Cardano, Girolamo
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De subtilitate
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1663
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dextrum crus flectebat: vtque ſenſim aſcen
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deret, illud eleuabat: baculum quo rege
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batur vbi excidiſſet, promuſcide acceptum
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porrexit ſeſſori, quem adeò diligebat, vt
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ab illo admonitus quòd abſconditurus eſſet
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ſe in cœnaculo maiore, cùm quiſpiam di
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ceret, Seſſorem tuum quærito, ad illum re
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cta iuit,
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inuento mirum in modum
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rioribus cruribus & capite ſalutauit. </
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Elephantis
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bere. </
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erat, vt homo erectis manibus non attin
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geret dorſum, & erat ( vt dixi) iuuencu
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lus. </
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& maximis ( nam & in his velut equis
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aliiſque animalibus non exiguum diſcri
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men ſecundum regiones & ſtirpes) pro vi
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gintiquinque quandoque bobus corporis
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moles eſt. </
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cem cubitos, quod facilè eſt etiam con
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iectari ex dentium magnitudine: huic
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enim cùm tantus eſſet, dentes cubitum
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cum dimidio non excedebant, cùm ta
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men viderim ego non ſemel, qui fermè
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ſex cubitos, vel incurui æquarent: qui ſi
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recti fuiſſent, longiores plane fuiſſent ſep
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tem cubitis. </
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tomanus vidiſſe duos, qui pondus 325. libra
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rum æquabant. </
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reputare, quanta debuerit eſſe animalis il
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lius magnitudo. </
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reſpondet: eſt enim multò altior, quàm
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pro longitudinis ratione. </
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tia, ac ad columnarum modum, atque in his
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iuncturas. </
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">Coxæ rectæ deſcendunt, nec in
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anteriorem partem, vt bobus exporrigun
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tur: hocque ideò contingit, quòd iuncturæ
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genuum ſunt æquales, atque adeò æquales,
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vt niſi flectere crura videas, iunctura ca
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rere credas. </
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">Inde natam exiſtimo opinio
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nem, quòd iuncturis careant, quàm ſuſpi
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cionem auxit illius inceſſus: nam diſtentis
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cruribus, ac ſi iuncturis omninò careat,
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ambulat. </
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poſterioribus longiora. </
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cruribus diſtentis, maximi roboris argumen
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tum eſt, & cauſa velocioris inceſſus: nam
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difficiliùs mouetur quod à longiore ſpacio:
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vt in haſtis, quæ difficiliùs mouentur ex
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imo quàm ex medio, & æqualis angulus
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tantò maius ſpacium intercipit, quantò cru
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ris ſuprema pars à genu ipſo longius diſtite
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rit. </
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ſed diuiſio ea obſcura eſt. </
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ni & abſque munimento vllo, vnde exco
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gitata ratio ſecandi pedes ſecuribus à Ro
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manis: ſunt enim lati, vt orbes plum
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bei, quibus ad veſcendum vtimur. </
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culus maximum habet membrum genitale,
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quòd fermè vſque ad terram attingit, licet
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alij hoc negent. </
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tùm, atque adeò paruæ, vt ſub armis lati
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tent. </
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mè abſque pilis vllis, & prælonga, adeò
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vt à terra imum eius ne palmo diſtet. </
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tis quoque imò corium duriſſimum, & ſi
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militer abſque pilis: rariſſimus enim eſt, vt
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vnus aut alter hincinde colligatur. </
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verò totam contexta videtur. </
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dorſi ſuprema parte: quæ etiam aliqualiter
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iuxta renes in gibbam aſcendit: & auribus
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ipſis, quæ prægrandes ſunt, ac quaſi duo
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rum palmorum, abſque forma aurium, ſed
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quaſi quadratæ ſunt: his in duobus locis
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frequens pilus eſt, ac vt cæteris animali
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bus. </
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cus cinereo immiſtus, ita vt non alter ab
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altero diſtingui queat. </
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put vix à collo diſtinguitur. </
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de parui, ſed tamen acutè cernit. </
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prema parte frontis naſus exporrigitur, non
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vt in aliis animalibus iunctus capiti, ſed
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diſiunctus, qui vſque ad terram exporrigi
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tur, vt tanta ſit fermè eius longitudo, quan
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ta animalis altitudo: proboſcidem vocant,
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aliqui etiam promuſcidem, plerique ma
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num. </
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mo dubitat, poſtquàm diuiſa eſt, vt naris,
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& ea reſpirat elephas, atque odorat. </
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eius quale porci naſus, color, rotunditas, di
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uiſo. </
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naſi ſubſtantia differt: vſus verò multiplex.
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eam colligat, atque remittat quomodo li
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bet: breuem enim quandoque adeò facit, vt
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vix cubitum ſuperet, atque tunc latiſſima
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eſt: quandoque verò ita extendit, vt angu
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ſta deſcendat ad terram, non craſſior fermè
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humano brachio: eſt tamen mollioris ſub
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ſtantiæ, quàm reliqua cutis. </
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Romani præſcindere eam aggrediebantur.
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ma cum celeritate: ſi libet, ea haurit po
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tum, cibum quoque capit, & in os mit
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tit: nam promuſcide non edit, ſed ore: nec
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ore edere, aut bibere poteſt abſque promuſ
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cide. </
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ori ſuis: ſed dentibus omnibus tam ſupe
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rioribus, quàm inferioribus caret: nudaſ
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que habet gingiuas, nec vllos habet alios
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dentes, quàm molares quibus edit, & duos
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illos prælongos qui altrinſecus prominent, è
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mandibula nati ſuperiore, & verſus terram
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deſcendentes, proboſcidemque in medio
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habentes. </
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ua dentis pars anterior ſit: quæ animal reſ
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picit, gibba. </
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reſpicit, vt ſi caput eleuet, facilè in ſinu
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dentium poſſit trabem, aut tranſuerſum ho
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minem ſuſtinere. </
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roboris ineſt, vt arbores quas viginti homi
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nes euertere nequeunt, proboſcide circum
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data vno, vel altero ictu proſternant. </
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mus nos capite illum, quæ cupit euertere,
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prementem: iuuatur & dentibus illis pro
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minentibus. </
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bet, vt vix conſpici queat. </
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citer emittit: ex promuſcide velut tubæ
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raucam, & ex ore velut hominis loquentis
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ſimul, ac ſpirantis, vnde ſpirabundam eam
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vocat Ariſtoteles. </
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affectus exprimendos, & maximè commiſe
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rationem eſſe accommodatam: ob id nil
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mirum equos non tam animal, quàm vo
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cem vtranque maximè formidare. </
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rùm in bello ſolebant. </
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