Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              etiam ſui ſignificatum cornu gerit palmi
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              longitudine paulò maius, duriſſimum, fir­
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              miſſimum rectum atque præacutum, ſed
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              quod verſus frontem torqueatur, quodque
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              pugnaturus exacuit. </s>
              <s id="s.008157">Sunt & quidam ex his,
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              qui aliud exiguum etiam cornu habeant
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              in tergore. </s>
              <s id="s.008158">Referunt anno ſalutis milleſi­
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              mo, quingenteſimodecimotertio, delatum
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              vnum ad Luſitaniæ Regem calendis Maij,
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              quem Rex biennio pòſt ſpectaculi cauſa
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              Vlyſiponæ cùm elephanto commiſit, vicit­
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              que Rhinoceros. </s>
              <s id="s.008159">Adeò nihil natura voluit
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              omninò ab incommodis eſſe tutum: nam
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              elephantem hic ſolus exagitat, dicunt qui­
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              dam & ſerpentem: ſed ſocietas elephantem
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              tutum ab vtroque reddit, nec periculo ſub­
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              iacet, niſi cum cauſa aliqua à grege ſuo
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              diſiungitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008160">Rhinocerotem Pauſanias vidit,
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              agnouit & Plinius, non tamen Ariſtote­
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              les. </s>
              <s id="s.008161">Conſtat hunc longè alium eſſe à Mo­
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              nocerote, cum quo ſolùm nominis ſimi­
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              litudine colludit. </s>
              <s id="s.008162">Eſt autem Monoceros
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              animal rarum, equi magnitudine, pilo
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              muſtelæ ſimillimo, capite ceruino, in quo
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              cornu creſcit vnicum, cubitorum trium lon­
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              gitudine, media in fronte atque rectum, in
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              imo autem amplum, tendens in aciem. </s>
              <s id="s.008163">Col­
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              lum breue, iuba rariſſima, & in alteram
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              tantùm partem tendente, crura velut ca­
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              preolo tenuia poſteriorum exterior pars
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              multo pilo villoſa, vngulæ bifidæ: in vni­
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              uerſum ſi quis aduertat cerui naturæ non
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              eſt abſimilis præter cornu illud: ferum eſt
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              valdè. </s>
              <s id="s.008164">Naſcitur in Æthiopia inter ſolitudi­
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              nes, ſqualentemque terram, atque inter ſer­
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              pentes, mirumque in modum venenis cornu
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              eius aduerſari creditur. </s>
              <s id="s.008165">Exiſtimo hoc eſſe
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              animal, quod ab Ariſtotele oryx appel­
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              latur.
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              Mandibula
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              inferior
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                do</expan>
              ſolum
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              mouetur ſu­
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              perior ſemper
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              quieſcit.</s>
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              Rhincceres.</s>
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              Monoceros.</s>
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              Magnim
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              animal.At contraria aëris qualitate penitus ſub
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              Boreali polo animal naſcitur, ceruo ſimile,
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              cruribus anterioribus longioribus, carneam
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              habens appendicem, breuem tamen, cuius
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              vngula ſi collo
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              comitiales ſanare
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              ſi quid aliud poſſe creditur. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Quoniã">Quoniam</expan>
              dum hoc
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              morbo laborat animal ipſum
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              (
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              nam comi­
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              tiali morbo laborat
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              )
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              non priùs excitatur,
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              quam vngulam poſterioris pedis auri intu­
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              lerit: tunc enim protinus excitatur à mor­
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              bo. </s>
              <s id="s.008171">Timidum eſt & imbecille ſupra quàm
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              credi poſſit, & ex quocunque minimo vul­
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              nere moritur. </s>
              <s id="s.008172">Eſt enim cordis frigidiſſimi,
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              ac cerebri non ſolùm frigidi, ſed pituita re­
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              dundantis. </s>
              <s id="s.008173">Habet autem cornua peculiari
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              quadam forma prædita, & nulli fermè ani­
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              mali ſimilia: nam craſſa ab imo, vbi aſcen­
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              dunt latiora palmo ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008174">Onagrum quidem
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              vocant, quòd longas habeat aures, vngu­
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              lam etiam nonnunquam ſolidam, tametſi ra­
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              rò, velociſſimum ſanè eſt, vt quod ducenta
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              millia paſſuum vigintiquatuor horarum
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              ſpatio ſuperet. </s>
              <s id="s.008175">Hoc autem toto ſpatio ſine
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              cibo, & potu viuit, zethicum manſueſcit
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              auidum. </s>
              <s id="s.008176">Abundat apud Dacos, finitimaſque
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              regiones, vulgarique nomine Magnum vo­
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              cant animal. Cæterùm ab alce plurimùm
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              differt. </s>
              <s id="s.008177">Alces enim, vt Cæſar eum deſcrip­
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              ſit, capro ſimilis eſt, & maculoſa pelle, &
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              crura ſine iunctura habet. </s>
              <s id="s.008178">Huius verò iun­
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              cturas videmus, & pellem ceruo ſimi­
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              lem. </s>
              <s id="s.008179">Sed de alce inferiùs dicemus. </s>
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              <s id="s.008180">Animal aliud mittit Æthiopia, parte an­
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              teriore vulpi perſimile, cauda & poſteriore
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              cercopitheco, pedibus anterioribus huma­
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              nis, auribus veſpertilionis, quod crumenam
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              habet ſub ventre, qua catulos vndequaque
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              gerit, nec dimittit, niſi dum lactare vult.
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              Mittit & India occidentalis Chiurcam è mu­
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              ſtelino genere, quæ eodem modo filios ſe­
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              cum fert. </s>
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              Animal mon­
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              ſtroſum. </s>
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              Chiura.</s>
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              <s id="s.008183">In eadem Æthiopia aliud eſt genus bouis
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              pilo ſubnigro, ſed cornibus ceruinis. </s>
              <s id="s.008184">Sed ſi
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              velim omnium boum genera referre, opus
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              erit prolixiore oratione, quàm huic libro
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              conueniat. </s>
              <s id="s.008185">Nam Hiſpanos duos nuper Bo­
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              hemiæ regina ſecum duxit, quorum alteri
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              cornua binorum cubitorum erant. </s>
              <s id="s.008186">Sunt bo­
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              maſi ex eodem, quorum ( vt dixi ) hiſtoria
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              ab Ariſtotele recitatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008187">Sunt boues in Ita­
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              lia nigri, cornibus nigris, atque ad opera
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              maximè gratis, Buffalos vocant incolæ, nam
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              non tota Italia habentur, ſed vltra Apen­
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              ninum tantùm. </s>
              <s id="s.008188">Agreſtes ſunt valde, adeò vt
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              annulo ferreo naribus indito ſolùm circum­
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              ducantur: rubro, varioque colore irritantur:
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              homineſque feriunt, adeò robuſti, vt duo­
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              rum boum pondera trahant. </s>
              <s id="s.008189">Ductilia ma­
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              gis, & ad opera accommodata cornua, ha­
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              bent bobus nigro præſertim adiuuante colo­
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              re: paruo ſunt pilo & cauda breui. </s>
              <s id="s.008190">Et caro
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              illorum cùm ſenuerint, vix edi poteſt: tan­
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              tùm à communi boum genere differre vi­
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              dentur. </s>
              <s id="s.008191">Sed quid ego tamdiu his immoror?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008192">præſtat potius, ſcire omnium animalium
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              cornua habentium differentias, vſumque ac
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              naturam, altiùs (vt decet) repetito principio.
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              </s>
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                <expan abbr="Quoniã">Quoniam</expan>
                <expan abbr="demonſtratũ">demonſtratum</expan>
              eſt antè, animalia quæ
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              herbis
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              , dentes habere obtuſos,
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              præacutos, atque ea cauſa, tum natura ipſa,
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              quæ à carnium eſu abhorret, inepta, defen­
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              ſioni, quæ dentibus fit: ob id igitur armata
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              partim cornibus, partim vnguibus craſſiori­
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              bus. </s>
              <s id="s.008194">At de vnguibus iam dictum eſt: reli­
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              quum eſt igitur, vt oſtendamus, animalia
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              quæ cornibus prædita ſunt, alia ſolidis, alia
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              inanibus eſſe munita. </s>
              <s id="s.008195">Quæcunque autem
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              inanibus cornibus armata ſunt, duo habent,
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              vt boues: quæ autem ſolidis, alia quidem
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              vno, vt Monoceros Rhinoceroſque: alia
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              duobus, vt capræ, damæque: alia pluribus,
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              vt cerui, & quæ ex eorum ſunt genere, vt
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              capreoli: nam hæc ramoſa, cùm habeant cor­
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              nua, plurium loco ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008196">Hoc autem primò
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              demonſtrandum. </s>
              <s id="s.008197">Nam cùm plura cornua gi­
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              gnere natura propoſuiſſet, ſi toto capite ſpar­
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              gerentur omnia, primum præter duo omnia
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              inutilia fuiſſent ad defenſionem: deinde non
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              fuiſſent proxima auribus, aures autem natu­
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              ra ſiccæ, reliqui ſenſus à cornuum materia
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              impedimentum recepiſſent: ob id nullum
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              animal plura cornua toto capite ſparſa ha­
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              bet, præter verneces quoſdam, de qui­
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              bus iam diximus. </s>
              <s id="s.008198">Referunt tamen ran­
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              giferos tria habere cornua, ceraſtas au­
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              tem cornua ſeptem, Plinius dicit quadrige­
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              mina: cochleis certè quatuor ſunt, ſed duo
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              prælonga, duo breuia, & quæ omnia
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              contrahantur. </s>
              <s id="s.008199">Sunt & plura duobus inſe­
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              ctorum quibuſdam generibus: ſed co­
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              chleis ad prætentandum, ceraſtæ ad deci-</s>
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