Cardano, Girolamo
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De subtilitate
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1663
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habeat, in bello non vulnerari. </
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tur raris plumis, rarioribus crura teguntur,
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adeò vt humana crura non auis videantur:
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nam magnitudine, rotunditatéque, ac quòd
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in anguſtum, nec admodum, ſed ſenſim iuxta
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genu finiantur, humanum femur, quódque
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plumis careant, candida carne, imitantur:
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pedes bifidi, vt bobus cum vngulis, crus vt
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anſeri, ſed pro magnitudine, lentus inceſſus.
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ferunt, rotunda, cùm ſeneſcunt, ebur effin
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manent, quòd duriſſima ſint, humoréque
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exempto, quaſi oſſea redduntur. </
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in ſuperiore palpebra, currit vt equus adeò
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celeriter: ferunt equum illam refugere, nec
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intueri audere: currit erectis alis, ſed tamen
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haud volat, ferúntque pedibus lapides vi
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brare, concoquere ferrum, quod ob calidita
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tem vehementem, & ventriculi contingit
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craſſitudinem, ouáque oculis fouere: ſed non
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fouet, verùm obſeruat, calore enim Solis pul
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li educuntur. </
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maximam auium, ſi modò auis appellari de
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bet, eſſe hanc certum eſt. </
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Struthio ca
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quam cunctæ timent, eſt aquila omnibus
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nota, generoſiſſima: anſere etiam multò eſt
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maior, maximè tamen alis, & cauda potiùs,
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quàm corpore ipſo ac pondere. </
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etiam ſerpentibus, à quibus inuoluta impe
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ditur & decidit nonnunquam. </
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neroſiores ſolem non conniuentes intuentur.
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ſub ventre candida cum quodam quaſi ſplen
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dore, alis & caudam etiam ipſa Aquila ma
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ior, quam cæteræ volucres adeò formi
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dant, vt ea viſa etiam Aquila ipſa exani
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metur, cùm tamen corpore Aquilam non
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excedat.
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Aquila.</
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Auis maxi
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cem, longè aquila maiorem, nigram, purpu
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reámque, intercurſantibus pennis candidis:
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cuius roſtrum fuluum, cæruleóque ſeu phœ
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niceo colore diſtinctum, adeò pulchrè, vt
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nil iucundius viſu eſſe poſſit: vnde & ob
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pulchritudinem, & ob magnitudinem, ca
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puli ex roſtro huius auis fieri ſolent: con
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ſtat autem prædurum hoc roſtrum eſſe opor
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tere. </
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eſſe conſtat. </
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eſſe neceſſe eſt: quò enim maiores ac du
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riores, eò celeriùs volant. </
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les, præſtat eſſe mediocres, quoniam maio
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res flectuntur, & impediunt: velut & olo
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ribus, qui ſola fermè magnitudine ab an
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ſere diſtinguuntur, quamuis candidi toti
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ſint, & inter omnes aues ſuauiſſimè occi
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nant: vox tamen, vt ſæpiùs audiens conſi
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deraui, anſerina eſt. </
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auium tam laudatum, diſcerpit ſuos, ac
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deuorat, in morte verò dulcè canit. </
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Ouidius:
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Sic vbi fata vocant vdis abiectus in herbis,
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Ad vada Mæandri concinit albus olor.
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Olor.</
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magnitudine, & corporis celebre in occi
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dentali India alcatraz dictum, cinerea, cro
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ceáque pluma diſtinctum, roſtro duorum
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palmorum in acutum tendente, cùm tamen
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parum ab hac magnitudine abſit roſtrum,
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tum ciconiæ, tum gruis. </
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maius eſt toto corpore, corpus autem cotur
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nice paulò maius. </
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latum vbi capiti iungitur tribus digitis
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aduncum, quo terebrat arbores, atque ibi à
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caudatis ſimiis arte ac roſtro quanquam pu
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ſillum, ſe tuetur pulchrè. </
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quòd pennam habeat loco linguæ, vnde à
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natura aliarum auium multùm diſſidet: ſibi
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lat vehementer: hunc & eadem terra alit,
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quæ Alcatraz. </
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rio Romuli, tum magnitudine, & raritate,
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adeò vt quædam nidos eorum nunquam vi
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ſos affirment, cùm tamen in rupibus eius
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partis Angliæ, quæ Scotia nunc vocatur,
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iuxta arcem maximè plures nidi conſpician
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vllum occidit, ob ídque ſacer creditus eſt.
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que excalefaciunt, vt exurant. </
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auium reliquarum plumæ eadem ratione,
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præcipuè olorum. </
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vultures:
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inſtructas proſequuntur exi
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tiali augurio cladis eius partis iuxta quam
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hæc auis multùm ab antiquis
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celebrata etiam nunc viſitur. </
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prædicarunt multi auem, fabulæ quàm veri
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tati propriorem: quamuis dicat Ouidius,
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Vna eſt quæ reparet, ſéque ipſa reſeminet ales,
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Aſſyrij Phœnica vocant.
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Phœnix an
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dia auem eſſe nomine Semendam, quæ ro
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ſtrum habet triplici ordine,
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vt in elly
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chiniis vndequaque perforatum, quæ mori
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tura dulcè canat cygnorum exemplo, inde
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collectis ſarmentis motu alarum accendat
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illa,
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ex cuius cinere vermis, tum ex
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verme auis denuò renaſcatur: quæ his malui
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addere, ſubtilem ob hiſtoriæ ſenſum, qui ad
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orbis, qui ad virtutis originem ſpectat, quàm
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ob rei ipſius deſcriptæ incredibilem narra
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tionem prætermittere. </
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ita paruitate diſſident regiones. </
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certè auium minima eſt regulus, qui per du
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meta volitat, paſſerculo dimidio minor. </
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eadem India mittit muſcatum paſſerem,
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quem qui volantem viderit, tum ob celerita
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tem, tum ob paruitatem, crabronem, aut veſ
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pam iure exiſtimet: pennis aureis,
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aliíſque verſicoloribus ornatur: magnitudo
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ape paulò maior: roſtro velut acus eſt tenuiſ
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ſima: totus cum nido grana tritici 24. vix
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pondere æquat, hunc è cotto conficit: audax
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eſt, & nidum petentibus oculos inuadit, ce
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leritate & paruitate tutior. </
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auem hanc tenuiſſimæ eſſe ſubſtantiæ, cali
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dámque, ob id & audacem: nam cùm roſtrum
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pedes, linguam, alas, viſcera, plumam, vn
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gulas, cerebrúmque habeat, tum alia mul
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ta, ſubtilem ſubſtantiam illius ac bene ela
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boratam eſſe oportuit: atque (vt reor) hæc eſt
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auium omnium minima. </
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in eadem Inoia habitat, quam ſtultum vo
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cant paſſerem, à contrario ſenſu: nigra
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