Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              fragrantis, vt vel grana tria pondus libra­
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              rum plurium cuiuſque arboris odoratiſſimæ
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              vincat. </s>
              <s id="s.008349">Oportebat enim in tanto conatu
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              aduerſus difficillimam rem, naturam aliquid
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              magnum efficere. </s>
              <s id="s.008350">Solent enim & homines
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              conari, cùm rem difficilem aggrediuntur,
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              vt admiratione dignum aliquid efficiant,
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              cúmque meta ſuperanda eſt, haud medio­
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              cri interuallo illud efficere conamur. </s>
              <s id="s.008351">Quam
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              eandem regulam in moſcho etiam obſerua­
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              uit: hoc mortuum tantùm vidi in via Ve­
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              xillorum Mediolani, eùm zebethum vi­
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              uens, imò viuentia viderim maſculum, &
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              fœminam. </s>
              <s id="s.008352">Moſchus igitur magnitudine &
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              farma, ac pilo, niſi quòd coloris eſt magis
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              glauci, capreolo ſimilis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008353">Pilus tamen &
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              craſſior eſt, pilo capreoli. </s>
              <s id="s.008354">Supra binos, &
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              totidem infrà dentes habet: hocque ſolo
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              differt, & odore à capreolo: nam pili va­
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              rietas à regione ortum habere poſſet, cùm
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              animalia tranſlata filios longè ſibi magis diſ­
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              ſimiles, quàm pro hac varietate pili ex re­
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              gionis diuerſitate pariant. </s>
              <s id="s.008355">Ferunt ergo illi
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              in veſicam infrà vmbilicum ſanguinem col­
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              ligi, qui omnem rem ad hanc vſque diem
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              cognitam, magnitudine, & ſuauitate odo­
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              ris vincit, & exuperat. </s>
              <s id="s.008356">Quamvis etiam non
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              ſyncerus ille ad nos deferatur, ſed tota ca­
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              ro, cum oſſibus contuſa ſoleat vetuſtioribus
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              veſicis imponi, atque pro genuina vendi. </s>
              <s id="s.008357">In­
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              dicio eſt paſſim in noſtro moſcho parua
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              oſſium fruſta inueniri, & tamen vel ſic adeò
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              redolet, vt manifeſtum ſit huiuſmodi ani­
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              malia, neque Ariſtoteli, neque Theophra­
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              ſto nota fuiſſet: neque mirum, cùm & Ga­
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              lenus, ad quem magis pertinebant, cùm nul­
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              lum nunc vnguentum horum expers ſit,
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              quique plus quadringentis annis poſterior
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              illis fuit, ea minimè cognouerit. </s>
              <s id="s.008358">Hanc igi­
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              tur ob veſicam totum animal quantum mit­
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              tat iucundi odoris, vix dicere queam, ta­
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              metſi ( vt dixi) non ſolùm mortuum, ſed
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              iamiam diu eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.008359">Sed & folliculo illo per
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              multos annos arcis indito, omnes quæ in
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              his veſtes ſeruantur, miro fragrant odore.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008360">Ipſum moſchum è Perſide aduehitur: vbi
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              ſi recens fuerit, & neque adulteratum, tam
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              vehementis odoris eſſe fertur, vt ieiunis na­
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              ribus admota, veſica, ex eo ſtatim ſangui­
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              nem proliciat. </s>
              <s id="s.008361">Quod Vartomanus quatuor
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              viris vni poſt alium contigiſſe affirmat. </s>
              <s id="s.008362">Quo
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              fit, vt credamus non niſi adulteratum ad
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              nos deferri. </s>
              <s id="s.008363">Seneſcit poſt decennium. </s>
              <s id="s.008364">Olet,
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              vt animaduerti, cercophitecorum genus
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              gracile ac fuſcum, ingenioſiſſimum: ni ſe­
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              plaſia me decepit: nam neque omnes Moſ­
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              chum olent. </s>
              <s id="s.008365">Redolent, ſed quaſi ex aduerſo
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              fibri teſtes. </s>
              <s id="s.008366">Ferunt animal eſſe canis magni­
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              tudine, ſed oblongum manſueſcit, pilo ni­
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              gro, ac ſplendido: nam pellem illius vidi,
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              quæ pretioſas inter annumeratur: atque hoc
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              primùm à luthra differt, quæ aſperum pi­
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              lum habet, & prælongum, cùm fibri hu­
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              milis ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.008367">Cauda lata, & in modum ſoleæ
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              extenſa, ſed præpingui, qua etiam a luthra
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              dicitur, quæ piloſam, & acutam habet: nam
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              fibro ſquamoſam eſſe ferunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008368">Crura breuia
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              pedibus anterioribus, ſimiæ in modum, qui­
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              bus etiam pro manibus ( vti dicitur ) poſte­
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              rioribus anſeriniata, duplici auxilio pedum,
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              ſcilicet poſtremorum, & caudæ aquis inna­
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              tat, domos ex ligno miro artificio conſtruit:
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              acumine enim dentium, quos habet robu­
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              ſtos, non aliter quàm ſerra ad ſecanda ligna
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              vtitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008369">Referunt fœminam ereptis catulis
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              ferrea clauſtra dentibus confregiſſe, præci­
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              pitémque ſe ediſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.008370">Erat enim manſueta, &
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              in domo educata. </s>
              <s id="s.008371">Regem quoque habere,
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              cuius cauda ſit hac forma, cùm cæterorum
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              ſit obtuſa: certè cùm apud Moſcho­
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              uitas nunc maximi greges habean­
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              tur, & ruſticos, quorum pelles rudes
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              ſunt, & opera ſeruilis, vt affirmant,
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              & nobilis molliore pilo, quem in pellibus
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              triplicem eſſe animaduertimus, deprehen­
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              ſum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008372">Teſtes paruos, & vt gallorum, at­
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              que intus reconditos habet. </s>
              <s id="s.008373">Quod adeò olet,
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              vt pro medicamento vendatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008374">Humor eſt,
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              qui in meatu varicoſo, inſtar capreoli in­
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              torto inuenitur, velut & in felis ſpecie illa,
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              quæ zibethum fert. </s>
              <s id="s.008375">Hic humor primùm
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              oleo ſimilis eſt, inde concreſcit in mellis ſub­
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              ſtantiam. </s>
              <s id="s.008376">Atque hi humores magni ſunt.
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              <s id="s.008377">Hos etiam in auibus, vt aliàs diximus, eſſe
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              animaduertimus. </s>
              <s id="s.008378">Maius etiam eſt quòd re­
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              ferunt, quamvis iuxta aquas habitent, mi­
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              nimè tamen alipiſcibus, ſed frondibus atque
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              virgultis. </s>
              <s id="s.008379">Quæ ſi non conficta ſint, neceſ­
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              ſe eſſet fibrum ſpecie à lutra differre. </s>
              <s id="s.008380">Sin
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              falſa, erunt vnius generis, quamvis etiam
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              cauda & pilo differant: hoc enim ſatis con­
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              ſtat. </s>
              <s id="s.008381">Vtcunque verò res ipſa ſe habeat, ip­
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              ſius lutræ teſtes ad eadem valent, ad quæ
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              caſtorei: nam & caſtoreum Orientis, & in
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              calidis regionibus ortum, longè validiori­
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              bus eſt viribus. </s>
              <s id="s.008382">At humor qui ſeminis loco
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              eſt, & genitalia ipſa in quolibet animali ca­
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              lidiſſima ſunt, multò verò magis in anima­
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              libus, quæ ob calorem iuxta aquas & in
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              aquis verſantur, cuiuſmodi fiber & lutra.
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              <s id="s.008383">Lutræ autem proprium eſt, vt aduerſus aquas
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              feratur, vt cùm plena fuerit, ſecundo flu­
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              mine ad cubiculum reuertatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008384">Quæcunque
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              enim animalia non facilè prædam inue­
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              niunt, vt lupus, & vulpes, & lutra: cùm
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              ei occurrerint, ita ſe replent, vt rumpi vi­
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              deantur: quòd his non contingit, quæ fru­
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              ctibus, aut herbis veſcuntur: quoniam vbi­
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              que cibus in promptu eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008385">Hæc igitur anima­
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              lia, terræ & aquæ communia ſunt, velut &
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              crocodilus, contraria tamen ratione, quàm
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              equus fluuialis, ſiquidem & hic communis
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              eſt terræ, & aquæ, ſed è piſcium genere,
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              illa verò inter terreſtria numerantur. </s>
              <s id="s.008386">Viuit
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              in Nilo, & Nigro fluminibus. </s>
              <s id="s.008387">Nilus in Æ­
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              gypto, & Æthiopia. </s>
              <s id="s.008388">Niger in ea parte
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              Africæ, quæ caput Nigrum, & vide inter­
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              iacet ( vocatúrque Manſa ) fluunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008389">Piſcis
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              hic quatuor habet pedes, breuibus cruri­
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              bus, vaccæ figura, ambulat in terra. </s>
              <s id="s.008390">Promi­
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              nent ei duo dentes trium palmorum longitu­
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              dine, elephanti dentibus ſimillimi, ſed can­
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              didiores, duriores, & diutiùs nitorem reti­
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              nentes, ob idque etiam pretioſiores, iuba, &
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              voce equi, vnde nomen ſumpſit, vngula &
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              talo veluti bubus,
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              reſimum, cauda apri
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              magnitudo, & viſcera & equo paruo, ſeu aſi­
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              no ſimilia: tergoris tanta craſſitudo, vt ex eo
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              venabulum fiant. </s>
              <s id="s.008391">Conſtat tam diligenti deſ­
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              criptione ab Ariſtotele viſum hoc animal. </s>
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