Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              digitus ſit, carere dentibus multis contingit
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              piſcibus, velut ſturioni, ſed cibum non cape­
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              re paucis.
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              Cete.</s>
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              Virgæ pul­
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              cherrimæ.</s>
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              Nauium à
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              monſtris ma­
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              rinis deſen­
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              ſio.</s>
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              Orcas.</s>
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              Ziphus.</s>
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              Springual.</s>
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              Piſcis bar­
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              batus.</s>
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              Rhinoceros
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              piſcis.</s>
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              Triton.</s>
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              Oſtrea ma­
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              gnitudinis
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              immenſæ.</s>
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              Cur in mari
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              monſtra plu­
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              rima.</s>
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              Raia homini
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              amica.</s>
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              Cur ſola
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              raia alterius
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              generis pi
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              ſcibus mi­
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              ſceatur.</s>
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              Piſces mari­
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              ni cur adeò
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              magni.</s>
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              Piſces omne;
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              cur poſtrema
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              parte ſimiles
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              inter ſe ſint.
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              <s id="s.008542">Piſcium in­
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              credibilis
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              captura.</s>
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              Vt ſterilis
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              concipiat.</s>
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              Monſtroſus
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              piſcis.</s>
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              Mors.</s>
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              <s id="s.008546">Contrà mors, quem Roſmarum quidam
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              vocant, piſcis eſt è vitulorum genere, pilo,
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              forma, moribus, in Iachis è boreali Oceani
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              latere iuxta Moſchouiam: dentibus adeò ma­
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              gnis, vt capulos enſium ex eis faciant: nam
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              ebori candore ſimillimi ſunt, verùm ſolidio­
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              res, grauiores, firmiores.
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              Animalia
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              bene olentia,
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              ſed tamen
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              parui vſus.</s>
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              <s id="s.008548">Sunt & piſces odorati, vt polyporum ge­
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              nus quoddam nimium & ſcarabeorum vo­
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              lantium ſpecies certa inter inſecta, tum in­
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              ter aues gallinæ Indiæ occidentalis, imò
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              potiùs vulturis genus: nam cadauera, &
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              res corruptas ſectatur: olet tamen benè,
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              ob caloris vehementiam, & ſiccitatem tem­
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              periei. </s>
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              <s id="s.008549">Sunt & piſces viribus admirandis: Tor­
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              pedo quam Genuenſes vocant tremorizam,
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              ex raiarum genere: quod os Lunæ figura ha­
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              bet: cuius contactu, vel etiam ipſorum re­
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              tium manus obſtupeſcunt: doloréſque ſe­
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              dantur: ſed à morte ſoluitur tanta vis: Et
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              echineis ex concharum genere, quem Re­
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              moram vocant Latini: dictus echinus,
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                τοῡ ἔχειν τὴν ναῦν</foreign>
              , quòd naues ſiſtat, fundo
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              illarum hærens. </s>
              <s id="s.008550">Vnde C. </s>
              <s id="s.008551">Caligulæ Cæſaris
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              triremen moratus eſt, malo illius omine. </s>
              <s id="s.008552">Li­
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              maci magnæ perſimilis eſt, rarúſque, vt
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              qui poſt ea tempora non viſus ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.008553">Referunt
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              etiam in Arotan flumine beatiſſimæ inſulæ
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              Zeilam, quam inferiùs deſcribemus, eſſe
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              piſcium genus, quod manu deprehenſum,
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              febrem accendat, illicóque qui talem piſ­
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              cem tetigerit, febre corripiatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008554">Et quam­
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              vis incerto auctore res tam mira paruam
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              habitura ſit fidem, nihilominùs tamen hoc
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              minùs mirum, quàm quòd de torpedine,
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              & remora dictum eſt ſuperiùs: animæ
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              enim viribus variis præditæ ſunt, & ma­
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              re ( vt dictum eſt ) totum vitale ac monſtris
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              ſcatens: minimúmque in animalibus, quæ
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              in eo gignuntur natura laborauit vt ſapien­
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              tiam, aut ſenſum egregium conſequeren­
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              tur, ob loci in quo ſunt qualitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.008555">Adeò
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              verò hebetes ſunt ſenſu piſces, vt multas
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              eorum ſpecies neſcias, an inter animalia,
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              an plantas numeres, vt ſpongias atque vr­
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              ticas: affixæ enim lapidibus nullum animalis
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              veſtigium præ ſe ferunt, quàm quòd tra­
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              ctæ contrahunt ſeſe, manifeſtéque mouen­
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              tur. </s>
              <s id="s.008556">Nec in arborum partibus hoc forſan
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              negandum eſſe poſſe, vt in palmarum trun­
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              cis obſcurè, in foliis autem arboris cuiuſ­
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              dam, cuius folia ſimilia mori foliis, præter­
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              quam quòd duos habeant pedes, manifeſtè
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              ac conſpicuè cerni affirmant: hanc enim
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              arborem in Limbulon inſula iuxta Molu­
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              chias octo partibus ab æquinoctij circulo di­
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              ſtantem, natam in nemoribus folia habere
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              dicunt, quæ excuſſa ab arbore vſque ad
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              dies octo ſi vexentur, ambulent, fitque ar­
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              bos hæc ſenſitiua atque animalis, vt vrticæ,
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              pulmonéſque marini ac ſpongiæ animalia
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              arborea: tametſi pulmones haud in planta­
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              rum genere ſunt collocandi. </s>
              <s id="s.008557">Cùm enim mo­
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              tus ſenſu & in illis conſtet, nihil prohibet
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              in calida regione, & pingui ſolo partes plan­
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              tarum: quæ auelli ſolent, motum habere: hu­
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              midum enim quo nutriuntur, pingue, & te­
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              nue, quale animalibus his eſſe poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008558">Sed cur
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              non alia animalia immobilia præter quàm
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              in mari, in eo autem tot genera, tantáque
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              copia, vt præter vrticas, & ſpongias con­
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              chyliorum tanta multitudo, totque illorum
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              diuerſa genera, velut & oſtrearum? </s>
              <s id="s.008559">Quo­
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              niam neceſſe eſt alimento veſci animal, ob
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              idque vel animali, vel alimento motum in­
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              eſſe: in aqua autem motus, in alimento igi­
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              tur atque in eo, quod alimentum defert. </s>
              <s id="s.008560">Ob
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              id etiam animalia fructibus innata, quando­
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              que manifeſtè motu, progrediendi loquor,
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              carent. </s>
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              Piſces qui
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              tacti tangen­
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              tes, febre affi­
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              ciant.</s>
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              Vrticæ, &
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              ſpongiæ inter
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              plantas ani­
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              malia me­
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              diæ.</s>
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              Folia quæ
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              vexata mo­
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              uentur.</s>
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              Cur nullum
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              animal im­
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              mobile præ­
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              terquam in
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              aquis.</s>
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              <s id="s.008565">Inter marina etiam animalia quædam
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              ſunt, quæ non mouentur, velut oſtrea con­
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              chilia, in quibus natura luſiſſe mirum in mo­
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              dum colorum varietate cernitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008566">Cauſa eſt,
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              quòd velut arbores, herbæque pro ſua quæ­
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              que ſpecie formas, & colores excipiunt, ſed
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              colores poſtmodum non retinent humidi
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              abundantia, ſic in conchyliis ob terrenam
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              ſubſtantiam color manet, & confirmatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008567">Fit
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              autem varietas tum ſtriæ certo ordine, quo­
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              niam res parua variata ac miſta etiam obi­
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              ter, dum æqualiter creſcunt, ſpatia certo ſem­
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              per ordine elaborata videtur. </s>
              <s id="s.008568">Sed commune
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              eſt verè omnibus animalibus aliis, vt vngu­
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              læ, & chelæ, tum pili, cornua, roſtra, colorem
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              cutis ſequantur, nec tamen hoc ſemper eſt
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              neceſſarium. </s>
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              Cauſa varie­
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              tatis coloris
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                <expan abbr="conchyliorũ">conchyliorum</expan>
              .
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008570">Vngulæ, che­
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              læ, pili, cor­
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              nua roſtra,
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              colorem ſe­
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              quuntur cu­
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              tis.</s>
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              <s id="s.008571">Sed ad mare reuertar, ipſum enim eſt
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              monſtrorum pater. </s>
              <s id="s.008572">Salſedine verò, quæ fixa
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              manent, obdurant, ſic oſtrea, & conchylia,
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              & corallum, quamvis hic dum ſub aqua lati­
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              tat tener ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.008573">Sed cur dureſcunt conchylia,
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              non alga, quæ & ipſa in mari naſcitur? </s>
              <s id="s.008574">Cauſa
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              eſt, quòd alga creſcit, ob id fluctibus maris
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              reſiſtere non poteſt, atque ideò tenuis à na­
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              tura creata eſt, vt maris impetum obſequens
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              effugiat ac deuitet: conchylia & oſtrea in
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              imo manent, & craſſa ab initio creantur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008575">Diximus ſuprà, cur mollis alga ſit, conſtát­
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              que contraria ratione duras eſſe conchas.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008576">Optimus eſt piſcis ibi Manatus, & qui
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              plauſtro vix à duobus iunctis bobus veha­
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              tur: huius caro adeò vituli carnem imita­
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              tur, vt ſi piſcem quis non te doceat eſſe, car­
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              nem iuraueris. </s>
              <s id="s.008577">Contingit id, quoniam ca­
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              lor magnus concoquit humidum: hoc enim
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              differ caro à piſcis ſubſtantia, quòd piſcis
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              humidum ab exiguo calore concoctum eſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008578">Referunt in huius piſcis capite lapidem in­
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              ueniri calculo renum ſaluberrimum. </s>
              <s id="s.008579">Mam­
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              mas habet, quibus raro exemplo editos fi­
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              lios admouet: parit autem geminos pro
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              mammarum numero. </s>
              <s id="s.008580">Sunt qui Boa illum
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              vocent, quòd capite bouillo ad vnguem ſit
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              duobus, qua ſi brachiis, dorſo plano, ſqua­
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              ma, & duriſſima pelle, docilis, vt canis, man­
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              ſueſcit admodum, & recordatur iniuriarum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.008581">Eſt & Tiburo ibi captu facilis ob voracita­
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              tem, vtilis ob magnitudinem, & carnis ſa­
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              lubritatem ac ſuauitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.008582">Hic inter maris
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              maxima miracula eſt, cui duplex genitale
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              maſculo, vnica vulua fœminæ: duplicem ha­
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              bent dentium ordinem, paritque piſcem ſui
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              generis non oua. </s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s id="s.008583">
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              Cur mane
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              conchylia
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              dura reddat,
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              non tamen
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              algam.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s id="s.008584">
                <margin.target id="marg1199"/>
              Manatus.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="margin">
              <s id="s.008585">
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              Tiburo.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
              <s id="s.008586">
                <margin.target id="marg1201"/>
              Vituli mari­
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              ni mira na­
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              tura: variæ­
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              que vires.</s>
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              <s id="s.008587">Vituli marini maior eſt longè admiratio:
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              mammas habet, habet & pilos, ſtertit mi-</s>
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