Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              dentiam Dei nullam? </s>
              <s id="s.007780">nónne eſt ac ſi dice­
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              ret, Palàm fœnerare adulter eſto, ſicarius, ve­
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              neficus, proditor, omnia denique mala pe­
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              ragas, modò clanculum liceat. </s>
              <s id="s.007781">Ergo aries
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              ſtultus conſuluit. </s>
              <s id="s.007782">Athenienſium duplex ſa­
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              pientia, ducis ſcilicet atque Philoſophi, pa­
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              triam euertit. </s>
              <s id="s.007783">Nam ne mirere, dixiſſe me
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              arietem eſſe ſtultum: quæ enim bifida ſunt
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              vngula, omnia ſunt ſimpliciora ſolipedis, vt
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              ſolipeda his qui digitos habent in pedibus.
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              <s id="s.007784">Animalium enim differentia vna eſt pro­
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              pria, à pedum natura ſumpta: quædam enim
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              ſolipeda, quædam bifidas habent vngules,
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              quædam autem digitos. </s>
              <s id="s.007785">Solipeda quædam
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              robuſta, ſed non laboris patientia, vt equi:
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              quædam patientia laboris, ſed non robuſta,
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              vt aſini: quædam tolerant laborem & ſunt
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              robuſta, vt cameli. </s>
              <s id="s.007786">Aſini vt patientes eſſent
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              admodum laboris, ſtupidi facti ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007787">Iidem
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              parcè admodum mergunt bibendo os, prop­
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              ter vmbram aurium quam prægrandem in
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              aqua videntes timent, ne aures madeſcant
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              aqua, & ne vmbra aurium oculos feriat. </s>
              <s id="s.007788">Eſt
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              etiam animal hoc natura ſiccum, & ob id
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              aquæ non amicum. </s>
              <s id="s.007789">Fert aſina pullum, an­
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              no, quòd aſinus 30. annis viuat, tametſi ob
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              labores rarò vitæ proprium curſum poſſit
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              implere. </s>
              <s id="s.007790">Commune eſt illi cum equo, &
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              ceruo ac damæ, imò etiam camelo, carere
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              felle. </s>
              <s id="s.007791">Sed tamen camelus indiſcretum ha­
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              bet. </s>
              <s id="s.007792">Cauſa eſt, vt carnem habeant ſicciorem,
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              laboriſque magis patientem. </s>
              <s id="s.007793">Sed equi ge­
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              neroſiores ſunt aſinis, minus tamen ſicci, &
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              ob id minus laborem tolerant. </s>
              <s id="s.007794">Hi quos bar­
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              baros vocant, ſuntque perniciſſimi educa­
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              tione, in Africa fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007795">Nam emittunt equas,
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              quæ timore ferarum agreſtes factæ quoti­
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              die ſe exercent. </s>
              <s id="s.007796">Inde pullos ereptos lacte ca­
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              melarum alunt: vbi adoleuerint palea & ſti­
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              pula: ita cibo, aëreque, exercitatione fiunt
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              velociſſimi. </s>
              <s id="s.007797">Fieret & in noſtris regionibus,
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              ſed poſt aliquot generationes. </s>
              <s id="s.007798">Ceruarum
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              quoque lacte nutriti multum proficerent,
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              nanque nutrimento animæ nedum corpo­
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              ra mutantur. </s>
              <s id="s.007799">Animal hoc ſenſum habet &
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              gloriæ, & officiorum. </s>
              <s id="s.007800">In Hibernia inſula
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              referunt, equos adeò eſſe moribus bonis ac
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              dociles, vt ita ſe accommodent, qua me­
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              lius ſeſſorem parte excipere poſſint. </s>
              <s id="s.007801">Indi­
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              cium prudentiæ equorum eſt dilectio maxi­
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              ma ſobolis: nullum enim animal adeò fi­
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              lios ſuos diligit, vt pullum ſuum equa. </s>
              <s id="s.007802">In­
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              certa meta vitæ illorum, ob labores: qui­
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              dam enim ad nos etiam 50. peruenerunt,
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              rarò tamen 30. annum excedunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007803">Fœminæ
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              diutiùs viuunt. </s>
              <s id="s.007804">Vixiſſe equam ad annos
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              ſexaginta quinque prodidit Ariſtoteles. </s>
              <s id="s.007805">Miſ­
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              centur hæc duo animalium genera naturæ
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              ſimilitudinem quaſi commodum humanum
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              curante opifice: fiuntque muli patientia aſi­
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              norum, robore autem equorum. </s>
              <s id="s.007806">Aſini agre­
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              ſtes onagri vocati frequentiores ſunt equis
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              agreſtibus, quorum carnes in cibis com­
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              mendantur: nam & domeſticorum aſino­
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              rum caro, modò iuuenes ſint, proxima vi­
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              tulinæ eſt, non vt equorum viſcida & abo­
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              minabilis. </s>
              <s id="s.007807">Impropriè ædepol vocant aſinos
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              agreſtes animalia cornibus prælongis ar­
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              mata & iuba, alioquin deformia, biſontes
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              aliàs dicti. </s>
              <s id="s.007808">Igitur genere quidem plura
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              eſſe non poterant tribus, ſpecie nihil pro­
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              hibet: nam & mulos eſſe ſui generis in
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              Phœnicia fœcundos tradit Ariſtoteles: in
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              his
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              plus minuſve, vel alacritatis, & ro­
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              boris agilatiſque, vel patientiæ ad labores
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              ſuſtinendos. </s>
              <s id="s.007809">Sed camelus omnium eſt præ­
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              ſtantiſſimus. </s>
              <s id="s.007810">Africus vnicam habet gib­
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              bam ſeu tuber, Bactrianus duas, vtraque
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              enim ſpecies mihi nota eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007811">Africi etiam
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              aſinis colore fermè ſimiles, Bactriani fer­
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              rugineo. </s>
              <s id="s.007812">Non ſolipedes ſunt propriè came­
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              li, ſed quaſi biſulci: nec exquiſitè biſulci,
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              ſed quinum digitorum pes quandam leuem
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              effigiem exprimit, parte etiam veſtigij
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              carnoſus, ob id per ſaxa iter habentibus
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              inutilis. </s>
              <s id="s.007813">Cæterùm, quod mirum eſt, cùm
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              cornua non habeat, ſolus caret anteriori­
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              bus dentibus ſuperioris mandibulæ, vt
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              ceruus atque bos. </s>
              <s id="s.007814">Ruminat quoque illorum
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              more, quod neceſſe eſt: nam animalia non
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              ob id ruminant, quia cornua habeant, ſed
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              ſed quia dentibus carent anterioribus ſupe­
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              rioribus, quibus etiam camelus caret. </s>
              <s id="s.007815">Vri­
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              nam ex auerſo reddit, nam genitale retro
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              habet. </s>
              <s id="s.007816">Equos naturali odio perſequitur, &
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              grandis eſt altitudine fermè elephanti, ſed
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              ob colli! longitudinem: vnde aui nomen
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              etiam inditum ſtruthiocameli. </s>
              <s id="s.007817">Corpore ta­
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              men toto camelus equo exilior eſt, capite
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              paruo, oculis magnis, prominentibuſque.
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              <s id="s.007818">Roſtrum, vt ita dicam, quale bobus.
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              <s id="s.007819">Differunt tamen non parum inter ſe, & prę­
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              ſertim magnitudine, adeò vt iuxta hanc ra­
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              tionem tria genera numerentur. </s>
              <s id="s.007820">Hugium
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              maximi dicuntur vnica gibba, minimi Ra­
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              guahil, qui centum milla paſſuum in ſingu­
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              los dies peragunt, ſunt enim leuiſſimi, ap­
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              tioreſque ad itinera quàm ad onera. </s>
              <s id="s.007821">Cur­
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              runt etiam celeriùs cameli equis Niſſanis,
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              propter crurum longitudinem diſtantiam­
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              que. </s>
              <s id="s.007822">Medium genus Becheti vocantur, du­
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              plici gibba. </s>
              <s id="s.007823">Sed omnium optimi Africi: hi
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              enim ex Bactrianis Bibunt ſingulis quin­
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              que diebus: & ſi
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              , læduntur: tolerant
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              tamen ſitim ad dies vſque quindecim, tum
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              ex vſu, tum quia animal ſit ſiccum, tum
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              quòd natura rectè cauerit vt animal quod
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              in deſertis vitam ageret, frequenti potu
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              minimè indigeret, vbi potus copia rarò eſt.
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              <s id="s.007824">Similiter & inediæ patientiſſimus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.007825">Vbi
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              verò contigerit ipſum extenuari, primùm
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              quidem gibba, ob onus & ſolem, dorſoque
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              extenuatur, pòſt ventre, quòd ea pars mol­
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              lior ſit, & plurimo calore abundet: demum
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              cruribus ipſis, tuncque iam laborat. </s>
              <s id="s.007826">Caro
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              illius ſuauiſſima eſt, lac verò ſuauiſſimum
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              & ſaluberrimum. </s>
              <s id="s.007827">Sed bibitur vt vinum, pa­
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              ri aquæ pondere, vel etiam duplo miſtum.
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              <s id="s.007828">Saltat hoc animal ad tibiam, videturque
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              muſica gaudere: verùm ars & vſus eſt po­
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              tius quàm harmoniæ ſenſus. </s>
              <s id="s.007829">Attamen can­
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              tu feſſus ſpontè ad iter peragendum exci­
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              tatur. </s>
              <s id="s.007830">Iuuenculus autem collocatur in paui­
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              mento calido, homine pulſante tibiam ci­
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              tharámve, camelus ob calorem pedes eleuat:
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              ita ſingulis diebus huic rei operam dat. </s>
              <s id="s.007831">Mo­
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              dus congruit pedum eleuationi. </s>
              <s id="s.007832">Vbi annus
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              hac forma exactus fuerit, pedes eleuat ad
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              rhythmum, quanquam frigente ſolo: ita
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              camelus ſaltare diſcit. </s>
              <s id="s.007833">Sed quid mirum de </s>
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