defectuve: at in his
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quòd caput eſſe imbecille, maluit natura
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diuidere onus, quàm moleſtè grauare verue
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cem. </
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cum vnico cornu in media fronte, vt in villa
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Periclis dum ipſe rebus Athenienſium præ
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nium rerum confuſionem, & diminutionem
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potentiæ vrbis. </
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natura diſtincta in vnum coierant, diminu
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to numero armorum: idque in eius villa con
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tigerat, qui vrbi præeſſet. </
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hoc ad vnguem: primùm quidem grauiſſi
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mo ballo Peloponnenſi, quòd fames, inde
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peſtis ſæuiſſima ſubſequutæ ſunt, demum
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etiam ſeruitus. </
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texit, ſuaſu credo Periclis, qui ei erat diſ
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cipulus, dicens hoc ideo factum, quòd cere
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bri ventres in vnum coiſſent. </
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animali ita eſſe oſtendit. </
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lum id contigit, decuit ſuo tempore naſci
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cornu, non cùm aries natus eſt. </
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hil prohibet errorum naturæ proprias eſſe
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cauſas, & futuri præſagia. </
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vt aliarum rerum, ſic & Philoſophiæ al
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terna viciſſitudo, ac perniciem ſcilicet hu
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mani generis ac ſalutem. </
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nus demiror Neronem quandoque Roma
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expuliſſe Philoſophos, vt in Neronis enco
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mio diximus: quorundam enim ob auaritiam
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non magis eſt ſalutaris quàm pernicioſa ſa
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pientia. </
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">Nihilque aliud eſt Philoſophia in
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animo prauo, quàm in latronis manibus
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gladius. </
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docens principes, populóſque, mundum
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æternum eſſe, mortalem animum, proui-</
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