Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              niſi quòd pedibus vngula vrſi pro humana
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              erat. </s>
              <s id="s.007727">In dorſo poſtremáque parte ſpinæ
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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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              edebant. </s>
              <s id="s.007728">Cauda anſerina, ſed in ſpinas plu­
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              mæ finiebantur. </s>
              <s id="s.007729">Si reliqua non videas, an­
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              ſerem dices: candidis ac cinereis ſpinis plu­
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              marum inſtar: latiſque clunibus anſerem
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              æmulantibus. </s>
              <s id="s.007730">Vox ſubobſcura, rauca quaſi
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              latrantis canis. </s>
              <s id="s.007731">Iracundum animal, ſed ta­
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              men quod facilè à circulatore tractaretur.
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              <s id="s.007732">Canes odio proſequebatur maximo, ſexus
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              fœminei, ætatis iuuenilis Potus nullus, ci­
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              bus panis aqua madefactus. </s>
              <s id="s.007733">Hiſtricum hunc
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              fuiſſe conſtat, aut ex hiſtrice natum, vtpo­
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              te cum vrſa, aut ſimia miſto. </s>
              <s id="s.007734">Sed hiſtrix
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007735">Sunt &
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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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              </s>
              <s id="s.007736">Sed ædepol ad hominis ſalutem natum: ſicci­
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              tate ac temperie ſua iuuat iecur, renes, veſi­
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              cam, ventriculum, pulmones. </s>
              <s id="s.007737">Huic tanquam
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              è regione ouis opponitur vellere molliſſimo.
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              Pabula ſterilia ſubtilitatem lanæ augent.
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              <s id="s.007738">Vnde Virgilius:
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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.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Erinaceus.</s>
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              Ouium vtili
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              tas, lib. 3.
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              Georg.</s>
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              <s id="s.007742">Ideóque Anglica lana nunc vt olim Mile­
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              ſia celebratur. </s>
              <s id="s.007743">Quare iterum ille:
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              ——Eam circùm Mileſia vellera nymphæ Carpebant.——
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              <s id="s.007744">Ergo nunc Britannia inclyta vellere eſt.
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007745">Rore cœ­
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007746">Cornicum adeò multitudo
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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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              </s>
              <s id="s.007747">Caret tamen ( vt dixi ) ſerpentibus, tribus
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007748">Cùm au­
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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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              ſula ſit. </s>
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              Britanniæ
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              laus, & mi­
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              ra.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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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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              </s>
              <s id="s.007751">Cur Britan­
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              nia ſerpenti­
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              bus caveat.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007752">Lucij piſcis
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              mirum.</s>
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              <s id="s.007753">Eadem in lupis fermè ratio eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007754">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. </s>
              <s id="s.007755">Hoc tamen cauſam habet manifeſtam,
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007756">Nec ſcio an in Italia experien­
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              ti hoc ſit ſucceſſurum. </s>
              <s id="s.007757">Quid demum? </s>
              <s id="s.007758">nonne
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007759">Ad 15.
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              aut 20. creuiſſe, vulgare eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007760">Ego
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              vidi li­
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              brarum circiter trium, vt æſtimatione aſſe­
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              qui, non experientia potui. </s>
              <s id="s.007761">Sed propriis in
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              regionibus caudæ noſtros arietes plerunque
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              ſuperant incredibili magnitudine. </s>
              <s id="s.007762">Contin­
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              git hoc quia humidiſſimum eſt hoc animal
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              & inter quadrupedia frigidum. </s>
              <s id="s.007763">Cúmque cæ­
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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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              </s>
              <s id="s.007764">Sed nónne illud etiam dignum admiratio­
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007765">
                <expan abbr="Atq;">Atque</expan>
              hæc minore miraculo quàm refe­
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              rat Ariſtoteles, viſam capram in cruce cor­
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              nu habentem. </s>
              <s id="s.007766">Accidit hoc errore procul.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.007767">dubio naturæ, & materiæ ad cornua gene­
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007768">Contingit quandoque naſci arietem
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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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              eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.007769">Aruſpices pronunciarunt futuram om­
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              nium rerum confuſionem, & diminutionem
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              potentiæ vrbis. </s>
              <s id="s.007770">Atque id meritò: nam duo
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007771">Contigit autem
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007772">Sed Anaxagoras rem callidè
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007773">Diſſecto verò
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              animali ita eſſe oſtendit. </s>
              <s id="s.007774">Sed ſi ob hoc ſo­
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              lum id contigit, decuit ſuo tempore naſci
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              cornu, non cùm aries natus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007775">Deinde ni­
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              hil prohibet errorum naturæ proprias eſſe
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              cauſas, & futuri præſagia. </s>
              <s id="s.007776">Itaque omnium
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007777">Quamobrem mi­
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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. </s>
              <s id="s.007778">Nihilque aliud eſt Philoſophia in
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              animo prauo, quàm in latronis manibus
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              gladius. </s>
              <s id="s.007779">Quid boni enim affert Philoſophus,
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              docens principes, populóſque, mundum
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              æternum eſſe, mortalem animum, proui-</s>
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